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36 unusual facts about 30th United States Congress


Abraham Watkins Venable

He later got involved politics and was elected to the thirtieth congress as a Democrat, serving from 1847 to 1853, and ran unsuccessfully for reelection in 1852.

Alpheus Felch

He served in the 30th, 31st and 32nd Congresses, from March 4, 1847, to March 4, 1853.

Augustus L. Perrill

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.

Charles W. Cathcart

Cathcart was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849; he was appointed to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Whitcomb and served from December 6, 1852, to January 18, 1853.

Chester Pierce Butler

Butler was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served until his death in Philadelphia in 1850.

Daniel B. St. John

St. John was elected as a Whig to the 30th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849.

Daniel P. King

King served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Accounts (Twenty-ninth through Thirty-first Congresses), Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirtieth Congress).

David Outlaw

In 1844, he was a delegate to the Whig National Convention, and was elected as a Whig to the 30th, 31st, and 32nd U.S. Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853).

Francis A. Cunningham

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.

Frederick A. Tallmadge

He was elected as a Whig to the 30th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849.

Harmon S. Conger

He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851.

Harvey Putnam

He was elected as a Whig to the 30th and 31st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1851.

Henry Nes

In 1846 Nes ran as a Whig candidate for the same seat in the 30th United States Congress and was elected.

Henry P. Alexander

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress.

Henry Washington Hilliard

Hilliard was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851) but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1850.

James S. Green

He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1845 and was elected as a Democrat to the 30th and 31st Congresses, serving from March 4, 1847 to March 4, 1851.

John L. Taylor

Taylor was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1855).

John M. Holley

Holley was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress and served from March 4, 1847, until his death in Jacksonville, Florida, March 8, 1848.

John Westbrook Hornbeck

Hornbeck was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress and served until his death in Allentown in 1848.

Jonathan D. Morris

Morris was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas L. Hamer

Joseph E. Edsall

Edsall was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849.

Joseph M. Root

He was reelected to the Thirtieth Congress and reelected as a Free-Soil candidate to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1845-March 3, 1851).

Oliver Dyer

Dyer later travelled to Washington, D.C. to record sessions of 30th Congress as its first shorthand reporter.

It was used not only for courtroom testimony but also for recording political events such as the Free Soil Convention in Buffalo, New York, and sessions of the 30th United States Congress in Washington, D.C., in 1848.

Richard Kidder Meade

Meade was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George C. Dromgoole.

Robert L. Rose

He held several local offices, and then was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1851).

Rodolphus Dickinson

Dickinson was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1847, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 1849.

Sampson Willis Harris

Harris was then elected in 1846 to represent Alabama's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 30th United States Congress and was reelected to three additional terms (31st, 32nd and 33rd Congresses) in that seat from March 4, 1847, until March 3, 1855.

Samuel Dickinson Hubbard

Hubbard later got involved in politics and in 1844 he was elected to the Twenty-ninth United States Congress and later reelected to the Thirtieth Congress serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849, both terms as a Whig.

Shepherd Leffler

He had also been elected to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the Thirtieth Congress from 1847 to early 1849.

Sidney Lawrence

Lawrence was elected as a Democrat to the 30th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847, to March 3, 1849.

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.

Willard Ives

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirtieth Congress in 1848.

William Pitt Lynde

He joined part of the 30th United States Congress from June 5, 1848 till March 3, 1849 representing Wisconsin's 1st congressional district.

William W. Wick

In 1844, Wick was re-elected to congress serving until the expiration of the Thirtieth Congress in 1849, not having been a candidate for renomination.

Winfield S. Featherston

Featherston was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851).