37th United States Congress - State Delegations

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The Thirty-seventh 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, 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.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 37th United States Congress

See also: 37th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House elections, 1860

[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] Members

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

[edit] Alabama

Senate

2: vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
3: vacant

House of Representatives (7 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] Arkansas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] California

Senate

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

House of Representatives (3 seats) ^[1]

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

[edit] Connecticut

Senate

3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

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

[edit] Delaware

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

[edit] Florida

Senate

1: vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
3: vacant

House of Representatives (1 seat)

all seats vacant

[edit] Georgia

Senate

2: vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
3: vacant

House of Representatives (8 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] Illinois

Senate

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

Orville H. Browning (1806-1881), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, June 26, 1861.

William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1863.
3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

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.

[edit] Indiana

Senate

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

Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, February 24, 1862.

David Turpie (1828-1909), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1863.
3: Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: John Law (1796-1873), Democratic
2: James A. Cravens (1818-1893), Democratic
3: William 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

[edit] Iowa

Senate

3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

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.

[edit] Kansas

Senate

2: James H. Lane (1814-1866), Republican ...newly admitted state, elected April 4, 1861.
3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican ...newly admitted state, elected April 4, 1861.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

[edit] Kentucky

Senate

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

Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, December 10, 1861.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

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

[edit] Louisiana

Senate

2: vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
3: vacant

House of Representatives (4 seats)

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.

[edit] Maine

Senate

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

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

[edit] Maryland

Senate

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

Thomas H. Hicks (1798-1865), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, December 29, 1862.
1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), Unionist

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

[edit] Massachusetts

Senate

1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

1: Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican
2: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
3: Charles F. Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), Republican ...resigned May 1, 1861, before Congress assembled.

Benjamin F. Thomas (1813-1878), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.
4: Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Republican
5: William Appleton (1786-1862), Constitutional Union ...resigned September 27, 1861.

Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.
6: John B. Alley (1817-1896), Republican
7: Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican
8: Charles R. Train (1817-1885), Republican
9: Goldsmith F. Bailey (1823-1862), Republican ...died May 8, 1862.

Amasa Walker (1799-1875), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.
10: Charles Delano (1820-1883), Republican
11: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

[edit] Michigan

Senate

1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
2: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Republican ...died October 5, 1861.

Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, January 4, 1862.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

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

[edit] Minnesota

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

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

[edit] Mississippi

Senate

1: vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
2: vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] Missouri

Senate

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

John B. Henderson (1826-1913), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1862.
3: Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of January 10, 1862.

Robert Wilson (1803-1870), Unionist ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1862.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

1: Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Republican ...resigned July 1862.
2: James S. Rollins (1812-1888), Constitutional Union
3: 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.
4: Elijah H. Norton (1821-1914), Democratic
5: 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.
6: John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic
7: John W. Noell (1816-1863), Democratic

[edit] New Hampshire

Senate

2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

[edit] New Jersey

Senate

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

Richard S. Field (1803-1870), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 21, 1862.

James W. Wall (1820-1872), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1863.
2: John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

[edit] New York

Senate

1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican
3: Ira Harris (1802-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (33 seats)

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 Valkenburg (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

[edit] North Carolina

Senate

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

House of Representatives (8 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] Ohio

Senate

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

John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, March 21, 1861.

House of Representatives (21 seats)

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

[edit] Oregon

Senate

2: 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, September 12, 1862.
3: James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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.

[edit] Pennsylvania

Senate

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

David Wilmot (1814-1868), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 18, 1861.
3: Edgar Cowan (1815-1885), Republican

House of Representatives (25 seats)

1: William E. Lehman (1821-1895), Democratic
2: Edward Joy 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

[edit] Rhode Island

Senate

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

Samuel G. Arnold (1821-1880), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, September 5, 1862.
2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

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

[edit] South Carolina

Senate

2: James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution, July 11, 1861, state having seceded.
3: vacant

House of Representatives (6 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] Tennessee

Senate

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

House of Representatives (10 seats)

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

[edit] Texas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

all seats vacant

[edit] Vermont

Senate

1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

[edit] Virginia

Senate

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

Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, July 9, 1861.
2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic ...withdrew March 28, 1861, state having seceded.

John S. Carlile (1817-1878), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, July 9, 1861.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

1: Joseph E. Segar (1804-1880), Unionist ...special election, seated May 6, 1862.
7: 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.
10: William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), Unionist
11: John S. Carlile (1817-1878), Unionist ...resigned July 9, 1861.

Jacob B. Blair (1821-1901), Unionist ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.
12: Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), Unionist

[edit] Wisconsin

Senate

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

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

A/L: Hiram P. Bennet (1826-1914), Republican ...new territory, seated December 2, 1861.

Dakota Territory

A/L: John B. S. Todd (1814-1872), Democratic ...new territory, seated December 9, 1861.

Nebraska Territory

A/L: Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican

Nevada Territory

A/L: John Cradlebaugh (1819-1872), Independent ...new territory, seated December 2, 1861.

New Mexico Territory

A/L: John S. Watts (1816-1876), Republican

Utah Territory

A/L: John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881), Independent

Washington Territory

A/L: William H. Wallace (1811-1879), Republican

[edit] Notes

^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

[edit] References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.