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THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1863, TO MARCH 3, 1865

FIRST SESSION—December 7, 1863, to July 4, 1864 SECOND SESSION—December 5, 1864, to March 3, 1865 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1863, to March 14, 1863

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —, of Maine PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—, 1 of ; DANIEL CLARK, 2 of New Hampshire SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—JOHN W. FORNEY, of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—GEORGE T. BROWN, of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—, 3 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—EMERSON ETHERIDGE, of Tennessee; EDWARD MCPHERSON, 4 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—EDWARD BALL, of Ohio; NATHANIEL G. ORDWAY, 5 of New Hampshire DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—IRA GOODNOW, of Vermont POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM S. KING

ALABAMA , Hartford GEORGIA SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Vacant Henry C. Deming, Hartford Vacant REPRESENTATIVES James E. English, New Haven REPRESENTATIVES Vacant Augustus Brandegee, New London Vacant John H. Hubbard, Litchfield ARKANSAS ILLINOIS SENATORS DELAWARE SENATORS Vacant , Alton SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William A. Richardson, Quincy 6 James A. Bayard, 7 Wilmington Vacant REPRESENTATIVES George R. Riddle, 8 Wilmington Willard Saulsbury, Georgetown Isaac N. Arnold, John F. Farnsworth, St. Charles SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE E. B. Washburne, Galena James A. McDougall, San Francisco William Temple, 9 Smyrna Charles M. Harris, Oquawka , Sacramento Nathaniel B. Smithers, 10 Dover , 11 Princeton REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Ebon C. Ingersoll, 12 Peoria Thomas B. Shannon, Quincy FLORIDA Jesse O. Norton, Joliet William Higby, Mokelumne Hill John R. Eden, Sullivan , Santa Cruz SENATORS John T. Stuart, Springfield Vacant Lewis W. Ross, Lewistown Anthony L. Knapp, Jerseyville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE James C. Robinson, Marshall La Fayette S. Foster, Norwich Vacant Wm. R. Morrison, Waterloo

1 Elected March 4, 1863 (special session of the Senate); 6 James M. Johnson, T. M. Jacks, and Anthony A. C. 9 Died May 28, 1863, before Congress assembled. December 18, 1863; February 23, 1864; March 11, 1864; Rogers presented credentials as Members-elect, but their 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William and April 11, 1864. claims were not finally disposed of. By resolution of March Temple, and took his seat December 7, 1863. 2 Elected April 26, 1864; February 9, 1865. 3, 1865, each was allowed the sum of $2,000 for ‘‘com- 11 Died March 25, 1864. 3 Elected December 7, 1863. pensation, expenses, and mileage.’’ 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Owen 7 4 Elected December 8, 1863. Resigned January 29, 1864. Lovejoy, and took his seat May 20, 1864. 8 5 Elected December 8, 1863. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James A. Bayard, and took his seat February 2, 1864.

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Wm. J. Allen, Marion LOUISIANA Augustus C. Baldwin, Pontiac At Large–James C. Allen, Palestine SENATORS John F. Driggs, East Saginaw INDIANA Vacant REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS Vacant 15 Henry S. Lane, Crawfordsville Morton S. Wilkinson, Mankato Thomas A. Hendricks, MAINE , St. Paul REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS , Winona John Law, Evansville 16 William Pitt Fessenden, Portland Ignatius Donnelly, Nininger James A. Cravens, Hardinsburg Nathan A. Farwell, 17 Rockland H. W. Harrington, Madison Lot M. Morrill, Augusta MISSISSIPPI Wm. S. Holman, Aurora REPRESENTATIVES Geo. W. Julian, Centerville SENATORS L. D. M. Sweat, Portland Vacant , Indianapolis Sidney Perham, Paris Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute James G. Blaine, Augusta REPRESENTATIVES Godlove S. Orth, La Fayette John H. Rice, Foxcroft Vacant Schuyler Colfax, South Bend F. A. Pike, Calais Joseph K. Edgerton, Fort Wayne MISSOURI Jas. F. McDowell, Marion SENATORS John B. Henderson, Louisiana SENATORS Thomas H. Hicks, 18 Cambridge Robert Wilson, St. Joseph SENATORS , B. Gratz Brown, 20 St. Louis James Harlan, Mount Pleasant REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES James W. Grimes, Burlington 21 John A. J. Creswell, Elkton F. P. Blair, Jr., St. Louis REPRESENTATIVES Edwin H. Webster, Bel Air Samuel Knox, 22 St. Louis James F. Wilson, Fairfield , Baltimore Henry T. Blow, St. Louis 23 Hiram Price, Davenport Francis Thomas, Frankville John W. Noell, Perryville 24 William B. Allison, Dubuque Benj. G. Harris, Leonardtown John G. Scott, Irondale J. B. Grinnell, 13 Grinnell Sempronius H. Boyd, Springfield 25 John A. Kasson, Des Moines Joseph W. McClurg, Linn Creek Austin A. King, Richmond A. W. Hubbard, Sioux City SENATORS Benjamin F. Loan, 26 St. Joseph , William A. Hall, Huntsville , Natick James S. Rollins, Columbia SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Samuel C. Pomeroy, Atchison Thomas D. Eliot, New Bedford 27 James H. Lane, Lawrence , North Easton SENATORS 19 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Alexander H. Rice, Boston William M. Stewart, 28 Virginia City , Boston A. Carter Wilder, Lawrence James W. Nye, 29 Carson City John B. Alley, Lynn REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Daniel W. Gooch, Melrose George S. Boutwell, Groton Henry G. Worthington, 30 Austin SENATORS John D. Baldwin, Worcester NEW HAMPSHIRE Lazarus W. Powell, Henderson William B. Washburn, Greenfield , Paris Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield SENATORS John P. Hale, Dover REPRESENTATIVES MICHIGAN Daniel Clark, Manchester , Mayfield SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES George H. Yeaman, 14 Owensboro , Bristol , Detroit Daniel Marcy, Portsmouth , Greensburg Jacob M. Howard, Detroit E. H. Rollins, Concord , La Grange REPRESENTATIVES James W. Patterson, Hanover , Covington F. C. Beaman, Adrian Brutus J. Clay, Paris Charles Upson, Coldwater NEW JERSEY William H. Randall, London John W. Longyear, Lansing SENATORS William H. Wadsworth, Maysville Francis W. Kellogg, Grand Rapids John C. Ten Eyck, Mount Holly

13 Election unsuccessfully contested by Hugh M. Martin. 19 Election unsuccessfully contested by John S. Sleeper. 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of John 14 Election unsuccessfully contested by John H. 20 Elected on November 13, 1863, to fill vacancy caused W. Noell, and took his seat December 7, 1863; election McHenry, Jr. by expulsion of Waldo Porter Johnson in preceding Con- unsuccessfully contested by James Lindsay. 15 M. F. Bonzano, A. P. Field, W. D. Mann, T. M. Welles, gress, and took his seat December 14, 1863; Robert Wil- 25 Election unsuccessfully contested by Thomas L. Price. and Robert W. Taliaferro presented credentials as Mem- son, Senator-designate in previous Congress, attended on 26 Election unsuccessfully contested by John P. Bruce. bers-elect, but their claims were not finally disposed of. December 7, 1863, but the following day was declared 27 Admitted as a State into the Union October 31, 1864. 16 Resigned July 1, 1864, to become Secretary of the not entitled to a seat. 28 Took his seat February 1, 1865; term to expire, as Treasury. 21 Served until June 10, 1864; succeeded by Samuel 17 determined by lot, March 3, 1869. Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- Knox, who contested his election. 29 liam Pitt Fessenden, and took his seat December 5, 1864; 22 Successfully contested the election of F. P. Blair, Jr., Took his seat February 1, 1865; term to expire, as subsequently elected. and took his seat June 15, 1864. determined by lot, March 3, 1867. 30 18 Died February 14, 1865. 23 Died March 14, 1863. Took his seat December 21, 1864. 168 Biographical Directory

