The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 35th Congress of the United States, 1857-1859

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President	Party	Congress	United States Senate	House of Representatives
	Democrat	Republican	other	vacancies	Democrat	Republican	other
Buchanan	Democrat	35th 1857-1859	38^CP	20	4
35TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL MINNESOTA was admitted as the 32nd State of the Union on 11 May 1858: as this was after the convening of the "long" session of the 35th Congress on 7 December 1857, Minnesota's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 35th Congress; neither are Minnesota's 2 Congressmen counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. OREGON was admitted as the 33rd State of the Union on 14 February 1859: as this was well after the convening of the "long" session of the 35th Congress on 7 December 1857, Oregon's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 35th Congress; neither is Oregon's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 35TH CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 35th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State legislatures, as follows: 3 so-called "old" Whigs- Senator John Bell of TENNESSEE (Class 2) Senator John J. Crittenden of KENTUCKY (Class 3) Senator John B. Thompson of KENTUCKY (Class 2) 1 Unionist- Senator Anthony Kennedy of MARYLAND (Class 1) Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of TENNESSEE to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1857 to 3 March 1863) from that State before the convening of the "long" session of the 35th Congress on 7 December 1857; Senator Johnson, therefore, is counted among the 38 Democrats elected to the Senate of the 35th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1857] due to a failure of the legislature to elect.

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Democrat

Republican

other

vacancies

Democrat

Republican

other

Buchanan

Democrat

35th 1857-1859

38^CP

35TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL

MINNESOTA was admitted as the 32nd State of the Union on 11 May 1858: as this was after the convening of the "long" session of the 35th Congress on 7 December 1857, Minnesota's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 35th Congress; neither are Minnesota's 2 Congressmen counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

OREGON was admitted as the 33rd State of the Union on 14 February 1859: as this was well after the convening of the "long" session of the 35th Congress on 7 December 1857, Oregon's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 35th Congress; neither is Oregon's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

35TH CONGRESS- SENATE

The SENATE of the 35th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State legislatures, as follows:

3 so-called "old" Whigs-
- Senator John Bell of TENNESSEE (Class 2)
- Senator John J. Crittenden of KENTUCKY (Class 3)
- Senator John B. Thompson of KENTUCKY (Class 2)
1 Unionist-
- Senator Anthony Kennedy of MARYLAND (Class 1)
Andrew Johnson, a Democrat, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of TENNESSEE to the Class 1 seat (term: 4 March 1857 to 3 March 1863) from that State before the convening of the "long" session of the 35th Congress on 7 December 1857; Senator Johnson, therefore, is counted among the 38 Democrats elected to the Senate of the 35th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1857] due to a failure of the legislature to elect.

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