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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 3, 1869, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Andrew Johnson.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1867 - March 3, 1869 Previous congress: 39th Congress - general Next congress: 41st Congress - general
 * Special session of the Senate: April 1, 1867 – April 20, 1867
 * First session: March 4, 1867 – December 1, 1867
 * Second session: December 2, 1867 -[November 10, 1868
 * Third session: December 7, 1868 - March 3, 1869

Party summary
Arkansas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Louisiana, and South Carolina were readmitted to representation in this Congress.

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Leadership

 * Senate


 * Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
 * vacant
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * Benjamin F. Wade, Republican of Ohio, elected March 4, 1867.
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * Schuyler Colfax, Republican of Indiana, reelected March 4, 1867.
 * Theodore M. Pomeroy, Republican of New York, elected March 3, 1869.

Major events

 * Main article: Events of 1867; Events of 1868; Events of 1869

Major legislation

 * ''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 40th Congress


 * Reconstruction Acts, continued:
 * March 23, 1867,-- ch. 6,
 * July 19, 1867, -- ch. 30,
 * March 11, 1868, -- ch. 25,
 * July 25, 1868 –- Wyoming Territory was organized.

Membership highlights by chamber
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 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.


 * ''See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
 * ''See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state

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 * Alabama
 * Alabama


 * Alabama's 1st congressional district: Francis W. Kellogg (R)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district: Charles W. Buckley (R)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district: Benjamin W. Norris (R)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district: Charles W. Pierce (R)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district: John B. Callis (R)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district: Thomas Haughey (R)


 * Arkansas


 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district: Logan H. Roots (R)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district: James M. Hinds (R)
 * James T. Elliott (R)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district: Thomas Boles (R)
 * California


 * California's 1st congressional district: Samuel B. Axtell (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district: William Higby (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district: James A. Johnson (D)
 * Connecticut


 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district: Richard D. Hubbard (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district: Julius Hotchkiss (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district: Henry H. Starkweather (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district: William H. Barnum (D)
 * Delaware


 * Delaware's at-large congressional district: John A. Nicholson (D)
 * Florida


 * Florida's at-large congressional district: Charles M. Hamilton (R)


 * Georgia


 * Georgia's 1st congressional district: Joseph W. Clift (R)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district: Nelson Tift (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district: William P. Edwards (R)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district: Samuel F. Gove (R)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district: Charles H. Prince (R)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district: vacant
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district: Pierce M. B. Young (D)


 * Illinois


 * Illinois's 1st congressional district: Norman B. Judd (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district: John F. Farnsworth (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district: Elihu B. Washburne (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district: Abner C. Harding (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district: Ebon C. Ingersoll (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district: Burton C. Cook (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district: Henry P. H. Bromwell (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district: Shelby M. Cullom (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district: Lewis W. Ross (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district: Albert G. Burr (D)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district: Samuel S. Marshall (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district: Jehu Baker (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district: Green B. Raum (R)
 * Illinois's at-large congressional district: John A. Logan (R)
 * Indiana


 * Indiana's 1st congressional district: William E. Niblack (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district: Michael C. Kerr (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district: Morton C. Hunter (R)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district: William S. Holman (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district: George W. Julian (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district: John Coburn (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district: Henry D. Washburn (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district: Godlove S. Orth (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district: Schuyler Colfax (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district: William Williams (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district: John P. C. Shanks (R)
 * Iowa


 * Iowa's 1st congressional district: James F. Wilson (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district: Hiram Price (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district: William B. Allison (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district: William Loughridge (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district: Grenville M. Dodge (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district: Asahel W. Hubbard (R)
 * Kansas


 * Kansas's at-large congressional district: Sidney Clarke (R)
 * Kentucky


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district: Lawrence S. Trimble (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district: vacant
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district: Elijah Hise (D)
 * Jacob S. Golladay (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district: J. Proctor Knott (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district: Asa P. Grover (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district: Thomas L. Jones (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district: James B. Beck (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district: George M. Adams (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district: Samuel McKee (R)
 * Louisiana


 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district: J. Hale Sypher (R)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district: James Mann (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district: Joseph P. Newsham (R)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district: Michel Vidal (R)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district: W. Jasper Blackburn (R)
 * Maine


 * Maine's 1st congressional district: John Lynch (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district: Sidney Perham (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district: James G. Blaine (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district: John A. Peters (R)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district: Frederick A. Pike (R)
 * Maryland
 * Maryland


 * Maryland's 1st congressional district: Hiram McCullough (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district: Stevenson Archer (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district: Charles E. Phelps (C)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Francis Thomas (R)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district: Frederick Stone (D)
 * Massachusetts


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: Thomas D. Eliot (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Oakes Ames (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: Ginery Twichell (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district: Samuel Hooper (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district: Benjamin F. Butler (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district: Nathaniel P. Banks (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district: George S. Boutwell (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district: John D. Baldwin (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: William B. Washburn (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district: Henry L. Dawes (R)
 * Michigan


 * Michigan's 1st congressional district: Fernando C. Beaman (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district: Charles Upson (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district: Austin Blair (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district: Thomas W. Ferry (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district: Rowland E. Trowbridge (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district: John F. Driggs (R)
 * Minnesota


 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district: William Windom (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district: Ignatius L. Donnelly (R)
 * Missouri


 * Missouri's 1st congressional district: William A. Pile (R)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district: Carman A. Newcomb (R)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district: Thomas E. Noell (D)
 * James R. McCormick (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district: Joseph J. Gravely (R)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district: Joseph W. McClurg (R)
 * John H. Stover (R)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district: Robert T. Van Horn (R)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district: Benjamin F. Loan (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district: John F. Benjamin (R)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district: George W. Anderson (R)
 * Nebraska


 * Nebraska's at-large congressional district: John Taffe (R)
 * Nevada


 * Nevada's at-large congressional district: Delos R. Ashley (R)
 * New Hampshire


 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district: Jacob H. Ela (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district: Aaron F. Stevens (R)
 * New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district: Jacob Benton (R)
 * New Jersey


 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district: William Moore (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district: Charles Haight (D)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district: Charles Sitgreaves (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district: John Hill (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district: George A. Halsey (R)
 * New York


 * New York's 1st congressional district: Stephen Taber (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district: Demas Barnes (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: William E. Robinson (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district: John Fox (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district: John Morrissey (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district: Thomas E. Stewart CR
 * New York's 7th congressional district: John W. Chanler (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: James Brooks (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district: Fernando Wood (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district: William H. Robertson (R)
 * New York's 11th congressional district: Charles H. Van Wyck (R)
 * New York's 12th congressional district: John H. Ketcham (R)
 * New York's 13th congressional district: Thomas Cornell (R)
 * New York's 14th congressional district: John V. L. Pruyn (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district: John A. Griswold (R)
 * New York's 16th congressional district: Orange Ferriss (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Calvin T. Hulburd (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district: James M. Marvin (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district: William C. Fields (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district: Addison H. Laflin (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district: Roscoe Conkling (R)
 * Alexander H. Bailey (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: John C. Churchill (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: Dennis McCarthy (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district: Theodore M. Pomeroy (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district: William H. Kelsey (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district: William S. Lincoln (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district: Hamilton Ward, Sr. (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district: Lewis Selye IR
 * New York's 29th congressional district: Burt Van Horn (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district: James M. Humphrey (D)
 * New York's 31st congressional district: Henry H. Van Aernam (R)
 * North Carolina
 * North Carolina


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district: John R. French (R)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district: David Heaton (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district: Oliver H. Dockery (R)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district: John T. Deweese (R)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district: Israel G. Lash (R)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district: Nathaniel Boyden (C)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district: Alexander H. Jones (R)


 * Ohio


 * Ohio's 1st congressional district: Benjamin Eggleston (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district: Rutherford B. Hayes (R)
 * Samuel F. Cary IR
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district: Robert C. Schenck (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district: William Lawrence (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district: William Mungen (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district: Reader W. Clarke (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district: Samuel Shellabarger (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district: Cornelius S. Hamilton (R)
 * John Beatty (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district: Ralph P. Buckland (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district: James M. Ashley (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district: John T. Wilson (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district: Philadelph Van Trump (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district: George W. Morgan (D)
 * Columbus Delano (R)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district: Martin Welker (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district: Tobias A. Plants (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district: John A. Bingham (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district: Ephraim R. Eckley (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district: Rufus P. Spalding (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district: James A. Garfield (R)


 * Oregon


 * Oregon's at-large congressional district: Rufus Mallory (R)
 * Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district: Samuel J. Randall (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: Charles O'Neill (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district: Leonard Myers (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: William D. Kelley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district: Caleb N. Taylor (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district: Benjamin M. Boyer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district: John M. Broomall (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district: J. Lawrence Getz (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district: Thaddeus Stevens (R)
 * Oliver J. Dickey (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district: Henry L. Cake (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district: Daniel M. Van Auken (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district: Charles Denison (D)
 * George W. Woodward (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district: Ulysses Mercur (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district: George F. Miller (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district: Adam J. Glossbrenner (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district: William H. Koontz (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district: Daniel J. Morrell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district: Stephen F. Wilson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district: Glenni W. Scofield (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district: Darwin A. Finney (R)
 * S. Newton Pettis (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district: John Covode (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district: James K. Moorhead (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district: Thomas Williams (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district: George V. Lawrence (R)
 * Rhode Island


 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district: Thomas A. Jenckes (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district: Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R)
 * South Carolina


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district: B. Frank Whittemore (R)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Christopher C. Bowen (R)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district: M. Simeon Corley (R)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district: James H. Goss (R)
 * Tennessee


 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district: Roderick R. Butler (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district: Horace Maynard (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district: William B. Stokes (R)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district: James Mullins (R)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district: John Trimble (R)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district: Samuel M. Arnell (R)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district: Isaac R. Hawkins (R)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district: David A. Nunn (R)
 * Vermont


 * Vermont's 1st congressional district: Frederick E. Woodbridge (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district: Luke P. Poland (R)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district: Worthington C. Smith (R)
 * West Virginia


 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district: Chester D. Hubbard (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district: Bethuel M. Kitchen (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district: Daniel H. Polsley (R)
 * Wisconsin


 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district: Halbert E. Paine (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district: Benjamin F. Hopkins (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district: Amasa Cobb (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district: Charles A. Eldredge (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district: Philetus Sawyer (R)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district: Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Delegates

 *  Arizona Territory


 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district: Coles Bashford (I)


 *  Colorado Territory


 * Colorado Territory's at-large congressional district: George M. Chilcott (R)


 *  Dakota Territory


 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district: Walter A. Burleigh (R)


 *  Idaho Territory


 * Idaho Territory's at-large congressional district: Edward D. Holbrook (D)


 *  Montana Territory


 * Montana Territory's at-large congressional district: James M. Cavanaugh (D)


 *  New Mexico Territory


 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district: Charles P. Clever (D)
 * J. Francisco Chaves (R)


 *  Utah Territory


 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district: William H. Hooper (D)


 *  Washington Territory


 * Washington Territory's at-large congressional district: Alvan Flanders (R)
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Membership detail by Chamber/Party
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

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