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39th United States Congress

The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
and the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives, commonly referred to as "the House", is one of the bicameralism of the United States Congress; the other is the United States Senate....
. It met in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1867, during the second administration of U.S. President

President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. He successfully led the country through its greatest internal crisis, the American Civil War, preserving the Union and ending slavery....
, and the first two years of the administration of his successor, U.S. President

President of the United States

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

United States Census, 1860

The United States Census of 1860 was the eighth US Census conducted in the United States. It determined the population of the United States to be 31,443,321 — an increase of 35.4 percent over the 23,191,876 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1850....
. Both chambers had a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
majority.

h 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 Previous congress: 38th Congress

38th United States Congress

The Thirty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

Next congress: 40th Congress

40th United States Congress

The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives....

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Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
was readmitted to representation in this Congress.

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated.

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The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Washington, D.C.

President of the United States

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States

Andrew Johnson

United States House of Representatives

United States Census, 1860

Republican Party (United States)

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867

Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1865 – March 11, 1865
First session: December 4, 1865 - July 28, 1866
Second session: December 3, 1866 - March 3, 1867 — a lame duck
Lame duck (politics)

A lame duck is an elected official who is approaching the end of his or her tenure, and especially an official whose successor has already been elected....
session

Previous congress: 38th Congress

38th United States Congress

40th United States Congress

Party summary

Tennessee

Senate

Democratic (D)
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
: 11
Republican (R)
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
: 39 (majority)
Unionist (U)
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
: 1
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
: 3

TOTAL members: 54

House of Representatives

Democratic (D)
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
: 38
Republican (R)
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
: 136 (majority)
Independent Republican (IR)
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
: 1 (majority)
Unionist (U)
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
: 5
Unconditional Unionist (UU)
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
: 13

TOTAL members: 193

Leadership

Senate

Vice President of the United States
Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office in the United States of America created by the Constitution of the United States....
(President of the Senate):

Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
, of Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
, succeeded to the U.S. Presidency
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
April 15, 1865, vacant thereafter.

President pro tempore of the Senate
President pro tempore of the United States Senate

The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate and the highest-ranking senator. The United States Constitution states the Vice President of the United States serves ex officio as President of the Senate, and is the highest-ranking official of the Senate even though he or she only votes in the cas...
:

Lafayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster

Lafayette Sabine Foster was a nineteenth century American politician and lawyer from Connecticut. He served in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1867 and was a judge in the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1870 to 1876....
, Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
of Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
, elected May 7, 1865.
Benjamin F. Wade, Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
, elected March 2, 1867.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic Party representing California's 8th congressional district....

Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
, Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
of Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
, reelected December 4, 1865.

Republican Conference Chairman:

Justin S. Morrill of Vermont
Vermont

Vermont is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. The state ranks 43rd by land area, , and 45th by total area....

Major events

Main article: Events of 1865
1865

Year 1865 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar ....
; Events of 1866
1866

Year 1866 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar ....
; Events of 1867
1867

Year 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar ....

April 15, 1865 Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , succeeding to the Presidency upon Abraham Lincoln assassination of Abraham Lincoln....
became President of the United States
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....

Major legislation

April 9, 1866 -- Civil Rights Act of 1866
Civil Rights Act of 1866

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 is a piece of United States legislation that gave further rights to the freed slavery after the end of the American Civil War....
June 13, 1866 — Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the post-American Civil War Reconstruction Amendments that was first intended to secure the rights of former Slavery in the United States....
proposed.
July 16, 1866 -- Freedmen's Bureau Bill
Freedmen's Bureau Bill

The Freedmen's Bureau Bill was the legislative authorization for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands that had been set up by Abraham Lincoln in 1865 as part of the Army....
March 1, 1867 — Nebraska
Nebraska

Nebraska is a U.S. state located on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States and Western United States.Nebraska probably gets its name from the archaic Chiwere language words ?? Br?sge or the Omaha-Ponca language N? Bth?ska meaning "flat water," after the Platte River that flows through the state....
was admitted as a state into the Union.

Members

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

See also: 39th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 39th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1864

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 US Senators, each currently including 33 or 34 Senators , are a means used by the United States Senate for describing the schedules of Senate seats' elections, and of the expiration of the terms of office of the Senators holding the respective seats....
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

See also: :Category:United States Senators

See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

2: vacant
3: vacant

Arkansas

2: vacant
3: vacant

California

3: James A. McDougall
James A. McDougall

James Alexander McDougall was an United States attorney and politician elected to statewide office in two U.S. state, then to the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from frontier California....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
1: John Conness
John Conness

John Conness was a first-generation Irish-American businessman who served as a United States Senate from California.Coming to the United States in 1833, Conness arrived in California among the 1849ers....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Connecticut

3: La Fayette S. Foster
Lafayette S. Foster

Lafayette Sabine Foster was a nineteenth century American politician and lawyer from Connecticut. He served in the United States Senate from 1855 to 1867 and was a judge in the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1870 to 1876....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
1: James Dixon
James Dixon

James Dixon was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Enfield, Connecticut, he pursued preparatory studies, and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1834....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Delaware

2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr.
Willard Saulsbury, Sr.

Willard Saulsbury, Sr. was a lawyer and politician from Georgetown, Delaware, in Sussex County, Delaware, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party , who served as United States Senate and Chancellor....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
1: George Read Riddle
George R. Riddle

George Read Riddle was an United States engineer lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware, in New Castle County, Delaware, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as United States Representative and as United States Senator from Delaware....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Florida

1: vacant
3: vacant

Georgia

2: vacant
3: vacant

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....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: Richard Yates
Richard Yates (governor)

Richard Yates was governor of Illinois during the American Civil War and has been considered the greatest war governor during that period. When the war began Gov....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Indiana

3: Henry S. Lane
Henry Smith Lane

Henry Smith Lane was a United States Representative, United States Senate, and Governor of Indiana; he was the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, holding that office for only two days, and was known for his opposition to slavery in the United States....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
1: Thomas A. Hendricks
Thomas A. Hendricks

Thomas Andrews Hendricks was a United States House of Representatives and a United States Senate from Indiana, a Governor of Indiana, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States ....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Iowa

3: James Harlan
James Harlan (senator)

James Harlan was a member of the United States Senate and a U.S. Cabinet Secretary....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood

Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , was an American politician best known as Iowa's Civil War governor; he also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: James W. Grimes
James W. Grimes

James Wilson Grimes was an United States politician, serving as the Whig Party governor of and United States Senate from Iowa.Grimes graduated from Hampton Academy and attended Dartmouth College....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Kansas

3: Samuel C. Pomeroy
Samuel C. Pomeroy

Samuel Clarke Pomeroy was a Republican Senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century, serving in the United States Senate during the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: James H. Lane
James H. Lane (Senator)

James Henry Lane also known as Jim Lane was a United States United States Senate, a Union general and partisan in the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
Edmund G. Ross
Edmund G. Ross

Edmund Gibson Ross was a politician who represented the U.S. state of Kansas after the American Civil War and was later governor of the New Mexico Territory....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Kentucky

3: Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis

Garrett Davis was a United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
2: James Guthrie (D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Louisiana

2: vacant
3: vacant

Maine

1: Lot M. Morrill
Lot M. Morrill

Lot Myrick Morrill was an United States statesman who served as Governor of Maine, and in the United States Senate and as United States Secretary of the Treasury....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: William Pitt Fessenden
William P. Fessenden

William Pitt Fessenden was an Politics of the United States from the U.S. state of Maine.Fessenden was a United States Whig Party and member of the List of United States political families#The Fessendens....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Maryland

1: Reverdy Johnson
Reverdy Johnson

Reverdy Johnson was a statesman and jurist from Maryland....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
3: John A. J. Creswell
John A. J. Creswell

John Angel James Creswell was an United States politician from Maryland. He served as United States Postmaster General during the Ulysses S. Grant#Administration and Cabinet....
(UU)

Massachusetts

1: Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner

Charles Sumner was an United States and statesman 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 Republican in the United States Senate during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era of the United States along with Thaddeus Stev...
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson was a United States Senate from Massachusetts and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Michigan

1: Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler

Zachariah Chandler was List of mayors of Detroit, Michigan of Detroit, Michigan , a four-term United States Senate from the U.S. state of Michigan , and United States Secretary of the Interior under President of the United States Ulysses S....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: Jacob M. Howard
Jacob M. Howard

Jacob Merritt Howard was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan during and after the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Minnesota

1: Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey

Alexander Ramsey was an United States politician. He was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Ramsey was elected from Pennsylvania as a Whig Party to the United States House of Representatives and served in the 28th United States Congress and 29th United States Congress congresses from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1847....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: Daniel S. Norton
Daniel S. Norton

Daniel Sheldon Norton was an United States politician. Norton was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio and served in the Mexican-American War. He moved to Minnesota in 1855....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Mississippi

1: vacant
2: vacant

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....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
3: B. Gratz Brown
B. Gratz Brown

Benjamin Gratz Brown was a United States Senate, Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican Party and Democratic Party Vice President of the United States candidate in the U.S....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Nebraska

2: John M. Thayer
John Milton Thayer

John Milton Thayer was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Nebraska, as well as the governor of both Wyoming Territory and Nebraska....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
1: Thomas W. Tipton
Thomas Tipton

Thomas Weston Tipton was a Senator from Nebraska....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Nevada

1: William M. Stewart
William M. Stewart

William Morris Stewart was an American lawyer and politician.Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
3: James W. Nye
James W. Nye

James Warren Nye was a United States Senator from Nevada. 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, New York....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

New Hampshire

3: Daniel Clark
Daniel Clark (New Hampshire)

Daniel Clark was an United States politician who served in the New Hampshire General Court and the United States Senate.Clark was born in Stratham, New Hampshire, New Hampshire....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
George G. Fogg
George G. Fogg

George Gilman Fogg was a United States Senator and diplomat from New Hampshire. Born in Meredith, New Hampshire, he pursued classical studies and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1839....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: Aaron H. Cragin
Aaron H. Cragin

Aaron Harrison Cragin was a United States Representative and United States Senate from New Hampshire. Born in Weston, Vermont, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York in 1847 and commenced practice in Lebanon, New Hampshire....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

New Jersey

1: William Wright
William Wright (politician)

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

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen was a member of the United States Senate representing New Jersey and a United States Secretary of State....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
2: John P. Stockton
John P. Stockton

John Potter Stockton was a New Jersey politician who served in the United States Senate as a Democratic Party .Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Stockton was the son of Robert F....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
Alexander G. Cattell
Alexander G. Cattell

Alexander Gilmore Cattell was a United States Senator from New Jersey. Born in Salem, New Jersey, he received an academic education, and engaged in mercantile pursuits in Salem until 1846....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

New York

3: Ira Harris
Ira Harris

Ira Harris was an American jurist and United States Senator from New York. He was also a friend of Abraham Lincoln's.Harris was born in Charleston, New York on May 31, 1802....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
1: Edwin D. Morgan
Edwin D. Morgan

Edwin Denison Morgan was 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
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

North Carolina

2: vacant
3: vacant

Ohio

1: Benjamin F. Wade
Benjamin Wade

Benjamin Franklin "Bluff" Wade was a United States lawyer and United States Senator. In the Senate, he was associated with the Radical Republican of that time....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
3: John Sherman
John Sherman (politician)

John Sherman nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" was a United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Ohio during the American Civil War and into the late nineteenth century....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Oregon

3: James W. Nesmith
James W. Nesmith

James Willis Nesmith was an United States politician and lawyer from Oregon. Born in Canada to American parents, he grew up in New Hampshire and Maine....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)
2: George H. Williams
George Henry Williams

George Henry Williams was an United States judge and politician. He served as Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court, was the 32nd Attorney General of the United States, and served one term in the United States Senate....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Pennsylvania

3: Edgar Cowan
Edgar Cowan

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

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
1: Charles R. Buckalew
Charles R. Buckalew

Charles Rollin Buckalew was an United States lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and represented Pennsylvania in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Rhode Island

2: Henry B. Anthony
Henry B. Anthony

For the cricketer of the same name see Henry Anthony Henry Bowen Anthony , was a United States of America newspaperman and political figure....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
1: William Sprague
William Sprague (1830-1915)

William Sprague IV was 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....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

South Carolina

2: vacant
3: vacant

Tennessee

2: Joseph S. Fowler
Joseph S. Fowler

Joseph Smith Fowler was a United States Senate from Tennessee from 1866 to 1871....
(UU)
1: David T. Patterson
David T. Patterson

David Trotter Patterson was a United States Senate from Tennessee at the beginning of the Reconstruction era of the United States Period....
(U)

Texas

1: vacant
2: vacant

Vermont

1: Solomon Foot
Solomon Foot

Solomon Foot was Vermont lawyer, state representative and later United States Senate who spent more than 25 years in elected office. He graduated from Middlebury College in 1826 and was admitted to the bar in 1831....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
George F. Edmunds
George F. Edmunds

George Franklin Edmunds was a Republican Party United States United States Senate from Vermont from 1866 to 1891.Born in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds attended common schools and was privately tutored as a child....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
3: Jacob Collamer
Jacob Collamer

Jacob Collamer was an United States politician from Vermont.Jacob Collamer was born in Troy, New York, New York. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington, Vermont, served in the War of 1812, studied law in St....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
Luke P. Poland
Luke P. Poland

Luke Potter Poland was a United States Senator and United States House of Representatives from Vermont. Born in Westford, he attended the common schools and Jericho Academy....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Virginia

1: vacant
2: vacant

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, West Virginia in 1835....
(UU)
2: Waitman T. Willey
Waitman T. Willey

Waitman Thomas Willey was an United States lawyer and politician from Morgantown, West Virginia. He represented both the states of Virginia and West Virginia in the United States Senate....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Wisconsin

1: James R. Doolittle
James Rood Doolittle

James Rood Doolittle was an Politics of the United States who served as a United States Senate from the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1869....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)
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 3, 1879. He also served as United States Postmaster General from 1881 through 1883....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

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House of Representatives

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

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

See also: :Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

all seats vacant

Arkansas

all seats vacant

California

Donald C. McRuer

Donald Campbell McRuer was a California United States Republican Party politician and U.S. Congressman.McRuer was born 1826 in Bangor, Maine....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

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 Burlington, Vermont in 1840....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John Bidwell

John Bidwell was known throughout California and across the nation as an important settler, farming, soldier, statesman, politician, prohibitionist and philanthropist....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Connecticut

Henry C. Deming

Henry Champion Deming was a United States House of Representatives from Connecticut. Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Deming pursued classical studies....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Samuel L. Warner

Samuel Larkin Warner was a United States House of Representatives from Connecticut, brother of Levi Warner.Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, Warner attended Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts, and the law department of Yale College....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Augustus Brandegee (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John H. Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard

John Henry Hubbard was a United States House of Representatives from Connecticut.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Hubbard attended the public schools....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Delaware

John A. Nicholson

John Anthony Nicholson was a United States Representative from Delaware. Born in Laurel, Delaware, he completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1847;....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Florida

all seats vacant

Georgia

all seats vacant

Illinois

John Wentworth (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John F. Farnsworth

John Franklin Farnsworth was a seven-term United States House of Representatives from Illinois and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Elihu B. Washburne

Elihu Benjamin Washburne was one of seven brothers that played a prominent role in the early formation of the Republican Party . He later served as United States Secretary of State in 1869....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Abner C. Harding

Abner Clark Harding was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Ebon C. Ingersoll

Ebon Clark Ingersoll was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born in Dresden, New York, Ingersoll moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1843 and subsequently to Illinois....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Burton C. Cook

Burton Chauncey Cook was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born in Pittsford , New York, Cook attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, New York....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Henry P. H. Bromwell

Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bromwell moved with his parents to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1824, and thence to Cumberland, Illinois, in 1836....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Shelby M. Cullom

Shelby Moore Cullom

Shelby Moore Cullom was a United States political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and governor of Illinois....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Lewis W. Ross

Lewis Winans Ross was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born near Seneca Falls, New York, Ross moved to Illinois and settled in Lewistown....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Anthony Thornton

Anthony Thornton (representative)

Anthony Thornton was an American attorney who served as a United States House of Representatives from Illinois and a Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Samuel S. Marshall

Samuel Scott Marshall was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born near Shawneetown, Illinois, Marshall attended public and private schools in McLeansboro, Illinois, and Cumberland College, Kentucky....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Jehu Baker

Jehu Baker was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Andrew J. Kuykendall

Andrew Jackson Kuykendall was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Samuel W. Moulton

Samuel Wheeler Moulton was a United States House of Representatives from Illinois.Born in Wenham, Massachusetts, Moulton attended the public schools....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Indiana

William E. Niblack

William Ellis Niblack was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana, cousin of Silas Leslie Niblack. Born in Dubois County, Indiana, Niblack attended the country schools and Indiana University at Bloomington....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Michael C. Kerr

Michael Crawford Kerr was an United States legislator.He was born at Titusville, Pennsylvania and educated at the Erie Academy. He graduated from Louisville University's Law School in 1851....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Ralph Hill

Ralph Hill (representative)

Ralph Hill was a United States Representative from Indiana.He was born in Trumbull County, Ohio where he attended the district school. He also attended the Kinsman Academy and the Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John H. Farquhar (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

George W. Julian

George Washington Julian

George Washington Julian was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and writer from Indiana. He was the son-in-law of Joshua Reed Giddings.Born in Centerville, Indiana, Julian received a common school education....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Ebenezer Dumont

Ebenezer Dumont was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana, as well as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Daniel W. Voorhees

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees was a lawyer and United States Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the History of the United States Democratic Party and an anti-war ....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Henry D. Washburn

Henry Dana Washburn was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Godlove S. Orth

Godlove Stein Orth

Godlove Stein Orth was a U.S. House representative from Indiana and acting-Lieutenant Governor of Indiana....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Schuyler Colfax

Schuyler Colfax, Jr. was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and the List of Vice Presidents of the United States Vice President of the United States....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Joseph H. Defrees

Joseph Hutton DeFrees was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana.Born in Sparta, Tennessee, DeFrees moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Piqua in 1819....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Thomas N. Stilwell

Thomas Neel Stilwell was a United States House of Representatives from Indiana.Born in Stilwell, Ohio, he attended Oxford and College Hill Colleges, where he studied law....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Iowa

James F. Wilson

James Falconer Wilson

James Falconer Wilson was a U.S. Congressman from Iowa during the American Civil War.Wilson was born in Newark, Ohio. A Republican Party , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in October 1861....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Hiram Price

Hiram Price was a nineteenth century politician, banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president and railroad president from Iowa.Born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Price attended common schools as a child and engaged in Agriculture pursuits on his father?s farm for several years....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

William B. Allison

William Boyd Allison was an United States lawyer and politician....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Josiah B. Grinnell

Josiah Bushnell Grinnell

Josiah Bushnell Grinnell was a United States Congressman from Iowa, ordained Congregational minister, founder of Grinnell, Iowa and benefactor of Grinnell College....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John A. Kasson

John Adam Kasson was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Iowa.Born in Charlotte, Vermont to John Steele and Nancy Kasson, Kasson attended local school as a child and later graduated from the University of Vermont in 1842....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Asahel W. Hubbard

Asahel Wheeler Hubbard was a United States House of Representatives from Iowa, father of Elbert H. Hubbard.Born in Haddam, Connecticut, Hubbard attended the public schools....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Kansas

Sidney Clarke

Sidney Clarke was a United States House of Representatives from Kansas.Born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, Clarke attended the public schools....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Kentucky

Lawrence S. Trimble

Lawrence Strother Trimble was a United States United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, a Kentucky judge, and New Mexico politician and lawyer....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Burwell C. Ritter

Burwell Clark Ritter was a United States House of Representatives from Kentucky, uncle of Walter Evans.Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Ritter received a limited schooling....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

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....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Elijah Hise

Elijah Hise was a United States diplomat and United States House of Representatives from the of Kentucky.Hise was born 4 July 1802 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania before moving with his parents, Frederick and Nancy Hise, to Russellville, Kentucky, Kentucky when young....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Aaron Harding

Aaron Harding was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born near Campbellsville, Kentucky where he attended the rural schools....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Lovell H. Rousseau (UU)

Green C. Smith

Green Clay Smith

Green Clay Smith was a U.S. soldier and politician. He served as a Major general during the American Civil War, was a congressman from Kentucky and was the Governors of Montana Territory from 1866 to 1869....
(UU)

Andrew H. Ward

Andrew Harrison Ward was a United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.Born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, Ward attended the county schools and Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

George S. Shanklin

George Sea Shanklin was a United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.Born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, Shanklin attended a private school at Nicholasville, Kentucky....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

William H. Randall

William Harrison Randall was a United States House of Representatives from Kentucky.Born near Richmond, Kentucky, Randall completed preparatory studies....
(UU)

Samuel McKee (UU)

Louisiana

all seats vacant

Maine

John Lynch

John Lynch (congressman)

John Lynch was a nineteenth century politician, merchant, manufacturer and newspaper publisher from Maine.Born in Portland, Maine, Lynch attended public schools as a child and graduated from Portland High School, Portland, Maine in 1842....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Sidney Perham

Sidney Perham was a U.S. Representative and List of Governors of Maine and was an activist in the temperance movement.Born in Woodstock, Maine to Joel and Sophronia Bisbee Perham, Perham attended common schools as a child and later engaged in Agriculture pursuits....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

James G. Blaine

James Gillespie Blaine was a United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate from Maine, two-time United States Secretary of State, and champion of the Half-Breed ....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John H. Rice

John Hovey Rice was a United States House of Representatives from Maine.Born in Mount Vernon, Maine, Rice attended the common schools.He served as clerk in the office of the register of deeds, Augusta, Maine from 1831 to 1841....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Frederick A. Pike

Frederick Augustus Pike was a United States House of Representatives from Maine.Born in Calais, Maine, Pike attended the common schools and the Washington Academy, East Machias, Maine....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Maryland

Hiram McCullough

Hiram McCullough was a United States House of Representatives from Maryland, serving two terms from 1865—1869.Born near Elkton, Maryland, McCullough pursued an academic course at Elkton Academy and later studied law....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Edwin H. Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster

Edwin Hanson Webster was a United States House of Representatives from Maryland, serving the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 2 for two terms from 1859 until 1865....
(UU)

John L. Thomas, Jr.

John Lewis Thomas, Jr.

John Lewis Thomas, Jr. was an United States politician.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Thomas studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1856, commencing practice soon afterwards in Cumberland, Maryland....
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Charles E. Phelps

Charles Edward Phelps rose to the rank of Brigadier general in the United States Army in the American Civil War, served as a city councilman, a United States House of Representatives from the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 3 of Maryland, and received the Medal of Honor....
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Francis Thomas

Francis Thomas was a Maryland politician who served as Governor of Maryland from 1842-1844. He also served as a United States House of Representatives from Maryland, representing at separate times the United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 4, United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 5, United States Hou...
(UU)

Benjamin G. Harris (D
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Massachusetts

Thomas D. Eliot

Thomas Dawes Eliot, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 20, 1808....
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The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Oakes Ames

Oakes Ames was an United States manufacturer, capitalism, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. As a congressman, he is credited by many historians as being the single most important influence in the building of the Union Pacific portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad ....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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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 Governor of Massachusetts from 1876–78....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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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....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John B. Alley

John Bassett Alley was a United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Alley attended the common schools....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Daniel W. Gooch

Daniel Wheelwright Gooch was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Wells, Maine on January 8, 1820. He attended the public schools, Phillips Academy, and graduated from Dartmouth College....
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The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Nathaniel P. Banks

Nathaniel Prentice Banks

Nathaniel Prentice Banks was an United States politician and soldier, served as Governor of Massachusetts, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and as a Union Army general during the American Civil War....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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George S. Boutwell

George Sewall Boutwell was an United States statesman who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant, Governor of Massachusetts, a United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Abraham Lincoln....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John D. Baldwin (R
Republican Party (United States)

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William B. Washburn

William Barrett Washburn was an United States politician from Massachusetts, serving in the United States House of Representatives and as Governor of Massachusetts....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Henry L. Dawes

Henry Laurens Dawes was a Republican Party United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.He was born in Cummington, Massachusetts....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Michigan

Fernando C. Beaman

Fernando Cortez Beaman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan during and after the American Civil War.Beaman was born in Chester, Vermont, and moved with his parents to a farm in Franklin County, New York, in 1819....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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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 ....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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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....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Thomas W. Ferry

Thomas White Ferry was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state of Michigan.Ferry was born in the old Mission House on Mackinac Island....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Rowland E. Trowbridge

Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Trowbridge was born in Horseheads, New York and moved with his parents in 1821 to Oakland County, Michigan....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John F. Driggs

John Fletcher Driggs was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Minnesota

William Windom

William Windom was an United States politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate as a United States Republican Party from Minnesota in the 36th United States Congress,...
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Ignatius L. Donnelly (R
Republican Party (United States)

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Mississippi

all seats vacant

Missouri

John Hogan

John Hogan (Missouri)

John Hogan was a United States Representative from Missouri. Born in Mallow, County Cork, County Cork, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1817 and settled in Baltimore....
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Henry T. Blow (R
Republican Party (United States)

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Thomas E. Noell

Thomas Estes Noell was a United States House of Representatives from Missouri, son of John William Noell.Born in Perryville, Missouri, Noell attended the public schools....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John R. Kelso

John Russell Kelso was a nineteenth century politician, author, lecturer and school principal from Missouri....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Joseph W. McClurg

Joseph Washington McClurg was a Governor of Missouri in the decade following the American Civil War. His stepfather was William Murphy....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Robert T. Van Horn

Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the Kansas City Journal-Post, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the American Civil War, member of the Missouri Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the 47th United States Congress....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Benjamin F. Loan

Benjamin Franklin Loan was a United States House of Representatives from Missouri, as well as a Union Army General officer during the American Civil War....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John F. Benjamin

John Forbes Benjamin was a United States House of Representatives from Missouri.Born in Cicero, New York, Benjamin attended the public schools....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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George W. Anderson

George Washington Anderson

George Washington Anderson was an United States lawyer and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives from 1865 until 1869....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Nebraska

Turner M. Marquette

Turner Mastin Marquette was a Nebraska United States Republican Party politician best known for being the first house representative for the state....
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The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Nevada

Delos R. Ashley

Delos Rodeyn Ashley was a California and Nevada politician. He served on the California State Assembly, 3rd District, 1854-56. He later went to the California state senate, 1856-57 and would become California State Treasurer, 1862-63....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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New Hampshire

Gilman Marston

Gilman Marston was a United States Representative, United States Senate, and United States Army general from New Hampshire....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Edward H. Rollins

Edward Henry Rollins was a United States Representative and United States Senate from New Hampshire.Born in a part of Somersworth, New Hampshire which is now Rollinsford, New Hampshire , he attended the common schools and academies in Dover, New Hampshire and South Berwick, Maine....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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James W. Patterson

James Willis Patterson was a United States Representative and United States Senate from New Hampshire. Born in Henniker, New Hampshire, he pursued classical studies, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, and was principal of the Woodstock Academy in for two years....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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New Jersey

John F. Starr

John Farson Starr , was an United States Republican Party politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New Jersey's New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1863 to 1867....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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William A. Newell

William Augustus Newell , was an United States physician and politician, who was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, served as a Republican Party as the List of Governors of New Jersey Governor of New Jersey of New Jersey, and as Governor of Governor of Washington from 1880-1884....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Charles Sitgreaves

Charles Sitgreaves was an United States Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1865 to 1869....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Andrew J. Rogers

Andrew Jackson Rogers was a United States lawyer, teacher, clerk, police commissioner and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1863-1867....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Edwin R. V. Wright

Edwin Ruthvin Vincent Wright was an United States lawyer, editor and Democratic Party politician who represented from 1865-1867.Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Wright completed preparatory studies and engaged in newspaper work in 1835....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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New York

Stephen Taber

Stephen Taber was a United States Congress Representative from New York from 1865-1869.He was the son of Thomas Taber II; born in Dover, New York, March 7, 1821; completed preparatory studies; moved to Queens, New York and engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State assembly in 1860 and 1861; elected as a Democratic Party to t...
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Teunis G. Bergen

Teunis Garret Bergen was a United States Representative from NYCongDel. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the common schools and Erasmus Hall Academy ....
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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James Humphrey (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John W. Hunter

John Ward Hunter was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Bedford, New York , he received a liberal schooling and was a clerk in a wholesale grocery store in New York City in 1824....
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Morgan Jones

Morgan Jones (US politician)

Morgan Jones was a United States House of Representatives from New York.Born in London, England, Jones immigrated in 1833 to the United States with his parents, who settled in New York City....
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Nelson Taylor

Nelson Taylor was a United States House of Representatives from New York and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Henry J. Raymond

Henry Jarvis Raymond

Henry Jarvis Raymond was an United States History of American newspapers and politician....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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John W. Chanler

John Winthrop Chanler was a prominent New York lawyer and a United States House of Representatives from New York....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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James Brooks

James Brooks (Whig)

James Brooks was a United States House of Representatives from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.Born in Portland, Maine, Brooks attended the public schools....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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William E. Dodge

William Earle Dodge was a New York businessman, referred to as one of the "Merchant Princes" of Wall Street in the years leading up to the American Civil War....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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William A. Darling (R
Republican Party (United States)

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William Radford (D
Democratic Party (United States)

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Charles H. Winfield

Charles Henry Winfield was a United States House of Representatives from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction era of the United States....
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The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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John H. Ketcham

John Henry Ketcham was a United States Representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Edwin N. Hubbell

Edwin Nelson Hubbell was an United States politician in New York and Michigan. He was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Charles Goodyear (D
Democratic Party (United States)

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John A. Griswold (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Orlando Kellogg

Orlando Kellogg was a United States House of Representatives from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War and the early days of Reconstruction....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Robert S. Hale

Robert Safford Hale was a United States House of Representatives from New York.Born in Chelsea, Vermont, Hale attended South Royalton Academy, and was graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1842....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Calvin T. Hulburd

Calvin Tilden Hulburd was a United States Representative from United States Congressional Delegations from New York during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era of the United States....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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James M. Marvin

James Madison Marvin was a United States House of Representatives from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.Born in Ballston, New York, Marvin attended the common schools....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Demas Hubbard, Jr.

Demas Hubbard, Jr. was a United States House of Representatives from New York.Born in Winfield, New York, Hubbard attended the public schools and pursued an academic course....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Addison H. Laflin

Addison Henry Laflin was a United States Representative from NYCongDel. Born in Lee, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, he attended the common schools, was graduated from Williams College in 1843, went to Herkimer County, New York in 1849 and became interested in paper making....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Roscoe Conkling

Roscoe Conkling was a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party ....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Sidney T. Holmes

Sidney Tracy Holmes was a United States House of Representatives from New York.Born in Schaghticoke, New York, Holmes moved with his parents to Morrisville, New York, in 1819....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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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 era of the United States....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Theodore M. Pomeroy

Theodore Medad Pomeroy

Theodore Medad Pomeroy was a United States of America politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a United States Republican Party from New York from 1861 to 1869....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Daniel Morris

For the prominent nineteenth century horticulturalist please see Daniel Morris Daniel Morris was a United States House of Representatives from New York during the American Civil War....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Giles W. Hotchkiss

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss was a United States House of Representatives from New York during the American Civil War.Born in Windsor, New York, Hotchkiss attended the common schools, Windsor Academy, and Oxford Academy....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Hamilton Ward, Sr.

Hamilton Ward, Sr. was an American lawyer and politician....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Roswell Hart

Roswell Hart was a United States House of Representatives from New York. Born in Rochester, New York, he completed preparatory studies and was graduated from Yale College in 1843....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Burt Van Horn

Burt Van Horn was a United States Representative from United States Congressional Delegations from New York during the American Civil War.Born in Newfane, New York, he was raised on a farm....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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James M. Humphrey

James Morgan Humphrey was a United States House of Representatives from New York.Born in Holland, New York, Humphrey attended the common schools....
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Henry H. Van Aernam (R
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North Carolina

all seats vacant

Ohio

Benjamin Eggleston

Benjamin Eggleston was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born in Corinth , New York, Eggleston completed preparatory studies....
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Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was an Politics of the United States, Law of the United States, Military of the United States and the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States ....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Robert C. Schenck

Robert Cumming Schenck was a Union Army General officer in the American Civil War, and American diplomatic representative to Brazil and the United Kingdom....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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William Lawrence

William Lawrence (Ohio)

William Lawrence was a Republican Party politician from Ohio. He was most noted for being a US Representative, and was influential in attempting to impeach Andrew Johnson, creating the United States Department of Justice, helping to create the American Red Cross, and ratifying the Geneva Convention....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Francis C. Le Blond

Francis Celeste Le Blond

Francis Celeste Le Blond was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.Francis Celeste Le Blond was born in Bellville, Ohio....
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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
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Reader W. Clarke

Reader Wright Clarke was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born in Bethel, Ohio, Clarke learned the art of printing.He studied law....
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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
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Samuel Shellabarger

Samuel Shellabarger (congressman)

Samuel Shellabarger was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born near Enon, Ohio, Shellabarger attended the county schools and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1841....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

James R. Hubbell

James Randolph Hubbell

James Randolph Hubbell was an American politician from Ohio, serving as a Republican Party of the United States member of the U.S. House of Representatives....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Ralph P. Buckland

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio, as well as a Brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and an executive of the Union Pacific Railroad following the war....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

James M. Ashley

James Mitchell Ashley

James Mitchell Ashley was a U.S. congressman, territorial governor and railroad president....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Hezekiah S. Bundy

Hezekiah Sanford Bundy was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

William E. Finck

William Edward Finck was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born in Somerset, Ohio, Finck attended the public schools and St....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Columbus Delano

Columbus Delano, was a lawyer and a statesman and a member of the prominent Delano family.At the age of eight, Columbus Delano's family moved to Mount Vernon in Knox County, Ohio, a place he would call home for the rest of his life....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Martin Welker

Martin Welker was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Tobias A. Plants

Tobias Avery Plants was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio.Born at Sewickley, Pennsylvania, Plants apprenticed to a saddler at the age of twelve....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John A. Bingham

John Bingham

John Armor Bingham was a Republican Party United States Congress from Ohio, America, judge in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination and a prosecutor in the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Ephraim R. Eckley

Ephraim Ralph Eckley was a United States House of Representatives from Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Rufus P. Spalding

Rufus Paine Spalding was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Ohio....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

James A. Garfield (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Oregon

James H. D. Henderson (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Pennsylvania

Samuel J. Randall

Samuel Jackson Randall was a Pennsylvania politician, attorney, soldier, and a prominent Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives during the late 19th century....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Charles O'Neill

Charles O'Neill was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the American Civil War and Reconstruction era of the United States....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Leonard Myers

Leonard Myers was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania during the American Civil War and the early years of Reconstruction era of the United States....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

William D. Kelley

William D. Kelley was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Darrah Kelley, a Quaker, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

M. Russell Thayer

Martin Russell Thayer

Martin Russell Thayer was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Benjamin M. Boyer

Benjamin Markley Boyer

Benjamin Markley Boyer was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Benjamin M. Boyer was born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

John M. Broomall

John Martin Broomall

John Martin Broomall was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Sydenham E. Ancona

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona

Sydenham Elnathan Ancona was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Sydenham E. Ancona was born near Lititz, Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania, was a History of the United States Republican Party and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Myer Strouse

Myer Strouse was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Myer Strouse was born in Oberstrau, Bavaria, Germany....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson (congressman)

Philip Johnson was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Philip Johnson was born in Polkville in Knowlton Township, New Jersey....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
), died January 29, 1867, vacant to end of term

Charles Denison

Charles Denison was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Charles Denison was born in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Ulysses Mercur

Ulysses Mercur was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

George F. Miller

George Funston Miller

George Funston Miller was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George F. Miller was born in West Chillisquaque Township, Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Adam J. Glossbrenner

Adam John Glossbrenner

Adam John Glossbrenner was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Adam J. Glossbrenner was born in Hagerstown, Maryland....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Alexander H. Coffroth

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alexander H. Coffroth was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
), installed February 19, 1866 due to contested election

William H. Koontz

William Henry Koontz

William Henry Koontz was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William H. Koontz was born in Somerset, Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
), installed July 18, 1866 after successfully challenging election

Abraham A. Barker

Abraham Andrews Barker

Abraham Andrews Barker was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Stephen F. Wilson

Stephen Fowler Wilson

Stephen Fowler Wilson was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Stephen F. Wilson was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Glenni W. Scofield

Glenni William Scofield

Glenni William Scofield was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Glenni W. Scofield was born in Dewittville, New York....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Charles V. Culver

Charles Vernon Culver

Charles Vernon Culver was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

John L. Dawson

John Littleton Dawson

John Littleton Dawson was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Dawson was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania and grew up in Brownsville, Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

James K. Moorhead

James Kennedy Moorhead was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James K. Moorhead was born in Halifax, Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

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....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

George V. Lawrence

George Van Eman Lawrence

George Van Eman Lawrence was a Republican Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George Van Eman Lawrence was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Rhode Island

Thomas A. 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....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

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
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

South Carolina

all seats vacant

Tennessee

Nathaniel G. Taylor

Nathaniel Green Taylor

Nathaniel Green Taylor was an United States politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's Tennessee's 1st congressional district....
(U)

Horace Maynard (UU)

William B. Stokes

William Brickly Stokes

William Brickly Stokes was an United States politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee....
(UU)

Edmund Cooper

Edmund Cooper (congressman)

Edmund Cooper was a United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, brother of Henry Cooper....
(U)

William B. Campbell

William Bowen Campbell was governor of Tennessee from 1851 to 1853....
(U)

Samuel M. Arnell (UU)

Isaac R. Hawkins

Isaac Roberts Hawkins

Isaac Roberts Hawkins was an United States politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district....
(U)

John W. Leftwich

John William Leftwich was an United States politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 8th congressional district of Tennessee....
(U)

Texas

all seats vacant

Vermont

Frederick E. Woodbridge

Frederick Enoch Woodbridge was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Vermont.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
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Justin S. Morrill

Justin Smith Morrill

Justin Smith Morrill was a United States House of Representatives and a United States Senate 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
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Portus Baxter

Portus Baxter was a banker, farmer, and politician from Vermont, United States....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Virginia

all seats vacant

West Virginia

Chester D. Hubbard

Chester Dorman Hubbard was a United States House of Representatives from West Virginia, father of Congressman William P. Hubbard.Born in Hamden, Connecticut, Hubbard moved with his parents in 1819 to Wheeling, West Virginia ....
(UU)

George R. Latham

George Robert Latham was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Virginia and West Virginia and West Virginia and colonel of Company B of the 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War....
(UU)

Kellian V. 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 Regiment during the American Civil War....
(UU)

Wisconsin

Halbert E. Paine

Halbert Eleazer Paine was a lawyer, politician, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a three-term postbellum U.S....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Ithamar C. Sloan (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Amasa Cobb

Amasa Cobb was a Republican Party Wisconsin politician and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Charles A. Eldredge

Charles Augustus Eldredge was a United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.Born in Bridport, Vermont, Eldredge moved with his parents to Canton, St....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Philetus Sawyer

Philetus Sawyer was an United States politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin in both houses of United States Congress. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Walter D. McIndoe

Walter Duncan Mcindoe was a United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.Born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, Mcindoe immigrated to the United States in 1834....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Schuyler Colfax, Photo Portrait Seated, C1855 1865

Delegates

Arizona Territory

John N. Goodwin

John Noble Goodwin

John Noble Goodwin was a United States Lawyer and politician who served as the first Governor of Arizona Territory. He was also a United States House of Representatives from Maine and served as Arizona Territory's Delegate to the United States House of Representatives....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Colorado Territory

Allen A. Bradford (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Dakota Territory

Walter A. Burleigh

Walter Atwood Burleigh was an United States physician, lawyer, and pioneer. He represented the Dakota Territory as a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Idaho Territory

Edward D. Holbrook (D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Montana Territory

Samuel McLean

Samuel McLean (congressman)

Samuel McLean was an United States politician who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1865-1867.McLean was born at Summit Hill, Pennsylvania....
(D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Nebraska Territory

Phineas W. Hitchcock

Phineas Hitchcock

Phineas Warren Hitchcock was a Delegate and a Senator from Nebraska.Hitchcock was born in New Lebanon, New York. He graduated from Williams College, Massachusetts, in 1855, where he studied law; moved to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1857....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

New Mexico Territory

J. Francisco Chaves (R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Utah Territory

William H. Hooper (D
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
)

Washington Territory

Arthur A. Denny

Arthur Armstrong Denny was one of the founders of Seattle, Washington, the acknowledged leader of the pioneer Denny Party, and later the city's wealthiest citizen and a 9-term member of the Washington Territory legislature....
(R
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

replacements: 7

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
: 2 seat net loss
Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
: 2 seat net gain

deaths:
resignations:
vacancy:
Total seats with changes:

House of Representatives

replacements: 6

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party . It is the oldest political party in continuous operation in the United States and it is one of the oldest parties in the world....
: 2 seat net gain
Republican
Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major party contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party . It is often called the Grand Old Party or the GOP....
: 1 seat net loss
Unconditional Unionist: 1 seat net loss

deaths:
resignations:
contested election:
Total seats with changes:

Officers

Senate

Secretary of the Senate
Secretary of the United States Senate

The Secretary of the Senate, an elected officer of the United States Senate, supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body....
:

John W. Forney of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
elected July 15, 1861

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
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
George T. Brown

George T. Brown was Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate from 1861 to 1869. He presented President Andrew Johnson with the summons to his impeachment trial....
of Illinois
Illinois

The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
, elected July 6, 1861

Chaplain of the Senate
Chaplain of the United States Senate

The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer. The Chaplain is appointed by majority vote of the members of the Senate....

The Rev. Edgar H. Gray Baptist
Baptist

A Baptist is a member of a Christian denomination characterized by the rejection of infant baptism in favor of believer's baptism by Baptism#Immersion....
, elected March 9, 1865

Other

Architect of the Capitol
Architect of the Capitol

The Architect of the Capitol is the Government agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency....
:

Thomas U. Walter
Thomas U. Walter

Thomas Ustick Walter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania was the dean of American architecture between the death of Benjamin Latrobe and the work of Henry Hobson Richardson....
, appointed June 11, 1851, resigned May 26, 1865
Edward Clark
Edward Clark (architect)

Edward Clark was an American architect who served as Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902.Edward Clark was Thomas U. Walter's student, chief assistant, and successor....
, appointed August 30, 1865

House of Representatives

Clerk of the House
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives whose primary role is acting as the House's chief record-keeper....
:

Edward McPherson
Edward McPherson

Edward McPherson was a prominent Pennsylvania newspaperman, attorney, and United States Congressman. A significant part of the Battle of Gettysburg, First Day fighting occurred on property owned by McPherson, known thereafter as McPherson's Ridge....
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, elected December 4, 1865

Sergeant at Arms of the House
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 public administration responsibilities....
:

Nehemiah G. Ordway
Nehemiah G. Ordway

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

New Hampshire is a U.S. state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States of America. The state was named after the southern English Counties of England of Hampshire....
, elected December 4, 1865

Doorkeeper of the House
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....
:

Ira Goodnow of New York, elected December 4, 1865

Postmaster of the House
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 of the United States House of Representatives, who were paid additional compensation....
:

Joshua Given of Ohio
Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region , Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads in North America....
, elected December 4, 1865

Messenger to the Speaker
Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives

The Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S....
:

William D. Todd

Chaplain of the House
Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives

The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives 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 Rev. Charles B. Boynton, Congregationalist
Congregational church

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, elected December 4, 1865

39th United States Congress

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