July 23, 1866: Judicial Circuits Act, Sess. 1, ch. 210, 14 Stat. 209, reduced the number of United States circuit courts to nine and the number of Supreme Court justices to seven
July 25, 1866: An Act to revive the grade of General in the United States Army, Sess. 1, ch. 232, 14 Stat. 223, (now called "4-star general"); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant became the first to have this rank.
July 28, 1866: Metric Act of 1866, Sess. 1, ch. 301, 14 Stat. 339, legalized the use of the metric system for weights and measures in the United States.
July 28, 1866: Washington City Colored Schools Lots Donation Act ("An Act donating certain Lots in the City of Washington for Schools for Colored Children in the District of Columbia"), Sess. 1, ch. 308, 14 Stat. 343
March 2, 1867: Reconstruction Act, ch. 153, 14 Stat. 428 established five military districts, each headed by a general, in ten states of the former Confederate South (Tennessee excepted), and stipulates conditions for re-admission of these States into the Union.
March 2, 1867: Tenure of Office Act, ch. 154, 14 Stat. 430 required the president to obtain the Senate's advice and consent to suspend or dismiss certain federal public officials (notably cabinet officers). Violation of this act will lead to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson by the next (40th) Congress in 1868.
June 13, 1866: Approved an amendment to the Constitution addressing citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification[1]
July 24, 1866: Tennessee readmitted to representation.
March 1, 1867: Nebraska admitted as the 37th state, sess. 2, ch. 36, 14 Stat. 391 (over president's veto)
Party summaryedit
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senateedit
During this Congress, two seats were added for the new state of Nebraska.
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 39th Congress in March 1865. Green stripes represent Unionists and gray stripes represent Unconditional Unionists. The senators from Nebraska and Tennessee were not seated until later in the Congress.
2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
2 Unionists
Territories
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senateedit
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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.
Although elected in time for this Congress, the Senator-elect was not seated until March 15, 1865. Senator was later removed in election dispute, see below.
Died July 11, 1866, after being mortally wounded from a self-inflicted gunshot 10 days earlier Successor was appointed July 19, 1866, to continue the term. Appointee was elected January 23, 1867, to finish the term.[4]
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives: House History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
Congressional Directory for the 39th Congress, 1st Session. 1866.
Congress, United States (1867). Congressional Directory for the 39th Congress, 2nd Session.
Transcripts of debates and proceedingsedit
The Congressional Globe contains the official transcripts and proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, although newspapers often provided their own transcripts that sometimes differed from the official ones. Following are external links to the pertinent volumes of the Globe, which are downloadable and/or searchable via Google Books and HathiTrust:
Congressional Globe, 39th Congress, external links to full text
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The congressional debates pertaining to the Fourteenth Amendment can be found at “Congressional Debates of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution”.
