How did the United States change between and ?

Pick two dates. See the laws, the executive orders, the courts, Congress, federal agencies, the Constitution and the budget, as a diff.

civicdiff.com/1849-03-04...1850-07-08 · 16 months json
18 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 166 deletions(−)
Laws enacted
0
major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—
records start in 1994
Final rules
—
records start in 1994
Supreme Court
0 of 9
seats changed hands
Agencies
+0 −0
departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$16M
$47M → $63M

The presidency passed from James Knox Polk to Zachary Taylor. 20 senators and 144 representatives took seats that they did not hold before.

Executive5 files+11−7

executive/presidentThe presidency
James Knox Polk D
11th president
Zachary Taylor W
12th president · took office Mar 4, 1849
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
George Mifflin Dallas D
Millard Fillmore W
took office Mar 4, 1849
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
executive/ordersExecutive orders
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
26 → 26 tracked organizations · 6 → 6 executive departments
No agencies created or abolished in this window.
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.

Military1 file±0

military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.

Legislative4 files+164−159

legislative/controlControl of Congress
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
30th Congress → 31st Congress · 1 new Congress elected
1 change of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority
117 W · 108 D
House: null majority
114 D · 108 W
Senate: Democrat majority on both dates
38 D · 21 W → 34 D · 24 W
Mar 4, 1849 · 38 D · 21 W · 1 FS
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Democrat, AL)Solon Borland (Democrat, AR)William King Sebastian (Democrat, AR)John Milton Niles (Democrat, CT)James Diament Westcott Jr. (Democrat, FL)David Levy Yulee (Democrat, FL)Herschel Vespasian Johnson (Democrat, GA)George Wallace Jones (Democrat, IA)Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat, IA)Sidney Breese (Democrat, IL)Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat, IL)Edward Allen Hannegan (Democrat, IN)Jesse David Bright (Democrat, IN)Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat, LA)James Ware Bradbury (Democrat, ME)Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor (Democrat, ME)Thomas Fitzgerald (Democrat, MI)Alpheus Felch (Democrat, MI)David Rice Atchison (Democrat, MO)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Jefferson Davis (Democrat, MS)Henry Stuart Foote (Democrat, MS)Charles Gordon Atherton (Democrat, NH)Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Democrat, NY)John Adams Dix (Democrat, NY)William Allen (Democrat, OH)Simon Cameron (Democrat, PA)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)Andrew Pickens Butler (Democrat, SC)John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat, SC)Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat, TN)Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Democrat, TX)Samuel Houston (Democrat, TX)James Murray Mason (Democrat, VA)Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Democrat, VA)Henry Dodge (Democrat, WI)Isaac Pigeon Walker (Democrat, WI)John Parker Hale (Free Soil, NH)Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig, CT)John Middleton Clayton (Whig, DE)Presley Spruance (Whig, DE)John Macpherson Berrien (Whig, GA)Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig, KY)Thomas Metcalfe (Whig, KY)Henry Johnson (Whig, LA)Daniel Webster (Whig, MA)John Davis (Whig, MA)James Alfred Pearce (Whig, MD)Reverdy Johnson (Whig, MD)George Edmund Badger (Whig, NC)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)William Lewis Dayton (Whig, NJ)Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig, NJ)Thomas Corwin (Whig, OH)Albert Collins Greene (Whig, RI)John Hopkins Clarke (Whig, RI)John Bell (Whig, TN)William Upham (Whig, VT)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)
Jul 8, 1850 · 34 D · 24 W · 2 FS · 1 IRD
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Jeremiah Clemens (Democrat, AL)William King Sebastian (Democrat, AR)Solon Borland (Democrat, AR)John Charles Frémont (Democrat, CA)David Levy Yulee (Democrat, FL)George Wallace Jones (Democrat, IA)Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat, IA)Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat, IL)James Shields (Democrat, IL)Jesse David Bright (Democrat, IN)James Whitcomb (Democrat, IN)Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat, LA)Pierre Soulé (Democrat, LA)James Ware Bradbury (Democrat, ME)Hannibal Hamlin (Democrat, ME)Alpheus Felch (Democrat, MI)Lewis Cass (Democrat, MI)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)David Rice Atchison (Democrat, MO)Jefferson Davis (Democrat, MS)Henry Stuart Foote (Democrat, MS)Moses Norris Jr. (Democrat, NH)Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Democrat, NY)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)Robert Woodward Barnwell (Democrat, SC)Andrew Pickens Butler (Democrat, SC)Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat, TN)Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Democrat, TX)Samuel Houston (Democrat, TX)James Murray Mason (Democrat, VA)Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Democrat, VA)Henry Dodge (Democrat, WI)Isaac Pigeon Walker (Democrat, WI)Thomas George Pratt (Ind. Republican-Democrat, MD)John Parker Hale (Free Soil, NH)Salmon Portland Chase (Free Soil, OH)Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig, CT)Truman Smith (Whig, CT)Presley Spruance (Whig, DE)John Wales (Whig, DE)Jackson Morton (Whig, FL)John Macpherson Berrien (Whig, GA)William Crosby Dawson (Whig, GA)Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig, KY)Henry Clay (Whig, KY)Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig, MA)John Davis (Whig, MA)James Alfred Pearce (Whig, MD)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)George Edmund Badger (Whig, NC)William Lewis Dayton (Whig, NJ)Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig, NJ)William Henry Seward (Whig, NY)Thomas Ewing (Whig, OH)James Cooper (Whig, PA)Albert Collins Greene (Whig, RI)John Hopkins Clarke (Whig, RI)John Bell (Whig, TN)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)William Upham (Whig, VT)
20 new members · 19 departed · 41 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 51 → 51
8 seats changed party
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Who joined and who left (20 in · 19 out)
Truman Smith W
Connecticut
John Wales W
Delaware
James Shields D
Illinois
Henry Clay W
Kentucky
Pierre Soulé D
Louisiana
Lewis Cass D
Michigan
Moses Norris Jr. D
New Hampshire
James Cooper W
Pennsylvania
Robert Woodward Barnwell D
South Carolina
John Milton Niles D
Connecticut
Sidney Breese D
Illinois
Thomas Metcalfe W
Kentucky
Henry Johnson W
Louisiana
Daniel Webster W
Massachusetts
Reverdy Johnson W
Maryland
John Adams Dix D
New York
Simon Cameron D
Pennsylvania
John Caldwell Calhoun D
South Carolina
Mar 4, 1849 · 117 W · 108 D · 2 ID · 1 A · 1 I
Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Democrat, AL-7)Samuel Williams Inge (Democrat, AL-4)Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat, AL-3)Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat, AL-6)George Smith Houston (Democrat, AL-5)Robert Ward Johnson (Democrat, AR-1)Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat, GA-4)Howell Cobb (Democrat, GA-6)Alfred Iverson Sr. (Democrat, GA-2)John Henry Lumpkin (Democrat, GA-5)Shepherd Leffler (Democrat, IA-2)William Thompson (Democrat, IA-1)Thomas Johnston Turner (Democrat, IL-6)Orlando Bell Ficklin (Democrat, IL-3)John Alexander McClernand (Democrat, IL-2)William Alexander Richardson (Democrat, IL-5)John Wentworth (Democrat, IL-4)Thomas Jefferson Henley (Democrat, IN-2)William Rockhill (Democrat, IN-10)William Watson Wick (Democrat, IN-5)John Larne Robinson (Democrat, IN-3)Charles William Cathcart (Democrat, IN-9)John Pettit (Democrat, IN-8)Beverly Leonidas Clarke (Democrat, KY-2)Richard French (Democrat, KY-9)Linn Boyd (Democrat, KY-1)Samuel Oldham Peyton (Democrat, KY-3)John Henry Harmanson (Democrat, LA-3)Emile La Sére (Democrat, LA-1)Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat, LA-4)Thomas Watkins Ligon (Democrat, MD-3)Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat, MD-4)Asa William Henry Clapp (Democrat, ME-2)Franklin Clark (Democrat, ME-4)David Hammons (Democrat, ME-1)James Sullivan Wiley (Democrat, ME-6)Hezekiah Williams (Democrat, ME-7)Ephraim Knight Smart (Democrat, ME-5)Edward Bradley (Democrat, MI-2)Robert McClelland (Democrat, MI-1)Kinsley Scott Bingham (Democrat, MI-3)John Jameson (Democrat, MO-2)James Butler Bowlin (Democrat, MO-1)Willard Preble Hall (Democrat, MO-4)James Stephen Green (Democrat, MO-3)John Smith Phelps (Democrat, MO-5)Winfield Scott Featherston (Democrat, MS-2)Jacob Thompson (Democrat, MS-1)Albert Gallatin Brown (Democrat, MS-4)James Iver McKay (Democrat, NC-7)John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat, NC-6)Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat, NC-5)James Hutchins Johnson (Democrat, NH-4)Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat, NH-2)Joseph E. Edsall (Democrat, NJ-3)Ausburn Birdsall (Democrat, NY-22)William Collins (Democrat, NY-18)Sidney Lawrence (Democrat, NY-15)Frederick William Lord (Democrat, NY-1)Henry Cruse Murphy (Democrat, NY-2)Henry Nicoll (Democrat, NY-3)George Anson Starkweather (Democrat, NY-21)Timothy Jenkins (Democrat, NY-20)William Brown Maclay (Democrat, NY-4)John D. Cummins (Democrat, OH-16)James John Faran (Democrat, OH-1)George Fries (Democrat, OH-17)William Kennon Jr. (Democrat, OH-15)Samuel Lahm (Democrat, OH-18)William Sawyer (Democrat, OH-5)Rodolphus Dickinson (Democrat, OH-6)John Krepps Miller (Democrat, OH-11)Jonathan David Morris (Democrat, OH-7)Thomas Ritchey (Democrat, OH-13)Charles Brown (Democrat, PA-3)Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat, PA-4)Job Mann (Democrat, PA-19)William Strong (Democrat, PA-9)James Thompson (Democrat, PA-23)Richard Brodhead (Democrat, PA-10)David Wilmot (Democrat, PA-12)Benjamin Babock Thurston (Democrat, RI-2)James Augustus Black (Democrat, SC-1)Richard Franklin Simpson (Democrat, SC-2)Alexander Dromgoole Sims (Democrat, SC-4)Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat, SC-6)Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat, SC-7)Armistead Burt (Democrat, SC-5)Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat, SC-3)Lucien Bonaparte Chase (Democrat, TN-9)Hugh Lawson White Hill (Democrat, TN-4)Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat, TN-10)George Washington Jones (Democrat, TN-5)James Houston Thomas (Democrat, TN-6)Andrew Johnson (Democrat, TN-1)Timothy Pilsbury (Democrat, TX-2)David Spangler Kaufman (Democrat, TX-1)Archibald Atkinson (Democrat, VA-1)Henry Bedinger (Democrat, VA-10)George Coke Dromgoole (Democrat, VA-2)Robert Augustine Thompson (Democrat, VA-14)James McDowell (Democrat, VA-11)Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat, VA-7)Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat, VA-4)William Gay Brown (Democrat, VA-15)Richard Lee Turberville Beale (Democrat, VA-8)Lucius Benedict Peck (Democrat, VT-4)Mason Cook Darling (Democrat, WI-AL)Amos Tuck (Independent, NH-1)Robert Smith (Ind. Democrat, IL-1)George Petrie (Ind. Democrat, NY-17)Lewis Charles Levin (American, PA-1)John Gayle (Whig, AL-1)Henry Washington Hilliard (Whig, AL-2)Samuel Dickinson Hubbard (Whig, CT-2)John Arnold Rockwell (Whig, CT-3)Truman Smith (Whig, CT-4)James Dixon (Whig, CT-1)John Wallace Houston (Whig, DE-AL)Edward Carrington Cabell (Whig, FL-1)John William Jones (Whig, GA-3)Thomas Butler King (Whig, GA-1)Robert Augustus Toombs (Whig, GA-8)Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig, GA-7)Abraham Lincoln (Whig, IL-7)Elisha Embree (Whig, IN-1)Caleb Blood Smith (Whig, IN-4)Richard Wigginton Thompson (Whig, IN-7)George Grundy Dunn (Whig, IN-6)Aylette Buckner (Whig, KY-4)William Garnett Duncan (Whig, KY-7)John Pollard Gaines (Whig, KY-10)Charles Slaughter Morehead (Whig, KY-8)John Burton Thompson (Whig, KY-5)Green Adams (Whig, KY-6)Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux (Whig, LA-2)Amos Abbott (Whig, MA-3)John Quincy Adams (Whig, MA-8)Artemas Hale (Whig, MA-9)Charles Hudson (Whig, MA-5)John Gorham Palfrey (Whig, MA-4)George Ashmun (Whig, MA-6)Joseph Grinnell (Whig, MA-10)Daniel Putnam King (Whig, MA-2)Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig, MA-1)Julius Rockwell (Whig, MA-7)John Grant Chapman (Whig, MD-1)James Dixon Roman (Whig, MD-2)Alexander Evans (Whig, MD-5)John Woodland Crisfield (Whig, MD-6)Hiram Belcher (Whig, ME-3)Patrick Watson Tompkins (Whig, MS-3)Daniel Moreau Barringer (Whig, NC-3)Richard Spaight Donnell (Whig, NC-8)Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig, NC-4)David Outlaw (Whig, NC-9)Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig, NC-1)Nathaniel Boyden (Whig, NC-2)James Wilson (Whig, NH-3)Dudley Sanford Gregory (Whig, NJ-5)James Giles Hampton (Whig, NJ-1)John Van Dyke (Whig, NJ-4)William Augustus Newell (Whig, NJ-2)Esbon Blackmar (Whig, NY-27)Horace Greeley (Whig, NY-6)Nathan Kelsey Hall (Whig, NY-32)Elias Bellows Holmes (Whig, NY-28)Washington Hunt (Whig, NY-34)William Thomas Lawrence (Whig, NY-26)Dudley Marvin (Whig, NY-31)Joseph Mullin (Whig, NY-19)Eliakim Sherrill (Whig, NY-10)John I. Slingerland (Whig, NY-13)Daniel Bennett St. John (Whig, NY-9)Frederick Augustus Tallmadge (Whig, NY-5)Cornelius Warren (Whig, NY-8)Harmon Sweatland Conger (Whig, NY-25)William Duer (Whig, NY-23)Daniel Gott (Whig, NY-24)William Nelson (Whig, NY-7)Harvey Putnam (Whig, NY-33)Gideon Reynolds (Whig, NY-12)Robert Lawson Rose (Whig, NY-29)David Rumsey (Whig, NY-30)Peter Henry Silvester (Whig, NY-11)Hugh White (Whig, NY-16)Orlando Kellogg (Whig, NY-14)Richard Sprigg Canby (Whig, OH-4)Daniel Duncan (Whig, OH-10)Thomas Owen Edwards (Whig, OH-9)David Fisher (Whig, OH-2)John Crowell (Whig, OH-19)Nathan Evans (Whig, OH-14)Joseph Mosley Root (Whig, OH-21)Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig, OH-12)John Lampkin Taylor (Whig, OH-8)Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig, OH-20)Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig, OH-3)John Blanchard (Whig, PA-17)Jasper Ewing Brady (Whig, PA-16)John Dickey (Whig, PA-20)George Nicholas Eckert (Whig, PA-14)John Wilson Farrelly (Whig, PA-22)John Westbrook Hornbeck (Whig, PA-6)Joseph Reed Ingersoll (Whig, PA-2)Alexander Irvin (Whig, PA-24)Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (Whig, PA-7)James Pollock (Whig, PA-13)Andrew Stewart (Whig, PA-18)John Strohm (Whig, PA-8)Chester Pierce Butler (Whig, PA-11)John Freedley (Whig, PA-5)Moses Hampton (Whig, PA-21)Henry Nes (Whig, PA-15)Robert Bennie Cranston (Whig, RI-1)Washington Barrow (Whig, TN-8)William Michael Cocke (Whig, TN-2)John Hervey Crozier (Whig, TN-3)William T. Haskell (Whig, TN-11)Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig, TN-7)John Minor Botts (Whig, VA-6)Thomas Stanhope Flournoy (Whig, VA-3)Andrew Steele Fulton (Whig, VA-13)William Leftwich Goggin (Whig, VA-5)John Strother Pendleton (Whig, VA-9)William Ballard Preston (Whig, VA-12)William Henry (Whig, VT-1)George Perkins Marsh (Whig, VT-3)Jacob Collamer (Whig, VT-2)
Jul 8, 1850 · 114 D · 108 W · 9 FS · 1 A · 1 U
Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Democrat, AL-7)David Hubbard (Democrat, AL-5)Samuel Williams Inge (Democrat, AL-4)Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat, AL-3)Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat, AL-6)Robert Ward Johnson (Democrat, AR-1)Edward Gilbert (Democrat, CA-AL)Loren Pinckney Waldo (Democrat, CT-1)Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat, CT-3)Thomas C. Hackett (Democrat, GA-5)Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat, GA-4)Marshall Johnson Wellborn (Democrat, GA-2)Howell Cobb (Democrat, GA-6)Shepherd Leffler (Democrat, IA-2)Timothy Roberts Young (Democrat, IL-3)William Harrison Bissell (Democrat, IL-1)Thomas Langrell Harris (Democrat, IL-7)John Alexander McClernand (Democrat, IL-2)William Alexander Richardson (Democrat, IL-5)John Wentworth (Democrat, IL-4)Nathaniel Albertson (Democrat, IN-1)William John Brown (Democrat, IN-5)Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat, IN-6)John Larne Robinson (Democrat, IN-3)Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat, IN-2)Andrew Jackson Harlan (Democrat, IN-10)Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat, IN-9)Joseph Ewing McDonald (Democrat, IN-8)George Alfred Caldwell (Democrat, KY-4)Linn Boyd (Democrat, KY-1)Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat, KY-10)John Calvin Mason (Democrat, KY-9)John Henry Harmanson (Democrat, LA-3)Emile La Sére (Democrat, LA-1)Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat, LA-4)Edward Hammond (Democrat, MD-3)William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat, MD-2)Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat, MD-4)Elbridge Gerry (Democrat, ME-1)Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Democrat, ME-2)Cullen Sawtelle (Democrat, ME-5)Charles Stetson (Democrat, ME-6)Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat, ME-7)Alexander Woodruff Buel (Democrat, MI-1)Kinsley Scott Bingham (Democrat, MI-3)William Van Ness Bay (Democrat, MO-2)James Butler Bowlin (Democrat, MO-1)Willard Preble Hall (Democrat, MO-4)James Stephen Green (Democrat, MO-3)John Smith Phelps (Democrat, MO-5)Winfield Scott Featherston (Democrat, MS-2)William McWillie (Democrat, MS-3)Jacob Thompson (Democrat, MS-1)Albert Gallatin Brown (Democrat, MS-4)John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat, NC-6)Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat, NC-5)William Shepperd Ashe (Democrat, NC-7)Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat, NH-2)Harry Hibbard (Democrat, NH-4)Isaac Wildrick (Democrat, NJ-3)Hiram Walden (Democrat, NY-21)Moses Hoagland (Democrat, OH-16)John Krepps Miller (Democrat, OH-11)Jonathan David Morris (Democrat, OH-7)Emery Davis Potter (Democrat, OH-5)William Augustus Whittlesey (Democrat, OH-13)Joseph Cable (Democrat, OH-17)David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat, OH-18)Charles Sweetser (Democrat, OH-10)David Tiernan Disney (Democrat, OH-1)Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat, OH-9)Samuel Royal Thurston (Democrat, OR-AL)John Brisbin (Democrat, PA-11)Joel Buchanan Danner (Democrat, PA-15)Job Mann (Democrat, PA-19)William Strong (Democrat, PA-9)James Thompson (Democrat, PA-23)Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat, PA-10)Alfred Gilmore (Democrat, PA-24)James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat, PA-16)Thomas Ross (Democrat, PA-6)David Wilmot (Democrat, PA-12)John Robbins (Democrat, PA-4)Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat, SC-6)Armistead Burt (Democrat, SC-5)William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat, SC-7)Daniel Wallace (Democrat, SC-1)Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat, SC-3)James Lawrence Orr (Democrat, SC-2)John McQueen (Democrat, SC-4)Andrew Ewing (Democrat, TN-8)Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat, TN-10)George Washington Jones (Democrat, TN-5)John Houston Savage (Democrat, TN-4)James Houston Thomas (Democrat, TN-6)Andrew Johnson (Democrat, TN-1)Isham Green Harris (Democrat, TN-9)David Spangler Kaufman (Democrat, TX-1)Volney Erskine Howard (Democrat, TX-2)James McDowell (Democrat, VA-11)Richard Parker (Democrat, VA-10)James Alexander Seddon (Democrat, VA-6)Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat, VA-3)James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat, VA-14)Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat, VA-8)Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat, VA-2)Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat, VA-7)Fayette McMullen (Democrat, VA-13)Paulus Powell (Democrat, VA-5)Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat, VA-4)Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat, VA-12)John Singleton Millson (Democrat, VA-1)Lucius Benedict Peck (Democrat, VT-4)James Duane Doty (Democrat, WI-3)Walter Booth (Free Soil, CT-2)George Washington Julian (Free Soil, IN-4)Charles Allen (Free Soil, MA-5)Henry Hastings Sibley (?, MN-AL)Amos Tuck (Free Soil, NH-1)Preston King (Free Soil, NY-18)Joseph Mosley Root (Free Soil, OH-21)Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil, OH-20)Lewis Charles Levin (American, PA-1)John W. Howe (Free Soil, PA-22)Charles Durkee (Free Soil, WI-1)William Jeffreys Alston (Whig, AL-1)Henry Washington Hilliard (Whig, AL-2)Thomas Belden Butler (Whig, CT-4)John Wallace Houston (Whig, DE-AL)Edward Carrington Cabell (Whig, FL-1)Thomas Butler King (Whig, GA-1)Allen Ferdinand Owen (Whig, GA-3)Robert Augustus Toombs (Whig, GA-8)Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig, GA-7)Daniel Fry Miller (Whig, IA-1)Edward Dickinson Baker (Whig, IL-6)Edward Wilson McGaughey (Whig, IN-7)Daniel Breck (Whig, KY-6)James Leeper Johnson (Whig, KY-2)Finis Ewing McLean (Whig, KY-3)Charles Slaughter Morehead (Whig, KY-8)John Burton Thompson (Whig, KY-5)Humphrey Marshall (Whig, KY-7)Henry Adams Bullard (Whig, LA-2)George Ashmun (Whig, MA-6)Samuel Atkins Eliot (Whig, MA-1)Joseph Grinnell (Whig, MA-10)Daniel Putnam King (Whig, MA-2)James Henry Duncan (Whig, MA-3)Orin Fowler (Whig, MA-9)Horace Mann (Whig, MA-8)Julius Rockwell (Whig, MA-7)John Bozman Kerr (Whig, MD-6)Richard Johns Bowie (Whig, MD-1)Alexander Evans (Whig, MD-5)Rufus King Goodenow (Whig, ME-4)John Otis (Whig, ME-3)William Sprague (Whig, MI-2)Edmund Deberry (Whig, NC-3)Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig, NC-4)Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Whig, NC-2)David Outlaw (Whig, NC-9)Edward Stanly (Whig, NC-8)Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig, NC-1)James Wilson (Whig, NH-3)Andrew Kessler Hay (Whig, NJ-1)James Gore King (Whig, NJ-5)John Van Dyke (Whig, NJ-4)William Augustus Newell (Whig, NJ-2)Henry Porteous Alexander (Whig, NY-17)George Rex Andrews (Whig, NY-14)David Alexander Bokee (Whig, NY-2)Charles Ezra Clarke (Whig, NY-19)Harmon Sweatland Conger (Whig, NY-25)William Duer (Whig, NY-23)Daniel Gott (Whig, NY-24)Herman Day Gould (Whig, NY-10)Ransom Halloway (Whig, NY-8)William Terry Jackson (Whig, NY-26)John Alsop King (Whig, NY-1)Thomas McKissock (Whig, NY-9)William Nelson (Whig, NY-7)Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Whig, NY-3)Harvey Putnam (Whig, NY-33)Gideon Reynolds (Whig, NY-12)Elijah Risley (Whig, NY-31)Robert Lawson Rose (Whig, NY-29)David Rumsey (Whig, NY-30)Peter Henry Silvester (Whig, NY-11)John Richardson Thurman (Whig, NY-15)Walter Underhill (Whig, NY-4)Hugh White (Whig, NY-16)Lorenzo Burrows (Whig, NY-34)William Augustus Sackett (Whig, NY-27)Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig, NY-28)John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig, NY-13)Henry Bennett (Whig, NY-22)Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Whig, NY-20)George Briggs (Whig, NY-5)Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (Whig, NY-32)James Brooks (Whig, NY-6)John Bell (Whig, OH-6)John Crowell (Whig, OH-19)Nathan Evans (Whig, OH-14)Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig, OH-12)William Forrest Hunter (Whig, OH-15)Moses Bledso Corwin (Whig, OH-4)John Lampkin Taylor (Whig, OH-8)Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig, OH-3)Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig, OH-2)Samuel Calvin (Whig, PA-17)Joseph Casey (Whig, PA-13)Jesse Column Dickey (Whig, PA-7)John Freedley (Whig, PA-5)Moses Hampton (Whig, PA-21)Andrew Jackson Ogle (Whig, PA-18)Charles Wesley Pitman (Whig, PA-14)Robert Rentoul Reed (Whig, PA-20)Henry Dunning Moore (Whig, PA-3)Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig, PA-2)Thaddeus Stevens (Whig, PA-8)George Gordon King (Whig, RI-1)Nathan Fellows Dixon (Whig, RI-2)Josiah McNair Anderson (Whig, TN-3)Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig, TN-7)Christopher Harris Williams (Whig, TN-11)Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig, TN-2)Thomas Sherwood Haymond (Whig, VA-15)Jeremiah Morton (Whig, VA-9)William Henry (Whig, VT-1)George Perkins Marsh (Whig, VT-3)William Hebard (Whig, VT-2)Orsamus Cole (Whig, WI-2)
144 new members · 140 departed · 89 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 43 → 43
18 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
California 0 D · 0 R
California 1 D · 0 R
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R · 4 other
Connecticut 2 D · 0 R · 2 other
Iowa 2 D · 0 R
Iowa 1 D · 0 R · 1 other
Illinois 5 D · 0 R · 2 other
Illinois 6 D · 0 R · 1 other
Indiana 6 D · 0 R · 4 other
Indiana 8 D · 0 R · 2 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R · 10 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R · 9 other
Maryland 2 D · 0 R · 4 other
Maryland 3 D · 0 R · 3 other
Maine 6 D · 0 R · 1 other
Maine 5 D · 0 R · 2 other
Michigan 3 D · 0 R
Michigan 2 D · 0 R · 1 other
Minnesota 0 D · 0 R
Minnesota 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Mississippi 3 D · 0 R · 1 other
Mississippi 4 D · 0 R
New York 9 D · 0 R · 25 other
New York 1 D · 0 R · 33 other
Oregon 0 D · 0 R
Oregon 1 D · 0 R
Pennsylvania 7 D · 0 R · 17 other
Pennsylvania 11 D · 0 R · 13 other
Rhode Island 1 D · 0 R · 1 other
Rhode Island 0 D · 0 R · 2 other
Tennessee 6 D · 0 R · 5 other
Tennessee 7 D · 0 R · 4 other
Virginia 9 D · 0 R · 6 other
Virginia 13 D · 0 R · 2 other
Wisconsin 1 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 0 R · 2 other
Who joined and who left (144 in · 140 out)
David Hubbard D
Alabama-5
Edward Gilbert D
California-AL
Walter Booth FS
Connecticut-2
Thomas Belden Butler W
Connecticut-4
Loren Pinckney Waldo D
Connecticut-1
Daniel Breck W
Kentucky-6
Finis Ewing McLean W
Kentucky-3
Humphrey Marshall W
Kentucky-7
John Calvin Mason D
Kentucky-9
Henry Adams Bullard W
Louisiana-2
Samuel Atkins Eliot W
Massachusetts-1
Charles Allen FS
Massachusetts-5
James Henry Duncan W
Massachusetts-3
Orin Fowler W
Massachusetts-9
Horace Mann W
Massachusetts-8
John Bozman Kerr W
Maryland-6
Edward Hammond D
Maryland-3
John Otis W
Maine-3
William Sprague W
Michigan-2
William McWillie D
Mississippi-3
Edmund Deberry W
North Carolina-3
Joseph Pearson Caldwell W
North Carolina-2
Edward Stanly W
North Carolina-8
William Shepperd Ashe D
North Carolina-7
Harry Hibbard D
New Hampshire-4
Andrew Kessler Hay W
New Jersey-1
James Gore King W
New Jersey-5
Isaac Wildrick D
New Jersey-3
George Rex Andrews W
New York-14
Charles Ezra Clarke W
New York-19
Herman Day Gould W
