40th United States Congress - political parties

The Fortieth 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 1867 to March 3 1869, during the last two years of the administration of 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 political party.

Main article: 40th United States Congress
See also: 40th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House election, 1866

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1867 - March 3 1869

  • First session: March 4 1867 – December 1 1867
  • Second session: December 2 1867 - November 10 1868
  • Third session: December 7 1868 - March 3 1869 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 39th Congress
Next congress: 41st Congress

Party summary

Senate
  • Democratic (D): 9
  • Republican (R): 57 (majority)
  • vacant: 2

TOTAL members: 68
House of Representatives
  • Democratic (D): 47
  • Republican (R): 173 (majority)
  • Conservative Republican (CR): 1
  • Independent Republican (IR): 1
  • Conservative (C): 2
  • vacant: 2

TOTAL members: 226

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-L
  • James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Delaware ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 11 1867, subsequently elected.
  • Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), Pennsylvania
  • Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Kentucky
  • James Guthrie (1792-1869), Kentucky …resigned February 7 1868.
  • Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885), Indiana
  • Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), Maryland ...resigned July 10 1868.
M-Z
  • Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Kentucky …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 28 1868.
  • David T. Patterson (1818-1891), Tennessee
  • George Read Riddle (1817-1867), Delaware ...died March 29 1867.
  • Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Delaware
  • George Vickers (1801-1879), Maryland ...seated March 9 1868.
  • William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908), Maryland ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated July 14 1868.

Republican

A-F
  • Joseph C. Abbott (1825-1881), North Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 17 1868.
  • Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
  • Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
  • Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), New Jersey
  • Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
  • Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), California
  • Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
  • John Conness (1821-1909), California
  • Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Oregon
  • Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), New Hampshire
  • James Dixon (1814-1873), Connecticut
  • James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Wisconsin
  • Charles D. Drake (1811-1892), Missouri
  • George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
  • Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Connecticut
  • William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Maine
  • Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), Tennessee
  • Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), New Jersey
G-L
  • James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Iowa
  • James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa
  • John S. Harris (1825-1906), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 17 1868.
  • John B. Henderson (1826-1913), Missouri
  • Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Michigan
  • Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Wisconsin
  • William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 17 1868.
M-R
  • Alexander McDonald (1832-1903), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 23 1868.
  • Edwin D. Morgan (1811-1883), New York
  • Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
  • Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Maine
  • Oliver H. P. T. Morton (1823-1877), Indiana
  • Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), Minnesota
  • James W. Nye (1815-1876), Nevada
  • Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Florida ...readmitted state, seated June 25 1868.
  • James W. Patterson (1823-1893), New Hampshire
  • Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Kansas
  • John Pool (1826-1884), North Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 17 1868.
  • Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Minnesota
  • Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 23 1868.
  • Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 20 1868.
  • Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Kansas
S-Z
  • Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 22 1868.
  • John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
  • George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • William Sprague (1830-1915), Rhode Island
  • William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Nevada
  • Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts
  • John M. Thayer (1820-1906), Nebraska ...new state, seated March 4 1867.
  • Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Nebraska ...new state, seated March 4 1867.
  • Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Illinois
  • Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), West Virginia
  • Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Ohio
  • Willard Warner (1826-1906), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Adonijah S. Welch (1821-1889), Florida ...readmitted state, seated July 2 1868.
  • Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), West Virginia
  • George H. Williams (1823-1910), Oregon
  • Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts
  • Richard Yates (1815-1873), Illinois

Vacant

  • vacant Georgia ...Joshua Hill elected by legislature, but not seated.
  • vacant Georgia ...Homer V.M. Miller elected by legislature, but not seated.

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C
  • George M. Adams (1837-1920), Kentucky ...seated July 8 1867.
  • Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Maryland
  • Samuel B. Axtell (1819-1891), California ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Demas Barnes (1827-1888), New York
  • William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Connecticut
  • James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3 1867.
  • Benjamin M. Boyer (1823-1887), Pennsylvania
  • James Brooks (1810-1873), New York
  • Albert G. Burr (1829-1882), Illinois
  • John W. Chanler (1826-1877), New York
D-E-F
  • Charles Denison (1818-1867), Pennsylvania ...died June 27 1867.
  • Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Wisconsin
  • John Fox (1835-1914), New York
G-H-I
  • J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Pennsylvania
  • Adam J. Glossbrenner (1810-1889), Pennsylvania
  • Jacob S. Golladay (1819-1887), Kentucky ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5 1867.
  • Asa P. Grover (1819-1887), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3 1867.
  • Charles Haight (1838-1891), New Jersey
  • Elijah Hise (1802-1867), Kentucky ...died May 8 1867, never having qualified.
  • William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
  • Julius Hotchkiss (1810-1878), Connecticut
  • Richard D. Hubbard (1818-1884), Connecticut
  • James M. Humphrey (1819-1899), New York
J-K-L
  • James A. Johnson (1829-1896), California ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Thomas L. Jones (1819-1887), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 4 1867.
  • Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Indiana
  • J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Kentucky ...charges of disloyalty unsustained, seated December 3 1867.
M-N-O
  • James Mann (1822-1868), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868, died August 26 1868, seat remained vacant.
  • Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Illinois
  • James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Missouri ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17 1867.
  • Hiram McCullough (1813-1885), Maryland
  • George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Ohio …contested election, served until June 3 1868.
  • John Morrissey (1831-1878), New York
  • William Mungen (1821-1887), Ohio
  • William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Indiana
  • John A. Nicholson (1827-1906), Delaware
  • Thomas E. Noell (1839-1867), Missouri ...died October 3 1867.
P-Q-R
  • John V. L. Pruyn (1811-1877), New York
  • Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
  • William E. Robinson (1814-1892), New York
  • Lewis W. Ross (1812-1895), Illinois
S-T-U-V
  • Charles Sitgreaves (1803-1878), New Jersey
  • Frederick Stone (1820-1899), Maryland
  • Stephen Taber (1821-1886), New York
  • Nelson Tift (1810-1891), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), Kentucky ...contested election, seated January 10 1868.
  • Daniel M. Van Auken (1826-1908), Pennsylvania
  • Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874), Ohio
W-X-Y-Z
  • Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York
  • George W. Woodward (1809-1875), Pennsylvania ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 21 1867.
  • Pierce M. B. Young (1836-1896), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.

