March 4 , 1865 – March 3 , 1867
The American Civil War ended at the beginning of this Congress.
It was this Congress which enacted the Civil Rights Act Of 1866 .
- Republicans : 136
- Democrats : 38
- Unconditional Unionists: 13
- Unionists: 5
- Independent Radical: 1
TOTAL members: 193, delegates: 9
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.
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- William Wright (1794-1866), '' Democratic '' ...died November 1 , 1866 .
- : Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- John P. Stockton (1826-1900), '' Democratic '' ...contested election, served until March 27 , 1866 , when his seat was declared vacant.
- : Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), '' Republican '' ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 3 , 1866 , subsequently elected.
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- 1. John Wentworth (1815-1888), '' Republican ''
- 2. John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), '' Republican ''
- 3. Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), '' Republican ''
- 4. Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), '' Republican ''
- 5. Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), '' Republican ''
- 6. Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), '' Republican ''
- 7. Henry P.H. Bromwell (1823-1903), '' Republican ''
- 8. Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), '' Republican ''
- 9. Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), '' Democratic ''
- 10. Anthony Thornton (1814-1904), '' Democratic ''
- 11. Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), '' Democratic ''
- 12. Jehu Baker (1822-1903), '' Republican ''
- 13. Andrew J. Kuykendall (1815-1891), '' Republican ''
- A/L Samuel W. Moulton (1821-1905), '' Republican ''
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- 1. William E. Niblack (1822-1893), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), '' Democratic ''
- 3. Ralph Hill (1827-1899), '' Republican ''
- 4. John H. Farquhar (1818-1873), '' Republican ''
- 5. George W. Julian (1817-1899), '' Republican ''
- 6. Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871), '' Republican ''
- 7. Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), '' Democratic '' …contested election, served until February 23 , 1866 .
- : Henry D. Washburn (1832-1871), '' Republican '' ...contested election, seated February 23 , 1866 .
- 8. Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), '' Republican ''
- 9. Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), '' Republican ''
- 10. Joseph H. Defrees (1812-1885), '' Republican ''
- 11. Thomas N. Stilwell (1830-1874), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Burwell C. Ritter (1810-1880), '' Democratic ''
- 3. Henry Grider (1796-1866), '' Democratic '' ...died September 14 , 1866 .
- : Elijah Hise (1802-1867), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 4. Aaron Harding (1805-1875), '' Democratic ''
- 5. Lovell H. Rousseau (1818-1869), ''Unconditional Unionist'' ...resigned July 21 , 1866 , subsequently reelected, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 6. Green C. Smith (1826-1895), ''Unconditional Unionist'' ...resigned 1866 .
- : Andrew H. Ward (1815-1904), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 7. George S. Shanklin (1807-1883), '' Democratic ''
- 8. William H. Randall (1812-1881), ''Unconditional Unionist''
- 9. Samuel McKee (1833-1898), ''Unconditional Unionist''
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- 1. Hiram McCullough (1813-1885), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), ''Unionist'' ...resigned July , 1865 , before Congress assembled.
- : John L. Thomas, Jr. (1835-1893), ''Unconditional Unionist'' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 , 1865 .
- 3. Charles E. Phelps (1833-1908), ''Unconditional Unionist''
- 4. Francis Thomas (1799-1876), ''Unconditional Unionist''
- 5 Benjamin G. Harris (1805-1895), '' Democratic ''
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- 1. Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), '' Republican ''
- 2. Oakes Ames (1804-1873), '' Republican ''
- 3. Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), '' Republican ''
- 4. Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), '' Republican ''
- 5. John B. Alley (1817-1896), '' Republican ''
- 6. Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 , 1865 .
- : Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), '' Republican '' ...resigned September 1 , 1865 , before Congress assembled.
- 7. George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), '' Republican ''
- 8. John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), '' Republican ''
- 9. William B. Washburn (1820-1887), '' Republican ''
- 10. Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Stephen Taber (1821-1886), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Teunis G. Bergen (1806-1881), '' Democratic ''
- 3. James Humphrey (1811-1866), '' Republican '' ...died June 16 , 1866 .
- : John W. Hunter (1807-1900), '' Democratic '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 , 1866 .
- 4. Morgan Jones (1830-1894), '' Democratic ''
- 5. Nelson Taylor (1821-1894), '' Democratic ''
- 6. Henry J. Raymond (1820-1869), '' Republican ''
- 7. John W. Chanler (1826-1877), '' Democratic ''
- 8. James Brooks (1810-1873), '' Democratic '' …contested election, served until April 7 , 1866 .
- : William E. Dodge (1805-1883), '' Republican '' ...contested election, seated April 7 , 1866 .
- 9. William A. Darling (1817-1895), '' Republican ''
- 10. William Radford (1814-1870), '' Democratic ''
- 11. Charles H. Winfield (1822-1888), '' Democratic ''
- 12. John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), '' Republican ''
- 13. Edwin N. Hubbell (1815- ), '' Democratic ''
- 14. Charles Goodyear (1804-1876), '' Democratic ''
- 15. John A. Griswold (1822-1872), '' Republican ''
- 16. Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), '' Republican '' ...died August 24 , 1865 .
- : Robert S. Hale (1822-1881), '' Republican '' ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 17. Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), '' Republican ''
- 18. James M. Marvin (1809-1901), '' Republican ''
- 19. Demas Hubbard, Jr. (1806-1873), '' Republican ''
- 20. Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), '' Republican ''
- 21. Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), '' Republican '' ...resigned March 4 , 1867 .
- 22. Sidney T. Holmes (1815-1890), '' Republican ''
- 23. Thomas T. Davis (1810-1872), '' Republican ''
- 24. Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), '' Republican ''
- 25. Daniel Morris (1812-1889), '' Republican ''
- 26. Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815-1878), '' Republican ''
- 27. Hamilton Ward (1829-1898), '' Republican ''
- 28. Roswell Hart (1824-1883), '' Republican ''
- 29. Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), '' Republican ''
- 30. James M. Humphrey (1819-1899), '' Democratic ''
- 31. Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888), '' Republican ''
- 2. Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), '' Republican ''
- 3. Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), '' Republican ''
- 4. William Lawrence (1819-1899), '' Republican ''
- 5. Francis C. Le Blond (1821-1902), '' Democratic ''
- 6. Reader W. Clarke (1812-1872), '' Republican ''
- 7. Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), '' Republican ''
- 8. James R. Hubbell (1824-1890), '' Republican ''
- 9. Ralph P. Buckland (1812-1892), '' Republican ''
- 10. James M. Ashley (1824-1896), '' Republican ''
- 11. Hezekiah S. Bundy (1817-1895), '' Republican ''
- 12. William E. Finck (1822-1901), '' Democratic ''
- 13. Columbus Delano (1809-1896), '' Republican ''
- 14. Martin Welker (1819-1902), '' Republican ''
- 15. Tobias A. Plants (1811-1887), '' Republican ''
- 16. John A. Bingham (1815-1900), '' Republican ''
- 17. Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), '' Republican ''
- 18. Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), '' Republican ''
- 19. James A. Garfield (1831-1881), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), '' Democratic ''
- 2. Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), '' Republican ''
- 3. Leonard Myers (1827-1905), '' Republican ''
- 4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), '' Republican ''
- 5. M. Russell Thayer (1819-1906), '' Republican ''
- 6. Benjamin M. Boyer (1823-1887), '' Democratic ''
- 7. John M. Broomall (1816-1894), '' Republican ''
- 8. Sydenham E. Ancona (1824-1913), '' Democratic ''
- 9. Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), '' Republican ''
- 10. Myer Strouse (1825-1878), '' Democratic ''
- 11. Philip Johnson (1818-1867), '' Democratic '' ...died January 29 , 1867 .
- 12. Charles Denison (1818-1867), '' Democratic ''
- 13. Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), '' Republican ''
- 14. George F. Miller (1809-1885), '' Republican ''
- 15. Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), '' Democratic ''
- 16. Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), '' Democratic '' …contested election, served until July 18 , 1866 .
- : William H. Koontz (1830-1911), '' Republican '' ...contested election, seated July 18 , 1866 .
- 17. Abraham A. Barker (1816-1898), '' Republican ''
- 18. Stephen F. Wilson (1821-1897), '' Republican ''
- 19. Charles V. Culver (1830-1909), '' Republican ''
- 20. Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), '' Republican ''
- 21. John L. Dawson (1813-1870), '' Democratic ''
- 22. James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), '' Republican ''
- 23. Thomas Williams (1806-1872), '' Republican ''
- 24. George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), '' Republican ''
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- 1. Nathaniel G. Taylor (1819-1887), ''Unionist'' ...readmitted state, seated July 24 , 1866 .
- 2. Horace Maynard (1814-1882), ''Unconditional Unionist'' ...readmitted state, seated July 24 , 1866 .
- 3. William B. Stokes (1814-1897), '' Republican '' ...readmitted state, seated July 24 , 1866 .
- 4. Edmund Cooper (1821-1911), ''Unionist'' ...readmitted state, seated July 25 , 1866 .
- 5. William B. Campbell (1807-1867), ''Unionist'' ...readmitted state, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 6. Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), ''Unconditional Unionist'' ...readmitted state, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 7. Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), ''Unionist'' ...readmitted state, seated December 3 , 1866 .
- 8 John W. Leftwich (1826-1870), '' Democratic '' ...readmitted state, seated July 25 , 1866 .
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