The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of James Buchanan's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1850 United States census. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican plurality.

Major events

• June 8, 1859: Comstock Lode discovered in the western Utah Territory (present-day Nevada)

• August 27, 1859: First oil well was drilled in the United States, near Titusville, Pennsylvania

• October 16–18, 1859: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

• December 2, 1859 John Brown executed.

• December 5, 1859 – February 1, 1860: The election for the House speakership takes 44 ballots

• April 3, 1860: Pony Express began its first run

• April 23 – May 3, 1860: Democratic National Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina. Unable to agree on a nominee, the delegates voted to reconvene in June.

• May 9, 1860: Constitutional Union Party National Convention held in Baltimore, Maryland, nominating John Bell for president.

• May 18, 1860: Republican National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois, nominating Abraham Lincoln for president.

• June 18–23, 1860: Democratic Party reconvened in Baltimore, Maryland, nominating Stephen A. Douglas for president.

• June 26–28, 1860: Southern Democrats held a convention in Richmond, Virginia, nominating John C. Breckinridge for president.

• November 6, 1860: U.S. presidential election: Abraham Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell.

• December 20, 1860: South Carolina Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• January 3, 1861: Delaware Secession Convention voted not to secede from the Union

• January 9, 1861: Mississippi Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• January 10, 1861: Florida Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• January 11, 1861: Alabama Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• January 18, 1861: Georgia Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• January 26, 1861: Louisiana Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• January 29, 1861. Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state.

• February 1, 1861: Texas Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession

• February 13, 1861: Joint Session of Congress certified the election of President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Hannibal Hamlin.

• February 23, 1861: The people of Texas ratified its Ordinance of Secession President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. after an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.

Major legislation

• June 16, 1860: Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860, ch. 147,

• March 2, 1861: Morrill Tariff, ch. 68,

• December 18, 1860 (introduced): Crittenden Compromise, rejected by the House of Representatives and the Senate

Constitutional amendments

March 2, 1861: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution that would shield "domestic institutions" of the states (which in 1861 included slavery) from the constitutional amendment process and from abolition or interference by Congress, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification

• This amendment, commonly known as the Corwin Amendment, has not been ratified and is still pending before the states.

Treaties

• March 8, 1859: Quinault Treaty ratified,

• March 8, 1859: Point No Point Treaty ratified,

States admitted and territories organized

• January 29, 1861: Kansas admitted as a state, ch. 20,

• February 28, 1861: Colorado Territory organized, ch. 59,

• March 2, 1861: Nevada Territory organized, ch. 83,

• March 2, 1861: Dakota Territory organized, ch. 86,

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

• President: John C. Breckinridge (D)

President pro tempore: Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D), until February 26, 1860

• Jesse D. Bright (D), June 12–26, 1860

• Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D), June 26, 1860 – December 2, 1860

• Solomon Foot (R), elected February 16, 1861

House of Representatives

• Speaker: William Pennington (R), elected February 1, 1860, after 44 rounds of balloting

• Democratic Caucus Chairman: George S. Houston

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

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.

List of United States senators from AlabamaAlabama

1. 2. Clement C. Clay Jr. (D), until January 21, 1861

2. 3. Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D), until January 21, 1861

List of United States senators from ArkansasArkansas

1. 2. William K. Sebastian (D)

2. 3. Robert W. Johnson (D)

List of United States senators from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. 1. David C. Broderick (D), until September 16, 1859

   1. Henry P. Haun (D), November 3, 1859 – March 4, 1860

   2. Milton Latham (D), from March 5, 1860

   3. William M. Gwin (D)

List of United States senators from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. 1. James Dixon (R)

2. 3. Lafayette S. Foster (R)

List of United States senators from DelawareDelaware

1. 1. James A. Bayard Jr. (D)

2. 2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)

List of United States senators from FloridaFlorida

1. 1. Stephen Mallory (D), until January 21, 1861

2. 3. David Levy Yulee (D), until January 21, 1861

List of United States senators from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. 2. Robert Toombs (D), until February 4, 1861

