The 38th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and po ...

and the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1863, to March 4, 1865, during the last two years of the first

administration Administration may refer to: Management of organizations * Management, the act of directing people towards accomplishing a goal ** Administrative Assistant, traditionally known as a Secretary, or also known as an administrative officer, admini ...

of U.S. President

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 ...

. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. The

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

had a Republican majority, and the House of Representatives had a Republican plurality.

Major events

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and t ...

, which had started in 1861, continued through this Congress and ended later in 1865 * January 8, 1863: Ground broken in

Sacramento, California ) , image_map = Sacramento County California Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sacramento Highlighted.svg , mapsize = 250x200px , map_caption = Location within Sacramento C ...

, on the construction of the

First transcontinental railroad North America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the " Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail netwo ...

in the United States * November 19, 1863:

Gettysburg Address The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the ...

* November 8, 1864: President

is reelected, defeating George McClellan.

Major legislation

* April 22, 1864:

Coinage Act of 1864 The Coinage Act of 1864 was a United States federal law passed on April 22, 1864, which changed the composition of the one-cent coin and authorized the minting of the two-cent coin. The Director of the U.S. Mint developed the designs for these ...

, Sess. 1, ch. 66, * June 30, 1864: Yosemite Valley Grant Act, Sess. 1, * March 3, 1865:

Freedmen's Bureau The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was an agency of early Reconstruction, assisting freedmen in the South. It was established on March 3, 1865, and operated briefly as a ...

, Sess. 2, ch. 90,

Major bills not enacted

* Wade–Davis Bill passed both houses July 2, 1864 but

Pocket veto A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action (keeping it in their pocket), thus effectively killing the bill without affirmatively vetoing i ...

Constitutional amendments

* January 31, 1865: 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 ...

abolishing

slavery in the United States The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States of America from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predominantly in the South. Sla ...

and

involuntary servitude Involuntary servitude or involuntary slavery is a legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion, to which it may constitute slavery. While laboring to benefit anothe ...

, except as punishment for a crime, 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 ...

** Amendment was later ratified on December 6, 1865, becoming the

Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, by the House of Representative ...

Treaties ratified

* February 9, 1865: Chippewa Indians,

States admitted and territories organized

States

*June 19, 1863:

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

admitted (formed from a portion of Virginia), (See also ) *October 31, 1864:

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 ...

admitted, (See also )

Territories

*May 26, 1864:

Montana Territory The Territory of Montana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 26, 1864, until November 8, 1889, when it was admitted as the 41st state in the Union as the state of Montana. Original boundaries ...

organized, Sess. 1, ch. 95,

States in rebellion

The Confederacy fielded armies and sustained the rebellion into a second Congress, but the Union did not accept

secession Secession is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance. Some of the most famous and significant secessions have been: the former Soviet republics l ...

and secessionists were not eligible for Congress. Elections held in Missouri and Kentucky seated all members to the House and Senate for the 38th Congress. Elections held among Unionists in Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana were marred by disruption resulting in turnouts that were so low compared with 1860, that Congress did not reseat the candidates with a majority of the votes cast. * In rebellion 1862–64 according to the Emancipation Proclamation were Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (parts), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia (parts). Tennessee was not held to be in rebellion as of the end of 1862.Emancipation Proclamation text found a
Emancipation Proclamation
"Featured Texts" online at the National Archives and Records Administration. Viewed April 14, 2014.

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

During this Congress, two seats were added for each of the new states of Nevada and West Virginia, thereby adding four new seats.

House of Representatives

Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members. During this Congress, one seat was added for the new state of Nevada, and three seats were reapportioned from Virginia to the new state of West Virginia.

Leadership

Senate

President President most commonly refers to: *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 ...

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) *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase '' pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

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), until April 13, 1864 ** Daniel Clark (R), elected April 26, 1864

Majority (Republican) leadership

* Republican Conference Chairman:

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 ...

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker may refer to: 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 ...

: Schuyler Colfax (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

* Republican Conference Chairman: Justin S. Morrill * Chairman,

Committee on Ways and Means The Committee on Ways and Means is the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over all taxation, tariffs, and other revenue-raising measures, as well as a number of other program ...

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)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''

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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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.

John Conness John Conness (September 22, 1821 – January 10, 1909) was a first-generation Irish-American businessman who served as a U.S. Senator (1863–1869) from California during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction. He intr ...

(R) : 3. James A. McDougall (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. La Fayette S. Foster (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. (D), until January 29, 1864 :: George R. Riddle (D), from February 2, 1864 : 2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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.

William A. Richardson William Anthony Richardson (August 27, 1795 – April 20, 1856) was an early California entrepreneur, influential in the development of Yerba Buena, the forerunner of the city of San Francisco. Richardson was the first to receive a land gran ...

(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.

Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819November 25, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Indiana who served as the 16th governor of Indiana from 1873 to 1877 and the 21st vice president of the United States from March until his ...

(D) : 3.

Henry S. Lane Henry Smith Lane (February 24, 1811 – June 19, 1881) was a United States representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his ...

(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 ...

: 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. James H. Lane (R) : 3.

Samuel C. Pomeroy Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century. He served in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy also served in the Massachusetts House of ...

(R)

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. Garrett Davis (U)

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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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. Lot M. Morrill (R) : 2.

William P. 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), until July 1, 1864 :: Nathan A. Farwell (R), from October 27, 1864

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. Reverdy Johnson (U) : 3. Thomas H. Hicks (UU), until February 14, 1865

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: 1. Charles Sumner (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 ...

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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.

Jacob M. Howard Jacob Merritt Howard (July 10, 1805 – April 2, 1871) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan, and his political career spanned the Amer ...

(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 ...

: 1.

Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor. Early years and fa ...

(R) : 2. 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. Vacant : 2. Vacant

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. John B. Henderson (UU) : 3. Robert Wilson (UU), until November 13, 1863 :: B. Gratz Brown (UU), from November 13, 1863

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 ...

: 1. William M. Stewart (R), from February 1, 1865 (newly admitted state) : 3.

James W. Nye James Warren Nye (June 10, 1815 – December 25, 1876) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as Governor of Nevada Territory and a United States senator from Nevada. Biography He was born in DeRuyter ...

(R), from February 1, 1865 (newly admitted state)

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. William Wright (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 * '' ...

: 1. Edwin D. Morgan (R) : 3.

Ira Harris Ira Harris (May 31, 1802December 2, 1875) was an American jurist and senator from New York. He was also a friend of Abraham Lincoln. Life Ira Harris was born in Charleston, New York on May 31, 1802. He grew up on a farm, and graduated from Unio ...

(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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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) : 3. John Sherman (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 ...

: 2. Benjamin F. Harding (D) : 3. James W. Nesmith (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.

Charles R. Buckalew Charles Rollin Buckalew (December 28, 1821May 19, 1899) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician from Pennsylvania. He represented the state for one term in the United States Senate, where he was an advocate for propor ...

(D) : 3.

Edgar Cowan Edgar Cowan (September 19, 1815August 31, 1885) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. A native of Sewickley Towns ...

(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 ...

: 1. William Sprague (R) : 2.

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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. Vacant : 3. Vacant

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. Vacant : 2. Vacant

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. Vacant : 2. Vacant

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 ...

: 1.

(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.

Lemuel J. Bowden Lemuel Jackson Bowden (January 16, 1815January 2, 1864) was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg, Virginia. Early life Bowden was born in 1815 in Williamsburg, Virginia, and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1831- ...

(U), died January 2, 1864, vacant thereafter : 2. John S. Carlile (U)

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

: 1.

Peter G. Van Winkle Peter Godwin Van Winkle (September 7, 1808April 15, 1872) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. For many years a leading officer of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, he became one of the founders of West Virginia and a United ...

(UU), from August 4, 1863 (newly admitted state) : 2.

Waitman T. Willey Waitman Thomas Willey (October 18, 1811May 2, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. One of the founders of the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War, he served in the United States Senate ...

(UU), from August 4, 1863 (newly admitted state)

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 ...

: 1.

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.

Timothy O. Howe Timothy Otis Howe (February 24, 1816March 25, 1883) was a member of the United States Senate for three terms, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He also served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Che ...

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House of Representatives

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

All 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 ...

. : .

Cornelius Cole Cornelius Cole (September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924) was an American politician who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865, and another term in the Unit ...

(R) : . William Higby (R) : . Thomas B. Shannon (R)

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 ...

: . Henry C. Deming (R) : . James E. English (D) : .

Augustus Brandegee Augustus Brandegee (July 12, 1828 – November 10, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut. Early life Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut. He was the ...

(R) : . John H. Hubbard (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 ...

: . William Temple (D), until May 28, 1863 :: Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU), from December 7, 1863

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 ...

: . Vacant

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

: . Isaac N. Arnold (R) : . John F. Farnsworth (R) : .

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) : . Charles M. Harris (D) : .

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), until March 25, 1864 :: Ebon C. Ingersoll (R), from May 20, 1864 : . Jesse O. Norton (R) : . John R. Eden (D) : .

John T. Stuart John Todd Stuart (November 10, 1807 – November 28, 1885) was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He then studied law, was ...

(D) : . Lewis W. Ross (D) : . Anthony L. Knapp (D) : . James C. Robinson (D) : . William R. Morrison (D) : . William J. Allen (D) : . James C. Allen (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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John Law John Law may refer to: Arts and entertainment * John Law (artist) (born 1958), American artist * John Law (comics), comic-book character created by Will Eisner * John Law (film director), Hong Kong film director * John Law (musician) (born 1961) ...

(D) : . James A. Cravens (D) : . Henry W. Harrington (D) : .

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 ...

(D) : . George W. Julian (R) : .

Ebenezer Dumont Ebenezer Dumont (November 23, 1814 – April 16, 1871) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving two terms from 1863 to 1867. Prior to his service in Congress, he was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Early li ...

(R) : .

Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...

(D) : . Godlove S. Orth (R) : . Schuyler Colfax (R) : . Joseph K. Edgerton (D) : . James F. McDowell (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 ...

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James F. Wilson James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two- ...

(R) : . Hiram Price (R) : . William B. Allison (R) : . Josiah B. Grinnell (R) : . John A. Kasson (R) : .

Asahel W. Hubbard Asahel Wheeler Hubbard (January 19, 1819 – September 22, 1879) was an American attorney, businessman, politician, and jurist who served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 6th congressional district from 1863 to 1869. Early life and educat ...

(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 ...

: . A. Carter Wilder (R)

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 ...

: . Lucien Anderson (UU) : . George H. Yeaman (U) : .

Henry Grider Henry Grider (July 16, 1796 – September 7, 1866) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Garrard County, Kentucky. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowlin ...

(U) : . Aaron Harding (U) : .

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 ...

(U) : . Green C. Smith (UU) : .

Brutus J. Clay Brutus Junius Clay (July 1, 1808 – October 11, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, and a son of Green Clay. His brother Cassius Marcellus Clay also was a politician in the state, and they both joined the Unionist Party at the tim ...

(U) : . William H. Randall (UU) : . William H. Wadsworth (U)

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

: . Lorenzo D.M. Sweat (D) : .

Sidney Perham Sidney Perham (March 27, 1819 – April 9, 1907) was a U.S. Representative and the 33rd Governor of Maine and was an activist in the temperance movement. Biography Born in Woodstock (in modern-day Maine, then a part of Massachusetts) to ...

(R) : .

James G. Blaine James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representati ...

(R) : . John H. Rice (R) : . Frederick A. Pike (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 ...

: . John A. J. Creswell (UU) : . Edwin H. Webster (UU) : . Henry Winter Davis (UU) : .

Francis Thomas Francis Thomas (February 3, 1799 – January 22, 1876) was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842 to 1845. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times th ...

(UU) : . Benjamin G. Harris (D)

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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 ...

(R) : .

Oakes Ames Oakes Ames (January 10, 1804 – May 8, 1873) was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. As a congressman, he is credited by many historians as being ...

(R) : .

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 ...

(R) : . Samuel Hooper (R) : .

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 ...

(R) : .

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 ...

(R) : . George S. Boutwell (R) : . John D. Baldwin (R) : .

William B. Washburn William Barrett Washburn (January 31, 1820 – October 5, 1887) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. Washburn served several terms in the United States House of Representatives (1863–71) and as the 28th Governor of ...

(R) : .

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 ...

: . Fernando C. Beaman (R) : . Charles Upson (R) : . John W. Longyear (R) : . Francis W. Kellogg (R) : . Augustus C. Baldwin (D) : . John F. Driggs (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 ...

: . William Windom (R) : . Ignatius L. Donnelly (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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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 ...

: . Francis P. Blair Jr. (R), until June 10, 1864 :: Samuel Knox (UU), from June 10, 1864 : . Henry T. Blow (UU) : . John W. Noell (UU), until March 14, 1863 :: John G. Scott (D), from December 7, 1863 : . Sempronius H. Boyd (UU) : .

Joseph W. McClurg Joseph Washington McClurg (February 22, 1818December 2, 1900) was the 19th Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy. Biography Born near St. Louis, Missouri, McClurg was orphaned at ...

(UU) : . Austin A. King (U) : . Benjamin F. Loan (UU) : . William A. Hall (U) : . James S. Rollins (U)

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 ...

: . Henry G. Worthington (R), from October 31, 1864 (newly admitted state)

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 ...

: . Daniel Marcy (D) : . Edward H. Rollins (R) : . James W. Patterson (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 ...

: . John F. Starr (R) : . George Middleton (D) : . William G. Steele (D) : . Andrew J. Rogers (D) : . Nehemiah Perry (D)

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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Henry G. Stebbins Col. Henry George Stebbins (September 15, 1811 – December 9, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War. Early life Stebbins was born in Ridgefield, Connecticut, to Mary Largin (1783–1874 ...

(D), until October 24, 1864 :: Dwight Townsend (D), from December 5, 1864 : . Martin Kalbfleisch (D) : . Moses F. Odell (D) : . Benjamin Wood (D) : . Fernando Wood (D) : .

Elijah Ward Elijah Ward (September 16, 1816 – February 7, 1882) was a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Early life Ward was born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York. He pursued classical studies at the Co ...

(D) : . John W. Chanler (D) : . James Brooks (D) : .

Anson Herrick Anson Herrick (January 21, 1812 – February 6, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War. A newspaperman by trade, he served a single term in Congress from 1863 to 1865. Biography Born ...

(D) : . William Radford (D) : . Charles H. Winfield (D) : . Homer A. Nelson (D) : . John B. Steele (D) : . Erastus Corning (D), until October 5, 1863 :: John V. L. Pruyn (D), from December 7, 1863 : . John Augustus Griswold (D) : . Orlando Kellogg (R) : . Calvin T. Hulburd (R) : .

James M. Marvin James Madison Marvin (February 27, 1809 – April 25, 1901) was a businessman and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War. Early life Marvin was born in Ballston ...

(R) : . Samuel F. Miller (R) : . Ambrose W. Clark (R) : . Francis Kernan (D) : . DeWitt C. Littlejohn (R) : . Thomas T. Davis (R) : . Theodore M. Pomeroy (R) : .

Daniel Morris Daniel Morris (January 4, 1812 – April 22, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War. Biography Morris was born in Fayette, New York on January 4, 1812. He attended the public schools and the Canandaigu ...

(R) : . Giles W. Hotchkiss (R) : . Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (R) : .

Freeman Clarke Freeman Clarke (March 22, 1809 – June 24, 1887) was a U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the ...

(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) : . John Ganson (D) : . Reuben E. Fenton (R), until December 20, 1864

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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) : .

Alexander Long Alexander Long (December 24, 1816 – November 28, 1886) was a Democratic United States Congressman who served in Congress from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1865. During the Civil War, Long was a prominent "Copperhead", a member of the peace move ...

