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 | |||
| Harrison, W.H./ Tyler | Whig | 27th 1841-1843 | 24 | 27CP | 1 | ||||
27TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL President WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON died on 4 April 1841, at which moment- as per Article II, Section 1, clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution- "the Powers and Duties of [the Presidency] shall devolve on the Vice President", JOHN TYLER. Mr. Tyler formally took the oath of office as President on 6 April 1841. 27TH CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 27th Congress included 1 vacancy from the State of TENNESSEE, the General Assembly of the State having failed to elect someone to the Class 2 seat (term: 4 March 1841 to 3 March 1847) from that State before the convening of the "long" session of the 27th Congress on 6 December 1841. | |||||||||
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