38th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1863 to March 3 1865, during the last 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 Seventh Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

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

Main article: 38th United States Congress
See also: 38th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House election, 1862

Dates of sessions

March 4 1863 - March 3 1865

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1863 – March 14 1863
  • First session: December 2 1863 - July 4 1864
  • Second session: December 5 1864 - March 3 1865 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 37th Congress
Next congress: 39th Congress

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 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.

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.

Alabama

Senate
  • 2: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (6 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Arkansas

Senate
  • 2: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (3 seats)
  • all seats vacant

California

Senate
  • 3: James A. McDougall (1817-1867), Democratic
  • 1: John Conness (1821-1909), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican

  • : William Higby (1813-1887), Republican

  • : Thomas B. Shannon (1827-1897), Republican

Connecticut

Senate
  • 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
  • 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican
House of Representatives (4 seats)

  • : Henry C. Deming (1815-1872), Republican

  • : James E. English (1812-1890), Democratic

  • : Augustus Brandegee (1828-1904), Republican

  • : John H. Hubbard (1804-1872), Republican

Delaware

Senate
  • 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic ...resigned January 29 1864.
    George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 29 1864.
  • 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : William Temple (1814-1863), Democratic ...died May 28 1863, before Congress assembled.

    Nathaniel B. Smithers (1818-1896), (Unconditional Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1863.

Florida

Senate
  • 1: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (1 seat)
  • all seats vacant

Georgia

Senate
  • 2: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (7 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Illinois

Senate
  • 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican
  • 2: William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic
House of Representatives (14 seats)

  • : Isaac N. Arnold (1815-1884), Republican

  • : John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican

  • : Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican

  • : Charles M. Harris (1821-1896), Democratic

  • : Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican ...died March 25 1864.

    Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated May 20 1864.

  • : Jesse O. Norton (1812-1875), Republican

  • : John R. Eden (1826-1909), Democratic

  • : John T. Stuart (1807-1885), Democratic

  • : Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), Democratic

  • : Anthony L. Knapp (1828-1881), Democratic

  • : James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic

  • : William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Democratic

  • : William J. Allen (1829-1901), Democratic

  • : James C. Allen (1822-1912), Democratic

Indiana

Senate
  • 3: Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Republican
  • 1: Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Democratic
House of Representatives (11 seats)

  • : John Law (1796-1873), Democratic

  • : James A. Cravens (1818-1893), Democratic

  • : Henry W. Harrington (1825-1882), Democratic

  • : William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic

  • : George W. Julian (1817-1899), Republican

  • : Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871), Republican

  • : Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic

  • : Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Republican

  • : Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican

  • : Joseph K. Edgerton (1818-1893), Democratic

  • : James F. McDowell (1825-1887), Democratic

Iowa

Senate
  • 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
  • 2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican

  • : Hiram Price (1814-1901), Republican

  • : William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican

  • : Josiah B. Grinnell (1821-1891), Republican

  • : John A. Kasson (1822-1910), Republican

  • : Asahel W. Hubbard (1819-1879), Republican

Kansas

Senate
  • 2: James H. Lane (1814-1866), Republican
  • 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : A. Carter Wilder (1828-1875), Republican

Kentucky

Senate
  • 2: Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Democratic
  • 3: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), (Unionist)
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Lucien Anderson (1824-1898), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : George H. Yeaman (1829-1908), (Unionist)

  • : Henry Grider (1796-1866), (Unionist)

  • : Aaron Harding (1805-1875), (Unionist)

  • : Robert Mallory (1815-1885), (Unionist)

  • : Green C. Smith (1826-1895), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Brutus J. Clay (1808-1878), (Unionist)

  • : William H. Randall (1812-1881), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : William H. Wadsworth (1821-1893), (Unionist)

Louisiana

Senate
  • 2: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (5 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Maine

Senate
  • 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican ...resigned July 1 1864.
    Nathan A. Farwell (1812-1893), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, October 27 1864, subsequently elected
  • 1: Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Lorenzo D.M. Sweat (1818-1898), Democratic

  • : Sidney Perham (1819-1907), Republican

  • : James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican

  • : John H. Rice (1816-1911), Republican

  • : Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), Republican

Maryland

Senate
  • 3: Thomas H. Hicks (1798-1865), (Unconditional Unionist) ...died February 14 1865.
  • 1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), (Unionist)
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : John A. J. Creswell (1828-1891), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Henry Winter Davis (1817-1865), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Francis Thomas (1799-1876), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Benjamin G. Harris (1805-1895), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate
  • 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
  • 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican
House of Representatives (10 seats)

  • : Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican

  • : Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican

  • : Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Republican

  • : Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican

  • : John B. Alley (1817-1896), Republican

  • : Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican

  • : George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Republican

  • : John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), Republican

  • : William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican

  • : Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate
  • 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
  • 2: Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Republican

  • : Charles Upson (1821-1885), Republican

  • : John W. Longyear (1820-1875), Republican

  • : Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican

  • : Augustus C. Baldwin (1817-1903), Democratic

  • : John F. Driggs (1813-1877), Republican

Minnesota

Senate
  • 2: Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican
  • 1: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

  • : Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831-1901), Republican

Mississippi

Senate
  • 1: vacant
  • 2: vacant
House of Representatives (5 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Missouri

Senate
  • 1: John B. Henderson (1826-1913), (Unconditional Unionist)
  • 3: Robert Wilson (1803-1870), (Unconditional Unionist) …appointed to fill vacancy, served until November 13 1863.
    B. Gratz Brown (1826-1885), (Unconditional Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, November 13 1863.
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), (Unconditional Unionist) ...contested election, served until June 10 1864.

    Samuel Knox (1815-1905), (Unconditional Unionist) ...contested election, seated June 15 1864.

  • : Henry T. Blow (1817-1875), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : John W. Noell (1816-1863), (Unconditional Unionist) ...died March 14 1863, before Congress assembled.

    John G. Scott (1819-1892), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1863.

  • : Sempronius H. Boyd (1828-1894), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Joseph W. McClurg (1818-1900), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Austin A. King (1802-1870), (Unionist)

  • : Benjamin F. Loan (1819-1881), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : William A. Hall (1815-1888), (Unionist)

  • : James S. Rollins (1812-1888), (Unionist)

Nevada

Senate
  • 1: William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican ...newly admitted state, elected December 15 1864.
  • 3: James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican ...newly admitted state, elected December 16 1864.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Henry G. Worthington (1828-1909), Republican ...new state, seated December 21 1864.

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
  • 3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Daniel Marcy (1809-1893), Democratic

  • : Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), Republican

  • : James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican

New Jersey

Senate
  • 2: John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican
  • 1: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : John F. Starr (1818-1904), Republican

  • : George Middleton (1800-1888), Democratic

  • : William G. Steele (1820-1892), Democratic

  • : Andrew J. Rogers (1828-1900), Democratic

  • : Nehemiah Perry (1816-1881), Democratic

New York

Senate
  • 3: Ira Harris (1802-1875), Republican
  • 1: Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), Republican
House of Representatives (31 seats)

  • : Henry G. Stebbins (1811-1881), Democratic ...resigned October 24 1864.

    Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1864.

  • : Martin Kalbfleisch (1804-1873), Democratic

  • : Moses F. Odell (1818-1866), Democratic

  • : Benjamin Wood (1820-1900), Democratic

  • : Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic

  • : Elijah Ward (1816-1882), Democratic

  • : John W. Chanler (1826-1877), Democratic

  • : James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic

  • : Anson Herrick (1812-1868), Democratic

  • : William Radford (1814-1870), Democratic

  • : Charles H. Winfield (1822-1888), Democratic

  • : Homer A. Nelson (1829-1891), Democratic

  • : John B. Steele (1814-1866), Democratic

  • : Erastus Corning (1794-1872), Democratic ...resigned October 5 1863, before Congress assembled.

    John V. L. Pruyn (1811-1877), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1863.

  • : John A. Griswold (1822-1872), Democratic

  • : Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), Republican

  • : Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), Republican

  • : James M. Marvin (1809-1901), Republican

  • : Samuel F. Miller (1827-1892), Republican

  • : Ambrose W. Clark (1810-1887), Republican

  • : Francis Kernan (1816-1892), Democratic

  • : DeWitt C. Littlejohn (1818-1892), Republican

  • : Thomas T. Davis (1810-1872), Republican

  • : Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), Republican

  • : Daniel Morris (1812-1889), Republican

  • : Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815-1878), Republican

  • : Robert B. Van Valkenburg (1821-1888), Republican

  • : Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), Republican

  • : Augustus Frank (1826-1895), Republican

  • : John Ganson (1818-1874), Democratic

  • : Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican ...resigned December 20 1864.

North Carolina

Senate
  • 2: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (7seats)
  • all seats vacant

Ohio

Senate
  • 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
  • 3: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
House of Representatives (19 seats)

  • : George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic

  • : Alexander Long (1816-1886), Democratic

  • : Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Republican

  • : John F. McKinney (1827-1903), Democratic

  • : Francis C. Le Blond (1821-1902), Democratic

  • : Chilton A. White (1826-1900), Democratic

  • : Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic

  • : William Johnston (1819-1866), Democratic

  • : Warren P. Noble (1820-1903), Democratic

  • : James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican

  • : Wells A. Hutchins (1818-1895), Democratic

  • : William E. Finck (1822-1901), Democratic

  • : John O'Neill (1822-1905), Democratic

  • : George Bliss (1813-1868), Democratic

  • : James R. Morris (1819-1899), Democratic

  • : Joseph W. White (1822-1892), Democratic

  • : Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), Republican

  • : Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), Republican

  • : James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican

Oregon

Senate
  • 3: James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), Democratic
  • 2: Benjamin F. Harding (1823-1899), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : John R. McBride (1832-1904), Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate
  • 3: Edgar Cowan (1815-1885), Republican
  • 1: Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), Democratic
House of Representatives (24 seats)

  • : Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic

  • : Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican

  • : Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican

  • : William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican

  • : M. Russell Thayer (1819-1906), Republican

  • : John D. Stiles (1822-1896), Democratic

  • : John M. Broomall (1816-1894), Republican

  • : Sydenham E. Ancona (1824-1913), Democratic

  • : Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican

  • : Myer Strouse (1825-1878), Democratic

  • : Philip Johnson (1818-1867), Democratic

  • : Charles Denison (1818-1867), Democratic

  • : Henry W. Tracy (1807-1886), IRepublican

  • : William H. Miller (1829-1870), Democratic

  • : Joseph Bailey (1810-1885), Democratic

  • : Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), Democratic

  • : Archibald McAllister (1813-1883), Democratic

  • : James T. Hale (1810-1865), 'IRepublican''

  • : Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican

  • : Amos Myers (1824-1893), Republican

  • : John L. Dawson (1813-1870), Democratic

  • : James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican

  • : Thomas Williams (1806-1872), Republican

  • : Jesse Lazear (1804-1877), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate
  • 2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
  • 1: William Sprague (1830-1915), Republican
House of Representatives (2 seats)

  • : Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), Republican

  • : Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), Republican

South Carolina

Senate
  • 2: vacant
  • 3: vacant
House of Representatives (4 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Tennessee

Senate
  • 1: vacant
  • 2: vacant
House of Representatives (8 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Texas

Senate
  • 1: vacant
  • 2: vacant
House of Representatives (4 seats)
  • all seats vacant

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
  • 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818-1888), Republican

  • : Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

  • : Portus Baxter (1806-1868), Republican

Virginia

Senate
  • 2: John S. Carlile (1817-1878), (Unionist)
  • 1: Lemuel J. Bowden (1815-1864), (Unionist)
House of Representatives (8 seats)
  • all seats vacant

West Virginia

Senate
  • 1: Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), (Unconditional Unionist) ...newly admitted state, elected August 4 1863.
  • 2: Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), (Unconditional Unionist) ...newly admitted state, elected August 4 1863.
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Jacob B. Blair (1821-1901), (Unconditional Unionist) ...new state, seated December 7 1863.

  • : William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), (Unconditional Unionist) ...new state, seated December 7 1863.

  • : Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), (Unconditional Unionist) ...new state, seated December 7 1863.

Wisconsin

Senate
  • 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican
  • 3: Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican
House of Representatives (6 seats)

  • : James S. Brown (1824-1878), Democratic

  • : Ithamar C. Sloan (1822-1898), Republican

  • : Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Republican

  • : Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic

  • : Ezra Wheeler (1820-1871), Democratic

  • : Walter D. McIndoe (1819-1872), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

  • : Charles D. Poston (1825-1902), Republican ...new territory, seated December 5 1864.

Colorado Territory

  • : Hiram P. Bennet (1826-1914), Republican

Dakota Territory

  • : William Jayne (1826-1916), Independent ...contested election, served until June 17 1864.

    John B. S. Todd (1814-1872), Democratic ...contested election, seated June 17 1864.
Idaho Territory

  • : William H. Wallace (1811-1879), Republican ...new territory, seated February 1 1864.

Montana Territory

  • : Samuel McLean (1826-1877), Democratic ...new territory, seated January 6 1865.

Nebraska Territory

  • : Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican

Nevada Territory

  • : Gordon N. Mott (1812-1887), Republican ...admitted to the union as a state, October 31 1864.

New Mexico Territory

  • : Francisco Perea (1830-1913), Republican

Utah Territory

  • : John F. Kinney (1816-1902), Democratic

Washington Territory

  • : George E. Cole (1826-1906), Democratic