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U.S. Representative

James Lowery Donaldson Morrison

Illinois · District 8

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Richard Mott

Ohio · District 5

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Ambrose Spencer Murray

New York · District 10

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Matthias H. Nichols

Ohio · District 4

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Jesse Olds Norton

Illinois · District 3

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Andrew Oliver

New York · District 26

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Mordecai Oliver

Missouri · District 4

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James Lawrence Orr

South Carolina · District 5

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Miguel Antonio Otero

New Mexico · At large

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Asa Packer

Pennsylvania · District 13

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Robert Treat Paine

North Carolina · District 1

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John Mason Parker

New York · District 27

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James Alfred Pearce

Maryland

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U.S. Representative

John Jamison Pearce

Pennsylvania · District 15

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U.S. Representative

George Washington Peck

Michigan · District 4

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Guy Ray Pelton

New York · District 3

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Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington

New Jersey · District 5

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U.S. Representative

John Jasiel Perry

Maine · District 2

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U.S. Representative

John Upfold Pettit

Indiana · District 11

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U.S. Representative

John Smith Phelps

Missouri · District 6

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James Pike

New Hampshire · District 1

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U.S. Representative

Gilchrist Porter

Missouri · District 2

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Paulus Powell

Virginia · District 6

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Thomas George Pratt

Maryland

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Service history is indexed from 1789. Current Congress is checked against both official rosters. Cabinet coverage is a dated current snapshot. See coverage and methodology

Checked Sep 7, 2026