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30th United States Congress
The
Thirtieth 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.
from March 4, 1847 to March 4, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of
President
James K. Polk
. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
was based on the
Sixth Census of the United States in 1840
. The Senate had a
Democratic
majority, and the House had a
Whig
majority. It was the only Congress in which
Abraham Lincoln
served.
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