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Membership of the 39th Congress of the United States |
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March 4, 1865 to March
3, 1867 |
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First Session:
December 4, 1865 to July 28, 1866 |
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Second Session:
December 3, 1866 to March 3, 1867 |
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Special Session of the
Senate: March 4, 1865 to March 11, 1865 |
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Vice President of the
United States: |
Andrew Johnson
(Tennessee) (became President on April 15, 1865 upon the death of
Abraham Lincoln; Vice Presidency remained vacant until March 4, 1869) |
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President Pro Tempore
of the Senate: |
Lafayette S. Foster
(Connecticut)
Benjamin F. Wade (Ohio), from March 2, 1867 |
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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: |
Edward McPherson
(Pennsylvania) |
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Sergeant At Arms of
the House: |
Nathaniel G. Ordway
(New Hampshire) |
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Doorkeeper of the
House: |
Ira Goodnow (Vermont) |
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Postmaster of the
House: |
Josiah Given |
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Alabama |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant (credentials of Thomas J.
Foster as Member-elect were
presented to the House January 10, 1867, but were not
acted upon) |
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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 |
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Florida |
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Senators |
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Vacant (on January 19, 1866
William Marvin presented credentials as a Senator-elect for the
term ending March 3, 1867, and on June 6, 1866 Wilkinson Call
presented credentials as a Senator-elect for the term ending
March 3, 1869; both were ordered to lie on the table and no
further action taken thereon) |
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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 (credentials of Jacob
Barker, Robert C. Wickliffe, Louis St. Martin, John E. King, and
John Ray as Members-elect were presented and referred to the
Committee on Reconstruction; no further action was taken) |
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Mississippi |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant |
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| Nebraska (admitted as a state March 1, 1867) |
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Senators |
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| John M. Thayer (served from March 1, 1867) |
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Representative At Large |
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| Turner M. Marquette (served from March 2, 1867) |
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North Carolina |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant (credentials of Alexander
H. Jones and Lewis Hawes were presented and referred to the
Select Committee on Reconstruction, but no further action was
taken) |
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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 (readmitted to representation July 24, 1866)
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Senators
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Joseph S. Fowler (served from July 24, 1866)
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David T. Patterson (served from July 28, 1866)
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Representatives
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| District 1: |
Nathaniel G. Taylor (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 2: |
Horace Maynard (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 3: |
William B. Stokes (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 4: |
Edmund Cooper (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 5: |
William B. Campbell (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 6: |
Samuel M. Arnell (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 7: |
Isaac R. Hawkins (served from July 24, 1866) |
| District 8: |
John W. Leftwich (served from July 24, 1866) |
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Texas |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant |
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Virginia |
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Senators |
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Vacant |
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Representatives |
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Vacant |
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