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38th United States Congress
	; ; 37th ←; → 39th; ;
	; ; United States Capitol (1861);
March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
Senate President	; Hannibal Hamlin (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem	; Solomon Foot (R); Daniel Clark (R)
House Speaker	; Schuyler Colfax (R)
Members	52 senators; 184 representatives; 10 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Republican
Sessions
	; Special: March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863; 1st: December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864; 2nd: December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865

The Thirty-eighth 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, 1863, to March 4, 1865, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House of Representatives had a Republican plurality.

8 Members
- 8.1 Senate
  - 8.1.1 Alabama
  - 8.1.2 Arkansas
  - 8.1.3 California
  - 8.1.4 Connecticut
  - 8.1.5 Delaware
  - 8.1.6 Florida
  - 8.1.7 Georgia
  - 8.1.8 Illinois
  - 8.1.9 Indiana
  - 8.1.10 Iowa
  - 8.1.11 Kansas
  - 8.1.12 Kentucky
  - 8.1.13 Louisiana
  - 8.1.14 Maine
  - 8.1.15 Maryland
  - 8.1.16 Massachusetts
  - 8.1.17 Michigan
  - 8.1.18 Minnesota
  - 8.1.19 Mississippi
  - 8.1.20 Missouri
  - 8.1.21 Nevada
  - 8.1.22 New Hampshire
  - 8.1.23 New Jersey
  - 8.1.24 New York
  - 8.1.25 North Carolina
  - 8.1.26 Ohio
  - 8.1.27 Oregon
  - 8.1.28 Pennsylvania
  - 8.1.29 Rhode Island
  - 8.1.30 South Carolina
  - 8.1.31 Tennessee
  - 8.1.32 Texas
  - 8.1.33 Vermont
  - 8.1.34 Virginia
  - 8.1.35 West Virginia
  - 8.1.36 Wisconsin
- 8.2 House of Representatives
  - 8.2.1 Alabama
  - 8.2.2 Arkansas
  - 8.2.3 California
  - 8.2.4 Connecticut
  - 8.2.5 Delaware
  - 8.2.6 Florida
  - 8.2.7 Georgia
  - 8.2.8 Illinois
  - 8.2.9 Indiana
  - 8.2.10 Iowa
  - 8.2.11 Kansas
  - 8.2.12 Kentucky
  - 8.2.13 Louisiana
  - 8.2.14 Maine
  - 8.2.15 Maryland
  - 8.2.16 Massachusetts
  - 8.2.17 Michigan
  - 8.2.18 Minnesota
  - 8.2.19 Mississippi
  - 8.2.20 Missouri
  - 8.2.21 Nevada
  - 8.2.22 New Hampshire
  - 8.2.23 New Jersey
  - 8.2.24 New York
  - 8.2.25 North Carolina
  - 8.2.26 Ohio
  - 8.2.27 Oregon
  - 8.2.28 Pennsylvania
  - 8.2.29 Rhode Island
  - 8.2.30 South Carolina
  - 8.2.31 Tennessee
  - 8.2.32 Texas
  - 8.2.33 Vermont
  - 8.2.34 Virginia
  - 8.2.35 West Virginia
  - 8.2.36 Wisconsin
  - 8.2.37 Non-voting members

9 Changes in membership
- 9.1 Senate
- 9.2 House of Representatives

10 Committees
- 10.1 Senate
- 10.2 House of Representatives
- 10.3 Joint appointments

11 Caucuses

12 Employees
- 12.1 Senate
- 12.2 House of Representatives

13 See also

14 References

15 External links

Major events

American Civil War, which had started in 1861, continued through this Congress and ended later in 1865

January 8, 1863: Ground broken in Sacramento, California, on the construction of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States

November 19, 1863: Gettysburg Address

November 8, 1864: President Abraham Lincoln is reelected, defeating George McClellan.

Major legislation

April 22, 1864: Coinage Act of 1864, Sess. 1, ch. 66, 13 Stat. 54

June 30, 1864: Yosemite Valley Grant Act, Sess. 1, 16 Stat. 48

March 3, 1865: Freedmen's Bureau, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 13 Stat. 507

Constitutional amendments

January 31, 1865: Approved an amendment to the United States Constitution abolishing slavery in the United States and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime, and submitted it to the state legislatures for ratification 13 Stat. 567
- Amendment was later ratified on December 6, 1865, becoming the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Treaties ratified

February 9, 1865: Chippewa Indians, 13 Stat. 393

States and Territories

States admitted

June 19, 1863: West Virginia admitted (formed from a portion of Virginia), 13 Stat. 731 (See also 12 Stat. 633)

October 31, 1864: Nevada admitted, 13 Stat. 749 (See also 13 Stat. 30)

States in rebellion

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

The Confederacy fielded armies and sustained the rebellion into a second Congress, but the Union did not accept secession and secessionists were not eligible for Congress. Elections held in Missouri and Kentucky seated all members to the House and Senate for the 38th Congress. Elections held among Unionists in Virginia, Tennessee and Louisiana were marred by disruption resulting in turnouts that were so low compared with 1860, that Congress did not reseat the candidates with a majority of the votes cast.^[1]

In rebellion 1862–64 according to the Emancipation Proclamation were Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (parts), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia (parts). Tennessee was not held to be in rebellion as of the end of 1862.^[2]

Territory organized

May 26, 1864: Montana Territory organized, Sess. 1, ch. 95, 13 Stat. 85

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.

Senate

During this Congress, two seats were added for each of the new states of Nevada and West Virginia, thereby adding four new seats.

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Unionist (U)	Unconditional Unionist (UU)
End of the previous congress	12	30	7	0	49	19

Begin	10	31	4	3	48	20
End	10	33	3	4	50	22
Final voting share	7001200000000000000♠20.0%	7001660000000000000♠66.0%	7000600000000000000♠6.0%	7000800000000000000♠8.0%

Beginning of the next congress	11	37	0	1	49	23

House of Representatives

Before this Congress, the 1860 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 241 members. During this Congress, one seat was added for the new state of Nevada, and three seats were reapportioned from Virginia to the new state of West Virginia.

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority/plurality caucus)						Total

	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Independent Republican (IR)	Unionist (U)	Unconditional Unionist (UU)	Other		Vacant
End of previous Congress	45	106	0	30	0	2	183	57

Begin	72	85	2	9	12	0	180	61
End	72	84	2	9	16	0	183	59
Final voting share	39.3%	47%		4.9%	8.7%	0.0%

Beginning of the next Congress	40	132	1	4	14	0	191	51

Leadership

President of the Senate
Hannibal Hamlin

Senate

President: Hannibal Hamlin (R)

President pro tempore: Solomon Foot (R), until April 13, 1864
- Daniel Clark (R), elected April 26, 1864

Majority (Republican) leadership

Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

Speaker: Schuyler Colfax (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

Republican Conference Chairman: Justin S. Morrill

Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means: Thaddeus Stevens (R)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives are listed by district.

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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 began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.

Alabama

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

Arkansas

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

California

1. John Conness (R)

3. James A. McDougall (D)

Connecticut

1. James Dixon (R)

3. La Fayette S. Foster (R)

Delaware

1. James A. Bayard, Jr. (D), until January 29, 1864
- George R. Riddle (D), from February 2, 1864

2. Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D)

Florida

1. Vacant

3. Vacant

Georgia

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

Illinois

2. William A. Richardson (D)

3. Lyman Trumbull (R)

Indiana

1. Thomas A. Hendricks (D)

3. Henry S. Lane (R)

Iowa

2. James W. Grimes (R)

3. James Harlan (R)

Kansas

2. James H. Lane (R)

3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)

