The 40th 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 a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...

and the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...

. It met in

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

from March 4, 1867, to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth years of

Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a South ...

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...

. The apportionment of seats in the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...

was based on the 1860 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. In the Senate, the Republicans had the largest majority a party has ever held. This Congress was held during the

Reconstruction era The Reconstruction era was a period in History of the United States, US history that followed the American Civil War (1861-65) and was dominated by the legal, social, and political challenges of the Abolitionism in the United States, abol ...

after the Civil War and U.S. President

Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War ...

's assassination. Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in both the Senate and the House. Georgia was readmitted with representation in the House only. The Republican majority passed an amendment that became the 15th Amendment for voting rights.

Major events

* March 30, 1867:

Alaska Purchase The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Russian colonization of North America, Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $ million in ). On May 15 of that year, the United St ...

* February 24, 1868:

Impeachment of Andrew Johnson The Federal impeachment in the United States, impeachment of Andrew Johnson for "high crimes and misdemeanors" was initiated by the United States House of Representatives on February 24, 1868. The alleged high crimes and misdemeanors were after ...

* May 16, 1868: President Johnson acquitted * May 26, 1868: President Johnson acquitted again * November 3, 1868: 1868 presidential election:

Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, commanding general, Grant led the Uni ...

(R) defeated

Horatio Seymour Horatio Seymour (May 31, 1810February 12, 1886) was an American politician. He served as the eighteenth Governor of New York from 1853 to 1854 and again from 1863 to 1864. He was the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Pa ...

(D) * December 25, 1868: President Johnson granted unconditional pardons to all Civil War rebels * January 20, 1869:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( Cady; November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 ...

was the first woman to testify before Congress

Major legislation

* Three Military Reconstruction Acts, continued: ** March 23, 1867, ch. 6, ** July 19, 1867, ch. 30, ** March 11, 1868, ch. 25, *July 27, 1868:

Expatriation Act of 1868 The Expatriation Act of 1868 was an act of the 40th United States Congress that declared, as part of the United States nationality law, that the right of expatriation (i.e. a right to renounce one's citizenship) is "a natural and inherent ...

, ch. 249,

Constitutional amendments

* July 10, 1868:

Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. Considered one of the most consequential amendments, it addresses Citizenship of the United States ...

declared

ratified Ratification is a principal's legal confirmation of an act of its agent. In international law, ratification is the process by which a state declares its consent to be bound to a treaty. In the case of bilateral treaties, ratification is usuall ...

* February 26, 1869: Approved an amendment to the

Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed. When these pri ...

prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the

right to vote Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in representative democracy, public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in ...

based on that citizen's " race,

color Color (or colour in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English; American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, see spelling differences) is the visual perception based on the electromagnetic spectrum. Though co ...

, or previous condition of servitude", and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification ** Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1870, becoming the

Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Fifteenth Amendment (Amendment XV) to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government and each state from denying or abridging a citizen's right to vote "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It wa ...

Treaty

* April 29, 1868:

Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) The Treaty of Fort Laramie (also the Sioux Treaty of 1868) is an agreement between the United States and the Oglala Lakota, Oglala, Miniconjou, and Brulé bands of Lakota people, Yanktonai Dakota, and Arapaho Nation, following the failure of ...

, , signed * February 16, 1869:

ratified

Territories organized

*July 25, 1868:

Wyoming Territory The Territory of Wyoming was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 25, 1868, until July 10, 1890, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Wyoming. Cheyenne was the territorial capital. The ...

organized,State of Wyoming web site, "CHRONOLOGY-Some Events in Wyoming History"
/ref> Sess. 2, ch. 135,

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. During this Congress,

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

, and

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

were readmitted to representation in both the Senate and the House.

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

was readmitted with representation in the House only.

Senate

House of Representatives

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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

: Vacant * President pro tempore:

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) *

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...

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 bet ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

James Rood Doolittle James Rood Doolittle Sr. (January 3, 1815July 27, 1897) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin for 12 years as a United States senator, from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. During ...

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...

Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Jr. ( ; March 23, 1823January 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 United Sta ...

(R), until March 3, 1869 **

Theodore M. Pomeroy Theodore Medad Pomeroy (December 31, 1824 – March 23, 1905) was an American businessman and politician from New York who served as the 26th speaker of the United States House of Representatives for one day, from March 3, 1869, to March 4, 1869 ...

(R), elected March 3, 1869. Served for 1 day.

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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1868 or 1869; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1870 or 1871; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1872 or 1873.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2.

Willard Warner Willard Warner (September 4, 1826 – November 23, 1906) was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war. Early life and career Warner was born in ...

(R), from July 13, 1868 : 3. George E. Spencer (R), from July 13, 1868

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2. Alexander McDonald (R), from June 22, 1868 : 3. Benjamin F. Rice (R), from June 23, 1868

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1.

John Conness John Conness (September 22, 1821 – January 10, 1909) was an Irish-born 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 introduced a b ...

(R) : 3.

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 Party (United States), Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865 ...

(R)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 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. Orris S. Ferry (R)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: 1. George Read Riddle (D), until March 29, 1867 :: James A. Bayard Jr. (D), from April 11, 1867 : 2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 1.

Adonijah Welch Adonijah Strong Welch (April 12, 1821March 14, 1889) was a United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). Welch also served as Michigan State Normal School's first prin ...

(R), from June 17, 1868 : 3. Thomas W. Osborn (R), from June 25, 1868

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2. Vacant : 3. Vacant

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2. Richard Yates (R) : 3.

Lyman Trumbull Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician who represented the state of Illinois in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1873. Trumbull was a leading abolitionist attorney and key polit ...

(R)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1.

Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks (September 7, 1819 – November 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 ...

(D) : 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: 2. James W. Grimes (R) : 3. James Harlan (R)

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: 2. Edmund G. Ross (R) : 3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2. James Guthrie (D), until February 7, 1868 :: Thomas C. McCreery (D), from February 19, 1868 : 3.

Garrett Davis Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) was an American attorney and politician who represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1839 to 1847 and the United States Senate from 1861 to his death. Earl ...

(D)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: 2. John S. Harris (R), from July 8, 1868 : 3.

William Pitt Kellogg William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who served as the governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 and twice served as a United States Sen ...

(R), from July 9, 1868

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: 1. Lot M. Morrill (R) : 2. William P. Fessenden (R)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1.

Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson (May 21, 1796February 10, 1876) was an American politician, statesman, and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. He gained fame as a defense attorney, defending notables such as Sandford of the Dred Scott case, Maj. Gen. Fitz John Por ...

(D), until July 10, 1868 :: William Pinkney Whyte (D), from July 13, 1868 : 3.

George Vickers George Vickers (November 19, 1801October 8, 1879), a Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, was a United States Senate, United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1868 to 1873. He cast the deciding vote in the Senate that saved Presi ...

(D), from March 7, 1868

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1.

Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American ...

(R) : 2.

Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was the 18th vice president of the United States, serving from 1873 until his death in 1875, and a United States Senate, senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to ...

(R)

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: 1.

Zachariah Chandler Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, and one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-ter ...

(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 Ame ...

(R)

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

: 1.

Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician, who became the first Minnesota Territorial Governor and later became a U.S. Senator. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 18 ...

(R) : 2. Daniel S. Norton (R)

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

: 1. Vacant : 2. Vacant

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: 1. John B. Henderson (R) : 3. Charles D. Drake (R)

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

: 1. Thomas Tipton (R) : 2. John M. Thayer (R)

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: 1.

William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne County, ...

(R) : 3. James W. Nye (R)

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders 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. Aaron H. Cragin (R) : 3. James W. Patterson (R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: 1. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R) : 2. Alexander G. Cattell (R)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

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

Roscoe Conkling Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented New York (state), New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Se ...

(R)

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: 2. Joseph C. Abbott (R), from July 14, 1868 : 3. John Pool (R), from July 14, 1868

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: 1.

(R) : 3.

John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U. ...

(R)

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

: 2. George H. Williams (R) : 3. Henry W. Corbett (R)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: 1.

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

(D) : 3.

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 Ameri ...

(R)

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: 1.

William Sprague IV William Sprague IV (September 12, 1830September 11, 1915) was the 27th Governor of Rhode Island from 1860 to 1863, and U.S. Senator from 1863 to 1875. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War while he was a ...

(R) : 2.

(R)

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: 2. Thomas J. Robertson (R), from July 15, 1868 : 3. Frederick A. Sawyer (R), from July 16, 1868

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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1. David T. Patterson (D) : 2. Joseph S. Fowler (R)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

: 1. Vacant : 2. Vacant

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: 1.

George F. Edmunds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented the state of Vermont in the United States Senate from 1866 to 1891. He was a candidate for the Republican president ...

(R) : 3.

Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely reme ...

(R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: 1. Vacant : 2. Vacant

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

: 1. Peter G. Van Winkle (R) : 2. Waitman T. Willey (R)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: 1.

James R. Doolittle James Rood Doolittle Sr. (January 3, 1815July 27, 1897) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin for 12 years as a United States senator, from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. During h ...

(R) : 3. Timothy O. Howe (R) 40th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: . Francis W. Kellogg (R), from July 22, 1868 : . Charles W. Buckley (R), from July 21, 1868 : . Benjamin W. Norris (R), from July 21, 1868 : . Charles W. Pierce (R), from July 21, 1868 : . John B. Callis (R), from July 21, 1868 : . Thomas Haughey (R), from July 21, 1868

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: . Logan H. Roots (R), from June 22, 1868 : .

James M. Hinds James M. Hinds (December 5, 1833 – October 22, 1868) was the first U.S. Congressman assassinated in office. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas from June 24, 1868, until his assassination by the ...

(R), June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868 :: James T. Elliott (R), from January 13, 1869 : . Thomas Boles (R), from June 22, 1868

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: . Samuel B. Axtell (D) : . William Higby (R) : . James A. Johnson (D)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: . Richard D. Hubbard (D) : . Julius Hotchkiss (D) : . Henry H. Starkweather (R) : . William H. Barnum (D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: . John A. Nicholson (D)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: . Charles M. Hamilton (R), from July 1, 1868

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: . Joseph W. Clift (R), from July 25, 1868 : .

Nelson Tift Nelson Tift (July 23, 1810 – November 21, 1891) was an American jurist, businessman, sailor, and politician who is best known for founding the city of Albany, Georgia. Biography Tift was born in Groton, Connecticut. Early in his life he beca ...

(D), from July 25, 1868 : . William P. Edwards (R), from July 25, 1868 : . Samuel F. Gove (R), from July 25, 1868 : . Charles H. Prince (R), from July 25, 1868 : . Vacant : . Pierce M. B. Young (D), from July 25, 1868

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

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Norman B. Judd Norman Buel Judd (January 10, 1815 – November 11, 1878) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and the grandfather of U.S. Representative Norman Judd Gould of New York. Born January 10, 1815, in Rome, New York, son of Norman Judd and Cat ...

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John F. Farnsworth John Franklin Farnsworth (March 27, 1820 – July 14, 1897) was a seven-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1857-1861, 1863-1873) and a Colonel (United States), colonel in the Union Army during the Am ...

(R) : . Elihu B. Washburne (R) : . Abner C. Harding (R) : . Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) : . Burton C. Cook (R) : . Henry P. H. Bromwell (R) : . Shelby M. Cullom (R) : .

Lewis Winans Ross Lewis Winans Ross (December 8, 1812 – October 29, 1895) was an American attorney, merchant, and politician. He served two nonconseutive terms on the Illinois House of Representatives from 1840 to 1842 and 1844 to 1846, and was U.S. Represent ...

(D) : . Albert G. Burr (D) : . Samuel S. Marshall (D) : . Jehu Baker (R) : . Green B. Raum (R) : . John A. Logan (R)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

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William E. Niblack William Ellis Niblack (May 19, 1822 – May 7, 1893) was a politician and judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana, a judge on the Indiana Supreme Court, and a member of both the Indiana Senate and the Indiana House of Representa ...

(D) : . Michael C. Kerr (D) : . Morton C. Hunter (R) : . William S. Holman (D) : . George W. Julian (R) : . John Coburn (R) : . Henry D. Washburn (R) : . Godlove S. Orth (R) : .

(R) : . William Williams (R) : . John P. C. Shanks (R)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

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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- ...

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Hiram Price Hiram Price (January 10, 1814 – May 30, 1901) was a nineteenth-century banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president, railroad president, and five-term Republican congressman from Iowa's 2nd congressional district and as commissioner of I ...

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William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...

(R) : . William Loughridge (R) : . Grenville M. Dodge (R) : . Asahel W. Hubbard (R)

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

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Sidney Clarke Sidney Clarke (October 16, 1831 – June 18, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas, a Kansas state speaker of the house, and an Oklahoma territorial legislator. He was a part of the Oklahoma statehood movement. Early life Born in Southbri ...

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Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: . Lawrence S. Trimble (D) : . Vacant : . Elijah Hise (D), until May 8, 1867 :: Jacob Golladay (D), from December 5, 1867 : .

J. Proctor Knott James Proctor Knott (August 29, 1830 – June 18, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career the ...

(D) : . Asa Grover (D) : . Thomas L. Jones (D) : . James B. Beck (D) : . George M. Adams (D) : . Samuel McKee (R), from June 22, 1868

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: . J. Hale Sypher (R), from July 18, 1868 : . James Mann (D), July 18, 1868 – August 26, 1868 : . Joseph P. Newsham (R), from July 18, 1868 : . Michel Vidal (R), from July 18, 1868 : .

W. Jasper Blackburn William Jasper Blackburn (July 24, 1820 – November 10, 1899) was an American printer, publisher and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from northwestern Louisiana from July 18, 1868, to March 3, 1869. A Re ...

(R), from July 18, 1868

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: . John Lynch (R) : .

Sidney Perham Sidney Perham (March 27, 1819 – April 10, 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 Jo ...

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

(R) : . John A. Peters (R) : . Frederick A. Pike (R)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: . Hiram McCullough (D) : . Stevenson Archer (D) : .

Charles E. Phelps Charles Edward Phelps (May 1, 1833 – December 27, 1908) was a Colonel (United States), colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War, Civil War, later received a Brevet (military), brevet as a Brigadier general (United States), brig ...

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 the ...

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Frederick Stone Frederick Stone (February 7, 1820 – October 17, 1899) was a lawyer who served two terms as a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland from 1867 to 1871. Education and career Stone was born in Leonardtown, Maryland, and grad ...

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Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: . Thomas D. Eliot (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) : . Ginery Twichell (R) : . Samuel Hooper (R) : .

Benjamin F. Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a ...

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Nathaniel P. Banks Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union Army, Union general during the American Civil War, Civil War. A millworker, Banks became prominent in local ...

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George S. Boutwell George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th governor of Massachusetts, a ...

(R) : . John D. Baldwin (R) : . William B. Washburn (R) : . Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: . Fernando C. Beaman (R) : . Charles Upson (R) : .

Austin Blair Austin Blair (February 8, 1818 – August 6, 1894) was a politician who served as the 13th governor of Michigan during the American Civil War and in Michigan's House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S. Senate. He was known a ...

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Thomas W. Ferry Thomas White Ferry (June 10, 1827October 13, 1896), or T. W. Ferry, represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and then in the United States Senate. Ferry served as president pro tempore of the Senate during the 44th an ...

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Rowland E. Trowbridge Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge (June 18, 1821 – April 20, 1881) was an American politician from Michigan. A United States congressman from Michigan's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1863 and again from 1865 to 1869, he worked on agricultur ...

(R) : . John F. Driggs (R)

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

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William Windom William Windom may refer to: * William Windom (politician) (1827–1891), U.S. representative from Minnesota * William Windom (actor) (1923–2012), his great-grandson, American actor See also * William Windham (disambiguation) {{hndis, Wi ...

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Ignatius L. Donnelly Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (November 3, 1831 – January 1, 1901) was an American Congressman, populist writer, and pseudoscientist. He is known primarily now for his fringe theories concerning Atlantis, Catastrophism (especially the idea of ...

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Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

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

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: . William A. Pile (R) : . Carman A. Newcomb (R) : . Thomas E. Noell (D), until October 3, 1867 :: James R. McCormick (D), from December 17, 1867 : . Joseph J. Gravely (R) : . Joseph W. McClurg (R), until July 1868 :: John H. Stover (R), from December 7, 1868 : . Robert T. Van Horn (R) : . Benjamin F. Loan (R) : .

John F. Benjamin John Forbes Benjamin (January 23, 1817 – March 8, 1877) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Cicero, New York, Benjamin attended the public schools. He moved to Texas in 1845 and to Missour ...

(R) : . George W. Anderson (R)

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

: . John Taffe (R)

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

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Delos R. Ashley Delos Rodeyn Ashley (February 19, 1828 – July 18, 1873) was a California and Nevada politician who served as State Treasurer of California and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada. Biography Ashley was born at Ark ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: . Jacob H. Ela (R) : . Aaron F. Stevens (R) : . Jacob Benton (R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: . William Moore (R) : . Charles Haight (D) : . Charles Sitgreaves (D) : . John Hill (R) : . George A. Halsey (R)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

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Stephen Taber Stephen Taber (March 7, 1821 – April 23, 1886) was a farmer and businessman from New York. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1865 to 1869. Biography Taber was born in Dover, New York on March 7, 18 ...

(D) : . Demas Barnes (D) : . William E. Robinson (D) : . John Fox (D) : .

John Morrissey John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He became a bare-knuckle boxer, challenging and defeated "Yankee Sullivan", who w ...

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Thomas E. Stewart Thomas Elliott Stewart (September 22, 1824 – January 9, 1904) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York. Biography Born in New York City, Stewart completed preparatory studies, studied l ...

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

Fernando Wood Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York, Mayor of New York City. ...

(D) : . William H. Robertson (R) : . Charles H. Van Wyck (R) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Thomas Cornell (R) : . John V. L. Pruyn (D) : . John Augustus Griswold (R) : . Orange Ferriss (R) : . Calvin T. Hulburd (R) : . James M. Marvin (R) : . William C. Fields (R) : . Addison H. Laflin (R) : .

(R), until March 4, 1867 ::

Alexander H. Bailey Alexander Hamilton Bailey (August 14, 1817 – April 20, 1874) was an American politician, a United States representative and judge from New York. Biography Bailey was born in Minisink, New York, Orange County, New York on August 14, 1817. He ...

(R), from November 30, 1867 : . John C. Churchill (R) : . Dennis McCarthy (R) : .

(R) : . William H. Kelsey (R) : . William S. Lincoln (R) : . Hamilton Ward Sr. (R) : .

Lewis Selye Lewis Selye (July 11, 1803 – January 27, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Chittenango, New York, Selye attended the common schools, and learned the blacksmith trade. He moved to Rochester, New York, in 1824 and engaged i ...

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Burt Van Horn Burt Van Horn (October 28, 1823 – April 1, 1896) was a United States representative from New York during the American Civil War. He served New York's 31st District from 1861 to 1863, and the 29th District from 1865 to 1869. He was a staun ...

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James M. Humphrey James Morgan Humphrey (September 21, 1819 – February 9, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1865 to 1869. Ear ...

(D) : . Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

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John R. French John Robert French (May 28, 1819 – October 2, 1890) was an American publisher, editor and Republican politician. He served as a Congressional Representative from North Carolina, as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate and as a ...

(R), from July 15, 1868 : . David Heaton (R), from July 25, 1868 : . Oliver H. Dockery (R), from July 13, 1868 : . John T. Deweese (R), from July 6, 1868 : . Israel G. Lash (R), from July 20, 1868 : .

Nathaniel Boyden Nathaniel Boyden (August 16, 1796 – November 20, 1873) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1847 and 1849 and later between 1868 and 1869. Biography Born in Conway, Massachusetts in 1796, Boyden attended the common schools and ...

(C), from July 13, 1868 : . Alexander H. Jones (R), from July 6, 1868

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: . Benjamin Eggleston (R) : .

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. Hayes served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch Abolitionism in the Un ...

(R), until July 20, 1867 :: Samuel F. Cary (IR), from November 21, 1867 : . Robert C. Schenck (R) : . William Lawrence (R) : . William Mungen (D) : . Reader W. Clarke (R) : .

Samuel Shellabarger Samuel Shellabarger (18 May 1888 – 21 March 1954) was an American educator and author of both scholarly works and best-selling historical novels. Born 18 May 1888 in Washington, D.C., Shellabarger was orphaned in infancy, upon the death of both ...

(R) : . Cornelius S. Hamilton (R), until December 22, 1867 :: John Beatty (R), from February 5, 1868 : . Ralph P. Buckland (R) : . James M. Ashley (R) : . John T. Wilson (R) : . Philadelph Van Trump (D) : . George W. Morgan (D), until June 3, 1868 ::

Columbus Delano Columbus Delano (June 4, 1809 – October 23, 1896) was an American lawyer, rancher, banker, statesman, and a member of the prominent Delano family. Forced to live on his own at an early age, Delano struggled to become a self-made man. Delano ...

(R), from June 3, 1868 : . Martin Welker (R) : . Tobias A. Plants (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 assis ...

(R) : . Ephraim R. Eckley (R) : . Rufus P. Spalding (R) : .

James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot two months earlier. A preacher, lawyer, and Civi ...

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Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

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Rufus Mallory Rufus Mallory (January or June 10, 1831 – April 30, 1914) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of New York, he was a teacher in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he became an attorney. He was a dis ...

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : . Leonard Myers (R) : .

William D. Kelley William Darrah Kelley (April 12, 1814 – January 9, 1890) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1890. ...

(R) : . Caleb N. Taylor (R) : . Benjamin M. Boyer (D) : . John M. Broomall (R) : . J. Lawrence Getz (D) : .

Thaddeus Stevens Thaddeus Stevens (April 4, 1792August 11, 1868) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, being one of the leaders of the Radical Republican faction of the Histo ...

(R), until August 11, 1868 ::

Oliver J. Dickey Oliver James Dickey (April 6, 1823 – April 21, 1876) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Oliver J. Dickey (son of John Dickey (U.S. politician), John Dicke ...

(R), from December 7, 1868 : . Henry L. Cake (R) : . Daniel M. Van Auken (D) : . Charles Denison (D), until June 27, 1867 :: George W. Woodward (D), from November 21, 1867 : .

Ulysses Mercur Ulysses Mercur (August 12, 1818 – June 6, 1887) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Early life and education Ulysses Mercur was born in Towanda ...

(R) : . George F. Miller (R) : . Adam J. Glossbrenner (D) : . William H. Koontz (R) : . Daniel J. Morrell (R) : . Stephen F. Wilson (R) : . Glenni W. Scofield (R) : . Darwin A. Finney (R), until August 25, 1868 :: S. Newton Pettis (R), from December 7, 1868 : . John Covode (R) : .

James K. Moorhead James Kennedy Moorhead (September 7, 1806 – March 6, 1884) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography James K. Moorhead was born in Halifax, Pennsylvania. He served an apprenticeship at the t ...

(R) : . Thomas Williams (R) : . George V. Lawrence (R)

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

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

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: . B. Frank Whittemore (R), from July 18, 1868 : . Christopher C. Bowen (R), from July 18, 1868 : . M. Simeon Corley (R), from July 25, 1868 : . James H. Goss (R), from July 18, 1868

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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : .

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 Cong ...

(R) : . William B. Stokes (R) : . James Mullins (R) : . John Trimble (R) : . Samuel M. Arnell (R) : . Isaac R. Hawkins (R) : . David A. Nunn (R)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

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Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: . Frederick E. Woodbridge (R) : . Luke P. Poland (R) : . Worthington C. Smith (R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

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

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

: . Chester D. Hubbard (R) : . Bethuel Kitchen (R) : . Daniel Polsley (R)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: . Halbert E. Paine (R) : . Benjamin F. Hopkins (R) : .

Amasa Cobb Amasa Cobb (September 27, 1823July 5, 1905) was an Americans, 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 ...

(R) : . Charles A. Eldredge (D) : .

Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a United States Senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893) and served ten years in the U.S. ...

(R) : . Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Non-voting members

: . Coles Bashford (I) : . George M. Chilcott (R) : . Walter A. Burleigh (R) : . Edward D. Holbrook (D) : . James M. Cavanaugh (D) : . Charles P. Clever (D), from September 2, 1867 - February 20, 1869 :: J. Francisco Chaves (R), from February 20, 1869 : . William H. Hooper (D) : . Alvan Flanders (R) 40 us house membership

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 3 ** Democratic: 0 seat net loss ** Republican: 0 seat net gain * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 2 * Interim appointments: 1 * Seats from newly re-admitted states: 12 *Total seats with changes: 16 , - ,

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

(1) , nowrap , George R. Riddle (D) , Died March 29, 1867.
Successor appointed April 5, 1867.
Appointee was subsequently elected January 19, 1869, to finish the term.Byrd & Wolff, page 90 , nowrap , James A. Bayard Jr. (D) , April 5, 1867 , - ,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

(2) , nowrap , James Guthrie (D) , Resigned February 7, 1868, because of failing health.
Successor elected February 19, 1868. , nowrap , Thomas C. McCreery (D) , February 19, 1868 , - ,

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

(3) , Vacant , Filled vacancy caused by action of the Senate in declining to permit Philip F. Thomas to qualify.
Successor elected March 7, 1868. , nowrap ,

(D) , March 7, 1868 , - ,

(1) , Vacant , Florida re-admitted to the Union , nowrap ,

(R) , June 17, 1868 , - ,

(2) , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , Arkansas re-admitted to the Union , nowrap , Alexander McDonald (R) , June 22, 1868 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , Benjamin F. Rice (R) , June 23, 1868 , - ,

(3) , Vacant , Florida re-admitted to the Union , nowrap , Thomas W. Osborn (R) , June 25, 1868 , - ,

(2) , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , Louisiana re-admitted to the Union , nowrap , John S. Harris (R) , July 8, 1868 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , William P. Kellogg (R) , July 9, 1868 , - ,

(2) , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , Alabama re-admitted to the Union , nowrap ,

(R) , rowspan=3 , July 13, 1868 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , George E. Spencer (R) , - ,

(1) , nowrap ,

(D) , Resigned July 10, 1868, to become

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.
Successor appointed July 13, 1868. , nowrap , William P. Whyte (D) , - ,

(2) , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , North Carolina re-admitted to the Union , nowrap , Joseph C. Abbott (R) , rowspan=2 , July 14, 1868 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , John Pool (R) , - ,

(2) , rowspan=2 , Vacant , rowspan=2 , South Carolina re-admitted to the Union , nowrap , Thomas J. Robertson (R) , July 15, 1868 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , Frederick A. Sawyer (R) , July 16, 1868

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 10 ** Democratic: 2 seat net loss ** Republican: 0 seat net gain ** Independent Republican: 1 seat net gain **

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: 0 seat net gain * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 3 * Contested election: 3 * Seats from re-admitted states: 32 *Total seats with changes: 44 , - , , Vacant , Vacancy in term , nowrap , Charles P. Clever (D) , September 2, 1867 , - , , rowspan=3 , Vacant , rowspan=3 , Arkansas re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Logan H. Roots (R) , rowspan=3 , June 22, 1868 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , - , , nowrap , Thomas Boles (R) , - , , Vacant ,

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presented credentials but failed to qualify. Election was contested by McKee. , nowrap , Samuel McKee (R) , June 22, 1868 , - , , Vacant , Florida re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Charles M. Hamilton (R) , July 1, 1868 , - , , rowspan=5 , Vacant , rowspan=5 , North Carolina re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , John T. Deweese (R) , rowspan=2 , July 6, 1868 , - , , nowrap , Alexander H. Jones (R) , - , , nowrap , Oliver H. Dockery (R) , rowspan=2 , July 13, 1868 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , July 15, 1868 , - , , rowspan=5 , Vacant , rowspan=5 , Louisiana re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , J. Hale Sypher (R) , rowspan=5 , July 18, 1868 , - , , nowrap , James Mann (D) , - , , nowrap , Joseph P. Newsham (R) , - , , nowrap , Michel Vidal (R) , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , - , , rowspan=3 , Vacant , rowspan=3 , South Carolina re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) , rowspan=3 , July 18, 1868 , - , , nowrap , Christopher C. Bowen (R) , - , , nowrap , James H. Goss (R) , - , , Vacant , North Carolina re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Israel G. Lash (R) , July 20, 1868 , - , , rowspan=6 , Vacant , rowspan=6 , Alabama re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Charles W. Buckley (R) , rowspan=5 , July 21, 1868 , - , , nowrap , Benjamin W. Norris (R) , - , , nowrap , Charles W. Pierce (R) , - , , nowrap , John B. Callis (R) , - , , nowrap , Thomas Haughey (R) , - , , nowrap , Francis W. Kellogg (R) , July 22, 1868 , - , , rowspan=6 , Vacant , rowspan=6 , Georgia re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Joseph W. Clift (R) , rowspan=6 , July 25, 1868 , - , , nowrap ,

(D) , - , , nowrap , William P. Edwards (R) , - , , nowrap , Samuel F. Gove (R) , - , , nowrap , Charles H. Prince (R) , - , , nowrap , Pierce M. B. Young (D) , - , , Vacant , North Carolina re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , David Heaton (R) , July 25, 1868 , - , , Vacant , South Carolina re-admitted into the Union , nowrap , Manuel S. Corley (R) , July 25, 1868 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned March 4, 1867, after being elected to the

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, nowrap ,

(R) , November 30, 1867 , - , , nowrap , Elijah Hise (D) , Died May 8, 1867 , nowrap , Jacob Golladay (D) , December 5, 1867 , - , , nowrap , Charles Denison (D) , Died June 27, 1867 , nowrap , George W. Woodward (D) , November 21, 1867 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned July 20, 1867, after being nominated

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, nowrap , Samuel F. Cary (IR) , November 21, 1867 , - , , nowrap , Thomas E. Noell (D) , Died October 3, 1867 , nowrap , James R. McCormick (D) , December 17, 1867 , - , , nowrap , Cornelius S. Hamilton (R) , Killed by insane son December 22, 1867 , nowrap , John Beatty (R) , February 5, 1868 , - , , nowrap , George W. Morgan (D) , Lost contested election June 3, 1868 , nowrap ,

(R) , June 3, 1868 , - , , nowrap , Joseph W. McClurg (R) , Resigned in July 1868 , nowrap , John H. Stover (R) , December 7, 1868 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Died August 11, 1868 , nowrap ,

(R) , December 7, 1868 , - , , nowrap , Darwin A. Finney (R) , Died August 25, 1868 , nowrap , S. Newton Pettis (R) , December 7, 1868 , - , , nowrap , James Mann (D) , Died August 26, 1868 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Assassinated October 22, 1868 , nowrap , James T. Elliott (R) , January 13, 1869 , - , , nowwap , Charles P. Clever (D) , Lost contested election February 20, 1869 , nowrap , J. Francisco Chaves (R) , February 20, 1869

Committees

Senate

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Tipton) * Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member:

) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member:

) * Claims (Chairman: Timothy O. Howe; Ranking Member:

) *

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry W. Corbett) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

(Chairman: James Harlan; Ranking Member: James W. Patterson) *

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

* Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Joseph S. Fowler; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton) *

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alexander G. Cattell) *

Foreign Relations Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton) * Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (Select) * Impeachment Trial Investigation (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 Native Americans and A ...

(Chairman: John B. Henderson; Ranking Member: John M. Thayer) *

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 ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Manufactures Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Military Affairs and the Militia (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton) * Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Richard Yates) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: James W. Grimes; Ranking Member: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen) * Ninth Census (Select) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake) *

Pacific Railroad The Pacific Railroad (not to be confused with Union Pacific Railroad) was a railroad based in Missouri. It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. The Pacific was chartered by Missouri in 184 ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Waitman T. Willey; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry) *

Pensions A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a "defined benefit plan", wher ...

(Chairman: Peter G. Van Winkle; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Tipton) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James Harlan) * Private Land Claims (Chairman:

Godlove Stein Orth Godlove Stein Orth (April 22, 1817 – December 16, 1882) was a United States representative from Indiana and an acting Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. Biography Of German ancestry, he was born near Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, on ...

; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William P. Fessenden; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry) *

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 (Commonwealth realms). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countries. ...

(Chairman: Samuel C. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: George H. Williams) * Representative Reform (Select) *

Retrenchment 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 sense from the mot ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James W. Patterson) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: N/A) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James W. Nye; Ranking Member: David T. Patterson) *

Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pertaining to the structure or behavior internal to a business * School rule, a rule tha ...

* Tariff Regulation (Select) *

Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

(Chairman: Richard Yates; Ranking Member:

) * Treasury Printing Bureau (Select) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: John M. Broomall; Ranking Member: William C. Fields) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John T. Wilson) * Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Claims (Chairman: John A. Bingham; Ranking Member:

) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John Hill) *

(Chairman: Elihu B. Washburne; Ranking Member:

) *

(Chairman: Ebon C. Ingersoll; Ranking Member:

) * Education and Labor (Chairman: Jehu Baker; Ranking Member: Thomas Cornell) *

Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...

(Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Burton C. Cook) * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Chester D. Hubbard; Ranking Member: Ginery Twichell) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Charles Upson; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William A. Pile; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Samuel M. Arnell; Ranking Member: Reader W. Clarke) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: James M. Marvin; Ranking Member:

Bethuel M. Kitchen Bethuel Middleton Kitchen (March 21, 1812December 15, 1895) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia and West Virginia. Biography Born in Ganotown, West Virginia, Ganotown, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kitchen attended common schools ...

) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Cadwallader C. Washburn; Ranking Member: Stevenson Archer) * Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Thomas D. Eliot; Ranking Member: Daniel J. Morrell) *

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit organization, nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership or ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Glenni W. Scofield) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George F. Miller) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William Lawrence) *

(Chairman: Daniel J. Morrell; Ranking Member: William Moore) * Mileage (Chairman: George W. Anderson; Ranking Member: Green B. Raum) *

Military Affairs Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Green B. Raum) *

Militia A militia ( ) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or se ...

(Chairman: Halbert E. Paine; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: William Higby; Ranking Member: Morton C. Hunter) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick A. Pike; Ranking Member:

) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

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 sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

(Chairman: Thomas A. Jenckes; Ranking Member: Henry P.H. Bromwell) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John Lynch) * Private Land Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John Covode; Ranking Member: William Moore) *

Public Expenditures Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments. In national income accounting, the acquisition by governments of goods and services for current use, to directly satisfy the individual or ...

(Chairman: Calvin T. Hulburd; Ranking Member: John Coburn) *

(Chairman: George W. Julian; Ranking Member: George W. Anderson) * Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member:

) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Hamilton Ward; Ranking Member: Daniel Polsley) * Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812 (Chairman: Benjamin F. Loan; Ranking Member:

) * Roads and Canals (Chairman: Burton C. Cook; Ranking Member: Grenville M. Dodge) *

(Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Standards of Official Conduct *

(Chairman: James M. Ashley; Ranking Member: James Mullins) *

Ways and Means A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. Because the raising of revenue is vital to carrying out governmental operations, such a committee is tasked with fi ...

(Chairman: Robert C. Schenck; Ranking Member: John A. Logan) * Whole

Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Stephen F. Wilson; Vice Chairman: Rep. William S. Holman) * The Library (Chairman: John D. Baldwin; Vice Chairman: Rep. Rufus P. Spalding) *

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 ...

(Chairman: Rep. Addison H. Laflin; Vice Chairman: Rep. Henry L. Cake) * Ordnance (Select) (Chairman: Rep. John A. Logan; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert C. Schenck) * Reorganize the Civil Service in the Departments *

(Chairman: Rep. Charles H. Van Wyck; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes) * Revise and Equalize the Pay of the Employees of Each House * To Examine the Accounts for Repairs and Furnishing of the Executive Mansion (Chairman: Rep. Rufus P. Spalding; Vice Chairman: Rep. Adam J. Glossbrenner)

Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol is the Federal government of the United States, federal Government agency, agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of t ...

: Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865 *

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. The librarian of Congress also appoints and overs ...

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

Senate

Chaplain of the Senate The chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for senators, their staffs, and their families. The chaplain is appoi ...

: Edgar H. Gray (

Baptist Baptists are a Christian denomination, denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches ge ...

) *

Secretary of the Senate The secretary of the United States Senate is an officer of the United States Senate. The secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body. The office is somewhat analogous to that o ...

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 ...

, until June 4, 1868 ** George C. Gorham, elected June 4, 1868 *

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate The sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the United States Senate (originally known as the doorkeeper of the Senate from April 7, 1789 – 1798) is the protocol officer, executive officer, and highest-ranking federal law enforcement officer of th ...

: George T. Brown

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the House: Charles B. Boynton ( Congregationalist) *

Clerk of the House The clerk, chief clerk, secretary, or secretary general (British English: ; American English: ) of a legislative chamber is the senior administrative officer responsible for ensuring that its business runs smoothly. This may encompass keeping ...

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 ...

* Doorkeeper of the House: Charles E. Lippincott * Messenger to the Speaker: William D. Todd * Postmaster of the House:

William S. King William Smith King (December 16, 1828 – February 24, 1900) was a Republican U.S. Representative for Minnesota from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1877. He was a journalist and businessman. He is best known for allegations of political corru ...

* Reading Clerks: Edward W. Barber (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the House: Nehemiah G. Ordway

Notes

References

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External links

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