The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the
United States
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federal government, consisting of the
United States Senate
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The composition and po ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
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. It met in
Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...
's
presidency
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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was based on the
Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. The Senate had a
Democratic majority, and the House had a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
plurality.
Major events
* June 8, 1859:
Comstock Lode
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the Unit ...
discovered in the western
Utah Territory
The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state ...
(present-day
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
)
* August 27, 1859: First oil well was drilled in the United States, near
Titusville, Pennsylvania
Titusville is a city in the far eastern corner of Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,601 at the 2010 census and an estimated 5,158 in 2019. Titusville is known as the birthplace of the American oil industry and for ...
* October 16–18, 1859:
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Secon ...
* December 2, 1859
John Brown executed.
* April 3, 1860:
Pony Express
The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders. It operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pike ...
began its first run
* April 23 – May 3, 1860:
Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 18 ...
held in
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
. Unable to agree on a nominee, the delegates voted to reconvene in June.
* May 9, 1860:
Constitutional Union Party National Convention held in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore wa ...
, nominating
John Bell for president.
* May 18, 1860:
Republican National Convention
The Republican National Convention (RNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1856 by the United States Republican Party. They are administered by the Republican National Committee. The goal of the Repu ...
held in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, nominating
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
for president.
* June 18–23, 1860:
Democratic Party reconvened in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore wa ...
, nominating
Stephen A. Douglas for president.
* June 26–28, 1860: Southern Democrats held a convention in
Richmond, Virginia
(Thus do we reach the stars)
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, nominating
John C. Breckinridge for president.
* November 6, 1860:
U.S. presidential election
The election of the president and the vice president of the United States is an indirect election in which citizens of the United States who are registered to vote in one of the fifty U.S. states or in Washington, D.C., cast ballots not di ...
:
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
beat
John C. Breckinridge,
Stephen A. Douglas, and
John Bell.
* December 20, 1860:
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
Alt URL
* January 3, 1861:
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
Secession Convention voted not to secede from the Union
* January 9, 1861:
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
* January 10, 1861:
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
* January 11, 1861:
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
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, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
* January 18, 1861:
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
* January 26, 1861:
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
* January 29, 1861.
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
admitted to the Union as a free state.
* February 1, 1861:
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
Secession Convention enacted an
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
* February 13th, 1861: Joint Session of Congress certified the November 1860 election of President Abraham Lincoln and Vice President Hamlin
url=https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1851-1900/1861_02_13_Joint_Session_Electoral_Votes/
* February 23, 1861: The people of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
ratified its
Ordinance of Secession
An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War, by which each seceding Southern state or territory formally declared secession from the United ...
President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in
Washington, D.C. after an
alleged assassination plot in
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore wa ...
.
Major legislation
* June 16, 1860:
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 The Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 (also known as "An Act to Facilitate Communication between the Atlantic and Pacific States by Electric Telegraph"), was an Act of Congress that authorized the U.S. Treasury to fund the construction of a telegraph li ...
, ch. 147,
* March 2, 1861:
Morrill Tariff, ch. 68,
* December 18, 1860 (introduced):
Crittenden Compromise
The Crittenden Compromise was an unsuccessful proposal to permanently enshrine slavery in the United States Constitution, and thereby make it unconstitutional for future congresses to end slavery. It was introduced by United States Senator J ...
, rejected by the House of Representatives and the Senate
Constitutional amendments
* March 2, 1861: Approved
an amendment to the
United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the natio ...
that would shield "domestic institutions" of the states (which in 1861 included slavery) from the constitutional amendment process and from abolition or interference by Congress, and submitted it to the
state legislatures for
ratification
Ratification is a principal's approval of an act of its agent that lacked the authority to bind the principal legally. Ratification defines the international act in which a state indicates its consent to be bound to a treaty if the parties inten ...
** This amendment, commonly known as the
Corwin Amendment, has not been ratified and is still pending before the states.
Treaties
* March 8, 1859:
Quinault Treaty
The Quinault Treaty (also known as the Quinault River Treaty and the Treaty of Olympia) was a treaty agreement between the United States and the Native American Quinault and Quileute tribes located in the western Olympic Peninsula north of Gra ...
ratified,
* March 8, 1859:
Point No Point Treaty
The Point No Point Treaty was signed on January 26, 1855, at Point No Point, on the northern tip of the Kitsap Peninsula. Governor of Washington Territory, Isaac Stevens, convened the treaty council on January 25, with the S'Klallam, the Chim ...
ratified,
States admitted and territories organized
*January 29, 1861:
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
admitted as a state, ch. 20,
*February 28, 1861:
Colorado Territory
The Territory of Colorado was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 28, 1861, until August 1, 1876, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Colorado.
The territory was organized in the ...
organized, ch. 59,
*March 2, 1861:
Nevada Territory
The Territory of Nevada (N.T.) was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until October 31, 1864, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Nevada.
Prior to the creation of the Nevada ...
organized, ch. 83,
*March 2, 1861:
Dakota Territory
The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of N ...
organized, ch. 86,
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
John C. Breckinridge (D)
*
President pro tempore
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:
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.
Early life
Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned a ...
(D), until February 26, 1860
**
Jesse D. Bright (D), June 12–13, 1860
**
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.
Early life
Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned a ...
(D), June 26, 1860 – December 2, 1860
**
Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot (November 19, 1802March 28, 1866) was an American politician and attorney. He held numerous offices during his career, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, State's Attorney for Rutland County, member of the Un ...
(R), elected February 16, 1861
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
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Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In ...
:
William Pennington
William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the 13th governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, during which he served a ...
(R), elected February 1, 1860
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
George S. Houston
George Smith Houston (January 17, 1811 – December 31, 1879) was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878. He was also a congressman and senator for Alabama.
Early life
Houston was born near Fra ...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
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Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1860.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
: 2.
Clement C. Clay Jr. (D), until January 21, 1861
: 3.
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.
Early life
Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned a ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
: 2.
William K. Sebastian (D)
: 3.
Robert W. Johnson (D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
David C. Broderick
David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 – September 16, 1859) was an attorney and politician, elected by the legislature as United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, U.S. Senator from California. Born in Washington, DC ...
(D), until September 16, 1859
::
Henry P. Haun
Henry Peter Haun (January 18, 1815 – June 6, 1860) was a California Judge, farmer, and U.S. Senator from California. He was appointed by Governor John B. Weller to serve out Senator David C. Broderick's term following his predecessor's death i ...
(D), November 3, 1859 – March 4, 1860
::
Milton Latham (D), from March 5, 1860
: 3.
William M. Gwin (D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
: 1.
James Dixon
James Dixon (August 5, 1814 – March 27, 1873) was a United States representative and Senator from Connecticut.
Biography
Dixon, son of William & Mary (Field) Dixon, was born August 5, 1814 in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparat ...
(R)
: 3.
Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette Sabine Foster (November 22, 1806 – September 19, 1880) was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Connecticut. He served in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1867 and was a judge on the Connecticut Supreme C ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
: 1.
James A. Bayard Jr.
James Asheton Bayard Jr. (November 15, 1799 – June 13, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life
Bayard was born in Wilmington, ...
(D)
: 2.
Willard Saulsbury Sr.
Willard Saulsbury Sr. (June 2, 1820 – April 6, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chance ...
(D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
: 1.
Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Nav ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
: 3.
David Levy Yulee
David Levy Yulee (born David Levy; June 12, 1810 – October 10, 1886) was an American politician and attorney. Born on the island of St. Thomas, then under British control, he was of Sephardic Jewish ancestry: His father was a Sephardi from Mor ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Robert Toombs
Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toomb ...
(D), until February 4, 1861
: 3.
Alfred Iverson Sr. (D), until January 28, 1861
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
: 2.
Stephen A. Douglas (D)
: 3.
Lyman Trumbull
Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was a lawyer, judge, and United States Senator from Illinois and the co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Trumbull es ...
(R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
: 1.
Jesse D. Bright (D)
: 3.
Graham N. Fitch (D)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
: 2.
James W. Grimes
James Wilson Grimes (October 20, 1816 – February 7, 1872) was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.
Biography
Born in Deering, New Hampshire, Grimes graduated from Hampton Acad ...
(R)
: 3.
James Harlan (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
: 2. Vacant from January 29, 1861 (newly admitted state)
: 3. Vacant from January 29, 1861 (newly admitted state)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
: 2.
Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus Whitehead Powell (October 6, 1812 – July 3, 1867) was the 19th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate from 1859 to 1865.
The reforms enacted during Powell's term ...
(D)
: 3.
John J. Crittenden
John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787 July 26, 1863) was an American statesman and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He represented the state in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and twice served as Unite ...
(A)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
: 2.
Judah P. Benjamin
Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English ba ...
(D), until February 4, 1861
: 3.
John Slidell
John Slidell (1793July 9, 1871) was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a Representative and Senator. He was one of two Confederate diplomats captured by the ...
(D), until February 4, 1861
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...
: 1.
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republic ...
(R), until January 17, 1861
::
Lot M. Morrill (R), from January 17, 1861
: 2.
William Pitt Fessenden
William Pitt Fessenden (October 16, 1806September 8, 1869) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Fessenden was a Whig (later a Republican) and member of the Fessenden political family. He served in the United States House ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
: 1.
Anthony Kennedy
Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1988 until his retirement in 2018. He was nominated to the court in 1987 by Presid ...
(A)
: 3.
James Pearce (D)
Massachusetts
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: 1.
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American statesman and United States Senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the anti-slavery forces in the state and a leader of th ...
(R)
: 2.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
: 1.
Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sen ...
(R)
: 2.
Kinsley S. Bingham
Kinsley Scott Bingham (December 16, 1808October 5, 1861) was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the 11th governor of Michigan.
Early life in New York
Bingham (whose first name is sometimes spelled ''Kingsley'') was born to the farmer fa ...
(R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...
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Henry M. Rice (D)
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Morton S. Wilkinson (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
: 2.
Albert G. Brown
Albert Gallatin Brown (May 31, 1813June 12, 1880) was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 to 1861, when he withdrew during secession.
Early life
He was born to Joseph and ...
(D), until January 12, 1861
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
: 1.
Trusten Polk
Trusten W. Polk (May 29, 1811April 16, 1876) served as the 12th Governor of Missouri in 1857 and U.S. Senator from 1857 to 1862.
Biography
Polk was born in Bridgeville, Delaware. A Democrat, he was elected Governor of Missouri in 1856 and ser ...
(D)
: 3.
James S. Green (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
John P. Hale (R)
: 3.
Daniel Clark (R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...
: 1.
John R. Thomson (D)
: 2.
John C. Ten Eyck (R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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Preston King (R)
: 3.
William H. Seward (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
: 2.
Thomas Bragg (D)
: 3.
Thomas L. Clingman (D)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
: 1.
Benjamin Wade
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade (October 27, 1800March 2, 1878) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator for Ohio from 1851 to 1869. He is known for his leading role among the Radical Republicans. (R)
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George E. Pugh
George Ellis Pugh (November 28, 1822July 19, 1876) was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate from 1855 to 1861.
Early life
Pugh was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ...
(D)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: 2.
Edward D. Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Orego ...
(R), from October 2, 1860
: 3.
Joseph Lane
Joseph "Joe" Lane (December 14, 1801 – April 19, 1881) was an American politician and soldier. He was a state legislator representing Evansville, Indiana, and then served in the Mexican–American War, becoming a general. President James K. ...
(D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...
(R)
: 3.
William Bigler
William Bigler (January 1, 1814August 9, 1880) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democrat as the 12th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855 and as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1856 ...
(D)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: 1.
James F. Simmons
James Fowler Simmons (September 10, 1795July 10, 1864) was a businessman and politician from Rhode Island who twice served as a United States senator, first as a Whig and then as a Republican.
He is notable for having the Senate consider expel ...
(R)
: 2.
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
(R)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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James Chesnut Jr.
James Chesnut Jr. (January 18, 1815 – February 1, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Confederate functionary.
Chesnut, a lawyer prominent in South Carolina state politics, served as a Democratic United States Senator, sena ...
(D), until November 10, 1860
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James H. Hammond (D), until November 11, 1860
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
: 1.
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a De ...
(D)
: 2.
Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D), until March 3, 1861
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
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Matthias Ward
Matthias Ward (October 13, 1805 – October 5, 1861) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.
Early life
Matthias Ward was born on October 13, 1805, in Elbert County, Georgia. Ward was raised in Madison County, Alabama. He attended an ...
(D), until December 5, 1859
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Louis Wigfall
Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 – February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. He was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocati ...
(D), from December 5, 1859
: 2.
John Hemphill (D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...
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Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot (November 19, 1802March 28, 1866) was an American politician and attorney. He held numerous offices during his career, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, State's Attorney for Rutland County, member of the Un ...
(R)
: 3.
Jacob Collamer (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
: 1.
James M. Mason (D)
: 2.
Robert M. T. Hunter (D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
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James R. Doolittle
James Rood Doolittle (January 3, 1815July 27, 1897) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the ...
(R)
: 3.
Charles Durkee
Charles H. Durkee (December 10, 1805January 14, 1870) was an American pioneer, Congressman, and United States Senator from Wisconsin. He was one of the founders of Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was a Governor of the Utah Territory in the last five ye ...
(R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
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James A. Stallworth (D), until January 21, 1861
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James L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
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David Clopton
David Clopton (September 29, 1820 – February 5, 1892) was a prominent Alabama politician.
Biography
Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia near Milledgeville, Ga., on September 29, 1820. He attended the county schools and Edenton Academy ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
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Sydenham Moore
Sydenham Moore (May 25, 1817 – August 20, 1862) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Early life
Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies.
He attended the University of ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
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George S. Houston
George Smith Houston (January 17, 1811 – December 31, 1879) was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878. He was also a congressman and senator for Alabama.
Early life
Houston was born near Fra ...
(D), until January 21, 1861
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Williamson R. W. Cobb (D), until January 30, 1861
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Jabez L. M. Curry (D), until January 21, 1861
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
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Thomas C. Hindman
Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. (January 28, 1828 – September 28, 1868) was an American lawyer, politician, and a senior officer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, he later moved to Mis ...
(D)
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Albert Rust
Albert Rust (April 4, 1870) was an American politician and slaveholder, who served as a delegate from Arkansas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representa ...
(D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
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John C. Burch (D)
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Charles L. Scott
Charles Lewis Scott (January 23, 1827 – April 30, 1899) was an American lawyer, politician, and Civil War veteran. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from California from 1857 to 1861.
Bio ...
(D)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
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Dwight Loomis (R)
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John Woodruff (R)
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Alfred A. Burnham (R)
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Orris S. Ferry
Orris Sanford Ferry (August 15, 1823 – November 21, 1875) was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a brigadier gener ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
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William G. Whiteley (D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
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George S. Hawkins (D), until January 21, 1861
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Peter E. Love (D), until January 23, 1861
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Martin J. Crawford (D), until January 23, 1861
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Thomas Hardeman Jr.
Thomas Hardeman Jr. (January 12, 1825 – March 6, 1891) was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.
Early years
Hardeman was born in Eatonton, Georgia, Eatonton, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and graduated from Emory University, Emory ...
(O), until January 23, 1861
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Lucius J. Gartrell (D), until January 23, 1861
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John W. H. Underwood (D), until January 23, 1861
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James Jackson (D), until January 23, 1861
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Joshua Hill Joshua or Josh Hill may refer to:
* Joshua Hill (baseball) (born 1983), Australian baseball player
* Joshua Hill (Pitcairn Island leader) (1773–c. 1844), American adventurer
* Joshua Hill (politician) (1812–1891), American politician
* Josh ...
(O), until January 23, 1861
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John J. Jones (D), until January 23, 1861
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
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Elihu B. Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 – October 22, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served a ...
(R)
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John F. Farnsworth (R)
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Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy (January 6, 1811 – March 25, 1864) was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. After his brother Elijah Lo ...
(R)
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William Kellogg (R)
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Isaac N. Morris
Isaac Newton Morris (January 22, 1812 – October 29, 1879) was a United States Representative from Illinois, son of Thomas Morris and brother of Jonathan David Morris.
Biography
Isaac N. Morris was born in Bethel, Ohio. Morris attended Miam ...
(D)
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John A. McClernand
John Alexander McClernand (May 30, 1812 – September 20, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was a prominent Democratic politician in Illinois and a member of the United States H ...
(D), from November 8, 1859
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James C. Robinson (D)
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Philip B. Fouke (D)
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John A. Logan (D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
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William E. Niblack (D)
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William H. English (D)
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William McKee Dunn (R)
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William S. Holman
William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
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David Kilgore (R)
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Albert G. Porter
Albert Gallatin Porter (April 20, 1824 – May 3, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 19th governor of Indiana from 1881 to 1885 and as a United States Congressman from 1859 to 1863. Originally a Democrat, he joined the Republica ...
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John G. Davis
John Givan Davis (October 10, 1810 – January 18, 1866) was an American farmer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana in the mid-19th Century.
Early life
Born near Flemingsburg, Kentucky, Davis moved to In ...
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James Wilson (R)
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Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the Hous ...
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Charles Case
Charles Case (December 21, 1817 – June 30, 1883) was an American lawyer who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1857 to 1861,
Biography
Case was born in Austinburg, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenc ...
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John U. Pettit (R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
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Samuel Curtis (R)
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William Vandever
William Vandever (March 31, 1817 – July 23, 1893) was a United States representative from Iowa and later from California, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Early life
Vandever was born in Baltim ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
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Martin F. Conway (R), from January 29, 1861 (newly admitted state)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
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Henry C. Burnett (D)
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Samuel O. Peyton (D)
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Francis Bristow
Francis Marion Bristow (August 11, 1804 – June 10, 1864) was a United States representative from Kentucky and businessman. He was born in Clark County, Kentucky. He pursued preparatory studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and co ...
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William C. Anderson (O)
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John Y. Brown (D), from December 3, 1860
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Green Adams
Green Adams (August 20, 1812 – January 18, 1884) was a lawyer, slave owner, and member and functionary of the United States Congress. He was born in Barbourville, Kentucky in 1812.
Biography
He studied law and was admitted to the bar. In 183 ...
(O)
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Robert Mallory
Robert Mallory (November 15, 1815 – August 11, 1885) was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Kentucky.
Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virg ...
(O)
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William E. Simms
William E. Simms (born William Elliott Simms; January 2, 1822 – June 25, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'' gives the name as "Elliott" He also served as a commissioner for the Confederate government o ...
(D)
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Laban T. Moore (O)
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John W. Stevenson (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
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John E. Bouligny (A)
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Miles Taylor (D), until February 5, 1861
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Thomas G. Davidson
Thomas Green Davidson (August 3, 1805September 11, 1883) was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Shortly after Louisiana seceded from the Union in January 1861, Davidson vacated his seat.
Life and career
Born at Coles Creek, ...
(D)
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John M. Landrum (D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...
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Daniel E. Somes
Daniel Eton Somes (May 20, 1815 – February 13, 1888) was a United States representative from Maine.
Early life
Daniel Eton Somes was born in Meredith, New Hampshire (now Laconia, New Hampshire, Laconia) on May 20, 1815. He received an aca ...
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John J. Perry (R)
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Ezra B. French (R)
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Freeman H. Morse (R)
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Israel Washburn Jr.
Israel Washburn Jr. (June 6, 1813 – May 12, 1883) was a United States political figure who was the Governor of Maine from 1861 to 1863. Originally a member of the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party, he later became a founding member of th ...
(R), until January 1, 1861
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Stephen Coburn (R), from January 2, 1861
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Stephen C. Foster
Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known also as "the father of American music", was an American composer known primarily for his parlour and minstrel music during the Romantic period. He wrote more than 200 songs, inc ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
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James A. Stewart (D)
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Edwin H. Webster (A)
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J. Morrison Harris (A)
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Henry Winter Davis (A)
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Jacob M. Kunkel (D)
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George W. Hughes (D)
Massachusetts
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Thomas D. Eliot
Thomas Dawes Eliot (March 20, 1808 – June 14, 1870), was a Senator and Congressman of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and a member of the prominent Eliot family.
Life and career
Eliot was born on March 20, 18 ...
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James Buffington (R)
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Charles F. Adams Sr. (R)
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Alexander H. Rice
Alexander Hamilton Rice (August 30, 1818 – July 22, 1895) was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He served as Mayor of Boston from 1856 to 1857, a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and as the 30th ...
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Anson Burlingame
Anson Burlingame (November 14, 1820 – February 23, 1870) was an American lawyer, Republican/American Party legislator, diplomat, and abolitionist. As diplomat, he served as the U.S. minister to China (1862–1867) and then as China's envoy to ...
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John B. Alley
John Bassett Alley (January 7, 1817 – January 19, 1896) was a businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Early life
John Alley was born on January 7, 1817, in Lynn, Massachusetts. He attended the comm ...
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Daniel W. Gooch
Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (January 8, 1820 – November 1, 1891) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Early life and education
Gooch, the son of John and Olive ( Winn) Gooch, was born in Wells in Massachusetts' District ...
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Charles R. Train
Charles Russell Train (October 18, 1817 – July 28, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Train attended the common schools, Framingham Academy, and was graduated from Brown Universi ...
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Eli Thayer
Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1 ...
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Charles Delano (R)
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Henry L. Dawes
Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimul ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
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George B. Cooper (D), until May 15, 1860
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William A. Howard (R), from May 15, 1860
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Henry Waldron
Henry Waldron (October 11, 1819 – September 13, 1880) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Early life
Waldron was born in Albany, New York, attended Albany Academy, and graduated from R ...
(R)
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Francis W. Kellogg (R)
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Dewitt C. Leach
Dewitt Clinton Leach, (November 23, 1822 – December 21, 1909) was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Leach was born in Clarence, New York, and moved with his parents to Genesee County, Michigan, in early youth. He a ...
(R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...
Both representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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(2 Republicans)
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Cyrus Aldrich
Cyrus Aldrich (June 18, 1808 – October 5, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Aldrich was born in Smithfield, Rhode Island, June 18, 1808. He followed the occupations of sailor, boatman, farmer, contractor on public works, an ...
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William Windom (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D), until December 20, 1860
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Reuben Davis (D), until January 12, 1861
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William Barksdale (D), until January 12, 1861
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Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended t ...
(D), until January 12, 1861
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John J. McRae (D), until January 12, 1861
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
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John R. Barret (D), until June 8, 1860
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Francis P. Blair Jr. (R), June 8, 1860 – June 25, 1860
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John R. Barret (D), from December 3, 1860
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Thomas L. Anderson (ID)
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John B. Clark
John Bates Clark (January 26, 1847 – March 21, 1938) was an American neoclassical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school of economics, and spent most of his career as ...
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James Craig (D)
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Samuel H. Woodson (A)
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John S. Phelps
John Smith Phelps (December 22, 1814November 20, 1886) was a politician and soldier during the American Civil War, and the 23rd Governor of Missouri.
Early life and career
John Smith Phelps, the son of Elisha Phelps, was born in Simsbury, Ha ...
(D)
: .
John W. Noell (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Gilman Marston (R)
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Mason Tappan (R)
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Thomas M. Edwards
Thomas McKey Edwards (December 16, 1795 – May 1, 1875) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Edwards was tutored privately. ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...
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John T. Nixon (R)
: .
John L. N. Stratton
John Leake Newbold Stratton (November 27, 1817, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey – May 17, 1889, Mount Holly Township, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district for tw ...
(R)
: .
Garnett Adrain
Garnett Bowditch Adrain (December 15, 1815 in New York City – August 17, 1878 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey fr ...
(ALD)
: .
Jetur R. Riggs
Jetur Rose Riggs (June 20, 1809 – November 5, 1869) was an American Anti-Lecompton Democrat who represented in the U.S. representative for one term from 1859 to 1861.
Early life and career
Born near Drakesville (now known as the Ledgewood ...
(ALD)
: .
William Pennington
William Pennington (May 4, 1796 – February 16, 1862) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the 13th governor of New Jersey from 1837 to 1843. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, during which he served a ...
(R)
New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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Luther C. Carter (R)
: .
James Humphrey (R)
: .
Daniel Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819May 3, 1914) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.
Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U. ...
(D)
: .
Thomas J. Barr (ID)
: .
William B. Maclay
William Brown Maclay (March 20, 1812 – February 19, 1882) was an American newspaperman, lawyer, and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from New York from 1843 to 1849, and from 1857 to 1861.
Biography
Born ...
(D)
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John Cochrane (D)
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George Briggs (R)
: .
Horace F. Clark (ALD)
: .
John B. Haskin (ALD)
: .
Charles H. Van Wyck
Charles Henry Van Wyck (May 10, 1824October 24, 1895) was a Representative from New York, a Senator from Nebraska, and a Union Army brigadier general in the American Civil War.
Early life and political career
Van Wyck was born in Poughkeepsie, ...
(R)
: .
William S. Kenyon (R)
: .
Charles L. Beale (R)
: .
Abram B. Olin (R)
: .
John H. Reynolds (ALD)
: .
James B. McKean (R)
: .
George W. Palmer (R)
: .
Francis E. Spinner
Francis Elias Spinner (January 21, 1802 – December 31, 1890) was an American politician from New York. He served as Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875, and was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for ...
(R)
: .
Clark B. Cochrane (R)
: .
James H. Graham (R)
: .
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the ...
(R)
: .
R. Holland Duell (R)
: .
M. Lindley Lee (R)
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Charles B. Hoard (R)
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Charles B. Sedgwick (R)
: .
Martin Butterfield (R)
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Emory B. Pottle (R)
: .
Alfred Wells (R)
: .
William Irvine (R)
: .
Alfred Ely (R)
: .
Augustus Frank
Augustus Frank (July 17, 1826 – April 29, 1895) was an American merchant, railroad executive, banker and politician. He served as a United States representative from the U.S. state of New York (state), New York during the American Civil Wa ...
(R)
: .
Silas M. Burroughs (R), until June 3, 1860
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Edwin R. Reynolds (R), from December 5, 1860
: .
Elbridge G. Spaulding (R)
: .
Reuben Fenton (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
: .
William N. H. Smith (O)
: .
Thomas Ruffin (D)
: .
Warren Winslow (D)
: .
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch (November 28, 1820 – September 17, 1862) was a North Carolina representative in the U.S. Congress and a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, killed at the Battle of Antietam.
Early life and ca ...
(D)
: .
John Gilmer (O)
: .
James M. Leach (O)
: .
F. Burton Craige (D)
: .
Zebulon Vance
Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War.
A prolific writer and noted public speak ...
(O)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
: .
George H. Pendleton (D)
: .
John A. Gurley (R)
: .
Clement Vallandigham
Clement Laird Vallandigham ( ; July 29, 1820 – June 17, 1871) was an American politician and leader of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms for Ohio's 3rd congressional district in t ...
(D)
: .
William Allen (D)
: .
James M. Ashley (R)
: .
William Howard (D)
: .
Thomas Corwin (R)
: .
Benjamin Stanton
Benjamin Stanton (June 4, 1809 – June 2, 1872) was an American politician who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1862 to 1864.
Early life
The son of Elias & Martha (Wilson) Stanton, he was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Stanton ...
(R)
: .
John Carey (R)
: .
Carey A. Trimble (R)
: .
Charles D. Martin (D)
: .
Samuel S. Cox
Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the O ...
(D)
: .
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
(R)
: .
Cyrus Spink (R), until May 31, 1859
::
Harrison G. O. Blake (R), from October 11, 1859
: .
William Helmick (R)
: .
Cydnor B. Tompkins (R)
: .
Thomas C. Theaker (R)
: .
Sidney Edgerton
Sidney Edgerton (August 17, 1818 – July 19, 1900) was an American politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Ohio. He served during the American Civil War, as a Squirrel Hunter. During this time, Edgerton served as a U.S. Congressman. In 186 ...
(R)
: .
Edward Wade
Edward Wade (November 22, 1802 – August 13, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1853 to 1861. He was the brother of Benjamin Franklin Wade.
Biography
Born in West Springf ...
(R)
: .
John Hutchins (R)
: .
John Bingham
John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan. In his time as a congressman, Bingham served as both ass ...
(R)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: .
Lansing Stout (D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: .
Thomas B. Florence (D)
: .
Edward Joy Morris
Edward Joy Morris (July 16, 1815December 31, 1881) was a Whig and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Morris was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and the Univ ...
(R)
: .
John P. Verree (R)
: .
William Millward
William Millward (June 30, 1822 – November 28, 1871) was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Biography
Millward was born in the old district of Northern Liberties in Ph ...
(R)
: .
John Wood (R)
: .
John Hickman (ALD)
: .
Henry C. Longnecker (R)
: .
John Schwartz
John Schwartz (October 27, 1793 – June 20, 1860) was an Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1859 to 1860.
Biography
Schwartz was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania ...
(ALD), until June 20, 1860
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Jacob K. McKenty (D), from December 3, 1860
: .
Thaddeus Stevens
Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792August 11, 1868) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Republican Party during the 1860s. A fierce opponent of sla ...
(R)
: .
John W. Killinger (R)
: .
James H. Campbell (R)
: .
George W. Scranton
George Whitfield Scranton (May 11, 1811 – March 24, 1861) was an American industrialist and politician, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1859, until his death in 1861. Moving to Pe ...
(R)
: .
William H. Dimmick (D)
: .
Galusha A. Grow (R)
: .
James T. Hale (R)
: .
Benjamin F. Junkin (R)
: .
Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson (July 31, 1830 – December 14, 1895) was an American newspaper editor and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as multiple terms as the Clerk of the House of Representative ...
(R)
: .
Samuel S. Blair (R)
: .
John Covode
John Covode (March 17, 1808 – January 11, 1871) was an American businessman and abolitionist politician. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life
Covode was born in Fairfield Towns ...
(R)
: .
William Montgomery (D)
: .
James K. Moorhead (R)
: .
Robert McKnight
Robert McKnight (January 20, 1820 – October 25, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1863.
Early life and educat ...
(R)
: .
William Stewart (R)
: .
Chapin Hall (R)
: .
Elijah Babbitt (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: .
Christopher Robinson (R)
: .
William D. Brayton (R)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
: .
John McQueen
John McQueen (February 9, 1804 – August 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Early life and educati ...
(D), until December 21, 1860
: .
William P. Miles (D), until December 21, 1860
: .
Laurence M. Keitt (D), until December 1860
: .
Milledge L. Bonham (D), until December 21, 1860
: .
John D. Ashmore (D), until December 21, 1860
: .
William W. Boyce (D), until December 21, 1860
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
: .
Thomas A. R. Nelson (O)
: .
Horace Maynard
Horace Maynard (August 30, 1814 – May 3, 1882) was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century. Initially elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd Con ...
(O)
: .
Reese B. Brabson (O)
: .
William B. Stokes (O)
: .
Robert H. Hatton (O)
: .
James H. Thomas (D)
: .
John V. Wright (D)
: .
James M. Quarles (O)
: .
Emerson Etheridge
Henry Emerson Etheridge (September 28, 1819 – October 21, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district from 1853 to 1857, and again from 1859 to 186 ...
(O)
: .
William T. Avery (D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
: .
John H. Reagan
John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818March 6, 1905) was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. H ...
(D)
: .
Andrew J. Hamilton (ID)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...
: .
Eliakim P. Walton (R)
: .
Justin S. Morrill (R)
: .
Homer E. Royce (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
: .
Muscoe R. H. Garnett (D)
: .
John S. Millson (D)
: .
Daniel C. De Jarnette (ID)
: .
William Goode (D), until July 3, 1859
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Roger A. Pryor (D), from December 7, 1859
: .
Thomas S. Bocock
Thomas Salem Bocock (May 18, 1815 – August 5, 1891) was a Confederate politician and lawyer from Virginia. After serving as an antebellum United States Congressman, he was the speaker of the Confederate States House of Representatives dur ...
(D)
: .
Shelton Leake (ID)
: .
William Smith (D)
: .
Alexander Boteler (O)
: .
John T. Harris (ID)
: .
Sherrard Clemens
Sherrard Clemens (April 28, 1820 – June 30, 1881) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Virginia and Missouri. He was a cousin to author Samuel L. Clemens (a.k.a. Mark Twain). The unincorporated community of Sherrard in M ...
(D)
: .
Albert G. Jenkins
Albert Gallatin Jenkins (November 10, 1830 – May 21, 1864) was a Virginia attorney, planter, slaveholder, politician and soldier from what would become West Virginia during the American Civil War. He served in the United States Congress and ...
(D)
: .
Henry A. Edmundson (D)
: .
Elbert S. Martin (ID)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: .
John F. Potter (R)
: .
Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)
: .
Charles H. Larrabee (D)
Non-voting members
: .
Marcus J. Parrott (R), until January 29, 1861
: .
Experience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook (April 30, 1813 March 26, 1894) was an American attorney and legal administrator. He was the 3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin and the 1st United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory.
Biography
Born in Lebanon, N ...
, until May 18, 1860
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Samuel G. Daily (R), from May 18, 1860
: .
Miguel A. Otero (D)
: .
William H. Hooper (D)
: .
Isaac Stevens
Isaac Ingalls Stevens (March 25, 1818 – September 1, 1862) was an American military officer and politician who served as governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and later as its delegate to the United States House of Represen ...
(D)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 4
**
Democrats (D): no net change
**
Republicans (R): no net change
* Deaths: 1
* Resignations: 1
* Interim appointments: 1
* Withdrawals: 13
* Total seats with changes: 16
, -
,
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
(2)
, Vacant
, Successor
elected late due to legislature's failure to elect.
, ,
Edward D. Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Orego ...
(R)
, October 2, 1860
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,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
(1)
, ,
David C. Broderick
David Colbreth Broderick (February 4, 1820 – September 16, 1859) was an attorney and politician, elected by the legislature as United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, U.S. Senator from California. Born in Washington, DC ...
(D)
, Died September 16, 1859, after taking part in a duel he participated in, which he was unlucky.
Interim successor was appointed to continue the term.
, ,
Henry P. Haun
Henry Peter Haun (January 18, 1815 – June 6, 1860) was a California Judge, farmer, and U.S. Senator from California. He was appointed by Governor John B. Weller to serve out Senator David C. Broderick's term following his predecessor's death i ...
(D)
, November 3, 1859
, -
,
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
(1)
, ,
Matthias Ward
Matthias Ward (October 13, 1805 – October 5, 1861) was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.
Early life
Matthias Ward was born on October 13, 1805, in Elbert County, Georgia. Ward was raised in Madison County, Alabama. He attended an ...
(D)
, Interim appointee lost nomination to finish the term
Successor
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...
December 5, 1859.
, ,
Louis Wigfall
Louis Trezevant Wigfall (April 21, 1816 – February 18, 1874) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States Senator from Texas from 1862 to 1865. He was among a group of leading secessionists known as Fire-Eaters, advocati ...
(D)
, December 5, 1859
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,
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
(1)
, ,
Henry P. Haun
Henry Peter Haun (January 18, 1815 – June 6, 1860) was a California Judge, farmer, and U.S. Senator from California. He was appointed by Governor John B. Weller to serve out Senator David C. Broderick's term following his predecessor's death i ...
(D)
, Interim appointee lost election to finish the term
Successor
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...
March 5, 1860.
, ,
Milton Latham (D)
, March 5, 1860
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,
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
(2)
, ,
James Chesnut Jr.
James Chesnut Jr. (January 18, 1815 – February 1, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Confederate functionary.
Chesnut, a lawyer prominent in South Carolina state politics, served as a Democratic United States Senator, sena ...
(D)
, Withdrew November 10, 1860.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
(3)
, ,
James H. Hammond (D)
, Withdrew November 11, 1860.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
(2)
, ,
Albert G. Brown
Albert Gallatin Brown (May 31, 1813June 12, 1880) was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 to 1861, when he withdrew during secession.
Early life
He was born to Joseph and ...
(D)
, Withdrew January 12, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...
(1)
, ,
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republic ...
(R)
, Resigned January 17, 1861, to become
Vice President of the United States
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice p ...
.
Successor
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...
January 17, 1861.
, ,
Lot M. Morrill (R)
, January 17, 1861
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Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
(3)
, ,
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (June 30, 1802 – November 21, 1869) was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama and a United States Senator from that state. He was a Democrat.
Early life
Born in Greene County, Georgia, Fitzpatrick was orphaned a ...
(D)
, Withdrew January 21, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
(2)
, ,
Clement C. Clay (D)
, Withdrew January 21, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
(1)
, ,
Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Nav ...
(D)
, Withdrew January 21, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
(3)
, ,
David L. Yulee (D)
, Withdrew January 21, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
(1)
, ,
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as ...
(D)
, Withdrew January 21, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
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,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
(3)
, ,
Alfred Iverson Sr. (D)
, Withdrew January 28, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
(2)
, New seat
, New state admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
Senator was not elected until the next Congress.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
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Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
(3)
, New seat
, New state admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
Senator was not elected until the next Congress.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
(2)
, ,
Robert Toombs
Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toomb ...
(D)
, Withdrew February 4, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
(2)
, ,
Judah P. Benjamin
Judah Philip Benjamin, QC (August 6, 1811 – May 6, 1884) was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Cabinet officer of the Confederate States and, after his escape to the United Kingdom at the end of the American Civil War, an English ba ...
(D)
, Withdrew February 4, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
(3)
, ,
John Slidell
John Slidell (1793July 9, 1871) was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman. A native of New York, Slidell moved to Louisiana as a young man and became a Representative and Senator. He was one of two Confederate diplomats captured by the ...
(D)
, Withdrew February 4, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
(2)
, ,
Alfred O. P. Nicholson (D)
, Withdrew March 3, 1861.
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 7
**
Democrats (D): no net change
**
Republicans (R): 1 seat net loss
**
Anti-Lecompton Democrats (LD): 1 seat net gain
* Deaths: 4
* Resignations: 3
* Contested election: 1
* Withdrawals: 28
* Total seats with changes: 41
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, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Vacancy in term
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John A. McClernand
John Alexander McClernand (May 30, 1812 – September 20, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was a prominent Democratic politician in Illinois and a member of the United States H ...
(D)
, Seated November 8, 1859
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, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Brown could not take seat because he had not yet attained age required by the
US Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the nation ...
, ,
John Y. Brown (D)
, Seated December 3, 1860
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Cyrus Spink (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died May 31, 1859
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Harrison G. O. Blake (R)
, Seated October 11, 1859
, -
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William Goode (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died July 3, 1859
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Roger A. Pryor (D)
, Seated December 7, 1859
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George B. Cooper (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election May 15, 1860
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Francis P. Blair Jr. (R)
, Seated May 15, 1860
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Experience Estabrook
Experience Estabrook (April 30, 1813 March 26, 1894) was an American attorney and legal administrator. He was the 3rd Attorney General of Wisconsin and the 1st United States Attorney for the Nebraska Territory.
Biography
Born in Lebanon, N ...
, style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election May 18, 1860
, ,
Samuel G. Daily (R)
, Seated May 18, 1860
, -
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Silas M. Burroughs (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 3, 1860
, ,
Edwin R. Reynolds (R)
, Seated December 5, 1860
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John R. Barret (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election June 8, 1860
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William A. Howard (R)
, Seated June 8, 1860
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John Schwartz
John Schwartz (October 27, 1793 – June 20, 1860) was an Anti-Lecompton Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1859 to 1860.
Biography
Schwartz was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania ...
(ALD)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died June 20, 1860
, ,
Jacob K. McKenty (D)
, Seated December 3, 1860
, -
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William A. Howard (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 25, 1860
, ,
John R. Barret (D)
, Seated December 3, 1860
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Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December ???, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
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Laurence M. Keitt (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December ???, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
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John McQueen
John McQueen (February 9, 1804 – August 30, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. He was U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Early life and educati ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December 21, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
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William P. Miles (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December 21, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Milledge L. Bonham (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December 21, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
John D. Ashmore (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December 21, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
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, ,
William W. Boyce (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired December 21, 1860
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Israel Washburn Jr.
Israel Washburn Jr. (June 6, 1813 – May 12, 1883) was a United States political figure who was the Governor of Maine from 1861 to 1863. Originally a member of the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party, he later became a founding member of th ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 1, 1861, after being elected
Governor of Maine
The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive.
The current governor of Maine is J ...
, ,
Stephen Coburn (R)
, Seated January 2, 1861
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Reuben Davis (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 12, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
William Barksdale (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 12, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended t ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 12, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
John J. McRae (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 12, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
James A. Stallworth (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
James L. Pugh
James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.
Biography
Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
David Clopton
David Clopton (September 29, 1820 – February 5, 1892) was a prominent Alabama politician.
Biography
Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia near Milledgeville, Ga., on September 29, 1820. He attended the county schools and Edenton Academy ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Sydenham Moore
Sydenham Moore (May 25, 1817 – August 20, 1862) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Early life
Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, Moore pursued classical studies.
He attended the University of ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
George S. Houston
George Smith Houston (January 17, 1811 – December 31, 1879) was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878. He was also a congressman and senator for Alabama.
Early life
Houston was born near Fra ...
(D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
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, ,
Jabez L. M. Curry (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
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George S. Hawkins (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 21, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Peter E. Love (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Martin J. Crawford (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Thomas Hardeman Jr.
Thomas Hardeman Jr. (January 12, 1825 – March 6, 1891) was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.
Early years
Hardeman was born in Eatonton, Georgia, Eatonton, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and graduated from Emory University, Emory ...
(O)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Lucius J. Gartrell (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
John W. H. Underwood (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
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James Jackson (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Retired January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, ,
Joshua Hill Joshua or Josh Hill may refer to:
* Joshua Hill (baseball) (born 1983), Australian baseball player
* Joshua Hill (Pitcairn Island leader) (1773–c. 1844), American adventurer
* Joshua Hill (politician) (1812–1891), American politician
* Josh ...
(O)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
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John J. Jones (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 23, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
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Marcus J. Parrott (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
, colspan=2 , Seat eliminated
, -
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, New Seat
, style="font-size:80%" , Kansas was admitted to the Union January 29, 1861
, ,
Martin F. Conway (R)
, Seated January 29, 1861
, -
,
, ,
Williamson R. W. Cobb (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew January 30, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
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Miles Taylor (D)
, style="font-size:80%" , Withdrew February 5, 1861
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
*
Alter and Improve Senate Chamber (Select)
*
Amendments to the Constitution (Select)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a De ...
)
*
Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)
*
Circulation of Bank Notes in the District of Columbia (Select)
*
Claims
Claim may refer to:
* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
* A ri ...
(Chairman:
Alfred Iverson Jr.
Alfred Iverson Jr. (February 14, 1829 – March 31, 1911) was a lawyer, an officer in the Mexican–American War, a U.S. Army cavalry officer, and a Confederate States Army, Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served in the 1862–63 ...
)
*
Commerce
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(Chairman:
Clement Claiborne Clay
Clement Claiborne Clay (December 13, 1816 – January 3, 1882), also known as C. C. Clay Jr., was a United States Senator (Democrat) from the state of Alabama from 1853 to 1861, and a Confederate States senator from Alabama from 1862 to 1864. Hi ...
)
*
Comptroller William Medill (Select)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
)
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle (Washington, D.C.), Logan Circle, Jefferson Memoria ...
(Chairman:
Albert G. Brown
Albert Gallatin Brown (May 31, 1813June 12, 1880) was Governor of Mississippi from 1844 to 1848 and a Democratic United States Senator from Mississippi from 1854 to 1861, when he withdrew during secession.
Early life
He was born to Joseph and ...
)
*
Duties of Imports (Select)
*
Finance
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(Chairman:
Robert M. T. Hunter)
*
Foreign Relations
A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through m ...
(Chairman:
James M. Mason)
*
French Spoilations (Select)
*
Harpers Ferry Invasion (Select)
*
Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
William K. Sebastian)
*
Judiciary
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(Chairman:
James A. Bayard Jr.
James Asheton Bayard Jr. (November 15, 1799 – June 13, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician from Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life
Bayard was born in Wilmington, ...
)
*
Memorial of Houmas Lands Settlers (Select)
*
Military Affairs (Chairman:
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives as ...
)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Stephen Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Nav ...
)
*
Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
*
Pacific Railroad (Select)
*
Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman:
William Bigler
William Bigler (January 1, 1814August 9, 1880) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democrat as the 12th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1855 and as a member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1856 ...
)
*
Pensions
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(Chairman: N/A)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: N/A)
*
Printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
(Chairman: N/A)
*
Public Printing Investigation (Select)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman: N/A)
*
Public Lands
In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
(Chairman:
Robert W. Johnson)
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Retrenchment
Retrenchment (french: retrenchment, an old form of ''retranchement'', from ''retrancher'', to cut down, cut short) is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of public expenditure.
Political usage
The word is familiar in its most general ...
(Chairman: N/A)
*
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: N/A)
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Tariff Regulation (Select)
*
Territories
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
(Chairman: N/A)
*
Thirteen on the Disturbed Condition of the Country (Select)
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Whole
House of Representatives
*
Accounts (Chairman:
Francis E. Spinner
Francis Elias Spinner (January 21, 1802 – December 31, 1890) was an American politician from New York. He served as Treasurer of the United States from 1861 to 1875, and was the first administrator in the federal government to employ women for ...
)
*
Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
(Chairman:
Martin Butterfield)
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Claims
Claim may refer to:
* Claim (legal)
* Claim of Right Act 1689
* Claims-based identity
* Claim (philosophy)
* Land claim
* A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law
* Patent claim
* The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton
* A righ ...
(Chairman:
John Hickman)
*
Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(Chairman:
Elihu B. Washburne
Elihu Benjamin Washburne (September 23, 1816 – October 22, 1887) was an American politician and diplomat. A member of the Washburn family, which played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party, he served a ...
)
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District of Columbia
)
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(Chairman:
Luther C. Carter)
*
Elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
(Chairman:
John A. Gilmer)
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Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a Burin (engraving), burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or Glass engraving, glass ...
(Chairman:
Garnett B. Adrain
Garnett Bowditch Adrain (December 15, 1815 in New York City – August 17, 1878 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey fr ...
)
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Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: N/A)
*
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Robert Hatton)
*
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
George W. Palmer)
*
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
James B. McKean)
*
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Dwight Loomis)
*
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
William Stewart)
*
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
William D. Brayton)
*
Foreign Affairs
''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...
(Chairman:
Thomas Corwin)
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Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
Emerson Etheridge
Henry Emerson Etheridge (September 28, 1819 – October 21, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district from 1853 to 1857, and again from 1859 to 186 ...
)
*
Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Reuben E. Fenton
Reuben Eaton Fenton (July 4, 1819August 25, 1885) was an American merchant and politician from New York (state), New York. In the mid-19th Century, he served as a United States House of Representatives , U.S. Representative, a United States Sen ...
)
*
Judiciary
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(Chairman:
John Hickman)
*
Manufactures
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(Chairman:
Charles F. Adams)
*
Mileage (Chairman:
John D. Ashmore)
*
Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
Benjamin Stanton
Benjamin Stanton (June 4, 1809 – June 2, 1872) was an American politician who served as the sixth lieutenant governor of Ohio from 1862 to 1864.
Early life
The son of Elias & Martha (Wilson) Stanton, he was born in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, Stanton ...
)
*
Militia
A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...
(Chairman:
Cydnor B. Tompkins)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Freeman H. Morse)
*
Patents
A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
(Chairman:
William Millward
William Millward (June 30, 1822 – November 28, 1871) was an Opposition Party and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Biography
Millward was born in the old district of Northern Liberties in Ph ...
)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the Hous ...
)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Cadwallader C. Washburn)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Charles R. Train
Charles Russell Train (October 18, 1817 – July 28, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Train attended the common schools, Framingham Academy, and was graduated from Brown Universi ...
)
*
Public Expenditures (Chairman:
John B. Haskin)
*
Public Lands
In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
(Chairman:
Eli Thayer
Eli Thayer (June 11, 1819 – April 15, 1899) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1857 to 1861. He was born in Mendon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester Academy in 1840, from Brown University in 1845, and in 1 ...
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Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman:
John A. Logan)
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Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
George N. Briggs
George Nixon Briggs (April 12, 1796 – September 12, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. A Whig, Briggs served for twelve years in the United States House of Representatives, and served seven one-year terms as the 1 ...
)
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Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman:
John F. Potter)
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Roads and Canals (Chairman:
Robert Mallory
Robert Mallory (November 15, 1815 – August 11, 1885) was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Kentucky.
Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virg ...
)
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Rules
Rule or ruling may refer to:
Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Select)
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Standards of Official Conduct
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Territories
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
(Chairman:
Galusha A. Grow)
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Ways and Means (Chairman:
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
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Whole
Joint committees
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Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen.
Henry Haun
Henry Peter Haun (January 18, 1815 – June 6, 1860) was a California Judge, farmer, and U.S. Senator from California. He was appointed by Governor John B. Weller to serve out Senator David C. Broderick's term following his predecessor's death ...
then Sen.
Willard Saulsbury Sr.
Willard Saulsbury Sr. (June 2, 1820 – April 6, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician from Georgetown, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Chance ...
)
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The Library (Chairman: Rep.
John U. Pettit)
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Printing
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(Chairman: Rep.
John A. Gurley)
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Making Arrangements for Inaugurating Washington's Statue
Caucuses
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Democratic (House)
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Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
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Architect of the Capitol
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:
Thomas U. Walter
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Librarian of Congress:
John Silva Meehan
John Silva Meehan (6 February 1790 – 24 April 1863) was an American printer and publisher. He was the fourth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1829 to 1861.
Meehan, a United States Democratic party member, was appointed Librarian of ...
Senate
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Chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...
:
Stephen P. Hill (
Baptist
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...
), until December 15, 1859
**
Phineas D. Gurley
Phineas Densmore Gurley (November 12, 1816 – September 30, 1868) was Chaplain of the United States Senate and pastor of New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.
Early life
Gurley was born in Hamilton, New York, on November ...
(
Presbyterian
Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
), elected December 15, 1859
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Secretary
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:
Asbury Dickins
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Sergeant at Arms
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:
Dunning R. McNair
Dunning Robert McNair (April 2, 1797 – March 16, 1875) was the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from March 17, 1853, to July 6, 1861.
Biography
Dunning R. McNair was born in what would become Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, on April 2, 17 ...
House of Representatives
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Clerk
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:
James C. Allen
James Cameron Allen (January 29, 1822 – January 30, 1912) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Shelby County, Kentucky to Benjamin and Margaret (née Youel) Allen, the seventh of ten childre ...
, until February 3, 1860
**
John W. Forney
John Weiss Forney (30 September 1817 – 9 December 1881) was an American newspaper publisher and politician. He was clerk of the United States House of Representatives from 1851 through 1856, and again from 1860 through 1861. He was thereafter se ...
, elected February 3, 1860
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Chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...
: None
*
Doorkeeper: Robert B. Hackney, until February 6, 1860
** George Marston, elected February 6, 1860
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Messenger
''MESSENGER'' was a NASA robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury between 2011 and 2015, studying Mercury's chemical composition, geology, and magnetic field. The name is a backronym for "Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geoche ...
:
Thaddeus Morrice
Thaddeus (Latin ''Thaddaeus'', Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος ''Thaddaĩos'', from Aramaic תדי ''Ṯaday'') is a male given name.
As of the 1990 United States census, 1990 Census, ''Thaddeus'' was the 611th most popular male name in the Unit ...
*
Postmaster
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...
:
Josiah M. Lucas
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Reading Clerks:
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Sergeant at Arms
Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other uni ...
:
Adam J. Glossbrenner, until February 3, 1860
**
Henry William Hoffman, from February 3, 1860
See also
*
United States elections, 1858 (elections leading to this Congress)
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United States Senate elections, 1858 and 1859
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United States House of Representatives elections, 1858 and 1859
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United States elections, 1860
The 1860 United States elections elected the members of the 37th United States Congress. The election marked the start of the Third Party System and precipitated the Civil War. The Republican Party won control of the Presidency and both houses of ...
(elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
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1860 United States presidential election
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United States Senate elections, 1860 and 1861
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
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United States House of Representatives elections, 1860
Notes
References
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External links
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