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The 39th 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 1865 to March 4 1867 during Abraham Lincoln s final month as president and the first two years of the administration of his successor Andrew Johnson 39th United States Congress38th 40thUnited States Capitol 1877 March 4 1865 March 4 1867Members54 senators193 representatives9 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublicanSenate PresidentAndrew Johnson D until April 15 1865 Vacant from April 15 1865 House majorityRepublicanHouse SpeakerSchuyler Colfax R SessionsSpecial March 4 1865 March 11 18651st December 4 1865 July 28 18662nd December 3 1866 March 4 1867The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census Both chambers had a Republican majority Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Constitutional amendments 4 States admitted 5 Party summary 5 1 Senate 5 2 House of Representatives 6 Leadership 6 1 Senate 6 2 House of Representatives 7 Members 7 1 Senate 7 1 1 Alabama 7 1 2 Arkansas 7 1 3 California 7 1 4 Connecticut 7 1 5 Delaware 7 1 6 Florida 7 1 7 Georgia 7 1 8 Illinois 7 1 9 Indiana 7 1 10 Iowa 7 1 11 Kansas 7 1 12 Kentucky 7 1 13 Louisiana 7 1 14 Maine 7 1 15 Maryland 7 1 16 Massachusetts 7 1 17 Michigan 7 1 18 Minnesota 7 1 19 Mississippi 7 1 20 Missouri 7 1 21 Nebraska 7 1 22 Nevada 7 1 23 New Hampshire 7 1 24 New Jersey 7 1 25 New York 7 1 26 North Carolina 7 1 27 Ohio 7 1 28 Oregon 7 1 29 Pennsylvania 7 1 30 Rhode Island 7 1 31 South Carolina 7 1 32 Tennessee 7 1 33 Texas 7 1 34 Vermont 7 1 35 Virginia 7 1 36 West Virginia 7 1 37 Wisconsin 7 2 House of Representatives 7 2 1 Alabama 7 2 2 Arkansas 7 2 3 California 7 2 4 Connecticut 7 2 5 Delaware 7 2 6 Florida 7 2 7 Georgia 7 2 8 Illinois 7 2 9 Indiana 7 2 10 Iowa 7 2 11 Kansas 7 2 12 Kentucky 7 2 13 Louisiana 7 2 14 Maine 7 2 15 Maryland 7 2 16 Massachusetts 7 2 17 Michigan 7 2 18 Minnesota 7 2 19 Mississippi 7 2 20 Missouri 7 2 21 Nebraska 7 2 22 Nevada 7 2 23 New Hampshire 7 2 24 New Jersey 7 2 25 New York 7 2 26 North Carolina 7 2 27 Ohio 7 2 28 Oregon 7 2 29 Pennsylvania 7 2 30 Rhode Island 7 2 31 South Carolina 7 2 32 Tennessee 7 2 33 Texas 7 2 34 Vermont 7 2 35 Virginia 7 2 36 West Virginia 7 2 37 Wisconsin 7 2 38 Non voting members 8 Changes in membership 8 1 Senate 8 2 House of Representatives 9 Committees 9 1 Senate 9 2 House of Representatives 9 3 Joint committees 10 Caucuses 11 Employees 11 1 Legislative branch agency directors 11 2 Senate 11 3 House of Representatives 12 See also 13 Notes 14 References 15 Further reading 16 External links 16 1 Transcripts of debates and proceedingsMajor events editMain articles 1865 in the United States 1866 in the United States and 1867 in the United States March 4 1865 Second inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln April 9 1865 Surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Court House effectively ending the American Civil War April 15 1865 Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln Vice President Andrew Johnson became President of the United States December 11 1865 Creation of the House Appropriations Committee and the House Banking and Commerce Committee reducing the tasks of the House Ways and Means Committee January 1866 The second and current United States Capitol dome completed after 11 years of work July 24 1866 Tennessee became the first U S state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War November 5 1866 United States House of Representatives elections 1866 January 8 1867 African American men are granted the right to vote in the District of ColumbiaMajor legislation editMain article List of United States federal legislation in the 39th Congress April 9 1866 Civil Rights Act of 1866 Sess 1 ch 31 14 Stat 27 July 16 1866 Freedmen s Bureau Bill Sess 1 ch 200 14 Stat 173 July 23 1866 Judicial Circuits Act Sess 1 ch 210 14 Stat 209 reduced the number of United States circuit courts to nine and the number of Supreme Court justices to seven July 23 1866 District of Columbia Public Schools Act An Act relating to Public Schools in the District of Columbia Sess 1 ch 217 14 Stat 216 July 25 1866 An Act to revive the grade of General in the United States Army Sess 1 ch 232 14 Stat 223 now called 4 star general Lieutenant General Ulysses S Grant became the first to have this rank July 28 1866 Metric Act of 1866 Sess 1 ch 301 14 Stat 339 legalized the use of the metric system for weights and measures in the United States July 28 1866 Washington City Colored Schools Lots Donation Act An Act donating certain Lots in the City of Washington for Schools for Colored Children in the District of Columbia Sess 1 ch 308 14 Stat 343 March 2 1867 Reconstruction Act ch 153 14 Stat 428 established