39th United States Congress - State Delegations

The Thirty-ninth 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 1865 to March 3 1867, during the second administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and the first two years of the administration of his successor, U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

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: 39th United States Congress
See also: 39th United States Congress - political parties
See also: United States House election, 1864

Dates of sessions

March 4 1865 - March 3 1867

  • Special session of the Senate: March 4 1865 – March 11 1865
  • First session: December 4 1865 - July 28 1866
  • Second session: December 3 1866 - March 3 1867 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 38th Congress
Next congress: 40th 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 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.

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)

  • : Donald C. McRuer (1826-1898), Republican

  • : William Higby (1813-1887), Republican

  • : John Bidwell (1819-1900), 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

  • : Samuel L. Warner (1828-1893), Republican

  • : Augustus Brandegee (1828-1904), Republican

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

Delaware

Senate
  • 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic
  • 1: George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Democratic
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : John A. Nicholson (1827-1906), Democratic

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: Richard Yates (1815-1873), Republican
House of Representatives (14 seats)

  • : John Wentworth (1815-1888), Republican

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

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

  • : Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), Republican

  • : Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Republican

  • : Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican

  • : Henry P. H. Bromwell (1823-1903), Republican

  • : Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican

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

  • : Anthony Thornton (1814-1904), Democratic

  • : Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic

  • : Jehu Baker (1822-1903), Republican

  • : Andrew J. Kuykendall (1815-1891), Republican

  • : Samuel W. Moulton (1821-1905), Republican

Indiana

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

  • : William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic

  • : Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Democratic

  • : Ralph Hill (1827-1899), Republican

  • : John H. Farquhar (1818-1873), Republican

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

  • : Ebenezer Dumont (1814-1871), Republican

  • : Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic …contested election, served until February 23 1866.

    Henry D. Washburn (1832-1871), Republican ...contested election, seated February 23 1866.

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

  • : Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican

  • : Joseph H. Defrees (1812-1885), Republican

  • : Thomas N. Stilwell (1830-1874), Republican

Iowa

Senate
  • 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican ...resigned May 15 1865.
    Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 24 1866.
  • 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
  • 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
  • 2: James H. Lane (1814-1866), Republican ...died July 11 1866.
    Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated July 25 1866, subsequently elected.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), Republican

Kentucky

Senate
  • 3: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Democratic
  • 2: James Guthrie (1792-1869), Democratic
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), Democratic

  • : Burwell C. Ritter (1810-1880), Democratic

  • : Henry Grider (1796-1866), Democratic ...died September 14 1866.

    Elijah Hise (1802-1867), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.

  • : Aaron Harding (1805-1875), Democratic

  • : Lovell H. Rousseau (1818-1869), (Unconditional Unionist) ...resigned July 21 1866, subsequently reelected, seated December 3 1866.

  • : Green C. Smith (1826-1895), (Unconditional Unionist) ...resigned 1866.

    Andrew H. Ward (1815-1904), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.

  • : George S. Shanklin (1807-1883), Democratic

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

  • : Samuel McKee (1833-1898), (Unconditional Unionist)

Louisiana

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

Maine

Senate
  • 1: Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican
  • 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : John Lynch (1825-1892), Republican

  • : 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
  • 1: Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Democratic
  • 3: John A. J. Creswell (1828-1891), (Unconditional Unionist) ...died January 29 1867.
House of Representatives (5 seats)

  • : Hiram McCullough (1813-1885), Democratic

  • : Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), (Unconditional Unionist) ...resigned July 1865, before Congress assembled.

    John L. Thomas, Jr. (1835-1893), (Unconditional Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1865.

  • : Charles E. Phelps (1833-1908), (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 ...resigned September 1 1865, before Congress assembled.

    Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1865.

  • : 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

  • : Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican

  • : Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), Republican

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

Minnesota

Senate
  • 1: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
  • 2: Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), 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), Republican
  • 3: B. Gratz Brown (1826-1885), Republican
House of Representatives (9 seats)

  • : John Hogan (1805-1892), Democratic

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

  • : Thomas E. Noell (1839-1867), Republican

  • : John R. Kelso (1831-1891), Independent Republican

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

  • : Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Republican

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

  • : John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), Republican

  • : George W. Anderson (1832-1902), Republican

Nebraska

Senate
  • 2: John M. Thayer (1820-1906), Republican ...new state, seated March 4 1867, in the next Congress.
  • 1: Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), 'Republican'' ...new state, seated March 4 1867, in the next Congress.
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Turner M. Marquette (1831-1894), Republican ...new state, seated March 2 1867.

Nevada

Senate
  • 1: William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
  • 3: James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : Delos R. Ashley (1828-1873), Republican

New Hampshire

Senate
  • 3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican ...resigned July 27 1865.
    George G. Fogg (1813-1881), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.
  • 2: Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Gilman Marston (1811-1890), Republican

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

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

New Jersey

Senate
  • 1: William Wright (1794-1866), Democratic ...died November 1 1866.
    Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, September 19 1866.
  • 2: John P. Stockton (1826-1900), Democratic ...contested election, served until March 27 1866, when his seat was declared vacant.
    Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 12 1866, subsequently elected.
House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

  • : William A. Newell (1817-1901), Republican

  • : Charles Sitgreaves (1803-1878), Democratic

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

  • : Edwin R. V. Wright (1812-1871), Democratic

New York

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

  • : Stephen Taber (1821-1886), Democratic

  • : Teunis G. Bergen (1806-1881), Democratic

  • : James Humphrey (1811-1866), Republican ...died June 16 1866.

    John W. Hunter (1807-1900), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1866.

  • : Morgan Jones (1830-1894), Democratic

  • : Nelson Taylor (1821-1894), Democratic

  • : Henry J. Raymond (1820-1869), Republican

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

  • : James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic …contested election, served until April 7 1866.

    William E. Dodge (1805-1883), Republican ...contested election, seated April 7 1866.

  • : William A. Darling (1817-1895), Republican

  • : William Radford (1814-1870), Democratic

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

  • : John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican

  • : Edwin N. Hubbell (1815- ), Democratic

  • : Charles Goodyear (1804-1876), Democratic

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

  • : Orlando Kellogg (1809-1865), Republican ...died August 24 1865.

    Robert S. Hale (1822-1881), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1866.

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

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

  • : Demas Hubbard, Jr. (1806-1873), Republican

  • : Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), Republican

  • : Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican ...resigned March 4 1867.

  • : Sidney T. Holmes (1815-1890), Republican

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

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

  • : Daniel Morris (1812-1889), Republican

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

  • : Hamilton Ward, Sr. (1829-1898), Republican

  • : Roswell Hart (1824-1883), Republican

  • : Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), Republican

  • : James M. Humphrey (1819-1899), Democratic

  • : Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), Republican

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)

  • : Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888), Republican

  • : Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), Republican

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

  • : William Lawrence (1819-1899), Republican

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

  • : Reader W. Clarke (1812-1872), Republican

  • : Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Republican

  • : James R. Hubbell (1824-1890), Republican

  • : Ralph P. Buckland (1812-1892), Republican

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

  • : Hezekiah S. Bundy (1817-1895), Republican

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

  • : Columbus Delano (1809-1896), Republican

  • : Martin Welker (1819-1902), Republican

  • : Tobias A. Plants (1811-1887), Republican

  • : John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

  • : 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: George H. Williams (1823-1910), Republican
House of Representatives (1 seat)

  • : James H. D. Henderson (1810-1885), 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

  • : Benjamin M. Boyer (1823-1887), 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 ...died January 29 1867.

  • : Charles Denison (1818-1867), Democratic

  • : Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican

  • : George F. Miller (1809-1885), Republican

  • : Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), Democratic

  • : Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), Democratic …contested election, served until July 18 1866.

    William H. Koontz (1830-1911), Republican ...contested election, seated July 18 1866.

  • : Abraham A. Barker (1816-1898), Republican

  • : Stephen F. Wilson (1821-1897), Republican

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

  • : Charles V. Culver (1830-1909), Republican

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

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

  • : Thomas Williams (1806-1872), Republican

  • : George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), Republican

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
  • 2: Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), (Unconditional Unionist) ...state readmitted, seated July 25 1866.
  • 1: David T. Patterson (1818-1891), (Unionist) ...state readmitted, seated July 28 1866.
House of Representatives (8 seats)

  • : Nathaniel G. Taylor (1819-1887), (Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated July 24 1866.

  • : Horace Maynard (1814-1882), (Unconditional Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated July 24 1866.

  • : William B. Stokes (1814-1897), (Unconditional Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated July 24 1866.

  • : Edmund Cooper (1821-1911), (Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1866.

  • : William B. Campbell (1807-1867), (Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated December 3 1866.

  • : Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), (Unconditional Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated December 3 1866.

  • : Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), (Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated December 3 1866.

  • : John W. Leftwich (1826-1870), (Unionist) ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1866.

Texas

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

Vermont

Senate
  • 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican ...died March 28 1866.
    George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 3 1866.
  • 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican ...died November 9 1865.
    Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1865.
House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

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

  • : Portus Baxter (1806-1868), Republican

Virginia

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

West Virginia

Senate
  • 1: Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), (Unconditional Unionist)
  • 2: Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), Republican
House of Representatives (3 seats)

  • : Chester D. Hubbard (1814-1891), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : George R. Latham (1832-1917), (Unconditional Unionist)

  • : Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), (Unconditional Unionist)

Wisconsin

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

  • : Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), Republican

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

  • : Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Republican

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

  • : Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican

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

Delegates

Arizona Territory

  • : John N. Goodwin (1824-1887), Republican

Colorado Territory

  • : Allen A. Bradford (1815-1888), Republican

Dakota Territory

  • : Walter A. Burleigh (1820-1896), Republican

Idaho Territory

  • : Edward D. Holbrook (1836-1870), Democratic

Montana Territory

  • : Samuel McLean (1826-1877), Democratic

Nebraska Territory

  • : Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Republican ...admitted as a state, March 1 1867.

New Mexico Territory

  • : J. Francisco Chaves (1833-1904), Republican

Utah Territory

  • : William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

Washington Territory

  • : Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899), Republican