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The 1866 and 1867 United States House of Representatives elections were held during President Andrew Johnson's term.
The elections occurred just one year after the American Civil War ended when the Union defeated the Confederacy.
The 1866 elections were a decisive event in the early Reconstruction era, in which President Johnson faced off against the Radical Republicans in a bitter dispute over whether Reconstruction should be lenient or harsh toward the vanquished white South.
Most of the congressmen from the former Confederate states were either prevented from leaving the state or were arrested on the way to the capital. A Congress consisting of mostly Radical Republicans sat early in the Capitol and aside from the delegation from Tennessee who were allowed in, the few Southern Congressmen who arrived were not seated.
Background
Johnson, a War Democrat, had been elected Vice President in the 1864 presidential election as the running mate of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican. (The Republicans had chosen not to re-nominate Hannibal Hamlin for a second term as vice president).
Lincoln and Johnson ran together under the banner of the National Union Party, which brought together Republicans (with the exception of some hard-line abolitionist Radical Republicans who backed John C. Frémont, who eventually dropped out of the race after brokering a deal with Lincoln) and the War Democrats (the minority of Democrats who backed Lincoln's prosecution of the war, as opposed to the Peace Democrats, or Copperheads, who favored a negotiated settlement with the Confederates).
After the assassination of Lincoln, Johnson became president. He immediately became embroiled in a dispute with the Radical Republicans over the conditions of Reconstruction; Johnson favored a lenient Reconstruction, while Radical Republicans wanted to continue the military occupation of the South and force Southern states to give freedmen (the newly freed slaves) civil rights (and the right to vote).
Campaign and results
Johnson stumped the country in a public speaking tour known as the Swing Around the Circle; he generally supported Democrats but his speeches were poorly received.
The Republicans won in a landslide, capturing enough seats to override Johnson's vetoes. Only the border states of Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky voted for Democrats. Recently Reconstructed Tennessee sent a Republican delegation. The other 10 ex-Confederate states did not vote. As a percentage of the total number of seats available in the House of Representatives, the Republican majority attained in the election of 1866 has never been exceeded in any subsequent Congress. The Democratic Party was able to achieve similar success only in the political environment of the era of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Election summaries
Seven secessionist states were readmitted during this Congress, filling 32 vacancies, but are not included in this table if they were not elected within 1866 through 1867.[1]
44 | 4 | 147 |
Democratic | [f] | Republican |
State | Type | Date | Total seats |
Democratic | Conservative | Republican | Others | ||||
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Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | Seats | Change | ||||
Oregon | At-large | June 4, 1866 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Vermont | Districts | September 4, 1866 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Maine | Districts | September 10, 1866 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Indiana | Districts | October 9, 1866 | 11 | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Iowa | Districts | October 9, 1866 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Nebraska | At-large | October 9, 1866 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Ohio | Districts | October 9, 1866 | 19 | 2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
17 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Pennsylvania | Districts | October 9, 1866 | 24 | 6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
18 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
West Virginia | Districts | October 25, 1866 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Delaware | At-large | November 6, 1866 (Election Day)[h] |
1 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Illinois | District + 1 at-large |
14 | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
11 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Kansas | At-large | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Maryland | Districts | 5 | 3 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Massachusetts | Districts | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
10 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Michigan | Districts | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
6 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Minnesota | Districts | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Missouri | Districts | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Nevada | At-large | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
New Jersey | Districts | 5 | 2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
New York | Districts | 31 | 10 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
21[e] | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
Wisconsin | Districts | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
5 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() | |
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New Hampshire | Districts | March 12, 1867 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Connecticut | Districts | April 1, 1867 | 4 | 3 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Rhode Island | Districts | April 3, 1867 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Kentucky | Districts | May 4, 1867 | 9[i] | 7 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Tennessee | Districts | August 3, 1867 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
8 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
California | Districts | September 6, 1867 | 3 | 2 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
1 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Secessionist states not yet readmitted | |||||||||||
Alabama | Districts | — | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Arkansas | Districts | — | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Florida | At-large | — | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Georgia | Districts | — | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Louisiana | Districts | — | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Mississippi | Districts | — | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
North Carolina | Districts | — | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
South Carolina | Districts | — | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Texas | Districts | — | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Virginia | Districts | — | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
0 | ![]() |
Total[b] | 193
(50 vacancies from Secessionist states) |
44 22.8% |
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1 0.5% |
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147[e] 76.2% |
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0 0.0% |
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The party affiliations of the 4 Representatives elected in Texas's rejected elections are unknown.
