40th United States Congress

The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1869, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869

• Special session of the Senate: April 1, 1867 – April 20, 1867
• First session: March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867
• Second session: December 2, 1867 - November 10, 1868
• Third session: December 7, 1868 - March 3, 1869
• Previous congress: 39th Congress
  
• Next congress: 41st Congress

Party summary

Arkansas (U.S. state), Florida, Alabama (U.S. state), North Carolina (U.S. state), Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in this Congress.

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 Democratic (D): 9 Republican (R): 57 (majority) vacant: 2 TOTAL members: 68

House of Representatives Democratic (D): 47 Republican (R): 173 (majority) Conservative Republican (CR): 1 Independent Republican (IR): 1 Conservative (C): 2 vacant: 2 TOTAL members: 226

Leadership

Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • vacant
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Benjamin F. Wade, Republican of Ohio, elected March 4, 1867.

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • Schuyler Colfax, Republican of Indiana, reelected March 4, 1867.
  • Theodore M. Pomeroy, Republican of New York, elected March 3, 1869.

Major events

Events of 1867, 1868 and 1869

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 40th Congress

• Reconstruction Acts, continued:
  • March 23, 1867
  • July 19, 1867
  • March 11, 1868
• July 25, 1868 -- Wyoming Territory was organized.

Membership highlights by chamber

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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 reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.

Alabama 3: George E. Spencer (R) 2: Willard Warner (R) Arkansas 2: Alexander McDonald (R) 3: Benjamin F. Rice (R) California 1: John Conness (R) 3: Cornelius Cole (R) Connecticut 1: James Dixon (R) 3: Orris S. Ferry (R) Delaware 1: George Read Riddle (D) James A. Bayard, Jr. (D) 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D) Florida 3: Thomas W. Osborn (R) 1: Adonijah S. Welch (R) Georgia 2: vacant 3: vacant Illinois 3: Lyman Trumbull (R) 2: Richard Yates (R) Indiana 1: Thomas A. Hendricks (D) 3: Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R) Iowa 2: James W. Grimes (R) 3: James Harlan (R) Kansas 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) 2: Edmund G. Ross (R) Kentucky 3: Garrett Davis (D) 2: James Guthrie (D) Thomas C. McCreery (D)

Louisiana 2: John S. Harris (R) 3: William Pitt Kellogg (R) Maine 1: Lot M. Morrill (R) 2: William Pitt Fessenden (R) Maryland 1: Reverdy Johnson (D) William Pinkney Whyte (D) 3: George Vickers (D) Massachusetts 1: Charles Sumner (R) 2: Henry Wilson (R) Michigan 1: Zachariah Chandler (R) 2: Jacob M. Howard (R) Minnesota 1: Alexander Ramsey (R) 2: Daniel S. Norton (R) Mississippi 1: vacant 2: vacant Missouri 1: John B. Henderson (R) 3: Charles D. Drake (R) Nebraska 2: John M. Thayer (R) 1: Thomas W. Tipton (R) Nevada 1: William M. Stewart (R) 3: James W. Nye (R) New Hampshire 2: Aaron H. Cragin (R) 3: James W. Patterson (R) New Jersey 2: Alexander G. Cattell (R) 1: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)

