32nd United States Congress

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox United States Congress The 32nd 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, 1851, to March 4, 1853, during the last two years of Millard Fillmore's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

It was one of the least active Congresses, forwarding only 74 bills that were signed by the president.[1] Template:TOC limit

Major events

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Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852

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Major legislation

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  • March 2, 1853: An act providing for administering the oath of office to William R. King, Vice President elect of the United States of America. Sess. 2, Ch. 93, 10 Stat. 180

Territories organized

Party summary

Senate

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House of Representatives

  Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
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Democratic
(D) 		Independent Democratic
(ID) 		Free Soil
(FS) 		Southern Rights
(SR) 		Union
(U) 		Whig
(W) 		Independent Whig
(IW) 		Other
End of previous Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 113 0 9 0 0 107 0 2 231 2
Begin style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 127 3 4 3 10 85 1 0 233 0
End style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 125 86 232 1
Final voting share style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 54.7% 1.3% 1.3% 1.3% 4.3% 36.8% 0.4% 0.0%
Beginning of next Congress style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 158 1 3 0 0 71 0 1 234 0

Leadership

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Senate

House of Representatives

Members

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

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 with this Congress, facing re-election in 1856; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1852; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1854.

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House of Representatives

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Directory of the U.S. House of Representatives, 32nd Congress, first session

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

  • Replacements: 8
  • Deaths: 3
  • Resignations: 6
  • Interim appointments: 3
  • Total seats with changes: 13

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|- | Ohio
(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
The winner was elected late on March 15, 1851, on the 37th ballot over the incumbent appointee.[2]
Successor was elected March 15, 1851. | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Benjamin Wade (W) | Elected March 15, 1851

|- | New York
(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected March 19, 1851. | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Hamilton Fish (W) | Elected March 19, 1851

|- | Massachusetts
(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected April 24, 1851. | style="background:#CCCC66" | Charles Sumner (FS) | Elected April 24, 1851

|- | California
(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected January 30, 1852. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John B. Weller (D) | Elected January 30, 1852

|- | Connecticut
(1) | Vacant | Failure to elect.
Successor was elected May 12, 1852. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Isaac Toucey (D) | Seated May 12, 1852

|- | Mississippi
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jefferson Davis (D) | Resigned September 23, 1851, to run for Governor of Mississippi.
Successor appointed December 1, 1851. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. McRae (D) | Appointed December 1, 1851

|- | Mississippi
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry S. Foote (D) | Resigned January 8, 1852, to become Governor of Mississippi.
Successor elected February 18, 1852. | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Walker Brooke (W) | Elected February 18, 1852

|- | Mississippi
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John J. McRae (D) | Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected March 17, 1852. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen Adams (D) | Elected March 17, 1852

|- | South Carolina
(2) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert Rhett (D) | Resigned May 7, 1852.
Successor appointed May 10, 1852, and elected sometime thereafter to finish the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William F. De Saussure (D) | Appointed May 10, 1852

|- | Georgia
(2) | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | John M. Berrien (W) | Resigned May 28, 1852.
Successor appointed May 31, 1852, to finish the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert M. Charlton (D) | Appointed May 31, 1852

|- | Kentucky
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Henry Clay (W) | Died June 29, 1852.
Successor appointed July 6, 1852. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Meriwether (D) | Appointed July 6, 1852

|- | Indiana
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James Whitcomb (D) | Died October 4, 1852.
Successor appointed December 6, 1852. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles W. Cathcart (D) | Appointed December 6, 1852

|- | Kentucky
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Meriwether (D) | Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected September 1, 1852. | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Archibald Dixon (W) | Elected September 1, 1852

|- | Alabama
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William R. King (D) | Resigned December 20, 1852, due to ill health, having recently being elected Vice President of the United States
Successor appointed January 14, 1853, and elected December 12, 1853[3] thereafter to finish the term. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D) | Appointed January 14, 1853

|- | New Jersey
(1) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert F. Stockton (D) | Resigned January 1, 1853, to become president of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company.
Successor was not elected until the next Congress. | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Vermont
(3) | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | William Upham (W) | Died January 14, 1853.
Successor appointed January 17, 1853, to continue the term. | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Samuel S. Phelps (W) | Appointed January 17, 1853

|- | Indiana
(3) | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles W. Cathcart (D) | Appointee was replaced by an elected successor.
Successor elected January 18, 1853. | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Pettit (D) | Elected January 18, 1853 |}

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 6
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 5
  • Total seats with changes: 7

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|- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Andrews (D) | Died April 30, 1852 | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Isaac Reed (W) | Seated June 25, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George W. Thompson (D) | Resigned July 30, 1852, after being appointed judge of the Circuit Court of Virginia | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Sherrard Clemens (D) | Seated December 6, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Humphrey Marshall (W) | Resigned August 4, 1852, after being appointed Minister to China | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | William Preston (W) | Seated December 6, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert Rantoul Jr. (D) | Died August 7, 1852 | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Francis B. Fay (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Orin Fowler (W) | Died September 3, 1852 | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward P. Little (D) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Benjamin Thompson (W) | Died September 24, 1852 | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Lorenzo Sabine (W) | Seated December 13, 1852 |- | Template:Ushr | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alexander H. Buell (D) | Died January 29, 1853 | Vacant | Not filled this term |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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