five military districts each headed by a general in ten states of the former Confederate South Tennessee excepted and stipulates conditions for re admission of these States into the Union March 2 1867 Tenure of Office Act ch 154 14 Stat 430 required the president to obtain the Senate s advice and consent to suspend or dismiss certain federal public officials notably cabinet officers Violation of this act will lead to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson by the next 40th Congress in 1868 Constitutional amendments editDecember 18 1865 Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared ratified June 13 1866 Approved an amendment to the Constitution addressing citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification 1 Amendment was later ratified on July 9 1868 becoming the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 2 States admitted editJuly 24 1866 Tennessee readmitted to representation March 1 1867 Nebraska admitted as the 37th state sess 2 ch 36 14 Stat 391 over president s veto Party summary editThe count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states when they were first seated Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the Changes in membership section Senate edit During this Congress two seats were added for the new state of Nebraska Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R Unionist U UnconditionalUnionist UU End of previous congress10 33 3 4 50 22Begin9 37 1 1 48 24End841325420Final voting share14 8 75 9 5 6 3 7 Beginning of next congress8 45 0 0 53 21House of Representatives edit During this Congress one seat was added for the new state of Nebraska Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R IndependentRepublican IR Unionist U UnconditionalUnionist UU OtherEnd of previous congress72 84 2 9 16 0 183 56Begin40 132 1 0 10 0 183 59End3913541319251Final voting share20 3 70 3 0 5 2 1 6 8 0 0 Beginning of next congress45 140 1 0 0 2 a 188 55Leadership edit nbsp President of the SenateAndrew Johnson until April 15 1865Senate edit President Andrew Johnson D until April 15 1865 vacant thereafter President pro tempore Lafayette S Foster R until March 2 1867 Benjamin F Wade R elected March 2 1867 Republican Conference Chairman Henry B AnthonyHouse of Representatives edit Speaker Schuyler Colfax R Republican Conference Chairman Justin S MorrillMembers edit nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 39th Congress in March 1865 Green stripes represent Unionists and gray stripes represent Unconditional Unionists The senators from Nebraska and Tennessee were not seated until later in the Congress 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 2 Unionists TerritoriesThis list is arranged by chamber then by state Senators are listed in order of seniority and representatives are listed by district Senate edit 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 began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1868 Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress requiring reelection in 1870 and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress requiring reelection in 1866 Skip to House of Representatives belowAlabama edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantArkansas edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantCalifornia edit 1 John Conness R 3 James A McDougall D Connecticut edit 1 James Dixon R 3 Lafayette S Foster R Delaware edit 1 George Read Riddle D 2 Willard Saulsbury Sr D Florida edit 1 Vacant 3 VacantGeorgia edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantIllinois edit 2 Richard Yates R 3 Lyman Trumbull R Indiana edit 1 Thomas A Hendricks D 3 Henry S Lane R Iowa edit 2 James W Grimes R 3 James Harlan R until May 15 1865 Samuel J Kirkwood R from January 13 1866 dd Kansas edit 2 Jim Lane R until July 11 1866 Edmund G Ross R from July 19 1866 dd 3 Samuel C Pomeroy R Kentucky edit 2 James Guthrie D 3 Garrett Davis U Louisiana edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantMaine edit 1 Lot M Morrill R 2 William P Fessenden R Maryland edit 1 Reverdy Johnson D 3 John A J Creswell UU from March 9 1865Massachusetts edit 1 Charles Sumner R 2 Henry Wilson R Michigan edit 1 Zachariah Chandler R 2 Jacob M Howard R Minnesota edit 1 Alexander Ramsey R 2 Daniel S Norton R Mississippi edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant Missouri edit 1 John B Henderson R 3 B Gratz Brown R Nebraska edit 1 Thomas Tipton R from March 1 1867 newly admitted state 2 John M Thayer R from March 1 1867 newly admitted state Nevada edit 1 William M Stewart R 3 James W Nye R New Hampshire edit 2 Aaron H Cragin R 3 Daniel Clark R until July 27 1866 George G Fogg R from August 31 1866 dd New Jersey edit 1 William Wright D until November 1 1866 Frederick T Frelinghuysen R from November 12 1866 dd 2 John P Stockton D March 15 1865 March 27 1866 Alexander G Cattell R from September 19 1866 dd New York edit 3 Ira Harris R 1 Edwin D Morgan R North Carolina edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantOhio edit 1 Benjamin F Wade R 3 John Sherman R Oregon edit 2 George H Williams R 3 James W Nesmith D Pennsylvania edit 1 Charles R Buckalew D 3 Edgar Cowan R Rhode Island edit 1 William Sprague IV R 2 Henry B Anthony R South Carolina edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantTennessee edit 1 David T Patterson U from July 28 1866 2 Joseph S Fowler U from July 24 1866Texas edit 1 Vacant 2 VacantVermont edit 1 Solomon Foot R until March 28 1866 George F Edmunds R from April 3 1866 dd 3 Jacob Collamer R until November 9 1865 Luke P Poland R from November 21 1865 dd Virginia edit 1 Vacant 2 VacantWest Virginia edit 1 Peter G Van Winkle UU 2 Waitman T Willey R Wisconsin edit 1 James R Doolittle R 3 Timothy O Howe R nbsp Senate President pro temporeLafayette S Foster until March 2 1867 nbsp Senate President pro temporeBenjamin F Wade from March 2 1867 House of Representatives edit The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers Alabama edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 VacantArkansas edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 VacantCalifornia edit 3 Republicans 1 Donald C McRuer R 2 William Higby R 3 John Bidwell R Connecticut edit 4 Republicans 1 Henry C Deming R 2 Samuel L Warner R 3 Augustus Brandegee R 4 John H Hubbard R Delaware edit 1 Democrat At large John A Nicholson D Florida edit At large VacantGeorgia edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 Vacant 7 VacantIllinois edit 11 3 Republican 1 John Wentworth R 2 John F Farnsworth R 3 Elihu B Washburne R 4 Abner C Harding R 5 Ebon C Ingersoll R 6 Burton C Cook R 7 Henry P H Bromwell R 8 Shelby M Cullom R 9 Lewis W Ross D 10 Anthony Thornton D 11 Samuel S Marshall D 12 Jehu Baker R 13 Andrew J Kuykendall R At large Samuel W Moulton R Indiana edit 8 3 Republican 1 William E Niblack D 2 Michael C Kerr D 3 Ralph Hill R 4 John H Farquhar R 5 George W Julian R 6 Ebenezer Dumont R 7 Daniel W Voorhees D until February 23 1866 Henry D Washburn R from February 23 1866 dd 8 Godlove S Orth R 9 Schuyler Colfax R 10 Joseph H Defrees R 11 Thomas N Stilwell R Iowa edit 6 Republicans 1 James F Wilson R 2 Hiram Price R 3 William B Allison R 4 Josiah B Grinnell R 5 John A Kasson R 6 Asahel W Hubbard R Kansas edit 1 Republican At large Sidney Clarke R Kentucky edit 5 4 Democratic 1 Lawrence S Trimble D 2 Burwell C Ritter D 3 Henry Grider D until September 7 1866 Elijah Hise D from December 3 1866 dd 4 Aaron Harding D 5 Lovell H Rousseau UU until July 21 1866 and from December 3 1866 6 Green C Smith UU until July 1866 Andrew H Ward D from December 3 1866 dd 7 George S Shanklin D 8 William H Randall UU 9 Samuel McKee UU Louisiana edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 VacantMaine edit 5 Republicans 1 John Lynch R 2 Sidney Perham R 3 James G Blaine R 4 John H Rice R 5 Frederick A Pike R Maryland edit 3 2 Unconditional Unionist 1 Hiram McCullough D 2 Edwin H Webster UU until July 1865 John L Thomas Jr UU from December 4 1865 dd 3 Charles E Phelps UU 4 Francis Thomas UU 5 Benjamin G Harris D Massachusetts edit 10 Republicans 1 Thomas D Eliot R 2 Oakes Ames R 3 Alexander H Rice R 4 Samuel Hooper R 5 John B Alley R 6 Daniel W Gooch R until September 1 1865 Nathaniel P Banks R from December 4 1865 dd 7 George S Boutwell R 8 John D Baldwin R 9 William B Washburn R 10 Henry L Dawes R Michigan edit 6 Republicans 1 Fernando C Beaman R 2 Charles Upson R 3 John W Longyear R 4 Thomas W Ferry R 5 Rowland E Trowbridge R 6 John F Driggs R Minnesota edit 2 Republicans 1 William Windom R 2 Ignatius L Donnelly R Mississippi edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 VacantMissouri edit 8 1 Republican 1 John Hogan D 2 Henry T Blow R 3 Thomas E Noell R 4 John R Kelso IR 5 Joseph W McClurg R 6 Robert T Van Horn R 7 Benjamin F Loan R 8 John F Benjamin R 9 George W Anderson R Nebraska edit 1 Republican At large Turner M Marquette R from March 2 1867 newly admitted state Nevada edit 1 Republican At large Delos R Ashley R New Hampshire edit 3 Republicans 1 Gilman Marston R 2 Edward H Rollins R 3 James W Patterson R New Jersey edit 3 2 Democratic 1 John F Starr R 2 William A Newell R 3 Charles Sitgreaves D 4 Andrew J Rogers D 5 Edwin R V Wright D New York edit 20 11 Republican 1 Stephen Taber D 2 Teunis G Bergen D 3 James Humphrey R until June 16 1866 John W Hunter D from December 4 1866 dd 4 Morgan Jones D 5 Nelson Taylor D 6 Henry J Raymond R 7 John W Chanler D 8 James Brooks D until April 7 1866 William E Dodge R from April 7 1866 dd 9 William A Darling R 10 William Radford D 11 Charles H Winfield D 12 John H Ketcham R 13 Edwin N Hubbell D 14 Charles Goodyear D 15 John Augustus Griswold R 16 Orlando Kellogg R until August 24 1865 Robert S Hale R from December 3 1865 dd 17 Calvin T Hulburd R 18 James M Marvin R 19 Demas Hubbard Jr R 20 Addison H Laflin R 21 Roscoe Conkling R 22 Sidney T Holmes R 23 Thomas T Davis R 24 Theodore M Pomeroy R 25 Daniel Morris R 26 Giles W Hotchkiss R 27 Hamilton Ward Sr R 28 Roswell Hart R 29 Burt Van Horn R 30 James M Humphrey D 31 Henry H Van Aernam R North Carolina edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 Vacant 7 VacantOhio edit 17 2 Republican 1 Benjamin Eggleston R 2 Rutherford B Hayes R 3 Robert C Schenck R 4 William Lawrence R 5 Francis C Le Blond D 6 Reader W Clarke R 7 Samuel Shellabarger R 8 James R Hubbell R 9 Ralph P Buckland R 10 James M Ashley R 11 Hezekiah S Bundy R 12 William E Finck D 13 Columbus Delano R 14 Martin Welker R 15 Tobias A Plants R 16 John Bingham R 17 Ephraim R Eckley R 18 Rufus P Spalding R 19 James A Garfield R Oregon edit 1 Republican At large James H D Henderson R Pennsylvania edit 15 9 Republican 1 Samuel J Randall D 2 Charles O Neill R 3 Leonard Myers R 4 William D Kelley R 5 M Russell Thayer R 6 Benjamin M Boyer D 7 John M Broomall R 8 Sydenham E Ancona D 9 Thaddeus Stevens R 10 Myer Strouse D 11 Philip Johnson D until January 29 1867 12 Charles Denison D 13 Ulysses Mercur R 14 George F Miller R 15 Adam J Glossbrenner D 16 Alexander H Coffroth D February 19 1866 July 18 1866 William H Koontz R from July 18 1866 dd 17 Abraham A Barker R 18 Stephen F Wilson R 19 Glenni W Scofield R 20 Charles V Culver R 21 John L Dawson D 22 James K Moorhead R 23 Thomas Williams R 24 George V Lawrence R Rhode Island edit 2 Republicans 1 Thomas A Jenckes R 2 Nathan F Dixon Jr R South Carolina edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 VacantTennessee edit 4 Unconditional Unionists 4 Unionists 1 Nathaniel G Taylor U from July 24 1866 2 Horace Maynard UU from July 24 1866 3 William B Stokes UU from July 24 1866 4 Edmund Cooper U from July 24 1866 5 William B Campbell U from July 24 1866 6 Samuel M Arnell UU from July 24 1866 7 Isaac R Hawkins U from July 24 1866 8 John W Leftwich UU from July 24 1866Texas edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 VacantVermont edit 3 Republicans 1 Frederick E Woodbridge R 2 Justin S Morrill R 3 Portus Baxter R Virginia edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 Vacant 7 Vacant 8 VacantWest Virginia edit 3 Unconditional Unionists 1 Chester D Hubbard UU 2 George R Latham UU 3 Kellian Whaley UU Wisconsin edit 5 1 Republican 1 Halbert E Paine R 2 Ithamar C Sloan R 3 Amasa Cobb R 4 Charles A Eldredge D 5 Philetus Sawyer R 6 Walter D McIndoe R Non voting members edit 6 3 Republican Arizona Territory John N Goodwin R Colorado Territory Allen A Bradford R Dakota Territory Walter A Burleigh R Idaho Territory Edward D Holbrook D Montana Territory Samuel McLean D Nebraska Territory Phineas W Hitchcock R until March 1 1867 New Mexico Territory J Francisco Chaves R Utah Territory William H Hooper D Washington Territory Arthur A Denny R nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 1 100 Democratic 80 1 100 Republican 60 1 80 Democratic 60 1 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 Republican nbsp Speaker of the HouseSchuyler ColfaxChanges in membership editThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress Senate edit Replacements 8 Democratic 2 seat net loss Republican 2 seat net gain Unionist no net change Unconditional Union no net change Deaths 4 Resignations 2 Vacancy 1 Seats of newly admitted states 2 Seats of re admitted states 2 Total seats with changes 12See also List of special elections to the United States Senate United States Senate elections 1864 and 1865 and United States Senate elections 1866 and 1867 Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation b Maryland 3 Vacant Sen Thomas Hicks had died during previous congress Successor elected March 9 1865 John Creswell UU March 9 1865New Jersey 2 Vacant Although elected in time for this Congress the Senator elect was not seated until March 15 1865 Senator was later removed in election dispute see below John P Stockton D March 15 1865Tennessee 2 Vacant Tennessee re admitted to the Union Senators were elected July 24 1866 Joseph S Fowler U July 24 1866Tennessee 1 David T Patterson U July 28 1866Iowa 3 James Harlan R Resigned May 15 1865 after being appointed U S Secretary of the Interior Successor elected January 13 1866 Samuel J Kirkwood R January 13 1866Vermont 3 Jacob Collamer R Died November 9 1865 Successor was appointed November 21 1865 to continue the term Appointee was elected October 24 1866 to finish the term 3 Luke P Poland R November 21 1865New Jersey 2 John P Stockton D Disputed election led to Senate vacating the seat March 27 1866 Successor elected September 19 1866 Alexander G Cattell R September 19 1866Vermont 1 Solomon Foot R Died March 28 1866 Successor was appointed April 3 1866 to continue the term Appointee was elected October 24 1866 to finish the term 3 George F Edmunds R April 3 1866Kansas 2 Jim Lane R Died July 11 1866 after being mortally wounded from a self inflicted gunshot 10 days earlierSuccessor was appointed July 19 1866 to continue the term Appointee was elected January 23 1867 to finish the term 4 Edmund G Ross R July 19 1866New Hampshire 3 Daniel Clark R Resigned July 27 1866 after being appointed Judge of the U S District Court for the District of New Hampshire Successor was appointed August 31 1866 George G Fogg R August 31 1866New Jersey 1 William Wright D Died November 1 1866 Successor was appointed November 12 1866 Appointee was elected January 23 1867 to finish the term 5 Frederick T Frelinghuysen R November 12 1866Nebraska 1 New seat Nebraska admitted to the Union March 1 1867 Thomas Tipton R March 1 1867Nebraska 2 John M Thayer R House of Representatives edit Replacements 9 Democratic 1 seat net gain Republican 2 seat net gain Unconditional Unionist 1 seat net loss Unionist 0 net change Deaths 4 Resignations 4 Contested election 3 Seats from newly admitted states 1 Seats from re admitted states 8 Total seats with changes 21See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor s formal installation b Tennessee 1st Vacant Tennessee re admitted into the Union Nathaniel G Taylor U July 24 1866Tennessee 2nd Horace Maynard UU Tennessee 3rd William B Stokes UU Tennessee 4th Edmund Cooper U Tennessee 5th William B Campbell U Tennessee 6th Samuel M Arnell UU Tennessee 7th Isaac R Hawkins U Tennessee 8th John W Leftwich UU Maryland 2nd Edwin H Webster UU Resigned some time in July 1865 after being appointed Collector of Customs for the port of Baltimore John L Thomas Jr UU December 4 1865New York 16th Orlando Kellogg R Died August 24 1865 Robert S Hale R December 3 1865Massachusetts 6th Daniel W Gooch R Resigned September 1 1865 after being appointed Navy Agent for the port of Boston Nathaniel P Banks R December 4 1865Pennsylvania 16th Vacant incumbent Coffroth prevented from taking seat due to election contest Alexander H Coffroth D February 19 1866Pennsylvania 16th Alexander H Coffroth D Lost contested election July 18 1866 William H Koontz R July 18 1866Indiana 7th Daniel W Voorhees D Lost contested election February 23 1866 Henry D Washburn R February 23 1866New York 8th James Brooks D Lost contested election April 7 1866 William E Dodge R April 7 1866New York 3rd James Humphrey R Died June 16 1866 John W Hunter D December 4 1866Kentucky 6th Green C Smith UU Resigned some time in July 1866 after being appointed Governor of the Montana Territory Andrew H Ward D December 3 1866Kentucky 5th Lovell Rousseau UU Resigned July 21 1866 after being reprimanded for his assault of Iowa Rep Josiah B Grinnell Was re elected to fill his own seat Lovell Rousseau UU December 3 1866Kentucky 3rd Henry Grider D Died September 7 1866 Elijah Hise D December 3 1866Pennsylvania 11th Philip Johnson D Died January 29 1867 Vacant Not filled this termNebraska Territory At large Phineas Hitchcock R Nebraska achieved statehood March 1 1867 District eliminatedNebraska At large New State Nebraska admitted to the Union March 1 1867 Seat remained vacant until March 2 1867 Turner M Marquette R March 2 1867Committees editLists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate House Standing with Subcommittees Select and Special and Joint and after that House Senate committee assignments On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory the committee s members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee Senate edit Agriculture Chairman John Sherman Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Chairman George H Williams Claims Chairman Timothy O Howe Coins Weights and Measures Select Commerce Chairman Zachariah Chandler Compensation Select Distributing Public Revenue Among the States Select District of Columbia Chairman Lot M Morrill Engrossed Bills Chairman Aaron H Cragin Finance Chairman William P Fessenden Foreign Relations Chairman Charles Sumner Indian Affairs Chairman John B Henderson Interior Department Clerical Force Select Judiciary Chairman Lyman Trumbull Manufactures Chairman William Sprague IV Military Affairs and the Militia Chairman Henry Wilson Mines and Mining Chairman John Conness Mississippi River Levees Reconstruction Select National Banks Select National Telegraph Company Select Naval Affairs Chairman James W Grimes Ordnance and War Ships Select Pacific Railroad Chairman Jacob M Howard Patents and the Patent Office Chairman Waitman T Willey Pensions Chairman Henry S Lane Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Alexander Ramsey Private Land Claims Chairman Ira Harris Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman B Gratz Brown Public Lands Chairman Samuel C Pomeroy Retrenchment Revolutionary Claims Chairman Richard Yates Tariff Regulation Select Territories Chairman Benjamin F Wade WholeHouse of Representatives edit Accounts Chairman Edward H Rollins Agriculture Chairman John Bidwell Appropriations Chairman Thaddeus Stevens Banking and Currency Chairman Theodore M Pomeroy Claims Chairman Columbus Delano Coinage Weights and Measures Chairman John A Kasson Commerce Chairman Elihu B Washburne District of Columbia Chairman Ebon C Ingersoll Elections Chairman Henry L Dawes Expenditures in the Interior Department Chairman Ebenezer Dumont Expenditures in the Navy Department Chairman George W Julian Expenditures in the Post Office Department Chairman Jehu Baker Expenditures in the State Department Chairman Frederick A Pike Expenditures in the Treasury Department Chairman James M Marvin Expenditures in the War Department Chairman Henry C Deming Expenditures on Public Buildings Chairman John W Longyear Foreign Affairs Chairman Nathaniel P Banks Freedmen s Affairs Chairman Thomas D Eliot Indian Affairs Chairman William Windom Invalid Pensions Chairman Sidney Perham Judiciary Chairman James F Wilson Manufactures Chairman James K Moorhead Mileage Chairman George W Anderson Military Affairs Chairman Robert C Schenck Militia Chairman Abner C Harding Mines and Mining Chairman William Higby Naval Affairs Chairman Alexander H Rice Pacific Railroads Chairman Hiram Price Patents Chairman Thomas A Jenckes Post Office and Post Roads Chairman John B Alley Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman John H Rice Public Expenditures Chairman Calvin T Hulburd Public Lands Chairman George W Julian Revisal and Unfinished Business Chairman Glenni W Scofield Revolutionary Claims Chairman Kellian V Whaley Revolutionary Pensions Chairman Walter D McIndoe Roads and Canals Chairman Fernando C Beaman Rules Select Standards of Official Conduct Territories Chairman James M Ashley Ways and Means Chairman Justin S Morrill WholeJoint committees edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Conduct of the War Enrolled Bills Chairman Sen James Nye The Library Chairman N A Printing Chairman N A Retrenchment To Inquire into the Condition of the States which Formed the So Called Confederate StatesCaucuses editDemocratic House Democratic Senate Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol Thomas U Walter resigned May 26 1865 Edward Clark appointed August 30 1865 Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Rand SpoffordSenate edit Chaplain Thomas Bowman Methodist until March 9 1865 Edgar H Gray Baptist from March 9 1865 Secretary John W Forney Sergeant at Arms George T BrownHouse of Representatives edit Chaplain William Henry Channing Unitarian until December 4 1865 Charles B Boynton Congregationalist from December 4 1865 Clerk Edward McPherson Doorkeeper Ira Goodnow Messenger to the Speaker William D Todd Postmaster Josiah Given Reading Clerks Edward W Barber Sergeant at Arms Nehemiah G OrdwaySee also edit1864 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1864 United States presidential election 1864 65 United States Senate elections 1864 65 United States House of Representatives elections 1866 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1866 67 United States Senate elections 1866 67 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes edit Conservative amp Conservative Republican a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References edit The Constitution Amendments 11 27 National Archives Archived from the original on 5 May 2009 Retrieved 2009 05 04 Huckabee David C September 30 1997 Ratification of Amendments to the U S Constitution PDF Congressional Research Service reports Washington D C Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress a b Byrd amp Wolff page 176 Byrd amp Wolff page 108 Byrd amp Wolff page 142Further reading editAynes Richard L The 39th Congress 1865 1867 and the 14th Amendment Some Preliminary Perspectives Akron Law Review 42 no 4 2009 1019 49 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 Byrd Robert C Wolff Wendy October 1 1993 The Senate 1789 1989 Historical Statistics 1789 1992 volume 4 Bicentennial ed U S Government Printing Office ISBN 9780160632563 External links editStatutes at Large 1789 1875 Senate Journal First Forty three Sessions of Congress House Journal First Forty three Sessions of Congress Biographical Directory of the U S Congress U S House of Representatives House History U S Senate Statistics and Lists Congressional Directory for the 39th Congress 1st Session 1866 Congress United States 1867 Congressional Directory for the 39th Congress 2nd Session Transcripts of debates and proceedings edit The Congressional Globe contains the official transcripts and proceedings of the Thirty Ninth Congress although newspapers often provided their own transcripts that sometimes differed from the official ones Following are external links to the pertinent volumes of the Globe which are downloadable and or searchable via Google Books and HathiTrust Congressional Globe 39th Congress external links to full text Session Part Start date End date Pages Google HathiFirst One December 4 1865 February 21 1866 1 to 960 EL ELFirst Two February 21 1866 April 12 1866 961 to 1920 EL ELFirst Three April 12 1866 May 29 1866 1921 to 2880 EL ELFirst Four May 29 1866 July 16 1866 2881 to 3840 EL ELFirst Five July 16 1866 July 28 1866 3841 to 4310 plus Appendix EL ELSecond One December 3 1866 January 25 1867 1 to 752 EL ELSecond Two January 25 1867 February 18 1867 753 to 1504 EL ELSecond Three February 18 1867 March 2 1867 1505 to 2005 plus Appendix EL ELThe congressional debates pertaining to the Fourteenth Amendment can be found at Congressional Debates of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 39th United States Congress amp oldid 1189764987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