New York 1: Edwin D. Morgan (R) 3: Roscoe Conkling (R) North Carolina 2: Joseph C. Abbott (R) 3: John Pool (R) Ohio 1: Benjamin F. Wade (R) 3: John Sherman (R) Oregon 2: George H. Williams (R) 3: Henry W. Corbett (R) Pennsylvania 1: Charles R. Buckalew (D) 3: Simon Cameron (R) Rhode Island 2: Henry B. Anthony (R) 1: William Sprague (R) South Carolina 2: Thomas J. Robertson (R) 3: Frederick A. Sawyer (R) Tennessee 2: Joseph S. Fowler (R) 1: David T. Patterson (D) Texas 1: vacant 2: vacant Vermont 1: George F. Edmunds (R) 3: Justin S. Morrill (R) Virginia 1: vacant 2: vacant West Virginia 1: Peter G. Van Winkle (R) 2: Waitman T. Willey (R) Wisconsin 1: James R. Doolittle (R) 3: Timothy O. Howe (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama 1: Francis W. Kellogg (R) 2: Charles W. Buckley (R) 3: Benjamin W. Norris (R) 4: Charles W. Pierce (R) 5: John B. Callis (R) 6: Thomas Haughey (R) Arkansas 1: Logan H. Roots (R) 2: James M. Hinds (R) James T. Elliott (R) 3: Thomas Boles (R) California 1: Samuel B. Axtell (D) 2: William Higby (R) 3: James A. Johnson (D) Connecticut 1: Richard D. Hubbard (D) 2: Julius Hotchkiss (D) 3: Henry H. Starkweather (R) 4: William H. Barnum (D) Delaware A/L: John A. Nicholson (D) Florida A/L: Charles M. Hamilton (R) Georgia 1: Joseph W. Clift (R) 2: Nelson Tift (D) 3: William P. Edwards (R) 4: Samuel F. Gove (R) 5: Charles H. Prince (R) 6: vacant 7: Pierce M. B. Young (D) Illinois 1: Norman B. Judd (R) 2: John F. Farnsworth (R) 3: Elihu B. Washburne (R) 4: Abner C. Harding (R) 5: Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) 6: Burton C. Cook (R) 7: Henry P. H. Bromwell (R) 8: Shelby M. Cullom (R) 9: Lewis W. Ross (D) 10: Albert G. Burr (D) 11: Samuel S. Marshall (D) 12: Jehu Baker (R) 13: Green B. Raum (R) A/L: John A. Logan (R) Indiana 1: William E. Niblack (D) 2: Michael C. Kerr (D) 3: Morton C. Hunter (R) 4: William S. Holman (D) 5: George W. Julian (R) 6: John Coburn (R) 7: Henry D. Washburn (R) 8: Godlove S. Orth (R) 9: Schuyler Colfax (R) 10: William Williams (R) 11: John P. C. Shanks (R) Iowa 1: James F. Wilson (R) 2: Hiram Price (R) 3: William B. Allison (R) 4: William Loughridge (R) 5: Grenville M. Dodge (R) 6: Asahel W. Hubbard (R) Kansas A/L: Sidney Clarke (R) Kentucky 1: Lawrence S. Trimble (D) 2: vacant 3: Elijah Hise (D) Jacob S. Golladay (D) 4: J. Proctor Knott (D) 5: Asa P. Grover (D) 6: Thomas L. Jones (D) 7: James B. Beck (D) 8: George M. Adams (D) 9: Samuel McKee (R) Louisiana 1: J. Hale Sypher (R) 2: James Mann (D) 3: Joseph P. Newsham (R) 4: Michel Vidal (R) 5: W. Jasper Blackburn (R) Maine 1: John Lynch (R) 2: Sidney Perham (R) 3: James G. Blaine (R) 4: John A. Peters (R) 5: Frederick A. Pike (R)

