page_title: 25th United States Congress
section_title: Non-voting members
hierarchical_section_title: 25th United States Congress / Members / House of Representatives / Non-voting members
caption_attribution_description: James Knox Polk (11th president of the United States)
context_page_description: The 25th 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, 1837, to March 4, 1839, during the first two years of Martin Van Buren's presidency.
  The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Fifth Census of the United States in 1830. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
context_section_description: At-large. Charles Downing
  At-large. William W. Chapman (D), from September 10, 1838
  At-large. George Wallace Jones (D), until January 14, 1839
  James D. Doty (D), from January 14, 1839
caption: Speaker of the House
  James Polk
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