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U.S. Representative

James Black

Pennsylvania · District 16

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U.S. Representative

James Augustus Black

South Carolina · District 1

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John Blanchard

Pennsylvania · District 17

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Franklin Welsh Bowdon

Alabama · District 7

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James Butler Bowlin

Missouri · At large

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Linn Boyd

Kentucky · District 1

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Sidney Breese

Illinois

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Jesse David Bright

Indiana

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Jacob Brinkerhoff

Ohio · District 11

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William Henry Brockenbrough

Florida · District 1

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Richard Brodhead

Pennsylvania · District 10

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Milton Brown

Tennessee · District 11

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William Gay Brown

Virginia · District 15

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Joseph Buffington

Pennsylvania · District 24

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U.S. Representative

Armistead Burt

South Carolina · District 5

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Andrew Pickens Butler

South Carolina

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Edward Carrington Cabell

Florida · District 1

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John Caldwell Calhoun

South Carolina

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Simon Cameron

Pennsylvania

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John Hull Campbell

Pennsylvania · District 3

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U.S. Representative

William W. Campbell

New York · District 6

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Charles Holker Carroll

New York · District 29

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Lewis Cass

Michigan

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U.S. Representative

Charles William Cathcart

Indiana · District 9

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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