NEW JERSEY—Continued , Mansfield Thomas Williams, Pittsburgh Jesse Lazear, Waynesburg SENATORS—Continued REPRESENTATIVES George H. Pendleton, Cincinnati William Wright, Newark A. Long, Cincinnati RHODE ISLAND REPRESENTATIVES Robert C. Schenck, Dayton SENATORS John F. Starr, Camden J. F. McKinney, Piqua Henry B. Anthony, Providence George Middleton, Allentown F. C. Le Blond, Celina William Sprague, Providence William G. Steele, Somerville Chilton A. White, Georgetown REPRESENTATIVES Andrew J. Rogers, Newton Samuel S. Cox, Columbus Nehemiah Perry, Newark Thomas A. Jenckes, Providence William Johnston, Mansfield Nathan F. Dixon, Westerly Warren P. Noble, Tiffin SENATORS James M. Ashley, Toledo SOUTH CAROLINA Wells A. Hutchins, Portsmouth , Albany SENATORS William E. Finck, Somerset Edwin D. Morgan, John O’Neill, Zanesville Vacant REPRESENTATIVES George Bliss, Wooster REPRESENTATIVES 31 H. G. Stebbins, New Brighton James R. Morris, Woodsfield Vacant 32 Dwight Townsend, Clifton Joseph W. White, Cambridge Martin Kalbfleisch, E. R. Eckley, Carrollton TENNESSEE M. F. Odell, Brooklyn Rufus P. Spalding, Benjamin Wood, New York City SENATORS Fernando Wood, New York City James A. Garfield, Hiram Vacant Elijah Ward, New York City OREGON REPRESENTATIVES John W. Chanler, New York City Vacant James Brooks, New York City SENATORS Anson Herrick, New York City James W. Nesmith, Salem TEXAS William Radford, Yonkers Benjamin F. Harding, Salem Charles H. Winfield, Goshen SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Homer A. Nelson, Poughkeepsie Vacant J. R. McBride, Lafayette John B. Steele, Kingston REPRESENTATIVES 33 Erastus Corning, Albany Vacant John V. L. Pruyn, 34 Albany PENNSYLVANIA John A. Griswold, Troy SENATORS VERMONT Orlando Kellogg, Elizabethtown Edgar Cowan, Greensburg SENATORS C. T. Hulburd, Brasher Falls Charles R. Buckalew, Bloomsburg James M. Marvin, Saratoga Springs Solomon Foot, Rutland Samuel F. Miller, Franklin REPRESENTATIVES , Woodstock A. W. Clark, Watertown Samuel J. Randall, REPRESENTATIVES Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia Francis Kernan, Utica F. E. Woodbridge, Vergennes De Witt C. Littlejohn, Oswego Leonard Myers, 36 Philadelphia Justin S. Morrill, Strafford Thomas T. Davis, Syracuse Wm. D. Kelley, Philadelphia T. M. Pomeroy, Auburn M. Russell Thayer, 37 Chestnut Hill Portus Baxter, Derby Line Daniel Morris, Penn Yan John D. Stiles, Allentown Giles W. Hotchkiss, Binghamton John M. Broomall, Media VIRGINIA Robert B. Van Valkenburg, Bath S. E. Ancona, Reading SENATORS Freeman Clarke, Rochester , Lancaster John S. Carlile, Clarksburg Augustus Frank, Warsaw Myer Strouse, Pottsville Lemuel J. Bowden, 38 Williamsburg John Ganson, Buffalo Philip Johnson, Easton REPRESENTATIVES Reuben E. Fenton, 35 Frewsburg Charles Denison, Wilkes-Barre Vacant 39 NORTH CAROLINA Henry W. Tracy, Standing Stone Wm. H. Miller, Harrisburg WEST VIRGINIA 40 SENATORS Joseph Bailey, Newport SENATORS Vacant Alex. H. Coffroth, Somerset 41 REPRESENTATIVES A. McAllister, Springfield Furnace Peter G. Van Winkle, Parkersburg 42 Vacant James T. Hale, Bellefonte Waitman T. Willey, Morgantown Glenni W. Schofield, Warren REPRESENTATIVES OHIO Amos Myers, Clarion Jacob B. Blair, 43 Parkersburg SENATORS John L. Dawson, Brownsville William G. Brown, 43 Kingwood Benjamin F. Wade, Jefferson James K. Moorhead, Pittsburgh Kellian V. Whaley, 43 Point Pleasant