2. 3. Alfred Iverson Sr. (D), until January 28, 1861

List of United States senators from IllinoisIllinois

1. 2. Stephen A. Douglas (D)

2. 3. Lyman Trumbull (R)

List of United States senators from IndianaIndiana

1. 1. Jesse D. Bright (D)

2. 3. Graham N. Fitch (D)

List of United States senators from IowaIowa

1. 2. James W. Grimes (R)

2. 3. James Harlan (R)

List of United States senators from KansasKansas

1. 2. Vacant from January 29, 1861 (newly admitted state)

2. 3. Vacant from January 29, 1861 (newly admitted state)

List of United States senators from KentuckyKentucky

1. 2. Lazarus W. Powell (D)

2. 3. John J. Crittenden (A)

List of United States senators from LouisianaLouisiana

1. 2. Judah P. Benjamin (D), until February 4, 1861

2. 3. John Slidell (D), until February 4, 1861

List of United States senators from MaineMaine

1. 1. Hannibal Hamlin (R), until January 17, 1861

   1. Lot M. Morrill (R), from January 17, 1861

   2. William Pitt Fessenden (R)

List of United States senators from MarylandMaryland

1. 1. Anthony Kennedy (A)

2. 3. James A. Pearce (D)

List of United States senators from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. 1. Charles Sumner (R)

2. 2. Henry Wilson (R)

List of United States senators from MichiganMichigan

1. 1. Zachariah Chandler (R)

2. 2. Kinsley S. Bingham (R)

List of United States senators from MinnesotaMinnesota

1. 1. Henry M. Rice (D)

2. 2. Morton S. Wilkinson (R)

List of United States senators from MississippiMississippi

1. 1. Jefferson Davis (D), until January 21, 1861

2. 2. Albert G. Brown (D), until January 12, 1861

List of United States senators from MissouriMissouri

1. 1. Trusten Polk (D)

2. 3. James S. Green (D)

List of United States senators from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. 2. John P. Hale (R)

2. 3. Daniel Clark (R)

List of United States senators from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. 1. John R. Thomson (D)

2. 2. John C. Ten Eyck (R)

List of United States senators from New YorkNew York

1. 1. Preston King (R)

2. 3. William H. Seward (R)

List of United States senators from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. 2. Thomas Bragg (D)

2. 3. Thomas L. Clingman (D)

List of United States senators from OhioOhio

1. 1. Benjamin Wade (R)

2. 3. George E. Pugh (D)

List of United States senators from OregonOregon

1. 2. Edward D. Baker (R), from October 2, 1860

2. 3. Joseph Lane (D)

List of United States senators from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. 1. Simon Cameron (R)

2. 3. William Bigler (D)

List of United States senators from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. 1. James F. Simmons (R)

2. 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

List of United States senators from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. 2. James Chesnut Jr. (D), until November 10, 1860

2. 3. James H. Hammond (D), until November 11, 1860

List of United States senators from TennesseeTennessee

1. 1. Andrew Johnson (D)

2. 2. Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), until March 3, 1861

List of United States senators from TexasTexas

1. 1. Matthias Ward (D), until December 5, 1859

   1. Louis Wigfall (D), from December 5, 1859

   2. John Hemphill (D)

List of United States senators from VermontVermont

1. 1. Solomon Foot (R)

2. 3. Jacob Collamer (R)

List of United States senators from VirginiaVirginia

1. 1. James M. Mason (D)

2. 2. Robert M. T. Hunter (D)

List of United States senators from WisconsinWisconsin

1. 1. James R. Doolittle (R)

2. 3. Charles Durkee (R)

House of Representatives

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

List of United States representatives from AlabamaAlabama

1. . James A. Stallworth (D), until January 21, 1861

2. . James L. Pugh (D), until January 21, 1861

3. . David Clopton (D), until January 21, 1861

4. . Sydenham Moore (D), until January 21, 1861

5. . George S. Houston (D), until January 21, 1861

6. . Williamson R. W. Cobb (D), until January 30, 1861

7. . Jabez L. M. Curry (D), until January 21, 1861

List of United States representatives from ArkansasArkansas

1. . Thomas C. Hindman (D)

2. . Albert Rust (D)

List of United States representatives from CaliforniaCalifornia

1. . John C. Burch (D)

2. . Charles L. Scott (D)

List of United States representatives from ConnecticutConnecticut

1. . Dwight Loomis (R)

2. . John Woodruff (R)

3. . Alfred A. Burnham (R)

4. . Orris S. Ferry (R)

List of United States representatives from DelawareDelaware

1. . William G. Whiteley (D)

List of United States representatives from FloridaFlorida

1. . George S. Hawkins (D), until January 21, 1861

List of United States representatives from GeorgiaGeorgia

1. . Peter E. Love (D), until January 23, 1861

2. . Martin J. Crawford (D), until January 23, 1861

3. . Thomas Hardeman Jr. (O), until January 23, 1861

4. . Lucius J. Gartrell (D), until January 23, 1861

5. . John W. H. Underwood (D), until January 23, 1861

6. . James Jackson (D), until January 23, 1861

7. . Joshua Hill (O), until January 23, 1861

8. . John J. Jones (D), until January 23, 1861

List of United States representatives from IllinoisIllinois

1. . Elihu B. Washburne (R)

2. . John F. Farnsworth (R)

3. . Owen Lovejoy (R)

4. . William Kellogg (R)

5. . Isaac N. Morris (D)

6. . John A. McClernand (D), from November 8, 1859

7. . James C. Robinson (D)

8. . Philip B. Fouke (D)

9. . John A. Logan (D)

List of United States representatives from IndianaIndiana

1. . William E. Niblack (D)

2. . William H. English (D)

3. . William McKee Dunn (R)

4. . William S. Holman (D)

5. . David Kilgore (R)

6. . Albert G. Porter (R)

7. . John G. Davis (ALD)

8. . James Wilson (R)

9. . Schuyler Colfax (R)

10. . Charles Case (R)

11. . John U. Pettit (R)

List of United States representatives from IowaIowa

1. . Samuel Curtis (R)

2. . William Vandever (R)

List of United States representatives from KansasKansas

1. . Martin F. Conway (R), from January 29, 1861 (newly admitted state)

List of United States representatives from KentuckyKentucky

1. . Henry C. Burnett (D)

2. . Samuel O. Peyton (D)

3. . Francis Bristow (O)

4. . William C. Anderson (O)

5. . John Y. Brown (D), from December 3, 1860

6. . Green Adams (O)

7. . Robert Mallory (O)

8. . William E. Simms (D)

9. . Laban T. Moore (O)

10. . John W. Stevenson (D)

List of United States representatives from LouisianaLouisiana

1. . John E. Bouligny (A)

2. . Miles Taylor (D), until February 5, 1861

3. . Thomas G. Davidson (D)

4. . John M. Landrum (D)

List of United States representatives from MaineMaine

1. . Daniel E. Somes (R)

2. . John J. Perry (R)

3. . Ezra B. French (R)

4. . Freeman H. Morse (R)

5. . Israel Washburn Jr. (R), until January 1, 1861

   1. Stephen Coburn (R), from January 2, 1861

   . Stephen C. Foster (R)

List of United States representatives from MarylandMaryland

1. . James A. Stewart (D)

2. . Edwin H. Webster (A)

3. . J. Morrison Harris (A)

4. . Henry Winter Davis (A)

5. . Jacob M. Kunkel (D)

6. . George W. Hughes (D)

List of United States representatives from MassachusettsMassachusetts

1. . Thomas D. Eliot (R)

2. . James Buffington (R)

3. . Charles F. Adams Sr. (R)

4. . Alexander H. Rice (R)

5. . Anson Burlingame (R)

6. . John B. Alley (R)

7. . Daniel W. Gooch (R)

8. . Charles R. Train (R)

9. . Eli Thayer (R)

10. . Charles Delano (R)

11. . Henry L. Dawes (R)

List of United States representatives from MichiganMichigan

1. . George B. Cooper (D), until May 15, 1860

   1. William A. Howard (R), from May 15, 1860

   . Henry Waldron (R)

2. . Francis W. Kellogg (R)

3. . Dewitt C. Leach (R)

List of United States representatives from MinnesotaMinnesota

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.(2 Republicans)

1. . Cyrus Aldrich (R)

2. . William Windom (R)

List of United States representatives from MississippiMississippi

1. . Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D), until December 20, 1860

2. . Reuben Davis (D), until January 12, 1861

3. . William Barksdale (D), until January 12, 1861

4. . Otho R. Singleton (D), until January 12, 1861

5. . John J. McRae (D), until January 12, 1861

List of United States representatives from MissouriMissouri

1. . John R. Barret (D), until June 8, 1860

   1. Francis P. Blair Jr. (R), June 8, 1860 – June 25, 1860

   2. John R. Barret (D), from December 3, 1860

   . Thomas L. Anderson (ID)

2. . John B. Clark (D)

3. . James Craig (D)

4. . Samuel H. Woodson (A)

5. . John S. Phelps (D)

6. . John W. Noell (D)

List of United States representatives from New HampshireNew Hampshire

1. . Gilman Marston (R)

2. . Mason Tappan (R)

3. . Thomas M. Edwards (R)

List of United States representatives from New JerseyNew Jersey

1. . John T. Nixon (R)

2. . John L. N. Stratton (R)

3. . Garnett Adrain (ALD)

4. . Jetur R. Riggs (ALD)

5. . William Pennington (R)

List of United States representatives from New YorkNew York

1. . Luther C. Carter (R)

2. . James Humphrey (R)

3. . Daniel Sickles (D)

4. . Thomas J. Barr (ID)

5. . William B. Maclay (D)

6. . John Cochrane (D)

7. . George Briggs (R)

8. . Horace F. Clark (ALD)

9. . John B. Haskin (ALD)

10. . Charles H. Van Wyck (R)

11. . William S. Kenyon (R)

12. . Charles L. Beale (R)

13. . Abram B. Olin (R)

14. . John H. Reynolds (ALD)

15. . James B. McKean (R)

16. . George W. Palmer (R)

17. . Francis E. Spinner (R)

18. . Clark B. Cochrane (R)

19. . James H. Graham (R)

20. . Roscoe Conkling (R)

21. . R. Holland Duell (R)

22. . M. Lindley Lee (R)

23. . Charles B. Hoard (R)

24. . Charles B. Sedgwick (R)

25. . Martin Butterfield (R)

26. . Emory B. Pottle (R)

27. . Alfred Wells (R)

28. . William Irvine (R)

29. . Alfred Ely (R)

30. . Augustus Frank (R)

31. . Silas M. Burroughs (R), until June 3, 1860

    1. Edwin R. Reynolds (R), from December 5, 1860

    . Elbridge G. Spaulding (R)

32. . Reuben Fenton (R)

List of United States representatives from North CarolinaNorth Carolina

1. . William N. H. Smith (O)

2. . Thomas Ruffin (D)

3. . Warren Winslow (D)

4. . Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (D)

5. . John Gilmer (O)

6. . James M. Leach (O)

7. . F. Burton Craige (D)

8. . Zebulon Vance (O)

List of United States representatives from OhioOhio

1. . George H. Pendleton (D)

2. . John A. Gurley (R)

3. . Clement Vallandigham (D)

4. . William Allen (D)

5. . James M. Ashley (R)

6. . William Howard (D)

7. . Thomas Corwin (R)

8. . Benjamin Stanton (R)

9. . John Carey (R)

10. . Carey A. Trimble (R)

11. . Charles D. Martin (D)

12. . Samuel S. Cox (D)

13. . John Sherman (R)

14. . Cyrus Spink (R), until May 31, 1859

    1. Harrison G. O. Blake (R), from October 11, 1859

    . William Helmick (R)

15. . Cydnor B. Tompkins (R)

16. . Thomas C. Theaker (R)

17. . Sidney Edgerton (R)

18. . Edward Wade (R)

19. . John Hutchins (R)

20. . John Bingham (R)

List of United States representatives from OregonOregon

1. . Lansing Stout (D)

List of United States representatives from PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

1. . Thomas B. Florence (D)

2. . Edward Joy Morris (R)

3. . John P. Verree (R)

4. . William Millward (R)

5. . John Wood (R)

6. . John Hickman (ALD)

7. . Henry C. Longnecker (R)

8. . John Schwartz (ALD), until June 20, 1860

   1. Jacob K. McKenty (D), from December 3, 1860

   . Thaddeus Stevens (R)

9. . John W. Killinger (R)

10. . James H. Campbell (R)

11. . George W. Scranton (R)

12. . William H. Dimmick (D)

13. . Galusha A. Grow (R)

14. . James T. Hale (R)

15. . Benjamin F. Junkin (R)

16. . Edward McPherson (R)

17. . Samuel S. Blair (R)

18. . John Covode (R)

19. . William Montgomery (D)

20. . James K. Moorhead (R)

21. . Robert McKnight (R)

22. . William Stewart (R)

23. . Chapin Hall (R)

24. . Elijah Babbitt (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode IslandRhode Island

1. . Christopher Robinson (R)

2. . William D. Brayton (R)

List of United States representatives from South CarolinaSouth Carolina

1. . John McQueen (D), until December 21, 1860

2. . William P. Miles (D), until December 21, 1860

3. . Laurence M. Keitt (D), until December 1860

4. . Milledge L. Bonham (D), until December 21, 1860

5. . John D. Ashmore (D), until December 21, 1860

6. . William W. Boyce (D), until December 21, 1860

List of United States representatives from TennesseeTennessee

1. . Thomas A. R. Nelson (O)

2. . Horace Maynard (O)

3. . Reese B. Brabson (O)

4. . William B. Stokes (O)

5. . Robert H. Hatton (O)

6. . James H. Thomas (D)

7. . John V. Wright (D)

8. . James M. Quarles (O)

9. . Emerson Etheridge (O)

10. . William T. Avery (D)

List of United States representatives from TexasTexas

1. . John H. Reagan (D)

2. . Andrew J. Hamilton (ID)

List of United States representatives from VermontVermont

1. . Eliakim P. Walton (R)

2. . Justin S. Morrill (R)

3. . Homer E. Royce (R)

List of United States representatives from VirginiaVirginia

1. . Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D)

2. . John S. Millson (D)

3. . Daniel C. De Jarnette (ID)

4. . William Goode (D), until July 3, 1859

   1. Roger A. Pryor (D), from December 7, 1859

   . Thomas S. Bocock (D)

5. . Shelton Leake (ID)

6. . William Smith (D)

7. . Alexander Boteler (O)

8. . John T. Harris (ID)

9. . Sherrard Clemens (D)

10. . Albert G. Jenkins (D)

11. . Henry A. Edmundson (D)

12. . Elbert S. Martin (ID)

List of United States representatives from WisconsinWisconsin

1. . John F. Potter (R)

2. . Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

3. . Charles H. Larrabee (D)

Non-voting members

1. . Marcus J. Parrott (R), until January 29, 1861

2. . Experience Estabrook, until May 18, 1860

   1. Samuel G. Daily (R), from May 18, 1860

   . Miguel A. Otero (D)

3. . William H. Hooper (D)

4. . Isaac Stevens (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Replacements: 4

• Democrats (D): no net change

• Republicans (R): no net change

  Deaths: 1

• Resignations: 1

• Interim appointments: 1

• Withdrawals: 13

• Total seats with changes: 16

|- | Oregon(2) | Vacant | Successor elected late due to legislature's failure to elect. | | Edward D. Baker (R) | October 2, 1860

|- | California(1) | | David C. Broderick (D) | Died September 16, 1859, after taking part in a duel he participated in, which he was unlucky.Interim successor was appointed to continue the term. | | Henry P. Haun (D) | November 3, 1859

|- | Texas(1) | | Matthias Ward (D) | Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the termSuccessor elected December 5, 1859. | | Louis Wigfall (D) | December 5, 1859

|- | California(1) | | Henry P. Haun (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish the termSuccessor elected March 5, 1860. | | Milton Latham (D) | March 5, 1860

|- | South Carolina(2) | | James Chesnut Jr. (D) | Withdrew November 10, 1860. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | South Carolina(3) | | James H. Hammond (D) | Withdrew November 11, 1860. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Mississippi(2) | | Albert G. Brown (D) | Withdrew January 12, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Maine(1) | | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | Resigned January 17, 1861, to become Vice President of the United States.Successor elected January 17, 1861. | | Lot M. Morrill (R) | January 17, 1861

|- | Alabama(3) | | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Alabama(2) | | Clement C. Clay (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Florida(1) | | Stephen Mallory (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Florida(3) | | David L. Yulee (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Mississippi(1) | | Jefferson Davis (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Georgia(3) | | Alfred Iverson Sr. (D) | Withdrew January 28, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Kansas(2) | New seat | New state admitted to the Union January 29, 1861Senator was not elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Kansas(3) | New seat | New state admitted to the Union January 29, 1861Senator was not elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Georgia(2) | | Robert Toombs (D) | Withdrew February 4, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Louisiana(2) | | Judah P. Benjamin (D) | Withdrew February 4, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Louisiana(3) | | John Slidell (D) | Withdrew February 4, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Tennessee(2) | | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | Withdrew March 3, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |}

House of Representatives

Replacements: 7

• Democrats (D): no net change

• Republicans (R): 1 seat net loss

• Anti-Lecompton Democrats (LD): 1 seat net gain

• Deaths: 4

• Resignations: 3

• Contested election: 1

• Withdrawals: 28

• Total seats with changes: 41

|- | | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term | | John A. McClernand (D) | Seated November 8, 1859 |- | | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Brown could not take seat because he had not yet attained age required by the US Constitution | | John Y. Brown (D) | Seated December 3, 1860 |- | | | Cyrus Spink (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 31, 1859 | | Harrison G. O. Blake (R) | Seated October 11, 1859 |- | | | William Goode (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 3, 1859 | | Roger A. Pryor (D) | Seated December 7, 1859 |- | | | George B. Cooper (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 15, 1860 | | Francis P. Blair Jr. (R) | Seated May 15, 1860 |- | | Experience Estabrook | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 18, 1860 | | Samuel G. Daily (R) | Seated May 18, 1860 |- | | | Silas M. Burroughs (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1860 | | Edwin R. Reynolds (R) | Seated December 5, 1860 |- | | | John R. Barret (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 8, 1860 | | William A. Howard (R) | Seated June 8, 1860 |- | | | John Schwartz (ALD) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1860 | | Jacob K. McKenty (D) | Seated December 3, 1860 |- | | | William A. Howard (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 25, 1860 | | John R. Barret (D) | Seated December 3, 1860 |- | | | Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December ???, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Laurence M. Keitt (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December ???, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | John McQueen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | William P. Miles (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Milledge L. Bonham (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | John D. Ashmore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | William W. Boyce (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Israel Washburn Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1861, after being elected Governor of Maine | | Stephen Coburn (R) | Seated January 2, 1861 |- | | | Reuben Davis (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | William Barksdale (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Otho R. Singleton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | John J. McRae (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | James A. Stallworth (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | James L. Pugh (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | David Clopton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Sydenham Moore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | George S. Houston (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Jabez L. M. Curry (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | George S. Hawkins (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Peter E. Love (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Martin J. Crawford (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Thomas Hardeman Jr. (O) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Lucius J. Gartrell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | John W. H. Underwood (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | James Jackson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Joshua Hill (O) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | John J. Jones (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Marcus J. Parrott (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861 | colspan=2 | Seat eliminated |- | | New Seat | style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861 | | Martin F. Conway (R) | Seated January 29, 1861 |- | | | Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 30, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | | Miles Taylor (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 5, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Alter and Improve Senate Chamber (Select)

• Amendments to the Constitution (Select)

• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Andrew Johnson)

• Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)

• Circulation of Bank Notes in the District of Columbia (Select)

• Claims (Chairman: Alfred Iverson Jr.)

• Commerce (Chairman: Clement Claiborne Clay)

• Comptroller William Medill (Select)

• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

• District of Columbia (Chairman: Albert G. Brown)

• Duties of Imports (Select)

• Finance (Chairman: Robert M. T. Hunter)

• Foreign Relations (Chairman: James M. Mason)

• French Spoilations (Select)

• Harpers Ferry Invasion (Select)

• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William K. Sebastian)

• Judiciary (Chairman: James A. Bayard Jr.)

• Memorial of Houmas Lands Settlers (Select)

• Military Affairs (Chairman: Jefferson Davis)

• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Stephen Mallory)

• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)

• Pacific Railroad (Select)

• Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: William Bigler)

• Pensions (Chairman: N/A)

• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: N/A)

• Printing (Chairman: N/A)

• Public Printing Investigation (Select)

• Private Land Claims (Chairman: N/A)

• Public Lands (Chairman: Robert W. Johnson)

• Retrenchment (Chairman: N/A)

• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: N/A)

• Tariff Regulation (Select)

• Territories (Chairman: N/A)

• Thirteen on the Disturbed Condition of the Country (Select)

• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Francis E. Spinner)

• Agriculture (Chairman: Martin Butterfield)

• Claims (Chairman: John Hickman)

• Commerce (Chairman: Elihu B. Washburne)

• District of Columbia (Chairman: Luther C. Carter)

• Elections (Chairman: John A. Gilmer)

• Engraving (Chairman: Garnett B. Adrain)

• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: N/A)

• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Robert Hatton)

• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: George W. Palmer)

• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: James B. McKean)

• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Dwight Loomis)

• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Stewart)

• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: William D. Brayton)

• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Corwin)

• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Emerson Etheridge)

• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Reuben E. Fenton)

• Judiciary (Chairman: John Hickman)

• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles F. Adams)

• Mileage (Chairman: John D. Ashmore)

• Military Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin Stanton)

• Militia (Chairman: Cydnor B. Tompkins)

• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Freeman H. Morse)

• Patents (Chairman: William Millward)

• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Schuyler Colfax)

• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Cadwallader C. Washburn)

• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles R. Train)

• Public Expenditures (Chairman: John B. Haskin)

• Public Lands (Chairman: Eli Thayer)

• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: John A. Logan)

• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: George N. Briggs)

• Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John F. Potter)

• Roads and Canals (Chairman: Robert Mallory)

• Rules (Select)

• Standards of Official Conduct

• Territories (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow)

• Ways and Means (Chairman: John Sherman)

• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. Henry Haun then Sen. Willard Saulsbury Sr.)

• The Library (Chairman: Rep. John U. Pettit)

• Printing (Chairman: Rep. John A. Gurley)

• Making Arrangements for Inaugurating Washington's Statue

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)

• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States CongressLegislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter

• Librarian of Congress: John Silva Meehan

Senate

Chaplain: Stephen P. Hill (Baptist), until December 15, 1859

• Phineas D. Gurley (Presbyterian), elected December 15, 1859

• Secretary: Asbury Dickins

• Sergeant at Arms: Dunning R. McNair

House of Representatives

Clerk: James C. Allen, until February 3, 1860

• John W. Forney, elected February 3, 1860

• Chaplain: None

Doorkeeper: Robert B. Hackney, until February 6, 1860

• George Marston, elected February 6, 1860

• Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice

• Postmaster: Josiah M. Lucas

Sergeant at Arms: Adam J. Glossbrenner, until February 3, 1860

• Henry William Hoffman, from February 3, 1860

See also

1858 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)

• 1858–59 United States Senate elections

• 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections

1860 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)

• 1860 United States presidential election

• 1860–61 United States Senate elections

• 1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections

Notes

References

References

• Alt URL

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875

• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

• U.S. House of Representatives: House History

• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists