Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.
President | Party | Congress | United States Senate | House of Representatives | |||||
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Democrat | Whig | other | vacancies | Democrat | Whig | other | |||
Fillmore | Whig | 32nd 1851-1853 | 34C | 24P | 2 | 2 | |||
32ND CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 32nd Congress included 2 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows:
The SENATE of the 32nd Congress also included 2 vacancies, as follows:
Charles Sumner, a Free Soiler, was elected by the General Court of the Commonwealth of MASSACHUSETTS to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1851 to 3 March 1857) from that State on 24 April 1851, before the convening of the "long" session of the 32nd Congress on 1 December 1851; Senator Sumner, therefore, is counted among the 2 other (as in "other than the two Major Parties") elected to the Senate of the 32nd Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1851] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. Benjamin Wade, a Whig, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of OHIO to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1851 to 3 March 1857) from that State on 15 March 1851, before the convening of the "long" session of the 32nd Congress on 1 December 1851; Senator Wade, therefore, is counted among the 24 Whigs elected to the Senate of the 32nd Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1851] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. |
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