Kentucky

2. Lazarus W. Powell (D)

3. Garrett Davis (U)

Louisiana

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

Maine

1. Lot M. Morrill (R)

2. William P. Fessenden (R), until July 1, 1864
- Nathan A. Farwell (R), from October 27, 1864

Maryland

1. Reverdy Johnson (U)

3. Thomas H. Hicks (UU), until February 14, 1865

Massachusetts

1. Charles Sumner (R)

2. Henry Wilson (R)

Michigan

1. Zachariah Chandler (R)

2. Jacob M. Howard (R)

Minnesota

1. Alexander Ramsey (R)

2. Morton S. Wilkinson (R)

Mississippi

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

Missouri

1. John B. Henderson (UU)

3. Robert Wilson (UU), until November 13, 1863
- B. Gratz Brown (UU), from November 13, 1863

Nevada

1. William M. Stewart (R), from February 1, 1865 (newly admitted state)

3. James W. Nye (R), from February 1, 1865 (newly admitted state)

New Hampshire

2. John P. Hale (R)

3. Daniel Clark (R)

New Jersey

1. William Wright (D)

2. John C. Ten Eyck (R)

New York

1. Edwin D. Morgan (R)

3. Ira Harris (R)

North Carolina

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

Ohio

1. Benjamin Wade (R)

3. John Sherman (R)

Oregon

2. Benjamin F. Harding (D)

3. James W. Nesmith (D)

Pennsylvania

1. Charles R. Buckalew (D)

3. Edgar Cowan (R)

Rhode Island

1. William Sprague (R)

2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

Tennessee

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

Texas

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

Vermont

1. Solomon Foot (R)

3. Jacob Collamer (R)

Virginia

1. Lemuel J. Bowden (U), died January 2, 1864, vacant thereafter

2. John S. Carlile (U)

West Virginia

1. Peter G. Van Winkle (UU), from August 4, 1863 (newly admitted state)

2. Waitman T. Willey (UU), from August 4, 1863 (newly admitted state)

Wisconsin

1. James R. Doolittle (R)

3. Timothy O. Howe (R)

President pro tempore Solomon Foot

President pro tempore Daniel Clark

House of Representatives

Alabama

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

6. Vacant

Arkansas

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

California

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.

At-large. Cornelius Cole (R)

At-large. William Higby (R)

At-large. Thomas B. Shannon (R)

Connecticut

1. Henry C. Deming (R)

2. James E. English (D)

3. Augustus Brandegee (R)

4. John H. Hubbard (R)

Delaware

At-large. William Temple (D), until May 28, 1863
- Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU), from December 7, 1863

Florida

At-large. Vacant

Georgia

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

6. Vacant

7. Vacant

Illinois

1. Isaac N. Arnold (R)

2. John F. Farnsworth (R)

3. Elihu B. Washburne (R)

4. Charles M. Harris (D)

5. Owen Lovejoy (R), until March 25, 1864
- Ebon C. Ingersoll (R), from May 20, 1864

6. Jesse O. Norton (R)

7. John R. Eden (D)

8. John T. Stuart (D)

9. Lewis W. Ross (D)

10. Anthony L. Knapp (D)

11. James C. Robinson (D)

12. William R. Morrison (D)

13. William J. Allen (D)

At-large. James C. Allen (D)

Indiana

1. John Law (D)

2. James A. Cravens (D)

3. Henry W. Harrington (D)

4. William S. Holman (D)

5. George W. Julian (R)

6. Ebenezer Dumont (R)

7. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

8. Godlove S. Orth (R)

9. Schuyler Colfax (R)

10. Joseph K. Edgerton (D)

11. James F. McDowell (D)

Iowa

1. James F. Wilson (R)

2. Hiram Price (R)

3. William B. Allison (R)

4. Josiah B. Grinnell (R)

5. John A. Kasson (R)

6. Asahel W. Hubbard (R)

Kansas

At-large. A. Carter Wilder (R)

Kentucky

1. Lucien Anderson (UU)

2. George H. Yeaman (U)

3. Henry Grider (U)

4. Aaron Harding (U)

5. Robert Mallory (U)

6. Green C. Smith (UU)

7. Brutus J. Clay (U)

8. William H. Randall (UU)

9. William H. Wadsworth (U)

Louisiana

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

Maine

1. Lorenzo D.M. Sweat (D)

2. Sidney Perham (R)

3. James G. Blaine (R)

4. John H. Rice (R)

5. Frederick A. Pike (R)

Maryland

1. John A. J. Creswell (UU)

2. Edwin H. Webster (UU)

3. Henry Winter Davis (UU)

4. Francis Thomas (UU)

5. Benjamin G. Harris (D)

Massachusetts

1. Thomas D. Eliot (R)

2. Oakes Ames (R)

3. Alexander H. Rice (R)

4. Samuel Hooper (R)

5. John B. Alley (R)

6. Daniel W. Gooch (R)

7. George S. Boutwell (R)

8. John D. Baldwin (R)

9. William B. Washburn (R)

10. Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan

1. Fernando C. Beaman (R)

2. Charles Upson (R)

3. John W. Longyear (R)

4. Francis W. Kellogg (R)

5. Augustus C. Baldwin (D)

6. John F. Driggs (R)

Minnesota

1. William Windom (R)

2. Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)

Mississippi

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

Missouri

1. Francis P. Blair, Jr. (R), until June 10, 1864
- Samuel Knox (UU), from June 10, 1864

2. Henry T. Blow (UU)

3. John W. Noell (UU), until March 14, 1863
- John G. Scott (D), from December 7, 1863

4. Sempronius H. Boyd (UU)

5. Joseph W. McClurg (UU)

6. Austin A. King (U)

7. Benjamin F. Loan (UU)

8. William A. Hall (U)

9. James S. Rollins (U)

Nevada

At-large. Henry G. Worthington (R), from October 31, 1864 (newly admitted state)

New Hampshire

1. Daniel Marcy (D)

2. Edward H. Rollins (R)

3. James W. Patterson (R)

New Jersey

1. John F. Starr (R)

2. George Middleton (D)

3. William G. Steele (D)

4. Andrew J. Rogers (D)

5. Nehemiah Perry (D)

New York

1. Henry G. Stebbins (D), until October 24, 1864
- Dwight Townsend (D), from December 5, 1864

2. Martin Kalbfleisch (D)

3. Moses F. Odell (D)

4. Benjamin Wood (D)

5. Fernando Wood (D)

6. Elijah Ward (D)

7. John W. Chanler (D)

8. James Brooks (D)

9. Anson Herrick (D)

10. William Radford (D)

11. Charles H. Winfield (D)

12. Homer A. Nelson (D)

13. John B. Steele (D)

14. Erastus Corning (D), until October 5, 1863
- John V. L. Pruyn (D), from December 7, 1863

15. John Augustus Griswold (D)

16. Orlando Kellogg (R)

17. Calvin T. Hulburd (R)

18. James M. Marvin (R)

19. Samuel F. Miller (R)

20. Ambrose W. Clark (R)

21. Francis Kernan (D)

22. DeWitt C. Littlejohn (R)

23. Thomas T. Davis (R)

24. Theodore M. Pomeroy (R)

25. Daniel Morris (R)

26. Giles W. Hotchkiss (R)

27. Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (R)

28. Freeman Clarke (R)

29. Augustus Frank (R)

30. John Ganson (D)

31. Reuben E. Fenton (R), until December 20, 1864

North Carolina

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

6. Vacant

7. Vacant

Ohio

1. George H. Pendleton (D)

2. Alexander Long (D)

3. Robert C. Schenck (R)

4. John F. McKinney (D)

5. Francis C. Le Blond (D)

6. Chilton A. White (D)

7. Samuel S. Cox (D)

8. William Johnston (D)

9. Warren P. Noble (D)

10. James M. Ashley (R)

11. Wells A. Hutchins (D)

12. William E. Finck (D)

13. John O'Neill (D)

14. George Bliss (D)

15. James R. Morris (D)

16. Joseph W. White (D)

17. Ephraim R. Eckley (R)

18. Rufus P. Spalding (R)

19. James A. Garfield (R)

Oregon

At-large. John R. McBride (R)

Pennsylvania

1. Samuel J. Randall (D)

2. Charles O'Neill (R)

3. Leonard Myers (R)

4. William D. Kelley (R)

5. M. Russell Thayer (R)

6. John D. Stiles (D)

7. John M. Broomall (R)

8. Sydenham E. Ancona (D)

9. Thaddeus Stevens (R)

10. Myer Strouse (D)

11. Philip Johnson (D)

12. Charles Denison (D)

13. Henry W. Tracy (IR)

14. William H. Miller (D)

15. Joseph Bailey (D)

16. Alexander H. Coffroth (D)

17. Archibald McAllister (D)

18. James T. Hale (IR)

19. Glenni W. Scofield (R)

20. Amos Myers (R)

21. John L. Dawson (D)

22. James K. Moorhead (R)

23. Thomas Williams (R)

24. Jesse Lazear (D)

Rhode Island

1. Thomas Jenckes (R)

2. Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R)

South Carolina

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

Tennessee

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

6. Vacant

7. Vacant

8. Vacant

Texas

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

Vermont

1. Frederick E. Woodbridge (R)

2. Justin S. Morrill (R)

3. Portus Baxter (R)

Virginia

1. Vacant

2. Vacant

3. Vacant

4. Vacant

5. Vacant

6. Vacant

7. Vacant

8. Vacant

9. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863

10. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863

11. Vacant, moved to West Virginia June 20, 1863

West Virginia

1. Jacob B. Blair (UU), from December 7, 1863 (newly admitted state)

2. William G. Brown, Sr. (UU), from December 7, 1863 (newly admitted state)

3. Kellian Whaley (UU), from December 7, 1863 (newly admitted state)

Wisconsin

1. James S. Brown (D)

2. Ithamar C. Sloan (R)

3. Amasa Cobb (R)

4. Charles A. Eldredge (D)

5. Ezra Wheeler (D)

6. Walter D. McIndoe (R)

Non-voting members

Arizona Territory. Charles D. Poston (R), from December 5, 1864

Colorado Territory. Hiram P. Bennet (R)

Dakota Territory. William Jayne, until June 17, 1864
- John B. S. Todd (D), from June 17, 1864

Idaho Territory. William H. Wallace (R), from February 1, 1864

Montana Territory. Samuel McLean (D), from January 6, 1865

Nebraska Territory. Samuel G. Daily (R)

Nevada Territory. Gordon N. Mott (R), until October 31, 1864

New Mexico Territory. Francisco Perea (R)

Utah Territory. John F. Kinney (D)

Washington Territory. George E. Cole (D)

Speaker of the House
Schuyler Colfax

Group photo of the U.S. House of Representatives, in 1863, during this Congress.

Changes in membership

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

Senate

replacements: 2
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
- Unionist: no net change
- Unconditional Union: no net change

deaths: 1

resignations: 2

interim appointments: 1

seats of newly admitted states: 4

Total seats with changes: 4

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
West Virginia (1)	New seat	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Its first Senators were elected August 4, 1863.	Peter G. Van Winkle (UU)	August 4, 1863
West Virginia (2)	New seat	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Its first Senators were elected August 4, 1863.	Waitman T. Willey (UU)	August 4, 1863
Missouri (3)	Robert Wilson (UU)	Successor elected for Sen. Waldo P. Johnson November 13, 1863.	B. Gratz Brown (UU)	November 13, 1863
Virginia (1)	Lemuel J. Bowden (U)	Died January 2, 1864.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress
Delaware (1)	James A. Bayard, Jr. (D)	Resigned January 29, 1864, for unknown reasons. Successor elected January 29, 1864.	George R. Riddle (D)	February 2, 1864
Maine (2)	William P. Fessenden (R)	Resigned July 1, 1864, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed October 27, 1864, to finish the term.	Nathan A. Farwell (R)	October 27, 1864
Nevada (1)	New seat	Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864. Its first Senators were elected February 1, 1865.	William M. Stewart (R)	February 1, 1865
Nevada (3)	New seat	Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864. Its first Senators were elected February 1, 1865.	James W. Nye (R)	February 1, 1865
Maryland (3)	Thomas H. Hicks (UU)	Died February 14, 1865.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress.

House of Representatives

replacements: 6
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
- Unionist: no net change
- Unconditional Union: no net change

deaths: 3

resignations: 3

contested election: 1

seats of newly admitted seats: 4

Total seats with changes: 7

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Arizona Territory At-large	Vacant	Territory organized in previous congress. Seat remained vacant until December 5, 1864.	Charles D. Poston (R)	December 5, 1864
Missouri 3rd	John W. Noell (UU)	Died March 14, 1863.	John G. Scott (D)	December 7, 1863
Delaware At-large	William Temple (D)	Died May 28, 1863.	Nathaniel B. Smithers (UU)	December 7, 1863
New York 14th	Erastus Corning (D)	Resigned October 5, 1863.	John V. L. Pruyn (D)	December 7, 1863
West Virginia 1st	New State	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863.	Jacob B. Blair (UU)	December 7, 1863
West Virginia 2nd	New State	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863.	William G. Brown, Sr. (UU)	December 7, 1863
West Virginia 3rd	New State	West Virginia admitted to the Union June 19, 1863. Seat remained vacant until December 7, 1863.	Kellian Whaley (UU)	December 7, 1863
Idaho Territory At-large	New Territory	Territory organized February 1, 1864.	William H. Wallace (R)	February 1, 1864
Illinois 5th	Owen Lovejoy (R)	Died March 25, 1864.	Ebon C. Ingersoll (R)	May 20, 1864
Montana Territory At-large	New Territory	Territory organized May 26, 1864. Seat remained vacant until January 6, 1865.	Samuel McLean (D)	January 6, 1865
Missouri 1st	Francis P. Blair, Jr. (R)	Lost contested election June 10, 1864	Samuel Knox (UU)	June 10, 1864
Dakota Territory At-large	William Jayne	Lost contested election June 17, 1864	John B. S. Todd (D)	June 17, 1864
New York 1st	Henry G. Stebbins (D)	Resigned October 24, 1864.	Dwight Townsend (D)	December 5, 1864
Nevada Territory At-large	Gordon N. Mott (R)	Nevada achieved statehood October 31, 1864	District eliminated
Nevada At-large	New State	Nevada admitted to the Union October 31, 1864.	Henry G. Worthington (R)	October 31, 1864
New York 31st	Reuben Fenton (R)	Resigned December 20, 1864, after being elected Governor of New York.	Vacant	Not filled this Congress

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (2 links), in the directory after the pages of representatives biographies, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side is the chairman and on the right side is the ranking member.

Senate

Agriculture (John Sherman, Chair)

Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (James Dixon, Chair)

Claims (Daniel Clark, Chair)

Commerce (Zachariah Chandler, Chair)

Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

District of Columbia (James W. Grimes, Chair)

Finance (William P. Fessenden, Chair)

Foreign Relations (Charles Sumner, Chair)

Indian Affairs

Judiciary

Manufactures

Military Affairs

Naval Affairs

Naval Supplies (Select)

Ordnance and War Ships (Select)

Overland Mail Service (Select)

Pacific Railroad (Select)

Patents and the Patent Office

Pensions

Post Office and Post Roads

Private Land Claims

Public Lands

Retrenchment

Revolutionary Claims

Slavery and the Treatment of Freedmen (Select)

Tariff Regulation (Select)

Territories

Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts

Agriculture

Banking and Currency

Bankrupt Law (Select)

Claims

Commerce

District of Columbia

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

Foreign Affairs

Indian Affairs

Invalid Pensions

Manufactures

Mileage

Military Affairs

Militia

Naval Affairs

Patents

Post Office and Post Roads

Public Buildings and Grounds

Public Expenditures

Public Lands

Revisal and Unfinished Business

Revolutionary Claims

Roads and Canals

Rules (Select)

Standards of Official Conduct

Territories

Ways and Means

Whole

Joint appointments

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)

Conduct of the War

Enrolled Bills

Senate Chamber and the Hall of the House of the Representatives

Caucuses

Democratic (House)

Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Thomas U. Walter

Librarian of Congress: John Gould Stephenson (until 1864), Ainsworth Rand Spofford (starting 1864)

Senate

Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterian)
- Thomas Bowman (Methodist), elected May 11, 1864

Secretary: John W. Forney

Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown

House of Representatives

Chaplain: William H. Channing (Unitarian)

Clerk: Edward McPherson

Doorkeeper: Ira Goodnow

Messenger: Thaddeus Morrice
- William D. Todd

Postmaster: William S. King

Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]

Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

References

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^ Emancipation Proclamation text found at Emancipation Proclamation, "Featured Texts" online at the National Archives and Records Administration. Viewed April 14, 2014.

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.

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

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ISBN 0-02-920170-5 p. 116.

[2] Emancipation Proclamation text found at Emancipation Proclamation, "Featured Texts" online at the National Archives and Records Administration. Viewed April 14, 2014.

38th United States Congress
37th ← → 39th
United States Capitol (1861)
March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
Senate President	Hannibal Hamlin (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem	Solomon Foot (R) Daniel Clark (R)
House Speaker	Schuyler Colfax (R)
Members	52 senators 184 representatives 10 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Republican
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863 1st: December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864 2nd: December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865

38th United States Congress

Contents

Major events

Major legislation

Constitutional amendments

Treaties ratified

States and Territories

States admitted

States in rebellion

Territory organized

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

Majority (Republican) leadership

House of Representatives

Majority (Republican) leadership

Members

Senate

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

West Virginia

Wisconsin

House of Representatives

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey