The Green Papers: Political Party Breakdown of the 39th Congress of the United States, 1865-1867

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President	Party	Congress	United States Senate	House of Representatives
	Democrat	Republican	other	vacancies	Democrat	Republican	other
Lincoln/ Johnson, A.	Republican	39th 1865-1867	13	36^CP	1	22
39TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL President ABRAHAM LINCOLN was shot by an assassin on 14 April 1865 and died the next day, at which moment- as per Article II, Section 1, clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution- "the Powers and Duties of [the Presidency] shall devolve on the Vice President", ANDREW JOHNSON. Mr. Johnson formally took the oath of office as President on 15 April 1865, the same day as Mr. Lincoln's passing. Only one of the 11 former constituent States of the defunct Confederate States of America would be "reconstructed" during the 39th Congress, this being the State of TENNESSEE which was readmitted to representation in Congress- with the right to have its 2 Senators and its 8 Congressmen seated in each respective house of that Congress- on 24 July 1866: as the State's readmission to representation in Congress was after the convening of the "long" session of the 39th Congress on 4 December 1865, the Senators from that State are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of that Congress; neither are its Congressmen counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in the 39th Congress. NEBRASKA was admitted as the 37th State of the Union on 1 March 1867: as this was well after the convening of the "long" session of the 39th Congress on 4 December 1865, Nebraska's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 39th Congress; neither is Nebraska's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress. 39TH CONGRESS- SENATE The SENATE of the 39th Congress included 1 Senator from other than the two Major Parties as elected by his respective State legislature, as follows: 1 Unionist- Senator John Conness of CALIFORNIA (Class 1) The SENATE of the 39th Congress also included 22 vacancies from the 11 States of the Confederate States of America which remained legally seceded from the Union as of the start of that Congress [4 March 1865]. John A.J. Creswell, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of MARYLAND to the Class 3 seat (term ending 3 March 1867) from that State vacated by the death of Senator Thomas H. Hicks on 14 February 1865, during the preceding Congress, on 9 March 1865, before the convening of the "long" session of the 39th Congress on 4 December 1865; Senator Creswell, therefore, is counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 39th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1865].

President

Party

Congress

United States Senate

House of Representatives

Democrat

Republican

other

vacancies

Democrat

Republican

other

Lincoln/
Johnson, A.

Republican

39th 1865-1867

36^CP

39TH CONGRESS- IN GENERAL

President ABRAHAM LINCOLN was shot by an assassin on 14 April 1865 and died the next day, at which moment- as per Article II, Section 1, clause 6 of the U.S. Constitution- "the Powers and Duties of [the Presidency] shall devolve on the Vice President", ANDREW JOHNSON. Mr. Johnson formally took the oath of office as President on 15 April 1865, the same day as Mr. Lincoln's passing.

Only one of the 11 former constituent States of the defunct Confederate States of America would be "reconstructed" during the 39th Congress, this being the State of TENNESSEE which was readmitted to representation in Congress- with the right to have its 2 Senators and its 8 Congressmen seated in each respective house of that Congress- on 24 July 1866: as the State's readmission to representation in Congress was after the convening of the "long" session of the 39th Congress on 4 December 1865, the Senators from that State are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of that Congress; neither are its Congressmen counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in the 39th Congress.

NEBRASKA was admitted as the 37th State of the Union on 1 March 1867: as this was well after the convening of the "long" session of the 39th Congress on 4 December 1865, Nebraska's 2 Senators are NOT counted among those elected to the Senate of the 39th Congress; neither is Nebraska's 1 Congressman counted among those elected to the House of Representatives in that Congress.

39TH CONGRESS- SENATE

The SENATE of the 39th Congress included 1 Senator from other than the two Major Parties as elected by his respective State legislature, as follows:

1 Unionist-
- Senator John Conness of CALIFORNIA (Class 1)

The SENATE of the 39th Congress also included 22 vacancies from the 11 States of the Confederate States of America which remained legally seceded from the Union as of the start of that Congress [4 March 1865].

John A.J. Creswell, a Republican, was elected by the General Assembly of the State of MARYLAND to the Class 3 seat (term ending 3 March 1867) from that State vacated by the death of Senator Thomas H. Hicks on 14 February 1865, during the preceding Congress, on 9 March 1865, before the convening of the "long" session of the 39th Congress on 4 December 1865; Senator Creswell, therefore, is counted among the 36 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 39th Congress, notwithstanding the existence of a vacancy at the start of that Congress [4 March 1865].

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