Maryland 1: Hiram McCullough (D) 2: Stevenson Archer (D) 3: Charles E. Phelps (C) 4: Francis Thomas (R) 5: Frederick Stone (D) Massachusetts 1: Thomas D. Eliot (R) 2: Oakes Ames (R) 3: Ginery Twichell (R) 4: Samuel Hooper (R) 5: Benjamin F. Butler (R) 6: Nathaniel P. Banks (R) 7: George S. Boutwell (R) 8: John D. Baldwin (R) 9: William B. Washburn (R) 10: Henry L. Dawes (R) Michigan 1: Fernando C. Beaman (R) 2: Charles Upson (R) 3: Austin Blair (R) 4: Thomas W. Ferry (R) 5: Rowland E. Trowbridge (R) 6: John F. Driggs (R) Minnesota 1: William Windom (R) 2: Ignatius L. Donnelly (R) Missouri 1: William A. Pile (R) 2: Carman A. Newcomb (R) 3: Thomas E. Noell (D) James R. McCormick (D) 4: Joseph J. Gravely (R) 5: Joseph W. McClurg (R) John H. Stover (R) 6: Robert T. Van Horn (R) 7: Benjamin F. Loan (R) 8: John F. Benjamin (R) 9: George W. Anderson (R) Nebraska A/L: John Taffe (R) Nevada A/L: Delos R. Ashley (R) New Hampshire 1: Jacob H. Ela (R) 2: Aaron F. Stevens (R) 3: Jacob Benton (R) New Jersey 1: William Moore (R) 2: Charles Haight (D) 3: Charles Sitgreaves (D) 4: John Hill (R) 5: George A. Halsey (R) New York 1: Stephen Taber (D) 2: Demas Barnes (D) 3: William E. Robinson (D) 4: John Fox (D) 5: John Morrissey (D) 6: Thomas E. Stewart CR 7: John W. Chanler (D) 8: James Brooks (D) 9: Fernando Wood (D) 10: William H. Robertson (R) 11: Charles H. Van Wyck (R) 12: John H. Ketcham (R) 13: Thomas Cornell (R) 14: John V. L. Pruyn (D) 15: John A. Griswold (R) 16: Orange Ferriss (R) 17: Calvin T. Hulburd (R) 18: James M. Marvin (R) 19: William C. Fields (R) 20: Addison H. Laflin (R) 21: Roscoe Conkling (R) Alexander H. Bailey (R) 22: John C. Churchill (R) 23: Dennis McCarthy (R) 24: Theodore M. Pomeroy (R) 25: William H. Kelsey (R) 26: William S. Lincoln (R) 27: Hamilton Ward, Sr. (R) 28: Lewis Selye IR 29: Burt Van Horn (R) 30: James M. Humphrey (D) 31: Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina 1: John R. French (R) 2: David Heaton (R) 3: Oliver H. Dockery (R) 4: John T. Deweese (R) 5: Israel G. Lash (R) 6: Nathaniel Boyden (C) 7: Alexander H. Jones (R) Ohio 1: Benjamin Eggleston (R) 2: Rutherford B. Hayes (R) Samuel F. Cary IR 3: Robert C. Schenck (R) 4: William Lawrence (R) 5: William Mungen (D) 6: Reader W. Clarke (R) 7: Samuel Shellabarger (R) 8: Cornelius S. Hamilton (R) John Beatty (R) 9: Ralph P. Buckland (R) 10: James M. Ashley (R) 11: John T. Wilson (R) 12: Philadelph Van Trump (D) 13: George W. Morgan (D) Columbus Delano (R) 14: Martin Welker (R) 15: Tobias A. Plants (R) 16: John A. Bingham (R) 17: Ephraim R. Eckley (R) 18: Rufus P. Spalding (R) 19: James A. Garfield (R) Oregon A/L: Rufus Mallory (R) Pennsylvania 1: Samuel J. Randall (D) 2: Charles O'Neill (R) 3: Leonard Myers (R) 4: William D. Kelley (R) 5: Caleb N. Taylor (R) 6: Benjamin M. Boyer (D) 7: John M. Broomall (R) 8: J. Lawrence Getz (D) 9: Thaddeus Stevens (R) Oliver J. Dickey (R) 10: Henry L. Cake (R) 11: Daniel M. Van Auken (D) 12: Charles Denison (D) George W. Woodward (D) 13: Ulysses Mercur (R) 14: George F. Miller (R) 15: Adam J. Glossbrenner (D) 16: William H. Koontz (R) 17: Daniel J. Morrell (R) 18: Stephen F. Wilson (R) 19: Glenni W. Scofield (R) 20: Darwin A. Finney (R) S. Newton Pettis (R) 21: John Covode (R) 22: James K. Moorhead (R) 23: Thomas Williams (R) 24: George V. Lawrence (R) Rhode Island 1: Thomas A. Jenckes (R) 2: Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R) South Carolina 1: B. Frank Whittemore (R) 2: Christopher C. Bowen (R) 3: M. Simeon Corley (R) 4: James H. Goss (R) Tennessee 1: Roderick R. Butler (R) 2: Horace Maynard (R) 3: William B. Stokes (R) 4: James Mullins (R) 5: John Trimble (R) 6: Samuel M. Arnell (R) 7: Isaac R. Hawkins (R) 8: David A. Nunn (R) Vermont 1: Frederick E. Woodbridge (R) 2: Luke P. Poland (R) 3: Worthington C. Smith (R) Virginia all seats vacant West Virginia 1: Chester D. Hubbard (R) 2: Bethuel M. Kitchen (R) 3: Daniel H. Polsley (R) Wisconsin 1: Halbert E. Paine (R) 2: Benjamin F. Hopkins (R) 3: Amasa Cobb (R) 4: Charles A. Eldredge (D) 5: Philetus Sawyer (R) 6: Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Delegates

Arizona Territory A/L: Coles Bashford (I) Colorado Territory A/L: George M. Chilcott (R) Dakota Territory A/L: Walter A. Burleigh (R)

Idaho Territory A/L: Edward D. Holbrook (D) Montana Territory A/L: James M. Cavanaugh (D) New Mexico Territory A/L: Charles P. Clever (D) J. Francisco Chaves (R)

Utah Territory A/L: William H. Hooper (D) Washington Territory A/L: Alvan Flanders (R)

Membership detail by state

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 reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

Senate

• 3: George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 2: Willard Warner (1826-1906), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 22, 1868.
• 2: Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• 3: Benjamin W. Norris (1819-1873), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• 4: Charles W. Pierce (1823-1907), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• 5: John B. Callis (1828-1898), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• 6: Thomas Haughey (1826-1869), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: Alexander McDonald (1832-1903), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 23, 1868.
• 3: Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 23, 1868.

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Logan H. Roots (1841-1893), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868.
• 2: James M. Hinds (1833-1868), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868, died October 22, 1868.

  James T. Elliott (1823-1875), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 13, 1869.

• 3: Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868.

California

Senate

• 1: John Conness (1821-1909), Republican
• 3: Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Samuel B. Axtell (1819-1891), Democratic ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 2: William Higby (1813-1887), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 3: James A. Johnson (1829-1896), Democratic ...seated November 21, 1867.

Connecticut

Senate

• 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican
• 3: Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Richard D. Hubbard (1818-1884), Democratic
• 2: Julius Hotchkiss (1810-1878), Democratic
• 3: Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Republican
• 4: William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic

Delaware

Senate

• 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic
• 1: George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic ...died March 29, 1867.

  James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 11, 1867, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: John A. Nicholson (1827-1906), Democratic

Florida

Senate

• 3: Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Republican ...readmitted state, seated June 25, 1868.
• 1: Adonijah S. Welch (1821-1889), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 2, 1868.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Charles M. Hamilton (1840-1875), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 1, 1868.

Georgia

Senate

• 2: vacant
• 3: vacant

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Joseph W. Clift (1837-1908), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 2: Nelson Tift (1810-1891), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 3: William P. Edwards (1835-1900), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 4: Samuel F. Gove (1822-1900), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 5: Charles H. Prince (1837-1912), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 6: vacant …contested election, no one seated.
• 7: Pierce M. B. Young (1836-1896), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.

Illinois

Senate

• 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican
• 2: Richard Yates (1815-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (14 seats)

• 1: Norman B. Judd (1815-1878), Republican
• 2: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
• 3: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican
• 4: Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), Republican
• 5: Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Republican
• 6: Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican
• 7: Henry P. H. Bromwell (1823-1903), Republican
• 8: Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican
• 9: Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), Democratic
• 10: Albert G. Burr (1829-1882), Democratic
• 11: Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
• 12: Jehu Baker (1822-1903), Republican
• 13: Green B. Raum (1829-1909), Republican
• A/L: John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican

Indiana

Senate

• 1: Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Democratic
• 3: Oliver H. P. T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
• 2: Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Democratic
• 3: Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Republican
• 4: William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• 5: George W. Julian (1817-1899), Republican
• 6: John Coburn (1825-1908), Republican
• 7: Henry D. Washburn (1832-1871), Republican
• 8: Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Republican
• 9: Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican
• 10: William Williams (1821-1896), Republican
• 11: John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican

Iowa

Senate

• 2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican
• 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican
• 2: Hiram Price (1814-1901), Republican
• 3: William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
• 4: William Loughridge (1827-1889), Republican
• 5: Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916), Republican
• 6: Asahel W. Hubbard (1819-1879), Republican

Kansas

Senate

• 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
• 2: Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Democratic
• 2: James Guthrie (1792-1869), Democratic …resigned February 7, 1868.

  Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 28, 1868.

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), Democratic ...contested election, seated January 10, 1868.
• 2: vacant …contested election, no one seated.
• 3: Elijah Hise (1802-1867), Democratic ...died May 8, 1867, never having qualified.

  Jacob S. Golladay (1819-1887), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1867.

• 4: J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Democratic ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3, 1867.
• 5: Asa P. Grover (1819-1887), Democratic ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3, 1867.
• 6: Thomas L. Jones (1819-1887), Democratic ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 4, 1867.
• 7: James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3, 1867.
• 8: George M. Adams (1837-1920), Democratic ...seated July 8, 1867.
• 9: Samuel McKee (1833-1898), Republican ...contested election of John D. Young, seated June 22, 1868.

Louisiana

Senate

• 2: John S. Harris (1825-1906), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.
• 3: William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• 2: James Mann (1822-1868), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868, died August 26, 1868, seat remained vacant.
• 3: Joseph P. Newsham (1837-1919), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• 4: Michel Vidal (1824- ), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• 5: W. Jasper Blackburn (1820-1899), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.

Maine

Senate

• 1: Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican
• 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: John Lynch (1825-1892), Republican
• 2: Sidney Perham (1819-1907), Republican
• 3: James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
• 4: John A. Peters (1822-1904), Republican
• 5: Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), Republican

Maryland

Senate

• 1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Democratic ...resigned July 10, 1868.

  William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908), Democratic ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated July 14, 1868.

• 3: George Vickers (1801-1879), Democratic ...seated March 9, 1868.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Hiram McCullough (1813-1885), Democratic
• 2: Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Democratic
• 3: Charles E. Phelps (1833-1908), Conservative
• 4: Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Republican
• 5: Frederick Stone (1820-1899), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
• 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican
• 2: Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican
• 3: Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Republican
• 4: Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
• 5: Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
• 6: Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
• 7: George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Republican
• 8: John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), Republican
• 9: William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican
• 10: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• 2: Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Republican
• 2: Charles Upson (1821-1885), Republican
• 3: Austin Blair (1818-1894), Republican
• 4: Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican
• 5: Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), Republican
• 6: John F. Driggs (1813-1877), Republican

Minnesota

Senate

• 1: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
• 2: Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: William Windom (1827-1891), Republican
• 2: Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831-1901), Republican

Mississippi

Senate

• 1: vacant
• 2: vacant

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• all seats vacant

Missouri

Senate

• 1: John B. Henderson (1826-1913), Republican
• 3: Charles D. Drake (1811-1892), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: William A. Pile (1829-1889), Republican
• 2: Carman A. Newcomb (1830-1902), Republican
• 3: Thomas E. Noell (1839-1867), Democratic ...died October 3, 1867.

  James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1867.

• 4: Joseph J. Gravely (1828-1872), Republican
• 5: Joseph W. McClurg (1818-1900), Republican ...resigned [[1868.

  John H. Stover (1833-1889), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1868.

• 6: Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Republican
• 7: Benjamin F. Loan (1819-1881), Republican
• 8: John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), Republican
• 9: George W. Anderson (1832-1902), Republican

Nebraska

Senate

• 2: John M. Thayer (1820-1906), Republican ...new state, seated March 4, 1867.
• 1: Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Republican ...new state, seated March 4, 1867.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: John Taffe (1827-1884), Republican

Nevada

Senate

• 1: William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
• 3: James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Delos R. Ashley (1828-1873), Republican

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
• 3: James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Jacob H. Ela (1820-1884), Republican
• 2: Aaron F. Stevens (1819-1887), Republican
• 3: Jacob Benton (1814-1892), Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 2: Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), Republican
• 1: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: William Moore (1810-1878), Republican
• 2: Charles Haight (1838-1891), Democratic
• 3: Charles Sitgreaves (1803-1878), Democratic
• 4: John Hill (1821-1884), Republican
• 5: George A. Halsey (1827-1894), Republican

New York

Senate

• 1: Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), Republican
• 3: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican

House of Representatives (31 seats)

• 1: Stephen Taber (1821-1886), Democratic
• 2: Demas Barnes (1827-1888), Democratic
• 3: William E. Robinson (1814-1892), Democratic
• 4: John Fox (1835-1914), Democratic
• 5: John Morrissey (1831-1878), Democratic
• 6: Thomas E. Stewart (1824-1904), Conservative Republican
• 7: John W. Chanler (1826-1877), Democratic
• 8: James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic
• 9: Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
• 10: William H. Robertson (1823-1898), Republican
• 11: Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
• 12: John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
• 13: Thomas Cornell (1814-1890), Republican
• 14: John V. L. Pruyn (1811-1877), Democratic
• 15: John A. Griswold (1822-1872), Republican
• 16: Orange Ferriss (1814-1894), Republican
• 17: Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), Republican
• 18: James M. Marvin (1809-1901), Republican
• 19: William C. Fields (1804-1882), Republican
• 20: Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), Republican
• 21: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican …resigned March 4, 1867.

  Alexander H. Bailey (1817-1874), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 30, 1867.

• 22: John C. Churchill (1821-1905), Republican
• 23: Dennis McCarthy (1814-1886), Republican
• 24: Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), Republican
• 25: William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Republican
• 26: William S. Lincoln (1813-1893), Republican
• 27: Hamilton Ward, Sr. (1829-1898), Republican
• 28: Lewis Selye (1803-1883), Independent Republican
• 29: Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), Republican
• 30: James M. Humphrey (1819-1899), Democratic
• 31: Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 3: John Pool (1826-1884), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.
• 2: Joseph C. Abbott (1825-1881), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.

House of Representatives (7seats)

• 1: John R. French (1819-1890), Republican
• 2: David Heaton (1823-1870), Republican
• 3: Oliver H. Dockery (1830-1906), Republican
• 4: John T. Deweese (1835-1906), Republican
• 5: Israel G. Lash (1810-1878), Republican
• 6: Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), Conservative
• 7: Alexander H. Jones (1822-1901), Republican

Ohio

Senate

• 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
• 3: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• 1: Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888), Republican
• 2: Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), Republican ...resigned July 20, 1867.

  Samuel F. Cary (1814-1900), Independent Republican...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 21, 1867.

• 3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Republican
• 4: William Lawrence (1819-1899), Republican
• 5: William Mungen (1821-1887), Democratic
• 6: Reader W. Clarke (1812-1872), Republican
• 7: Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Republican
• 8: Cornelius S. Hamilton (1821-1867), Republican ...died December 22, 1867.

  John Beatty (1828-1914), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1868.

• 9: Ralph P. Buckland (1812-1892), Republican
• 10: James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican
• 11: John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Republican
• 12: Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874), Democratic
• 13: George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Democratic …contested election, served until June 3, 1868.

  Columbus Delano (1809-1896), Republican ...contested election, seated June 3, 1868.

• 14: Martin Welker (1819-1902), Republican
• 15: Tobias A. Plants (1811-1887), Republican
• 16: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican
• 17: Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), Republican
• 18: Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), Republican
• 19: James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• 2: George H. Williams (1823-1910), Republican
• 3: Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Rufus Mallory (1831-1914), Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), Democratic
• 3: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican

House of Representatives (24 seats)

• 1: Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• 2: Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
• 3: Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican
• 4: William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• 5: Caleb N. Taylor (1813-1887), Republican
• 6: Benjamin M. Boyer (1823-1887), Democratic
• 7: John M. Broomall (1816-1894), Republican
• 8: J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Democratic
• 9: Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican ...died August 11, 1868.

  Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1868.

• 10: Henry L. Cake (1827-1899), Republican
• 11: Daniel M. Van Auken (1826-1908), Democratic
• 12: Charles Denison (1818-1867), Democratic ...died June 27, 1867.

  George W. Woodward (1809-1875), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 21, 1867.

• 13: Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican
• 14: George F. Miller (1809-1885), Republican
• 15: Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), Democratic
• 16: William H. Koontz (1830-1911), Republican
• 17: Daniel J. Morrell (1821-1885), Republican
• 18: Stephen F. Wilson (1821-1897), Republican
• 19: Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
• 20: Darwin A. Finney (1814-1868), Republican ...died August 25, 1868.