(D) : .

Robert C. Schenck Robert Cumming Schenck (October 4, 1809 – March 23, 1890) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in Ja ...

(R) : . John F. McKinney (D) : . Francis C. Le Blond (D) : . Chilton A. White (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) : . William Johnston (D) : . Warren P. Noble (D) : . James M. Ashley (R) : . Wells A. Hutchins (D) : . William E. Finck (D) : . John O'Neill (D) : . George Bliss (D) : . James R. Morris (D) : . Joseph W. White (D) : . Ephraim R. Eckley (R) : . Rufus P. Spalding (R) : . James A. Garfield (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 ...

: . John R. McBride (R)

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, ...

: .

Samuel J. Randall Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...

(D) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : . Leonard Myers (R) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . M. Russell Thayer (R) : . John D. Stiles (D) : . John M. Broomall (R) : . Sydenham E. Ancona (D) : .

(R) : . Myer Strouse (D) : . Philip Johnson (D) : . Charles Denison (D) : . Henry W. Tracy (IR) : . William H. Miller (D) : . Joseph Bailey (D) : . Alexander H. Coffroth (D) : . Archibald McAllister (D) : . James T. Hale (IR) : . Glenni W. Scofield (R) : . Amos Myers (R) : . John L. Dawson (D) : . James K. Moorhead (R) : . Thomas Williams (R) : .

Jesse Lazear Jesse Lazear (December 12, 1804 – September 2, 1877) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Lazear was born to Thomas Lazear, Esq., and Elizabeth (Braddock) in Richhill Township, Greene C ...

(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 ...

: . Thomas A. Jenckes (R) : . Nathan F. Dixon Jr. (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 = ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant

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 ...

: . Frederick E. Woodbridge (R) : . Justin S. Morrill (R) : . Portus Baxter (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 ...

: . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant : . Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863 : . Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863 : . Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

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Jacob B. Blair Jacob Beeson Blair (April 11, 1821 – February 12, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia, and later a justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court. Life and career Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia (then Virginia), Blai ...

(UU), from December 7, 1863 (newly admitted state) : . William G. Brown Sr. (UU), from December 7, 1863 (newly admitted state) : . Kellian Whaley (UU), from December 7, 1863 (newly admitted state)

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 ...

: . James S. Brown (D) : . Ithamar C. Sloan (R) : .

Amasa Cobb Amasa Cobb (September 27, 1823July 5, 1905) was an American politician and judge. He was the 6th and 9th Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court and the 5th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska. Earlier in his life, he was a United States Congress ...

(R) : . Charles A. Eldredge (D) : . Ezra Wheeler (D) : . Walter D. McIndoe (R)

Non-voting members

: . Charles D. Poston (R), from December 5, 1864 : . Hiram P. Bennet (R) : .

William Jayne William A. Jayne (October 8, 1826March 20, 1916) was an American politician and physician. He served as Governor of the Dakota Territory and as the territory's delegate to the United States House of Representatives during the American Civil War. ...

(R), until June 17, 1864 :: John B. S. Todd (D), from June 17, 1864 : . William H. Wallace (R), from February 1, 1864 : . Samuel McLean (D), from January 6, 1865 : . Samuel G. Daily (R) : . Gordon N. Mott (R), until October 31, 1864 : .

Francisco Perea Francisco Perea (January 9, 1830 – May 21, 1913) was an American businessman and politician, serving first in the House of the New Mexico Territory after the area's acquisition by the United States following the Mexican–American War. He was ...

