The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 24th Congress of the United States, 1835-1837

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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
	Democrat	Whig	other	vacancies	Democrat	Whig	other
Jackson	Democrat	24th 1835-1837	32^CP	16
24TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL By the start of the 24th Congress (4 March 1835), the one-time National Republicans were more generally known as Whigs, a name evocative of the political faction in opposition to the English Crown during the era of the Stuarts (17th Century); in addition, the Patriots of the American Revolution were often referred to- by friend and foe alike- as "Whigs" (in contradistinction to the loyalist "Tories"). These 19th Century American Whigs saw themselves as being a bulwark against the "excesses" of the Administration of "King Andrew" Jackson and his heir apparent, Vice President Martin Van Buren, hence the use of this name by this Major Party. ARKANSAS was admitted as the 25th State of the Union on 15 June 1836: as this was after the convening of the "long" session of the 24th Congress on 7 December 1835, Arkansas' 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 24th Congress; neither is Arkansas' 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. MICHIGAN was admitted as the 26th State of the Union on 26 January 1837: as this was well after the convening of the "long" session of the 24th Congress on 7 December 1835, Michigan's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 24th Congress; neither is Michigan's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 24TH CONGRESS- SENATE Charles Gayarre, a Whig, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of LOUISIANA to the Class 2 seat (term of 4 March 1835 to 3 March 1841) from that State; however, Senator-elect Gayarre never qualified and, therefore, never took his seat in the Senate; in addition, his successor was not elected by the General Assembly of the State until after the convening of the "long" session of the 24th Congress on 7 December 1835. Nevertheless, it is Gayarre who clearly was the intended Senator-elect for that seat as of the start of the 24th Congress [4 March 1835] and he is, therefore, counted among the 16 Whigs elected to the Senate of that Congress.

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Democrat

Whig

other

vacancies

Democrat

Whig

other

Jackson

Democrat

24th 1835-1837

32^CP

24TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL

By the start of the 24th Congress (4 March 1835), the one-time National Republicans were more generally known as Whigs, a name evocative of the political faction in opposition to the English Crown during the era of the Stuarts (17th Century); in addition, the Patriots of the American Revolution were often referred to- by friend and foe alike- as "Whigs" (in contradistinction to the loyalist "Tories"). These 19th Century American Whigs saw themselves as being a bulwark against the "excesses" of the Administration of "King Andrew" Jackson and his heir apparent, Vice President Martin Van Buren, hence the use of this name by this Major Party.

ARKANSAS was admitted as the 25th State of the Union on 15 June 1836: as this was after the convening of the "long" session of the 24th Congress on 7 December 1835, Arkansas' 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 24th Congress; neither is Arkansas' 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

MICHIGAN was admitted as the 26th State of the Union on 26 January 1837: as this was well after the convening of the "long" session of the 24th Congress on 7 December 1835, Michigan's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 24th Congress; neither is Michigan's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

24TH CONGRESS- SENATE

Charles Gayarre, a Whig, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of LOUISIANA to the Class 2 seat (term of 4 March 1835 to 3 March 1841) from that State; however, Senator-elect Gayarre never qualified and, therefore, never took his seat in the Senate; in addition, his successor was not elected by the General Assembly of the State until after the convening of the "long" session of the 24th Congress on 7 December 1835. Nevertheless, it is Gayarre who clearly was the intended Senator-elect for that seat as of the start of the 24th Congress [4 March 1835] and he is, therefore, counted among the 16 Whigs elected to the Senate of that Congress.

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