37th United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of Sessions 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 6.3 Delegates 7 Membership Changes 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Officers 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 8.3 Other 9 References

The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of Sessions

March 4, 1861–March 3, 1863

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1861 – March 28, 1861
• First session: July 4, 1861 – August 6, 1861
• Second session: December 2, 1861 - July 17, 1862
• Third session: December 1, 1862 - March 3, 1863 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 36th Congress
Next congress: 38th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1861; Events of 1862; Events of 1863

• United States Civil War

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#37th United States Congress

• August 5, 1861 - Revenue Act of 1861, ch. 45, 12 Stat. 242
• May 20, 1862 - Homestead Act, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 392
• July 1, 1862 - Revenue Act of 1862, ch. 119, 12 Stat. 432
• July 1, 1862 - Pacific Railway Act, ch. 120, 12 Stat. 489
• July 2, 1862 - Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.)
• July 17, 1862 - Militia Act, ch. 201, 12 Stat. 597
• February 25, 1863 - National Banking Act, ch 58, 12 Stat. 665
• March 2, 1863 - False Claims Act, ch. 67, 12 Stat. 696 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.
• March 3, 1863 - Enrollment Act, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 731

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

• Republicans: 31
• Democrats: 15
• Unionists: 3
• vacant 1

TOTAL members: 50

[edit] House of Representatives

• Republicans: 108
• Democrats: 44
• Unionists: 26
• Constitutional Unionists: 2
• Unions: 2
• Independent Democrats: 1

TOTAL members: 183

• Delegates: 7

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate:
  • Hannibal Hamlin, Republican of Maine.
• President pro tempore:
  • Solomon Foot, Republican of Vermont, first elected in this Congress March 23, 1861.
• Republican Conference Chairman:
  • John P. Hale, Republican of New Hampshire
  • Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House:
  • Galusha A. Grow, Republican of Pennsylvania, elected July 4, 1861.

[edit] Members

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.

See also: Thirty-seventh United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: Thirty-seventh United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1860

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.

[edit] Senate

Arkansas

• William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• Charles B. Mitchel (1815-1864), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.

California

• Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic
• James A. McDougall (1817-1867), Democratic

Connecticut

• Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
• James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican

Delaware

• James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
• Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic

Illinois

• Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic ...died June 3, 1861.

  Orville H. Browning (1806-1881), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

  William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 30, 1863.

• Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic

Indiana

• Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic ...expelled February 5, 1862.

  Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated June 2, 1862.

  David Turpie (1828-1909), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 22, 1863.

• Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Republican

Iowa

• James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
• James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican

Kansas

• Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican ...new state, seated July 4. 1861.
• James H. Lane (1814-1866), Republican ...new state, seated July 4. 1861.

Kentucky

• Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Democratic
• John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of December 4, 1861.

  Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 23, 1861.

Maine

• William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
• Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican

Maryland

• James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic ...died December 20, 1862.

  Thomas H. Hicks (1798-1865), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated January 14, 1863.

• Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), Unionist

Massachusetts

• Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
• Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

Michigan

• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Republican ...died in office, October 5, 1861.

  Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 17, 1862.

Minnesota

• Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic
• Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican

Missouri

• Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of January 10, 1862.

  John B. Henderson (1826-1913), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated January 29, 1862.

• Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of January 10, 1862.

  Robert Wilson (1803-1870), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated January 24, 1862.

New Hampshire

• John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
• Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican

New Jersey

• John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic ...died September 12, 1862.

  Richard S. Field (1803-1870), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

  James W. Wall (1820-1872), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21, 1863.

• John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican

New York

• Preston King (1806-1865), Republican
• Ira Harris (1802-1875), Republican

North Carolina

• Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic ...withdrew March 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), Democratic ...withdrew March 8, 1861, state having seceded.

Ohio

• Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
• Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Republican ...resigned March 6, 1861.

  John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 23, 1861.

Oregon

• Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Republican ...died October 21, 1861.

  Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), Democratic ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 27, 1862.

  Benjamin F. Harding (1823-1899), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), Democratic

Pennsylvania

• Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican ...resigned March 4, 1861.

  David Wilmot (1814-1868), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 18, 1861.

• Edgar Cowan (1815-1885), Republican

Rhode Island

• James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican ...resigned August 15, 1862.

  Samuel G. Arnold (1821-1880), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican

South Carolina

• James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution, July 11, 1861.

Tennessee

• Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic ...resigned March 4, 1862..
• Alfred O.P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.

Texas

• John Hemphill (1803-1862), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• Louis T. Wigfall (1816-1874), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.

Vermont

• Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
• Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican

Virginia

• James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic ...withdrew March 28, 1861, state having seceded.

  Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 13, 1861.

• Robert M.T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic ...withdrew March 28, 1861, state having seceded.

  John S. Carlile (1817-1878), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 13, 1861.

Wisconsin

• James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican
• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican

[edit] House of Representatives

California

• A/L. Frederick F. Low (1828-1894), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3, 1862.
• A/L. Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.
• A/L. Timothy G. Phelps (1824-1899), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

Connecticut

• 1. Alfred A. Burnham (1819-1879), Republican
• 2. James E. English (1812-1890), Democratic
• 3. Dwight Loomis (1821-1903), Republican
• 4. George C. Woodruff (1805-1885), Democratic

Delaware

• A/L. George P. Fisher (1817-1899), Unionist

Illinois

• 1. Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican
• 2. Isaac N. Arnold (1815-1884), Republican
• 3. Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican
• 4. William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican
• 5. William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic ...resigned January 29, 1863.
• 6. John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic ...resigned October 28, 1861.

  Anthony L. Knapp (1828-1881), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1861.

• 7. James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
• 8. Philip B. Fouke (1818-1876), Democratic
• 9. John A. Logan (1826-1886), Democratic ...resigned April 2, 1862.

  William J. Allen (1829-1901), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 2, 1862.

Indiana

• 1. John Law (1796-1873), Democratic
• 2. James A. Cravens (1818-1893), Democratic
• 3. W. McKee Dunn (1814-1887), Republican
• 4. William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• 5. George W. Julian (1817-1899), Republican
• 6. Albert G. Porter (1824-1897), Republican
• 7. Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
• 8. Albert S. White (1803-1864), Republican
• 9. Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican
• 10. William Mitchell (1807-1865), Republican
• 11. John P.C. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican

Iowa

• 1. Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican ...resigned August 4, 1861.

  James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 2. William Vandever (1817-1893), Republican ...contested election, served until September 24, 1861, seat declared vacant.

Kansas

• A/L. Martin F. Conway (1827-1882), Republican

Kentucky

• 1. Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of December 3, 1861.

  Samuel L. Casey (1821-1902), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 10, 1862.

• 2. James S. Jackson (1823-1862), Unionist ...resigned December 13, 1861.

  George H. Yeaman (1829-1908), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• 3. Henry Grider (1796-1866), Unionist
• 4. Aaron Harding (1805-1875), Unionist
• 5. Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), Unionist
• 6. George W. Dunlap (1813-1880), Unionist
• 7. Robert Mallory (1815-1885), Unionist
• 8. John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), Unionist
• 9. William H. Wadsworth (1821-1893), Unionist
• 10. John W. Menzies (1819-1897), Unionist

Louisiana

• 1. Benjamin F. Flanders (1816-1896), Unionist ...credentials accepted, seated February 23, 1863.
• 2. Michael Hahn (1830-1886), Unionist ...credentials accepted, seated February 17, 1863.

Maine

• 1. John N. Goodwin (1824-1887), Republican
• 2. Charles W. Walton (1819-1900), Republican ...resigned May 26, 1862.

  Thomas A.D. Fessenden (1826-1868), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• 3. Samuel C. Fessenden (1815-1882), Republican
• 4. Anson P. Morrill (1803-1887), Republican
• 5. John H. Rice (1816-1911), Republican
• 6. Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), Republican

Maryland

• 1. John W. Crisfield (1806-1897), Unionist
• 2. Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), Unionist
• 3. Cornelius L.L. Leary (1813-1893), Unionist
• 4. Henry May (1816-1866), Unionist
• 5. Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Unionist
• 6. Charles B. Calvert (1808-1864), Unionist

Massachusetts

• 1. Thomas D. Eliot, Republican
• 2. James Buffinton, Republican
• 3. Charles F. Adams, Sr., Republican ...resigned May 1, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Benjamin F. Thomas, Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 4. Alexander H. Rice, Republican
• 5. William Appleton, Constitutional Unionist ...resigned September 27, 1861.

  Samuel Hooper, Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 6. John B. Alley, Republican
• 7. Daniel W. Gooch, Republican
• 8. Charles R. Train, Republican
• 9. Goldsmith F. Bailey, Republican ...died May 8, 1862.

  Amasa Walker, Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• 10. Charles Delano, Republican
• 11. Henry L. Dawes, Republican

Michigan

• 1. Bradley F. Granger (1825-1882), Republican
• 2. Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Republican
• 3. Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican
• 4. Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), Republican

Minnesota

• 1. Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871), Republican
• 2. William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

Missouri

• 1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Republican ...resigned July, 1862.
• 2. James S. Rollins (1812-1888), Constitutional Unionist
• 3. Elijah H. Norton (1821-1914), Democratic
• 4. John W. Noell (1816-1863), Democratic
• 5. John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
• 6. John W. Reid (1821-1881), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of December 2, 1861.

  Thomas L. Price (1809-1870), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21, 1862.

• 7. John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 13, 1861.

  William A. Hall (1815-1888), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 20, 1862.

New Hampshire

• 1. Gilman Marston (1811-1890), Republican
• 2. Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), Republican
• 3. Thomas M. Edwards (1795-1875), Republican

New Jersey

• 1. John T. Nixon (1820-1889), Republican
• 2. John L.N. Stratton (1817-1889), Republican
• 3. William G. Steele (1820-1892), Democratic
• 4. George T. Cobb (1813-1870), Democratic
• 5. Nehemiah Perry (1816-1881), Democratic

New York

• 1. Edward H. Smith (1809-1885), Democratic
• 2. Moses F. Odell (1818-1866), Democratic
• 3. Benjamin Wood (1820-1900), Democratic
• 4. James E. Kerrigan (1828-1899), Independent Democratic
• 5. William Wall (1800-1872), Republican
• 6. Frederick A. Conkling (1816-1891), Republican
• 7. Elijah Ward (1816-1882), Democratic
• 8. Isaac C. Delaplaine (1817-1866), Democratic
• 9. Edward Haight (1817-1885), Democratic
• 10. Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
• 11. John B. Steele (1814-1866), Democratic
• 12. Stephen Baker (1819-1875), Republican
• 13. Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican
• 14. Erastus Corning (1794-1872), Democratic
• 15. James B. McKean (1821-1879), Republican
• 16. William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican
• 17. Socrates N. Sherman (1801-1873), Republican
• 18. Chauncey Vibbard (1811-1891), Democratic
• 19. Richard Franchot (1816-1875), Republican
• 20. Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
• 21. R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), Republican
• 22. William E. Lansing (1821-1883), Republican
• 23. Ambrose W. Clark (1810-1887), Republican
• 24. Charles B. Sedgwick (1815-1883), Republican
• 25. Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), Republican
• 26. Jacob P. Chamberlain (1802-1878), Republican
• 27. Alexander S. Diven (1809-1896), Republican
• 28. Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (1821-1888), Republican
• 29. Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Republican
• 30. Augustus Frank (1826-1895), Republican
• 31. Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), Republican
• 32. Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), Republican
• 33. Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

Ohio

• 1. George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic
• 2. John A. Gurley (1813-1863), Republican
• 3. Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic
• 4. William Allen (1827-1881), Democratic
• 5. James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican
• 6. Chilton A. White (1826-1900), Democratic
• 7. Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Republican ...resigned March 12, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Richard A. Harrison (1824-1904), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 8. Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Republican
• 9. Warren P. Noble (1820-1903), Democratic
• 10. Carey A. Trimble (1813-1887), Republican
• 11. Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Republican
• 12. Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
• 13. John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican ...resigned March 21, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Samuel T. Worcester (1804-1882), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 14. Harrison G.O. Blake (1818-1876), Republican
• 15. Robert H. Nugen (1809-1872), Democratic
• 16. William P. Cutler (1812-1889), Republican
• 17. James R. Morris (1819-1899), Democratic
• 18. Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900), Republican
• 19. Albert G. Riddle (1816-1902), Republican
• 20. John Hutchins (1812-1891), Republican
• 21. John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

Oregon

• A/L. Andrew J. Thayer (1818-1873), Democratic ...contested election, served until July 30, 1861.

  George K. Shiel (1825-1893), Democratic ...contested election, seated July 30, 1861.

Pennsylvania

• 1. William E. Lehman (1821-1895), Democratic
• 2. E. Jay Morris (1815-1881), Republican ...resigned June 8, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Charles J. Biddle (1819-1873), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 3. John P. Verree (1817-1889), Republican
• 4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• 5. William Morris Davis (1815-1891), Republican
• 6. John Hickman (1810-1875), Republican
• 7. Thomas B. Cooper (1823-1862), Democratic ...died April 4, 1862.

  John D. Stiles (1822-1896), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3, 1862.

• 8. Sydenham E. Ancona (1824-1913), Democratic
• 9. Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican
• 10. John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
• 11. James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Republican
• 12. George W. Scranton (1811-1861), Republican ...died March 24, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 13. Philip Johnson (1818-1867), Democratic
• 14. Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican
• 15. James T. Hale (1810-1865), Republican
• 16. Joseph Bailey (1810-1885), Democratic
• 17. Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Republican
• 18. Samuel S. Blair (1821-1890), Republican
• 19. John Covode (1808-1871), Republican
• 20. Jesse Lazear (1804-1877), Democratic
• 21. James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican
• 22. Robert McKnight (1820-1885), Republican
• 23. John W. Wallace (1818-1889), Republican
• 24. John Patton (1823-1897), Republican
• 25. Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887), Republican

Rhode Island

• 1. William P. Sheffield (1820-1907), Union
• 2 George H. Browne (1811-1885), Union

Tennessee

• 1. George W. Bridges (1825-1873), Unionist ...special election, seated February 25, 1863.
• 2. Andrew J. Clements (1832-1913), Unionist ...special election, seated January 13, 1862.
• 3. Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Unionist ...special election, seated December 2, 1861.

Vermont

• 1. Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican
• 2. Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
• 3. Portus Baxter (1806-1868), Republican

Virginia

• 1. Joseph E. Segar (1804-1880), Unionist ...special election, seated May 6, 1862.
• 5. Charles H. Upton (1812-1877), Unionist ...contested election, served until February 27, 1862.

  Lewis McKenzie (1810-1895), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 16, 1863.

• 11. William G. Brown (1800-1884), Unionist
• 12. John S. Carlile (1817-1878), Unionist ...resigned July 9, 1861.

  Jacob B. Blair (1821-1901), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 13 Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), Unionist

Wisconsin

• 1. John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican
• 2. Luther Hanchett (1825-1862), Republican ...died November 24, 1862

  Walter D. McIndoe (1819-1872), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26, 1863.

• 3. A. Scott Sloan (1820-1895), Republican

[edit] Delegates

Colorado Territory

• Hiram P. Bennet (1826-1914), Republican ...new territory, seated December 2, 1861.

Dakota Territory

• John B.S. Todd (1814-1872), Democratic ...new territory, seated December 9, 1861.

Nebraska Territory

• Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican

Nevada Territory

• John Cradlebaugh (1819-1872), Independent ...new territory, seated December 2, 1861.

New Mexico Territory

• John S. Watts (1816-1876), Republican

Utah Territory

• John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881), Independent

Washington Territory

• William H. Wallace (1811-1879), Republican

[edit] Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836.
  • John W. Forney of Pennsylvania elected July 15, 1861.
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • Dunning R. McNair of Pennsylvania, elected March 17, 1853.
  • George T. Brown of Illinois, elected July 6, 1861.
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. Phineas D. Gurley, Presbyterian, elected December 15, 1859.
  • The Rev. Byron Sunderland, Presbyterian, elected July 10, 1861.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • Emerson Etheridge of Tennessee, elected July 4, 1861.
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Edward Ball of Ohio, elected July 4, 1861.
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Ira Goodnow of New York, elected July 4, 1861.
• Postmaster of the House:
  • William S. King of Minnesota, elected July 4, 1861.
• Messenger to the Speaker:
  • Thaddeus Morrice
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. Thomas H. Stockton, Methodist, elected July 4, 1861.

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851.

[edit] References

• Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
• Library of Congress (2006). Statutes at Large, 1789-1875. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• Library of Congress (2006). Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• Library of Congress (2006). House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
• U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.

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