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50 unusual facts about 32nd United States Congress


Abraham P. Stephens

Stephens was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853).

Alexander H. Buell

Buell was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1853.

Alexander Harper

Harper was again elected to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853).

Alpheus Felch

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

Andrew K. Hay

Hay was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851, but declined to be a candidate for renomination to the Thirty-second Congress.

Augustus P. Hascall

Hascall was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853).

Benjamin Babock Thurston

Thurston was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1857).

Benjamin Stanton

He served as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, from 1851 to 1853.

Bernhart Henn

He initially served in the Thirty-second Congress.

Bragg-Mitchell Mansion

He was appointed judge to Alabama's 10th Judicial Circuit in 1842, later leaving that post after being elected to the 32nd United States Congress.

Charles Skelton

He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1855.

Cyrus L. Dunham

Cyrus Livingston Dunham then successfully ran for Congress, being elected to the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855) as a Democrat.

David Hubbard

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

David Jackson Bailey

Bailey was elected to represent Georgia's 3rd congressional district in 1850 as a State Rights Representative to the 32nd United States Congress.

David L. Seymour

Seymour was elected to the 32nd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853, and was Chairman of the Committee on Commerce.

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).

Elijah Webb Chastain

Elected to represent Georgia's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Unionist during the 32nd United States Congress, Chastain won reelection as a Democrat to an additional term in the 33rd Congress and served in Congress from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1855.

Francis B. Fay

Fay was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Rantoul, Jr., and served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853.

George Houston Brown

Brown was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

George Vail

George Vail was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

George W. Morrison

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress, but he was elected to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855).

Gilbert Dean

Dean was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd and 33rd United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1851, to July 3, 1854, when he resigned.

Isaac Wildrick

Wildrick was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1853, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1852.

Jerediah Horsford

Horsford was elected as a Whig to the 32nd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

Jesse Column Dickey

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-second Congress.

John Appleton

In 1850 he was elected to the 32nd United States Congress serving from 1851 to 1853, not running for re-election in 1852.

John G. Davis

Davis was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd and 33rd Congresses but was unsuccessful for re-election in 1854 to the 34th Congress.

John H. Boyd

Elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress Boyd was United States Representative for the fourteenth district of New York from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853.

John J. Taylor

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

John McQueen

He was reelected to the 32nd and to the four succeeding Congresses, and served from February 12, 1849, until his retirement on December 21, 1860.

John Millson

He served as chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Thirty-second Congress).

John Milton Bernhisel

He was selected to the Thirty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1859).

John Parsons Cook

In 1850, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to represent the Second District in the Thirty-second Congress, losing to Democrat Lincoln Clark.

Joseph Cable

Cable was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1853), while living in Carroll County.

Joseph Webber Jackson

Jackson was reelected as a States Rights candidate to the 32nd Congress and served from March 4, 1850 through March 3, 1853.

Josiah Sutherland

Sutherland was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

Lorenzo Sabine

Sabine was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin Thompson and served from December 13, 1852, to March 3, 1853.

Marius Schoonmaker

Schoonmaker was a member of the New York State Senate (10th D.) in 1850 and 1851, and was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress, holding office from March 4, 1851, to March 3, 1853.

Moses Hoagland

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress and returned home to resume the practice of law.

Orin Fowler

Fowler was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1849, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 3, 1852.

Presley Ewing

Ewing was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in the town of Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, September 27, 1854.

Richard Brodhead

and the United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims during Thirty-second Congress.

Richard Hanson Weightman

Weightman was elected as a Democrat and the Territory's first Delegate to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853).

Richard Kidder Meade

He was reelected to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses and served from August 5, 1847, to March 3, 1853.

Rodman M. Price

On returning to New Jersey he was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd United States Congress from New Jersey's 5th congressional district and served from March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress.

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.

Thomas Flournoy

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1848 to the Thirty-first Congress and for election in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

Thomas L. Harris

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress.

Thompson Campbell

He was elected as a Democrat to the 32nd Congress in 1850, and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852.

Winfield S. Featherston

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress, being defeated by John Allen Wilcox.