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* July 28, 1868: [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth Amendment]] ratified |
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* February 26, 1869: [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifteenth Amendment]] passed by Congress with a Senate vote of 39 Republican votes of "Yea", 8 Democrat & 5 Republican votes of "Nay" and with 13 Republican & 1 Democrat not voting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Globe, Senate, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, page 1641 In: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=087/llcg087.db&recNum=140|website=memory.loc.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2014|date=February 26, 1869}}</ref> The House of Representatives had already passed the amendment on February 25, 1869 with 143 Republican & 1 Conservative Republican votes of "Yea", 39 Democrat, 3 Republican, 1 Independent Republican & 1 Conservative votes of "Nay" and with 26 Republican, 8 Democrat & 1 Independent Republican not voting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Globe, House of Representatives, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, page 1563-1564 In: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=087/llcg087.db&recNum=62|website=memory.loc.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2014|date=February 25, 1869}}</ref> Following congressional approval the proposed amendment was then sent by Secretary of State William Henry Seward to the states for ratification or rejection.<ref name=Harp>{{cite web|url=http://15thamendment.harpweek.com/HubPages/CommentaryPage.asp?Commentary=01Timeline1869|title=Black Voting Rights: The History of the 15th Amendment|work=Harpers|accessdate=June 25, 2013|archivedate=June 25, 2013|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6HczWMLuJ|deadurl=no}}</ref> |
* February 26, 1869: [[Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fifteenth Amendment]] passed by Congress with a Senate vote of 39 Republican votes of "Yea", 8 Democrat & 5 Republican votes of "Nay" and with 13 Republican & 1 Democrat not voting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Globe, Senate, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, page 1641 In: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=087/llcg087.db&recNum=140|website=memory.loc.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2014|date=February 26, 1869}}</ref> The House of Representatives had already passed the amendment on February 25, 1869 with 143 Republican & 1 Conservative Republican votes of "Yea", 39 Democrat, 3 Republican, 1 Independent Republican & 1 Conservative votes of "Nay" and with 26 Republican, 8 Democrat & 1 Independent Republican not voting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Congressional Globe, House of Representatives, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, page 1563-1564 In: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875|url=http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=087/llcg087.db&recNum=62|website=memory.loc.gov|accessdate=July 6, 2014|date=February 25, 1869}}</ref> Following congressional approval the proposed amendment was then sent by Secretary of State William Henry Seward to the states for ratification or rejection.<ref name=Harp>{{cite web|url=http://15thamendment.harpweek.com/HubPages/CommentaryPage.asp?Commentary=01Timeline1869 |title=Black Voting Rights: The History of the 15th Amendment |work=Harpers |accessdate=June 25, 2013 |archivedate=June 25, 2013 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6HczWMLuJ?url=http%3A%2F%2F15thamendment.harpweek.com%2FHubPages%2FCommentaryPage.asp%3FCommentary%3D01Timeline1869 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> |
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* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] |
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* [http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History] |
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Revision as of 01:07, 30 September 2016
40th United States Congress | |
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39th ← → 41st | |
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March 4, 1867 – March 4, 1869 | |
Members | 68 senators 226 representatives 8 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Republican |
Senate President | Vacant |
House majority | Republican |
House Speaker | Schuyler Colfax (R) Theodore M. Pomeroy (R) |
Sessions | |
Special: April 1, 1867 – April 20, 1867 1st: March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867 2nd: December 2, 1867 – November 10, 1868 3rd: December 7, 1868 – March 4, 1869 |
The Fortieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Johnson's U.S. Presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
Major events
- March 30, 1867: Alaska Purchase
- February 24, 1868: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
- May 16, 1868: President Johnson acquitted
- May 26, 1868: President Johnson acquitted again
- November 3, 1868: 1868 presidential election: Ulysses S. Grant (R) defeated Horatio Seymour (D)
- December 25, 1868: President Johnson granted unconditional pardons to all Civil War rebels
- January 20, 1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first woman to testify before Congress
Major legislation
- Four Military Reconstruction Acts, continued:
- July 27, 1868: Expatriation Act of 1868, ch. 249, 15 Stat. 223
Constitutional amendment
- July 28, 1868: Fourteenth Amendment ratified
- February 26, 1869: Fifteenth Amendment passed by Congress with a Senate vote of 39 Republican votes of "Yea", 8 Democrat & 5 Republican votes of "Nay" and with 13 Republican & 1 Democrat not voting.[1] The House of Representatives had already passed the amendment on February 25, 1869 with 143 Republican & 1 Conservative Republican votes of "Yea", 39 Democrat, 3 Republican, 1 Independent Republican & 1 Conservative votes of "Nay" and with 26 Republican, 8 Democrat & 1 Independent Republican not voting.[2] Following congressional approval the proposed amendment was then sent by Secretary of State William Henry Seward to the states for ratification or rejection.[3]
Treaty
- February 16, 1868: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) ratified
- April 29, 1868: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868), 15 Stat. 635, signed
Territories organized
- July 25, 1868: Wyoming Territory organized[4]
Party summary
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. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
During this Congress, Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in both the Senate and the House. Georgia was readmitted with representation in the House only.
Senate
Party (shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) | Other |
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End of previous congress | 8 | 41 | 5[a] | 54 | 20 |
Begin | 8 | 45 | 0 | 53 | 21 |
End | 9 | 57 | 66 | 8 | |
Final voting share | 13.6% | 86.4% | 0.0% | ||
Beginning of next congress | 9 | 57 | 0 | 66 | 8 |
House of Representatives
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality caucus)
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Total | ||||||
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Democratic (D) |
Republican (R) |
Independent Republican (IR) |
Conservative Republican (CR) |
Conservative (C) |
Other | Vacant | ||
End of previous Congress | 41 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (Unionist & Unconditional Unionist) 17 |
193 | 49 |
Begin | 45 | 140 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 188 | 55 |
End | 170 | 2 | 2 | 220 | 23 | |||
Final voting share | 20.5% | 78.6% | 0.9% | 0.0% | ||||
Beginning of the next Congress | 65 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 215 | 28 |
Leadership
Senate
- President: Vacant
- President pro tempore: Benjamin Wade (R)
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Schuyler Colfax (R), until March 3, 1869
- Theodore M. Pomeroy (R), elected March 3, 1869. Served for 1 day.
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
Senate
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 1868; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- replacements: 3
- Democratic: 0 seat net loss
- Republican: 0 seat net gain
- deaths: 1
- resignations: 2
- interim appointments: 1
- seats from newly re-admitted states: 12
- Total seats with changes: 16
Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate
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| Delaware (1)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George R. Riddle (D)
| Died March 29, 1867.
Successor appointed April 5, 1867.
Appointee was subsequently elected January 19, 1869 to finish the term.[5]
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)
| April 5, 1867
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| Kentucky (2)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Guthrie (D)
| Resigned February 7, 1868 because of failing health.
Successor elected February 19, 1868.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas C. McCreery (D)
| February 19, 1868
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| Maryland (3)
| Vacant
| Filled vacancy caused by action of the Senate in declining to permit Philip F. Thomas to qualify.
Successor elected March 7, 1868.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George Vickers (D)
| March 7, 1868
|- | Florida (1) | Vacant | Florida re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Adonijah Welch (R) | June 17, 1868
|- | Arkansas (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Arkansas re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alexander McDonald (R) | June 22, 1868
|- | Arkansas (3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Benjamin F. Rice (R) | June 23, 1868
|- | Florida (3) | Vacant | Florida re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas W. Osborn (R) | June 25, 1868
|- | Louisiana (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Louisiana re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John S. Harris (R) | July 8, 1868
|- | Louisiana (3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William P. Kellogg (R) | July 9, 1868
|- | Alabama (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Alabama re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Willard Warner (R) | rowspan=3 | July 13, 1868
|- | Alabama (3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George E. Spencer (R)
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| Maryland (1)
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Reverdy Johnson (D)
| Resigned July 10, 1868 to become U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Successor appointed July 13, 1868.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William P. Whyte (D)
|- | North Carolina (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | North Carolina re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph C. Abbott (R) | rowspan=2 | July 14, 1868
|- | North Carolina (3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Pool (R)
|- | South Carolina (2) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | South Carolina re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas J. Robertson (R) | July 15, 1868
|- | South Carolina (3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Frederick A. Sawyer (R) | July 16, 1868
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House of Representatives
- replacements: 10
- Democratic: 2 seat net loss
- Republican: 0 seat net gain
- Independent Republican: 1 seat net gain
- Conservative: 0 seat net gain
- deaths: 8
- resignations: 3
- contested election: 3
- seats from re-admitted states: 32
- Total seats with changes: 44
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|- | New Mexico Territory At-large | Vacant | Vacancy in term | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles P. Clever (D) | September 2, 1867
|- | Arkansas 1st | rowspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=3 | Arkansas re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Logan H. Roots (R) | rowspan=3 | June 22, 1868
|- | Arkansas 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James M. Hinds (R)
|- | Arkansas 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas Boles (R)
|- | Kentucky 9th | Vacant | John D. Young presented credentials but failed to qualify. Election was contested by McKee. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel McKee (R) | June 22, 1868
|- | Florida At-large | Vacant | Florida re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles M. Hamilton (R) | July 1, 1868
|- | North Carolina 4th | rowspan=5 | Vacant | rowspan=5 | North Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John T. Deweese (R) | rowspan=2 | July 6, 1868
|- | North Carolina 7th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alexander H. Jones (R)
|- | North Carolina 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Oliver H. Dockery (R) | rowspan=2 | July 13, 1868
|- | North Carolina 6th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | Nathaniel Boyden (C)
|- | North Carolina 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John R. French (R) | July 15, 1868
|- | Louisiana 1st | rowspan=5 | Vacant | rowspan=5 | Louisiana re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | J. Hale Sypher (R) | rowspan=5 | July 18, 1868
|- | Louisiana 2nd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Mann (D)
|- | Louisiana 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph P. Newsham (R)
|- | Louisiana 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Michel Vidal (R)
|- | Louisiana 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | W. Jasper Blackburn (R)
|- | South Carolina 1st | rowspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=3 | South Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) | rowspan=3 | July 18, 1868
|- | South Carolina 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Christopher C. Bowen (R)
|- | South Carolina 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James H. Goss (R)
|- | North Carolina 5th | Vacant | North Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Israel G. Lash (R) | July 20, 1868
|- | Alabama 2nd | rowspan=6 | Vacant | rowspan=6 | Alabama re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles W. Buckley (R) | rowspan=5 | July 21, 1868
|- | Alabama 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Benjamin W. Norris (R)
|- | Alabama 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles W. Pierce (R)
|- | Alabama 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John B. Callis (R)
|- | Alabama 6th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas Haughey (R)
|- | Alabama 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Francis W. Kellogg (R) | July 22, 1868
|- | Georgia 1st | rowspan=6 | Vacant | rowspan=6 | Georgia re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph W. Clift (R) | rowspan=6 | July 25, 1868
|- | Georgia 2nd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Nelson Tift (D)
|- | Georgia 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William P. Edwards (R)
|- | Georgia 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel F. Gove (R)
|- | Georgia 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles H. Prince (R)
|- | Georgia 7th | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Pierce M. B. Young (D)
|- | North Carolina 2nd | Vacant | North Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | David Heaton (R) | July 25, 1868
|- | South Carolina 1st | Vacant | South Carolina re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Manuel S. Corley (R) | July 25, 1868
|- | New York 21st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Roscoe Conkling (R) | Resigned March 4, 1867 after being elected to the US Senate | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alexander H. Bailey (R) | November 30, 1867
|- | Kentucky 3rd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Elijah Hise (D) | Died May 8, 1867 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jacob Golladay (D) | December 5, 1867
|- | Pennsylvania 12th | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles Denison (D) | Died June 27, 1867 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George W. Woodward (D) | November 21, 1867
|- | Ohio 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Rutherford B. Hayes (R) | Resigned July 20, 1867 after being nominated Governor of Ohio | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel F. Cary (IR) | November 21, 1867
|- | Missouri 3rd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas E. Noell (D) | Died October 3, 1867 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James R. McCormick (D) | December 17, 1867
|- | Ohio 8th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Cornelius S. Hamilton (R) | Killed by insane son December 22, 1867 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Beatty (R) | February 5, 1868
|- | Missouri 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph W. McClurg (R) | Resigned sometime in 1868 after being elected Governor of Missouri | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John H. Stover (R) | December 7, 1868
|- | Pennsylvania 13th | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George W. Morgan (D) | Lost contested election June 3, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Columbus Delano (R) | June 3, 1868
|- | Pennsylvania 9th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thaddeus Stevens (R) | Died August 11, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Oliver J. Dickey (R) | December 7, 1868
|- | Pennsylvania 20th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Darwin A. Finney (R) | Died August 25, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | S. Newton Pettis (R) | December 7, 1868
|- | Louisiana 2nd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Mann (D) | Died August 26, 1868 | Vacant | Not filled this term
|- | Arkansas 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James M. Hinds (R) | Assassinated October 22, 1868 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James T. Elliott (R) | January 13, 1869
|- | New Mexico Territory At-large | nowwap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles P. Clever (D) | Lost contested election February 20, 1869 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | J. Francisco Chaves (R) | February 20, 1869
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Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Agriculture
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
- Claims
- Commerce
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia
- Education
- Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson (Select)
- Impeachment Trial Investigation (Select)
- Indian Affairs
- Manufactures
- Military Affairs
- Mines and Mining
- Naval Affairs
- Ninth Census (Select)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
- Pacific Railroad
- Patents and the Patent Office
- Pensions
- Post Office and Post Roads
- Private Land Claims
- Public Lands
- Representative Reform (Select)
- Retrenchment
- Revolutionary Claims
- Rules
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories
- Treasury Printing Bureau (Select)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts
- Banking and Currency
- Claims
- Coinage, Weights and Measures
- Commerce
- District of Columbia
- Education and Labor
- Elections
- Expenditures in the Interior Department
- Expenditures in the Navy Department
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department
- Expenditures in the State Department
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department
- Expenditures in the War Department
- Expenditures on Public Buildings
- Freedmen's Affairs
- Whole
Joint committees
Employees
- Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865
- Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Senate
- Chaplain of the Senate: Edgar H. Gray (Baptist)
- Secretary of the Senate: John W. Forney
- George C. Gorham, elected June 4, 1868
- Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: George T. Brown
House of Representatives
- Chaplain of the House: Charles B. Boynton (Congregationalist)
- Clerk of the House: Edward McPherson
- Doorkeeper of the House: Charles E. Lippincott
- Messenger to the Speaker: William D. Todd
- Postmaster of the House: William S. King
- Sergeant at Arms of the House: Nehemiah G. Ordway
See also
- United States elections, 1866 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States elections, 1868 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
References
- ^ "Congressional Globe, Senate, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, page 1641 In: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875". memory.loc.gov. February 26, 1869. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ "Congressional Globe, House of Representatives, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, page 1563-1564 In: A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875". memory.loc.gov. February 25, 1869. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
- ^ "Black Voting Rights: The History of the 15th Amendment". Harpers. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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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
- Congressional Directory for the 40th Congress, 2nd Session.
- Congressional Directory for the 40th Congress, 3rd Session.
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