36th United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress 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. Template:TOC limit

Major events

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Major legislation

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Constitutional amendments

Treaties

States admitted and territories organized

Party summary

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

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President of the Senate
John C. Breckinridge

Senate

House of Representatives

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.

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House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

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  • Replacements: 4
  • Deaths: 1
  • Resignations: 1
  • Interim appointments: 1
  • Withdrawals: 13
  • Total seats with changes: 16

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|- | Oregon
(2) | Vacant | Successor elected late due to legislature's failure to elect. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward D. Baker (R) | October 2, 1860

|- | California
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry P. Haun (D) | November 3, 1859

|- | Texas
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Matthias Ward (D) | Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term
Successor elected December 5, 1859. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Louis Wigfall (D) | December 5, 1859

|- | California
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry P. Haun (D) | Interim appointee lost election to finish the term
Successor elected March 5, 1860. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Milton Latham (D) | March 5, 1860

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James Chesnut Jr. (D) | Withdrew November 10, 1860. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | South Carolina
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James H. Hammond (D) | Withdrew November 11, 1860. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Mississippi
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Albert G. Brown (D) | Withdrew January 12, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Maine
(1) | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hannibal Hamlin (R) | Resigned January 17, 1861, to become Vice President of the United States.
Successor elected January 17, 1861. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lot M. Morrill (R) | January 17, 1861

|- | Alabama
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Alabama
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Clement C. Clay (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Florida
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen Mallory (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Florida
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | David L. Yulee (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Mississippi
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jefferson Davis (D) | Withdrew January 21, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Georgia
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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, 1861
Senator was not elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

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

|- | Georgia
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert Toombs (D) | Withdrew February 4, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Louisiana
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Judah P. Benjamin (D) | Withdrew February 4, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Louisiana
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Slidell (D) | Withdrew February 4, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Tennessee
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D) | Withdrew March 3, 1861. | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |}

House of Representatives

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|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John A. McClernand (D) | Seated November 8, 1859 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Brown could not take seat because he had not yet attained age required by the US Constitution | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Y. Brown (D) | Seated December 3, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cyrus Spink (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 31, 1859 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Harrison G. O. Blake (R) | Seated October 11, 1859 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Goode (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 3, 1859 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Roger A. Pryor (D) | Seated December 7, 1859 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George B. Cooper (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 15, 1860 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Francis P. Blair Jr. (R) | Seated May 15, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | Experience Estabrook | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election May 18, 1860 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel G. Daily (R) | Seated May 18, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Silas M. Burroughs (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 3, 1860 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edwin R. Reynolds (R) | Seated December 5, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John R. Barret (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 8, 1860 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William A. Howard (R) | Seated June 8, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Schwartz (ALD) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 20, 1860 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jacob K. McKenty (D) | Seated December 3, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William A. Howard (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 25, 1860 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John R. Barret (D) | Seated December 3, 1860 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December ???, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Laurence M. Keitt (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December ???, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John McQueen (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Miles (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Milledge L. Bonham (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John D. Ashmore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William W. Boyce (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired December 21, 1860 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Israel Washburn Jr. (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 1, 1861, after being elected Governor of Maine | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen Coburn (R) | Seated January 2, 1861 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Reuben Davis (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Barksdale (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Otho R. Singleton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. McRae (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 12, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James A. Stallworth (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James L. Pugh (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Clopton (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sydenham Moore (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George S. Houston (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jabez L. M. Curry (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George S. Hawkins (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 21, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Peter E. Love (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Martin J. Crawford (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="background:#FFE153" | Thomas Hardeman Jr. (O) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lucius J. Gartrell (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John W. H. Underwood (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James Jackson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Retired January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="background:#FFE153" | Joshua Hill (O) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. Jones (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 23, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marcus J. Parrott (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861 | colspan=2 | Seat eliminated |- | Template:Ushr | New Seat | style="font-size:80%" | Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861 | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Martin F. Conway (R) | Seated January 29, 1861 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Williamson R. W. Cobb (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew January 30, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Miles Taylor (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Withdrew February 5, 1861 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

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Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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See also

Notes

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References

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References

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