37th United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.2 Senate 6.3 House of Representatives 6.4 Delegates 7 Changes in membership 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Officers 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 8.3 Other 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links

The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1863

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1861 - March 28, 1861
• First session: July 4, 1861 - August 6, 1861
• Second session: December 2, 1861 - July 17, 1862
• Third session: December 1, 1862 - March 3, 1863 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 36th Congress
Next congress: 38th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1861; Events of 1862; Events of 1863

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 37th Congress

• August 5, 1861 - Revenue Act of 1861, ch. 45, 12 Stat. 242
• May 20, 1862 - Homestead Act, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 392
• July 1, 1862 - Revenue Act of 1862, ch. 119, 12 Stat. 432
• July 1, 1862 - Pacific Railway Act, ch. 120, 12 Stat. 489
• July 2, 1862 - Morrill Land Grant Colleges Act, ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503 (7 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.)
• July 17, 1862 - Militia Act, ch. 201, 12 Stat. 597
• February 25, 1863 - National Banking Act, ch 58, 12 Stat. 665
• March 2, 1863 - False Claims Act, ch. 67, 12 Stat. 696 31 U.S.C. § 3729 et seq.
• March 3, 1863 - Enrollment Act, ch. 75, 12 Stat. 731

[edit] Party summary

Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee seceded from the Union during 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. Vacant seats from seceded states are not included in vacant totals. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

[edit] Senate

• Democratic: 15
• Republican: 31 (majority)
• Unionist: 3
• vacant: 1

TOTAL members: 50

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic: 44
• Republican: 108 (majority)
• Constitutional Unionist: 2
• Union: 2
• Unionist: 28
• Independent Democratic: 1

TOTAL members: 183

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Solomon Foot, Republican of Vermont, first elected in this Congress March 23, 1861.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • Galusha A. Grow, Republican of Pennsylvania, elected July 4, 1861.

[edit] 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: 37th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 37th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1860

[edit] Senate

At this time, 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 1862; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

[edit] Senate

Alabama

• 2. vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
• 3. vacant

Arkansas

• 2. William K. Sebastian (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• 3. Charles B. Mitchel (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.

California

• 1. Milton S. Latham (Dem.)
• 3. James A. McDougall (Dem.)

Connecticut

• 3. Lafayette S. Foster (Rep.)
• 1. James Dixon (Rep.)

Delaware

• 1. James A. Bayard, Jr. (Dem.)
• 2. Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
• 3. vacant

Georgia

• 2. vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
• 3. vacant

Illinois

• 2. Stephen A. Douglas (Dem.) ...died June 3, 1861.

  Orville H. Browning (Rep.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, June 26, 1861.

  William A. Richardson (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 12, 1863.

• 3. Lyman Trumbull (Rep.)

Indiana

• 1. Jesse D. Bright (Dem.) ...expelled February 5, 1862.

  Joseph A. Wright (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, February 24, 1862.

  David Turpie (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1863.

• 3. Henry S. Lane (Rep.)

Iowa

• 3. James Harlan (Rep.)
• 2. James W. Grimes (Rep.)

Kansas

• 2. James H. Lane (Rep.) ...newly admitted state, elected April 4, 1861.
• 3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (Rep.) ...newly admitted state, elected April 4, 1861.

Kentucky

• 2. Lazarus W. Powell (Dem.)
• 3. John C. Breckinridge (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of December 4, 1861.

  Garrett Davis (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, December 10, 1861.

Louisiana

• 2. vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
• 3. vacant

Maine

• 2. William Pitt Fessenden (Rep.)
• 1. Lot M. Morrill (Rep.)

Maryland

• 3. James A. Pearce (Dem.) ...died December 20, 1862.

  Thomas H. Hicks (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, December 29, 1862.

• 1. Anthony Kennedy (Unionist)

Massachusetts

• 1. Charles Sumner (Rep.)
• 2. Henry Wilson (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. Zachariah Chandler (Rep.)
• 2. Kinsley S. Bingham (Rep.) ...died in office, October 5, 1861.

  Jacob M. Howard (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 4, 1862.

Minnesota

• 1. Henry Mower Rice (Dem.)
• 2. Morton S. Wilkinson (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.
• 2. vacant …seat declared vacant, March 14, 1861, state having seceded.

Missouri

• 1. Trusten Polk (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of January 10, 1862.

  John B. Henderson (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1862.

• 3. Waldo Porter Johnson (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of January 10, 1862.

  Robert Wilson (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 17, 1862.

New Hampshire

• 2. John P. Hale (Rep.)
• 3. Daniel Clark (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 1. John R. Thomson (Dem.) ...died September 12, 1862.

  Richard S. Field (Rep.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 21, 1862.

  James W. Wall (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, January 14, 1863.

• 2. John C. Ten Eyck (Rep.)

New York

• 1. Preston King (Rep.)
• 3. Ira Harris (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 3. Thomas L. Clingman (Dem.) ...withdrew March 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• 2. Thomas Bragg (Dem.) ...withdrew March 8, 1861, state having seceded.

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin F. Wade (Rep.)
• 3. Salmon P. Chase (Rep.) ...resigned March 6, 1861.

  John Sherman (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, March 21, 1861.

Oregon

• 2. Edward D. Baker (Rep.) ...died October 21, 1861.

  Benjamin Stark (Dem.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 27, 1862.

  Benjamin F. Harding (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, September 12, 1862.

• 3. James W. Nesmith (Dem.)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Simon Cameron (Rep.) ...resigned March 4, 1861.

  David Wilmot (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 18, 1861.

• 3. Edgar Cowan (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. James F. Simmons (Rep.) ...resigned August 15, 1862.

  Samuel G. Arnold (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, September 5, 1862.

• 2. Henry B. Anthony (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 2. James Chesnut, Jr. (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution, July 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• 3. vacant

Tennessee

• 1. Andrew Johnson (Dem.) ...resigned March 4, 1862.
• 2. Alfred O.P. Nicholson (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.

Texas

• 2. John Hemphill (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.
• 1. Louis T. Wigfall (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of July 11, 1861, state having seceded.

Vermont

• 1. Solomon Foot (Rep.)
• 3. Jacob Collamer (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. James M. Mason (Dem.) ...withdrew March 28, 1861, state having seceded.

  Waitman T. Willey (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, July 9, 1861.

• 2. Robert M.T. Hunter (Dem.) ...withdrew March 28, 1861, state having seceded.

  John S. Carlile (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, July 9, 1861.

Wisconsin

• 1. James R. Doolittle (Rep.)
• 3. Timothy O. Howe (Rep.)

[edit] 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.

Alabama

• all seats vacant

Arkansas

• all seats vacant

California ^[1]

• A/L. Frederick F. Low (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3, 1862.
• A/L. Timothy G. Phelps (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.
• A/L. Aaron A. Sargent (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

Connecticut

• 1. Dwight Loomis (Rep.)
• 2. James E. English (Dem.)
• 3. Alfred A. Burnham (Rep.)
• 4. George C. Woodruff (Dem.)

Delaware

• A/L. George P. Fisher (Unionist)

Florida

• all seats vacant

Georgia

• all seats vacant

Illinois

• 1. Elihu B. Washburne (Rep.)
• 2. Isaac N. Arnold (Rep.)
• 3. Owen Lovejoy (Rep.)
• 4. William Kellogg (Rep.)
• 5. William A. Richardson (Dem.) ...resigned January 29, 1863.
• 6. John A. McClernand (Dem.) ...resigned October 28, 1861.

  Anthony L. Knapp (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1861.

• 7. James C. Robinson (Dem.)
• 8. Philip B. Fouke (Dem.)
• 9. John A. Logan (Dem.) ...resigned April 2, 1862.

  William J. Allen (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 2, 1862.

Indiana

• 1. John Law (Dem.)
• 2. James A. Cravens (Dem.)
• 3. W. McKee Dunn (Rep.)
• 4. William S. Holman (Dem.)
• 5. George W. Julian (Rep.)
• 6. Albert G. Porter (Rep.)
• 7. Daniel W. Voorhees (Dem.)
• 8. Albert S. White (Rep.)
• 9. Schuyler Colfax (Rep.)
• 10. William Mitchell (Rep.)
• 11. John P.C. Shanks (Rep.)

Iowa

• 1. Samuel R. Curtis (Rep.) ...resigned August 4, 1861.

  James F. Wilson (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 2. William Vandever (Rep.) ...contested election, served until September 24, 1861, seat declared vacant.

Kansas

• A/L. Martin F. Conway (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 1. Henry C. Burnett (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of December 3, 1861.

  Samuel L. Casey (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 10, 1862.

• 2. James S. Jackson (Unionist) ...resigned December 13, 1861.

  George H. Yeaman (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• 3. Henry Grider (Unionist)
• 4. Aaron Harding (Unionist)
• 5. Charles A. Wickliffe (Unionist)
• 6. George W. Dunlap (Unionist)
• 7. Robert Mallory (Unionist)
• 8. John J. Crittenden (Unionist)
• 9. William H. Wadsworth (Unionist)
• 10. John W. Menzies (Unionist)

Louisiana

• 1. Benjamin F. Flanders (Unionist) ...credentials accepted, seated February 23, 1863.
• 2. Michael Hahn (Unionist) ...credentials accepted, seated February 17, 1863.

Maine

• 1. John N. Goodwin (Rep.)
• 2. Charles W. Walton (Rep.) ...resigned May 26, 1862.

  Thomas A.D. Fessenden (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• 3. Samuel C. Fessenden (Rep.)
• 4. Anson P. Morrill (Rep.)
• 5. John H. Rice (Rep.)
• 6. Frederick A. Pike (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. John W. Crisfield (Unionist)
• 2. Edwin H. Webster (Unionist)
• 3. Cornelius L.L. Leary (Unionist)
• 4. Henry May (Unionist)
• 5. Francis Thomas (Unionist)
• 6. Charles B. Calvert (Unionist)

Massachusetts

• 1. Thomas D. Eliot (Rep.)
• 2. James Buffinton (Rep.)
• 3. Charles F. Adams, Sr. (Rep.) ...resigned May 1, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Benjamin F. Thomas (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 4. Alexander H. Rice (Rep.)
• 5. William Appleton (Constitutional Unionist) ...resigned September 27, 1861.

  Samuel Hooper (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 6. John B. Alley (Rep.)
• 7. Daniel W. Gooch (Rep.)
• 8. Charles R. Train (Rep.)
• 9. Goldsmith F. Bailey (Rep.) ...died May 8, 1862.

  Amasa Walker (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1862.

• 10. Charles Delano (Rep.)
• 11. Henry L. Dawes (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. Bradley F. Granger (Rep.)
• 2. Fernando C. Beaman (Rep.)
• 3. Francis W. Kellogg (Rep.)
• 4. Rowland E. Trowbridge (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Cyrus Aldrich (Rep.)
• 2. William Windom (Rep.)

Mississippi

• all seats vacant

Missouri

• 1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. (Rep.) ...resigned July 1862.
• 2. James S. Rollins (Constitutional Unionist)
• 3. John B. Clark (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of July 13, 1861.

  William A. Hall (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 20, 1862.

• 4. Elijah H. Norton (Dem.)
• 5. John W. Reid (Dem.) ...expelled by resolution of December 2, 1861.

  Thomas L. Price (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21, 1862.

• 6. John S. Phelps (Dem.)
• 7. John W. Noell (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 1. Gilman Marston (Rep.)
• 2. Edward H. Rollins (Rep.)
• 3. Thomas M. Edwards (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 1. John T. Nixon (Rep.)
• 2. John L.N. Stratton (Rep.)
• 3. William G. Steele (Dem.)
• 4. George T. Cobb (Dem.)
• 5. Nehemiah Perry (Dem.)

New York

• 1. Edward H. Smith (Dem.)
• 2. Moses F. Odell (Dem.)
• 3. Benjamin Wood (Dem.)
• 4. James E. Kerrigan (Independent Dem.)
• 5. William Wall (Rep.)
• 6. Frederick A. Conkling (Rep.)
• 7. Elijah Ward (Dem.)
• 8. Isaac C. Delaplaine (Dem.)
• 9. Edward Haight (Dem.)
• 10. Charles H. Van Wyck (Rep.)
• 11. John B. Steele (Dem.)
• 12. Stephen Baker (Rep.)
• 13. Abram B. Olin (Rep.)
• 14. Erastus Corning (Dem.)
• 15. James B. McKean (Rep.)
• 16. William A. Wheeler (Rep.)
• 17. Socrates N. Sherman (Rep.)
• 18. Chauncey Vibbard (Dem.)
• 19. Richard Franchot (Rep.)
• 20. Roscoe Conkling (Rep.)
• 21. R. Holland Duell (Rep.)
• 22. William E. Lansing (Rep.)
• 23. Ambrose W. Clark (Rep.)
• 24. Charles B. Sedgwick (Rep.)
• 25. Theodore M. Pomeroy (Rep.)
• 26. Jacob P. Chamberlain (Rep.)
• 27. Alexander S. Diven (Rep.)
• 28. Robert B. Van Valkenburg (Rep.)
• 29. Alfred Ely (Rep.)
• 30. Augustus Frank (Rep.)
• 31. Burt Van Horn (Rep.)
• 32. Elbridge G. Spaulding (Rep.)
• 33. Reuben E. Fenton (Rep.)

North Carolina

• all seats vacant

Ohio

• 1. George H. Pendleton (Dem.)
• 2. John A. Gurley (Rep.)
• 3. Clement L. Vallandigham (Dem.)
• 4. William Allen (Dem.)
• 5. James M. Ashley (Rep.)
• 6. Chilton A. White (Dem.)
• 7. Thomas Corwin (Rep.) ...resigned March 12, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Richard A. Harrison (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 8. Samuel Shellabarger (Rep.)
• 9. Warren P. Noble (Dem.)
• 10. Carey A. Trimble (Rep.)
• 11. Valentine B. Horton (Rep.)
• 12. Samuel S. Cox (Dem.)
• 13. John Sherman (Rep.) ...resigned March 21, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Samuel T. Worcester (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 14. Harrison G. Blake (Rep.)
• 15. Robert H. Nugen (Dem.)
• 16. William P. Cutler (Rep.)
• 17. James R. Morris (Dem.)
• 18. Sidney Edgerton (Rep.)
• 19. Albert G. Riddle (Rep.)
• 20. John Hutchins (Rep.)
• 21. John A. Bingham (Rep.)

Oregon

• A/L. Andrew J. Thayer (Dem.) ...contested election, served until July 30, 1861.

  George K. Shiel (Dem.) ...contested election, seated July 30, 1861.

Pennsylvania

• 1. William E. Lehman (Dem.)
• 2. E. Jay Morris (Rep.) ...resigned June 8, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Charles J. Biddle (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 3. John P. Verree (Rep.)
• 4. William D. Kelley (Rep.)
• 5. William Morris Davis (Rep.)
• 6. John Hickman (Rep.)
• 7. Thomas B. Cooper (Dem.) ...died April 4, 1862.

  John D. Stiles (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3, 1862.

• 8. Sydenham E. Ancona (Dem.)
• 9. Thaddeus Stevens (Rep.)
• 10. John W. Killinger (Rep.)
• 11. James H. Campbell (Rep.)
• 12. George W. Scranton (Rep.) ...died March 24, 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Hendrick B. Wright (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4, 1861.

• 13. Philip Johnson (Dem.)
• 14. Galusha A. Grow (Rep.)
• 15. James T. Hale (Rep.)
• 16. Joseph Bailey (Dem.)
• 17. Edward McPherson (Rep.)
• 18. Samuel S. Blair (Rep.)
• 19. John Covode (Rep.)
• 20. Jesse Lazear (Dem.)
• 21. James K. Moorhead (Rep.)
• 22. Robert McKnight (Rep.)
• 23. John W. Wallace (Rep.)
• 24. John Patton (Rep.)
• 25. Elijah Babbitt (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. William P. Sheffield (Unionist)
• 2. George H. Browne (Unionist)

South Carolina

• all seats vacant

Tennessee

• 2. Horace Maynard (Unionist) ...special election, seated December 2, 1861.
• 3. George W. Bridges (Unionist) ...special election, seated February 25, 1863.
• 4. Andrew J. Clements (Unionist) ...special election, seated January 13, 1862.

Texas

• all seats vacant

Vermont

• 1. E.P. Walton (Rep.)
• 2. Justin S. Morrill (Rep.)
• 3. Portus Baxter (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. Joseph E. Segar (Unionist) ...special election, seated May 6, 1862.
• 7. Charles H. Upton (Unionist) ...contested election, served until February 27, 1862.

  Lewis McKenzie (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 16, 1863.

• 10. William G. Brown (Unionist)
• 11. John S. Carlile (Unionist) ...resigned July 9, 1861.

  Jacob B. Blair (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1861.

• 12. Kellian Whaley (Unionist)

Wisconsin

• 1. John F. Potter (Rep.)
• 2. Luther Hanchett (Rep.) ...died November 24, 1862

  Walter D. McIndoe (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26, 1863.

• 3. A. Scott Sloan (Rep.)

[edit] Delegates

Colorado Territory

• A/L. Hiram P. Bennet (Rep.) ...new territory, seated December 2, 1861.

Dakota Territory

• A/L. John B.S. Todd (Dem.) ...new territory, seated December 9, 1861.

Nebraska Territory

• A/L. Samuel G. Daily (Rep.)

Nevada Territory

• A/L. John Cradlebaugh (Independent) ...new territory, seated December 2, 1861.

New Mexico Territory

• A/L. John S. Watts (Rep.)

Utah Territory

• A/L. John Milton Bernhisel (Independent)

Washington Territory

• A/L. William H. Wallace (Rep.)

[edit] Changes in membership

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

See also: 37th United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

• replacements: 12
  • Democratic: 6 seat net loss
  • Republican: 1 set net gain
  • Unionist Party: 5 seat net gain

• deaths: 4
• resignations: 4
• expulsions: 9
• withdrawals: 4
• vacancy: 11
• interim appointments: 4
• seats from newly admitted states: 2
• Total seats with changes: 20

[edit] House of Representatives

• replacements: 19
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 3 seat net loss
  • Constitutional Unionist: 1 seat net loss
  • Unionist Party: 1 seat net gain

• deaths: 4
• resignations: 13
• expulsions: 3
• contested election: 3
• Total seats with changes: 23

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • Asbury Dickens of North Carolina elected December 12, 1836
  • John W. Forney of Pennsylvania elected July 15, 1861
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • Dunning R. McNair of Pennsylvania, elected March 17, 1853
  • George T. Brown of Illinois, elected July 6, 1861
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. Phineas D. Gurley Presbyterian, elected December 15, 1859
  • The Rev. Byron Sunderland Presbyterian, elected July 10, 1861

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • Emerson Etheridge of Tennessee, elected July 4, 1861
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Edward Ball of Ohio, elected July 4, 1861
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Ira Goodnow of New York, elected July 4, 1861
• Postmaster of the House:
  • William S. King of Minnesota, elected July 4, 1861
• Messenger to the Speaker:
  • Thaddeus Morrice
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. Thomas H. Stockton Methodist, elected July 4, 1861

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Thomas U. Walter, appointed June 11, 1851

[edit] Notes

1. ^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket

[edit] References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

[edit] External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [2]
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [4]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [5]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [6]

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