40th United States Congress

The 40th 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 4, 1869, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Johnson's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. In the Senate, the Republicans had the largest majority a party has ever held.

This Congress was held during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in both the Senate and the House. Georgia was readmitted with representation in the House only. The Republican majority passed an amendment that became the 15th Amendment for voting rights.

Major events

• March 30, 1867: Alaska Purchase
• February 24, 1868: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
• May 16, 1868: President Johnson acquitted
• May 26, 1868: President Johnson acquitted again
• November 3, 1868: 1868 presidential election: Ulysses S. Grant (R) defeated Horatio Seymour (D)
• December 25, 1868: President Johnson granted unconditional pardons to all Civil War rebels
• January 20, 1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first woman to testify before Congress

Major legislation

• Three Military 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. 41
• July 27, 1868: Expatriation Act of 1868, ch. 249, 15 Stat. 223

Constitutional amendments

• July 10, 1868: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declared ratified
• February 26, 1869: Approved an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude", and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification
  • Amendment was later ratified on February 3, 1870, becoming the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Treaty

• April 29, 1868: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868), 15 Stat. 635, signed
• February 16, 1869: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) ratified

Territories organized

• July 25, 1868: Wyoming Territory organized, Sess. 2, ch. 135, 15 Stat. 178

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.

During this Congress, Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in both the Senate and the House. Georgia was readmitted with representation in the House only.

Leadership

Senate

• President: Vacant
• President pro tempore: Benjamin Wade (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James Rood Doolittle

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Schuyler Colfax (R), until March 3, 1869
  • Theodore M. Pomeroy (R), elected March 3, 1869. Served for 1 day.

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

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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 re-election in 1868 or 1869; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1870 or 1871; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1872 or 1873.

Alabama

Template:Party stripe2. Willard Warner (R), from July 13, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. George E. Spencer (R), from July 13, 1868

Arkansas

Template:Party stripe2. Alexander McDonald (R), from June 22, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. Benjamin F. Rice (R), from June 23, 1868

California

Template:Party stripe1. John Conness (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Cornelius Cole (R)

Connecticut

Template:Party stripe1. James Dixon (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Orris S. Ferry (R)

Delaware

Template:Party stripe1. George Read Riddle (D), until March 29, 1867

Template:Party stripe James A. Bayard Jr. (D), from April 11, 1867

Template:Party stripe2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)

Florida

Template:Party stripe1. Adonijah Welch (R), from June 17, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. Thomas W. Osborn (R), from June 25, 1868

Georgia

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

Illinois

Template:Party stripe2. Richard Yates (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Lyman Trumbull (R)

Indiana

Template:Party stripe1. Thomas A. Hendricks (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)

Iowa

Template:Party stripe2. James W. Grimes (R)

Template:Party stripe3. James Harlan (R)

Kansas

Template:Party stripe2. Edmund G. Ross (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)

Kentucky

Template:Party stripe2. James Guthrie (D), until February 7, 1868

Template:Party stripe Thomas C. McCreery (D), from February 19, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. Garrett Davis (D)

Louisiana

Template:Party stripe2. John S. Harris (R), from July 8, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. William Pitt Kellogg (R), from July 9, 1868

Maine

Template:Party stripe1. Lot M. Morrill (R)

Template:Party stripe2. William P. Fessenden (R)

Maryland

Template:Party stripe1. Reverdy Johnson (D), until July 10, 1868

Template:Party stripe William Pinkney Whyte (D), from July 13, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. George Vickers (D), from March 7, 1868

Massachusetts

Template:Party stripe1. Charles Sumner (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Henry Wilson (R)

Michigan

Template:Party stripe1. Zachariah Chandler (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Jacob M. Howard (R)

Minnesota

Template:Party stripe1. Alexander Ramsey (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Daniel S. Norton (R)

Mississippi

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

Missouri

Template:Party stripe1. John B. Henderson (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Charles D. Drake (R)

Nebraska

Template:Party stripe1. Thomas Tipton (R)

Template:Party stripe2. John M. Thayer (R)

Nevada

Template:Party stripe1. William M. Stewart (R)

Template:Party stripe3. James W. Nye (R)

New Hampshire

Template:Party stripe2. Aaron H. Cragin (R)