New York-10
Ransom Halloway W
New York-8
John Alsop King W
New York-1
Thomas McKissock W
New York-9
Elijah Risley W
New York-31
Walter Underhill W
New York-4
Hiram Walden D
New York-21
Lorenzo Burrows W
New York-34
Henry Bennett W
New York-22
Preston King FS
New York-18
George Briggs W
New York-5
James Brooks W
New York-6
John Bell W
Ohio-6
Joseph Cable D
Ohio-17
John Brisbin D
Pennsylvania-11
Samuel Calvin W
Pennsylvania-17
Joseph Casey W
Pennsylvania-13
Joel Buchanan Danner D
Pennsylvania-15
Jesse Column Dickey W
Pennsylvania-7
Andrew Jackson Ogle W
Pennsylvania-18
Charles Wesley Pitman W
Pennsylvania-14
Robert Rentoul Reed W
Pennsylvania-20
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D
Pennsylvania-10
Alfred Gilmore D
Pennsylvania-24
John W. Howe FS
Pennsylvania-22
James Xavier McLanahan D
Pennsylvania-16
Henry Dunning Moore W
Pennsylvania-3
Thomas Ross D
Pennsylvania-6
Joseph Ripley Chandler W
Pennsylvania-2
Thaddeus Stevens W
Pennsylvania-8
John Robbins D
Pennsylvania-4
George Gordon King W
Rhode Island-1
Nathan Fellows Dixon W
Rhode Island-2
William Ferguson Colcock D
South Carolina-7
Daniel Wallace D
South Carolina-1
James Lawrence Orr D
South Carolina-2
John McQueen D
South Carolina-4
Andrew Ewing D
Tennessee-8
John Houston Savage D
Tennessee-4
Isham Green Harris D
Tennessee-9
Jeremiah Morton W
Virginia-9
Richard Parker D
Virginia-10
Fayette McMullen D
Virginia-13
Paulus Powell D
Virginia-5
William Hebard W
Vermont-2
Orsamus Cole W
Wisconsin-2
James Duane Doty D
Wisconsin-3
Charles Durkee FS
Wisconsin-1
John Gayle W
Alabama-1
John Arnold Rockwell W
Connecticut-3
Truman Smith W
Connecticut-4
James Dixon W
Connecticut-1
Robert Smith ID
Illinois-1
Abraham Lincoln W
Illinois-7
Elisha Embree W
Indiana-1
William Rockhill D
Indiana-10
John Pettit D
Indiana-8
Aylette Buckner W
Kentucky-4
Richard French D
Kentucky-9
John Pollard Gaines W
Kentucky-10
Green Adams W
Kentucky-6
Amos Abbott W
Massachusetts-3
John Quincy Adams W
Massachusetts-8
Artemas Hale W
Massachusetts-9
Charles Hudson W
Massachusetts-5
John Gorham Palfrey W
Massachusetts-4
Robert Charles Winthrop W
Massachusetts-1
John Grant Chapman W
Maryland-1
James Dixon Roman W
Maryland-2
Hiram Belcher W
Maine-3
David Hammons D
Maine-1
Edward Bradley D
Michigan-2
Robert McClelland D
Michigan-1
John Jameson D
Missouri-2
Daniel Moreau Barringer W
North Carolina-3
Richard Spaight Donnell W
North Carolina-8
James Iver McKay D
North Carolina-7
Nathaniel Boyden W
North Carolina-2
James Hutchins Johnson D
New Hampshire-4
Joseph E. Edsall D
New Jersey-3
James Giles Hampton W
New Jersey-1
Ausburn Birdsall D
New York-22
Esbon Blackmar W
New York-27
William Collins D
New York-18
Horace Greeley W
New York-6
Nathan Kelsey Hall W
New York-32
Washington Hunt W
New York-34
Sidney Lawrence D
New York-15
Dudley Marvin W
New York-31
Joseph Mullin W
New York-19
Henry Cruse Murphy D
New York-2
Henry Nicoll D
New York-3
George Petrie ID
New York-17
Eliakim Sherrill W
New York-10
John I. Slingerland W
New York-13
Cornelius Warren W
New York-8
Timothy Jenkins D
New York-20
Orlando Kellogg W
New York-14
Daniel Duncan W
Ohio-10
David Fisher W
Ohio-2
George Fries D
Ohio-17
Samuel Lahm D
Ohio-18
John Blanchard W
Pennsylvania-17
Jasper Ewing Brady W
Pennsylvania-16
Charles Brown D
Pennsylvania-3
John Dickey W
Pennsylvania-20
George Nicholas Eckert W
Pennsylvania-14
John Wilson Farrelly W
Pennsylvania-22
John Westbrook Hornbeck W
Pennsylvania-6
Charles Jared Ingersoll D
Pennsylvania-4
Joseph Reed Ingersoll W
Pennsylvania-2
Alexander Irvin W
Pennsylvania-24
James Pollock W
Pennsylvania-13
Andrew Stewart W
Pennsylvania-18
John Strohm W
Pennsylvania-8
Chester Pierce Butler W
Pennsylvania-11
Henry Nes W
Pennsylvania-15
Richard Brodhead D
Pennsylvania-10
Robert Bennie Cranston W
Rhode Island-1
Benjamin Babock Thurston D
Rhode Island-2
James Augustus Black D
South Carolina-1
Richard Franklin Simpson D
South Carolina-2
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D
South Carolina-4
Robert Barnwell Rhett D
South Carolina-7
Washington Barrow W
Tennessee-8
John Hervey Crozier W
Tennessee-3
William T. Haskell W
Tennessee-11
Archibald Atkinson D
Virginia-1
Henry Bedinger D
Virginia-10
John Minor Botts W
Virginia-6
William Gay Brown D
Virginia-15
Jacob Collamer W
Vermont-2
Mason Cook Darling D
Wisconsin-AL
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
0 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 0 notable
No laws in this window are flagged as notable.

Judicial3 files+104

judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 8 D · 1 W → 8 D · 1 W · every justice ↗
9 justices served on both dates
John McLean D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1829
James Moore Wayne D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1835
Roger Brooke Taney D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1836
John Catron D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1837
John McKinley D
appointed by Martin Van Buren · 1837
Peter Vivian Daniel D
appointed by Martin Van Buren · 1841
Samuel Nelson W
appointed by John Tyler · 1845
Levi Woodbury D
appointed by James K. Polk · 1846
Robert Cooper Grier D
appointed by James K. Polk · 1846
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): →
District courts (active judges): 21 D · 7 JR · 4 W · 4 N( · 1 N( → 20 D · 9 W · 6 JR · 4 N( · 1 N(
Zachary Taylor W appointed 5 judges
5 district
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
99 argued decisions · 0 landmark
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.

Fiscal2 files±0

fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year undefined → fiscal year undefined · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
$47M
as of Jul 1, 1848
$63M
as of Jul 1, 1850

Constitution & Union1 file±0

constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
12 → 12 amendments in force · 30 → 30 states
No amendments ratified and no states admitted. The last amendment was the 27th, in 1992.

Reverts1 file±0

revert/undoneWhat was undone
No executive orders revoked, no rules struck down by Congress, and no precedents overruled in this window (executive-order records begin in 1994).

Log1 file±0

logEverything in between
1 events
Zachary Taylor takes office · 1849-03-041850
  1. presidentZachary Taylor takes office