41st 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 Party Leadership 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 7 Members 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 7.3 Delegates 8 Membership Changes 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 9 Officers 9.1 Senate 9.2 House of Representatives 9.3 Other 10 References

The Forty-first 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, 1869 to March 3, 1871, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of Sessions

March 4, 1869–March 3, 1871

• First session: March 4, 1869 – April 10, 1869
• Special session of the Senate: April 12, 1869 – April 22, 1869
• Second session: December 6, 1869 - July 15, 1870
• Third session: December 5, 1870 - March 3, 1871 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 40th Congress
Next congress: 42nd Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1869; Events of 1870; Events of 1871

[edit] Major legislation

Main article:List of United States federal legislation in the Forty-first Congress

• April 10, 1869 - Judiciary Act of 1869 (Circuit Judges Act of 1869), ch. 22, 16 Stat. 44
• May 31, 1870 - Force Act of 1870, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140
• July 14, 1870 - Naturalization Act of 1870, ch. 254 16 Stat. 254

[edit] Party summary

[edit] Senate

• Republicans: 62
• Democrats: 12

TOTAL members: 74

[edit] House of Representatives

• Republicans: 171
• Democrats: 67
• Conservatives: 5

TOTAL members: 243

• delegates: 9

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• President of the Senate:
  • Schuyler Colfax, Republican of Indiana
• President Pro Tempore:
  • Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island, first elected March 23, 1869.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House:
  • James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, elected March 4, 1869.

[edit] Party Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Republican Conference Chairman:
  • Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic Caucus Chairman:
  • William E. Niblack, Democrat of Indiana.
  • Samuel J. Randall, Democrat of Pennsylvania.
• Republican Conference Chairman:
  • Robert C. Schenck, Republican of Ohio.
  • Nathaniel P. Banks, Republican of Massachusetts.

[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: Forty-first United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: Forty-first United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1868

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

Alabama

• George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican
• Willard Warner (1826-1906), Republican

Arkansas

• Alexander McDonald (1832-1903), Republican
• Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Republican

California

• Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican
• Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), Democratic

Connecticut

• Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican
• William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Republican

Delaware

• Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic
• Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Democratic

Florida

• Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Republican
• Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Republican

Georgia

• Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 1, 1871.
• Homer V.M. Miller (1814-1896), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated February 24, 1871.

Illinois

• Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic
• Richard Yates (1815-1873), Republican

Indiana

• Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican
• Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Republican

Iowa

• James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican ...resigned December 6, 1869.

  James B. Howell (1816-1880), Republican ...elected to vacancy, seated January 26, 1870.

• James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican

Kansas

• Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
• Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Republican

Kentucky

• Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Republican
• Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Democratic

Louisiana

• John S. Harris (1825-1906), Republican
• William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican

Maine

• William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican ...died September 9, 1869.

  Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1869, subsequently elected.

• Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican

Maryland

• George Vickers (1801-1879), Democratic
• William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican

Minnesota

• Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
• Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), Republican ...died July 13, 1870.

  William Windom (1827-1891), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1870.

  Ozora P. Stearns (1831-1896), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 23, 1871.

Mississippi

• Hiram R. Revels (1827-1901), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 25, 1870.
• Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Republican ...readmitted state, seated April 1, 1870.

Missouri

• Charles D. Drake (1811-1892), Republican ...resigned December 19, 1870.

  Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Democratic ...elected to vacancy, seated January 25, 1871.

  Daniel T. Jewett (1807-1906), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 22, 1870.

• Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Republican

Nebraska

• John M. Thayer (1820-1906), Republican
• Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Republican

Nevada

• William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
• James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican

New Hampshire

• Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
• James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican

New Jersey

• Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), Republican
• John P. Stockton (1826-1900), Democratic

New York

• Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
• Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

North Carolina

• Joseph C. Abbott (1825-1881), Republican
• John Pool (1826-1884), Republican

Ohio

• John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
• Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic

Oregon

• George H. Williams (1823-1910), Republican
• Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Republican

Pennsylvania

• Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
• John Scott (1824-1896), Republican

Rhode Island

• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
• William Sprague (1830-1915), Republican

South Carolina

• Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), Republican
• Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), Republican

Tennessee

• Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), Republican
• William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Republican

Texas

• Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.

Vermont

• George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

Virginia

• John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.

West Virginia

• Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), Republican
• Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), Republican

Wisconsin

• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican
• Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Republican

[edit] House of Representatives

Alabama

• 1. Alfred E. Buck (1832-1902), Republican
• 2. Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Republican
• 3. Robert S. Heflin (1815-1901), Republican
• 4. Charles Hays (1834-1879), Republican
• 5. Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), Democratic
• 6. William C. Sherrod (1835-1919), Democratic

Arkansas

• 1. Logan H. Roots (1841-1893), Republican
• 2. Anthony A.C. Rogers (1821-1899), Democratic
• 3. Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Republican

California

• 1. Samuel B. Axtell (1819-1891), Democratic
• 2. Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican
• 3. James A. Johnson (1829-1896), Democratic

Connecticut

• 1. Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Republican
• 2. Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Republican
• 3. Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Republican
• 4. William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic

Delaware

• A/L. Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), Democratic

Florida

• A/L. Charles M. Hamilton (1840-1875), Republican

Georgia

• 1. William W. Paine (1817-1882), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 23, 1871.
• 2. Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 9, 1871.
• 3. Marion Bethune (1816-1895), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.
• 4. Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.
• 5. Stephen A. Corker (1830-1879), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 24, 1871.
• 6. William P. Price (1835-1908), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.
• 7. Pierce M.B. Young (1836-1896), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.

Illinois

• 1. Norman B. Judd (1815-1878), Republican
• 2. John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
• 3. Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican ...resigned March 6, 1869.

  Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1869.

• 4. John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Republican
• 5. Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Republican
• 6. Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican
• 7. Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Republican
• 8. Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican
• 9. Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Democratic
• 10. Albert G. Burr (1829-1882), Democratic
• 11. Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
• 12. John B. Hay (1834-1916), Republican
• 13. John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Democratic
• A/L John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican

Indiana

• 1. William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
• 2. Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Democratic
• 3. William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• 4. George W. Julian (1817-1899), Republican
• 5. John Coburn (1825-1908), Republican
• 6. Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
• 7. Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Republican
• 8. James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy from previous Congress, seated March 4, 1869.
• 9. John P.C. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican
• 10. William Williams (1821-1896), Republican
• 11. Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Republican

Iowa

• 1. George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Republican
• 2. William Smyth (1824-1870), Republican ...died September 30, 1870.

  William P. Wolf (1833-1896), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1870.

• 3. William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
• 4. William Loughridge (1827-1889), Republican
• 5. Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), Republican
• 6. Charles Pomeroy (1825-1891), Republican

Kansas

• A/L. Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), Republican

Kentucky

• 1. Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), Democratic
• 2. William N. Sweeney (1832-1895), Democratic
• 3. Jacob S. Golladay (1819-1887), Democratic ...resigned February 28, 1870

  Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10, 1870.

• 4. J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Democratic
• 5. Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), Democratic
• 6. Thomas L. Jones (1819-1887), Democratic
• 7. James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
• 8. George M. Adams (1837-1920), Democratic
• 9. John M. Rice (1831-1895), Democratic ...contested election, seated March 5, 1869.

Louisiana

• 1. J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Republican ...seat declared vacant, subsequently elected, seated December 5, 1870.
• 2. Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Republican
• 3. C.B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican
• 4. Joseph P. Newsham (1837-1919), Republican ...contested election of Michael Ryan, seated May 23, 1870.
• 5. Frank Morey (1840-1889), Republican ...seat declared vacant, subsequently elected, seated December 6, 1870.

Maine

• 1. John Lynch (1825-1892), Republican
• 2. Samuel P. Morrill (1816-1892), Republican
• 3. James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
• 4. John A. Peters (1822-1904), Republican
• 5. Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican

Maryland

• 1. Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), Democratic
• 2. Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Democratic
• 3. Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Democratic
• 4. Patrick Hamill (1817-1895), Democratic
• 5. Frederick Stone (1820-1899), Democratic

Massachusetts

• 1. James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
• 2. Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican
• 3. Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Republican
• 4. Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
• 5. Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
• 6. Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
• 7. George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Republican ...resigned March 12, 1869.

  George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1869.

• 8. George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
• 9. William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican
• 10 Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

• 1. Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Republican
• 2. William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), Republican
• 3. Austin Blair (1818-1894), Republican
• 4. Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican
• 5. Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
• 6. Randolph Strickland (1823-1880), Republican

Minnesota

• 1. Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican
• 2. Eugene M. Wilson (1833-1890), Democratic

Mississippi

• 1. George E. Harris (1827-1911), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.
• 2. Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.
• 3. Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Republican ...readmitted state, seated April 8, 1870.
• 4. George C. McKee (1837-1890), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.
• 5 Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.

Missouri

• 1. Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Democratic
• 2. Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), Republican
• 3. James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Democratic
• 4. Sempronius H. Boyd (1828-1894), Republican
• 5. Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), Republican
• 6. Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Republican
• 7. Joel F. Asper (1822-1872), Republican
• 8. John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), Republican
• 9. David P. Dyer (1838-1924), Republican

Nebraska

• A/L. John Taffe (1827-1884), Republican

Nevada

• A/L. Thomas Fitch (1838-1923), Republican

New Hampshire

• 1. Jacob H. Ela (1820-1884), Republican
• 2. Aaron F. Stevens (1819-1887), Republican
• 3. Jacob Benton (1814-1892), Republican

New Jersey

• 1 William Moore (1810-1878), Republican
• 2. Charles Haight (1838-1891), Democratic
• 3. John T. Bird (1829-1911), Democratic
• 4. John Hill (1821-1884), Republican
• 5. Orestes Cleveland (1829-1896), Democratic

New York

• 1. Henry A. Reeves (1832-1916), Democratic
• 2. John G. Schumaker (1826-1905), Democratic
• 3. Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), Democratic
• 4. John Fox (1835-1914), Democratic
• 5. John Morrissey (1831-1878), Democratic
• 6. Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
• 7. Hervey C. Calkin (1828-1913), Democratic
• 8. James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic
• 9. Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
• 10. Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), Democratic
• 11. George W. Greene (1831-1895), Democratic …contested election, served until February 17, 1870.

  Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican ...contested election, seated February 17, 1870.

• 12. John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
• 13. John A. Griswold (1822-1902), Democratic
• 14. Stephen L. Mayham (1826-1908), Democratic
• 15. Adolphus H. Tanner (1833-1882), Republican
• 16. Orange Ferriss (1814-1894), Republican
• 17. William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican
• 18. Stephen Sanford (1826-1913), Republican
• 19. Charles Knapp (1797-1880), Republican
• 20. Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), Republican
• 21. Alexander H. Bailey (1817-1874), Republican
• 22. John C. Churchill (1821-1905), Republican
• 23. Dennis McCarthy (1814-1886), Republican
• 24. George W. Cowles (1823-1901), Republican
• 25. William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Republican
• 26. Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815-1878), Republican
• 27. Hamilton Ward (1829-1898), Republican
• 28. Noah Davis (1818-1902), Republican ...resigned July 15, 1870.

  Charles H. Holmes (1827-1874), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1870.

• 29. John Fisher (1806-1882), Republican
• 30. David S. Bennett (1811-1894), Republican
• 31. Porter Sheldon (1831-1908), Republican

North Carolina

• 1. Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), Republican
• 2. David Heaton (1823-1870), Republican ...died June 25, 1870.

  Joseph Dixon (1828-1883), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1870.

• 3. Oliver H. Dockery (1830-1906), Republican
• 4. John T. Deweese (1835-1906), Republican ...resigned February 28, 1870

  John Manning, Jr. (1830-1899), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1870.

• 5. Israel G. Lash (1810-1878), Republican
• 6. Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), Democratic
• 7. Alexander H. Jones (1822-1901), Republican

Ohio

• 1. Peter W. Strader (1818-1881), Democratic
• 2. Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), Republican
• 3. Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Republican ...resigned January 5, 1871.
• 4. William Lawrence (1819-1899), Republican
• 5. William Mungen (1821-1887), Democratic
• 6. John A. Smith (1814-1892), Republican
• 7. James J. Winans (1818-1879), Republican
• 8. John Beatty (1828-1914), Republican
• 9. Edward F. Dickinson (1829-1891), Democratic
• 10. Truman H. Hoag (1816-1870), Democratic ...died February 5, 1870.

  Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23, 1870.

• 11. John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Republican
• 12. Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874), Democratic
• 13. George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Democratic
• 14. Martin Welker (1819-1902), Republican
• 15. Eliakim H. Moore (1812-1900), Republican
• 16. John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican
• 17. Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), Republican
• 18. William H. Upson (1823-1910), Republican
• 19. James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican

Oregon

• A/L. Joseph S. Smith (1824-1884), Democratic

Pennsylvania

• 1. Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• 2. Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
• 3. John Moffet (1831-1884), Democratic …contested election, served until April 9, 1869.

  Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican ...contested election, seated April 9, 1869.

• 4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• 5. John R. Reading (1826-1886), Democratic …contested election, served until April 13, 1870.

  Caleb N. Taylor (1813-1887), Republican ...contested election, seated April 13, 1870.

• 6. John D. Stiles (1822-1896), Democratic
• 7. Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Republican
• 8. J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Democratic
• 9. Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Republican
• 10. Henry L. Cake (1827-1899), Republican
• 11. Daniel M. Van Auken (1826-1908), Democratic
• 12. George W. Woodward (1809-1875), Democratic
• 13. Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican
• 14. John B. Packer (1824-1891), Republican
• 15. Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Democratic
• 16. John Cessna (1821-1893), Republican
• 17. Daniel J. Morrell (1821-1885), Republican
• 18. William H. Armstrong (1824-1919), Republican
• 19. Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
• 20. Calvin W. Gilfillan (1832-1901), Republican
• 21. John Covode (1808-1871), Republican ...contested election, seated February 9, 1870, died January 11, 1871.
• 22. James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
• 23. Darwin Phelps (1807-1879), Republican
• 24. Joseph B. Donley (1838-1917), Republican

Rhode Island

• 1. Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), Republican
• 2. Nathan F. Dixon (1812-1881), Republican

South Carolina

• 1. B.F. Whittemore (1824-1894), Republican ...resigned February 24, 1870, subsequently reelected, but was not seated.

  Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1870.

• 2. C.C. Bowen (1832-1880), Republican
• 3. Solomon L. Hoge (1836-1909), Republican ...contested election of J.P. Reed, seated April 8, 1869.
• 4. Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), Republican ...contested election of William D. Simpson, seated May 27, 1870.

Tennessee

• 1. Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Republican
• 2. Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Republican
• 3. William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Republican
• 4. Lewis Tillman (1816-1886), Republican
• 5. William F. Prosser (1834-1911), Republican
• 6. Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), Republican
• 7. Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), Republican
• 8. William J. Smith (1823-1913), Republican

Texas

• 1. G.W. Whitmore (1824-1876), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 2. John C. Conner (1842-1873), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 3. W.T. Clark (1831-1905), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 4. Edward Degener (1809-1890), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.

Vermont

• 1. Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Republican
• 2. Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican
• 3. Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Republican

Virginia

• 1. Richard S. Ayer (1829-1896), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 31, 1870.
• 2. James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 3. Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 4. George W. Booker (1821-1883), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated February 1, 1870.
• 5. Robert Ridgway (1823-1870), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870, subsequently died October 16, 1870.

  Richard T.W. Duke (1822-1898), Conservative ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1870.

• 6. William Milnes, Jr. (1827-1889), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 7. Lewis McKenzie (1810-1895), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 31, 1870.
• 8. James King Gibson (1812-1879), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 28, 1870.

West Virginia

• 1. Isaac H. Duval (1824-1902), Republican
• 2. James C. McGrew (1813-1910), Republican
• 3. John S. Witcher (1839-1906), Republican

Wisconsin

• 1. Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), Republican
• 2. David Atwood (1815-1889), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 23, 1870.

  Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829-1870), Republican ...died January 1, 1870.

• 3. Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Republican
• 4. Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic
• 5. Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
• 6 Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican

[edit] Delegates

Arizona Territory

• Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), Unionist

ColoradoTerritory

• Allen A. Bradford (1815-1888), Republican

Dakota Territory

• Solomon L. Spink (1831-1881), Republican

Idaho Territory

• J.K. Shafer (1823-1876), Democratic

Montana Territory

• James M. Cavanaugh (1823-1879), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• J. Francisco Chaves (1833-1904), Republican

Utah Territory

• William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

Washington Territory

• Selucius Garfielde (1822-1881), Republican

Wyoming Territory

• S.F. Nuckolls (1825-1879), Democratic

[edit] Membership Changes

Main article: Forty-first United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

Seats with changes: 12

• deaths: 1
• resignations: 3
• readmitted to representation: 8

• Democratic seats going to Republicans: 0
• Republican seats going to Democrats: 1
• New seats going to Democrats: 2
• New seats going to Republicans: 6

[edit] House of Representatives

Seats with changes: 58

• deaths: 5
• resignations: 7
• contested elections: 12
• late elections: 10
• readmitted to representation: 24

• Democratic seats going to Republicans: 4
• Republican seats going to Democrats: 1
• Vacant seats to going to Democrats: 4
• Vacant seats going to Republicans: 15
• New seats to going to Democrats: 5
• New seats going to Republicans: 14
• New seats going to Conservatives: 5
• Seats vacant or disputed going to Republicans:

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • George C. Gorham of Massachusetts elected June 4, 1868.
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • George T. Brown of Illinois, elected July 6, 1861.
  • John R. French of New Hampshire, elected March 22, 1869.
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. John P. Newman, Methodist, elected March 8, 1869.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, elected March 5, 1869.
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Nehemiah G. Ordway of New Hampshire, elected March 5, 1869.
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Otis S. Buxton of New York, elected March 5, 1869.
• Postmaster of the House:
  • William S. King of Minnesota, elected March 5, 1869.
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • John M. Barclay
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. John G. Butler, Presbyterian, elected March 4, 1869.

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865.

[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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