Fortieth United States Congress

Fortieth United States Congress
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40th United States Congress

United States Capitol

Duration:

March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869

President of the Senate:

Vacant

President pro tempore:

Benjamin Wade

Speaker of the House:

Schuyler Colfax
Theodore M. Pomeroy

Members:

68 Senators
226 Representatives
8 Non-voting members

Senate Majority:

Republican

House Majority:

Republican

Sessions

1st: March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867
2nd: December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1868
3rd: December 7, 1868 – March 3, 1869

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United States Capitol (1869)

1 Dates of sessions
2 Party summary
3 Leadership
4 Major events
5 Major legislation
6 States admitted and/or Territories organized
7 Members
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
  - 7.2.1 Delegates
8 Changes in membership
9 Officers
10 References
11 External links

The Fortieth 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, 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 Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869

Special session of the Senate: April 1, 1867 – April 20, 1867
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: 39th Congress • Next: 41st Congress

Party summary

Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in this Congress.

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

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

TOTAL members: 68

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 226

Leadership

Senate

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- vacant
President pro tempore of the Senate:
- Benjamin F. Wade, Republican of Ohio, elected March 4, 1867.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
- Schuyler Colfax, Republican of Indiana, reelected March 4, 1867.
- Theodore M. Pomeroy, Republican of New York, elected March 3, 1869.

Major events

Main articles: 1867#Events, 1868#Events, and 1869#Events

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#40th United States Congress

Reconstruction Acts, continued:
- March 23, 1867, ch. 6, 15 Stat. 2
- July 19, 1867, ch. 30, 15 Stat. 14
- March 11, 1868, ch. 25, 15 Stat. 25

States admitted and/or Territories organized

July 25, 1868 – Wyoming Territory was organized.

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

See also: 40th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 40th United States Congress - State Delegation

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1866

Senate

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.

See also: :Category:United States Senators

See also: :Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

3: George E. Spencer (R)
2: Willard Warner (R)

Arkansas

2: Alexander McDonald (R)
3: Benjamin F. Rice (R)

California

1: John Conness (R)
3: Cornelius Cole (R)

Connecticut

1: James Dixon (R)
3: Orris S. Ferry (R)

Delaware

1: George Read Riddle (D)

James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)
2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D)

Florida

3: Thomas W. Osborn (R)
1: Adonijah S. Welch (R)

Georgia

2: vacant
3: vacant

Illinois

3: Lyman Trumbull (R)
2: Richard Yates (R)

Indiana

1: Thomas A. Hendricks (D)
3: Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)

Iowa

2: James W. Grimes (R)
3: James Harlan (R)

Kansas

3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)
2: Edmund G. Ross (R)

Kentucky

3: Garrett Davis (D)
2: James Guthrie (D)

Thomas C. McCreery (D)

Louisiana

2: John S. Harris (R)
3: William Pitt Kellogg (R)

Maine

1: Lot M. Morrill (R)
2: William Pitt Fessenden (R)

Maryland

1: Reverdy Johnson (D)

William Pinkney Whyte (D)
3: George Vickers (D)

Massachusetts

1: Charles Sumner (R)
2: Henry Wilson (R)

Michigan

1: Zachariah Chandler (R)
2: Jacob M. Howard (R)

Minnesota

1: Alexander Ramsey (R)
2: Daniel S. Norton (R)

Mississippi

1: vacant
2: vacant

Missouri

1: John B. Henderson (R)
3: Charles D. Drake (R)

Nebraska

2: John M. Thayer (R)
1: Thomas W. Tipton (R)

Nevada

1: William M. Stewart (R)
3: James W. Nye (R)

New Hampshire

2: Aaron H. Cragin (R)
3: James W. Patterson (R)

New Jersey

2: Alexander G. Cattell (R)
1: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)

New York

1: Edwin D. Morgan (R)
3: Roscoe Conkling (R)

North Carolina

2: Joseph C. Abbott (R)
3: John Pool (R)

Ohio

1: Benjamin F. Wade (R)
3: John Sherman (R)

Oregon

2: George H. Williams (R)
3: Henry W. Corbett (R)

Pennsylvania

1: Charles R. Buckalew (D)
3: Simon Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

2: Henry B. Anthony (R)
1: William Sprague (R)

South Carolina

2: Thomas J. Robertson (R)
3: Frederick A. Sawyer (R)

Tennessee

2: Joseph S. Fowler (R)
1: David T. Patterson (D)

Texas

1: vacant
2: vacant

Vermont

1: George F. Edmunds (R)
3: Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

1: vacant
2: vacant

West Virginia

1: Peter G. Van Winkle (R)
2: Waitman T. Willey (R)

Wisconsin

1: James R. Doolittle (R)
3: Timothy O. Howe (R)

President pro tempore
Benjamin F. Wade

House of Representatives

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.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama