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Membership of the 38th Congress of the United States |
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March 4, 1863 to
March 3, 1865 |
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First Session:
December 7, 1863 to July 4, 1864 |
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Second Session:
December 5, 1864 to March 3, 1865 |
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Special Session of
the Senate: March 4, 1863 to March 14, 1863 |
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Vice President of
the United States: |
Hannibal Hamlin
(Maine) |
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President Pro
Tempore of the Senate: |
Solomon Foot
(Vermont)
Daniel Clark (New Hampshire), from April 26, 1864 |
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Secretary of the
Senate: |
John W. Forney
(Pennsylvania) |
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Sergeant At Arms
of the Senate: |
George T. Brown
(Illinois) |
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Speaker of the
House of Representatives: |
Schuyler Colfax
(Indiana) |
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Clerk of the
House: |
Emerson Etheridge
(Tennessee)
Edward McPherson (Pennsylvania), from December 8, 1863 |
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Sergeant At Arms
of the House: |
Edward Ball (Ohio)
Nathaniel G. Ordway (New Hampshire), from December 8, 1863 |
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Doorkeeper of the
House: |
Ira Goodnow
(Vermont) |
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Postmaster of the
House: |
William S. King |
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Alabama |
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Representatives |
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Arkansas |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant (James M. Johnson, T. M.
Jacks, and Anthony A. C.
Rogers presented credentials as Members-elect, but their claims
were not finally disposed of. By resolution of March 3, 1865,
each was allowed the sum of $2,000 for "compensation, expenses,
and mileage.") |
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Florida |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant |
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Georgia |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant |
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Louisiana |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant (M. F. Bonzano, A. P.
Field, W. D. Mann, T. M. Welles, and Robert W. Taliaferro
presented credentials as Members-elect, but their claims were
not finally disposed of) |
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Mississippi
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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North Carolina
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Senators
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Representatives
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South Carolina
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Senators
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Vacant |
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Representatives
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Vacant |
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Tennessee |
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Senators
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Vacant |
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Representatives
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Vacant
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Texas
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Senators
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Vacant |
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Representatives
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Virginia
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Senators
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John
S. Carlile |
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Lemuel J. Bowden (died January 2, 1864; on February 17, 1865,
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credentials of Joseph E. Segar to fill the vacancy were
presented but were ordered to lie on the table; no further
action taken) |
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Representatives
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Vacant (Joseph E. Segar, from
District 1, Lucius H. Chandler, from District 2, and Bethuel M.
Kitchen, from District 7 presented credentials. They were
declared not entitled to seats, the first two by resolution of
May 17, 1864; the last named by resolution of April 16, 1864.
Lewis McKenzie also claimed to have been elected from District
7, and was declared not entitled to the seat by resolution of
February 26, 1864. The first three claimants were subsequently
allowed mileage and pay to the dates of the adoption of the
resolutions)
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West Virginia (admitted as a state June 19, 1863)
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