The 22nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1831, to March 4, 1833, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1820 United States census. Both chambers had a Jacksonian majority.
Major events
December 28, 1832: Vice President John C. Calhoun resigned. The first Vice President of the United States to do so. Nullification Crisis
Major legislation
July 14, 1832: Tariff of 1832, ch. 227, March 2, 1833: Tariff of 1833 (Compromise Tariff), ch. 55, March 2, 1833: Force Bill, ch. 57,
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
President: John C. Calhoun (J), resigned December 28, 1832; thereafter vacant. President pro tempore: Samuel Smith (J), first elected December 5, 1831 Littleton W. Tazewell (J), elected July 9, 1832 Hugh Lawson White (J), elected December 3, 1832
House of Representatives
Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J)
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
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Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1832; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1836.
Alabama
2. William R. King (J) 3. Gabriel Moore (J)
Connecticut
1. Samuel A. Foot (NR) 3. Gideon Tomlinson (NR)
Delaware
1. Arnold Naudain (NR) 2. John M. Clayton (NR)
Georgia
2. George M. Troup (J) 3. John Forsyth (J)
Illinois
2. John M. Robinson (J) 3. Elias K. Kane (J)
Indiana
1. Robert Hanna (NR), from August 19, 1831 - January 3, 1832
John Tipton (J), from January 3, 1832
3. William Hendricks (NR)
Kentucky
2. George M. Bibb (J) 3. Henry Clay (NR), from November 10, 1831
Louisiana
2. Edward Livingston (J), until May 24, 1831
George A. Waggaman (NR), from November 15, 1831
3. Josiah S. Johnston (NR)
Maine
1. John Holmes (NR) 2. Peleg Sprague (NR)
Maryland
1. Samuel Smith (J) 3. Ezekiel F. Chambers (NR)
Massachusetts
1. Daniel Webster (NR) 2. Nathaniel Silsbee (NR)
Mississippi
1. Powhatan Ellis (J), until July 16, 1832
John Black (J), from November 12, 1832
2. George Poindexter (NR)
Missouri
1. Thomas H. Benton (J) 3. Alexander Buckner (J)
New Hampshire
2. Samuel Bell (NR) 3. Isaac Hill (J)
New Jersey
1. Mahlon Dickerson (J) 2. Theodore Frelinghuysen (NR)
New York
1. Charles E. Dudley (J) 3. William L. Marcy (J), until January 1, 1833 Silas Wright Jr. (J), from January 4, 1833
North Carolina
2. Bedford Brown (J) 3. Willie P. Mangum (J)
Ohio
1. Benjamin Ruggles (NR) 3. Thomas Ewing (NR)
Pennsylvania
1. Isaac D. Barnard (J), until December 6, 1831
George M. Dallas (J), from December 13, 1831
3. William Wilkins (J)
Rhode Island
1. Asher Robbins (NR) 2. Nehemiah R. Knight (NR)
South Carolina
2. Robert Y. Hayne (N), until December 3, 1832
John C. Calhoun (N), from December 29, 1832
3. Stephen D. Miller (N), until March 2, 1833, vacant for remainder of term
Tennessee
1. Felix Grundy (J) 2. Hugh Lawson White (J)
Vermont
1. Horatio Seymour (NR) 3. Samuel Prentiss (NR)
Virginia
1. John Tyler (J) 2. Littleton W. Tazewell (J), until July 16, 1832 William C. Rives (J), from December 10, 1832
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
. Clement C. Clay (J) . Samuel W. Mardis (J) . Dixon H. Lewis (J)