Special: March 4, 1857 – March 14, 1857 1st: December 7, 1857 – June 14, 1858 Special: June 15, 1858 – June 16, 1858 2nd: December 6, 1858 – March 3, 1859
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
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 began with this Congress, facing re-election in 1862; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1858; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1860.
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 35th Congress in March 1857. The green stripes represent Know-Nothings. The senators from Minnesota and Oregon were not seated until later in the Congress.
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
2 Know-Nothings
Senate President pro tempore James Murray Mason, March 4, 1857Senate President pro tempore Thomas J. Rusk, March 14, 1857 – July 29, 1857Senate President pro tempore Benjamin Fitzpatrick, from December 7, 1857
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References
Specific citations
^Charles J. Kappler, ed. (1904). "Treaty with the Ponca, 1858". Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2013-11-09. The Ponca tribe of Indians hereby cede and relinquish to the United States all the lands now owned or claimed by them, wherever situate, except the tract bounded as follows, viz: Beginning at a point on the Neobrara River and running due north, so as to intersect the Ponca River 25 miles from its mouth; thence from said point of intersection, up and along the Ponca River, twenty — miles; thence due south to the Neobrara River; and thence down and along said river to the place of beginning...
General references
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
