34th United States Congress
Senate

34th United States Congress

Section Title: Senate
Table Section Text: None

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

New Hampshire (2)	Vacant	Charles G. Atherton (D) died during the previous Congress.	John Parker Hale (R)	July 30, 1855

New Hampshire (3)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect on time. Successor was elected.	James Bell (R)	July 30, 1855

Alabama (3)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect on time. Incumbent was then re-elected November 26, 1855.	Benjamin Fitzpatrick (D)	November 26, 1855

Pennsylvania (3)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect on time. Successor elected January 14, 1856.	William Bigler (D)	January 14, 1856

Missouri (3)	Vacant	Elected but took seat late on January 12, 1857.	James S. Green (D)	January 12, 1857

California (3)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect on time. Incumbent was then re-elected January 13, 1857.	William M. Gwin (D)	January 13, 1857

Indiana (3)	Vacant	Legislature failed to elect on time. Successor elected February 4, 1857.	Graham N. Fitch (D)	February 4, 1857

Delaware (2)	John M. Clayton (W)	Died November 9, 1856. Successor was appointed.	Joseph P. Comegys (W)	November 19, 1856

Maine (1)	Hannibal Hamlin (D)	Resigned January 7, 1857, to become Governor of Maine. Successor was elected January 16, 1857.	Amos Nourse (R)	January 16, 1857

Delaware (2)	Joseph P. Comegys (W)	Appointment expired January 14, 1857, upon successor's election.	Martin W. Bates (D)	January 14, 1857

Iowa (3)	James Harlan (FS)	Owing to irregularities in the legislative proceedings the Senate declared the seat vacant January 5, 1857. Incumbent was subsequently re-elected January 29, 1857, to fill the vacancy.	James Harlan (R)	January 29, 1857

Sentence(s)

Hannibal Hamlin (D) served the 34th United States Congress until January 7, 1857 and later was succeeded by Amos Nourse (R) on January 16, 1857.

final_sentence: Hannibal Hamlin (D) served the 34th United States Congress until January 7, 1857 and later was succeeded by Amos Nourse (R) on January 16, 1857.