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 | |||
Pierce | Democrat | 33rd 1853-1855 | 37CP | 19 | 2 | 4 | |||
33RD CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 33rd Congress included 2 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows:
The SENATE of the 33rd Congress included 4 vacancies, as follows:
Clement Claiborne Clay, a Democrat, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of ALABAMA to the Class 2 seat (term: 4 March 1853 to 3 March 1859) from that State on 29 November 1853, before the convening of the "long" session of the 33rd Congress on 5 December 1853; Senator Clay, therefore, is counted among the 37 Democrats elected to the Senate of the 33rd Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1853] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. Phillip Allen, a Democrat, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of RHODE ISLAND[and Providence Plantations] to the Class 2 seat (term: 4 March 1853 to 3 March 1859) from that State on 4 May 1853, before the convening of the "long" session of the 33rd Congress on 5 December 1853; Senator Allen, therefore, is counted among the 37 Democrats elected to the Senate of the 33rd Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1853] due to a failure of the legislature to elect. The General Assembly of the State of TENNESSEE delayed re-electing Senator John Bell, a Whig (whose previous term in the Senate had expired 3 March 1853), to the Class 2 seat (term: 4 March 1853 to 3 March 1859) from that State until 29 October 1853, before the convening of the "long" session of the 33rd Congress on 5 December 1853. Senator Bell, therefore, is counted among the 19 Whigs elected to the Senate of the 33rd Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1853] due to the failure of the legislature to elect. |
Modified .