37th United States Congress - State Delegations

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 Sixth Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Main article: 37th United States Congress

See also: 37th United States Congress - political parties

See also: United States House election, 1860

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

Members

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.

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.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

Senate

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

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• all seats vacant

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: William K. Sebastian (1812-1865), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11 1861, state having seceded.
• 3: Charles B. Mitchel (1815-1864), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11 1861, state having seceded.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• all seats vacant

California

Senate

• 1: Milton S. Latham (1827-1882), Democratic
• 3: James A. McDougall (1817-1867), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• : Frederick F. Low (1828-1894), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3 1862.

• : Timothy G. Phelps (1824-1899), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1861.

• : Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1861.

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: La Fayette S. Foster (1806-1880), Republican
• 1: James Dixon (1814-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• : Dwight Loomis (1821-1903), Republican

• : James E. English (1812-1890), Democratic

• : Alfred A. Burnham (1819-1879), Republican

• : George C. Woodruff (1805-1885), Democratic

Delaware

Senate

• 1: James A. Bayard, Jr. (1799-1880), Democratic
• 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : George P. Fisher (1817-1899), (Unionist)

Florida

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• all seats vacant

Georgia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• all seats vacant

Illinois

Senate

• 2: Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), Democratic ...died June 3 1861.

  Orville H. Browning (1806-1881), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, June 26 1861.

  William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 12 1863.

• 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• : Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican

• : Isaac N. Arnold (1815-1884), Republican

• : Owen Lovejoy (1811-1864), Republican

• : William Kellogg (1814-1872), Republican

• : William A. Richardson (1811-1875), Democratic ...resigned January 29 1863.

• : John A. McClernand (1812-1900), Democratic ...resigned October 28 1861.

  Anthony L. Knapp (1828-1881), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12 1861.

• : James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic

• : Philip B. Fouke (1818-1876), Democratic

• : John A. Logan (1826-1886), Democratic ...resigned April 2 1862.

  William J. Allen (1829-1901), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 2 1862.

Indiana

Senate

• 1: Jesse D. Bright (1812-1875), Democratic ...expelled February 5 1862.

  Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867), (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, February 24 1862.

  David Turpie (1828-1909), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 14 1863.

• 3: Henry S. Lane (1811-1881), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• : John Law (1796-1873), Democratic

• : James A. Cravens (1818-1893), Democratic

• : William McKee Dunn (1814-1887), Republican

• : William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic

• : George W. Julian (1817-1899), Republican

• : Albert G. Porter (1824-1897), Republican

• : Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic

• : Albert S. White (1803-1864), Republican

• : Schuyler Colfax (1823-1885), Republican

• : William Mitchell (1807-1865), Republican

• : John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican

Iowa

Senate

• 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
• 2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Samuel R. Curtis (1805-1866), Republican ...resigned August 4 1861.

  James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1861.

• : William Vandever (1817-1893), Republican ...contested election, served until September 24 1861, seat declared vacant.

Kansas

Senate

• 2: James H. Lane (1814-1866), Republican ...newly admitted state, elected April 4 1861.
• 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican ...newly admitted state, elected April 4 1861.

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : Martin F. Conway (1827-1882), Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• 2: Lazarus W. Powell (1812-1867), Democratic
• 3: John C. Breckinridge (1821-1875), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of December 4 1861.

  Garrett Davis (1801-1872), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, December 10 1861.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• : Henry C. Burnett (1825-1866), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of December 3 1861.

  Samuel L. Casey (1821-1902), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 10 1862.

• : James S. Jackson (1823-1862), (Unionist) ...resigned December 13 1861.

  George H. Yeaman (1829-1908), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1862.

• : Henry Grider (1796-1866), (Unionist)

• : Aaron Harding (1805-1875), (Unionist)

• : Charles A. Wickliffe (1788-1869), (Unionist)

• : George W. Dunlap (1813-1880), (Unionist)

• : Robert Mallory (1815-1885), (Unionist)

• : John J. Crittenden (1786-1863), (Unionist)

• : William H. Wadsworth (1821-1893), (Unionist)

• : John W. Menzies (1819-1897), (Unionist)

Louisiana

Senate

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

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• : Benjamin F. Flanders (1816-1896), (Unionist) ...credentials accepted, seated February 23 1863.

• : Michael Hahn (1830-1886), (Unionist) ...credentials accepted, seated February 17 1863.

Maine

Senate

• 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican
• 1: Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : John N. Goodwin (1824-1887), Republican

• : Charles W. Walton (1819-1900), Republican ...resigned May 26 1862.

  Thomas A. D. Fessenden (1826-1868), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1862.

• : Samuel C. Fessenden (1815-1882), Republican

• : Anson P. Morrill (1803-1887), Republican

• : John H. Rice (1816-1911), Republican

• : Frederick A. Pike (1816-1886), Republican

Maryland

Senate

• 3: James A. Pearce (1805-1862), Democratic ...died December 20 1862.

  Thomas H. Hicks (1798-1865), (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, December 29 1862.

• 1: Anthony Kennedy (1810-1892), (Unionist)

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• : John W. Crisfield (1806-1897), (Unionist)

• : Edwin H. Webster (1829-1893), (Unionist)

• : Cornelius L. L. Leary (1813-1893), (Unionist)

• : Henry May (1816-1866), (Unionist)

• : Francis Thomas (1799-1876), (Unionist)

• : Charles B. Calvert (1808-1864), (Unionist)

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
• 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• : Thomas D. Eliot (1808-1870), Republican

• : James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican

• : Charles F. Adams, Sr. (1807-1886), Republican ...resigned May 1 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Benjamin F. Thomas (1813-1878), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4 1861.

• : Alexander H. Rice (1818-1895), Republican

• : William Appleton (1786-1862), Constitutional Unionist ...resigned September 27 1861.

  Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1861.

• : John B. Alley (1817-1896), Republican

• : Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican

• : Charles R. Train (1817-1885), Republican

• : Goldsmith F. Bailey (1823-1862), Republican ...died May 8 1862.

  Amasa Walker (1799-1875), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1862.

• : Charles Delano (1820-1883), Republican

• : Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• 2: Kinsley S. Bingham (1808-1861), Republican ...died October 5 1861.

  Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, January 4 1862.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• : Bradley F. Granger (1825-1882), Republican

• : Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Republican

• : Francis W. Kellogg (1810-1879), Republican

• : Rowland E. Trowbridge (1821-1881), Republican

Minnesota

Senate

• 1: Henry M. Rice (1816-1894), Democratic
• 2: Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : Cyrus Aldrich (1808-1871), Republican

• : William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

Mississippi

Senate

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

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• all seats vacant

Missouri

Senate

• 1: Trusten Polk (1811-1876), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of January 10 1862.

  John B. Henderson (1826-1913), (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 17 1862.

• 3: Waldo Porter Johnson (1817-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of January 10 1862.

  Robert Wilson (1803-1870), (Unionist) ...appointed to fill vacancy, January 17 1862.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• : Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Republican ...resigned July 1862.

• : James S. Rollins (1812-1888), Constitutional Unionist

• : John B. Clark (1802-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 13 1861.

  William A. Hall (1815-1888), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 20 1862.

• : Elijah H. Norton (1821-1914), Democratic

• : John W. Reid (1821-1881), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of December 2 1861.

  Thomas L. Price (1809-1870), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 21 1862.

• : John S. Phelps (1814-1886), Democratic

• : John W. Noell (1816-1863), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: John P. Hale (1806-1873), Republican
• 3: Daniel Clark (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• : Gilman Marston (1811-1890), Republican

• : Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), Republican

• : Thomas M. Edwards (1795-1875), Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 1: John R. Thomson (1800-1862), Democratic ...died September 12 1862.

  Richard S. Field (1803-1870), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, November 21 1862.

  James W. Wall (1820-1872), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, January 14 1863.

• 2: John C. Ten Eyck (1814-1879), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• : John T. Nixon (1820-1889), Republican

• : John L. N. Stratton (1817-1889), Republican

• : William G. Steele (1820-1892), Democratic

• : George T. Cobb (1813-1870), Democratic

• : Nehemiah Perry (1816-1881), Democratic

New York

Senate

• 1: Preston King (1806-1865), Republican
• 3: Ira Harris (1802-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (33 seats)

• : Edward H. Smith (1809-1885), Democratic

• : Moses F. Odell (1818-1866), Democratic

• : Benjamin Wood (1820-1900), Democratic

• : James E. Kerrigan (1828-1899), Independent Democratic

• : William Wall (1800-1872), Republican

• : Frederick A. Conkling (1816-1891), Republican

• : Elijah Ward (1816-1882), Democratic

• : Isaac C. Delaplaine (1817-1866), Democratic

• : Edward Haight (1817-1885), Democratic

• : Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican

• : John B. Steele (1814-1866), Democratic

• : Stephen Baker (1819-1875), Republican

• : Abram B. Olin (1808-1879), Republican

• : Erastus Corning (1794-1872), Democratic

• : James B. McKean (1821-1879), Republican

• : William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican

• : Socrates N. Sherman (1801-1873), Republican

• : Chauncey Vibbard (1811-1891), Democratic

• : Richard Franchot (1816-1875), Republican

• : Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican

• : R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), Republican

• : William E. Lansing (1821-1883), Republican

• : Ambrose W. Clark (1810-1887), Republican

• : Charles B. Sedgwick (1815-1883), Republican

• : Theodore M. Pomeroy (1824-1905), Republican

• : Jacob P. Chamberlain (1802-1878), Republican

• : Alexander S. Diven (1809-1896), Republican

• : Robert B. Van Valkenburg (1821-1888), Republican

• : Alfred Ely (1815-1892), Republican

• : Augustus Frank (1826-1895), Republican

• : Burt Van Horn (1823-1896), Republican

• : Elbridge G. Spaulding (1809-1897), Republican

• : Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 3: Thomas L. Clingman (1812-1897), Democratic ...withdrew March 11 1861, state having seceded.
• 2: Thomas Bragg (1810-1872), Democratic ...withdrew March 8 1861, state having seceded.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• all seats vacant

Ohio

Senate

• 1: Benjamin F. Wade (1800-1878), Republican
• 3: Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), Republican ...resigned March 6 1861.

  John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, March 21 1861.

House of Representatives (21 seats)

• : George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Democratic

• : John A. Gurley (1813-1863), Republican

• : Clement L. Vallandigham (1820-1871), Democratic

• : William Allen (1827-1881), Democratic

• : James M. Ashley (1824-1896), Republican

• : Chilton A. White (1826-1900), Democratic

• : Thomas Corwin (1794-1865), Republican ...resigned March 12 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Richard A. Harrison (1824-1904), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4 1861.

• : Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Republican

• : Warren P. Noble (1820-1903), Democratic

• : Carey A. Trimble (1813-1887), Republican

• : Valentine B. Horton (1802-1888), Republican

• : Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic

• : John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican ...resigned March 21 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Samuel T. Worcester (1804-1882), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4 1861.

• : Harrison G. O. Blake (1818-1876), Republican

• : Robert H. Nugen (1809-1872), Democratic

• : William P. Cutler (1812-1889), Republican

• : James R. Morris (1819-1899), Democratic

• : Sidney Edgerton (1818-1900), Republican

• : Albert G. Riddle (1816-1902), Republican

• : John Hutchins (1812-1891), Republican

• : John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• 2: Edward D. Baker (1811-1861), Republican ...died October 21 1861.

  Benjamin Stark (1820-1898), Democratic ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 27 1862.

  Benjamin F. Harding (1823-1899), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, September 12 1862.

• 3: James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• : Andrew J. Thayer (1818-1873), Democratic ...contested election, served until July 30 1861.

  George K. Shiel (1825-1893), Democratic ...contested election, seated July 30 1861.

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 1: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican ...resigned March 4 1861.

  David Wilmot (1814-1868), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 18 1861.

• 3: Edgar Cowan (1815-1885), Republican

House of Representatives (25 seats)

• : William E. Lehman (1821-1895), Democratic

• : Edward Joy Morris (1815-1881), Republican ...resigned June 8 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Charles J. Biddle (1819-1873), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1861.

• : John P. Verree (1817-1889), Republican

• : William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican

• : William Morris Davis (1815-1891), Republican

• : John Hickman (1810-1875), Republican

• : Thomas B. Cooper (1823-1862), Democratic ...died April 4 1862.

  John D. Stiles (1822-1896), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 3 1862.

