39th United States Congress - political parties

The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1865 to March 3 1867, during the second administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and the first two years of the administration of his successor, U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

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

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

:"See also: 39th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House election, 1864"

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1865 - March 3 1867
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1865 – March 11 1865
*First session: December 4 1865 - July 28 1866
*Second session: December 3 1866 - March 3 1867 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: 38th Congress
Next congress: 40th Congress

Party summary

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

=Democratic=

:A-L
* Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), "Pennsylvania"
* Garrett Davis (1801-1872), "Kentucky"
* James Guthrie (1792-1869), "Kentucky"
* Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), "Indiana"
* Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), "Maryland" :M-Z
* James A. McDougall (1817-1867), "California"
* James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), "Oregon"
* George Read Riddle (1817-1867), "Delaware"
* Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), "Delaware"
* John P. Stockton (1826-1900), "New Jersey" ...contested election, served until March 27 1866, when his seat was declared vacant.
* William Wright (1794-1866), "New Jersey" ...died November 1 1866.

=Republican=

:A-F
* Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), "Rhode Island"
* B. Gratz Brown (1826-1885), "Missouri"
* Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), "New Jersey" ...elected to fill vacancy, September 19 1866.
* Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), "Michigan"
* Daniel Clark (1809-1891), "New Hampshire" ...resigned July 27 1865.
* Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), "Vermont" ...died November 9 1865.
* John Conness (1821-1909), "California"
* Edgar Cowan (1815-1885), "Pennsylvania"
* Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), "New Hampshire"
* James Dixon (1814-1873), "Connecticut"
* James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), "Wisconsin"
* George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), "Vermont" ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 3 1866.
* William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), "Maine"
* George G. Fogg (1813-1881), "New Hampshire" ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.
* Solomon Foot (1802-1866), "Vermont" ...died March 28 1866.
* La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), "Connecticut"
* Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), "New Jersey" ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 12 1866, subsequently elected.:G-L
* James W. Grimes (1816-1872), "Iowa"
* James Harlan (1820-1899), "Iowa" ...resigned May 15 1865.
* Ira Harris (1802-1875), "New York"
* John B. Henderson (1826-1913), "Missouri"
* Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), "Michigan"
* Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), "Wisconsin"
* Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), "Iowa" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24 1866.
* Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), "Indiana"
* James H. Lane (1814-1866), "Kansas" ...died July 11 1866.:M-R
* Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), "New York"
* Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), "Maine"
* Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), "Minnesota"
* James W. Nye (1815-1876), "Nevada"
* Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), "Vermont" ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1865.
* Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), "Kansas"
* Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), "Minnesota"
* Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), "Kansas" ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated July 25 1866, subsequently elected.:S-Z
* John Sherman (1823-1900), "Ohio"
* William Sprague (1830-1915), "Rhode Island"
* William M. Stewart (1827-1909), "Nevada"
* Charles Sumner (1811-1874), "Massachusetts"
* John M. Thayer (1820-1906), "Nebraska" ...new state, seated March 4 1867, in the next Congress.
* Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), "Nebraska" ...new state, seated March 4 1867, in the next Congress.
* Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), "Illinois"
* Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), "Ohio"
* Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), "West Virginia"
* George H. Williams (1823-1910), "Oregon"
* Henry Wilson (1812-1875), "Massachusetts"
* Richard Yates (1815-1873), "Illinois"

Unconditional Unionist

* John A. J. Creswell (1828-1891), "Maryland" ...elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 4 1865.
* Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), "Tennessee" ...state readmitted, seated July 25 1866.
* Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), "West Virginia"

Unionist

* David T. Patterson (1818-1891), "Tennessee" ...state readmitted, seated July 28 1866.

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
* Sydenham E. Ancona (1824-1913), "Pennsylvania"
* Teunis G. Bergen (1806-1881), "New York"
* Benjamin M. Boyer (1823-1887), "Pennsylvania"
* James Brooks (1810-1873), "New York" …contested election, served until April 7 1866.
* John W. Chanler (1826-1877), "New York"
* Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), "Pennsylvania" …contested election, served until July 18 1866.:D-E-F
* John L. Dawson (1813-1870), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Denison (1818-1867), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), "Wisconsin"
* William E. Finck (1822-1901), "Ohio" :G-H-I
* Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Goodyear (1804-1876), "New York"
* Henry Grider (1796-1866), "Kentucky" ...died September 14 1866.
* Aaron Harding (1805-1875), "Kentucky"
* Benjamin G. Harris (1805-1895), "Maryland"
* Elijah Hise (1802-1867), "Kentucky" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.
* John Hogan (1805-1892), "Missouri"
* Edwin N. Hubbell (1815- ), "New York"
* James M. Humphrey (1819-1899), "New York"
* John W. Hunter (1807-1900), "New York" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1866.:J-K-L
* Philip Johnson (1818-1867), "Pennsylvania" ...died January 29 1867.
* Morgan Jones (1830-1894), "New York"
* Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), "Indiana"
* Francis C. Le Blond (1821-1902), "Ohio" :M-N-O
* Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), "Illinois"
* Hiram McCullough (1813-1885), "Maryland"
* William E. Niblack (1822-1893), "Indiana"
* John A. Nicholson (1827-1906), "Delaware" :P-Q-R
* William Radford (1814-1870), "New York"
* Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), "Pennsylvania"
* Burwell C. Ritter (1810-1880), "Kentucky"
* Andrew J. Rogers (1828-1900), "New Jersey"
* Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), "Illinois" :S-T-U-V
* George S. Shanklin (1807-1883), "Kentucky"
* Charles Sitgreaves (1803-1878), "New Jersey"
* Myer Strouse (1825-1878), "Pennsylvania"
* Stephen Taber (1821-1886), "New York"
* Nelson Taylor (1821-1894), "New York"
* Anthony Thornton (1814-1904), "Illinois"
* Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), "Kentucky"
* Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), "Indiana" …contested election, served until February 23 1866.:W-X-Y-Z
* Andrew H. Ward (1815-1904), "Kentucky" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.
* Charles H. Winfield (1822-1888), "New York"
* Edwin R. V. Wright (1812-1871), "New Jersey"

=Republican=

:A-B-C
* John B. Alley (1817-1896), "Massachusetts"
* William B. Allison (1829-1908), "Iowa"
* Oakes Ames (1804-1873), "Massachusetts"
* George W. Anderson (1832-1902), "Missouri"
* Delos R. Ashley (1828-1873), "Nevada"
* James M. Ashley (1824-1896), "Ohio"
* Jehu Baker (1822-1903), "Illinois"
* John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), "Massachusetts"
* Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), "Massachusetts" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1865.
* Abraham A. Barker (1816-1898), "Pennsylvania"
* Portus Baxter (1806-1868), "Vermont"
* Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), "Michigan"
* John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), "Missouri"
* John Bidwell (1819-1900), "California"
* John A. Bingham (1815-1900), "Ohio"
* James G. Blaine (1830-1893), "Maine"
* Henry T. Blow (1817-1875), "Missouri"
* George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), "Massachusetts"
* Augustus Brandegee (1828-1904), "Connecticut"
* Henry P. H. Bromwell (1823-1903), "Illinois"
* John M. Broomall (1816-1894), "Pennsylvania"
* Ralph P. Buckland (1812-1892), "Ohio"
* Hezekiah S. Bundy (1817-1895), "Ohio" :D-E-F
* Reader W. Clarke (1812-1872), "Ohio"
* Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), "Kansas"
* Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), "Wisconsin"
* Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), "Indiana"
* Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), "New York" ...resigned March 4 1867.
* Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), "Illinois"
* Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), "Illinois"
* Charles V. Culver (1830-1909), "Pennsylvania"
* William A. Darling (1817-1895), "New York"
* Thomas T. Davis (1810-1872), "New York"
* Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), "Massachusetts"
* Joseph H. Defrees (1812-1885), "Indiana"
* Columbus Delano (1809-1896), "Ohio"
* Henry C. Deming (1815-1872), "Connecticut"
* Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), "Rhode Island"
* William E. Dodge (1805-1883), "New York" ...contested election, seated April 7 1866.
* Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831-1901), "Minnesota"
* John F. Driggs (1813-1877), "Michigan"
* Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871), "Indiana"
* Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), "Ohio"
* Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888), "Ohio"
* Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), "Massachusetts"
* John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), "Illinois"
* John H. Farquhar (1818-1873), "Indiana"
* Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), "Michigan" :G-H-I
* James A. Garfield (1831-1881), "Ohio"
* Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), "Massachusetts" ...resigned September 1 1865, before Congress assembled.
* Josiah B. Grinnell (1821-1891), "Iowa"
* John A. Griswold (1822-1872), "New York"
* Robert S. Hale (1822-1881), "New York" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.
* Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), "Illinois"
* Roswell Hart (1824-1883), "New York"
* Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), "Ohio"
* James H. D. Henderson (1810-1885), "Oregon"
* William Higby (1813-1887), "California"
* Ralph Hill (1827-1899), "Indiana"
* Sidney T. Holmes (1815-1890), "New York"
* Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), "Massachusetts"
* Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815-1878), "New York"
* Asahel W. Hubbard (1819-1879), "Iowa"
* Demas Hubbard, Jr. (1806-1873), "New York"
* John H. Hubbard (1804-1872), "Connecticut"
* James R. Hubbell (1824-1890), "Ohio"
* Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), "New York"
* James Humphrey (1811-1866), "New York" ...died June 16 1866.
* Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), "Illinois" :J-K-L
* Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), "Rhode Island"
* George W. Julian (1817-1899), "Indiana"
* John A. Kasson (1822-1910), "Iowa"
* William D. Kelley (1814-1890), "Pennsylvania"
* Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), "New York" ...died August 24 1865.
* John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), "New York"
* William H. Koontz (1830-1911), "Pennsylvania" ...contested election, seated July 18 1866.
* Andrew J. Kuykendall (1815-1891), "Illinois"
* Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), "New York"
* George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), "Pennsylvania"
* William Lawrence (1819-1899), "Ohio"
* Benjamin F. Loan (1819-1881), "Missouri"
* John W. Longyear (1820-1875), "Michigan"
* John Lynch (1825-1892), "Maine" :M-N-O
* Turner M. Marquette (1831-1894), "Nebraska" ...new state, seated March 2 1867.
* Gilman Marston (1811-1890), "New Hampshire"
* James M. Marvin (1809-1901), "New York"
* Joseph W. McClurg (1818-1900), "Missouri"
* Walter D. McIndoe (1819-1872), "Wisconsin"
* Donald C. McRuer (1826-1898), "California"
* Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), "Pennsylvania"
* George F. Miller (1809-1885), "Pennsylvania"
* James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), "Pennsylvania"
* Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), "Vermont"
* Daniel Morris (1812-1889), "New York"
* Samuel W. Moulton (1821-1905), "Illinois"
* Leonard Myers (1827-1905), "Pennsylvania"
* William A. Newell (1817-1901), "New Jersey"
* Thomas E. Noell (1839-1867), "Missouri"
* Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), "Pennsylvania"
* Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), "Indiana" :P-Q-R
* Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), "Wisconsin"
* James W. Patterson (1823-1893), "New Hampshire"
* Sidney Perham (1819-1907), "Maine"
* Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), "Maine"
* Tobias A. Plants (1811-1887), "Ohio"
* Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), "New York"
* Hiram Price (1814-1901), "Iowa"
* Henry J. Raymond (1820-1869), "New York"
* Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), "Massachusetts"
* John H. Rice (1816-1911), "Maine"
* Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), "New Hampshire" :S-T-U-V
* Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), "Wisconsin"
* Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), "Ohio"
* Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), "Pennsylvania"
* Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), "Ohio"
* Ithamar C. Sloan (1822-1898), "Wisconsin"
* Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), "Ohio"
* John F. Starr (1818-1904), "New Jersey"
* Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas N. Stilwell (1830-1874), "Indiana"
* M. Russell Thayer (1819-1906), "Pennsylvania"
* Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), "Michigan"
* Charles Upson (1821-1885), "Michigan"
* Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), "New York"
* Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), "New York"
* Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), "Missouri" :W-X-Y-Z
* Hamilton Ward, Sr. (1829-1898), "New York"
* Samuel L. Warner (1828-1893), "Connecticut"
* Henry D. Washburn (1832-1871), "Indiana" ...contested election, seated February 23 1866.
* William B. Washburn (1820-1887), "Massachusetts"
* Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), "Illinois"
* Martin Welker (1819-1902), "Ohio"
* John Wentworth (1815-1888), "Illinois"
* Thomas Williams (1806-1872), "Pennsylvania"
* James F. Wilson (1828-1895), "Iowa"
* Stephen F. Wilson (1821-1897), "Pennsylvania"
* William Windom (1827-1891), "Minnesota"
* Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818-1888), "Vermont"

