38th United States Congress

38th United States Congress

37th ← → 39th United States Capitol (1861) Duration: March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865 Senate President: Hannibal Hamlin Senate Pres. pro tem: Solomon Foot Daniel Clark House Speaker: Schuyler Colfax Members: 52 Senators 184 Representatives 10 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Republican House Majority: Republican Sessions Special: March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863 1st: December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864 2nd: December 5, 1864 – March 4, 1865

The Thirty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1863, to March 4, 1865, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House of Representatives had a Republican plurality.

Major events

See also: 1863 in the United States, 1864 in the United States, and 1865 in the United States

• American Civil War, which had started in 1861, continued through this Congress and ended later in 1865
• January 8, 1863: Ground broken in Sacramento, California on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States
• November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 38th United States Congress

• April 22, 1864: Coinage Act of 1864, Sess. 1, ch. 66, 13 Stat. 54
• June 30, 1864: Yosemite Valley Grant Act, Sess. 1, 16 Stat. 48
• March 3, 1865: Freedmen's Bureau, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 13 Stat. 507

Constitutional amendment

• January 31, 1865: Thirteenth Amendment passed Congress with a Senate vote of 31 Republican, 2 Democrat, 1 Unionist & 4 Unconditional Unionist votes of "Yea", 5 Democrats & 1 Unionist votes of "Nay" with 3 Democrat, 2 Unionist & 1 Unconditional Unionist not voting. The House of Representatives passed on 84 Republican, 14 Democrat, 2 Independent Republican, 3 Unionist, 16 Unconditional Unionist votes of "Yea", 50 Democrat & 2 Unionist votes of "Nay" with 8 Democrat & 4 Unionist not voting and then sent to the states for ratification, 13 Stat. 567

Treaties ratified

• February 9, 1865: Chippewa Indians, 13 Stat. 393

States and Territories

States admitted

• June 19, 1863: West Virginia admitted (formed from a portion of Virginia), 13 Stat. 731 (See also 12 Stat. 633)
• October 31, 1864: Nevada admitted, 13 Stat. 749 (See also 13 Stat. 30)

States in rebellion

Main article: Confederate States of America

See also: Secession in the United States

The Confederacy fielded armies and sustained the rebellion into a second Congress, but the Union did not accept secession and secessionists were not eligible for Congress. Elections held in Missouri and Kentucky seated all members to the House and Senate for the 38th Congress. Elections held among Unionists in Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana were marred by disruption resulting in turnouts that were so low compared with 1860, that Congress did not reseat the candidates with a majority of the votes cast.

• In rebellion 1862–64 according to the Emancipation Proclamation were Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (parts), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia (parts). Tennessee was not held to be in rebellion as of the end of 1862.

Territory organized

• May 26, 1864: Montana Territory organized, Sess. 1, ch. 95, 13 Stat. 85

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

During this Congress, two seats were added for each of the new states of Nevada and West Virginia, thereby adding four new seats.

	Party (Shading shows control)				Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Unionist (U)	Unconditional Unionist (UU)
End of the previous congress	12	30	7	0	49	19
Begin	10	31	4	3	48	20
End		33	3	4	50	22
Final voting share	20.0%	66.0%	6.0%	8.0%
Beginning of the next congress	11	37	0	1	49	23

Group photo of the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1863, during this Congress.

House of Representatives

Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members. During this Congress, one seat was added for the new state of Nevada, and three seats were reapportioned from Virginia to the new state of West Virginia.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality caucus)						Total
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Independent Republican (IR)	Unionist (U)	Unconditional Unionist (UU)	Other		Vacant
End of previous Congress	45	106	0	30	0	2	183	57
Begin	72	85	2	9	12	0	180	61
End		84			16		183	59
Final voting share	39.3%	47%		4.9%	8.7%	0.0%
Beginning of the next Congress	40	132	1	4	14	0	191	51

Leadership

President of the Senate
Hannibal Hamlin

Senate

• President: Hannibal Hamlin (R)
• President pro tempore: Solomon Foot (R), until April 13, 1864
  • Daniel Clark (R), elected April 26, 1864

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Schuyler Colfax (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

• Republican Conference Chairman: Justin S. Morrill
• Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means: Thaddeus Stevens (R)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

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Alabama

• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

Arkansas

• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

California

• 3. James A. McDougall (D)
• 1. John Conness (R)

Connecticut

• 3. La Fayette S. Foster (R)
• 1. James Dixon (R)

Delaware

• 1. James A. Bayard, Jr. (D), until January 29, 1864
  • George R. Riddle (D), from February 2, 1864
• 2. Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D)

Florida

• 1. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

Georgia

• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

Illinois

• 3. Lyman Trumbull (R)
• 2. William A. Richardson (D)

Indiana

• 3. Henry S. Lane (R)
• 1. Thomas A. Hendricks (D)

Iowa

• 3. James Harlan (R)
• 2. James W. Grimes (R)

Kansas

• 3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)
• 2. James H. Lane (R)

Kentucky

• 2. Lazarus W. Powell (D)
• 3. Garrett Davis (U)

Louisiana

• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

Maine

• 2. William P. Fessenden (R), until July 1, 1864
  • Nathan A. Farwell (R), from October 27, 1864
• 1. Lot M. Morrill (R)

Maryland

• 3. Thomas H. Hicks (UU), until February 14, 1865
• 1. Reverdy Johnson (U)

Massachusetts

• 1. Charles Sumner (R)
• 2. Henry Wilson (R)

Michigan

• 1. Zachariah Chandler (R)
• 2. Jacob M. Howard (R)

Minnesota

• 2. Morton S. Wilkinson (R)
• 1. Alexander Ramsey (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant

Missouri

• 1. John B. Henderson (UU)
• 3. Robert Wilson (UU), until November 13, 1863
  • B. Gratz Brown (UU), from November 13, 1863

Nevada

• 1. William M. Stewart (R), from February 1, 1865
• 3. James W. Nye (R), from February 1, 1865

New Hampshire

• 2. John P. Hale (R)
• 3. Daniel Clark (R)

New Jersey

• 2. John C. Ten Eyck (R)
• 1. William Wright (D)

New York

• 3. Ira Harris (R)
• 1. Edwin D. Morgan (R)

North Carolina

• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Wade (R)
• 3. John Sherman (R)

Oregon

• 3. James W. Nesmith (D)
• 2. Benjamin F. Harding (D)

Pennsylvania

• 3. Edgar Cowan (R)
• 1. Charles R. Buckalew (D)

Rhode Island

• 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)
• 1. William Sprague (R)

South Carolina

• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

Tennessee

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant

Texas

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant

Vermont

• 1. Solomon Foot (R)
• 3. Jacob Collamer (R)

Virginia

• 2. John S. Carlile (U)
• 1. Lemuel J. Bowden (U), died January 2, 1864, vacant thereafter

West Virginia

• 1. Peter G. Van Winkle (UU), from August 4, 1863
• 2. Waitman T. Willey (UU), from August 4, 1863

Wisconsin

• 1. James R. Doolittle (R)
• 3. Timothy O. Howe (R)

President pro tempore Solomon Foot

President pro tempore Daniel Clark

House by state delegations

File:Schuyler Colfax, photo portrait seated, c1855-1865.jpg

Speaker of the House
Schuyler Colfax

Alabama

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant
• 6. Vacant

Arkansas

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant

California

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

• At-large. Cornelius Cole (R)
• At-large. William Higby (R)
• At-large. Thomas B. Shannon (R)

Connecticut

• 1. Henry C. Deming (R)
• 2. James E. English (D)
• 3. Augustus Brandegee (R)
• 4. John H. Hubbard (R)

Delaware

• At-large. William Temple (D), until May 28, 1863
  • Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU), from December 7, 1863

Florida

• At-large. Vacant

Georgia

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant
• 6. Vacant
• 7. Vacant

Illinois

• 1. Isaac N. Arnold (R)
• 2. John F. Farnsworth (R)
• 3. Elihu B. Washburne (R)
• 4. Charles M. Harris (D)
• 5. Owen Lovejoy (R), until March 25, 1864
  • Ebon C. Ingersoll (R), from May 20, 1864
• 6. Jesse O. Norton (R)
• 7. John R. Eden (D)
• 8. John T. Stuart (D)
• 9. Lewis W. Ross (D)
• 10. Anthony L. Knapp (D)
• 11. James C. Robinson (D)
• 12. William R. Morrison (D)
• 13. William J. Allen (D)
• At-large. James C. Allen (D)

