26th United States Congress
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The 26th 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.
United States Capitol (1846)
President of the Senate Richard M. Johnson
President pro tempore William R. King
Speaker of the House Robert M. T. Hunter
Willie P. Mangum
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Willie Person Mangum was an American politician and planter who served as U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1831 and 1836 and between 1840 and 1853. He was one of the founders and
1844 portrait by James Lambdin
Walnut Hall, Mangum's plantation in North Carolina