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| 38th United States Congress | |||
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| Duration: March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 | |||
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| President of the Senate: | Hannibal Hamlin | ||
| President pro tempore: | Solomon Foot Daniel Clark |
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| Speaker of the House: | Schuyler Colfax | ||
| Members: | 52 Senators 184 Representatives 10 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican | ||
| House Majority: | Republican | ||
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| 1st: December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864 2nd: December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865 Special: March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863 |
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The Thirty-eighth 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, 1863 to March 3, 1865, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
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.
Major events
- American Civil War, which had started in 1861, continued through this Congress and ended later in 1865
Major legislation
- April 22, 1864 — Coinage Act of 1864, Sess. 1, ch. 66, 13 Stat. 54
- March 3, 1865 — Freedman's Bureau, Sess. 2, ch. 90, 13 Stat. 507
Treaties ratified
- February 9, 1865 — Chippewa Indians, 13 Stat. 393
States admitted and seceded and Territories organized
States admitted
- June 19, 1863 — West Virginia admitted (formed from a portion of Virginia, 13 Stat. 731 (See also 12 Stat. 633)
- October 31, 1864 — Nevada admitted, 13 Stat. 749 (See also 13 Stat. 30)
States seceded
Congress did not accept secession. Secessionists were not eligible for Congress, and the states of the Confederacy did not hold elections for it.
- Already seceded in 1861: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee
Territory organized
- May 26, 1864 — Montana Territory organized, Sess. 1, ch. 95, 13 Stat. 85
Party summary
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.
Senate
- Republican (R): 33 (majority)
- Democratic (D): 10
- Unionist (U): 4
- Unconditional Unionist (UU): 5
TOTAL members: 52
House of Representatives
- Republican (R): 85 (plurality)
- Independent Republican (IR): 2
- Democratic (D): 72
- Unionist (U): 9
- Unconditional Unionist (UU): 16
TOTAL members: 184
Leadership
Senate
- President: Hannibal Hamlin (R)
- President pro tempore:
- Solomon Foot (R), March 4, 1863 – April 13, 1864
- Daniel Clark (R), April 26, 1864 – End
Majority (Republican) leadership
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Schuyler Colfax (R), December 7, 1863 – End
Majority (Republican) leadership
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
- See also: 38th United States Congress - political parties
- See also: 38th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House elections, 1862
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 began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1868; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1866.
House of Representatives
