The Confederacy fielded armies and sustained the rebellion into a second Congress, but the Union did not accept secession and secessionists were not eligible for Congress. Elections held in Missouri and Kentucky seated all members to the House and Senate for the 38th Congress. Elections held among Unionists in Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana were marred by disruption resulting in turnouts that were so low compared with 1860, that Congress did not reseat the candidates with a majority of the votes cast.[1]
In rebellion 1862–64 according to the Emancipation Proclamation were Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (parts), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia (parts). Tennessee was not held to be in rebellion as of the end of 1862.[2]
Party summary
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.
Senate
During this Congress, two seats were added for each of the new states of Nevada and West Virginia, thereby adding four new seats.
Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members. During this Congress, one seat was added for the new state of Nevada, and three seats were reapportioned from Virginia to the new state of West Virginia.
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 this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 38th Congress in March 1863. Green stripes represent Unionists and gray stripes represent Unconditional Unionists. The senators from Nevada and West Virginia were not seated until later in the Congress.
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.
^ ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.
References
^Martis, Kenneth C., "Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress: 1789–1989, 1989 ISBN0-02-920170-5 p. 116.
^Emancipation Proclamation text found at Emancipation Proclamation, "Featured Texts" online at the National Archives and Records Administration. Viewed April 14, 2014.
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.
External links
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The 38th 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 1863 to March 4 1865 during the last two years of President Abraham Lincoln s first term in office The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census The Senate had a Republican majority and the House of Representatives had a Republican plurality 38th United States Congress37th 39thUnited States Capitol 1861 March 4 1863 March 4 1865Members52 senators184 representatives10 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublicanSenate PresidentHannibal Hamlin R House majorityRepublicanHouse SpeakerSchuyler Colfax R SessionsSpecial March 4 1863 March 14 18631st December 7 1863 July 4 18642nd December 5 1864 March 3 1865 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 2 1 Major bills not enacted 3 Constitutional amendments 4 Treaties ratified 5 States admitted and territories organized 5 1 States 5 2 Territories 6 States in rebellion 7 Party summary 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 8 Leadership 8 1 Senate 8 1 1 Majority Republican leadership 8 2 House of Representatives 8 2 1 Majority Republican leadership 9 Members 9 1 Senate 9 1 1 Alabama 9 1 2 Arkansas 9 1 3 California 9 1 4 Connecticut 9 1 5 Delaware 9 1 6 Florida 9 1 7 Georgia 9 1 8 Illinois 9 1 9 Indiana 9 1 10 Iowa 9 1 11 Kansas 9 1 12 Kentucky 9 1 13 Louisiana 9 1 14 Maine 9 1 15 Maryland 9 1 16 Massachusetts 9 1 17 Michigan 9 1 18 Minnesota 9 1 19 Mississippi 9 1 20 Missouri 9 1 21 Nevada 9 1 22 New Hampshire 9 1 23 New Jersey 9 1 24 New York 9 1 25 North Carolina 9 1 26 Ohio 9 1 27 Oregon 9 1 28 Pennsylvania 9 1 29 Rhode Island 9 1 30 South Carolina 9 1 31 Tennessee 9 1 32 Texas 9 1 33 Vermont 9 1 34 Virginia 9 1 35 West Virginia 9 1 36 Wisconsin 9 2 House of Representatives 9 2 1 Alabama 9 2 2 Arkansas 9 2 3 California 9 2 4 Connecticut 9 2 5 Delaware 9 2 6 Florida 9 2 7 Georgia 9 2 8 Illinois 9 2 9 Indiana 9 2 10 Iowa 9 2 11 Kansas 9 2 12 Kentucky 9 2 13 Louisiana 9 2 14 Maine 9 2 15 Maryland 9 2 16 Massachusetts 9 2 17 Michigan 9 2 18 Minnesota 9 2 19 Mississippi 9 2 20 Missouri 9 2 21 Nevada 9 2 22 New Hampshire 9 2 23 New Jersey 9 2 24 New York 9 2 25 North Carolina 9 2 26 Ohio 9 2 27 Oregon 9 2 28 Pennsylvania 9 2 29 Rhode Island 9 2 30 South Carolina 9 2 31 Tennessee 9 2 32 Texas 9 2 33 Vermont 9 2 34 Virginia 9 2 35 West Virginia 9 2 36 Wisconsin 9 2 37 Non voting members 10 Changes in membership 10 1 Senate 10 2 House of Representatives 11 Committees 11 1 Senate 11 2 House of Representatives 11 3 Joint appointments 12 Caucuses 13 Employees 13 1 Legislative branch agency directors 13 2 Senate 13 3 House of Representatives 14 See also 15 Notes 16 References 17 External linksMajor events EditSee also 1863 in the United States 1864 in the United States and 1865 in the United States American Civil War which had started in 1861 continued through this Congress and ended later in 1865 January 8 1863 Ground broken in Sacramento California on the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the United States November 19 1863 Gettysburg Address November 8 1864 President Abraham Lincoln is reelected defeating George McClellan Major legislation EditMain article List of United States federal legislation 38th United States Congress April 22 1864 Coinage Act of 1864 Sess 1 ch 66 13 Stat 54 June 30 1864 Yosemite Valley Grant Act Sess 1 16 Stat 48 March 3 1865 Freedmen s Bureau Sess 2 ch 90 13 Stat 507Major bills not enacted Edit Wade Davis Bill passed both houses July 2 1864 but Pocket vetoedConstitutional amendments EditJanuary 31 1865 Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery in the United States and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification 13 Stat 567 Amendment was later ratified on December 6 1865 becoming the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionTreaties ratified EditFebruary 9 1865 Chippewa Indians 13 Stat 393States admitted and territories organized EditStates Edit June 19 1863 West Virginia admitted formed from a portion of Virginia 13 Stat 731 See also 12 Stat 633 October 31 1864 Nevada admitted 13 Stat 749 See also 13 Stat 30 Territories Edit May 26 1864 Montana Territory organized Sess 1 ch 95 13 Stat 85States in rebellion EditMain article Confederate States of America See also Secession in the United States The Confederacy fielded armies and sustained the rebellion into a second Congress but the Union did not accept secession and secessionists were not eligible for Congress Elections held in Missouri and Kentucky seated all members to the House and Senate for the 38th Congress Elections held among Unionists in Virginia Tennessee and Louisiana were marred by disruption resulting in turnouts that were so low compared with 1860 that Congress did not reseat the candidates with a majority of the votes cast 1 In rebellion 1862 64 according to the Emancipation Proclamation were Arkansas Texas Louisiana parts Mississippi Alabama Florida Georgia South Carolina North Carolina and Virginia parts Tennessee was not held to be in rebellion as of the end of 1862 2 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 each of the new states of Nevada and West Virginia thereby adding four new seats Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R Unionist U UnconditionalUnionist UU End of previous congress11 30 7 0 48 20Begin10 31 4 3 48 20End33345022Final voting share20 0 66 0 6 0 8 0 Beginning of next congress11 37 0 1 49 23House of Representatives Edit House seats by party holding plurality in state Over 80 Democratic Over 80 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 Republican Before this Congress the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members During this Congress one seat was added for the new state of Nevada and three seats were reapportioned from Virginia to the new state of West Virginia Party shading shows control Total VacantDemocratic D Republican R IndependentRepublican IR Unionist U UnconditionalUnionist UU OtherEnd of previous congress45 106 0 30 0 2 183 57Begin72 85 2 9 12 0 180 61End841618359Final voting share39 3 45 9 1 1 4 9 8 7 0 0 Beginning of next congress40 132 1 4 14 0 191 51Leadership Edit President of the SenateHannibal Hamlin Senate Edit President Hannibal Hamlin R President pro tempore Solomon Foot R until April 13 1864 Daniel Clark R elected April 26 1864Majority Republican leadership Edit Republican Conference Chairman Henry B AnthonyHouse of Representatives Edit Speaker Schuyler Colfax R Majority Republican leadership Edit Republican Conference Chairman Justin S Morrill Chairman Committee on Ways and Means Thaddeus Stevens R Members EditThis list is arranged by chamber then by state Senators are listed by class and representatives are listed by district Skip to House of Representatives belowSenate 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 this Congress requiring reelection in 1868 Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress requiring reelection in 1864 and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress requiring reelection in 1866 Alabama 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 La Fayette S Foster R Delaware Edit 1 James A Bayard Jr D until January 29 1864 George R Riddle D from February 2 1864 dd 2 Willard Saulsbury Sr D Florida Edit 1 Vacant 3 VacantGeorgia Edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantIllinois Edit 2 William A Richardson D 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 Kansas Edit 2 James H Lane R 3 Samuel C Pomeroy R Kentucky Edit 2 Lazarus W Powell D 3 Garrett Davis U Louisiana Edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantMaine Edit 1 Lot M Morrill R 2 William P Fessenden R until July 1 1864 Nathan A Farwell R from October 27 1864 dd Maryland Edit 1 Reverdy Johnson U 3 Thomas H Hicks UU until February 14 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 Morton S Wilkinson R Mississippi Edit 1 Vacant 2 VacantMissouri Edit 1 John B Henderson UU 3 Robert Wilson UU until November 13 1863 B Gratz Brown UU from November 13 1863 dd Nevada Edit 1 William M Stewart R from February 1 1865 newly admitted state 3 James W Nye R from February 1 1865 newly admitted state New Hampshire Edit 2 John P Hale R 3 Daniel Clark R New Jersey Edit 1 William Wright D 2 John C Ten Eyck R New York Edit 1 Edwin D Morgan R 3 Ira Harris R North Carolina Edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantOhio Edit 1 Benjamin Wade R 3 John Sherman R Oregon Edit 2 Benjamin F Harding D 3 James W Nesmith D Pennsylvania Edit 1 Charles R Buckalew D 3 Edgar Cowan R Rhode Island Edit 1 William Sprague R 2 Henry B Anthony R South Carolina Edit 2 Vacant 3 VacantTennessee Edit 1 Vacant 2 VacantTexas Edit 1 Vacant 2 VacantVermont Edit 1 Solomon Foot R 3 Jacob Collamer R Virginia Edit 1 Lemuel J Bowden U died January 2 1864 vacant thereafter 2 John S Carlile U West Virginia Edit 1 Peter G Van Winkle UU from August 4 1863 newly admitted state 2 Waitman T Willey UU from August 4 1863 newly admitted state Wisconsin Edit 1 James R Doolittle R 3 Timothy O Howe R Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 38th Congress in March 1863 Green stripes represent Unionists and gray stripes represent Unconditional Unionists The senators from Nevada and West Virginia were not seated until later in the Congress 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 2 Unionists 2 Unconditional Unionists Territories President pro tempore Solomon Foot President pro tempore Daniel Clark House of Representatives Edit Alabama Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 VacantArkansas Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 VacantCalifornia Edit All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket At large Cornelius Cole R At large William Higby R At large Thomas B Shannon R Connecticut Edit 1 Henry C Deming R 2 James E English D 3 Augustus Brandegee R 4 John H Hubbard R Delaware Edit At large William Temple D until May 28 1863 Nathaniel B Smithers UU from December 7 1863 dd Florida Edit At large VacantGeorgia Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 Vacant 7 VacantIllinois Edit 1 Isaac N Arnold R 2 John F Farnsworth R 3 Elihu B Washburne R 4 Charles M Harris D 5 Owen Lovejoy R until March 25 1864 Ebon C Ingersoll R from May 20 1864 dd 6 Jesse O Norton R 7 John R Eden D 8 John T Stuart D 9 Lewis W Ross D 10 Anthony L Knapp D 11 James C Robinson D 12 William R Morrison D 13 William J Allen D At large James C Allen D Indiana Edit 1 John Law D 2 James A Cravens D 3 Henry W Harrington D 4 William S Holman D 5 George W Julian R 6 Ebenezer Dumont R 7 Daniel W Voorhees D 8 Godlove S Orth R 9 Schuyler Colfax R 10 Joseph K Edgerton D 11 James F McDowell D Iowa Edit 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 At large A Carter Wilder R Kentucky Edit 1 Lucien Anderson UU 2 George H Yeaman U 3 Henry Grider U 4 Aaron Harding U 5 Robert Mallory U 6 Green C Smith UU 7 Brutus J Clay U 8 William H Randall UU 9 William H Wadsworth U Louisiana Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 VacantMaine Edit 1 Lorenzo D M Sweat D 2 Sidney Perham R 3 James G Blaine R 4 John H Rice R 5 Frederick A Pike R Maryland Edit 1 John A J Creswell UU 2 Edwin H Webster UU 3 Henry Winter Davis UU 4 Francis Thomas UU 5 Benjamin G Harris D Massachusetts Edit 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 7 George S Boutwell R 8 John D Baldwin R 9 William B Washburn R 10 Henry L Dawes R Michigan Edit 1 Fernando C Beaman R 2 Charles Upson R 3 John W Longyear R 4 Francis W Kellogg R 5 Augustus C Baldwin D 6 John F Driggs R Minnesota Edit 1 William Windom R 2 Ignatius L Donnelly R Mississippi Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 VacantMissouri Edit 1 Francis P Blair Jr R until June 10 1864 Samuel Knox UU from June 10 1864 dd 2 Henry T Blow UU 3 John W Noell UU until March 14 1863 John G Scott D from December 7 1863 dd 4 Sempronius H Boyd UU 5 Joseph W McClurg UU 6 Austin A King U 7 Benjamin F Loan UU 8 William A Hall U 9 James S Rollins U Nevada Edit At large Henry G Worthington R from October 31 1864 newly admitted state New Hampshire Edit 1 Daniel Marcy D 2 Edward H Rollins R 3 James W Patterson R New Jersey Edit 1 John F Starr R 2 George Middleton D 3 William G Steele D 4 Andrew J Rogers D 5 Nehemiah Perry D New York Edit 1 Henry G Stebbins D until October 24 1864 Dwight Townsend D from December 5 1864 dd 2 Martin Kalbfleisch D 3 Moses F Odell D 4 Benjamin Wood D 5 Fernando Wood D 6 Elijah Ward D 7 John W Chanler D 8 James Brooks D 9 Anson Herrick D 10 William Radford D 11 Charles H Winfield D 12 Homer A Nelson D 13 John B Steele D 14 Erastus Corning D until October 5 1863 John V L Pruyn D from December 7 1863 dd 15 John Augustus Griswold D 16 Orlando Kellogg R 17 Calvin T Hulburd R 18 James M Marvin R 19 Samuel F Miller R 20 Ambrose W Clark R 21 Francis Kernan D 22 DeWitt C Littlejohn R 23 Thomas T Davis R 24 Theodore M Pomeroy R 25 Daniel Morris R 26 Giles W Hotchkiss R 27 Robert B Van Valkenburgh R 28 Freeman Clarke R 29 Augustus Frank R 30 John Ganson D 31 Reuben E Fenton R until December 20 1864North Carolina Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 Vacant 7 VacantOhio Edit 1 George H Pendleton D 2 Alexander Long D 3 Robert C Schenck R 4 John F McKinney D 5 Francis C Le Blond D 6 Chilton A White D 7 Samuel S Cox D 8 William Johnston D 9 Warren P Noble D 10 James M Ashley R 11 Wells A Hutchins D 12 William E Finck D 13 John O Neill D 14 George Bliss D 15 James R Morris D 16 Joseph W White D 17 Ephraim R Eckley R 18 Rufus P Spalding R 19 James A Garfield R Oregon Edit At large John R McBride R Pennsylvania Edit 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 John D Stiles D 7 John M Broomall R 8 Sydenham E Ancona D 9 Thaddeus Stevens R 10 Myer Strouse D 11 Philip Johnson D 12 Charles Denison D 13 Henry W Tracy IR 14 William H Miller D 15 Joseph Bailey D 16 Alexander H Coffroth D 17 Archibald McAllister D 18 James T Hale IR 19 Glenni W Scofield R 20 Amos Myers R 21 John L Dawson D 22 James K Moorhead R 23 Thomas Williams R 24 Jesse Lazear D Rhode Island Edit 1 Thomas A Jenckes R 2 Nathan F Dixon Jr R South Carolina Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 VacantTennessee Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 Vacant 5 Vacant 6 Vacant 7 Vacant 8 VacantTexas Edit 1 Vacant 2 Vacant 3 Vacant 4 VacantVermont Edit 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 Vacant 9 Vacant moved to West Virginia June 20 1863 10 Vacant moved to West Virginia June 20 1863 11 Vacant moved to West Virginia June 20 1863West Virginia Edit 1 Jacob B Blair UU from December 7 1863 newly admitted state 2 William G Brown Sr UU from December 7 1863 newly admitted state 3 Kellian Whaley UU from December 7 1863 newly admitted state Wisconsin Edit 1 James S Brown D 2 Ithamar C Sloan R 3 Amasa Cobb R 4 Charles A Eldredge D 5 Ezra Wheeler D 6 Walter D McIndoe R Non voting members Edit Arizona Territory Charles D Poston R from December 5 1864 Colorado Territory Hiram P Bennet R Dakota Territory William Jayne R until June 17 1864 John B S Todd D from June 17 1864 dd Idaho Territory William H Wallace R from February 1 1864 Montana Territory Samuel McLean D from January 6 1865 Nebraska Territory Samuel G Daily R Nevada Territory Gordon N Mott R until October 31 1864 New Mexico Territory Francisco Perea R Utah Territory John F Kinney D Washington Territory George E Cole D Speaker of the HouseSchuyler Colfax Group photo of the U S House of Representatives in 1863 during this Congress Changes in membership EditThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress Senate Edit Replacements 2 Democratic no net change Republican no net change Unionist no net change Unconditional Union no net change Deaths 1 Resignations 2 Interim appointments 1 Seats of newly admitted states 4 Total seats with changes 4See also List of special elections to the United States Senate Senate changes State class Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor sformal installation a West Virginia 1 New seat West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19 1863 Its first Senators were elected August 4 1863 Peter G Van Winkle UU August 4 1863West Virginia 2 New seat West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19 1863 Its first Senators were elected August 4 1863 Waitman T Willey UU August 4 1863Missouri 3 Robert Wilson UU Successor elected for Sen Waldo P Johnson November 13 1863 B Gratz Brown UU November 13 1863Virginia 1 Lemuel J Bowden U Died January 2 1864 Vacant Not filled this CongressDelaware 1 James A Bayard Jr D Resigned January 29 1864 for unknown reasons Successor elected January 29 1864 George R Riddle D February 2 1864Maine 2 William P Fessenden R Resigned July 1 1864 to become U S Secretary of the Treasury Successor appointed October 27 1864 to finish the term Nathan A Farwell R October 27 1864Nevada 1 New seat Nevada admitted to the Union October 31 1864 Its first Senators were elected February 1 1865 William M Stewart R February 1 1865Nevada 3 New seat Nevada admitted to the Union October 31 1864 Its first Senators were elected February 1 1865 James W Nye R February 1 1865Maryland 3 Thomas H Hicks UU Died February 14 1865 Vacant Not filled this Congress House of Representatives Edit Replacements 6 Democratic no net change Republican no net change Unionist no net change Unconditional Union no net change Deaths 3 Resignations 3 Contested election 1 Seats of newly admitted seats 4 Total seats with changes 7See also List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives House changes District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date of successor sformal installation a Arizona Territory At large Vacant Territory organized in previous congress Seat remained vacant until December 5 1864 Charles D Poston R December 5 1864Missouri 3rd John W Noell UU Died March 14 1863 John G Scott D December 7 1863Delaware At large William Temple D Died May 28 1863 Nathaniel B Smithers UU December 7 1863New York 14th Erastus Corning D Resigned October 5 1863 John V L Pruyn D December 7 1863West Virginia 1st New State West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19 1863 Seat remained vacant until December 7 1863 Jacob B Blair UU December 7 1863West Virginia 2nd New State West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19 1863 Seat remained vacant until December 7 1863 William G Brown Sr UU December 7 1863West Virginia 3rd New State West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19 1863 Seat remained vacant until December 7 1863 Kellian Whaley UU December 7 1863Idaho Territory At large New Territory Territory organized February 1 1864 William H Wallace R February 1 1864Illinois 5th Owen Lovejoy R Died March 25 1864 Ebon C Ingersoll R May 20 1864Montana Territory At large New Territory Territory organized May 26 1864 Seat remained vacant until January 6 1865 Samuel McLean D January 6 1865Missouri 1st Francis P Blair Jr R Lost contested election June 10 1864 Samuel Knox UU June 10 1864Dakota Territory At large William Jayne Lost contested election June 17 1864 John B S Todd D June 17 1864New York 1st Henry G Stebbins D Resigned October 24 1864 Dwight Townsend D December 5 1864Nevada Territory At large Gordon N Mott R Nevada achieved statehood October 31 1864 District eliminatedNevada At large New State Nevada admitted to the Union October 31 1864 Henry G Worthington R October 31 1864New York 31st Reuben Fenton R Resigned December 20 1864 after being elected Governor of New York Vacant Not filled this CongressCommittees 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 John Sherman Chair Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate James Dixon Chair Claims Daniel Clark Chair Commerce Zachariah Chandler Chair Distributing Public Revenue Among the States Select District of Columbia James W Grimes Chair Engrossed Bills Henry S Lane Chair Finance William P Fessenden Chair Foreign Relations Charles Sumner Chair Indian Affairs James Rood Doolittle Chair Judiciary Lyman Trumbull Chair Manufactures Zachariah Chandler Chair Military Affairs Henry Wilson Chair Naval Affairs John P Hale Chair Naval Supplies Select Ordnance and War Ships Select Overland Mail Service Select Pacific Railroad Select Jacob M Howard Chair Patents and the Patent Office Edgar Cowan Chair Pensions La Fayette S Foster Chair Post Office and Post Roads Jacob Collamer Chair Private Land Claims Ira Harris Chair Public Buildings and Grounds Solomon Foot Chair Public Lands James Harlan Chair Retrenchment N A Chair Revolutionary Claims Morton S Wilkinson Chair Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen Select Tariff Regulation Select Territories Benjamin F Wade Chair WholeHouse of Representatives Edit Accounts Edward H Rollins Chair Agriculture Brutus J Clay Chair Banking and Currency N A Chair Bankrupt Law Select Claims James T Hale Chair Commerce Elihu B Washburne Chair District of Columbia Owen Lovejoy Chair Elections Henry L Dawes Chair Expenditures in the Interior Department Thomas B Shannon Chair Expenditures in the Navy Department Portus Baxter Chair Expenditures in the Post Office Department Theodore M Pomeroy Chair Expenditures in the State Department Frederick A Pike Chair Expenditures in the Treasury Department Amos Myers Chair Expenditures in the War Department Henry C Deming Chair Expenditures on Public Buildings John W Longyear Chair Foreign Affairs Henry Winter Davis Chair Indian Affairs William Windom Chair Invalid Pensions Kellian V Whaley Chair Judiciary James F Wilson Chair Manufactures James K Moorhead Chair Mileage James C Robinson Chair Military Affairs Robert C Schenck Chair Militia Robert B Van Valkenburgh Chair Naval Affairs Alexander H Rice Chair Patents Thomas A Jenckes Chair Post Office and Post Roads John B Alley Chair Private Land Claims M Russell Thayer Chair Public Buildings and Grounds John H Rice Chair Public Expenditures Calvin T Hulburd Chair Public Lands George W Julian Chair Revisal and Unfinished Business Sempronius H Boyd Chair Revolutionary Claims Hiram Price Chair Revolutionary Pensions Dewitt C Littlejohn Chair Roads and Canals Isaac N Arnold Chair Rules Select Standards of Official Conduct Territories James M Ashley Chair Ways and Means Thaddeus Stevens Chair WholeJoint appointments Edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special Conduct of the War Enrolled Bills Sen Timothy Howe Chair The Library Sen Jacob Collamer Chair Printing Sen Henry B Anthony Chair Senate Chamber and the Hall of the House of the RepresentativesCaucuses EditDemocratic House Democratic Senate Employees EditLegislative branch agency directors Edit Architect of the Capitol Thomas U Walter Librarian of Congress John Gould Stephenson until 1864 Ainsworth Rand Spofford from 1864Senate Edit Chaplain Byron Sunderland Presbyterian until May 11 1864 Thomas Bowman Methodist elected May 11 1864 Secretary John W Forney Sergeant at Arms George T BrownHouse of Representatives Edit Chaplain William H Channing Unitarian Clerk Emerson Etheridge until December 7 1863 Edward McPherson from December 7 1863 Doorkeeper Ira Goodnow Messenger Thaddeus Morrice William D Todd Postmaster William S King Reading Clerks data unknown missing Sergeant at Arms Edward Ball until December 7 1863 Nehemiah G Ordway from December 7 1863See also Edit1862 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1862 63 United States Senate elections 1862 63 United States House of Representatives elections 1864 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1864 United States presidential election 1864 65 United States Senate elections 1864 65 United States House of Representatives electionsNotes Edit a b When seated or oath administered not necessarily when service began References Edit Martis Kenneth C Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress 1789 1989 1989 ISBN 0 02 920170 5 p 116 Emancipation Proclamation text found at Emancipation Proclamation Featured Texts online at the National Archives and Records Administration Viewed April 14 2014 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 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 38th Congress 1st Session Congressional Directory for the 38th Congress 2nd Session Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 38th United States Congress amp oldid 1135588661, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