Special elections
39th Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kentucky 5 | Lovell Rousseau | Unconditional Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent resigned July 21, 1866 following his assault of Josiah Grinnell. Incumbent re-elected September 15, 1866. Unconditional Unionist hold. |
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Kentucky 6 | Green C. Smith | Unconditional Unionist | 1861 | Incumbent resigned July 13, 1866 to become Governor of Montana Territory. New member elected September 15, 1866. Democratic gain. |
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Kentucky 3 | Henry Grider | Democratic | 1861 | Incumbent died September 7, 1866. New member elected October 6, 1866. Democratic hold. |
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New York 3 | James Humphrey | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent died June 16, 1866. New member elected November 6, 1866. Democratic gain. |
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40th Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Kentucky 3 | Elijah Hise | Democratic | 1866 (special) | Incumbent died May 6, 1867. New member elected August 5, 1867. Democratic hold. |
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Ohio 2 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent resigned July 20, 1867 to run for Governor of Ohio. New member elected October 8, 1867. Independent Republican gain. |
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Pennsylvania 12 | Charles Denison | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent died June 27, 1867. New member elected October 8, 1867. Democratic hold. |
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Missouri 3 | Thomas E. Noell | Democratic | 1864 | Incumbent died October 3, 1867. New member elected November 5, 1867. Democratic hold. |
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New York 21 | Roscoe Conkling | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent resigned March 3, 1867 when elected U.S. senator. New member elected November 5, 1867. Republican hold. |
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California
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District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
California 1 | Donald C. McRuer | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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California 2 | William Higby | Republican | 1863 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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California 3 | John Bidwell | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic gain. |
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Colorado Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
Connecticut
Dakota Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
Delaware
Idaho Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Massachusetts 1 | Thomas D. Eliot | Republican | 1858 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 2 | Oakes Ames | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 3 | Alexander H. Rice | Republican | 1858 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Massachusetts 4 | Samuel Hooper | Republican | 1861 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 5 | John B. Alley | Republican | 1858 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Massachusetts 6 | Nathaniel P. Banks | Republican | 1865 (special) | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 7 | George S. Boutwell | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 8 | John D. Baldwin | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 9 | William B. Washburn | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Massachusetts 10 | Henry Laurens Dawes | Republican | 1856 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
Nebraska
There were two elections in the new state of Nebraska in 1866: on June 6 for the remainder of the current term, and October 9 for the next term.
39th Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Nebraska at-large | New state | New seat. New member elected. Republican gain. New member seated March 2, 1867. |
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40th Congress
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Nebraska at-large | Turner M. Marquett | Republican | 1866 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
New York
Ohio
Democrats gained one seat this election in Ohio. It was later contested and awarded to the Republican for a net gain of zero.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates[13] | |
Ohio 1 | Benjamin Eggleston | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 2 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 3 | Robert C. Schenck | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 4 | William Lawrence | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 5 | Francis C. Le Blond | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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Ohio 6 | Reader W. Clarke | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 7 | Samuel Shellabarger | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 8 | James Randolph Hubbell | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Ohio 9 | Ralph P. Buckland | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 10 | James M. Ashley | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 11 | Hezekiah S. Bundy | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Ohio 12 | William E. Finck | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Democratic hold. |
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Ohio 13 | Columbus Delano | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent lost re-election New member elected. Democratic gain.[m] |
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Ohio 14 | Martin Welker | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 15 | Tobias A. Plants | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 16 | John Bingham | Republican | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 17 | Ephraim R. Eckley | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 18 | Rufus P. Spalding | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Ohio 19 | James A. Garfield | Republican | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Elections held late, on August 1, 1867.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Tennessee 1 | Nathaniel G. Taylor | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 2 | Horace Maynard | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent re-elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 3 | William B. Stokes | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent re-elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 4 | Edmund Cooper | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 5 | William B. Campbell | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 6 | Samuel M. Arnell | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent re-elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 7 | Isaac R. Hawkins | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent re-elected. Republican gain. |
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Tennessee 8 | John W. Leftwich | Unionist | 1865 | Incumbent lost re-election. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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Utah Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
Vermont
Washington Territory
See non-voting delegates, below.
West Virginia
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
West Virginia 1 | Chester D. Hubbard | Unconditional Unionist | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. Republican gain. |
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West Virginia 2 | George R. Latham | Unconditional Unionist | 1864 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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West Virginia 3 | Kellian Whaley | Unconditional Unionist | 1863 | Incumbent retired. New member elected. Republican gain. |
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin elected six members of congress on Election Day, November 4, 1866.[25]
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Member | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Wisconsin 1 | Halbert E. Paine | National Union | 1864 | Incumbent won re-election as a Republican. Republican hold. |
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Wisconsin 2 | Ithamar Sloan | National Union | 1862 | Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Wisconsin 3 | Amasa Cobb | National Union | 1862 | Incumbent won re-election as a Republican. Republican hold. |
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Wisconsin 4 | Charles A. Eldredge | Democratic | 1862 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Wisconsin 5 | Philetus Sawyer | National Union | 1864 | Incumbent won re-election as a Republican. Republican hold. |
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Wisconsin 6 | Walter D. McIndoe | National Union | 1862 (Special) | Incumbent was not a candidate for re-election. New member elected. Republican hold. |
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Non-voting delegates
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Delegate | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Colorado Territory at-large | |||||
Dakota Territory at-large | |||||
Idaho Territory at-large | Edward D. Holbrook | Democratic | 1864 | Incumbent re-elected. |
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Montana Territory at-large | Samuel McLean | Democratic | 1864 | Incumbent retired. New delegate elected. Democratic hold. |
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New Mexico Territory at-large | |||||
Utah Territory at-large | |||||
Washington Territory at-large |
See also
Notes
- ^ Excludes states readmitted after the start of Congress.
- ^ a b Including late elections.
- ^ Represents the results of the National Union coalition in the last election cycle.
- ^ In comparison to the vote for the National Union coalition in the last election cycle.
- ^ a b c Includes 1 Independent Republican, Lewis Selye, and 1 Conservative Republican, Thomas E. Stewart.
- ^ Conservatives in Virginia took 4 seats
- ^ a b Previous election had 3 Unionists.
- ^ In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform date for choosing presidential electors (see: Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721). Congressional elections were unaffected by this law, but the date was gradually adopted by the states for congressional elections as well.
- ^ One seat remained vacant throughout the 40th Congress.
- ^ Previous election had 4 Unionists.
- ^ 8 Unionists in previous election.
- ^ Previous election had 18 Unionists.
- ^ a b c Morgan (Democratic) was initially seated (and thus is counted towards the party totals at this article), but the election was contested and the seat was subsequently awarded to Delano (Republican) during the 40th Congress's second session.
References
- ^ Martis, pp. 120–121; Dubin, p. 209.
- ^ "KY - District 05 - Special Election Race - Sep 15, 1866". Our Campaigns. March 1, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "KY - District 06 - Special Election Race - Sep 15, 1866". Our Campaigns. March 2, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "KY - District 03 Special Election Race - Oct 06, 1866". Our Campaigns. February 24, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "NY District 3 - Special Election Race - Nov 06, 1866". Our Campaigns. March 12, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "KY - District 03 Special Election Race - Aug 05, 1867". Our Campaigns. February 24, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "OH District 02 - Special Election Race - Oct 08, 1867". Our Campaigns. April 16, 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "PA District 12 - Special Election Race - Oct 08, 1867". Our Campaigns. January 17, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "MO District 3 - Special Election Race - Nov 05, 1867". Our Campaigns. November 24, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "NY District 21 - Special Election Race - Nov 05, 1867". Our Campaigns. February 20, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NE - District 01 Race - Jun 02, 1866".
- ^ "Our Campaigns - NE - District 01 Race - Oct 09, 1866".
- ^ Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 228, 229.
- ^ "TN - District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 04". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 05". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 06". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 07". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "TN - District 08". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "WV District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "WV District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "WV District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
- ^ "Wisconsin U.S. House Election Results" (PDF). Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
- ^ "ID Territorial Delegate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - MT Territorial Delegate Race - Nov 05, 1867". www.ourcampaigns.com.
Bibliography
- Beale, Howard K. (1930). The Critical Year.
- Dubin, Michael J. (March 1, 1998). United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997: The Official Results of the Elections of the 1st Through 105th Congresses. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0786402830.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (January 1, 1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0029201701.
- McPherson, Edward (1875). The Political History of the United States of America During the Period of Reconstruction. Solomons & Chapman.
mcpherson period of reconstruction.
, large collection of speeches and primary documents, 1865–1870, complete text online (the copyright has expired) - Moore, John L., ed. (1994). Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections (Third ed.). Congressional Quarterly Inc. ISBN 978-0871879967.
- Riddleberger, Patrick W. (1979). 1866, the critical year revisited.
- Trefousse, Hans L. (1989). Andrew Johnson: A Biography.
- "Party Divisions of the House of Representatives* 1789–Present". Office of the Historian, House of United States House of Representatives. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
External links
- Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)