31 Resigned October 24, 1864. the death of Lemuel J. Bowden, were presented but were The first three claimants were subsequently allowed mile- 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of H. ordered to lie on the table; no further action taken. State age and pay to the dates of the adoption of the resolutions. G. Stebbins, and took his seat December 5, 1864. unrepresented in this class from this date to October 20, 40 Formed from a portion of the State of Virginia and 33 Resigned October 5, 1863, before Congress assembled. 1869. admitted into the Union June 19, 1863. 34 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph E. Segar, from the first district, Lucius H. 41 Took his seat December 7, 1863; term to expire, as Erastus Corning, and took his seat December 7, 1863. Chandler, from the second district, and Bethuel M. Kitch- determined by lot, March 3, 1869. 35 Resigned effective December 20, 1864. en, from the seventh district, presented credentials. They 42 Took his seat December 7, 1863; term to expire, as 36 Election unsuccessfully contested by . were declared not entitled to seats, the first two by resolu- 37 Election unsuccessfully contested by Charles W. tion of May 17, 1864; the last named by resolution of determined by lot, March 3, 1865. Carrigan. April 16, 1864. Lewis McKenzie also claimed to have been 43 Took his seat December 7, 1863. 38 Died January 2, 1864. On February 17, 1865, the elected from the seventh district, and was declared not credentials of Joseph E. Segar, to fill vacancy caused by entitled to the seat by resolution of February 26, 1864. THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS 169

WISCONSIN TERRITORY OF DAKOTA TERRITORY OF NEVADA 52 SENATORS DELEGATE DELEGATE James R. Doolittle, Racine Wm. Jayne, 46 Yankton Gordon N. Mott, 53 Carson City Timothy O. Howe, Green Bay John B. S. Todd, 47 Yankton REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY OF NEW James S. Brown, Milwaukee 48 MEXICO I. C. Sloan, Janesville TERRITORY OF IDAHO DELEGATE Amasa Cobb, Mineral Point DELEGATE 54 Charles A. Eldridge, Fond du Lac Wm. H. Wallace, 49 Lewiston F. Perea, Bernalillo Ezra Wheeler, Berlin TERRITORY OF UTAH Walter D. McIndoe, Wausau TERRITORY OF MONTANA 50 TERRITORY OF ARIZONA 44 DELEGATE DELEGATE John F. Kinney, Salt Lake City DELEGATE Samuel McLean, 51 Bannack Charles D. Poston, 45 Tubac TERRITORY OF TERRITORY OF COLORADO TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA WASHINGTON DELEGATE DELEGATE DELEGATE Hiram P. Bennet, Denver Samuel G. Daily, Peru Geo. E. Cole, Walla Walla

44 Formed from a portion of the Territory of New Mexico 48 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the 52 Granted statehood October 31, 1864. and granted a Delegate in Congress by act of February United States by France by treaty of April 30, 1803, and 53 Served until October 31, 1864, when the Territory 24, 1863. granted a Delegate in Congress by act of March 3, 1863. of Nevada was granted statehood. 45 Took his seat December 5, 1864. 49 Took his seat February 1, 1864 54 Election unsuccessfully contested by Jose´ Manuel 46 Served until June 17, 1864; succeeded by John B. 50 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the Gallegos. S. Todd, who contested his election. United States by France by treaty of April 30, 1803, and 47 Successfully contested the election of Wm. Jayne, and granted a Delegate in Congress by act of May 26, 1864. took his seat June 17, 1864. 51 Took his seat January 6, 1865.