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56 unusual facts about 41st United States Congress


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 Eggleston

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress.

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 D. Drake

While in the Senate he was chairman, Committee on Education (Forty-first Congress).

Charles H. Prince

He presented his credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress but was not permitted to qualify.

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 Hays

Hays was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877) and served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Forty-third Congress).

Charles Pomeroy

In 1868, Pomeroy was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 6th congressional district in the U.S. House the Forty-first Congress.

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.

Edward Degener

Upon the readmission of the State of Texas to representation was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 31, 1870, to March 3, 1871.

Erasmus D. Peck

Peck was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Truman H. Hoag.

Eugene Hale

He was elected to the Maine Legislature 1867–68, to the U.S. House of Representatives 1869–79, serving in the 41st and four succeeding Congresses.

Eugene McLanahan Wilson

Wilson served in the Union Army during the Civil War as captain of Company A, First Minnesota Mounted Rangers; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871).

George M. Brooks

Brooks was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George S. Boutwell.

George W. Whitmore

Upon the readmission of Texas, he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 30, 1870, to March 3, 1871.

George Woodward Greene

Greene presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to February 17, 1870, when he was succeeded by Charles H. Van Wyck, who contested his election.

Henry D. Washburn

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress.

Hervey C. Calkin

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress and served from (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871).

Horatio C. Burchard

Burchard was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Elihu B. Washburne.

Isaac H. Duval

He was a postbellum U.S. Representative from West Virginia in the 41st United States Congress.

Jacob K. Shafer

Shafer was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871), but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

James W. Singleton

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress.

Jefferson F. Long

Long was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused when the U.S. House declared Samuel F. Gove not entitled to the seat and served from January 16, 1871 to March 3, 1871.

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 C. Conner

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of Texas to representation was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress.

John Covode

Covode contested with Henry D. Foster the election to the Forty-first Congress, neither being sworn pending the contest, as no credentials were issued by the Governor.

John M. Crebs

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873), defeating incumbent and fellow former Civil War officer Green Raum in the 1868 election.

John Manning, Jr.

He was elected over Joseph W. Holden on November 26, 1870 as a Democrat (then called "Conservative" in North Carolina) to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John T. Deweese.

John McConnell Rice

Rice was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873) but was not a candidate for renomination in 1872.

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 Roberts Reading

Reading presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, to April 13, 1870, when he was succeeded by Caleb N. Taylor, who contested his election.

Joseph Segar

On January 25, 1870, in the Forty-first Congress, Segar claimed an at-large ninth seat for Virginia in the U.S. House, but was not seated.

Joseph W. Clift

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the 41st United States Congress, but was not permitted to qualify.

Julius L. Strong

Strong was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses and served from March 4, 1869, until his death in Hartford, Connecticut, September 7, 1872.

Logan H. Roots

He was reelected to the Forty-first Congress and served from June 22, 1868, to March 3, 1871.

Marion Bethune

Bethune was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring that William P. Edwards was not entitled to the seat and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1871.

Nathaniel Boyden

He unsuccessfully contested the election of Francis E. Shober to the 41st United States Congress, and afterwards resumed the practice of law until elected associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in 1872.

Noah Davis

Davis was elected as a Republican to the 41st United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1869, to July 15, 1870, when he resigned.

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.

Richard S. Ayer

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the readmission of the State of Virginia to representation Ayer was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress defeating Conservative Joseph Eggleton Segar and Independents Daniel M. Norton and George W. Lewis and served from January 31, 1870, until March 3, 1871.

Roderick R. Butler

During the 41st Congress, he served on the Committee on Elections and the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions.

Samuel F. Gove

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify.

Selucius Garfielde

After switching parties, Garfielde was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873).

Sion Hart Rogers

He was, however, elected as a Democrat in 1868 to the 41st United States Congress, where he again served a single-term (March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873).

Solomon L. Hoge

Hoge won a seat as a Republican to represent the 3rd congressional district after he successfully challenged the election of Democrat J.P. Reed to the Forty-first Congress.

Stephen A. Corker

Corker was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Charles H. Prince not entitled to the seat and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1871.

Stephen Friel Nuckolls

Upon the organization of the Territory of Wyoming he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress and served from December 6, 1869, to March 3, 1871.

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.

Truman H. Hoag

Hoag was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1869, until his death in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 1870.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1870

A special election was called to be held simultaneously with the regular election and Republican Joseph Rainey defeated Democrat C.W. Dudley to serve the remainder of the term for the 41st Congress.

William P. Edwards

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-first Congress, but was not permitted to qualify.

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.

William P. Price

His next appointment as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by failure to elect.

William W. Paine

Paine was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the House declaring Joseph W. Clift not entitled to the seat, and served from December 22, 1870, to March 3, 1871.

William Wellington Corlett

He settled in Cheyenne, Wyoming, August 20, 1867, and engaged in the practice of law before becoming an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Delegate to the Forty-first Congress in 1869.