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Membership of the 40th Congress of the United States |
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March 4, 1867 to
March 3, 1869 |
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First Session:
March 4, 1867 to December 1, 1867 |
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Second Session:
December 2, 1867 to November 10, 1868 |
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Third Session:
December 7, 1868 to March 3, 1869 |
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Special Session of
the Senate: April 1, 1867 to April 20, 1867 |
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Vice President of
the United States:
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Vacant |
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President Pro
Tempore of the Senate: |
Benjamin F. Wade
(Ohio) |
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Secretary of the
Senate: |
John W. Forney
(California)
George C. Gorham (California), from June 4, 1868 |
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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)
Theodore M. Pomeroy (New York), from March 3, 1869 |
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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: |
Charles E.
Lippincott (Illinois) |
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Postmaster of the
House: |
William S. King |
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Arkansas (readmitted to
representation June 22, 1868) |
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Senators |
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Alexander McDonald
(served from June 22, 1868) |
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Benjamin F. Rice (served from
June 23, 1868) |
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Representatives |
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District 1: |
Logan H. Roots (served from June 22, 1868) |
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District 2: |
James Hinds (served
from June 22, 1868;
assassinated October 22, 1868) |
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James T. Elliott (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Hinds; served from January 13, 1869) |
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District 3: |
Thomas Boles (served from June 22, 1868) |
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Georgia (although not
formally readmitted to representation until July 15, 1870 in the
succeeding Congress, the Representatives elected to this
Congress qualified as indicated) |
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Senators |
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Vacant (on December 7, 1868, the
credentials of Joshua Hill, elected by the legislature to fill
vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1867, were presented and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; on January 11, 1869,
the credentials of Homer V. M. Miller, elected in the same
manner, for the term beginning March 4, 1865, were presented and
were similarly referred; on January 25, 1869, the committee
reported that the State of Georgia had not complied with the
conditions of an act providing for her admission to
representation and that Mr. Hill "ought not now to be admitted";
February 17, 1869, the committee reported against admitting Mr.
Miller to his seat, and the case remained undisposed of) |
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Representatives |
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Joseph W. Clift
(served from July 25, 1868) |
| District 2:
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Nelson Tift (served from July 25, 1868) |
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William
P. Edwards (served from July 25, 1868) |
| District 4:
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Samuel F. Gove (served from July 25, 1868) |
| District 5:
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Charles H. Prince (served from July 25, 1868) |
| District 6:
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Pierce M. B. Young (served from July 25, 1868) |
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Kentucky |
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Senators |
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Garrett Davis |
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James Guthrie (resigned February 7, 1868 due to ill health) |
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Thomas C. McCreery (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of James Guthrie; served from February 19, 1868) |
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Representatives |
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District 1: |
Lawrence S.
Trimble (served from January 10, 1868) |
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District 2: |
(Samuel E. Smith contested the election of John Y. Brown, but on February 15, 1868 the House decided that neither was entitled to the seat, which remained vacant throughout this Congress) |
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District 3: |
Elijah Hise
(died May 8, 1867) |
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Jacob S.
Golladay (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Elijah Hise; served from December 5, 1867) |
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District 4: |
J. Proctor
Knott |
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District 5: |
Asa P. Grover |
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District 6: |
Thomas L.
Jones |
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District 7: |
James B. Beck |
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District 8: |
George M.
Adams |
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District 9: |
Samuel McKee (successfully contested the election of John D.
Young; served from June 22, 1868) |
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Louisiana (readmitted to
representation July 9, 1868) |
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Senators |
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John S. Harris (served from July 17, 1868) |
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William P. Kellogg (served from July 17, 1868) |
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Representatives |
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District 1: |
J. Hale Sypher
(served from July 18, 1868) |
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District 2: |
James Mann (served from July 18, 1868, died August 26, 1868) |
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District 3: |
Joseph P.
Newsham (served from July 18, 1868) |
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District 4: |
Michel Vidal (served from July 18, 1868) |
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District 5: |
William J.
Blackburn (served from July 18, 1868) |
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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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North Carolina (readmitted to representation July 4, 1868)
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Senators
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Joseph C. Abbott (served from
July 14, 1868)
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John Pool (served from July
4, 1868)
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Representatives
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| District 1: |
John R. French (served from July 6, 1868) |
| District 2: |
David Heaton (served from July 15, 1868) |
| District 3: |
Oliver H. Dockery (served from July 13, 1868) |
| District 4: |
John T. Deweese (served from July 6, 1868) |
| District 5: |
Israel G. Lash (served from July 20, 1868) |
| District 6: |
Nathaniel Boyden (served from July 13, 1868) |
| District 7: |
Alexander H. Jones (served from July 6, 1868) |
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