=Independent Republican=

* John R. Kelso (1831-1891), "Missouri"

Unconditional Unionist

* Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated December 3 1866.
* Chester D. Hubbard (1814-1891), "West Virginia"
* George R. Latham (1832-1917), "West Virginia"
* Samuel McKee (1833-1898), "Kentucky"
* Charles E. Phelps (1833-1908), "Maryland"
* William H. Randall (1812-1881), "Kentucky"
* Lovell H. Rousseau (1818-1869), "Kentucky" ...resigned July 21 1866, subsequently reelected, seated December 3 1866.
* Green C. Smith (1826-1895), "Kentucky" ...resigned 1866.
* William B. Stokes (1814-1897), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated July 24 1866.
* Francis Thomas (1799-1876), "Maryland"
* John L. Thomas, Jr. (1835-1893), "Maryland" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1865.
* Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), "Maryland" ...resigned July 1865, before Congress assembled.
* Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), "West Virginia"

Unionist

* William B. Campbell (1807-1867), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated December 3 1866.
* Edmund Cooper (1821-1911), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1866.
* Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated December 3 1866.
* John W. Leftwich (1826-1870), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1866.
* Nathaniel G. Taylor (1819-1887), "Tennessee" ...readmitted state, seated July 24 1866.

References

*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =
*cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =

External links

* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsllink.html Statutes at Large, 1789-1875]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwsjlink.html Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwhjlink.html#anchor2 House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress]
* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress]
* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History]
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists]