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THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1865, TO MARCH 3, 1867 FIRST SESSION—December 4, 1865, to July 28, 1866 SECOND SESSION—December 3, 1866, to March 3, 1867 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1865, to March 11, 1865 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—ANDREW JOHNSON, 1 of Tennessee PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, 2 of Connecticut; BENJAMIN F. WADE, 3 of Ohio SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—JOHN W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—GEORGE T. BROWN, of Illinois SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SCHUYLER COLFAX, 4 of Indiana CLERK OF THE HOUSE—EDWARD MCPHERSON, 5 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—NATHANIEL G. ORDWAY, of New Hampshire DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—IRA GOODNOW, of Vermont POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—JOSIAH GIVEN ALABAMA James Dixon, Hartford GEORGIA SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Vacant Vacant Henry C. Deming, Hartford REPRESENTATIVES 6 Samuel L. Warner, Middletown REPRESENTATIVES Vacant Augustus Brandegee, New London Vacant John H. Hubbard, Litchfield ARKANSAS ILLINOIS SENATORS SENATORS Vacant DELAWARE Lyman Trumbull, Chicago Richard Yates, Jacksonville REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Vacant Willard Saulsbury, Georgetown George R. Riddle, Wilmington John Wentworth, Chicago CALIFORNIA John F. Farnsworth, St. Charles SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Elihu B. Washburne, Galena James A. McDougall, San Francisco John A. Nicholson, Dover Abner C. Harding, Monmouth John Conness, Sacramento Ebon C. Ingersoll, Peoria Burton C. Cook, Ottawa REPRESENTATIVES FLORIDA Henry P. H. Bromwell, Charleston Donald C. McRuer, San Francisco Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield William Higby, Calaveras SENATORS Lewis W. Ross, Lewistown John Bidwell, Chico Vacant 7 Anthony Thornton, Shelbyville Vacant 8 Samuel S. Marshall, McLeansboro CONNECTICUT Jehu Baker, Belleville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Andrew J. Kuykendall, Vienna Lafayette S. Foster, Norwich Vacant At Large–Samuel W. Moulton, Shelbyville 1 Became President upon the death of Abraham Lincoln, 4 Reelected December 4, 1865. 3, 1867, which were ordered to lie on the table and no April 15, 1865; Vice Presidency remained vacant until 5 Reelected December 4, 1865. further action taken thereon. March 4, 1869. 6 Credentials of Thomas J. Foster as Member-elect were 8 On June 6, 1866, Wilkinson Call presented credentials 2 Elected March 7, 1865 (special session of the Senate), presented to the House January 10, 1867, but were not as a Senator-elect for the term ending March 3, 1869, ‘‘to serve in the absence of the Vice President,’’ and did acted upon. which were ordered to lie on the table and no further serve until March 2, 1867. 7 On January 19, 1866, William Marvin presented cre- action taken thereon. 3 Elected March 2, 1867. dentials as a Senator-elect for the term ending March [ 170 ] THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS 171 INDIANA William H. Randall, London Charles Upson, Coldwater SENATORS Samuel McKee, Mount Sterling John W. Longyear, Lansing Henry S. Lane, Crawfordsville Thomas W. Ferry, Grand Haven Thomas A. Hendricks, Indianapolis LOUISIANA Rowland E. Trowbridge, 26 SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Birmingham John F. Driggs, East Saginaw William E. Niblack, Vincennes Vacant REPRESENTATIVES Michael C. Kerr, New Albany MINNESOTA Ralph Hill, Columbus Vacant 20 John H. Farquhar, Brookville SENATORS George W. Julian, Centerville MAINE Alexander Ramsey, St. Paul Ebenezer Dumont, Indianapolis SENATORS Daniel S. Norton, Winona Daniel W. Voorhees, 9 Terre Haute Lot M. Morrill, Augusta REPRESENTATIVES Henry D. Washburn, 10 Clinton William Pitt Fessenden, Portland William Windom, Winona Godlove S. Orth, La Fayette REPRESENTATIVES Ignatius Donnelly, Hastings Schuyler Colfax, South Bend John Lynch, Portland Joseph H. Defrees, Goshen Sidney Perham, Paris MISSISSIPPI Thomas N. Stillwell, Andreson James G. Blaine, Augusta SENATORS John H. Rice, Foxcroft Vacant IOWA Frederick A. Pike, Calais SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES James Harlan, 11 Mount Pleasant MARYLAND Vacant Samuel J. Kirkwood, 12 Iowa City SENATORS James W. Grimes, Burlington Reverdy Johnson, Baltimore MISSOURI REPRESENTATIVES John A. J. Creswell, 21 Elkton SENATORS James F. Wilson, Fairfield REPRESENTATIVES John B. Henderson, Louisiana Hiram Price, Davenport Hiram McCullough, Elkton B. Gratz Brown, St. Louis William B. Allison, Dubuque Edwin H. Webster, 22 Bel Air REPRESENTATIVES Josiah B. Grinnell, Grinnell John L. Thomas, Jr., 23 Baltimore John Hogan, St. Louis John A. Kasson, Des Moines Charles E. Phelps, Baltimore Henry T. Blow, St. Louis Asahel W. Hubbard, Sioux City Francis Thomas, Frankville Thomas E. Noell, Perryville Benjamin G. Harris, Leonardtown John R. Kelso, 27 Springfield KANSAS Joseph W. McClurg, Linn Creek SENATORS MASSACHUSETTS Robert T. Van Horn, Kansas City Samuel C. Pomeroy, Atchison SENATORS Benjamin F. Loan, St. Joseph James H. Lane, 13 Lawrence Charles Sumner, Boston John F. Benjamin, Shelbyville Edmund G. Ross, 14 Lawrence Henry Wilson, Natick George W. Anderson, Louisiana REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES 28 Sidney Clarke, Lawrence Thomas D. Eliot, New Bedford NEBRASKA Oakes Ames, North Easton SENATORS KENTUCKY Alexander H. Rice, Boston John M. Thayer, 29 Omaha SENATORS Samuel Hooper, Boston Thomas W. Tipton, 29 Brownville Garrett Davis, Paris John B. Alley, Lynn REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE 24 James Guthrie, Louisville Daniel W. Gooch, Melrose Turner M. Marquette, 30 Plattsmouth 25 REPRESENTATIVES Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham Lawrence S. Trimble, Paducah George S. Boutwell, Groton NEVADA John D. Baldwin, Worcester Burwell C. Ritter, Hopkinsville SENATORS William B. Washburn, Greenfield Henry Grider, 15 Bowling Green Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield William M. Stewart, Virginia City Elijah Hise, 16 Russellville James W. Nye, Carson City Aaron Harding, Greensburg MICHIGAN REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Lovell H. Rousseau, 17 Louisville SENATORS Green Clay Smith, 18 Covington Delos R. Ashley, Virginia City Andrew H. Ward, 19 Cynthiana Zachariah Chandler, Detroit George S. Shanklin, Nicholasville Jacob M. Howard, Detroit NEW HAMPSHIRE REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Fernando C. Beaman, Adrian Daniel Clark, 31 Manchester 9 Served until February 23, 1866; succeeded by Henry 17 Resigned July 21, 1866; subsequently reelected, and 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Edwin D. Washburn who contested his election. took his seat December 3, 1866. H. Webster, and took his seat December 4, 1865 10 Successfully contested the election of Daniel W. Voor- 18 Resigned in 1866. 24 Resigned September 1, 1865, before Congress assem- hees, and took his seat February 23, 1866. 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Green bled. 11 Resigned May 15, 1865, having been appointed Sec- Clay Smith, and took his seat December 3, 1866. 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Daniel retary of the Interior. 20 12 Credentials of Jacob Barker, Robert C. Wickliffe, W. Gooch, and took his seat December 4, 1865. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 26 Harlan, and took his seat January 24, 1866. Louis St. Martin, John E. King, and John Ray as Mem- Election unsuccessfully contested by Augustus C. 13 Died July 11, 1866. bers-elect were presented and referred to the Committee Baldwin. 27 14 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of James on Reconstruction; no further action was taken. Election unsuccessfully contested by S. H. Boyd. H. Lane, and took his seat July 25, 1866; subsequently 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas 28 Admitted as a State into the Union, March 1, 1867. elected. H. Hicks in preceding Congress, and took his seat Decem- 29 Elected, but did not take his seat until March 4, 1867. 15 Died September 14, 1866. ber 4, 1865. 30 Took his seat March 2, 1867. 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry 22 Resigned in July, 1865, before Congress assembled, 31 Resigned July 27, 1866. Grider, and took his seat December 3, 1866. to become collector of the port of Baltimore. 172 Biographical Directory NEW HAMPSHIRE—Continued Thomas T. Davis, Syracuse Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia Theodore M. Pomeroy, Auburn Leonard Myers, Philadelphia SENATORS—Continued Daniel Morris, Penn Yan William D. Kelley, Philadelphia George G. Fogg, 32 Concord Giles W. Hotchkiss, Binghamton M. Russell Thayer, Chestnut Hill Aaron H. Cragin, Lebanon Hamilton Ward, Belmont Benjamin M. Boyer, Norristown REPRESENTATIVES Roswell Hart, Rochester John M. Broomall, Media Gilman Marston, Exeter Burt Van Horn, Newfane Sydenham E. Ancona, Reading James M. Humphrey, Buffalo Edward H. Rollins, Concord Thaddeus Stevens, Lancaster Henry Van Aernam, Franklinville James W. Patterson, Hanover Myer Strouse, Pottsville 46 NORTH CAROLINA Philip Johnson, Easton NEW JERSEY Charles Denison, Wilkes-Barre SENATORS SENATORS Ulysses Mercur, Towanda Vacant William Wright, 33 Newark George F. Miller, Lewisburg REPRESENTATIVES 44 Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, 34 Newark Adam J. Glossbrenner, York 47 John P. Stockton, 35 Trenton Vacant Alexander H. Coffroth, Somerset 48 Alexander G. Cattell, 36 Camden William H. Koontz, Somerset OHIO Abraham A. Barker, Edenburg REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Stephen F. Wilson, Wellsboro John F. Starr, Camden Benjamin F. Wade, Jefferson Glenni W. Scofield, Warren William A. Newell, Allentown John Sherman, Mansfield Charles V. Culver, Franklin Charles Sitgreaves, Phillipsburg REPRESENTATIVES John L. Dawson, 49 Brownsville Andrew J. Rogers, Newton James K. Moorhead, Pittsburgh Edwin R. V. Wright, Hudson City Benjamin Eggleston, Cincinnati Rutherford B. Hayes, Cincinnati Thomas