Indiana

• 1. John Law (D)
• 2. James A. Cravens (D)
• 3. Henry W. Harrington (D)
• 4. William S. Holman (D)
• 5. George W. Julian (R)
• 6. Ebenezer Dumont (R)
• 7. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
• 8. Godlove S. Orth (R)
• 9. Schuyler Colfax (R)
• 10. Joseph K. Edgerton (D)
• 11. James F. McDowell (D)

Iowa

• 1. James F. Wilson (R)
• 2. Hiram Price (R)
• 3. William B. Allison (R)
• 4. Josiah B. Grinnell (R)
• 5. John A. Kasson (R)
• 6. Asahel W. Hubbard (R)

Kansas

• At-large. A. Carter Wilder (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Lucien Anderson (UU)
• 2. George H. Yeaman (U)
• 3. Henry Grider (U)
• 4. Aaron Harding (U)
• 5. Robert Mallory (U)
• 6. Green C. Smith (UU)
• 7. Brutus J. Clay (U)
• 8. William H. Randall (UU)
• 9. William H. Wadsworth (U)

Louisiana

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant

Maine

• 1. Lorenzo D.M. Sweat (D)
• 2. Sidney Perham (R)
• 3. James G. Blaine (R)
• 4. John H. Rice (R)
• 5. Frederick A. Pike (R)

Maryland

• 1. John A. J. Creswell (UU)
• 2. Edwin H. Webster (UU)
• 3. Henry Winter Davis (UU)
• 4. Francis Thomas (UU)
• 5. Benjamin G. Harris (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Thomas D. Eliot (R)
• 2. Oakes Ames (R)
• 3. Alexander H. Rice (R)
• 4. Samuel Hooper (R)
• 5. John B. Alley (R)
• 6. Daniel W. Gooch (R)
• 7. George S. Boutwell (R)
• 8. John D. Baldwin (R)
• 9. William B. Washburn (R)
• 10. Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan

• 1. Fernando C. Beaman (R)
• 2. Charles Upson (R)
• 3. John W. Longyear (R)
• 4. Francis W. Kellogg (R)
• 5. Augustus C. Baldwin (D)
• 6. John F. Driggs (R)

Minnesota

• 1. William Windom (R)
• 2. Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant

Missouri

• 1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. (R), until June 10, 1864
  • Samuel Knox (UU), from June 10, 1864
• 2. Henry T. Blow (UU)
• 3. John W. Noell (UU), until March 14, 1863
  • John G. Scott (D), from December 7, 1863
• 4. Sempronius H. Boyd (UU)
• 5. Joseph W. McClurg (UU)
• 6. Austin A. King (U)
• 7. Benjamin F. Loan (UU)
• 8. William A. Hall (U)
• 9. James S. Rollins (U)

Nevada

• At-large. Henry G. Worthington (R), from October 31, 1864

New Hampshire

• 1. Daniel Marcy (D)
• 2. Edward H. Rollins (R)
• 3. James W. Patterson (R)

New Jersey

• 1. John F. Starr (R)
• 2. George Middleton (D)
• 3. William G. Steele (D)
• 4. Andrew J. Rogers (D)
• 5. Nehemiah Perry (D)

New York

• 1. Henry G. Stebbins (D), until October 24, 1864
  • Dwight Townsend (D), from December 5, 1864
• 2. Martin Kalbfleisch (D)
• 3. Moses F. Odell (D)
• 4. Benjamin Wood (D)
• 5. Fernando Wood (D)
• 6. Elijah Ward (D)
• 7. John W. Chanler (D)
• 8. James Brooks (D)
• 9. Anson Herrick (D)
• 10. William Radford (D)
• 11. Charles H. Winfield (D)
• 12. Homer A. Nelson (D)
• 13. John B. Steele (D)
• 14. Erastus Corning (D), until October 5, 1863
  • John V. L. Pruyn (D), from December 7, 1863
• 15. John Augustus Griswold (D)
• 16. Orlando Kellogg (R)
• 17. Calvin T. Hulburd (R)
• 18. James M. Marvin (R)
• 19. Samuel F. Miller (R)
• 20. Ambrose W. Clark (R)
• 21. Francis Kernan (D)
• 22. DeWitt C. Littlejohn (R)
• 23. Thomas T. Davis (R)
• 24. Theodore M. Pomeroy (R)
• 25. Daniel Morris (R)
• 26. Giles W. Hotchkiss (R)
• 27. Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (R)
• 28. Freeman Clarke (R)
• 29. Augustus Frank (R)
• 30. John Ganson (D)
• 31. Reuben E. Fenton (R), until December 20, 1864

North Carolina

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant
• 6. Vacant
• 7. Vacant

Ohio

• 1. George H. Pendleton (D)
• 2. Alexander Long (D)
• 3. Robert C. Schenck (R)
• 4. John F. McKinney (D)
• 5. Francis C. Le Blond (D)
• 6. Chilton A. White (D)
• 7. Samuel S. Cox (D)
• 8. William Johnston (D)
• 9. Warren P. Noble (D)
• 10. James M. Ashley (R)
• 11. Wells A. Hutchins (D)
• 12. William E. Finck (D)
• 13. John O'Neill (D)
• 14. George Bliss (D)
• 15. James R. Morris (D)
• 16. Joseph W. White (D)
• 17. Ephraim R. Eckley (R)
• 18. Rufus P. Spalding (R)
• 19. James A. Garfield (R)

Oregon

• At-large. John R. McBride (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Samuel J. Randall (D)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (R)
• 3. Leonard Myers (R)
• 4. William D. Kelley (R)
• 5. M. Russell Thayer (R)
• 6. John D. Stiles (D)
• 7. John M. Broomall (R)
• 8. Sydenham E. Ancona (D)
• 9. Thaddeus Stevens (R)
• 10. Myer Strouse (D)
• 11. Philip Johnson (D)
• 12. Charles Denison (D)
• 13. Henry W. Tracy (IR)
• 14. William H. Miller (D)
• 15. Joseph Bailey (D)
• 16. Alexander H. Coffroth (D)
• 17. Archibald McAllister (D)
• 18. James T. Hale (IR)
• 19. Glenni W. Scofield (R)
• 20. Amos Myers (R)
• 21. John L. Dawson (D)
• 22. James K. Moorhead (R)
• 23. Thomas Williams (R)
• 24. Jesse Lazear (D)

Rhode Island

• 1. Thomas Jenckes (R)
• 2. Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R)

South Carolina

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant

Tennessee

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant
• 6. Vacant
• 7. Vacant
• 8. Vacant

Texas

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant

Vermont

• 1. Frederick E. Woodbridge (R)
• 2. Justin S. Morrill (R)
• 3. Portus Baxter (R)

Virginia

• 1. Vacant
• 2. Vacant
• 3. Vacant
• 4. Vacant
• 5. Vacant
• 6. Vacant
• 7. Vacant
• 8. Vacant
• 9. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863
• 10. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863
• 11. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863

West Virginia

• 1. Jacob B. Blair (UU), from December 7, 1863
• 2. William G. Brown, Sr. (UU), from December 7, 1863
• 3. Kellian Whaley (UU), from December 7, 1863

Wisconsin

• 1. James S. Brown (D)
• 2. Ithamar C. Sloan (R)
• 3. Amasa Cobb (R)
• 4. Charles A. Eldredge (D)
• 5. Ezra Wheeler (D)
• 6. Walter D. McIndoe (R)

Non-voting members

• Arizona Territory. Charles D. Poston (R), from December 5, 1864
• Colorado Territory. Hiram P. Bennet (R)
• Dakota Territory. William Jayne, until June 17, 1864
  • John B. S. Todd (D), from June 17, 1864
• Idaho Territory. William H. Wallace (R), from February 1, 1864
• Montana Territory. Samuel McLean (D), from January 6, 1865
• Nebraska Territory. Samuel G. Daily (R)
• Nevada Territory. Gordon N. Mott (R), until October 31, 1864
• New Mexico Territory. Francisco Perea (R)
• Utah Territory. John F. Kinney (D)
• Washington Territory. George E. Cole (D)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

• replacements: 2
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Unionist: no net change
  • Unconditional Union: no net change
• deaths: 1
• resignations: 2
• interim appointments: 1
• seats of newly admitted seats: 4
• Total seats with changes: 4

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
West Virginia (1)	New seat	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Its first Senators were elected August 4, 1863.	Peter G. Van Winkle (UU)	August 4, 1863
West Virginia (2)	New seat	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Its first Senators were elected August 4, 1863.	Waitman T. Willey (UU)	August 4, 1863
Missouri (3)	Robert Wilson (UU)	Successor elected for Sen. Waldo P. Johnson November 13, 1863.	B. Gratz Brown (UU)	November 13, 1863
Virginia (1)	Lemuel J. Bowden (U)	Died January 2, 1864.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress
Delaware (1)	James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)	Resigned January 29, 1864 for unknown reasons. Successor elected January 29, 1864.	George R. Riddle (D)	February 2, 1864
Maine (2)	William P. Fessenden (R)	Resigned July 1, 1864, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed October 27, 1864 to finish the term.	Nathan A. Farwell (R)	October 27, 1864
Nevada (1)	New seat	Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864. Its first Senators were elected February 1, 1865.	William M. Stewart (R)	February 1, 1865
Nevada (3)	New seat	Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864. Its first Senators were elected February 1, 1865.	James W. Nye (R)	February 1, 1865
Maryland (3)	Thomas H. Hicks (UU)	Died February 14, 1865.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress.

House of Representatives

• replacements: 6
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Unionist: no net change
  • Unconditional Union: no net change
• deaths: 3
• resignations: 3
• contested election: 1
• seats of newly admitted seats: 4
• Total seats with changes: 7

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Arizona Territory At-large	Vacant	Territory organized in previous congress. Seat remained vacant until December 5, 1864.	Charles D. Poston (R)	December 5, 1864
Missouri 3rd	John W. Noell (UU)	Died March 14, 1863.	John G. Scott (D)	December 7, 1863
Delaware At-large	William Temple (D)	Died May 28, 1863.	Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU)	December 7, 1863
New York 14th	Erastus Corning (D)	Resigned October 5, 1863.	John V. L. Pruyn (D)	December 7, 1863
West Virginia 1st	New State	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863.	Jacob B. Blair (UU)	December 7, 1863
West Virginia 2nd	New State	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863.	William G. Brown, Sr. (UU)	December 7, 1863
West Virginia 3rd	New State	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863.	Kellian Whaley (UU)	December 7, 1863
Idaho Territory At-large	New Territory	Territory organized February 1, 1864.	William H. Wallace (R)	February 1, 1864
Illinois 5th	Owen Lovejoy (R)	Died March 25, 1864.	Ebon C. Ingersoll (R)	May 20, 1864
Montana Territory At-large	New Territory	Territory organized May 26, 1864. Seat remained vacant until January 6, 1865.	Samuel McLean (D)	January 6, 1865
Missouri 1st	Francis P. Blair, Jr. (R)	Lost contested election June 10, 1864	Samuel Knox (UU)	June 10, 1864
Dakota Territory At-large	William Jayne	Lost contested election June 17, 1864	John B. S. Todd (D)	June 17, 1864
New York 1st	Henry G. Stebbins (D)	Resigned October 24, 1864.	Dwight Townsend (D)	December 5, 1864
Nevada Territory At-large	Gordon N. Mott (R)	Nevada achieved statehood October 31, 1864	District eliminated
Nevada At-large	New State	Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864.	Henry G. Worthington (R)	October 31, 1864
New York 31st	Reuben Fenton (R)	Resigned December 20, 1864, after being elected Governor of New York.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter

Senate

• Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterian)
  • Thomas Bowman (Methodist), elected May 11, 1864
• Secretary: John W. Forney
• Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: William H. Channing (Unitarian)
• Clerk: Edward McPherson
• Doorkeeper: Ira Goodnow
• Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice
  • William D. Todd
• Postmaster: William S. King
• Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

See also

• United States elections, 1862 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1862 and 1863
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1862
• United States elections, 1864 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1864
  • United States Senate elections, 1864 and 1865
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1864

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists