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FORTIETH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1867, TO MARCH 3, 1869

FIRST SESSION—March 4, 1867, to December 1, 1867 SECOND SESSION—December 2, 1867, to November 10, 1868 THIRD SESSION—December 7, 1868, to March 3, 1869 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—April 1, 1867, to April 20, 1867

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 1 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—BENJAMIN F. WADE, of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—JOHN W. FORNEY, 2 of ; GEORGE C. GORHAM, 3 of California SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—GEORGE T. BROWN, of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—, 4 of ; THEODORE M. POMEROY, 5 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—EDWARD MCPHERSON, 6 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—NATHANIEL G. ORDWAY, of New Hampshire DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—CHARLES E. LIPPINCOTT, of Illinois POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—WILLIAM S. KING

ALABAMA 7 Benjamin F. Rice, 14 Little Rock Orris S. Ferry, Norwalk REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Logan H. Roots, 15 Devall Bluff Richard D. Hubbard, Hartford George E. Spencer, 8 Decatur James Hinds, 16 Little Rock Julius Hotchkiss, Middletown Willard Warner, 9 Montgomery James T. Elliott, 17 Camden Henry H. Starkweather, Norwich Thomas Boles, 18 Dardanelle William H. Barnum, Lime Rock REPRESENTATIVES Francis W. Kellogg, 10 Mobile CALIFORNIA DELAWARE SENATORS Charles W. Buckley, 11 Montgomery SENATORS , Georgetown Benjamin W. Norris, 11 Elmore George R. Riddle, 21 Wilmington Cornelius Cole, San Francisco Charles W. Pierce, 11 Demopolis James A. Bayard, 22 Wilmington 19 John B. Callis, 11 Huntsville REPRESENTATIVES Willard Saulsbury, Georgetown Samuel B. Axtell, 20 San Francisco Thomas Haughey, 11 Decatur REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William Higby, 20 Calaveras James A. Johnson, 20 Downieville John A. Nicholson, Dover ARKANSAS 12 CONNECTICUT 23 SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Alexander McDonald, 13 Little Rock , Hartford Thomas W. Osborn, 24 Pensacola

1 Vice President became President in 10 Took his seat July 22, 1868. 19 Elected September 4, 1867. preceding Congress on the death of ; Vice 11 Took his seat July 21, 1868. 20 Took his seat November 21, 1867. Presidency remained vacant until March 4, 1869. 12 Readmitted to representation by passage of bill in 21 Died March 29, 1867. 2 Resigned, effective June 4, 1868. both Houses over the veto of President Johnson, June 22 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of George 3 Elected June 4, 1868. 22, 1868. R. Riddle, and took his seat April 11, 1867; subsequently 4 13 Reelected March 4, 1867; resigned as Speaker March Took his seat June 23, 1868; term to expire March elected. 3, 1869, having been elected Vice President. 3, 1871. 23 5 14 Readmitted to representation June 25, 1868. Elected March 3, 1869. Took his seat June 23, 1868; term to expire March 24 6 Reelected March 4, 1867. 3, 1873. Took his seat June 30, 1868; term to expire March 7 Readmitted to representation July 13, 1868. 15 Took his seat June 24, 1868. 3, 1873; on the same day William Marvin presented cre- 8 Took his seat July 25, 1868; term to expire March 16 Took his seat June 24, 1868; died October 22, 1868. dentials dated November 28, 1868, which were read and 3, 1873. 17 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of James no further action taken thereon because Mr. Osborn was 9 Took his seat July 25, 1868; term to expire March Hinds, and took his seat January 13, 1869. seated. 3, 1871. 18 Took his seat June 24, 1868.

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Adonijah S. Welch, 25 Jacksonville Henry D. Washburn, Clinton , 44 Opelousas 44 REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Godlove S. Orth, La Fayette W. Jasper Blackburn, Homer 26 Schuyler Colfax, South Bend Charles M. Hamilton, Marianna William Williams, Warsaw MAINE John P. C. Shanks, Jay Court House GEORGIA 27 SENATORS Lot M. Morrill, Augusta 28 SENATORS IOWA William Pitt Fessenden, Portland SENATORS Vacant REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES 29 James W. Grimes, Burlington John Lynch, Portland James Harlan, Mount Pleasant J. W. Clift, 30 Savannah Sidney Perham, Paris Nelson Tift, 30 Albany REPRESENTATIVES James G. Blaine, Augusta W. P. Edwards, 30 Butler James F. Wilson, Fairfield John A. Peters, Bangor Samuel F. Gove, 30 Griswoldville Hiram Price, Davenport Frederick A. Pike, Calais C. H. Prince, 30 Augusta William B. Allison, Dubuque P. M. B. Young, 30 Cartersville William Loughridge, Oskaloosa Grenville M. Dodge, Council Bluffs SENATORS Asahel W. Hubbard, Sioux City ILLINOIS , 46 SENATORS Whyte, 47 Baltimore , 48 Chestertown Lyman Trumbull, SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Richard Yates, Jacksonville Samuel C. Pomeroy, Atchison REPRESENTATIVES Edmund G. Ross, Lawrence Hiram McCullough, Elkton REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Stevenson Archer, Bel Air Norman B. Judd, Chicago Charles E. Phelps, Baltimore Sidney Clarke, Lawrence John F. Farnsworth, St. Charles , Frankville Elihu B. Washburne, Galena Frederick Stone, Port Tobacco Abner C. Harding, Monmouth Ebon C. Ingersoll, Peoria SENATORS Burton C. Cook, Ottawa Garrett Davis, Paris SENATORS Henry P. H. Bromwell, Charleston James Guthrie, 31 Louisville Thomas C. McCreery, 32 Owensboro , Boston Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield , Natick Lewis W. Ross, Lewiston REPRESENTATIVES 33 REPRESENTATIVES Albert G. Burr, Winchester Lawrence S. Trimble, 34 Paducah Samuel S. Marshall, McLeansboro Elijah Hise, 35 Russellville Thomas D. Eliot, New Bedford Jehu Baker, Belleville Jacob S. Golladay, 36 Allensville , North Easton Green B. Raum, Harrisburg J. Proctor Knott, 37 Lebanon , Brookline At Large–John A. Logan, Carbondale Asa P. Grover, 37 Louisville , Boston Thomas L. Jones, 38 Newport Benjamin F. Butler, Lowell INDIANA James B. Beck, 37 Lexington Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham George M. Adams, 39 Barbourville George S. Boutwell, Groton SENATORS Samuel McKee, 40 Mount Sterling John D. Baldwin, Worcester Thomas A. Hendricks, William B. Washburn, Greenfield Oliver H. P. T. Morton, Indianapolis 41 Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS William E. Niblack, Vincennes John S. Harris, 42 Vidalia Michael C. Kerr, New Albany , 43 SENATORS Morton C. Hunter, Bloomington REPRESENTATIVES , William S. Holman, Aurora J. Hale Sypher, 44 New Orleans Jacob M. Howard, Detroit George W. Julian, Centerville , 45 New Orleans REPRESENTATIVES John Coburn, Indianapolis Joseph P. Newsham, 44 St. Francisville Fernando C. Beaman, Adrian

25 Took his seat July 2, 1868; term to expire March of holding the election and charges of disloyal acts by 40 Successfully contested the election of John D. Young, 3, 1869. certain individual members of the delegation were pre- and took his seat June 22, 1868. 26 Took his seat July 1, 1868. sented and a resolution was adopted directing an inves- 41 Readmitted to representation July 9, 1868. 27 Although Georgia was not formally readmitted to rep- tigation and referring to the Committee on Elections the 42 Took his seat July 17, 1868; term to expire March resentation until July 15, 1870 (in the succeeding Con- credentials of Messrs. Lawrence S. Trimble, John Y. 3, 1871. gress), the Representatives elected to this Congress quali- Brown, J. Proctor Knott, Asa P. Grover, Thomas L. Jones, 43 Took his seat July 17, 1868; term to expire March fied as indicated. James B. Beck, and John D. Young, who were not per- 28 3, 1873. On December 7, 1868, the credentials of Joshua Hill, mitted to qualify pending this investigation; Samuel E. 44 elected by the legislature to fill vacancy in the term begin- Took his seat July 18, 1868. Smith contested the election of John Y. Brown, but the 45 Took his seat July 18, 1868; died August 26, 1868; ning March 4, 1867, were presented and referred to the House, on February 15, 1868, decided that neither was Committee on the Judiciary; on January 11, 1869, the Caleb S. Hunt and J. Willis Menard claimed to have been credentials of Homer V. M. Miller, elected in the same entitled to the seat, which remained vacant throughout elected to fill the vacancy, and Simon Jones claimed he the Congress. was elected, instead of Mann, in the first instance. The manner, for the term beginning March 4, 1865, were pre- 34 sented and were similarly referred; on January 25, 1869, Election unsuccessfully contested by G. G. Symes; took House decided against all claimants, and the seat re- the committee reported that the State of Georgia had not his seat January 10, 1868. 35 mained vacant for the remainder of the session. complied with the conditions of an act providing for her Died May 8, 1867, never having qualified; the election 46 Resigned July 10, 1868. of Mr. Hise was subsequently unsuccessfully contested by admission to representation and that Mr. Hill ‘‘ought not 47 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of now to be admitted’’; February 17, 1869, the committee George D. Blakey. 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Elijah Hise, Reverdy Johnson, and took his seat July 14, 1868. reported against admitting Mr. Miller to his seat, and 48 Elected for term beginning March 4, 1867, and took the case remained undisposed of. and took his seat December 5, 1867; George D. Blakey, 29 John A. Wimpy and John H. Cristy both claimed elec- claiming to have been elected from this district instead his seat March 9, 1868. The credentials of Senator-elect tion from the sixth district, but neither was seated. of Mr. Hise, filed a protest against the seating of Mr. Philip F. Thomas were presented March 18, 1867, but 30 Took his seat July 25, 1868. Golladay, but this protest was not allowed. he was not permitted to qualify; on February 19, 1868, 31 Resigned February 7, 1868. 37 Charges of disloyalty were unsustained, and took his the Senate adopted a resolution that he was not entitled 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James seat December 3, 1867. to qualify as he had ‘‘voluntarily given aid, countenance, Guthrie, and took his seat February 28, 1868. 38 Charges of disloyalty were unsustained, and took his and encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility 33 On July 3, 1867, it was proposed to seat all the Mem- seat December 4, 1867. to the United States.’’ bers-elect from Kentucky, but protests against the manner 39 Took his seat July 8, 1867. 176 Biographical Directory

MICHIGAN—Continued James W. Patterson, Hanover NORTH CAROLINA 59 REPRESENTATIVES—Continued REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS 60 , Coldwater Jacob H. Ela, Rochester Joseph C. Abbott, Wilmington 61 , Jackson Aaron F. Stevens, Nashua John Pool, Elizabeth City Thomas W. Ferry, Grand Haven Jacob Benton, Lancaster REPRESENTATIVES Rowland E. Trowbridge, Birmingham John R. French, 62 Edenton John F. Driggs, East Saginaw NEW JERSEY David Heaton, 63 New Bern Oliver H. Dockery, 64 Richmond MINNESOTA SENATORS John T. Deweese, 62 Raleigh SENATORS Alexander G. Cattell, Camden Israel G. Lash, 65 Salem , St. Paul Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Newark Nathaniel Boyden, 64 Salisbury Daniel S. Norton, Winona Alexander H. Jones, 62 Asheville REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES , Winona William Moore, Mays Landing OHIO Ignatius Donnelly, Hastings Charles Haight, Freehold SENATORS Charles Sitgreaves, Phillipsburg Benjamin F. Wade, Jefferson MISSISSIPPI John Hill, Boonton , Mansfield SENATORS George A. Halsey, Newark REPRESENTATIVES Vacant Benjamin Eggleston, Cincinnati REPRESENTATIVES NEW YORK Rutherford B. Hayes, 66 Cincinnati Vacant 67 SENATORS Samuel F. Cary, Cincinnati Robert C. Schenck, Dayton Edwin D. Morgan, MISSOURI William Lawrence, Bellefontaine , Utica SENATORS William Mungen, Findlay John B. Henderson, Louisiana REPRESENTATIVES Reader W. Clarke, Batavia Charles D. Drake, St. Louis Stephen Taber, Roslyn Samuel Shellabarger, Springfield REPRESENTATIVES Demas Barnes, Cornelius S. Hamilton, 68 Marysville William A. Pile, 49 St. Louis William E. Robinson, Brooklyn John Beatty, 69 Cardington Carman A. Newcomb, Vineland John Fox, New York City Ralph P. Buckland, Fremont Thomas E. Noell, 50 Perryville John Morrissey, New York City James M. Ashley, Toledo James R. McCormick, 51 Ironton Thomas E. Stewart, New York City John T. Wilson, Tranquility Joseph J. Gravely, Stockton John W. Chanler, New York City Van Trump, Lancaster 52 Joseph W. McClurg, Linn Creek James Brooks, New York City George W. Morgan, 70 Mount Vernon John H. Stover, 53 Versailles , 71 Mount Vernon 54 , New York City Robert T. Van Horn, Kansas City William H. Robertson, Katonah Martin Welker, Wooster Benjamin F. Loan, St. Joseph Charles H. Van Wyck, Middletown Tobias A. Plants, Pomeroy John F. Benjamin, Shelbyville John H. Ketsham, Dover John A. Bingham, Cadiz George W. Anderson, 55 Louisiana Thomas Cornell, Rondout Ephraim R. Eckley, Carrollton John V. L. Pruyn, Albany Rufus P. Spalding, Cleveland NEBRASKA James A. Garfield, Hiram SENATORS John A. Griswold, Troy Orange Ferriss, Glens Falls John M. Thayer, 56 Omaha Calvin T. Hulburd, Brasher Falls OREGON Thomas W. Tipton, 57 Brownville James M. Marvin, Saratoga Springs SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William C. Fields, Laurens George H. Williams, Portland John Taffe, Omaha Addison H. Laflin, Herkimer Henry W. Corbett, Portland 58 Alexander H. Bailey, Rome REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John C. Churchill, Oswego Rufus Mallory, Salem SENATORS Dennis McCarthy, Syracuse William M. Stewart, City Theodore M. Pomeroy, Auburn PENNSYLVANIA James W. Nye, Carson City William H. Kelsey, Geneseo SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William S. Lincoln, Owego Delos R. Ashley, Austin Hamilton Ward, Belmont Charles R. Buckalew, Bloomsburg Lewis Selye, Rochester , Harrisburg NEW HAMPSHIRE Burt Van Horn, Lockport REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS James M. Humphrey, Buffalo Samuel J. Randall, Philadelphia Aaron H. Cragin, Lebanon Henry Van Aernam, Franklinville Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia

49 Election unsuccessfully contested by John Hogan. 57 Took his seat March 4, 1867; term to expire, as deter- 64 Took his seat July 13, 1868. 50 Died October 3, 1867. mined by lot, March 3, 1869. 65 Took his seat July 20, 1868. 51 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas 58 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Roscoe 66 Resigned July 20, 1867. E. Noell, and took his seat December 17, 1867. Conkling in preceding Congress, and took his seat Novem- 67 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ruth- 52 Resigned in 1868. ber 30, 1867. erford B. Hayes, and took his seat November 21, 1867. 53 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Joseph 59 Readmitted to representation July 4, 1868. 68 Died December 22, 1867. W. McClurg, and took his seat December 7, 1868. 60 Took his seat July 17, 1868; term to expire March 69 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Cornelius 54 Election unsuccessfully contested by James H. Birch. 3, 1871. S. Hamilton, and took his seat February 5, 1868. 55 Election unsuccessfully contested by William F. 61 Took his seat July 17, 1868; term to expire March 70 Served until June 3, 1868; succeeded by Columbus Switzler. 3, 1873. Delano who contested his election. 56 Took his seat March 4, 1867; term to expire, as deter- 62 Took his seat July 6, 1868. 71 Successfully contested the election of George W. Mor- mined by lot, March 3, 1871. 63 Took his seat July 15, 1868. gan, and took his seat June 3, 1868. FORTIETH CONGRESS 177

Leonard Myers, Philadelphia David T. Patterson, Greeneville Timothy O. Howe, Green Bay William D. Kelley, Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES 84 REPRESENTATIVES Caleb N. Taylor, Bristol Roderick R. Butler, 85 Mountain City Benjamin M. Boyer, Norristown Halbert E. Paine, Milwaukee , 86 Knoxville John M. Broomall, Media Benjamin F. Hopkins, Madison William B. Stokes, 86 Alexandria Amasa Cobb, Mineral Point J. Lawrence Getz, Reading 86 72 James Mullins, Shelbyville Charles A. Eldridge, Fond du Lac , Lancaster 86 73 John Trimble, Nashville Philetus Sawyer, Oshkosh Oliver J. Dickey, Lancaster 87 Henry L. Cake, Tamaqua Samuel M. Arnell, Columbia Cadwallader C. Washburn, La Crosse 86 Daniel M. Van Auken, Milford Isaac R. Hawkins, Huntington 86 Charles Denison, 74 Wilkes-Barre David A. Nunn, Brownsville TERRITORY OF ARIZONA George W. Woodward, 75 Wilkes-Barre TEXAS DELEGATE Ulysses Mercur, Towanda Coles Bashford, Tucson George F. Miller, Lewisburg SENATORS Adam J. Glossbrenner, York Vacant TERRITORY OF William H. Koontz, Somerset REPRESENTATIVES Daniel J. Morrell, Johnstown DELEGATE Stephen F. Wilson, Wellsboro Vacant George M. Chilcott, 88 Excelsior Glenni W. Scofield, Warren Darwin A. Finney, 76 Meadville TERRITORY OF DAKOTA 77 SENATORS S. Newton Pettis, Meadville DELEGATE John Covode, Lockport George F. Edmunds, Burlington Walter A. Burleigh, Yankton James K. Moorhead, Justin S. Morrill, Strafford Thomas Williams, Allegheny REPRESENTATIVES George V. Lawrence, Monongahela TERRITORY OF IDAHO Frederick E. Woodbridge, Vergennes City DELEGATE Luke P. Poland, St. Johnsbury E. D. Holbrook, Idaho City RHODE ISLAND Worthington C. Smith, St. Albans SENATORS VIRGINIA TERRITORY OF MONTANA Henry B. Anthony, Providence DELEGATE William Sprague, Providence SENATORS James M. Cavanaugh, Helena REPRESENTATIVES Vacant Thomas A. Jenckes, Cumberland REPRESENTATIVES Nathan F. Dixon, Westerly TERRITORY OF NEW Vacant MEXICO SOUTH CAROLINA 78 WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATE SENATORS 89 SENATORS Charles P. Clever, Santa Fe 79 90 Thomas J. Robertson, Columbia Peter G. Van Winkle, Parkersburg J. Francisco Chaves, Santa Fe 80 Frederick A. Sawyer, Charleston Waitman T. Willey, Morgantown REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY OF UTAH REPRESENTATIVES B. F. Whittemore, 81 Darlington DELEGATE 82 Chester D. Hubbard, Wheeling C. C. Bowen, Charleston William H. Hooper, 91 Salt Lake City Simeon Corley, 83 Lexington Bethuel M. Kitchen, Martinsburg 81 Daniel Polsley, Point Pleasant James H. Goss, Union Court House TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON SENATORS SENATORS DELEGATE Joseph S. Fowler, Nashville James R. Doolittle, Racine Alvan Flanders, Walla Walla

72 Died August 11, 1868. 83 Took his seat July 25, 1868. 88 George M. Chilcott and A. C. Hunt each presented 73 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thaddeus 84 The credentials of Thomas A. Hamilton, claiming to credentials on March 5, 1867, which were referred to the Stevens, and took his seat December 7, 1868. be an at large Member-elect, were presented; claimant Committee on Elections; the committee reported that nei- 74 Died June 27, 1867. held that, inasmuch as Tennessee had voluntarily emanci- ther was entitled to the seat; Chilcott was seated March 75 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Charles pated and enfranchised her slaves, she had added to her 20, 1867, and Hunt subsequently abandoned the contest. Denison, and took his seat November 21, 1867. representative population a sufficient number to give her 89 Credentials certifying his election on September 2, 76 Died August 25, 1868. 1867, were presented November 21, 1867, and referred 77 nine, instead of eight, Representatives, and he had been Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Darwin elected as such ninth Member. It was the first of many to the Committee on Elections, together with letter of A. Finney, and took his seat December 7, 1868. secretary of New Mexico claiming fraud in election; was 78 Readmitted to representation July 9, 1868. similar claims made by other readmitted States; the ma- seated on December 19, 1867, and served until February 79 Took his seat July 20, 1868; term to expire March jority report was adverse to the claimant and, although 20, 1869; succeeded by J. Francisco Chaves, who contested 3, 1871. the House took no formal action, he was not seated. his election. 80 Took his seat July 22, 1868; term to expire March 85 Qualified under act of June 19, 1868, and took his 90 Successfully contested the election of Charles P. Clev- 3, 1873. seat June 26, 1868. er, and took his seat February 20, 1869. 81 Took his seat July 18, 1868. 86 Took his seat November 21, 1867. 91 Election unsuccessfully contested by William 82 Took his seat July 20, 1868. 87 Took his seat November 25, 1867. McGrorty.