page_title: 27th United States Congress
section_title: Leadership
hierarchical_section_title: 27th United States Congress / Leadership
caption_attribution_description: "President John Tyler, half-length portrait, facing right." Brady-Handy Collection. Reproduction of a photographic print.
context_page_description: The 27th 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. between March 4, 1841, and March 4, 1843, during the one-month administration of U.S. President William Henry Harrison and the first two years of the presidency of his successor, John Tyler. 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 Whig majority.
caption: President of the Senate
  John Tyler
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