38th United States Congress - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

House of Representatives

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

Affiliation	Party						Total

	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... (D)	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... (R)	Independent Republican Independent Republican (United States) Independent Republican is a term occasionally adopted by members of Congress in the United States to refer to their party affiliation and is also used for those on the state level who are Republicans but do not affiliate with the national Republican Party.... (IR)	Unionist Unionist Party (United States) The Union Party was a fusion political party conceived by Republicans in 1861 to combine people of all political affiliations into a single movement committed to the preservation of the Union and to war. Republicans wanted to project an image of wartime nonpartisanship and they also expected to... (U)	Unconditional Unionist Unconditional Union Party The Unconditional Union Party was a loosely organized political entity during the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction. First established in 1861 in Missouri, where secession talk was strong, the party fully supported the preservation of the Union at all costs... (UU)	Other		Vacant
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Leadership

Senate

President: Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...

(R)
President pro tempore
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...

: Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...

(R), until April 13, 1864
- Daniel Clark
  Daniel Clark (New Hampshire)
  Daniel Clark was an American politician who served in the New Hampshire legislature and the United States Senate....
  
  (R), elected April 26, 1864

Majority (Republican) leadership

Republican Conference Chairman
Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate
The Republican conference of the United States Senate chooses a conference chairperson. The office was created in the mid-19th century with the founding of the Republican party...

: Henry B. Anthony
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as the editor and later part owner of the Providence Journal and later was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island between 1849 and 1851, as a member of the Whig Party.The son of William Anthony and Mary Kennicut...

House of Representatives

Speaker
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...

: Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana , Speaker of the House of Representatives , and the 17th Vice President of the United States . To date, he is one of only two Americans to have served as both House speaker and vice president.President Ulysses S...

(R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Republican Conference Chairman
Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives
This is a list of Republican Conference Chairmen of the United States House of Representatives.-References:...

: Justin S. Morrill

Members

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

Classes of United States Senators

The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

California

3. James A. McDougall
James A. McDougall
James Alexander McDougall was an American attorney and politician elected to statewide office in two U.S. states, then to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate...

(D)
1. John Conness
John Conness
John Conness was a first-generation Irish-American businessman who served as a U.S. Senator from California during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction. He introduced a bill to establish Yosemite National Park and voted to abolish slavery...

(R)

Connecticut

3. La Fayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette Sabine Foster was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Connecticut...

(R)
1. James Dixon
James Dixon
James Dixon was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut.-Biography:Born in Enfield, Connecticut, Dixon pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834, where he had been a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society. He was...

(R)

Delaware

1. James A. Bayard, Jr.
James A. Bayard, Jr.
James Asheton Bayard, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

(D), until January 29, 1864
- George R. Riddle
  George R. Riddle
  George Read Riddle was an American engineer, lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Representative and as U.S...
  
  (D), from February 2, 1864
2. Willard Saulsbury, Sr.
Willard Saulsbury, Sr.
Willard Saulsbury, Sr. was a lawyer and politician from Georgetown, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S...

(D)

Illinois

3. Lyman Trumbull
Lyman Trumbull
Lyman Trumbull was a United States Senator from Illinois during the American Civil War, and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.-Education and early career:...

(R)
2. William A. Richardson
William Alexander Richardson
William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War....

(D)

Indiana

3. Henry S. Lane
Henry Smith Lane
Henry Smith Lane was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his party take control of the Indiana General Assembly and elect him to the United States Senate...

(R)
1. Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...

(D)

Iowa

3. James Harlan
James Harlan (senator)
James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary.-Biography:Harlan represented the state of Iowa in the United States Senate as a member of the Free Soil Party in 1855. In 1857 the Senate declared the seat vacant because of irregularities in the legislative...

(R)
2. James W. Grimes
James W. Grimes
James Wilson Grimes was an American politician, serving as the third Governor of Iowa and a United States Senator from Iowa.-Biography:...

(R)

Kansas

3. Samuel C. Pomeroy
Samuel C. Pomeroy
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy was an American Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives...

(R)
2. James H. Lane
James H. Lane (Senator)
James Henry Lane also known as Jim Lane was a partisan during the Bleeding Kansas period that immediately preceded the American Civil War. During the war, Lane served as a United States Senator and as a general who fought for the Union...

(R)

Kentucky

2. Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus W. Powell
Lazarus Whitehead Powell was the 19th Governor of Kentucky, serving from 1851 to 1855. He was later elected to represent Kentucky in the U.S. Senate from 1859 to 1865....

(D)
3. Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Davis was employed in the office of the county clerk of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and afterward of Bourbon...

(U)

Maine

2. William P. Fessenden
William P. Fessenden
William Pitt Fessenden was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.Fessenden was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family...

(R), until July 1, 1864
- Nathan A. Farwell
  Nathan A. Farwell
  Nathan Allen Farwell was a politician, businessman and United States Senator from Maine.-Biography:Born in Unity, Maine, he attended the common schools, and then taught school 1832–33. He moved to East Thomaston, Maine, in 1834 and engaged in the manufacture of lime and in shipbuilding....
  
  (R), from October 27, 1864
1. Lot M. Morrill
Lot M. Morrill
Lot Myrick Morrill was an American statesman who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, in the United States Senate and as Secretary of the Treasury....

(R)

Maryland

3. Thomas H. Hicks
Thomas Holliday Hicks
Thomas Holliday Hicks was an American politician from Maryland. He served as the 31st Governor of Maryland from 1858 until 1862, and as a U.S...

(UU), until February 14, 1865
1. Reverdy Johnson
Reverdy Johnson
Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland.-Early life:Born in Annapolis, Johnson was the son of a distinguished Maryland lawyer and politician, John Johnson . He graduated from St. John's College in 1812 and then studied law...

(U)

Massachusetts

1. Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner was an American politician and senator from Massachusetts. An academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the antislavery forces in Massachusetts and a leader of the Radical Republicans in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction,...

(R)
2. Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson was the 18th Vice President of the United States and a Senator from Massachusetts...

(R)

Michigan

1. Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler was Mayor of Detroit , a four-term U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan , and Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant .-Family:...

(R)
2. Jacob M. Howard
Jacob M. Howard
Jacob Merritt Howard was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan during and after the American Civil War.-Early life:...

(R)

Minnesota

2. Morton S. Wilkinson
Morton S. Wilkinson
Morton Smith Wilkinson was an American politician.Born in Skaneateles, New York, he moved to Illinois in 1837 and was employed in railroad work for two years. Upon returning to Skaneateles in 1840, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842, and commenced practice in Eaton Rapids, Michigan in...

(R)
1. Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey was an American politician. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Alexander Ramsey was elected from Pennsylvania as a Whig to the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the 28th and 29th congresses from March 4, 1843 to March 4, 1847...

