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 UNITED STATES 1 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—BENJAMIN F. WADE, of Ohio SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—JOHN W. FORNEY, 2 of California; GEORGE C. GORHAM, 3 of California SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—GEORGE T. BROWN, of Illinois SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SCHUYLER COLFAX, 4 of Indiana; THEODORE M. POMEROY, 5 of New York CLERK OF THE HOUSE—EDWARD MCPHERSON, 6 of Pennsylvania 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 John Conness, 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 FLORIDA 23 SENATORS SENATORS SENATORS Alexander McDonald, 13 Little Rock James Dixon, Hartford Thomas W. Osborn, 24 Pensacola 1 Vice President Andrew Johnson became President in 10 Took his seat July 22, 1868. 19 Elected September 4, 1867. preceding Congress on the death of Abraham Lincoln; 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. [ 174 ] FORTIETH CONGRESS 175 Adonijah S. Welch, 25 Jacksonville Henry D. Washburn, Clinton Michel Vidal, 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 MARYLAND Grenville M. Dodge, Council Bluffs SENATORS Asahel W. Hubbard, Sioux City ILLINOIS Reverdy Johnson, 46 Baltimore SENATORS KANSAS William Pinkney Whyte, 47 Baltimore George Vickers, 48 Chestertown Lyman Trumbull, Chicago 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 Francis Thomas, Frankville Elihu B. Washburne, Galena Frederick Stone, Port Tobacco Abner C. Harding, Monmouth KENTUCKY Ebon C. Ingersoll, Peoria SENATORS MASSACHUSETTS Burton C. Cook, Ottawa Garrett Davis, Paris SENATORS Henry P. H. Bromwell, Charleston James Guthrie, 31 Louisville Thomas C. McCreery, 32 Owensboro Charles Sumner, Boston Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield Henry Wilson, 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 Oakes Ames, North Easton Green B. Raum, Harrisburg J. Proctor Knott, 37 Lebanon Ginery Twichell, Brookline At Large–John A. Logan, Carbondale Asa P. Grover, 37 Louisville Samuel Hooper, 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, Indianapolis William B. Washburn, Greenfield Oliver H. P. T. Morton, Indianapolis LOUISIANA 41 Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS William E. Niblack, Vincennes John S. Harris, 42 Vidalia MICHIGAN Michael C. Kerr, New Albany William Pitt Kellogg, 43 New Orleans SENATORS Morton C. Hunter, Bloomington REPRESENTATIVES Zachariah Chandler, Detroit William S. Holman, Aurora J. Hale Sypher, 44 New Orleans Jacob M. Howard, Detroit George W. Julian, Centerville James Mann, 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.