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49 unusual facts about 40th United States Congress


Abner C. Harding

However, he was not a candidate for reelection in 1868 after serving in the 40th Congress, and later engaged in banking and railroad building.

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 H. Jones

Upon the readmission of North Carolina to representation, he was elected (in April 1868) to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses and served from July 6, 1868, to March 3, 1871.

Benjamin White Norris

Upon the readmission of Alabama to representation, he was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

Burton C. Cook

He served as chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals (Fortieth Congress), and the Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-first 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 Haight

Haight was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1867-March 3, 1871, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress.

Charles P. Clever

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Democratic Delegate-elect to the Fortieth Congress and served from September 2, 1867 (date of election), to February 20, 1869, when he was succeeded by J. Francisco Chaves, who contested the election.

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.

Charles Waldron Buckley

Upon the re-admission of the State of Alabama to representation in Congress, Buckley was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress.

Charles Wilson Pierce

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

Cornelius S. Hamilton

Hamilton was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from March 4, 1867, until he was beaten to death by his insane son Thomas in Marysville.

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.

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.

Expatriation Act of 1868

The Expatriation Act of 1868 was an act of the 40th United States Congress regarding the right to renounce one's citizenship.

Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

Anticipating an increase in Democratic membership in the following Congress, Republicans used the lame-duck session of the 40th United States Congress to pass an amendment protecting black suffrage.

Francis William Kellogg

Upon the re-admission of Alabama to the Union, Kellogg was elected as a Republican Alabama's 1st congressional district to the 40th Congress, serving from July 22, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

George Madison Adams

Adams was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875).

George Washington Woodward

Woodward was elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Denison.

Henry C. Deming

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress.

Henry D. Washburn

He was reelected to the Fortieth Congress and served from February 23, 1866, to March 3, 1869.

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.

James T. Elliott

He was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Hinds, and served from January 13, 1869, to March 3, 1869.

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 Benton Callis

Upon the readmission of the State of Alabama to representation Callis was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

John C. Churchill

Churchill was elected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1867 to March 3, 1871.

John Duncan Young

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Fortieth Congress in 1867, but was not permitted to qualify as his campaign used fraud and voter intimidation to get him elected.

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 P. C. Shanks

Shanks was elected to the Fortieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1875) and served as chairman of the Committee on Militia (Forty-first Congress) and the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-second Congress).

John V. L. Pruyn

Pruyn was elected to the 40th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1869.

Joseph W. Clift

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of Georgia to representation was elected as a Republican to the 40th United States Congress and served from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

Lewis Selye

Selye was elected as an Independent Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867–March 3, 1869).

Logan H. Roots

Upon the readmission of Arkansas to the Union, Roots was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress.

Nathaniel Boyden

After the American Civil War, he was a delegate to the 1865 North Carolina Constitutional Convention, and, upon the readmission to North Carolina to the union, he was elected as a Conservative to the 40th United States Congress and served from July 13, 1868 to March 3, 1869.

Nelson Tift

After the war ended, he was elected to the 40th United States Congress as a U.S. Representative with the Democratic Party and served from July 25, 1868, until March 3, 1869.

Oliver James Dickey

Dickey was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thaddeus Stevens and on the same day was elected to the Forty-first Congress.

Ralph Pomeroy Buckland

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

Roderick R. Butler

During the 40th Congress (1867–1869), Butler served on the Committee on the Revision of Laws (now part of the Judiciary Committee).

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 F. Gove

Upon the readmission of the State of Georgia to representation he was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from June 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

Samuel Fenton Cary

In 1867, Cary was elected to the Fortieth Congress as an Independent Republican to represent Ohio's second district, taking seat November 21, 1867.

Solomon Newton Pettis

Pettis was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Darwin A. Finney.

Thomas Boles

Upon the readmission of Arkansas to representation Boles was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and was reelected to the Forty-first Congress, serving from June 22, 1868 until March 3, 1871.

Thomas E. Stewart

Stewart was elected as a Conservative Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869).

Thomas Haughey

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of the State of Alabama to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1867

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1867 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred on September 6, 1867 for the 40th Congress.

William H. Robertson

Robertson was elected as a Republican to the 40th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1869.

William P. Edwards

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of Georgia to representation was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and served from July 25, 1868, to March 3, 1869.

William P. Fessenden

He also served as a chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds during the 40th Congress, the Appropriations Committee during the 41st Congress and the U.S. Senate Committee on the Library, also during the 41st Congress.