(R)

Missouri

1. John B. Henderson
John B. Henderson
John Brooks Henderson was a United States Senator from Missouri and a co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution....

(UU)
3. Robert Wilson
Robert Wilson (Missouri)
Robert Wilson was a United States Senator from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Staunton, Virginia, he moved to Howard County, Missouri in 1820 and taught school. In 1825 he was probate judge of Howard County and was clerk of the circuit and county courts from 1829 to 1840...

(UU), until November 13, 1863
- B. Gratz Brown
  B. Gratz Brown
  Benjamin Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.-Early life:...
  
  (UU), from November 13, 1863

Nevada

1. William M. Stewart (R), from February 1, 1865
3. James W. Nye
James W. Nye
James Warren Nye was a United States Senator from Nevada.-Biography:He was born in DeRuyter, New York, he attended the common schools and Homer Academy in Homer, New York; he studied law in Troy, New York, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Madison County.Nye was district attorney in 1839...

(R), from February 1, 1865

New Hampshire

2. John P. Hale
John P. Hale
John Parker Hale was an American politician and lawyer from New Hampshire. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and in the United States Senate from 1847 to 1853 and again from 1855 to 1865. He was the first senator to make a stand against slavery...

(R)
3. Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark (New Hampshire)
Daniel Clark was an American politician who served in the New Hampshire legislature and the United States Senate....

(R)

New Jersey

2. John C. Ten Eyck
John C. Ten Eyck
John Conover Ten Eyck was a United States Senator from New Jersey during the American Civil War.Born in Freehold, New Jersey, he completed preparatory studies under private tutors, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey...

(R)
1. William Wright
William Wright (politician)
William Wright was an American politician who served as Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, represented as a Whig in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1847, and represented New Jersey in the United States Senate as a Democrat from 1853 to 1859, and again from 1863 until his...

(D)

New York

3. Ira Harris
Ira Harris
Ira Harris was an American jurist and senator from New York. He was also a friend of Abraham Lincoln's.-Life:Harris grew up on a farm, and graduated from Union College in 1824. Then he studied law in Albany, and in 1828 was admitted to the bar.He was a Whig member from Albany County of the New...

(R)
1. Edwin D. Morgan
Edwin D. Morgan
Edwin Denison Morgan was the 21st Governor of New York from 1859 to 1862 and served in the United States Senate from 1863 to 1869. He was the first and longest-serving chairman of the Republican National Committee...

(R)

North Carolina

2. Vacant
3. Vacant

Ohio

1. Benjamin Wade
Benjamin Wade
Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade was a U.S. lawyer and United States Senator. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republicans of that time.-Early life:...

(R)
3. John Sherman
John Sherman (politician)
John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...

(R)

Oregon

3. James W. Nesmith
James W. Nesmith
James Willis Nesmith was an American politician and lawyer from Oregon. Born in Canada to American parents, he grew up in New Hampshire and Maine...

(D)
2. Benjamin F. Harding
Benjamin F. Harding
Benjamin Franklin Harding was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon.-Early life:...

(D)

Pennsylvania

3. Edgar Cowan
Edgar Cowan
Edgar Cowan was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate during the American Civil War....

(R)
1. Charles R. Buckalew
Charles R. Buckalew
Charles Rollin Buckalew was an American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the state senate and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was a graduate of Harford Academy, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where he studied law...

(D)

Rhode Island

2. Henry B. Anthony
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as the editor and later part owner of the Providence Journal and later was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island between 1849 and 1851, as a member of the Whig Party.The son of William Anthony and Mary Kennicut...

(R)
1. William Sprague
William Sprague (1830-1915)
William Sprague IV was the 27th Governor of the U.S. state of Rhode Island from 1860–1863, and U.S. Senator from 1863-1875. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War.-Early years:...

(R)

South Carolina

2. Vacant
3. Vacant

Vermont

1. Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot was a Vermont lawyer, state representative and later senator who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He served as a state representative briefly in 1833, and also from 1836 to 1838...

(R)
3. Jacob Collamer
Jacob Collamer
Jacob Collamer was an American politician from Vermont.-Biography:Jacob Collamer was born in Troy, New York. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, served in the War of 1812, studied law in St. Albans, Vermont, was admitted to the bar in 1813, and served as an officer in a...

(R)

Virginia

2. John S. Carlile
John S. Carlile
John Snyder Carlile was an American merchant, lawyer, and politician, including a United States Senator. A strong supporter of the Union cause during the American Civil War, he represented the loyalist faction of Virginia, which was eventually separated into two distinct states over his...

(U)
1. Lemuel J. Bowden
Lemuel J. Bowden
Lemuel Jackson Bowden was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg, Virginia.Bowden served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1862 to 1863 and represented Virginia in the United States Senate in 1863 as a member of the Unionist Party.Bowden died of smallpox while in office at...

(U), until January 2, 1864, vacant thereafter

West Virginia

1. Peter G. Van Winkle
Peter G. Van Winkle
Peter Godwin Van Winkle was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Parkersburg, Virginia in 1835...

(UU), from August 4, 1863
2. Waitman T. Willey
Waitman T. Willey
Waitman Thomas Willey was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate and was one of West Virginia's first two Senators.Willey was born in 1811, in a log cabin near the present day...

(UU), from August 4, 1863

Wisconsin

1. James R. Doolittle
James Rood Doolittle
James Rood Doolittle was an American politician who served as a senator from the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 4, 1869. He was a strong supporter of President Abraham Lincoln's administration during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:Born in Hampton, New York,...

(R)
3. Timothy O. Howe
Timothy O. Howe
Timothy Otis Howe was a member of the United States Senate, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1879. He also served as U.S...

(R)

House of Representatives

Alabama

. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant

California

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

General ticket

General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

.
. Cornelius Cole

Cornelius Cole

Cornelius Cole served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865, and another term in the United States Senate from 1867 to 1873.-Life:...

(R). William Higby

William Higby

William Higby was a United States Representative from California. He was born in Willsboro, New York. He attended a preparatory school in Westport, New York and was graduated from the University of Vermont in Vermont in 1840. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced...

(R). Thomas B. Shannon

Thomas Bowles Shannon

Thomas Bowles Shannon served as member of the California State Assembly. He would later become elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for California. He returned to the state assembly and became the Speaker of the Assembly.-External links:*#...

(R)

Connecticut

. Henry C. Deming

Henry C. Deming

Henry Champion Deming was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.-Early life:Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Deming pursued classical studies...

(R). James E. English

James E. English

James Edward English was a United States Representative and Senator from Connecticut. He was born in New Haven and attended the common schools; later, he engaged in the lumber business, banking, and manufacturing. He was a member of the New Haven board of selectmen from 1847 to 1861, and a member...

(D). Augustus Brandegee

Augustus Brandegee

Augustus Brandegee was an American lawyer and politician who served in the House of Representatives for Connecticut....

(R). John H. Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Hubbard attended the public schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1828 and commenced practice in Lakeville....

(R)

Delaware

. William Temple

William Temple (governor)

William Temple was an American merchant and politician from Smyrna, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Whig Party, and later the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as Governor of Delaware, and as U.S...

(D), until May 28, 1863

- Nathaniel B. Smithers
  Nathaniel B. Smithers
  Nathaniel Barratt Smithers was a was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware.-Early life and family:...
  
  (UU), from December 7, 1863

Georgia

. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant. Vacant

Illinois

. Isaac N. Arnold

Isaac N. Arnold

Isaac Newton Arnold was an American politician and biographer. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was known for his support of the abolition of slavery....

(R). John F. Farnsworth

John F. Farnsworth

John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

(R). Elihu B. Washburne

Elihu B. Washburne

Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers who played a prominent role in the early formation of the United States Republican Party...

(R). Charles M. Harris

Charles M. Harris

Charles Murray Harris was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Munfordville, Kentucky, Harris attended the common schools.He studied law. He was admitted to the bar...

(D). Owen Lovejoy

Owen Lovejoy

Owen Lovejoy was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad...

(R), until March 25, 1864

- Ebon C. Ingersoll
  Ebon C. Ingersoll
  Ebon Clark Ingersoll was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and the brother of the politician and orator Robert G...
  
  (R), from May 20, 1864. Jesse O. Norton
  Jesse O. Norton
  Jesse Olds Norton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bennington, Vermont, Norton attended Bennington Academy was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. Norton was a charter member of The Kappa Alpha Society and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa...
  
  (R). John R. Eden
  John R. Eden
  John Rice Eden was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana.He attended the public schools.He studied law....
  
  (D). John T. Stuart
  John T. Stuart
  John Todd Stuart was a lawyer and a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Stuart graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1826. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1828, and commenced practice in Springfield, Illinois...
  
  (D). Lewis W. Ross
  Lewis W. Ross
  Lewis Winans Ross was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Seneca Falls, New York, Ross moved to Illinois and settled in Lewistown....
  
  (D). Anthony L. Knapp
  Anthony L. Knapp
  Anthony Lausett Knapp was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Robert McCarty Knapp.Born in Middletown, New York, Knapp moved with his parents to Illinois in 1839 and settled in the city of Jerseyville. He completed preparatory studies and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar...
  
  (D). James C. Robinson
  James Carroll Robinson
  James Carroll Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Paris, Illinois, Robinson moved to Clark County, Illinois, with his parents in 1825.He received a limited schooling....
  
  (D). William R. Morrison (D). William J. Allen
  William J. Allen
  William Joshua Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois during much of the American Civil War, and was later a United States federal judge....
  
  (D). James C. Allen
  James C. Allen
  James Cameron Allen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Shelby County, Kentucky, Allen attended the public schools.He moved to Indiana in 1830.He studied law....
  
  (D)

Indiana

. John Law

John Law (representative)

John Law was an American politician who represented Indiana in the United States House of Representatives from 1861-1865. He was the son of Lyman Law, and grandson of Richard Law, and Amasa Learned....

(D). James A. Cravens

James A. Cravens

James Addison Cravens was a nineteenth century politician from Indiana. He was the second cousin of James Harrison Cravens.-Biography:...

(D). Henry W. Harrington

Henry W. Harrington

Henry William Harrington was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Cooperstown, New York, Harrington attended the common schools and in 1845 entered Temple Hill Academy, Livingston County, New York, where he remained for three years.He studied law in Geneseo.He was admitted to the bar in...

(D). William S. Holman

William S. Holman

William Steele Holman was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 to 1895, and 1897, spanning sixteen Congresses...

(D). George W. Julian

George Washington Julian

George Washington Julian was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and writer who served in Congress from Indiana. He was the son-in-law of Joshua Reed Giddings.-Biography:...

(R). Ebenezer Dumont

Ebenezer Dumont

Ebenezer Dumont was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

(R). Daniel W. Voorhees

Daniel W. Voorhees

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees was a lawyer and United States Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

(D). Godlove S. Orth

Godlove Stein Orth

Godlove Stein Orth was a U.S. House representative from Indiana and acting-Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.-Biography:...

(R). Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States Representative from Indiana , Speaker of the House of Representatives , and the 17th Vice President of the United States . To date, he is one of only two Americans to have served as both House speaker and vice president.President Ulysses S...

(R). Joseph K. Edgerton

Joseph K. Edgerton

Joseph Ketchum Edgerton was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, brother of Alfred Peck Edgerton.Born in Vergennes, Vermont, Edgerton attended the public schools of Clinton County, New York....

(D). James F. McDowell

James F. McDowell

James Foster McDowell was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, McDowell moved with his parents to Ohio in 1835.He attended the public schools.He worked in a printing office....

(D)

Iowa

. James F. Wilson

James Falconer Wilson

James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson was a lawyer, Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa...

(R). Hiram Price

Hiram Price

Hiram Price was a nineteenth-century banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president, railroad president, and five-term Republican congressman from Iowa's 2nd congressional district....

(R). William B. Allison

William B. Allison

William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate...

(R). Josiah B. Grinnell

Josiah Bushnell Grinnell

Josiah Bushnell Grinnell was a U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 4th congressional district, an ordained Congregational minister, founder of Grinnell, Iowa and benefactor of Grinnell College....

(R). John A. Kasson

John A. Kasson

John Adam Kasson was a nineteenth century lawyer, politician and diplomat from south-central Iowa. Elected to the U.S...

(R). Asahel W. Hubbard

Asahel W. Hubbard

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard was an attorney, judge, Indiana legislator, and three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 6th congressional district during the Civil War and the first stage of the Reconstruction era. He was the father of Iowa Congressman Elbert H. Hubbard.Born in Haddam,...

(R)

Kentucky

. Lucien Anderson

Lucien Anderson

Lucien Anderson was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Mayfield, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and studied law...

(UU). George H. Yeaman (U). Henry Grider

Henry Grider

Henry Grider was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Garrard County, Kentucky. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Bowling Green, Kentucky....

(U). Aaron Harding

Aaron Harding

Aaron Harding was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Campbellsville, the seat of Taylor County, where he attended rural schools. He became familiar with the classics, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, having commenced his practice in Greensburg, Kentucky...

(U). Robert Mallory

Robert Mallory

Robert Mallory was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kentucky.Born in Madison Court House, Virginia, Mallory attended private schools and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1827...

(U). Green C. Smith

Green Clay Smith

Green Clay Smith was a U.S. soldier and politician. He served as a major general during the Civil War, was a congressman from Kentucky and was the Territorial Governor of Montana from 1866 to 1869. He also ran for President of the United States on the Prohibition ticket in 1876...

(UU). Brutus J. Clay

Brutus J. Clay

Brutus Junius Clay was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Richmond, Kentucky, Clay attended the common schools and graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. He moved to Bourbon County in 1837 and continued former pursuits...

(U). William H. Randall

William H. Randall

William Harrison Randall was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Richmond, Kentucky, Randall completed preparatory studies.He studied law....

(UU). William H. Wadsworth

William H. Wadsworth

William Henry Wadsworth was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Maysville, Kentucky, Wadsworth attended town and county private schools....

(U)

Louisiana

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Maine

. Lorenzo D.M. Sweat

Lorenzo De Medici Sweat

Lorenzo De Medici Sweat was a U.S. Representative from Maine.He was born in Parsonsfield, Maine, where he attended Parsonsfield Seminary, a Freewill Baptist school. Sweat then attended Bowdoin College, from where he graduated in 1837. He graduated from Harvard University in 1840, having studied...

(D). Sidney Perham

Sidney Perham

Sidney Perham was a U.S. Representative and the 33rd Governor of Maine and was an activist in the temperance movement....

(R). James G. Blaine

James G. Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time Secretary of State...

(R). John H. Rice

John H. Rice

John Hovey Rice was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Mount Vernon, Maine, to Nathaniel and Mary Jane Rice, Rice attended the common schools....

(R). Frederick A. Pike

Frederick A. Pike

Frederick Augustus Pike was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Calais, Maine, Pike attended the common schools and the Washington Academy, East Machias, Maine....

(R)

Maryland

. John A. J. Creswell

John A. J. Creswell

John Angel James Creswell was an American politician from Maryland. He served as Postmaster General of the United States during the Grant administration.- Biography :...

(UU). Edwin H. Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland, serving the second district for two terms from 1859 until 1865.-Biography:...

(UU). Henry Winter Davis

Henry Winter Davis

Henry Winter Davis was a United States Representative from the 4th and 3rd congressional districts of Maryland, well known as one of the Radical Republicans during the Civil War.-Early life and career:...

(UU). Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas was a Maryland politician who served as the 26th Governor of Maryland from 1842–1844. He also served as a United States Representative from Maryland, representing at separate times the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh districts.-Early life and career:Thomas was born in Frederick...

(UU). Benjamin G. Harris (D)

Massachusetts

. Thomas D. Eliot

Thomas D. Eliot

Thomas Dawes Eliot, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on March 20, 1808. Eliot was named after his grandfather Justice Thomas Dawes of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court....

(R). Oakes Ames (R). Alexander H. Rice

Alexander H. Rice

Alexander Hamilton Rice was Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1856–1857, a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War, and the 30th Governor of Massachusetts from 1876–78.-Biography:...

(R). Samuel Hooper

Samuel Hooper

Samuel Hooper was a businessman and US congressman from Massachusetts, USA.Hooper was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts. He received a common school education and was employed as an agent for an importing firm and traveled extensively in foreign countries...

(R). John B. Alley

John B. Alley

John Bassett Alley was a businessman and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Alley attended the common schools and Phillips Academy Andover....

(R). Daniel W. Gooch

Daniel W. Gooch

Daniel Wheelwright Gooch was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Gooch, the son of John and Olive Gooch, was born in Wells, Maine on January 8, 1820. He attended the public schools, Phillips Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College...

(R). George S. Boutwell

George S. Boutwell

George Sewall Boutwell was an American statesman who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S...

(R). John D. Baldwin (R). William B. Washburn

William B. Washburn

William Barrett Washburn was an American politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives and as the 28th Governor of Massachusetts.-Early life:...

(R). Henry L. Dawes

Henry L. Dawes

Henry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:...

(R)

Michigan

. Fernando C. Beaman

Fernando C. Beaman

Fernando Cortez Beaman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan during and after the American Civil War....

(R). Charles Upson

Charles Upson

Charles Upson was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Upson was born in Southington, Connecticut to Lydia Upson and Asahel Upson . He attended the district and select schools of Southington and later taught school in Farmington from 1840 to 1842...

(R). John W. Longyear

John W. Longyear

John Wesley Longyear was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Longyear was born in Shandaken, New York. He pursued classical studies in the Lima Academy of Lima, New York and taught school for several years. In 1844, he moved to Mason, Michigan where he taught school and...

(R). Francis W. Kellogg

Francis William Kellogg

Francis William Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from the states of Michigan and Alabama.-Biography:...

(R). Augustus C. Baldwin

Augustus C. Baldwin

Augustus Carpenter Baldwin was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Baldwin was born in Salina and attended the public schools. He moved to Oakland County, Michigan, in 1837 and taught school. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Milford, Michigan...

(D). John F. Driggs

John F. Driggs

John Fletcher Driggs was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Driggs was born in Kinderhook, New York. He completed preparatory studies and moved with his parents to Tarrytown, New York, in 1825...

(R)

Minnesota

. William Windom

William Windom

This page is about the former United States politician. William Windom was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 to 1883...

(R). Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)

Mississippi

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Missouri

. Francis P. Blair, Jr.

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

Francis Preston Blair, Jr. was an American politician and Union Army general during the American Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and he was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President in 1868.-Early life and career:Blair was born in...

(R), until June 10, 1864

- Samuel Knox
  Samuel Knox
  Samuel Knox was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Blandford, Massachusetts, Knox attended the common schools....
  
  (UU), from June 10, 1864. Henry T. Blow (UU). John W. Noell (UU), until March 14, 1863
- John G. Scott (D), from December 7, 1863. Sempronius H. Boyd
  Sempronius H. Boyd
  Sempronius Hamilton Boyd was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer, judge and teacher from Missouri.-Biography:...
  
  (UU). Joseph W. McClurg
  Joseph W. McClurg
  Joseph Washington McClurg was the 19th Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy.-Biography:...
  
  (UU). Austin A. King (U). Benjamin F. Loan
  Benjamin F. Loan
  Benjamin Franklin Loan was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, as well as a Union General during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
  (UU). William A. Hall (U). James S. Rollins
  James S. Rollins
  James Sidney Rollins was a nineteenth century Missouri politician and lawyer. He helped establish the University of Missouri, led the successful effort to get it located in Boone County, and gained funding for the University with the passage of a series of acts in the Missouri Legislature...
  
  (U)

Nevada

. Henry G. Worthington

Henry G. Worthington

Henry Gaither Worthington was the first United States Representative from the State of Nevada, serving in Congress during the end of the American Civil War after the Lincoln Administration pushed through legislation to grant statehood to the former Territory of Nevada.Worthington served as U.S...

(R), from October 31, 1864

New Hampshire

. Daniel Marcy

Daniel Marcy

Daniel Marcy was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire where he attended the common schools. Becoming a sailor, he followed the sea and later engaged in shipbuilding....

(D). Edward H. Rollins

Edward H. Rollins

Edward Henry Rollins was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.-Biography:Born in a part of Somersworth, New Hampshire which is now Rollinsford , he attended the common schools and academies in Dover, New Hampshire and South Berwick, Maine...

(R). James W. Patterson

James W. Patterson

James Willis Patterson was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.-Biography:Born in Henniker, he pursued classical studies, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, and was principal of the Woodstock Academy in Connecticut for two years...

(R)

New Jersey

. John F. Starr

John F. Starr

John Farson Starr , was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1863 to 1867.Starr was born in Philadelphia on March 25, 1818...

(R). George Middleton (D). William G. Steele

William G. Steele

William Gaston Steele was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1861 to 1865....

(D). Andrew J. Rogers

Andrew J. Rogers

Andrew Jackson Rogers was an American lawyer, teacher, clerk, police commissioner and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1863-1867.-Biography:...

(D). Nehemiah Perry

Nehemiah Perry (congressman)

Nehemiah Perry was an American clerk, cloth manufacturer and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1861 to 1865....

(D)

New York

. Henry G. Stebbins

Henry G. Stebbins

Henry George Stebbins was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.-Life:...

(D), until October 24, 1864

- Dwight Townsend
  Dwight Townsend
  Dwight Townsend was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Townsend was educated at the grammar school of Columbia College, New York City.He engaged in the sugar business in the early sixties....
  
  (D), from December 5, 1864. Martin Kalbfleisch
  Martin Kalbfleisch
  Martin Kalbfleisch was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Early life:...
  
  (D). Moses F. Odell
  Moses F. Odell
  Moses Fowler Odell was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in Tarrytown, New York, Odell completed preparatory studies....
  
  (D). Benjamin Wood
  Benjamin Wood
  Benjamin Wood was a nineteenth-century American politician from the state of New York during the American Civil War.He was the brother of US congressional representative and New York City Mayor Fernando Wood...
  
  (D). Fernando Wood
  Fernando Wood
  Fernando Wood was an American politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress .A successful shipping merchant who became Grand Sachem of the...
  
  (D). Elijah Ward
  Elijah Ward
  Elijah Ward was a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era.Ward was born in Sing Sing , New York. He pursued classical studies, engaged in commercial pursuits in New York City and at the same time attended the law department of New York University...
  
  (D). John W. Chanler
  John W. Chanler
  John Winthrop Chanler was a prominent New York lawyer and a U.S. Representative from New York.-Life and career:...
  
  (D). James Brooks
  James Brooks (Whig)
  James Brooks was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.He was born on November 10, 1810, in Portland, Maine. As a student, he attended public schools and then the academy at Monmouth, Maine. By the age of 16, he was teaching school, in Lewiston, Maine...
  
  (D). Anson Herrick
  Anson Herrick
  Anson Herrick was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
  (D). William Radford (D). Charles H. Winfield
  Charles H. Winfield
  Charles Henry Winfield was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction.-Biography:...
  
  (D). Homer A. Nelson
  Homer Augustus Nelson
  Homer Augustus Nelson was an American politician and soldier from the state of New York. He was an officer in the Union Army during the first part of the Civil War and a United States congressman during the latter half of the war.-Biography:Nelson was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, where he was...
  
  (D). John B. Steele
  John B. Steele
  John Benedict Steele was a U.S. Representative from New York in the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
  (D). Erastus Corning
  Erastus Corning
  Erastus Corning I , American businessman and politician, was born in Norwich, Connecticut. Corning moved to Troy, New York at the age of 13 to clerk in the hardware store of an uncle; six years later he moved to Albany, New York, where he joined the mercantile business under James Spencer...
  
  (D), until October 5, 1863
- John V. L. Pruyn (D), from December 7, 1863. John A. Griswold (D). Orlando Kellogg
  Orlando Kellogg
  Orlando Kellogg was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction.-Biography:Born in Elizabethtown, New York, Kellogg pursued an academic course....
  
  (R). Calvin T. Hulburd
  Calvin T. Hulburd
  Calvin Tilden Hulburd was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War and Reconstruction.-Biography:...
  
  (R). James M. Marvin
  James M. Marvin
  James Madison Marvin was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in Ballston, New York, Marvin attended the common schools....
  
  (R). Samuel F. Miller
  Samuel F. Miller (US politician)
  Samuel Franklin Miller was a United States Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.Miller was born in Franklin, Delaware County, New York on 27 May 1827...
  
  (R). Ambrose W. Clark
  Ambrose W. Clark
  Ambrose Williams Clark was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.Born near Cooperstown, New York, Clark attended the public schools. He was publisher of the Otsego Journal 1831-1836, of the Northern Journal in Lewis County 1836-1844, and of the Northern New York...
  
  (R). Francis Kernan
  Francis Kernan
  Francis Kernan was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1881....
  
  (D). DeWitt C. Littlejohn (R). Thomas T. Davis
  Thomas Treadwell Davis
  Thomas Treadwell Davis was a United States Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the subsequent beginning of Reconstruction.-Early life and education:...
  
  (R). Theodore M. Pomeroy
  Theodore Medad Pomeroy
  Theodore Medad Pomeroy was a United States politician. He served in the House of Representatives as a Republican from New York from 1861 to 1869. He also served as the Speaker of the House for about a day...
  
  (R). Daniel Morris
  Daniel Morris
  For the prominent nineteenth century horticulturalist please see Daniel Morris Daniel Morris was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
  
  (R). Giles W. Hotchkiss
  Giles W. Hotchkiss
  Giles Waldo Hotchkiss was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in Windsor, New York, Hotchkiss attended the common schools, Windsor Academy, and Oxford Academy.He studied law....
  
  (R). Robert B. Van Valkenburg
  Robert B. Van Valkenburg
  Robert Bruce Van Valkenburg was a United States Representative from New York, officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and subsequent US Minister Resident to Japan.-Biography:...
  
  (R). Freeman Clarke
  Freeman Clarke
  Freeman Clarke was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.Born in Troy, New York, Clarke went into business for himself at the age of fifteen. He began his financial career as cashier of the Bank of Orleans, Albion, New York...
  
  (R). Augustus Frank
  Augustus Frank
  Augustus Frank was a United States Representative from New York during the American Civil War.Born in Warsaw, Wyoming County, he was a nephew of two other U.S. Representatives, William Patterson and George Washington Patterson...
  
  (R). John Ganson
  John Ganson
  John Ganson was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:Born in Le Roy, New York, Ganson attended the public schools and Le Roy Academy. He graduated from Harvard University in 1839 and subsequently studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced...
  
  (D). Reuben Fenton
  Reuben Fenton
  Reuben Eaton Fenton was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of a farmer. He was elected a colonel of the New York State Militia in 1840. He became a lumber merchant, and entered politics as a Democrat...
  
  (R), until December 20, 1864

North Carolina

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Ohio

. George H. Pendleton

George H. Pendleton

George Hunt Pendleton was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running as a peace Democrat with war Democrat George B. McClellan; they lost to...

(D). Alexander Long

Alexander Long

Alexander Long was a Democratic United States Congressman who was born in Greenville, Pennsylvania on December 24, 1816. Before entering politics he studied and practiced law in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1848-49 he was a member of the Ohio State House of Representatives and was in the U.S...

(D). Robert C. Schenck

Robert C. Schenck

Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army general in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom. He was at both battles of Bull Run and took part in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862, and the Battle of Cross Keys...

(R). John F. McKinney

John F. McKinney

John Franklin McKinney was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Piqua, Ohio, McKinney attended the country and private schools, the Piqua Academy, and the Ohio Wesleyan College, Delaware, Ohio.He studied law....

(D). Francis C. Le Blond

Francis Celeste Le Blond

Francis Celeste Le Blond was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.Francis Celeste Le Blond was born in Bellville, Ohio. He was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in Celina, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1851 to 1855...

(D). Chilton A. White

Chilton A. White

Chilton Allen White was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Georgetown, Ohio, White attended the public schools and the subscription school run by his father, John D...

(D). Samuel S. Cox

Samuel S. Cox

Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives, and also served as United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Cox was the grandson of New Jersey Congressman James Cox...

(D). William Johnston

William Johnston (congressman)

William Johnston was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Ireland in 1819, Johnston Immigrated to the United States and settled in Ohio.He attended the public schools.He studied law....

(D). Warren P. Noble

Warren P. Noble

Warren Perry Noble was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Noble was born in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania near Berwick and eventually moved to Ohio....

(D). James M. Ashley

James Mitchell Ashley

James Mitchell Ashley was a U.S. congressman, territorial governor and railroad president.-Early life:...

(R). Wells A. Hutchins

Wells A. Hutchins

Wells Andrews Hutchins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

(D). William E. Finck

William E. Finck

William Edward Finck was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Somerset, Ohio, Finck attended the public schools and St...

(D). John O'Neill

John O'Neill (congressman)

John O'Neill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, O'Neill attended the common schools at Frederick, Maryland, and Georgetown College, Washington, D.C.....

(D). George Bliss

George Bliss (Congressman)

George Bliss was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Bliss was born in Jericho, Vermont. He attended Granville College. Moved to Ohio in 1832, studied law with David Kellogg Cartter, was admitted to the bar in 1841 and became Cartter's law partner in Akron, Ohio.Bliss...

(D). James R. Morris

James R. Morris

James Remley Morris was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of Joseph Morris.Born in Rogersville, Pennsylvania, Morris attended the public schools.He moved with his parents to Waynesburg, Ohio, in 1829....

(D). Joseph W. White

Joseph W. White

Joseph Worthington White was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cambridge, Ohio, White attended the common schools and Cambridge Academy.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He studied law....

(D). Ephraim R. Eckley

Ephraim R. Eckley

Ephraim Ralph Eckley was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Early life:Eckley was born near Mount Pleasant, Jefferson County, Ohio but moved with his parents to Hayesville, Ohio, in 1816...

(R). Rufus P. Spalding

Rufus P. Spalding

Rufus Paine Spalding was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Ohio.-Early life:Born in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, Spalding graduated from Yale College in 1817. After graduating, Spalding began his study of law as an apprentice under Zephaniah Swift...

(R). James A. Garfield (R)

Pennsylvania

. Samuel J. Randall

Samuel J. Randall

Samuel Jackson Randall was a Pennsylvania politician, attorney, soldier, and a prominent Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives during the late 19th century. He served as the 33rd Speaker of the House and a contender for his party's nomination for the President of the...

(D). Charles O'Neill (R). Leonard Myers

Leonard Myers

Leonard Myers was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction.-Biography:...

(R). William D. Kelley

William D. Kelley

William D. Kelley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Kelley was a lifelong advocate of civil rights, social reform, and labor protection.-Early life:...

(R). M. Russell Thayer

Martin Russell Thayer

Martin Russell Thayer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...

(R). John D. Stiles

John Dodson Stiles

John Dodson Stiles was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

(D). John M. Broomall

John Martin Broomall

John Martin Broomall was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:John M. Broomall was born in Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania...

(R). Sydenham E. Ancona

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Sydenham E. Ancona was born near Lititz, Pennsylvania. He moved to Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1826 with his parents, who settled near Sculls Hill, Pennsylvania. He attended public and...

(D). Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania, was a Republican leader and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives...

(R). Myer Strouse

Myer Strouse

Myer Strouse was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Myer Strouse was born in Oberstrau, Bavaria, Germany. Immigrated to the United States in 1832 with his father, who settled in Pottsville, Pennsylvania...

(D). Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson (congressman)

Philip Johnson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Philip Johnson was born in Polkville in Knowlton Township, New Jersey. He moved to Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania, in 1839. He attended the common schools and Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania,...

(D). Charles Denison

Charles Denison

Charles Denison was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles Denison was born in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. He received a liberal education, and was graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1838...

(D). Henry W. Tracy

Henry Wells Tracy

Henry Wells Tracy was an Independent Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

(IR). William H. Miller (D). Joseph Bailey

Joseph Bailey (congressman)

Joseph Bailey was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Bailey was born in Pennsbury Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and learned the trade of a hatter, which he carried on in Parkersville, Pennsylvania. He served in the...

(D). Alexander H. Coffroth

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

(D). Archibald McAllister

Archibald McAllister

Archibald McAllister was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Archibald McAllister was born at Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania, near present day Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania...

(D). James T. Hale

James Tracy Hale

James Tracy Hale was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James T. Hale was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1832 and commenced practice in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania...

(IR). Glenni W. Scofield

Glenni William Scofield

Glenni William Scofield was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Glenni W. Scofield was born in Dewittville, New York. He attended the common schools and learned the printing trade. He returned to classical study and graduated from Hamilton College in Clinton,...

(R). Amos Myers

Amos Myers

Amos Myers was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Amos Myers born in Petersburg, Pennsylvania. He attended a private school near Clarion, Pennsylvania, and was graduated from Meadville College in 1843. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1846 and...

(R). John L. Dawson

John Littleton Dawson

John Littleton Dawson was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Dawson was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington College with a degree in law, was granted admission to the bar in 1835, and ran a...

(D). James K. Moorhead

James K. Moorhead

James Kennedy Moorhead was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

(R). Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams (Pennsylvania)

Thomas Williams was a United States representative from Pennsylvania.Williams was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1825. In 1828, he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar and began practicing in...

(R). Jesse Lazear

Jesse Lazear

Jesse Lazear was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Lazear was born in Richhill Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. He received a limited schooling, taught school, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as Recorder of Deeds for Greene County,...

(D)

Rhode Island

. Thomas Jenckes

Thomas Jenckes

Thomas Allen Jenckes was a United States Congressional representative for the State of Rhode Island. Jenckes was best known for introducing a bill that created the United States Department of Justice. President Ulysses S. Grant then signed the bill into law on June 22, 1870...

(R). Nathan F. Dixon, Jr.

Nathan F. Dixon (1812-1881)

Nathan Fellows Dixon was a United States Representative from Rhode Island. He was the son of Nathan F. Dixon, and the father of Nathan F. Dixon, III....

(R)

South Carolina

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Tennessee

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Vermont

. Frederick E. Woodbridge

Frederick E. Woodbridge

Frederick Enoch Woodbridge was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Vergennes, Vermont, Woodbridge graduated from the University of Vermont in 1840, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843, commencing practice in Vergennes...

(R). Justin S. Morrill

Justin Smith Morrill

Justin Smith Morrill was a Representative and a Senator from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities...

(R). Portus Baxter

Portus Baxter

Portus Baxter was a banker, farmer, and politician from Vermont, United States.-Early life:Baxter was born in Brownington, Vermont, the son of William and Lydia Baxter. After attending local schools, he completed his education at Norwich Military Academy and the University of Vermont in Burlington...

(R)

Virginia

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

West Virginia

. Jacob B. Blair

Jacob B. Blair

Jacob Beeson Blair was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia.Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia , Blair studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844...

(UU), from December 7, 1863. William G. Brown, Sr.

William G. Brown, Sr.

William Gay Brown, Sr. was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of William G. Brown, Jr..-Biography:...

(UU), from December 7, 1863. Kellian Whaley

Kellian Whaley

Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley was a nineteenth century congressman from Virginia and West Virginia and major of the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.-Biography:...

(UU), from December 7, 1863

Wisconsin

. James S. Brown

James S. Brown

James Sproat Brown was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Wisconsin who served in Congress.Brown was born in 1824 in Hampden, Maine. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1840 and, after being admitted to the bar in 1843, began practicing law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844...

(D). Ithamar C. Sloan (R). Amasa Cobb

Amasa Cobb

Amasa Cobb was a Republican Wisconsin politician and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

(R). Charles A. Eldredge (D). Ezra Wheeler

Ezra Wheeler

Ezra Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Chenango County, New York, Wheeler received a liberal preparatory schooling and was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1842....

(D). Walter D. McIndoe

Walter D. McIndoe

Walter Duncan Mcindoe was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, Mcindoe immigrated to the United States in 1834.He engaged in business in New York, Charleston, St...

(R)

Non-voting members

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

William Jayne

William A. Jayne was an American physician and statesman. He served as Governor of the Dakota Territory and as the territory's delegate to the United States House of Representatives during the American Civil War....

, until June 17, 1864

John B. S. Todd (D), from June 17, 1864. William H. Wallace
William H. Wallace
William Henson Wallace was an important figure in the early histories of two U.S. states, serving as governor and Congressional delegate from both Washington Territory and Idaho Territory.Wallace's older brother David Wallace served as a Whig Governor of Indiana from 1837 to 1840...

(R), from February 1, 1864. Samuel McLean
Samuel McLean (congressman)
Samuel McLean was an American politician who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1865-1867....

(D), from January 6, 1865. Samuel G. Daily (R). Gordon N. Mott (R), until October 31, 1864. Francisco Perea
Francisco Perea
Francisco Perea was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, and cousin of Pedro Perea.-Biography:...

(R). John F. Kinney
John F. Kinney
John Fitch Kinney was a prominent American attorney, judge, and Democratic politician. He served as Justice of the Supreme Court of Iowa, twice as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah and one term as the Territory of Utah's Delegate in the House of Representatives of the...

(D). George E. Cole (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

replacements: 2
- Democratic
  Democratic Party (United States)
  The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
  
  : no net change
- Republican
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  : no net change
- Unionist
  Unionist Party (United States)
  The Union Party was a fusion political party conceived by Republicans in 1861 to combine people of all political affiliations into a single movement committed to the preservation of the Union and to war. Republicans wanted to project an image of wartime nonpartisanship and they also expected to...
  
  : no net change
- Unconditional Union
  Unconditional Union Party
  The Unconditional Union Party was a loosely organized political entity during the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction. First established in 1861 in Missouri, where secession talk was strong, the party fully supported the preservation of the Union at all costs...
  
  : no net change
deaths: 1
resignations: 2
interim appointments: 1
seats of newly admitted seats: 4
Total seats with changes: 4

Peter G. Van Winkle

Peter Godwin Van Winkle was a United States Senator from West Virginia.Born in New York City, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Parkersburg, Virginia in 1835...

Waitman T. Willey

Waitman Thomas Willey was an American lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate and was one of West Virginia's first two Senators.Willey was born in 1811, in a log cabin near the present day...

Robert Wilson (Missouri)

Robert Wilson was a United States Senator from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Staunton, Virginia, he moved to Howard County, Missouri in 1820 and taught school. In 1825 he was probate judge of Howard County and was clerk of the circuit and county courts from 1829 to 1840...

(UU)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected for Sen. Waldo P. Johnson

Waldo P. Johnson

Waldo Porter Johnson was a United States Senator from Missouri, and later a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War....

Lemuel J. Bowden

Lemuel Jackson Bowden was an American lawyer and politician from Williamsburg, Virginia.Bowden served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1862 to 1863 and represented Virginia in the United States Senate in 1863 as a member of the Unionist Party.Bowden died of smallpox while in office at...

James A. Bayard, Jr.

James Asheton Bayard, Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 29, 1864
| nowrap | George R. Riddle

George R. Riddle

George Read Riddle was an American engineer, lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Representative and as U.S...

William P. Fessenden

William Pitt Fessenden was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.Fessenden was a Whig and member of the Fessenden political family...

(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1864 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury

United States Secretary of the Treasury

The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, which is concerned with financial and monetary matters, and, until 2003, also with some issues of national security and defense. This position in the Federal Government of the United...

| nowrap | Nathan A. Farwell

Nathan A. Farwell

Nathan Allen Farwell was a politician, businessman and United States Senator from Maine.-Biography:Born in Unity, Maine, he attended the common schools, and then taught school 1832–33. He moved to East Thomaston, Maine, in 1834 and engaged in the manufacture of lime and in shipbuilding....

James W. Nye

James Warren Nye was a United States Senator from Nevada.-Biography:He was born in DeRuyter, New York, he attended the common schools and Homer Academy in Homer, New York; he studied law in Troy, New York, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Madison County.Nye was district attorney in 1839...

Thomas Holliday Hicks

Thomas Holliday Hicks was an American politician from Maryland. He served as the 31st Governor of Maryland from 1858 until 1862, and as a U.S...

(UU)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 14, 1865
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}

House of Representatives

replacements: 6
- Democratic
  Democratic Party (United States)
  The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
  
  : no net change
- Republican
  Republican Party (United States)
  The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
  
  : no net change
- Unionist
  Unionist Party (United States)
  The Union Party was a fusion political party conceived by Republicans in 1861 to combine people of all political affiliations into a single movement committed to the preservation of the Union and to war. Republicans wanted to project an image of wartime nonpartisanship and they also expected to...
  
  : no net change
- Unconditional Union
  Unconditional Union Party
  The Unconditional Union Party was a loosely organized political entity during the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction. First established in 1861 in Missouri, where secession talk was strong, the party fully supported the preservation of the Union at all costs...
  
  : no net change
deaths: 3
resignations: 3
contested election: 1
seats of newly admitted seats: 4
Total seats with changes: 7

Charles Debrille Poston

Charles Debrille Poston was an American explorer, prospector, author, politician, and civil servant. He is referred to as the "Father of Arizona" due to his efforts lobbying for creation of the territory. Poston was also Arizona Territory's first Delegate to the U.S...

John William Noell

John William Noell was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, father of Thomas Estes Noell.Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Noell attended the rural schools....

(UU)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 14, 1863
| nowrap | John G. Scott

John Guier Scott

John Guier Scott was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Scott completed preparatory studies.He was graduated from Bethlehem Academy, Pennsylvania, in civil engineering....

William Temple (governor)

(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died May 28, 1863
| nowrap | Nathaniel B. Smithers

Nathaniel B. Smithers

Nathaniel Barratt Smithers was a was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware.-Early life and family:...

Erastus Corning

Erastus Corning I , American businessman and politician, was born in Norwich, Connecticut. Corning moved to Troy, New York at the age of 13 to clerk in the hardware store of an uncle; six years later he moved to Albany, New York, where he joined the mercantile business under James Spencer...

Jacob B. Blair

Jacob Beeson Blair was a U.S. Representative from Virginia and from West Virginia.Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia , Blair studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844...

William G. Brown, Sr.

William Gay Brown, Sr. was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia. He was the father of William G. Brown, Jr..-Biography:...

Kellian Whaley

Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley was a nineteenth century congressman from Virginia and West Virginia and major of the 9th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.-Biography:...

William H. Wallace

William Henson Wallace was an important figure in the early histories of two U.S. states, serving as governor and Congressional delegate from both Washington Territory and Idaho Territory.Wallace's older brother David Wallace served as a Whig Governor of Indiana from 1837 to 1840...

Owen Lovejoy

Owen Lovejoy was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, abolitionist, and Republican congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad...

(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 25, 1864
| nowrap | Ebon C. Ingersoll

Ebon C. Ingersoll

Ebon Clark Ingersoll was a U.S. Representative from Illinois and the brother of the politician and orator Robert G...

Samuel McLean (congressman)

Samuel McLean was an American politician who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1865-1867....

Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 10, 1864
| nowrap | Samuel Knox

Samuel Knox

Samuel Knox was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Blandford, Massachusetts, Knox attended the common schools....

William Jayne

| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 17, 1864
| nowrap | John B. S. Todd

John Blair Smith Todd

John Blair Smith Todd was a Delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

Henry G. Stebbins

Henry George Stebbins was a U.S. Representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.-Life:...

(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 24, 1864
| nowrap | Dwight Townsend

Dwight Townsend

Dwight Townsend was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Townsend was educated at the grammar school of Columbia College, New York City.He engaged in the sugar business in the early sixties....

Gordon Newell Mott

Gordon Newell Mott was the second and final delegate to the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Territory, serving from March 1863 until statehood.-Biography:...

Henry G. Worthington

Reuben Fenton

Reuben Eaton Fenton was an American merchant and politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of a farmer. He was elected a colonel of the New York State Militia in 1840. He became a lumber merchant, and entered politics as a Democrat...

(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 20, 1864 after being elected Governor of New York

Governor of New York

The Governor of the State of New York is the chief executive of the State of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military and naval forces. The officeholder is afforded the courtesy title of His/Her...

| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}

Senate

Chaplain
Chaplain of the United States 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 appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...

: Byron Sunderland
Byron Sunderland
Byron Sunderland was an American Presbyterian minister and served as a Chaplain of the United States Senate during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

(Presbyterian
Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...

)
- Thomas Bowman
  Thomas Bowman (Methodist Episcopal Bishop)
  Thomas Bowman was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872. He was born 15 July 1817 at Berwick, Pennsylvania....
  
  (Methodist
  Methodism
  Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
  
  ), elected May 11, 1864
Secretary
Secretary of the United States Senate
The Secretary of the Senate is an elected 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...

: John W. Forney
Sergeant at Arms
Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...

: George T. Brown

House of Representatives

Chaplain
Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...

: William H. Channing (Unitarian
Unitarian Universalist Association
Unitarian Universalist Association , in full the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in North America, is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations formed by the consolidation in 1961 of the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of...

)
Clerk
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....

: Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson was a prominent Pennsylvania newspaperman, attorney, and United States Congressman. As a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, he effected efforts to protect portions of the Gettysburg Battlefield.-Early life and career:McPherson was born in Gettysburg,...
Doorkeeper
Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...

: Ira Goodnow
Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice
- William D. Todd
Postmaster
Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...

: William S. King
William S. King
Colonel William Smith King was a Republican United States Representative for Minnesota from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1877. He engaged in a variety of other activities, including journalism and surveying. King was born in Malone, New York in Franklin County where he grew up and attended the...
Sergeant at Arms
Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...

: Nehemiah G. Ordway
Nehemiah G. Ordway
Nehemiah George Ordway was a New Hampshire state senator and the seventh Governor of Dakota Territory. Ordway was regarded as one of Dakota Territory's most controversial governors....

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