Template:Party stripe3. James W. Patterson (R)

New Jersey

Template:Party stripe1. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Alexander G. Cattell (R)

New York

Template:Party stripe1. Edwin D. Morgan (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Roscoe Conkling (R)

North Carolina

Template:Party stripe2. Joseph C. Abbott (R), from July 14, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. John Pool (R), from July 14, 1868

Ohio

Template:Party stripe1. Benjamin Wade (R)

Template:Party stripe3. John Sherman (R)

Oregon

Template:Party stripe2. George H. Williams (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Henry W. Corbett (R)

Pennsylvania

Template:Party stripe1. Charles R. Buckalew (D)

Template:Party stripe3. Simon Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

Template:Party stripe1. William Sprague IV (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

Template:Party stripe2. Thomas J. Robertson (R), from July 15, 1868

Template:Party stripe3. Frederick A. Sawyer (R), from July 16, 1868

Tennessee

Template:Party stripe1. David T. Patterson (D)

Template:Party stripe2. Joseph S. Fowler (R)

Texas

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

Vermont

Template:Party stripe1. George F. Edmunds (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

West Virginia

Template:Party stripe1. Peter G. Van Winkle (R)

Template:Party stripe2. Waitman T. Willey (R)

Wisconsin

Template:Party stripe1. James R. Doolittle (R)

Template:Party stripe3. Timothy O. Howe (R)

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Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 40th Congress in March 1867. The senators from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina were not seated until later in the Congress.

  2 Democrats

  1 Democrat and 1 Republican

  2 Republicans

  Territories

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President pro tempore
Benjamin F. Wade

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Francis W. Kellogg (R), from July 22, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles W. Buckley (R), from July 21, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin W. Norris (R), from July 21, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles W. Pierce (R), from July 21, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John B. Callis (R), from July 21, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Haughey (R), from July 21, 1868

Arkansas

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Logan H. Roots (R), from June 22, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Hinds (R), June 22, 1868 – October 22, 1868

Template:Party stripe James T. Elliott (R), from January 13, 1869

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Boles (R), from June 22, 1868

California

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel B. Axtell (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Higby (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James A. Johnson (D)

Connecticut

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard D. Hubbard (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Julius Hotchkiss (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry H. Starkweather (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Barnum (D)

Delaware

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John A. Nicholson (D)

Florida

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles M. Hamilton (R), from July 1, 1868

Georgia

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph W. Clift (R), from July 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nelson Tift (D), from July 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William P. Edwards (R), from July 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel F. Gove (R), from July 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles H. Prince (R), from July 25, 1868

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Pierce M. B. Young (D), from July 25, 1868

Illinois

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Norman B. Judd (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John F. Farnsworth (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Elihu B. Washburne (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Abner C. Harding (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ebon C. Ingersoll (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Burton C. Cook (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry P. H. Bromwell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Shelby M. Cullom (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lewis Winans Ross (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Albert G. Burr (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel S. Marshall (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jehu Baker (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Green B. Raum (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John A. Logan (R)

Indiana

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William E. Niblack (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Michael C. Kerr (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Morton C. Hunter (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William S. Holman (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George W. Julian (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Coburn (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry D. Washburn (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Godlove S. Orth (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Schuyler Colfax (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Williams (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John P. C. Shanks (R)

Iowa

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James F. Wilson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Hiram Price (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William B. Allison (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Loughridge (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Grenville M. Dodge (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Asahel W. Hubbard (R)

Kansas

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Sidney Clarke (R)

Kentucky

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lawrence S. Trimble (D)

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Elijah Hise (D), until May 8, 1867

Template:Party stripe Jacob Golladay (D), from December 5, 1867

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. J. Proctor Knott (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Asa Grover (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas L. Jones (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James B. Beck (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George M. Adams (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel McKee (R), from June 22, 1868

Louisiana

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. J. Hale Sypher (R), from July 18, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Mann (D), July 18, 1868 – August 26, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph P. Newsham (R), from July 18, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Michel Vidal (R), from July 18, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. W. Jasper Blackburn (R), from July 18, 1868

Maine

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Lynch (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Sidney Perham (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James G. Blaine (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John A. Peters (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Frederick A. Pike (R)

Maryland

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Hiram McCullough (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stevenson Archer (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles E. Phelps (C)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Francis Thomas (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Frederick Stone (D)

Massachusetts

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas D. Eliot (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Oakes Ames (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ginery Twichell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Hooper (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin F. Butler (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nathaniel P. Banks (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George S. Boutwell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John D. Baldwin (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William B. Washburn (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Fernando C. Beaman (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Upson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Austin Blair (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Rowland E. Trowbridge (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John F. Driggs (R)

Minnesota

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Windom (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)

Mississippi

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Missouri

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William A. Pile (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Carman A. Newcomb (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas E. Noell (D), until October 3, 1867

Template:Party stripe James R. McCormick (D), from December 17, 1867

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph J. Gravely (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph W. McClurg (R), until July 1868

Template:Party stripe John H. Stover (R), from December 7, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert T. Van Horn (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin F. Loan (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John F. Benjamin (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George W. Anderson (R)

Nebraska

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Taffe (R)

Nevada

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Delos R. Ashley (R)

New Hampshire

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jacob H. Ela (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Aaron F. Stevens (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jacob Benton (R)

New Jersey

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Moore (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Haight (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Sitgreaves (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Hill (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George A. Halsey (R)

New York

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stephen Taber (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Demas Barnes (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William E. Robinson (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Fox (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Morrissey (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas E. Stewart (CR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John W. Chanler (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Brooks (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Fernando Wood (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Robertson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles H. Van Wyck (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John H. Ketcham (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Cornell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John V. L. Pruyn (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Augustus Griswold (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Orange Ferriss (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Calvin T. Hulburd (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Marvin (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William C. Fields (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Addison H. Laflin (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Roscoe Conkling (R), until March 4, 1867

Template:Party stripe Alexander H. Bailey (R), from November 30, 1867

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John C. Churchill (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Dennis McCarthy (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Theodore M. Pomeroy (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Kelsey (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William S. Lincoln (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Hamilton Ward Sr. (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lewis Selye (IR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Burt Van Horn (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Humphrey (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John R. French (R), from July 15, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David Heaton (R), from July 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Oliver H. Dockery (R), from July 13, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John T. Deweese (R), from July 6, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Israel G. Lash (R), from July 20, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nathaniel Boyden (C), from July 13, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alexander H. Jones (R), from July 6, 1868

Ohio

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin Eggleston (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Rutherford B. Hayes (R), until July 20, 1867

Template:Party stripe Samuel F. Cary (IR), from November 21, 1867

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert C. Schenck (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Lawrence (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Mungen (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Reader W. Clarke (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Shellabarger (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Cornelius S. Hamilton (R), until December 22, 1867

Template:Party stripe John Beatty (R), from February 5, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ralph P. Buckland (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Ashley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John T. Wilson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Philadelph Van Trump (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George W. Morgan (D), until June 3, 1868

Template:Party stripe Columbus Delano (R), from June 3, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Martin Welker (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Tobias A. Plants (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Bingham (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ephraim R. Eckley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Rufus P. Spalding (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James A. Garfield (R)

Oregon

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Rufus Mallory (R)

Pennsylvania

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel J. Randall (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles O'Neill (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Leonard Myers (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William D. Kelley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Caleb N. Taylor (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin M. Boyer (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John M. Broomall (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. J. Lawrence Getz (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thaddeus Stevens (R), until August 11, 1868

Template:Party stripe Oliver J. Dickey (R), from December 7, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry L. Cake (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel M. Van Auken (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Denison (D), until June 27, 1867

Template:Party stripe George W. Woodward (D), from November 21, 1867

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ulysses Mercur (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George F. Miller (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Adam J. Glossbrenner (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Koontz (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel J. Morrell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stephen F. Wilson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Glenni W. Scofield (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Darwin A. Finney (R), until August 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe S. Newton Pettis (R), from December 7, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Covode (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James K. Moorhead (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Williams (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George V. Lawrence (R)

Rhode Island

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Jenckes (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nathan F. Dixon Jr. (R)

South Carolina

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. B. Frank Whittemore (R), from July 18, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Christopher C. Bowen (R), from July 18, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. M. Simeon Corley (R), from July 25, 1868

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James H. Goss (R), from July 18, 1868

Tennessee

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Roderick R. Butler (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Horace Maynard (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William B. Stokes (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Mullins (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Trimble (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel M. Arnell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Isaac R. Hawkins (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David A. Nunn (R)

Texas

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Template:Ushr. Vacant

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Vermont

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Frederick E. Woodbridge (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Luke P. Poland (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Worthington C. Smith (R)

Virginia

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

Template:Ushr. Vacant

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West Virginia

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Chester D. Hubbard (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Bethuel Kitchen (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel Polsley (R)

Wisconsin

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Halbert E. Paine (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin F. Hopkins (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Amasa Cobb (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles A. Eldredge (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Philetus Sawyer (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Non-voting members

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Coles Bashford (I)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George M. Chilcott (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Walter A. Burleigh (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward D. Holbrook (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Cavanaugh (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles P. Clever (D), from September 2, 1867 - February 20, 1869

Template:Party stripe J. Francisco Chaves (R), from February 20, 1869

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Hooper (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alvan Flanders (R)

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% Democratic	80+% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

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Speaker of the House
Schuyler Colfax

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Speaker of the House
Theodore M. Pomeroy

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

• Replacements: 3
  • Democratic: 0 seat net loss
  • Republican: 0 seat net gain
• Deaths: 1
• Resignations: 2
• Interim appointments: 1
• Seats from newly re-admitted states: 12
• Total seats with changes: 16

|- | Delaware (1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George R. Riddle (D) | Died March 29, 1867.
Successor appointed April 5, 1867.
Appointee was subsequently elected January 19, 1869, to finish the term. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James A. Bayard Jr. (D) | April 5, 1867

|- | Kentucky (2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James Guthrie (D) | Resigned February 7, 1868, because of failing health.
Successor elected February 19, 1868. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas C. McCreery (D) | February 19, 1868

|- | Maryland (3) | Vacant | Filled vacancy caused by action of the Senate in declining to permit Philip F. Thomas to qualify.
Successor elected March 7, 1868. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George Vickers (D) | March 7, 1868

|- | Florida (1) | Vacant | Florida re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Adonijah Welch (R) | June 17, 1868

|- | Arkansas (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Arkansas re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alexander McDonald (R) | June 22, 1868

|- | Arkansas (3) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin F. Rice (R) | June 23, 1868

|- | Florida (3) | Vacant | Florida re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas W. Osborn (R) | June 25, 1868

|- | Louisiana (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Louisiana re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John S. Harris (R) | July 8, 1868

|- | Louisiana (3) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Kellogg (R) | July 9, 1868

|- | Alabama (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Alabama re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Willard Warner (R) | rowspan=3 | July 13, 1868

|- | Alabama (3) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George E. Spencer (R)

|- | Maryland (1) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Reverdy Johnson (D) | Resigned July 10, 1868, to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Successor appointed July 13, 1868. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Whyte (D)

|- | North Carolina (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | North Carolina re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph C. Abbott (R) | rowspan=2 | July 14, 1868

|- | North Carolina (3) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Pool (R)

|- | South Carolina (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | South Carolina re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas J. Robertson (R) | July 15, 1868

|- | South Carolina (3) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Frederick A. Sawyer (R) | July 16, 1868

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House of Representatives

• Replacements: 10
  • Democratic: 2 seat net loss
  • Republican: 0 seat net gain
  • Independent Republican: 1 seat net gain
  • Conservative: 0 seat net gain
• Deaths: 8
• Resignations: 3
• Contested election: 3
• Seats from re-admitted states: 32
• Total seats with changes: 44