• : Sydenham E. Ancona (1824-1913), Democratic

• : Thaddeus Stevens (1792-1868), Republican

• : John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican

• : James H. Campbell (1820-1895), Republican

• : George W. Scranton (1811-1861), Republican ...died March 24 1861, before Congress assembled.

  Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated July 4 1861.

• : Philip Johnson (1818-1867), Democratic

• : Galusha A. Grow (1823-1907), Republican

• : James T. Hale (1810-1865), Republican

• : Joseph Bailey (1810-1885), Democratic

• : Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Republican

• : Samuel S. Blair (1821-1890), Republican

• : John Covode (1808-1871), Republican

• : Jesse Lazear (1804-1877), Democratic

• : James K. Moorhead (1806-1884), Republican

• : Robert McKnight (1820-1885), Republican

• : John W. Wallace (1818-1889), Republican

• : John Patton (1823-1897), Republican

• : Elijah Babbitt (1795-1887), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 1: James F. Simmons (1795-1864), Republican ...resigned August 15 1862.

  Samuel G. Arnold (1821-1880), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, September 5 1862.

• 2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• : William P. Sheffield (1820-1907), (Unions)

• : George H. Browne (1811-1885), (Unions)

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: James Chesnut, Jr. (1815-1885), Democratic ...expelled by resolution, July 11 1861, state having seceded.
• 3: vacant

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• all seats vacant

Tennessee

Senate

• 1: Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), Democratic ...resigned March 4 1862.
• 2: Alfred O. P. Nicholson (1808-1876), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11 1861, state having seceded.

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• : Horace Maynard (1814-1882), (Unionist) ...special election, seated December 2 1861.

• : George W. Bridges (1825-1873), (Unionist) ...special election, seated February 25 1863.

• : Andrew J. Clements (1832-1913), (Unionist) ...special election, seated January 13 1862.

Texas

Senate

• 2: John Hemphill (1803-1862), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11 1861, state having seceded.
• 1: Louis T. Wigfall (1816-1874), Democratic ...expelled by resolution of July 11 1861, state having seceded.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• all seats vacant

Vermont

Senate

• 1: Solomon Foot (1802-1866), Republican
• 3: Jacob Collamer (1791-1865), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• : Eliakim P. Walton (1812-1890), Republican

• : Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

• : Portus Baxter (1806-1868), Republican

Virginia

Senate

• 1: James M. Mason (1798-1871), Democratic ...withdrew March 28 1861, state having seceded.

  Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, July 9 1861.

• 2: Robert M. T. Hunter (1809-1887), Democratic ...withdrew March 28 1861, state having seceded.

  John S. Carlile (1817-1878), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, July 9 1861.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• : Joseph E. Segar (1804-1880), (Unionist) ...special election, seated May 6 1862.

• : Charles H. Upton (1812-1877), (Unionist) ...contested election, served until February 27 1862.

  Lewis McKenzie (1810-1895), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 16 1863.

• : William G. Brown, Sr. (1800-1884), (Unionist)

• : John S. Carlile (1817-1878), (Unionist) ...resigned July 9 1861.

  Jacob B. Blair (1821-1901), (Unionist) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1861.

• : Kellian V. Whaley (1821-1876), (Unionist)

Wisconsin

Senate

• 1: James R. Doolittle (1815-1897), Republican
• 3: Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• : John F. Potter (1817-1899), Republican

• : Luther Hanchett (1825-1862), Republican ...died November 24 1862

  Walter D. McIndoe (1819-1872), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1863.

• : A. Scott Sloan (1820-1895), Republican

Delegates

Colorado Territory

• : Hiram P. Bennet (1826-1914), Republican ...new territory, seated December 2 1861.

Dakota Territory

• : John B. S. Todd (1814-1872), Democratic ...new territory, seated December 9 1861.

Nebraska Territory

• : Samuel G. Daily (1823-1866), Republican

Nevada Territory

• : John Cradlebaugh (1819-1872), (Independent) ...new territory, seated December 2 1861.

New Mexico Territory

• : John S. Watts (1816-1876), Republican

Utah Territory

• : John M. Bernhisel (1799-1881), (Independent)

Washington Territory

• : William H. Wallace (1811-1879), Republican

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