The Twenty-third 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, 1833 to March 4, 1835, during the fifth and sixth years of Andrew Jackson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. The Senate had an Anti-Jacksonian or National Republican majority, and the House had a Jacksonian or Democratic majority.
March 28, 1834: Senate censured President Andrew Jackson for defunding the Second Bank of the United StatesJanuary 30, 1835: Richard Lawrence unsuccessfully tried to assassinate President Jackson in the United States Capitol; this was the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States.[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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.
For the beginning of this congress, the size of the House was increased from 213 seats to 240 seats, following the 1830 United States Census (See 4 Stat. 516).
President: Martin Van Buren (J)President pro tempore: Hugh Lawson White (J), until December 15, 1833George Poindexter (Anti-J), June 28, 1834 – November 30, 1834John Tyler (Anti-J), from March 3, 1835Speaker: Andrew Stevenson (J), elected December 2, 1833John Bell (J), elected June 2, 1834This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
Skip to House of Representatives, belowSenators 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, requiring reelection in 1838; Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1834; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1836.
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
replacements: 18Jacksonian: 1 seat net lossAnti-Jacksonian: 1 seat net gaindeaths: 8resignations: 15contested election: 1Total seats with changes: 23Lists of committees and their party leaders.
AgricultureAmendments to the Constitution (Select)Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the SenateClaimsCommerceDistributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)District of ColumbiaEstablishing Branches of the Mint (Select)Executive Patronage (Select)FinanceForeign RelationsFrench Spoilations (Select)Indian AffairsJudiciaryManufacturesMichigan and Arkansas Admission to the Union (Select)Mileage of Members of Congress (Select)Military AffairsMilitiaNaval AffairsPensionsPost Office and Post RoadsPresident's Message Refusing to Furnish a Paper to Senate (Select)Private Land ClaimsPublic LandsPurchasing Boyd Reilly's Gas Apparatus (Select)Revolutionary ClaimsRoads and CanalsShiloh National Park (Select)Tariff Regulation (Select)WholeAccountsAgricultureBank of the United States (Select)Biennial Register (Select)Boundary of the Chickasaw Indians (Select)ClaimsCommerceDistrict of ColumbiaElectionsEstablishing an Assay Office in the Gold Region (Select)Expenditures in the Navy DepartmentExpenditures in the Post Office DepartmentExpenditures in the State DepartmentExpenditures in the Treasury DepartmentExpenditures in the War DepartmentExpenditures on Public BuildingsForeign AffairsIndian AffairsInvalid PensionsManufacturesMilitary AffairsNaval AffairsPost Office and Post RoadsPublic ExpendituresPublic LandsRevisal and Unfinished BusinessRevolutionary ClaimsRoads and CanalsRules (Select)Standards of Official ConductTerritoriesWays and MeansWholeEnrolled BillsLibrarian of Congress: John Silva MeehanSecretary: Walter LowrieSergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly, until December 9, 1833John Shackford, elected December 9, 1833Chaplain: Frederick W. Hatch (Episcopalian)Clerk: Walter S. FranklinSergeant at Arms: Thomas B. RandolphDoorkeeper: Overton CarrPostmaster: William J. McCormickChaplain: Thomas H. Stockton (Methodist)Edward D. Smith (Presbyterian), elected December 1, 1834 
