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51 unusual facts about 39th United States Congress


Abner C. Harding

During the 39th Congress, he served as Chairman of the Committee on the Militia.

Addison H. Laflin

He was elected as a Republican to the 39th, 40th and 41st United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1871.

Alexander Hamilton Coffroth

He claimed reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress, was seated on February 19, 1866, and served until July 18, 1866, when he was succeeded by William H. Koontz, who contested the election.

Anson Herrick

Herrick was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress, and subsequently resumed his journalistic pursuits.

Burton C. Cook

Cook was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1865, to August 26, 1871, when he resigned.

Charles Christopher Sheats

In 1864 he was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Charles Denison

Denison was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses and served until his death in Wilkes-Barre.

Charles H. Winfield

Winfield was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867) but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1866 and resumed his legal practice.

Charles M. Harris

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Charles Upson

In 1862 was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 38th United States Congress and was re-elected to the 39th and 40th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1869.

Chilton A. White

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Citizenship Clause

The 39th Congress proposed the principle underlying the Citizenship Clause due to concerns expressed about the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act during floor debates in Congress.

Daniel Morris

Morris was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1867).

Ebenezer Dumont

Dumont was elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress and was reelected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1863–March 3, 1867).

Ebon C. Ingersoll

He was reelected to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses and served from May 20, 1864, to March 3, 1871.

Edwin N. Hubbell

He served one term, the 39th Congress (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867), and was not a candidate for reelection.

Ephraim R. Eckley

Eckley was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1869) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1868.

Fernando C. Beaman

He was Chairman of the House Committee on Roads and Canals in the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Hugh Buchanan

Buchanan was elected to the Thirty-ninth Congress, but his credentials were not presented to the House as the State had not been readmitted to representation.

James M. Humphrey

Humphrey was elected as a Democrat to the 39th and 40th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1865, to March 3, 1869.

Job E. Stevenson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

John Augustus Griswold

Griswold was elected as a Democrat to the 38th and as a Republican to the 39th and 40th United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1863, to March 3, 1869.

John B. Alley

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses).

John B. Steele

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

John Creswell

During his time in the Senate, he served as chairman of the Committee on the Library in the 39th Congress.

John F. Driggs

Driggs was elected as a Republican becoming the first person to represent Michigan's 6th congressional district to the 38th, 39th, and 40th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1869.

John F. McKinney

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1864 for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

John F. Starr

Starr was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1866.

John Noble Goodwin

Goodwin was elected to be Arizona Territory's delegate to the 39th United States Congress on September 6, 1865, defeating incumbent Charles D. Poston in the process.

John W. Longyear

Longyear was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the 38th and 39th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867.

Joseph W. White

He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Lafayette S. Foster

Foster was elected President pro tempore of the Senate at the beginning of the 39th Congress in 1865, and held that title until the end of his term in 1867.

Martin Russell Thayer

He was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses, during which he served on the committee on the bankrupt law and was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Private Land Claims.

Orlando Kellogg

Kellogg was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1863, until his death in Elizabethtown, New York, August 24, 1865.

Philetus Sawyer

He ran for and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1864 and served for ten years from 1865 until 1875 being first elected to the 39th United States Congress.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

Buckland was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869).

Robert S. Hale

Hale was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orlando Kellogg and served from December 3, 1866, to March 3, 1867.

Rowland E. Trowbridge

In 1864, Trowbridge defeated Baldwin to be elected to the 39th Congress, and was reelected in 1866 to the 40th Congress, serving from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1869.

Samuel S. Marshall

Marshall was elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1875), and was the candidate of his party for Speaker of the House in 1867.

Samuel W. Moulton

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress, and was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 4, 1867).

Ulysses Mercur

Mercur was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on December 2, 1872.

United States House of Representatives election in Florida, 1865

An election to the United States House of Representatives was held in Florida for the 39th Congress on November 29, 1865, shortly after the end of the Civil War.

Walter D. McIndoe

He was reelected to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses this time as the representative of Wisconsin's newly created 6th district serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867.

Warren P. Noble

He was elected as a Democrat to both the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1861 - March 3, 1865), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

Wells A. Hutchins

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1864 for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress and again in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

William D. Kelley

He spoke often on the justice and necessity of "impartial suffrage", or voting rights for African-Americans, introduced a bill (which passed into law) in the 39th United States Congress which gave the right to vote to African-Americans in the District of Columbia, and spoke in favor of impeaching President Johnson, who had vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Freedmen's Bureau Bill .

William E. Niblack

Niblack was elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865 − March 3, 1875).

William H. Randall

Randall was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1867).

William Henry Hooper

Hooper was elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873).

William Henry Koontz

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Alexander H. Coffroth to the Thirty-ninth Congress.

William P. Fessenden

He served as chairman of the Finance Committee during the 37th through 39th Congresses (from 1861 to 1867), which led to his Cabinet appointment.