This is a proposed list of people who served in the U.S. Congress who enslaved some of their workers or "owned slaves".
Name | State | Congr. district | First year in Congress | Last year in Congress | Congresses served in (numbers) | Notes on identity | References |
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William Anderson (Pennsylvania) | PA | 1st | 1809 | 1819 | 11 – 13, 15 | Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania | [1] |
John C. Breckinridge | KY | 8th, Senator |
1851 | 1861 | 32, 33, 37 |
U.S. vice president | [2] |
Aaron Burr | NY | Senator | 1791 | 1797 | 2 – 4 | U.S. vice president | [3] |
John C. Calhoun | SC | 6th, Senator |
1810 | 1850 | 13 – 15 22 – 31 |
U.S. vice president | [4] |
William Henry Harrison | OH | 1st, Senator |
1816 | 1828 | 14, 15 19, 20 |
U.S. president | [5] |
Andrew Jackson | TN | At-large Senator |
1796 | 1823 | 4, 5, 18, 19 |
U.S. president | [5] |
Andrew Johnson | TN | 1st, Senator |
1843 | 1877 | 28 – 32 25 – 37, 44 |
U.S. president | [5] |
Richard Mentor Johnson | KY | 3rd, 4th, 5th, 13th Senator |
1806 | 1835 | 10 – 15, 21 – 24 16 – 20 |
U.S. vice president | [6] |
William R. King | NC AL |
5th Senator |
1810 | 1852 | 12 – 14 16 – 32 |
U.S. vice president | [7] |
James Madison | VA | 5th, 15th | 1789 | 1797 | 1 – 4 | U.S. president | [5] |
James Monroe | VA | Senator | 1790 | 1794 | 1, 2 | U.S. president | [5] |
James K. Polk | TN | 6th, 9th | 1825 | 1837 | 19 – 25 | U.S. president | [5] |
John Tyler | VA | 23rd, Senator |
1816 | 1836 | 14 – 16 20 – 24 |
U.S. president | [5] |
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Martin Van Buren | NY | Senator | 1821 | 1828 | 17 – 20 | U.S. president | [5] |
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Sen.Clement Comer Clay Ala. Dec. 6, 1829 Nov. 14, 1841 21st - 23rd, 25th - 27th Rep.Newton Nash Clements Ala. Mar. 17, 1879 Mar. 2, 1881 46th Rep.David Clopton Ala. Mar. 3, 1859 Jan. 20, 1861 36th Rep.Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb Ala. Mar. 3, 1847 Jan. 29, 1861 30th - 36th Rep.James La Fayette Cottrell