Table, Supplementary to the preceding, of the Senators of the United States from the 3d of March, 1847, to the termination of the Second Session, 31st Congress, on the 3d of March, 1851.

2

John C. Calhoun Franklin H. Elmore

2 Robert W. Barnwell

South Carolina.

Mar. 4, 1849
Mar. 4, 1847
April 11,

1850

Died Died

June 4, 1850

Mar. 3, 1855

March 31st, 1850.

By the Governor, in room of John C. Calhoun, deceased.

[Mar. 3, 1853] By the Governor, in room of Franklin H.

Elmore, deceased.

Mar. 3, 1855
Mar. 3, 1855
Jan. 11, 1848
Mar. 3, 1851
Mar. 3, 1853
Mar. 3, 1853
Mar. 3, 1855

Died

Elected by the Legislature, the 13 Jan.,
1849, and also on October 27, 1849.
Successor appointed by the Governor,
Nov. 25, 1848.

Nov. 30, 1849 By the Governor, in room of Dixon H.
Lewis, deceased.

Samuel Alyne Otis

Massachusetts

8 April 1789 18 April 1814* The Senate met 4th March; formed

a quorum 6th April; and did not elect a Secretary until the 8th; messages to the House having been previously communicated by a member of the Senate. Served upwards of 25 years.

Pennsylvania. 12 Dec. 1825

5 Dec.

from decease of Mr. Otis until the election of Mr. Cutts.

1836 Resigned. The Chief Clerk acted as Secretary from the resignation of W. Lowrie to the appointment of his successor.

Asbury Dickins.

North Carolina 12 Dec.

1836 Present incumbent.

* The records do not show the time of Mr. Otis's death more particularly than by the following resolution,
which was adopted on the 7th October, 1814:-

Resolved, unanimously, That the Senate, from a sincere desire of testifying their respect for the long and faithful
services of their late Secretary, Samuel A. Otis, esquire, who performed the duties of that office with punctuality
and exactness, from the commencement of this government until the close of the last session of Congress, will go
into mourning for one month, in the usual method of wearing crape round the left arm.