Republican

A-B-C
  • William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
  • Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Massachusetts
  • George W. Anderson (1832-1902), Missouri
  • Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), Tennessee ...seated November 25 1867.
  • Delos R. Ashley (1828-1873), Nevada
  • James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Ohio
  • Alexander H. Bailey (1817-1874), New York ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 30 1867.
  • Jehu Baker (1822-1903), Illinois
  • John D. Baldwin (1809-1883), Massachusetts
  • Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Massachusetts
  • Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Michigan
  • John Beatty (1828-1914), Ohio ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 5 1868.
  • John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), Missouri
  • Jacob Benton (1814-1892), New Hampshire
  • John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Ohio
  • W. Jasper Blackburn (1820-1899), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868.
  • James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
  • Austin Blair (1818-1894), Michigan
  • Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 24 1868.
  • George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Massachusetts
  • Christopher C. Bowen (1832-1880), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 20 1868.
  • Henry P. H. Bromwell (1823-1903), Illinois
  • John M. Broomall (1816-1894), Pennsylvania
  • Ralph P. Buckland (1812-1892), Ohio
  • Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21 1868.
  • Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Massachusetts
  • Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Tennessee ...seated June 26 1868.
  • Henry L. Cake (1827-1899), Pennsylvania
  • John B. Callis (1828-1898), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21 1868.
  • Samuel F. Cary (1814-1900), Ohio ...elected to fill vacancy, seated November 21 1867.
  • John C. Churchill (1821-1905), New York
  • Reader W. Clarke (1812-1872), Ohio
  • Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), Kansas
  • Joseph W. Clift (1837-1908), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Wisconsin
  • John Coburn (1825-1908), Indiana
  • Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Indiana
  • Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Illinois
  • M. Simeon Corley (1823-1902), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Thomas Cornell (1814-1890), New York
  • John Covode (1808-1871), Pennsylvania
  • Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Illinois
D-E-F
  • Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
  • Columbus Delano (1809-1896), Ohio ...contested election, seated June 3 1868.
  • John T. Deweese (1835-1906), North Carolina
  • Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Pennsylvania ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1868.
  • Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), Rhode Island
  • Oliver H. Dockery (1830-1906), North Carolina
  • Grenville M. Dodge (1831-1916), Iowa
  • Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831-1901), Minnesota
  • John F. Driggs (1813-1877), Michigan
  • Ephraim R. Eckley (1811-1908), Ohio
  • William P. Edwards (1835-1900), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Benjamin Eggleston (1816-1888), Ohio
  • Jacob H. Ela (1820-1884), New Hampshire
  • Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Massachusetts
  • James T. Elliott (1823-1875), Arkansas ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 13 1869.
  • John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Illinois
  • Orange Ferriss (1814-1894), New York
  • Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
  • William C. Fields (1804-1882), New York
  • Darwin A. Finney (1814-1868), Pennsylvania ...died August 25 1868.
  • John R. French (1819-1890), North Carolina
G-H-I
  • James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio
  • James H. Goss (1820-1886), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868.
  • Samuel F. Gove (1822-1900), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Joseph J. Gravely (1828-1872), Missouri
  • John A. Griswold (1822-1872), New York
  • George A. Halsey (1827-1894), New Jersey
  • Charles M. Hamilton (1840-1875), Florida ...readmitted state, seated July 1 1868.
  • Cornelius S. Hamilton (1821-1867), Ohio ...died December 22 1867.
  • Abner C. Harding (1807-1874), Illinois
  • Thomas Haughey (1826-1869), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21 1868.
  • Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), Tennessee ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Rutherford B. Hayes (1822-1893), Ohio ...resigned July 20 1867.
  • David Heaton (1823-1870), North Carolina
  • William Higby (1813-1887), California ...seated November 21 1867.
  • John Hill (1821-1884), New Jersey
  • James M. Hinds (1833-1868), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 24 1868, died October 22 1868.
  • Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Massachusetts
  • Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829-1870), Wisconsin
  • Asahel W. Hubbard (1819-1879), Iowa
  • Chester D. Hubbard (1814-1891), West Virginia
  • Calvin T. Hulburd (1809-1897), New York
  • Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Indiana
  • Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Illinois
J-K-L
  • Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), Rhode Island
  • Alexander H. Jones (1822-1901), North Carolina
  • Norman B. Judd (1815-1878), Illinois
  • George W. Julian (1817-1899), Indiana
  • William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
  • Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 22 1868.
  • William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), New York
  • John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
  • Bethuel M. Kitchen (1812-1895), West Virginia
  • William H. Koontz (1830-1911), Pennsylvania
  • Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), New York
  • Israel G. Lash (1810-1878), North Carolina
  • George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), Pennsylvania
  • William Lawrence (1819-1899), Ohio
  • William S. Lincoln (1813-1893), New York
  • Benjamin F. Loan (1819-1881), Missouri
  • John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
  • William Loughridge (1827-1889), Iowa
  • John Lynch (1825-1892), Maine
M-N-O
  • Rufus Mallory (1831-1914), Oregon
  • James M. Marvin (1809-1901), New York
  • Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Tennessee ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Dennis McCarthy (1814-1886), New York
  • Joseph W. McClurg (1818-1900), Missouri ...resigned 1868.
  • Samuel McKee (1833-1898), Kentucky ...contested election of John D. Young, seated June 22 1868.
  • Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Pennsylvania
  • George F. Miller (1809-1885), Pennsylvania
  • William Moore (1810-1878), New Jersey
  • James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Pennsylvania
  • Daniel J. Morrell (1821-1885), Pennsylvania
  • James Mullins (1807-1873), Tennessee ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Pennsylvania
  • Carman A. Newcomb (1830-1902), Missouri
  • Joseph P. Newsham (1837-1919), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868.
  • Benjamin W. Norris (1819-1873), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21 1868.
  • David A. Nunn (1833-1918), Tennessee ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
  • Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Indiana
P-Q-R
  • Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), Wisconsin
  • Sidney Perham (1819-1907), Maine
  • John A. Peters (1822-1904), Maine
  • S. Newton Pettis (1827-1900), Pennsylvania ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1868.
  • Charles W. Pierce (1823-1907), Alabama ...readmitted state, seated July 21 1868.
  • Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), Maine
  • William A. Pile (1829-1889), Missouri
  • Tobias A. Plants (1811-1887), Ohio
  • Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Vermont
  • Daniel H. Polsley (1803-1877), West Virginia
  • Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), New York
  • Hiram Price (1814-1901), Iowa
  • Charles H. Prince (1837-1912), Georgia ...readmitted state, seated July 25 1868.
  • Green B. Raum (1829-1909), Illinois
  • William H. Robertson (1823-1898), New York
  • Logan H. Roots (1841-1893), Arkansas ...readmitted state, seated June 24 1868.
S-T-U-V
  • Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
  • Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Ohio
  • Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
  • John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Indiana
  • Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Ohio
  • Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Vermont
  • Rufus P. Spalding (1798-1886), Ohio
  • Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Connecticut
  • Aaron F. Stevens (1819-1887), New Hampshire
  • Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Pennsylvania ...died August 11 1868.
  • William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Tennessee ...seated November 21 1867.
  • John H. Stover (1833-1889), Missouri ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7 1868.
  • J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868.
  • John Taffe (1827-1884), Nebraska
  • Caleb N. Taylor (1813-1887), Pennsylvania
  • Francis Thomas (1799-1876), Maryland
  • John Trimble (1812-1884), Tennessee ...seated November 21 1867.
  • Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), Michigan
  • Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Massachusetts
  • Charles Upson (1821-1885), Michigan
  • Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), New York
  • Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), New York
  • Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Missouri
  • Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), New York
  • Michel Vidal (1824- ), Louisiana ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868.
W-X-Y-Z
  • Hamilton Ward, Sr. (1829-1898), New York
  • Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Wisconsin
  • Henry D. Washburn (1832-1871), Indiana
  • William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Massachusetts
  • Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Illinois
  • Martin Welker (1819-1902), Ohio
  • B. Frank Whittemore (1824-1894), South Carolina ...readmitted state, seated July 18 1868.
  • Thomas Williams (1806-1872), Pennsylvania
  • William Williams (1821-1896), Indiana
  • James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Iowa
  • John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Ohio
  • Stephen F. Wilson (1821-1897), Pennsylvania
  • William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
  • Frederick E. Woodbridge (1818-1888), Vermont

Conservative

  • Nathaniel Boyden (1796-1873), North Carolina
  • Charles E. Phelps (1833-1908), Maryland

Independent Republican

  • Lewis Selye (1803-1883), New York

Conservative Republican

  • Thomas E. Stewart (1824-1904), New York