The Green Papers
The Green Papers
Political Party Breakdown of the
22nd Congress of the United States, 1831-1833

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
 Democratic
Republican
National
Republican
othervacanciesDemocratic
Republican
National
Republican
other
JacksonDemocratic
Republican
22nd 1831-183329CP19     

22ND CONGRESS- SENATE

The Class 1 Senate seat from INDIANA (term ending 3 March 1833) was vacated by the death of Senator James Noble on 26 February 1831, during the preceding Congress; the Governor of the State appointed Robert Hanna, a National Republican, to fill the vacancy until a successor could be elected by the State Legislature on 19 August 1831, before the convening of the "long" session of the 22nd Congress on 5 December 1831. Subsequent to this appointment, Democratic Republican John Tipton was elected to fill this seat by the General Assembly of the State before the convening of the "long" session of the 22nd Congress on 5 December 1831. Senator Tipton is, therefore, counted among the 29 Democratic Republicans elected to the Senate of the 22nd Congress, while his immediate predecessor, Senator Hanna, is NOT counted among the 19 National Republicans elected to the Senate of that Congress; in the opinion of TheGreenPapers.com, the actual election of a Democratic Republican- as opposed to the temporary appointment of a National Republican- better reflects the political will of the State of INDIANA as to which Party the State Legislature wished to have represent it in this particular seat in the United States Senate of the 22nd Congress and the table reflects this accordingly.

Henry Clay, a National Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of KENTUCKY to the Class 3 seat (term: 4 March 1831 to 3 March 1837) from that State on 10 November 1831, before the convening of the "long" session of the 22nd Congress on 5 December 1831; Senator Clay, therefore, is counted among the 19 National Republicans elected to the Senate of the 22nd Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1831] due to a failure of the legislature to elect.

Modified .