(R) : . John F. Kinney (D) : . George E. Cole (D) Schuyler Colfax, photo portrait seated, c1855-1865

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

* Replacements: 2 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican: no net change ** Unionist: no net change ** Unconditional Union: no net change * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 2 * Interim appointments: 1 * Seats of newly admitted states: 4 *Total seats with changes: 4 , - ,

(1) , New seat , West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863.
Its first Senators were elected August 4, 1863. , nowrap ,

(UU) , August 4, 1863 , - ,

(2) , New seat , West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863.
Its first Senators were elected August 4, 1863. , nowrap ,

(UU) , August 4, 1863 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , nowrap , Robert Wilson (UU) , Successor elected for Sen. Waldo P. Johnson November 13, 1863. , nowrap , B. Gratz Brown (UU) , November 13, 1863 , - ,

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) , nowrap ,

(U) , Died January 2, 1864. , Vacant , Not filled this Congress , - ,

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) , nowrap , James A. Bayard Jr. (D) , Resigned January 29, 1864, for unknown reasons.
Successor elected January 29, 1864. , nowrap , George R. Riddle (D) , February 2, 1864 , - ,

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 ...

(2) , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned July 1, 1864, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor appointed October 27, 1864, to finish the term. , nowrap , Nathan A. Farwell (R) , October 27, 1864 , - ,

(1) , New seat , Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864.
Its first Senators were elected February 1, 1865. , nowrap , William M. Stewart (R) , February 1, 1865 , - ,

(3) , New seat , Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864.
Its first Senators were elected February 1, 1865. , nowrap ,

(R) , February 1, 1865 , - ,

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 ...

(3) , nowrap , Thomas H. Hicks (UU) , Died February 14, 1865. , Vacant , Not filled this Congress.

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 6 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican: no net change ** Unionist: no net change ** Unconditional Union: no net change * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 3 * Contested election: 1 * Seats of newly admitted seats: 4 *Total seats with changes: 7 , - , , Vacant , Territory organized in previous congress.
Seat remained vacant until December 5, 1864. , nowrap , Charles D. Poston (R) , December 5, 1864 , - , , nowrap , John W. Noell (UU) , Died March 14, 1863. , nowrap , John G. Scott (D) , December 7, 1863 , - , , nowrap , William Temple (D) , Died May 28, 1863. , nowrap , Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU) , December 7, 1863 , - , , nowrap , Erastus Corning (D) , Resigned October 5, 1863. , nowrap , John V. L. Pruyn (D) , December 7, 1863 , - , , New State , West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863.
Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863. , nowrap ,

(UU) , December 7, 1863 , - , , New State , West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863.
Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863. , nowrap , William G. Brown Sr. (UU) , December 7, 1863 , - , , New State , West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863.
Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863. , nowrap , Kellian Whaley (UU) , December 7, 1863 , - , , New Territory , Territory organized February 1, 1864. , nowrap , William H. Wallace (R) , February 1, 1864 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Died March 25, 1864. , nowrap , Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) , May 20, 1864 , - , , New Territory , Territory organized May 26, 1864.
Seat remained vacant until January 6, 1865. , nowrap , Samuel McLean (D) , January 6, 1865 , - , , nowrap , Francis P. Blair Jr. (R) , Lost contested election June 10, 1864 , nowrap , Samuel Knox (UU) , June 10, 1864 , - , , nowrap ,

, Lost contested election June 17, 1864 , nowrap , John B. S. Todd (D) , June 17, 1864 , - , , nowrap ,

(D) , Resigned October 24, 1864. , nowrap , Dwight Townsend (D) , December 5, 1864 , - , , nowrap , Gordon N. Mott (R) , Nevada achieved statehood October 31, 1864 , colspan=2 , District eliminated , - , , New State , Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864. , nowrap , Henry G. Worthington (R) , October 31, 1864 , - , , nowrap , Reuben Fenton (R) , Resigned December 20, 1864, after being elected

Governor of New York The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor h ...

. , Vacant , Not filled this Congress

Committees

Senate

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 ...

( John Sherman, Chair) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (

, Chair) *

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 ...

( Daniel Clark, Chair) *

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, natio ...

(

, Chair) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , 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 ...

(

, Chair) * Engrossed Bills (

, Chair) *

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

(

, Chair) * Foreign Relations ( Charles Sumner, Chair) * Indian Affairs (

James Rood 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 th ...

, Chair) *

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

(

, Chair) * Manufactures (

, Chair) * Military Affairs (

, Chair) * Naval Affairs ( John P. Hale, Chair) * Naval Supplies (Select) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * Overland Mail Service (Select) * Pacific Railroad (Select) (

, Chair) * Patents and the Patent Office (

, Chair) *

Pensions A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...