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Vacancy in term | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles P. Clever (D) | September 2, 1867

|- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=3 | Arkansas re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Logan H. Roots (R) | rowspan=3 | June 22, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James M. Hinds (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas Boles (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | John D. Young presented credentials but failed to qualify. Election was contested by McKee. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel McKee (R) | June 22, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | Florida re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles M. Hamilton (R) | July 1, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=5 | Vacant | rowspan=5 | North Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John T. Deweese (R) | rowspan=2 | July 6, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alexander H. Jones (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Oliver H. Dockery (R) | rowspan=2 | July 13, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | Nathaniel Boyden (C)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John R. French (R) | July 15, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=5 | Vacant | rowspan=5 | Louisiana re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. Hale Sypher (R) | rowspan=5 | July 18, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James Mann (D)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph P. Newsham (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Michel Vidal (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | W. Jasper Blackburn (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=3 | South Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) | rowspan=3 | July 18, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Christopher C. Bowen (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James H. Goss (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | North Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Israel G. Lash (R) | July 20, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=6 | Vacant | rowspan=6 | Alabama re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles W. Buckley (R) | rowspan=5 | July 21, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin W. Norris (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles W. Pierce (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John B. Callis (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas Haughey (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Francis W. Kellogg (R) | July 22, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=6 | Vacant | rowspan=6 | Georgia re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph W. Clift (R) | rowspan=6 | July 25, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Nelson Tift (D)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Edwards (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel F. Gove (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles H. Prince (R)

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Pierce M. B. Young (D)

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | North Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Heaton (R) | July 25, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | South Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Manuel S. Corley (R) | July 25, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Roscoe Conkling (R) | Resigned March 4, 1867, after being elected to the US Senate | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alexander H. Bailey (R) | November 30, 1867

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Elijah Hise (D) | Died May 8, 1867 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jacob Golladay (D) | December 5, 1867

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Denison (D) | Died June 27, 1867 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George W. Woodward (D) | November 21, 1867

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | Resigned July 20, 1867, after being nominated Governor of Ohio | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Samuel F. Cary (IR) | November 21, 1867

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas E. Noell (D) | Died October 3, 1867 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James R. McCormick (D) | December 17, 1867

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Cornelius S. Hamilton (R) | Killed by insane son December 22, 1867 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Beatty (R) | February 5, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George W. Morgan (D) | Lost contested election June 3, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Columbus Delano (R) | June 3, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph W. McClurg (R) | Resigned in July 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John H. Stover (R) | December 7, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thaddeus Stevens (R) | Died August 11, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Oliver J. Dickey (R) | December 7, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Darwin A. Finney (R) | Died August 25, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | S. Newton Pettis (R) | December 7, 1868

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | James Mann (D) | Died August 26, 1868 | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James M. Hinds (R) | Assassinated October 22, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James T. Elliott (R) | January 13, 1869

|- | Template:Ushr | nowwap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles P. Clever (D) | Lost contested election February 20, 1869 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. Francisco Chaves (R) | February 20, 1869

