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42 unusual facts about 28th United States Congress


Adam John Glossbrenner

He was Clerk of the United States House of Representatives during the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses, and in the United States Department of State at Washington, D.C., in 1848 and 1849.

Albert Gallatin Marchand

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

Alexander Barrow

There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds during the 27th Congress and of the Committee on the Militia during the 27th and 28th Congresses.

Alfred P. Stone

Stone was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Heman A. Moore and served from October 8, 1844, to March 3, 1845.

Almon Heath Read

He was reelected to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served until his death in Montrose in 1844.

Amasa Dana

Dana was elected to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845).

Barker Burnell

Burnell was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1841, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 15, 1843.

Charles H. Carroll

He was elected as a Whig to the 28th and 29th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1847.

Charles Manning Reed

Reed was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

Christopher Morgan

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

Cornelius Darragh

Darragh was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Wilkins.

Daniel P. King

King was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until his death on July 25, 1850.

Daniel R. Tilden

Tilden was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1847).

David L. Seymour

Seymour was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845, and was Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Edmund Deberry

He ran again as a Whig in 1832 and served in the 23rd through the 28th Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1845), becoming chairman of the Agriculture Committee.

Edward Junius Black

He won reelection to that seat in the general election of 1842 and served in the 28th Congress and his second sting in the U.S. congress spanned from January 3, 1842 to March 3, 1845.

Edward S. Hamlin

Hamlin was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry R. Brinkerhoff and served from October 8, 1844, to March 3, 1845.

Felix Grundy McConnell

Mcconnell was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 10, 1846.

George O. Rathbun

Rathbun was elected to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847.

Heman A. Moore

Moore was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in Columbus, Ohio, April 3, 1844.

Henry Nes

Nes ran as an Independent Democrat for one of the Pennsylvania seats in the US House of Representatives in the 28th United States Congress (1842).

Henry R. Brinkerhoff

Brinkerhoff was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in Huron County, Ohio, April 30, 1844.

Henry White Beeson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

Henry Y. Cranston

Cranston was elected as a Law and Order candidate to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

James B. Hunt

In 1842, Hunt was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, and was re-elected to the 29th Congress, serving from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847, the first person to represent Michigan's 3rd congressional district.

Jeremiah E. Cary

He was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress (March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845.) Later he resumed the practice of law in New York City, moving to Plainfield, New Jersey in 1860, where he continued the practice of law.

John Henry Lumpkin

In 1840, Lumpkin unsuccessfully ran for the United States House of Representatives; however, he ran again in 1842 and won election as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress.

John Wesley Davis

He served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the 24th, 26th, 28th and 29th Congresses and was Speaker of the U.S. House in the 29th Congress.

Landaff Andrews

He was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1839-March 3, 1843) but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress.

Levi D. Carpenter

Carpenter was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel Beardsley and served from November 5, 1844 to March 3, 1845.

Littleton Kirkpatrick

Kirkpatrick was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845, and was chairman of the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business.

Orville Robinson

Robinson was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.

Osmyn Baker

Baker was reelected to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses and served from January 14, 1840, to March 3, 1845.

Samuel C. Sample

He was elected to the 28th United States Congress as a Whig where he served from 1843 to 1845, the first representative from Indiana's 9th congressional district.

Selah B. Strong

He was elected as a Democrat to the 28th United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845.

Thomas C. McCreery

He ran unsuccessfully for election in 1842 to the Twenty-eighth Congress, and again in 1844 to the Twenty-ninth Congress.

Thomas Lanier Clingman

In 1843 Clingman ran as a Whig and was elected to the 28th United States Congress, however he was defeated in his reelection bid in 1845.

United States House of Representatives election in Florida, 1845

Florida was admitted to the Union on March 3, 1845, the last day of the 28th Congress, along with Iowa.

Washington Hunt

He was elected as a Whig to the 28th, 29th and 30th United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849.

William A. Moseley

Moseley was elected as a Whig to the 28th and 29th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1843, to March 3, 1847.

William Duhurst Merrick

In the Senate, Kent served as chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Congresses), as a member of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads (Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Congresses).

William Woodbridge

He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands in the 28th Congress, 1843–1844, and of the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office in the 29th Congress, 1845–1846.