( La Fayette S. Foster, Chair) * Post Office and Post Roads ( Jacob Collamer, Chair) * Private Land Claims (

, Chair) * Public Buildings and Grounds (

, Chair) * Public Lands ( James Harlan, Chair) * Retrenchment (N/A, Chair) * Revolutionary Claims ( Morton S. Wilkinson, Chair) * Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen (Select) * 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 ...

( Benjamin F. Wade, Chair) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts ( Edward H. Rollins, Chair) *

(

, Chair) * Banking and Currency (N/A, Chair) * Bankrupt Law (Select) *

( James T. Hale, Chair) *

(

, Chair) *

(

, Chair) *

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 opera ...

(

, Chair) * Expenditures in the Interior Department ( Thomas B. Shannon, Chair) * Expenditures in the Navy Department ( Portus Baxter, Chair) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department ( Theodore M. Pomeroy, Chair) * Expenditures in the State Department ( Frederick A. Pike, Chair) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department ( Amos Myers, Chair) * Expenditures in the War Department ( Henry C. Deming, Chair) * Expenditures on Public Buildings ( John W. Longyear, Chair) *

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 a ...

( Henry Winter Davis, Chair) * Indian Affairs ( William Windom, Chair) * Invalid Pensions ( Kellian V. Whaley, Chair) *

(

, Chair) * Manufactures ( James K. Moorhead, Chair) * Mileage ( James C. Robinson, Chair) * Military Affairs (

, Chair) *

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 ...

( Robert B. Van Valkenburgh, Chair) * Naval Affairs (

, Chair) *

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 ...

( Thomas A. Jenckes, Chair) * Post Office and Post Roads (

, Chair) * Private Land Claims ( M. Russell Thayer, Chair) * Public Buildings and Grounds ( John H. Rice, Chair) * Public Expenditures ( Calvin T. Hulburd, Chair) * Public Lands ( George W. Julian, Chair) * Revisal and Unfinished Business ( Sempronius H. Boyd, Chair) * Revolutionary Claims ( Hiram Price, Chair) * Revolutionary Pensions ( Dewitt C. Littlejohn, Chair) * Roads and Canals ( Isaac N. Arnold, Chair) * Rules (Select) * Standards of Official Conduct *

( James M. Ashley, Chair) * Ways and Means (

, Chair) * Whole

Joint appointments

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Conduct of the War * Enrolled Bills (Sen. Timothy Howe, Chair) * The Library (Sen. Jacob Collamer, Chair) *

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 ...

(Sen.

, Chair) * Senate Chamber and the Hall of the House of the Representatives

Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter *

Librarian of Congress The Librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years. In addition to overseeing the library, the Libra ...

John Gould Stephenson John Gould Stephenson (March 1, 1828 – November 11, 1883) was an American physician and soldier. He was the fifth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1861 to 1864. He was referred to as the "librarian of the Civil War era" because Ste ...

, until 1864 **

Ainsworth Rand Spofford Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admir ...

, from 1864

Senate

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence ...

Byron Sunderland Byron Sunderland (November 22, 1819 – June 30, 1901) was an American Presbyterian minister, author, and Chaplain of the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Biography Sunderland was born on November 22, 1819, to Asa and Oli ...

(

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 n ...

), until May 11, 1864 ** Thomas Bowman (

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

), elected May 11, 1864 *

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

: John W. Forney * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: William H. Channing (Unitarian Universalist Association, Unitarian) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Emerson Etheridge, until December 7, 1863 ** Edward McPherson, from December 7, 1863 * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Ira Goodnow * Messenger of the United States House of Representatives, Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice ** William D. Todd * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William S. King * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Edward Ball (Ohio), Edward Ball, until December 7, 1863 ** Nehemiah G. Ordway, from December 7, 1863

Notes

References

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External links

Statutes at Large, 1789–1875

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
U.S. House of Representatives: House History

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