38th United States Congress - political parties

The Thirty-eighth 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 1863 to March 3 1865, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

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.

:"Main article: 38th United States Congress":"See also: 38th United States Congress - State Delegations":"See also: United States House election, 1862"

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1863 - March 3 1865
*Special session of the Senate: March 4 1863 – March 14 1863
*First session: December 2 1863 - July 4 1864
*Second session: December 5 1864 - March 3 1865 — a lame duck sessionPrevious congress: 37th Congress
Next congress: 39th 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
* James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), "Delaware" ...resigned January 29 1864.
* Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), "Pennsylvania"
* Benjamin F. Harding (1823-1899), "Oregon"
* Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), "Indiana" :M-Z
* James A. McDougall (1817-1867), "California"
* James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), "Oregon"
* Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), "Kentucky"
* William A. Richardson (1811-1875), "Illinois"
* George Read Riddle (1817-1867), "Delaware" ...elected to fill vacancy, January 29 1864.
* Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), "Delaware"
* William Wright (1794-1866), "New Jersey"

=Republican=

:A-F
* Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), "Rhode Island"
* Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), "Michigan"
* Daniel Clark (1809-1891), "New Hampshire"
* Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), "Vermont"
* John Conness (1821-1909), "California"
* Edgar Cowan (1815-1885), "Pennsylvania"
* James Dixon (1814-1873), "Connecticut"
* James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), "Wisconsin"
* Nathan A. Farwell (1812-1893), "Maine" ...appointed to fill vacancy, October 27 1864, subsequently elected
* William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), "Maine" ...resigned July 1 1864.
* Solomon Foot (1802-1866), "Vermont"
* La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), "Connecticut" :G-L
* James W. Grimes (1816-1872), "Iowa"
* John P. Hale (1806-1873), "New Hampshire"
* James Harlan (1820-1899), "Iowa"
* Ira Harris (1802-1875), "New York"
* Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), "Michigan"
* Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), "Wisconsin"
* Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), "Indiana"
* James H. Lane (1814-1866), "Kansas" :"'M-R"
* Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), "New York"
* Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), "Maine"
* James W. Nye (1815-1876), "Nevada" ...newly admitted state, elected December 16 1864.
* Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), "Kansas"
* Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), "Minnesota" :S-Z
* John Sherman (1823-1900), "Ohio"
* William Sprague (1830-1915), "Rhode Island"
* William M. Stewart (1827-1909), "Nevada" ...newly admitted state, elected December 15 1864.
* Charles Sumner (1811-1874), "Massachusetts"
* John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), "New Jersey"
* Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), "Illinois"
* Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), "Ohio"
* Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), "Minnesota"
* Henry Wilson (1812-1875), "Massachusetts"

Unconditional Unionist

:A-Z
* B. Gratz Brown (1826-1885), "Missouri" ...elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1863.
* John B. Henderson (1826-1913), "Missouri"
* Thomas H. Hicks (1798-1865), "Maryland" ...died February 14 1865.
* Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), "West Virginia" ...newly admitted state, elected August 4 1863.
* Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), "West Virginia" ...newly admitted state, elected August 4 1863.
* Robert Wilson (1803-1870), "Missouri" …appointed to fill vacancy, served until November 13 1863.

Unionist

:A-Z
* Lemuel J. Bowden (1815-1864), "Virginia"
* John S. Carlile (1817-1878), "Virginia"
* Garrett Davis (1801-1872), "Kentucky"
* Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), "Maryland"

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
* James C. Allen (1822-1912), "Illinois"
* William J. Allen (1829-1901), "Illinois"
* Sydenham E. Ancona (1824-1913), "Pennsylvania"
* Joseph Bailey (1810-1885), "Pennsylvania"
* Augustus C. Baldwin (1817-1903), "Michigan"
* George Bliss (1813-1868), "Ohio"
* James Brooks (1810-1873), "New York"
* James S. Brown (1824-1878), "Wisconsin"
* John W. Chanler (1826-1877), "New York"
* Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), "Pennsylvania"
* Erastus Corning (1794-1872), "New York" ...resigned October 5 1863, before Congress assembled.
* Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), "Ohio"
* James A. Cravens (1818-1893), "Indiana" :D-E-F
* John L. Dawson (1813-1870), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Denison (1818-1867), "Pennsylvania"
* John R. Eden (1826-1909), "Illinois"
* Joseph K. Edgerton (1818-1893), "Indiana"
* Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), "Wisconsin"
* James E. English (1812-1890), "Connecticut"
* William E. Finck (1822-1901), "Ohio" :G-H-I
* John Ganson (1818-1874), "New York"
* John A. Griswold (1822-1872), "New York"
* Henry W. Harrington (1825-1882), "Indiana"
* Benjamin G. Harris (1805-1895), "Maryland"
* Charles M. Harris (1821-1896), "Illinois"
* Anson Herrick (1812-1868), "New York"
* William S. Holman (1822-1897), "Indiana"
* Wells A. Hutchins (1818-1895), "Ohio"
* Philip Johnson (1818-1867), "Pennsylvania"
* William Johnston (1819-1866), "Ohio"
* Martin Kalbfleisch (1804-1873), "New York"
* Francis Kernan (1816-1892), "New York"
* Anthony L. Knapp (1828-1881), "Illinois"
* John Law (1796-1873), "Indiana"
* Jesse Lazear (1804-1877), "Pennsylvania"
* Francis C. Le Blond (1821-1902), "Ohio"
* Alexander Long (1816-1886), "Ohio" :M-N-O
* Daniel Marcy (1809-1893), "New Hampshire"
* Archibald McAllister (1813-1883), "Pennsylvania"
* James F. McDowell (1825-1887), "Indiana"
* John F. McKinney (1827-1903), "Ohio"
* George Middleton (1800-1888), "New Jersey"
* William H. Miller (1829-1870), "Pennsylvania"
* James R. Morris (1819-1899), "Ohio"
* William R. Morrison (1824-1909), "Illinois"
* Homer A. Nelson (1829-1891), "New York"
* Warren P. Noble (1820-1903), "Ohio"
* Moses F. Odell (1818-1866), "New York"
* John O'Neill (1822-1905), "Ohio" :"'P-Q-R"
* George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), "Ohio"
* Nehemiah Perry (1816-1881), "New Jersey"
* John V. L. Pruyn (1811-1877), "New York" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1863.
* William Radford (1814-1870), "New York"
* Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), "Pennsylvania"
* James C. Robinson (1823-1886), "Illinois"
* Andrew J. Rogers (1828-1900), "New Jersey"
* Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), "Illinois" :S-T-U-V
* John G. Scott (1819-1892), "Missouri" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1863.
* Henry G. Stebbins (1811-1881), "New York" ...resigned October 24 1864.
* John B. Steele (1814-1866), "New York"
* William G. Steele (1820-1892), "New Jersey"
* John D. Stiles (1822-1896), "Pennsylvania"
* Myer Strouse (1825-1878), "Pennsylvania"
* John T. Stuart (1807-1885), "Illinois"
* Lorenzo D.M. Sweat (1818-1898), "Maine"
* William Temple (1814-1863), "Delaware" ...died May 28 1863, before Congress assembled.
* Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), "New York" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1864.
* Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), "Indiana" :W-X-Y-Z
* Elijah Ward (1816-1882), "New York"
* Ezra Wheeler (1820-1871), "Wisconsin"
* Chilton A. White (1826-1900), "Ohio"
* Joseph W. White (1822-1892), "Ohio"
* Charles H. Winfield (1822-1888), "New York"
* Benjamin Wood (1820-1900), "New York"
* Fernando Wood (1812-1881), "New York"

=Republican=

:A-B-C
* John B. Alley (1817-1896), "Massachusetts"
* William B. Allison (1829-1908), "Iowa"
* Oakes Ames (1804-1873), "Massachusetts"
* Isaac N. Arnold (1815-1884), "Illinois"
* James M. Ashley (1824-1896), "Ohio"
* John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), "Massachusetts"
* Portus Baxter (1806-1868), "Vermont"
* Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), "Michigan"
* James G. Blaine (1830-1893), "Maine"
* George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), "Massachusetts"
* Augustus Brandegee (1828-1904), "Connecticut"
* John M. Broomall (1816-1894), "Pennsylvania"
* Ambrose W. Clark (1810-1887), "New York"
* Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), "New York"
* Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), "Wisconsin"
* Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), "California"
* Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), "Indiana" :D-E-F
* Thomas T. Davis (1810-1872), "New York"
* Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), "Massachusetts"
* Henry C. Deming (1815-1872), "Connecticut"
* Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), "Rhode Island"
* Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831-1901), "Minnesota"
* John F. Driggs (1813-1877), "Michigan"
* Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871), "Indiana"
* Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), "Ohio"
* Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), "Massachusetts"
* John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), "Illinois"
* Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), "New York" ...resigned December 20 1864.
* Augustus Frank (1826-1895), "New York" :G-H-I
* James A. Garfield (1831-1881), "Ohio"
* Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), "Massachusetts"
* Josiah B. Grinnell (1821-1891), "Iowa"
* William Higby (1813-1887), "California"
* Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), "Massachusetts"
* Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815-1878), "New York"
* Asahel W. Hubbard (1819-1879), "Iowa"
* John H. Hubbard (1804-1872), "Connecticut"
* Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), "New York"
* Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), "Illinois" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated May 20 1864.: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"
* Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), "Michigan"
* Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), "New York"
* DeWitt C. Littlejohn (1818-1892), "New York"
* John W. Longyear (1820-1875), "Michigan"
* Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), "Illinois" ...died March 25 1864.:M-N-O
* James M. Marvin (1809-1901), "New York"
* John R. McBride (1832-1904), "Oregon"
* Walter D. McIndoe (1819-1872), "Wisconsin"
* Samuel F. Miller (1827-1892), "New York"
* James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), "Pennsylvania"
* Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), "Vermont"
* Daniel Morris (1812-1889), "New York"
* Amos Myers (1824-1893), "Pennsylvania"
* Leonard Myers (1827-1905), "Pennsylvania"
* Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), "Illinois"
* Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), "Pennsylvania"
* Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), "Indiana" :"'P-Q-R"
* James W. Patterson (1823-1893), "New Hampshire"
* Sidney Perham (1819-1907), "Maine"
* Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), "Maine"
* Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), "New York"
* Hiram Price (1814-1901), "Iowa"
* Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), "Massachusetts"
* John H. Rice (1816-1911), "Maine"
* Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), "New Hampshire" :S-T-U-V
* Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), "Ohio"
* Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), "Pennsylvania"
* Thomas B. Shannon (1827-1897), "California"
* Ithamar C. Sloan (1822-1898), "Wisconsin"
* Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), "Ohio"
* John F. Starr (1818-1904), "New Jersey"
* Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), "Pennsylvania"
* M. Russell Thayer (1819-1906), "Pennsylvania"
* Charles Upson (1821-1885), "Michigan"
* Robert B. Van Valkenburg (1821-1888), "New York" :W-X-Y-Z
* William B. Washburn (1820-1887), "Massachusetts"
* Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), "Illinois"
* A. Carter Wilder (1828-1875), "Kansas"
* Thomas Williams (1806-1872), "Pennsylvania"
* James F. Wilson (1828-1895), "Iowa"
* William Windom (1827-1891), "Minnesota"
* Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818-1888), "Vermont"
* Henry G. Worthington (1828-1909), "Nevada" ...new state, seated December 21 1864.

=Independent Republican=

* Henry W. Tracy (1807-1886), "Pennsylvania"
* James T. Hale (1810-1865), "Pennsylvania"

Unconditional Unionist

:A-L
* Lucien Anderson (1824-1898), "Kentucky"
* Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), "Missouri" ...contested election, served until June 10 1864.
* Jacob B. Blair (1821-1901), "West Virginia" ...new state, seated December 7 1863.
* Henry T. Blow (1817-1875), "Missouri"
* Sempronius H. Boyd (1828-1894), "Missouri"
* William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), "West Virginia" ...new state, seated December 7 1863.
* John A. J. Creswell (1828-1891), "Maryland"
* Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), "Maryland"
* Samuel Knox (1815-1905), "Missouri" ...contested election, seated June 15 1864.
* Benjamin F. Loan (1819-1881), "Missouri" :"'M-Z"
* Joseph W. McClurg (1818-1900), "Missouri"
* John W. Noell (1816-1863), "Missouri" ...died March 14 1863, before Congress assembled.
* William H. Randall (1812-1881), "Kentucky"
* Green C. Smith (1826-1895), "Kentucky"
* Nathaniel B. Smithers (1818-1896), "Delaware" ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1863.
* Francis Thomas (1799-1876), "Maryland"
* Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), "Maryland"
* Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), "West Virginia" ...new state, seated December 7 1863.

Unionist

:A-L
* Brutus J. Clay (1808-1878), "Kentucky"
* Henry Grider (1796-1866), "Kentucky"
* William A. Hall (1815-1888), "Missouri"
* Aaron Harding (1805-1875), "Kentucky"
* Austin A. King (1802-1870), "Missouri" :"'M-Z"
* Robert Mallory (1815-1885), "Kentucky"
* James S. Rollins (1812-1888), "Missouri"
* William H. Wadsworth (1821-1893), "Kentucky"
* George H. Yeaman (1829-1908), "Kentucky"

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]