  S. Newton Pettis (1827-1900), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1868.

• 21: John Covode (1808-1871), Republican
• 22: James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican
• 23: Thomas Williams (1806-1872), Republican
• 24: George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
• 1: William Sprague (1830-1915), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), Republican
• 2: Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 20, 1868.
• 3: Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 22, 1868.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: B. Frank Whittemore (1824-1894), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• 2: Christopher C. Bowen (1832-1880), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 20, 1868.
• 3: M. Simeon Corley (1823-1902), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• 4: James H. Goss (1820-1886), Republican ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.

Tennessee

Senate

• 2: Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), Republican
• 1: David T. Patterson (1818-1891), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Republican ...seated June 26, 1868.
• 2: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 3: William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 4: James Mullins (1807-1873), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 5: John Trimble (1812-1884), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 6: Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), Republican ...seated November 25, 1867.
• 7: Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.
• 8: David A. Nunn (1833-1918), Republican ...seated November 21, 1867.

Texas

Senate

• 1: vacant
• 2: vacant

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• all seats vacant

Vermont

Senate

• 1: George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
• 3: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818-1888), Republican
• 2: Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican
• 3: Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Republican

Virginia

Senate

• 1: vacant
• 2: vacant

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• all seats vacant

West Virginia

Senate

• 1: Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), Republican
• 2: Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Chester D. Hubbard (1814-1891), Republican
• 2: Bethuel M. Kitchen (1812-1895), Republican
• 3: Daniel H. Polsley (1803-1877), Republican

Wisconsin

Senate

• 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican
• 3: Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), Republican
• 2: Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829-1870), Republican
• 3: Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Republican
• 4: Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic
• 5: Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
• 6: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L: Coles Bashford (1816-1878), Independent

Colorado Territory

• A/L: George M. Chilcott (1828-1891), Republican ...contested election, seated March 20, 1867.

Dakota Territory

• A/L: Walter A. Burleigh (1820-1896), Republican

Idaho Territory

• A/L: Edward D. Holbrook (1836-1870), Democratic

Montana Territory

• A/L: James M. Cavanaugh (1823-1879), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• A/L: Charles P. Clever (1830-1874), Democratic …contested election, served until February 20, 1869.

  J. Francisco Chaves (1833-1904), Republican ...contested election, seated February 20, 1869.

Utah Territory

• A/L: William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

Washington Territory

• A/L: Alvan Flanders (1825-1884), Republican

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F James A. Bayard, Jr., Delaware Charles R. Buckalew, Pennsylvania Garrett Davis, Kentucky

G-O James Guthrie, Kentucky Thomas A. Hendricks, Indiana Reverdy Johnson, Maryland Thomas C. McCreery, Kentucky

P-Z David T. Patterson, Tennessee George Read Riddle, Delaware Willard Saulsbury, Sr., Delaware George Vickers, Maryland William Pinkney Whyte, Maryland

Republican

A-F Joseph C. Abbott, North Carolina (U.S. state) Henry B. Anthony, Rhode Island Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania Alexander G. Cattell, New Jersey Zachariah Chandler, Michigan Cornelius Cole, California (U.S. state) Roscoe Conkling, New York John Conness, California (U.S. state) Henry W. Corbett, Oregon Aaron H. Cragin, New Hampshire James Dixon, Connecticut James R. Doolittle, Wisconsin Charles D. Drake, Missouri George F. Edmunds, Vermont Orris S. Ferry, Connecticut William Pitt Fessenden, Maine Joseph S. Fowler, Tennessee Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey

G-O James W. Grimes, Iowa James Harlan, Iowa John S. Harris, Louisiana John B. Henderson, Missouri Jacob M. Howard, Michigan Timothy O. Howe, Wisconsin William Pitt Kellogg, Louisiana Alexander McDonald, Arkansas (U.S. state) Edwin D. Morgan, New York Justin S. Morrill, Vermont Lot M. Morrill, Maine Oliver H. P. T. Morton, Indiana Daniel S. Norton, Minnesota James W. Nye, Nevada Thomas W. Osborn, Florida

P-R James W. Patterson, New Hampshire Samuel C. Pomeroy, Kansas John Pool, North Carolina (U.S. state) Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota Benjamin F. Rice, Arkansas (U.S. state) Thomas J. Robertson, South Carolina Edmund G. Ross, Kansas Frederick A. Sawyer, South Carolina John Sherman, Ohio George E. Spencer, Alabama (U.S. state) William Sprague, Rhode Island William M. Stewart, Nevada Charles Sumner, Massachusetts John M. Thayer, Nebraska Thomas W. Tipton, Nebraska Lyman Trumbull, Illinois (U.S. state) Peter G. Van Winkle, West Virginia Benjamin F. Wade, Ohio Willard Warner, Alabama (U.S. state) Adonijah S. Welch, Florida Waitman T. Willey, West Virginia George H. Williams, Oregon Henry Wilson, Massachusetts Richard Yates, Illinois (U.S. state)

Vacant

vacant Georgia vacant Georgia

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C George M. Adams, Kentucky Stevenson Archer, Maryland Samuel B. Axtell, California (U.S. state) Demas Barnes, New York William H. Barnum, Connecticut James B. Beck, Kentucky Benjamin M. Boyer, Pennsylvania James Brooks, New York Albert G. Burr, Illinois (U.S. state) John W. Chanler, New York D-E-F Charles Denison, Pennsylvania Charles A. Eldredge, Wisconsin John Fox, New York

G-H-I J. Lawrence Getz, Pennsylvania Adam J. Glossbrenner, Pennsylvania Jacob S. Golladay, Kentucky Asa P. Grover, Kentucky Charles Haight, New Jersey Elijah Hise, Kentucky William S. Holman, Indiana Julius Hotchkiss, Connecticut Richard D. Hubbard, Connecticut James M. Humphrey, New York J-K-L James A. Johnson, California (U.S. state) Thomas L. Jones, Kentucky Michael C. Kerr, Indiana J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky M-N-O James Mann, Louisiana Samuel S. Marshall, Illinois (U.S. state) James R. McCormick, Missouri Hiram McCullough, Maryland George W. Morgan, Ohio John Morrissey, New York William Mungen, Ohio William E. Niblack, Indiana John A. Nicholson, Delaware Thomas E. Noell, Missouri

P-Q-R John V. L. Pruyn, New York Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvania William E. Robinson, New York Lewis W. Ross, Illinois (U.S. state) S-T-U-V Charles Sitgreaves, New Jersey Frederick Stone, Maryland Stephen Taber, New York Nelson Tift, Georgia Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky Daniel M. Van Auken, Pennsylvania Philadelph Van Trump, Ohio W-X-Y-Z Fernando Wood, New York George W. Woodward, Pennsylvania Pierce M. B. Young, Georgia

Republican

A-B-C William B. Allison, Iowa Oakes Ames, Massachusetts George W. Anderson, Missouri Samuel M. Arnell, Tennessee Delos R. Ashley, Nevada James M. Ashley, Ohio Alexander H. Bailey, New York Jehu Baker, Illinois (U.S. state) John D. Baldwin, Massachusetts Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan John Beatty, Ohio John F. Benjamin, Missouri Jacob Benton, New Hampshire John A. Bingham, Ohio W. Jasper Blackburn, Louisiana James G. Blaine, Maine Austin Blair, Michigan Thomas Boles, Arkansas (U.S. state) George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts Christopher C. Bowen, South Carolina Henry P. H. Bromwell, Illinois (U.S. state) John M. Broomall, Pennsylvania Ralph P. Buckland, Ohio Charles W. Buckley, Alabama (U.S. state) Benjamin F. Butler, Massachusetts Roderick R. Butler, Tennessee Henry L. Cake, Pennsylvania John B. Callis, Alabama (U.S. state) Samuel F. Cary, Ohio John C. Churchill, New York Reader W. Clarke, Ohio Sidney Clarke, Kansas Joseph W. Clift, Georgia Amasa Cobb, Wisconsin John Coburn, Indiana Schuyler Colfax, Indiana Burton C. Cook, Illinois (U.S. state) M. Simeon Corley, South Carolina Thomas Cornell, New York John Covode, Pennsylvania Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois (U.S. state) D-E-F Henry L. Dawes, Massachusetts Columbus Delano, Ohio John T. Deweese, North Carolina (U.S. state) Oliver J. Dickey, Pennsylvania Nathan F. Dixon, Jr., Rhode Island Oliver H. Dockery, North Carolina (U.S. state) Grenville M. Dodge, Iowa Ignatius L. Donnelly, Minnesota John F. Driggs, Michigan Ephraim R. Eckley, Ohio William P. Edwards, Georgia Benjamin Eggleston, Ohio Jacob H. Ela, New Hampshire Thomas D. Eliot, Massachusetts James T. Elliott, Arkansas (U.S. state) John F. Farnsworth, Illinois (U.S. state) Orange Ferriss, New York Thomas W. Ferry, Michigan William C. Fields, New York Darwin A. Finney, Pennsylvania John R. French, North Carolina (U.S. state)

G-H-I James A. Garfield, Ohio James H. Goss, South Carolina Samuel F. Gove, Georgia Joseph J. Gravely, Missouri John A. Griswold, New York George A. Halsey, New Jersey Charles M. Hamilton, Florida Cornelius S. Hamilton, Ohio Abner C. Harding, Illinois (U.S. state) Thomas Haughey, Alabama (U.S. state) Isaac R. Hawkins, Tennessee Rutherford B. Hayes, Ohio David Heaton, North Carolina (U.S. state) William Higby, California (U.S. state) John Hill, New Jersey James M. Hinds, Arkansas (U.S. state) Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wisconsin Asahel W. Hubbard, Iowa Chester D. Hubbard, West Virginia Calvin T. Hulburd, New York Morton C. Hunter, Indiana Ebon C. Ingersoll, Illinois (U.S. state) J-K-L Thomas A. Jenckes, Rhode Island Alexander H. Jones, North Carolina (U.S. state) Norman B. Judd, Illinois (U.S. state) George W. Julian, Indiana William D. Kelley, Pennsylvania Francis W. Kellogg, Alabama (U.S. state) William H. Kelsey, New York John H. Ketcham, New York Bethuel M. Kitchen, West Virginia William H. Koontz, Pennsylvania Addison H. Laflin, New York Israel G. Lash, North Carolina (U.S. state) George V. Lawrence, Pennsylvania William Lawrence, Ohio William S. Lincoln, New York Benjamin F. Loan, Missouri John A. Logan, Illinois (U.S. state) William Loughridge, Iowa John Lynch, Maine M-N-O Rufus Mallory, Oregon James M. Marvin, New York Horace Maynard, Tennessee Dennis McCarthy, New York Joseph W. McClurg, Missouri . Samuel McKee, Kentucky Ulysses Mercur, Pennsylvania George F. Miller, Pennsylvania William Moore, New Jersey James K. Moorhead, Pennsylvania Daniel J. Morrell, Pennsylvania James Mullins, Tennessee . Leonard Myers, Pennsylvania Carman A. Newcomb, Missouri Joseph P. Newsham, Louisiana Benjamin W. Norris, Alabama (U.S. state) David A. Nunn, Tennessee Charles O'Neill, Pennsylvania Godlove S. Orth, Indiana

P-Q-R Halbert E. Paine, Wisconsin Sidney Perham, Maine John A. Peters, Maine S. Newton Pettis, Pennsylvania Charles W. Pierce, Alabama (U.S. state) Frederick A. Pike, Maine William A. Pile, Missouri Tobias A. Plants, Ohio Luke P. Poland, Vermont Daniel H. Polsley, West Virginia Theodore M. Pomeroy, New York Hiram Price, Iowa Charles H. Prince, Georgia Green B. Raum, Illinois (U.S. state) William H. Robertson, New York Logan H. Roots, Arkansas (U.S. state) S-T-U-V Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin Robert C. Schenck, Ohio Glenni W. Scofield, Pennsylvania John P. C. Shanks, Indiana Samuel Shellabarger, Ohio Worthington C. Smith, Vermont Rufus P. Spalding, Ohio Henry H. Starkweather, Connecticut Aaron F. Stevens, New Hampshire Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania William B. Stokes, Tennessee John H. Stover, Missouri J. Hale Sypher, Louisiana John Taffe, Nebraska Caleb N. Taylor, Pennsylvania Francis Thomas, Maryland John Trimble, Tennessee Rowland E. Trowbridge, Michigan Ginery Twichell, Massachusetts Charles Upson, Michigan Henry H. Van Aernam, New York Burt Van Horn, New York Robert T. Van Horn, Missouri Charles H. Van Wyck, New York Michel Vidal ), Louisiana Hamilton Ward, Sr., New York Cadwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin Henry D. Washburn, Indiana William B. Washburn, Massachusetts Elihu B. Washburne, Illinois (U.S. state) Martin Welker, Ohio B. Frank Whittemore, South Carolina Thomas Williams, Pennsylvania William Williams, Indiana James F. Wilson, Iowa John T. Wilson, Ohio Stephen F. Wilson, Pennsylvania William Windom, Minnesota Frederick E. Woodbridge, Vermont

Conservative

Nathaniel Boyden, North Carolina (U.S. state) Charles E. Phelps, Maryland

Independent Republican

Lewis Selye, New York

Conservative Republican

Thomas E. Stewart, New York

Changes in membership

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

Senate replacements: 3 Democratic: 2 seat net loss Republican: 2 seat net gain deaths: 1 resignations: 2 interim appointments: 1 seats from newly admitted states: 2 Total seats with changes:

House of Representatives replacements: 10 Democratic: no net change Republican: 1 seat net loss Independent Republican: 1 seat net gain deaths: 8 resignations: 3 contested election: 3 seats from newly admitted states: 1 Total seats with changes: 15

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: John W. Forney of Pennsylvania elected July 15, 1861 George C. Gorham of Massachusetts elected June 4, 1868 Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: George T. Brown of Illinois (U.S. state), elected July 6, 1861 Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. Edgar H. Gray, Baptist, elected March 9, 1865 Other Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, elected March 4, 1867 Sergeant at Arms of the House: Nehemiah G. Ordway of New Hampshire, elected March 4, 1867 Doorkeeper of the House: Charles E. Lippincott of Illinois (U.S. state), elected March 4, 1867 Postmaster of the House: William S. King of Minnesota, elected March 4, 1867 Messenger to the Speaker: William D. Todd Chaplain of the House The Rev. Charles B. Boynton, Congregationalist, elected March 4, 1867