The 28th 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, 1843, to March 4, 1845, during the third and fourth years of John Tyler 's presidency . The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1840 United States census . The Senate had a Whig majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
8-461: During this congress, two Senate seats were added for the new state of Florida. Following the 1840 United States Census , Congress reapportioned the House to include 223 seats. During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Florida. This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. Senators were elected by
16-452: A general ticket . All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket . All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket . All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket . The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress. Lists of committees and their party leaders. 1840 United States Census The 1840 United States census
24-558: A careful examination of the statistics by the supervisor of the census had fully sustained their correctness. The returns were not revised. The 1840 census asked these questions: No microdata from the 1840 population census are available, but aggregate data for small areas, together with compatible cartographic boundary files, can be downloaded from the National Historical Geographic Information System . A compendium of data from
32-523: A pamphlet, and in a memorial from the American Statistical Association to Congress, praying that measures be taken to correct the errors. The memorial was submitted to the House of Representatives by John Quincy Adams , who contended that it demonstrated "a multitude of gross and important errors" in the published returns. In response to the House's request for an inquiry, Secretary of State John C. Calhoun reported that
40-578: The corresponding figures for slaveholding States. Pro-slavery advocates trumpeted the results as evidence of the beneficial effects of slavery, and the probable consequences of emancipation. Anti-slavery advocates contended, on the contrary, that the published returns were riddled with errors, as detailed in an 1844 report by Edward Jarvis of Massachusetts in the American Journal of the Medical Sciences , later published separately as
48-590: 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 reelection in 1844; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1846; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1848. Representatives are listed by their district numbers. All representatives were elected statewide on
56-583: Was the first census in which: It was also the last census conducted by U.S. marshals, as starting in 1850 a temporary office would be set up for each census under the purview of the Department of the Interior. The 1840 census was the first that attempted to count Americans who were "insane" or "idiotic". Published results of the census indicated that alarming numbers of black persons living in non-slaveholding States were mentally ill, in striking contrast to
64-652: Was the sixth census of the United States . Conducted by U.S. marshals on June 1, 1840, it determined the resident population of the United States to be 17,069,453 – an increase of 32.7 percent over the 12,866,020 persons enumerated during the 1830 census . The total population included 2,487,355 slaves. In 1840, the center of population was about 260 miles (418 km) west of Washington, D.C. , near Weston, Virginia (now in West Virginia ). This
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