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Thirty-Seventh Congress March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1861, TO MARCH 3, 1863 FIRST SESSION—July 4, 1861, to August 6, 1861 SECOND SESSION—December 2, 1861, to July 17, 1862 THIRD SESSION—December 1, 1862, to March 3, 1863 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1861, to March 28, 1861 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—HANNIBAL HAMLIN, of Maine PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—SOLOMON FOOT, 1 of Vermont SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—ASBURY DICKENS, of North Carolina; JOHN W. FORNEY, 2 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—DUNNING MCNAIR, of Pennsylvania; GEORGE T. BROWN, 3 of Illinois SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—GALUSHA A. GROW, 4 of Pennsylvania CLERK OF THE HOUSE—JOHN W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania; EMERSON ETHERIDGE, 5 of Tennessee SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—HENRY W. HOFFMAN, of Maryland; EDWARD BALL, 6 of Ohio DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—IRA GOODNOW, of Vermont ALABAMA CONNECTICUT Vacant REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS SENATORS 7 Vacant Clement C. Clay, Jr., Huntsville Lafayette S. Foster, Norwich Vacant James Dixon, Hartford REPRESENTATIVES GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Vacant Dwight Loomis, Rockville Robert Toombs, 14 Washington 8 Vacant ARKANSAS James E. English, New Haven SENATORS Alfred A. Burnham, Windham REPRESENTATIVES William K. Sebastian, 9 Helena George C. Woodruff, Litchfield Vacant 9 Charles B. Mitchel, Little Rock ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVES DELAWARE SENATORS Vacant SENATORS Stephen A. Douglas, 15 Chicago James A. Bayard, Wilmington CALIFORNIA Orville H. Browning, 16 Quincy Willard Saulsbury, Georgetown William A. Richardson, 17 Quincy SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Lynn Trumbull, Alton Milton S. Latham, Sacramento George P. Fisher, Dover REPRESENTATIVES James A. McDougall, San Francisco Elihu B. Washburne, Galena 10 REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE FLORIDA Isaac N. Arnold, Chicago Frederick F. Low, 11 San Francisco Owen Lovejoy, Princeton Aaron A. Sargent, 12 Nevada City SENATORS William Kellogg, Canton Timothy G. Phelps, 12 San Mateo Stephen R. Mallory, 13 Pensacola William A. Richardson, 18 Quincy 1 Elected March 23, 1861; July 18, 1861; January 15, 9 Expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861. The resolution 13 Seat declared vacant by resolution of March 14, 1861. 1862; March 31, 1862; June 19, 1862; and February 18, with its preamble was revoked and annulled, so far as 14 Seat declared vacant by resolution of March 14, 1861. 1863. Mr. Sebastian was concerned, by resolution of the Senate 15 Died June 3, 1861. 2 Elected July 15, 1861; William Hickey (chief clerk) was of March 3, 1877. 16 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Stephen appointed acting secretary March 22, 1861, ‘‘to serve dur- 10 Elected September 4, 1861. A. Douglas, and took his seat July 4, 1861. 11 ing present infirmity of the secretary.’’ Presented credentials and claimed a seat as a third 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Stephen 3 Elected July 6, 1861. representative from the State December 2, 1861; declared 4 A. Douglas, and took his seat January 30, 1863. Elected July 4, 1861. not entitled to a seat by resolution of May 6, 1862; upon 18 5 Elected July 4, 1861. approval of the act of June 2, 1862, allowing the State Resigned January 29, 1863, having been elected Sen- 6 Elected July 5, 1861. of California an additional representative, and took his ator. 7 Seat declared vacant by resolution of March 14, 1861. seat June 3, 1862. 8 Seceded from the Union May 8, 1861. 12 Took his seat December 2, 1861. [ 162 ] THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS 163 John A. McClernand, 19 Springfield Garrett Davis, 32 Paris Henry Wilson, Natick 20 Anthony L. Knapp, Jerseyville REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES James C. Robinson, Marshall Henry C. Burnett, 33 Cadiz Thomas D. Eliot, New Bedford Philip B. Fouke, Belleville Samuel L. Casey, 34 Caseyville James Buffinton, Fall River 21 35 John A. Logan, Benton James S. Jackson, Hopkinsville Charles F. Adams, 44 Quincy 22 36 William J. Allen, Marion George H. Yeaman, Owensboro Benjamin F. Thomas, 45 Boston Henry Grider, Bowling Green Aaron Harding, Greensburg Alexander H. Rice, Boston INDIANA 46 Charles A. Wickcliffe, Bardstown William Appleton, Boston 47 SENATORS George W. Dunlap, Lancaster Samuel Hooper, Boston Jesse D. Bright, 23 Jeffersonville Robert Mallory, La Grange John B. Alley, Lynn Joseph A. Wright, 24 Indianapolis John J. Crittenden, Frankfort Daniel W. Gooch, Melrose 25 William H. Wadsworth, Maysville Charles R. Train, Framingham David Turpie, Indianapolis 48 Henry S. Lane, Crawfordsville John W. Menzies, Covington Goldsmith F. Bailey, Fitchburg Amasa Walker, 49 North Brookfield REPRESENTATIVES LOUISIANA Charles Delano, Northampton John Law, Evansville SENATORS Henry L. Dawes, North Adams James A. Cravens, Hardinsburg Judah P. Benjamin, 37 New Orleans W. McKee Dunn, Madison Vacant MICHIGAN William S. Holman, Aurora REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS George W. Julian, Centerville Benjamin F. Flanders, 38 New Orleans Zachariah Chandler, Detroit Albert G. Porter, Indianapolis Michael Hahn, 39 New Orleans Kinsley S. Bingham, 50 Oak Grove Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute Jacob M. Howard, 51 Detroit Albert S. White, Stockwell MAINE REPRESENTATIVES Schuyler Colfax, South Bend SENATORS William Mitchell, Kendallville William Pitt Fessenden, Portland Bradley F. Granger, Ann Arbor John P. C. Shanks, Jay Court House Lot M. Morrill, Augusta Fernando C. Beaman, Adrian REPRESENTATIVES Francis W. Kellogg, Grand Rapids Rowland E. Trowbridge, Birmingham IOWA John N. Goodwin, South Berwick Charles W. Walton, 40 Auburn SENATORS Thomas A. D. Fessenden, 41 Auburn MINNESOTA James Harlan, Mount Pleasant Samuel C. Fessenden, Rockland SENATORS James W. Grimes, Burlington Anson P. Morrill, Readfield Henry M. Rice, St. Paul REPRESENTATIVES John H. Rice, Foxcroft Morton S. Wilkinson, Mankato Frederick A. Pike, Calais Samuel R. Curtis, 26 Keokuk REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE James F. Wilson, 27 Fairfield MARYLAND Cyrus Aldrich, Minneapolis 28 Wm. Vandever, Dubuque SENATORS William Windom, Winona James A. Pearce, 42 Chestertown KANSAS Thomas H. Hicks, 43 Cambridge MISSISSIPPI SENATORS SENATORS Anthony Kennedy, Ellicotts Mills 52 Samuel C. Pomeroy, 29 Atchison REPRESENTATIVES Albert G. Brown, Terry 52 James H. Lane, 30 Lawrence John W. Crisfield, Princess Anne Jefferson Davis, Hurricane Edwin H. Webster, Bel Air REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Cornelius L. L. Leary, Baltimore Vacant Martin F. Conway, Lawrence Henry May, Baltimore Francis Thomas, Frankville Charles B. Calvert, Bladensburg MISSOURI KENTUCKY SENATORS SENATORS MASSACHUSETTS Trusten Polk, 53 St. Louis Lazarus W. Powell, Henderson SENATORS John B. Henderson, 54 Louisiana John C. Breckinridge, 31 Lexington Charles Sumner, Boston Waldo Porter Johnson, 55 Osceola 19 Resigned October 28, 1861. 30 Took his seat July 4, 1861; term to expire, as deter- 42 Died December 20, 1862. 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John mined by lot, March 3, 1865. Election unsuccessfully con- 43 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of James A. McClernand, and took his seat December 12, 1861. tested by Frederick P. Stanton. A. Pearce, and took his seat January 14, 1863. 21 Resigned April 2, 1862. 31 Expelled by resolution of December 4, 1861. 44 Resigned May 1, 1861, having been appointed min- 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by expulsion of John ister to England. A. Logan, and took his seat June 2, 1862. C. Breckinridge, and took his seat December 23, 1861. 45 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of 23 Expelled February 5, 1862. 33 Expelled by resolution of December 3, 1861. Charles F. Adams, and took his seat July 4, 1861. 24 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by expulsion of Jesse 34 Elected to fill vacancy caused by expulsion of Henry 46 Resigned September 27, 1861. D. Bright, and took his seat June 2, 1862. C. Burnett, and took his seat March 10, 1862. 47 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by expulsion of Jesse 35 Resigned December 13, 1861, to enter the Union Army liam Appleton, and took his seat December 2, 1861. D. Bright, and took his seat January 22, 1863. (Killed at the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862). 48 Died May 8, 1862. 26 Resigned August 4, 1861. 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James S. 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Goldsmith 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Sam- Jackson, and took his seat December 1, 1862. F. Bailey, and took his seat December 1, 1862. uel R. Curtis, and took his seat December 2, 1861. 37 Seat declared vacant by resolution of March 14, 1861. 50 Died October 5, 1861. 28 Took his seat July 4, 1861; election contested by Le 38 Credentials presented December 19, 1862; declared 51 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Kinsley Grand Byington. By resolution of January 20, 1863, House entitled to his seat by resolution of February 17, 1863, S. Bingham, and took his seat January 17, 1862. declared contestee had not been entitled to a seat since and took his seat February 23, 1863. 52 Did not attend during this Congress; seat declared September 24, 1861, the day he was mustered into the 39 Credentials presented December 22, 1862; declared vacant by resolution of March 14, 1861. military service of the United States as a colonel of volun- entitled to his seat by resolution of February 17, 1863, 53 Expelled by resolution of January 10, 1862. teers. Case of contestant remained undisposed of at close and took his seat the same day. 54 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by expulsion of of the Congress. 40 Resigned May 26, 1862. Trusten Polk, and took his seat January 29, 1862; subse- 29 Took his seat July 4, 1861; term to expire, as deter- 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of quently elected. mined by lot, March 3, 1867.
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