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Committees

Senate

• Agriculture (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Tipton)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Charles R. Buckalew)
• Claims (Chairman: Timothy O. Howe; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
• Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: Henry W. Corbett)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James Harlan; Ranking Member: James W. Patterson)
• Education
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Joseph S. Fowler; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton)
• Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Alexander G. Cattell)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Charles Sumner; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton)
• Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (Select)
• Impeachment Trial Investigation (Select)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John B. Henderson; Ranking Member: John M. Thayer)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Lyman Trumbull; Ranking Member: Roscoe Conkling)
• Manufactures (Chairman: William Sprague IV; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
• Military Affairs and the Militia (Chairman: Henry Wilson; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: John Conness; Ranking Member: Richard Yates)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: James W. Grimes; Ranking Member: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen)
• Ninth Census (Select)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select) (Chairman: Jacob M. Howard; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
• Pacific Railroad (Chairman: Jacob M. Howard; Ranking Member: William M. Stewart)
• Patents and the Patent Office (Chairman: Waitman T. Willey; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry)
• Pensions (Chairman: Peter G. Van Winkle; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Tipton)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: James Harlan)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William P. Fessenden; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Samuel C. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: George H. Williams)
• Representative Reform (Select)
• Retrenchment (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: James W. Patterson)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Roscoe Conkling; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James W. Nye; Ranking Member: David T. Patterson)
• Rules
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Richard Yates; Ranking Member: Alexander Ramsey)
• Treasury Printing Bureau (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: John M. Broomall; Ranking Member: William C. Fields)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Rowland E. Trowbridge; Ranking Member: John T. Wilson)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Thaddeus Stevens; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Butler)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Theodore M. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: Norman B. Judd)
• Claims (Chairman: John A. Bingham; Ranking Member: Amasa Cobb)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: John Hill)
• Commerce (Chairman: Elihu B. Washburne; Ranking Member: James M. Humphrey)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Ebon C. Ingersoll; Ranking Member: Fernando Wood)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Jehu Baker; Ranking Member: Thomas Cornell)
• Elections (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Burton C. Cook)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Chester D. Hubbard; Ranking Member: Ginery Twichell)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Charles Upson; Ranking Member: Francis Thomas)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William A. Pile; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Samuel M. Arnell; Ranking Member: Reader W. Clarke)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: James M. Marvin; Ranking Member: Bethuel M. Kitchen)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Charles E. Phelps)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Cadwallader C. Washburn; Ranking Member: Stevenson Archer)
• Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Thomas D. Eliot; Ranking Member: Daniel J. Morrell)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Banks; Ranking Member: Austin Blair)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William Windom; Ranking Member: Glenni W. Scofield)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Sidney Perham; Ranking Member: George F. Miller)
• Judiciary (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: William Lawrence)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel J. Morrell; Ranking Member: William Moore)
• Mileage (Chairman: George W. Anderson; Ranking Member: Green B. Raum)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: Green B. Raum)
• Militia (Chairman: Halbert E. Paine; Ranking Member: Austin Blair)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William Higby; Ranking Member: Morton C. Hunter)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Frederick A. Pike; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Ferry)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Hiram Price; Ranking Member: Oakes Ames)
• Patents (Chairman: Thomas A. Jenckes; Ranking Member: Henry P.H. Bromwell)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John F. Farnsworth; Ranking Member: John Lynch)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Alexander H. Bailey)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John Covode; Ranking Member: William Moore)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: Calvin T. Hulburd; Ranking Member: John Coburn)
• Public Lands (Chairman: George W. Julian; Ranking Member: George W. Anderson)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: William Windom)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Hamilton Ward; Ranking Member: Daniel Polsley)
• Revolutionary Pensions and the War of 1812 (Chairman: Benjamin F. Loan; Ranking Member: Lewis Selye)
• Roads and Canals (Chairman: Burton C. Cook; Ranking Member: Grenville M. Dodge)
• Rules (Select) (Chairman: Schuyler Colfax; Ranking Member: James G. Blaine)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: James M. Ashley; Ranking Member: James Mullins)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Robert C. Schenck; Ranking Member: John A. Logan)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Stephen F. Wilson; Vice Chairman: Rep. William S. Holman)
• The Library (Chairman: John D. Baldwin; Vice Chairman: Rep. Rufus P. Spalding)
• Printing (Chairman: Rep. Addison H. Laflin; Vice Chairman: Rep. Henry L. Cake)
• Ordnance (Select) (Chairman: Rep. John A. Logan; Vice Chairman: Rep. Robert C. Schenck)
• Reorganize the Civil Service in the Departments
• Retrenchment (Chairman: Rep. Charles H. Van Wyck; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes)
• Revise and Equalize the Pay of the Employees of Each House
• To Examine the Accounts for Repairs and Furnishing of the Executive Mansion (Chairman: Rep. Rufus P. Spalding; Vice Chairman: Rep. Adam J. Glossbrenner)

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Senate

• Chaplain of the Senate: Edgar H. Gray (Baptist)
• Secretary of the Senate: John W. Forney, until June 4, 1868
  • George C. Gorham, elected June 4, 1868
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: George T. Brown

House of Representatives

• Chaplain of the House: Charles B. Boynton (Congregationalist)
• Clerk of the House: Edward McPherson
• Doorkeeper of the House: Charles E. Lippincott
• Messenger to the Speaker: William D. Todd
• Postmaster of the House: William S. King
• Reading Clerks: Edward W. Barber (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R)
• Sergeant at Arms of the House: Nehemiah G. Ordway

See also

• List of members of the United States House of Representatives in the 40th Congress by seniority
• 1866 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1866–67 United States Senate elections
  • 1866–67 United States House of Representatives elections
• 1868 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • 1868 United States presidential election
  • 1868–69 United States Senate elections
  • 1868–69 United States House of Representatives elections

External links

• Statutes 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