Fortieth United States Congress - Political Parties

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The Fortieth 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, 1867 to March 3, 1869. This Congress sat during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Andrew Johnson and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

Preceded by: 39th Congress

40th Congress 1867 – 1869

Succeeded by: 41st Congress

Contents 1 Members 2 Senate 2.1 Democrats 2.2 Republicans 2.3 Vacancies 3 House of Representatives 3.1 Democrats 3.2 Republicans 3.3 Independents 4 Delegates 4.1 Democrats 4.2 Republicans 4.3 Independents 5 References

[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.

Main article: Fortieth United States Congress

See also: Fortieth United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1866

This list is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are then shown in alphabetical order. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

[edit] Senate

[edit] Democrats

A-Z

• James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Delaware ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 11, 1867, subsequently elected.
• Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), Pennsylvania
• Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Kentucky
• James Guthrie (1792-1869), Kentucky …resigned February 7, 1868.
• Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Indiana
• Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Maryland ...resigned July 10, 1868.
• Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 28, 1868.
• George R. Riddle (1817-1867), Delaware ...died March 29, 1867.
• Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Delaware
• Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Illinois
• George Vickers (1801-1879), Maryland ...seated March 9, 1868.
• William Pickney Whyte (1824-1908), Maryland ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated July 14, 1868.

[edit] Republicans

A-L

• Joseph C. Abbott (1825-1881), North Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.
• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
• Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
• Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), New Jersey
• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
• Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), California
• Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
• John Conness (1821-1909), California
• Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Oregon
• Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), New Hampshire
• James Dixon (1814-1873), Connecticut
• James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Wisconsin
• Charles D. Drake (1811-1892), Missouri
• George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
• Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Connecticut
• William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Maine
• Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), Tennessee
• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), New Jersey
• James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Iowa
• James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa
• John S. Harris (1825-1906), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.
• John B. Henderson (1826-1913), Missouri
• Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Michigan
• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Wisconsin
• William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.

M-Z

• Alexander McDonald (1832-1903), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 23, 1868.
• Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), New York
• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
• Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Maine
• Oliver H.P.T Morton (1823-1877), Indiana
• Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), Minnesota
• James W. Nye (1815-1876), Nevada
• Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Florida ...readmitted state, seated June 25, 1868.
• David T. Patterson (1818-1891), Tennessee
• James W. Patterson (1823-1893), New Hampshire
• Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Kansas
• John Pool (1826-1884), North Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 17, 1868.
• Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Minnesota
• Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 23, 1868.
• Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 20, 1868.
• Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Kansas
• Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 22, 1868.
• John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
• George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• William Sprague (1830-1915), Rhode Island
• William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Nevada
• Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts
• John M. Thayer (1820-1906), Nebraska ...new state, seated March 4, 1867.
• Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Nebraska ...new state, seated March 4, 1867.
• Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), West Virginia
• Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Ohio
• Willard Warner (1826-1906), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Adonijah S. Welch (1821-1889), Florida ...readmitted state, seated July 2, 1868.
• Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), West Virginia
• George H. Williams (1823-1910), Oregon
• Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts
• Richard Yates (1815-1873), Illinois

[edit] Vacancies

• vacant Georgia ...Joshua Hill elected by legislature, but not seated.
• vacant Georgia ...Homer V.M. Miller elected by legislature, but not seated.

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] Democrats

A-L

• George M. Adams (1837-1920), Kentucky ...seated July 8, 1867.
• Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Maryland
• Samuel B. Axtell (1819-1891), California ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Demas Barnes (1827-1888), New York
• William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Connecticut
• James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3, 1867.
• Benjamin M. Boyer (1823-1887), Pennsylvania
• James Brooks (1810-1873), New York
• Albert G. Burr (1829-1882), Illinois
• John W. Chanler (1826-1877), New York
• Charles Denison (1818-1867), Pennsylvania ...died June 27, 1867.
• Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Wisconsin
• John Fox (1835-1914), New York
• J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Pennsylvania
• Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), Pennsylvania
• Jacob S. Golladay (1819-1887), Kentucky ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1867.
• Asa P. Grover (1819-1887), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3, 1867.
• Charles Haight (1838-1891), New Jersey
• Elijah Hise (1802-1867), Kentucky ...died May 8, 1867, never having qualified.
• William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
• Julius Hotchkiss (1810-1878), Connecticut
• Richard D. Hubbard (1818-1884), Connecticut
• James M. Humphrey (1819-1899), New York
• James A. Johnson (1829-1896), California ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Thomas L. Jones (1819-1887), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 4, 1867.
• Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Indiana
• J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3, 1867.

M-Z

• James Mann (1822-1868), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868, died August 26, 1868, seat remained vacant.
• Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Illinois
• James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Missouri ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1867.
• Hiram McCullough (1813-1885), Maryland
• George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Ohio …contested election, served until June 3, 1868.
• John Morrissey (1831-1878), New York
• William Mungen (1821-1887), Ohio
• William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Indiana
• John A. Nicholson (1827-1906), Delaware
• Thomas E. Noell (1839-1867), Missouri ...died October 3, 1867.
• John V.L. Pruyn (1811-1877), New York
• Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
• William E. Robinson (1814-1892), New York
• Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), Illinois
• Charles Sitgreaves (1803-1878), New Jersey
• Frederick Stone (1820-1899), Maryland
• Stephen Taber (1821-1886), New York
• Nelson Tift (1810-1891), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), Kentucky ...contested election, seated January 10, 1868.
• Daniel M. Van Auken (1826-1908), Pennsylvania
• Philadelp Van Trump (1810-1874), Ohio
• Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York
• George W. Woodward (1809-1875), Pennsylvania ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 21, 1867.
• Pierce M.B. Young (1836-1896), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.

[edit] Republicans

A-B-C

• William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
• Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Massachusetts
• George W. Anderson (1832-1902), Missouri
• Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), Tennessee ...seated November 25, 1867.
• Delos R. Ashley (1828-1873), Nevada
• James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Ohio
• Alexander H. Bailey (1817-1874), New York ...elected to fill vacancy in the preceding Congress, seated November 30, 1867.
• Jehu Baker (1822-1903), Illinois
• John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), Massachusetts
• Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Massachusetts
• Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Michigan
• John Beatty (1828-1914), Ohio ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1868.
• John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), Missouri
• Jacob Benton (1814-1892), New Hampshire
• John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Ohio
• William J. Blackburn (1820-1899), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
• Austin Blair (1818-1894), Michigan
• Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868.
• George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Massachusetts
• C.C. Bowen (1832-1880), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 20, 1868.
• Henry P.H. Bromwell (1823-1903), Illinois
• John M. Broomall (1816-1894), Pennsylvania
• Ralph P. Buckland (1812-1892), Ohio
• Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Massachusetts
• Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Tennessee ...seated June 26, 1868.
• Henry L. Cake (1827-1899), Pennsylvania
• John B. Callis (1828-1898), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• John C. Churchill (1821-1905), New York
• Reader W. Clarke (1812-1872), Ohio
• Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), Kansas
• Joseph W. Clift (1837-1908), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Wisconsin
• John Coburn (1825-1908), Indiana
• Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Indiana
• Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Illinois
• Manuel S. Corley (1823-1902), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Thomas Cornell (1814-1890), New York
• John Covode (1808-1871), Pennsylvania
• Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Illinois

D-E-F

• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
• Columbus Delano (1809-1896), Ohio ...contested election, seated June 3, 1868.
• John T. Deweese (1835-1906), North Carolina
• Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Pennsylvania ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1868.
• Nathan F. Dixon (1812-1881), Rhode Island
• Oliver H. Dockery (1830-1906), North Carolina
• Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916), Iowa
• Ignatius Donnelly (1831-1901), Minnesota
• John F. Driggs (1813-1877), Michigan
• Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), Ohio
• W.P. Edwards (1835-1900), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888), Ohio
• Jacob H. Ela (1820-1884), New Hampshire
• Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Massachusetts
• James T. Elliott (1823-1875), Arkansas ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 13, 1869.
• John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Illinois
• Orange Ferriss (1814-1894), New York
• Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
• William C. Fields (1804-1882), New York
• Darwin A. Finney (1814-1868), Pennsylvania ...died August 25, 1868.
• John R. French (1819-1890), North Carolina

G-H-I

• James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio
• James H. Goss (1820-1886), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• Samuel F. Gove (1822-1900), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Joseph J. Gravely (1828-1872), Missouri
• John A. Griswold (1822-1872), New York
• George A. Halsey (1827-1894), New Jersey
• Charles M. Hamilton (1840-1875), Florida ...readmitted state, seated July 1, 1868.
• Cornelius S. Hamilton (1821-1867), Ohio ...died December 22, 1867.
• Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), Illinois
• Thomas Haughey (1826-1869), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), Tennessee ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), Ohio ...resigned July 20, 1867.
• David Heaton (1823-1870), North Carolina
• William Higby (1813-1887), California ...seated November 21, 1867.
• John Hill (1821-1884), New Jersey
• James Hinds (1833-1868), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868, died October 22, 1868.
• Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Massachusetts
• Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829-1870), Wisconsin
• Asahel W. Hubbard (1819-1879), Iowa
• Chester D. Hubbard (1814-1891), West Virginia
• Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), New York
• Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Indiana
• Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Illinois

J-K-L

• Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), Rhode Island
• Alexander H. Jones (1822-1901), North Carolina
• Norman B. Judd (1815-1878), Illinois
• George W. Julian (1817-1899), Indiana
• William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
• Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 22, 1868.
• William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), New York
• John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
• Bethuel M. Kitchen (1812-1895), West Virginia
• William H. Koontz (1830-1911), Pennsylvania
• Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), New York
• Israel G. Lash (1810-1878), North Carolina
• George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), Pennsylvania
• William Lawrence (1819-1899), Ohio
• William S. Lincoln (1813-1893), New York
• Benjamin F. Loan (1819-1881), Missouri
• John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
• William Loughridge (1827-1889), Iowa
• John Lynch (1825-1892), Maine

M-N-O

• Rufus Mallory (1831-1914), Oregon
• James M. Marvin (1809-1901), New York
• Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Tennessee ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Dennis McCarthy (1814-1886), New York
• Joseph W. McClurg (1818-1900), Missouri ...resigned 1868.
• Samuel McKee (1833-1898), Kentucky ...contested election of John D. Young, seated June 22, 1868.
• Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Pennsylvania
• George F. Miller (1809-1885), Pennsylvania
• William Moore (1810-1878), New Jersey
• James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Pennsylvania
• Daniel J. Morrell (1821-1885), Pennsylvania
• James Mullins (1807-1873), Tennessee ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Pennsylvania
• Carman A. Newcomb (1830-1902), Missouri
• Joseph P. Newsham (1837-1919), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• Benjamin W. Norris (1819-1873), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• David A. Nunn (1833-1918), Tennessee ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
• Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Indiana

P-Q-R

• Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), Wisconsin
• Sidney Perham (1819-1907), Maine
• John A. Peters (1822-1904), Maine
• Solomon N. Pettis (1827-1900), Pennsylvania ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1868.
• Charles W. Pierce (1823-1907), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21, 1868.
• Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), Maine
• William A. Pile (1829-1889), Missouri
• Tobias A. Plants (1811-1887), Ohio
• Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Vermont
• Daniel H. Polsley (1803-1877), West Virginia
• Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), New York
• Hiram Price (1814-1901), Iowa
• C.H. Prince (1837-1912), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25, 1868.
• Green B. Raum (1829-1909), Illinois
• William H. Robertson (1823-1898), New York
• Logan H. Roots (1841-1893), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 24, 1868.

S-T-U-V

• Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
• Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Ohio
• Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
• John P.C. Shanks (1826-1901), Indiana
• Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Ohio
• Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Vermont
• Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), Ohio
• Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Connecticut
• Aaron F. Stevens (1819-1887), New Hampshire
• Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Pennsylvania ...died August 11, 1868.
• William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Tennessee ...seated November 21, 1867.
• John H. Stover (1833-1889), Missouri ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1868.
• J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• John Taffe (1827-1884), Nebraska
• Caleb N. Taylor (1813-1887), Pennsylvania
• Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Maryland
• John Trimble (1812-1884), Tennessee ...seated November 21, 1867.
• Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), Michigan
• Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Massachusetts
• Charles Upson (1821-1885), Michigan
• Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), New York
• Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), New York
• Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Missouri
• Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), New York
• Michel Vidal (1824- ), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.

W-X-YZ

• Hamilton Ward (1829-1898), New York
• Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Wisconsin
• Henry D. Washburn (1832-1871), Indiana
• William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Massachusetts
• Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Illinois
• Martin Welker (1819-1902), Ohio
• B.F. Whittemore (1824-1894), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 18, 1868.
• Thomas Williams (1806-1872), Pennsylvania
• William Williams (1821-1896), Indiana
• James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Iowa
• John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Ohio
• Stephen F. Wilson (1821-1897), Pennsylvania
• William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
• Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818-1888), Vermont

[edit] Independents

• Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), North Carolina
• Samuel F. Cary (1814-1900), Ohio ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 21, 1867.
• Charles E. Phelps (1833-1908), Maryland
• Lewis Selye (1803-1883), New York
• Thomas E. Stewart (1824-1904), New York

[edit] Delegates

[edit] Democrats

• James M. Cavanaugh (1823-1879), Montana
• Charles P. Clever (1830-1874), New Mexico …contested election, served until February 20, 1869.
• Edward D. Holbrook (1836-1870), Idaho
• William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Utah

[edit] Republicans

• Walter A. Burleigh (1820-1896), Dakota
• J. Francisco Chaves (1833-1904), New Mexico ...contested election, seated February 20, 1869.
• George M. Chilcott (1828-1891), Colorado ...contested election, seated March 20, 1867.
• Alvan Flanders (1825-1884), Washington

[edit] Independents

• Coles Bashford (1816-1878), Arizona

[edit] References

• U.S. Congress (2006). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
• Biographical Directory (2006). Statistics and Lists. U.S. Senate. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
• Office of the Clerk (2006). Congressional History. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.

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