26th United States Congress
District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor 's formal installation
Indiana 7th Vacant Rep-elect Howard presented credentials August 5 , 1839 Tilghman Howard ( D ) Seated August 5 , 1839
Missouri At-large Albert G. Harrison ( D ) Died September 7 , 1839 John Jameson ( D ) Seated December 12 , 1839
Massachusetts 6th James C. Alvord ( W ) Died September 27 , 1839 Osmyn Baker ( W ) Seated January 14 , 1840
Pennsylvania 14th William W. Potter ( D ) Died October 28 , 1839 George McCulloch ( D ) Seated November 20 , 1839
Virginia 14th Charles F. Mercer ( W ) Resigned December 26 , 1839 William M. McCarty ( W ) Seated January 25 , 1840
Ohio 4th Thomas Corwin ( W ) Resigned May 30 , 1840 , having become a candidate for Governor of Ohio Jeremiah Morrow ( W ) Seated October 13 , 1840
Connecticut 2nd William L. Storrs ( W ) Resigned some time in June , 1840 William W. Boardman ( W ) Seated December 7 , 1840
New York 11th Anson Brown ( W ) Died June 14 , 1840 Nicholas B. Doe ( W ) Seated December 7 , 1840
Indiana 7th Tilghman Howard ( D ) Resigned July 1 , 1840 Henry S. Lane ( W ) Seated August 3 , 1840
Georgia At-large Walter T. Colquitt ( W ) Resigned July 21 , 1840 Hines Holt ( W ) Seated February 1 , 1841
Louisiana 3rd Rice Garland ( W ) Resigned July 21 , 1840 , to accept appointment as judge of Louisiana Supreme Court John Moore ( W ) Seated December 17 , 1840
Pennsylvania 22nd Richard Biddle ( AM ) Resigned July 21 , 1840 Henry M. Brackenridge ( W ) Seated October 13 , 1840
Kentucky 5th Simeon H. Anderson ( W ) Died August 11 , 1840 John B. Thompson ( W ) Seated December 7 , 1840
Massachusetts 1st Abbott Lawrence ( W ) Resigned September 18 , 1840 Robert C. Winthrop ( W ) Seated November 9 , 1840
Pennsylvania 13th William S. Ramsey ( D ) Died October 17 , 1840 Charles McClure ( D ) Seated December 7 , 1840
Iowa Territory At-large William W. Chapman ( D ) Term expired by law October 27 , 1840 Augustus C. Dodge ( D ) Seated October 28 , 1840
Virginia 1st Joel Holleman ( D ) Resigned in December 1840 Francis Mallory ( W ) Seated December 28 , 1840
Maine 4th George Evans ( W ) Resigned March 3 , 1841 , after being elected to the US Senate Vacant Not filled this term
Changes in membership -- House of Representatives
Replacements : 15 Democrats : 2-seat net loss Whigs : 3-seat net gain Anti-Masonic : 1-seat net loss Deaths : 6 Resignations : 10 Contested election : 0 Total seats with changes : 17  Main article : List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
The Twenty-sixth 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, 1839, to March 4, 1841, during the third and fourth 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.