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1866–67 United States House of Representatives elections

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The 1866–67 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 4, 1866, and September 6, 1867. They occurred during President Andrew Johnson's term just one year after the American Civil War ended when the Union defeated the Confederacy. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. Members were elected before or after the first session of the 40th United States Congress convened on March 4, 1867, including the at-large seat from the new state of Nebraska. Ten secessionist states still had not yet been readmitted, and therefore were not seated.

1866–67 United States House of Representatives elections
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June 4, 1866 – September 6, 1867[a]
1868 & 1869 →
All 193[b][c] seats in the United States House of Representatives
97 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Schuyler Colfax Samuel Marshall
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat Indiana 9th Illinois 11th
Last election 147 seats[d] 35 seats
Seats won 144 45
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 10
Popular vote 2,611,309 1,919,507
Percentage 55.36% 40.69%
Swing Increase 1.89pp[e] Decrease 1.28pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Independent
Last election 9 seats 1 seat[f]
Seats won 2 1[g]
Seat change Decrease 7 Steady
Popular vote 94,455 83,205
Percentage 2.00% 1.76%
Swing Decrease 0.19pp Increase 0.70pp
House election results map. Red represents seats won by the Republicans and blue denotes those won by the Democrats.
Speaker before election

Schuyler Colfax
Republican

 Elected Speaker

Schuyler Colfax
Republican

The 1866 elections were a decisive event in the early Reconstruction era, in which President Johnson faced off against the Radical Republicans in a bitter dispute over whether Reconstruction should be lenient or harsh toward the vanquished white South.

Most of the congressmen from the former Confederate states were either prevented from leaving the state or were arrested on the way to the capital. A Congress consisting of mostly Radical Republicans sat early in the Capitol and aside from the delegation from Tennessee who were allowed in, the few Southern Congressmen who arrived were not seated.

Background

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Johnson, a War Democrat, had been elected Vice President in the 1864 presidential election as the running mate of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican. (The Republicans had chosen not to re-nominate Hannibal Hamlin for a second term as vice president).

Lincoln and Johnson ran together under the banner of the National Union Party, which brought together Republicans (with the exception of some hard-line abolitionist Radical Republicans who backed John C. Frémont, who eventually dropped out of the race after brokering a deal with Lincoln) and the War Democrats (the minority of Democrats who backed Lincoln's prosecution of the war, as opposed to the Peace Democrats, or Copperheads, who favored a negotiated settlement with the Confederates).

After the assassination of Lincoln, Johnson became president. He immediately became embroiled in a dispute with the Radical Republicans over the conditions of Reconstruction; Johnson favored a lenient Reconstruction, while Radical Republicans wanted to continue the military occupation of the South and force Southern states to give freedmen (the newly freed slaves) civil rights (and the right to vote).

Campaign and results

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Johnson stumped the country in a public speaking tour known as the Swing Around the Circle; he generally supported Democrats but his speeches were poorly received.

The Republicans won in a landslide, capturing enough seats to override Johnson's vetoes. Only the border states of Delaware, Maryland, and Kentucky voted for Democrats. Recently Reconstructed Tennessee sent a Republican delegation. The other 10 ex-Confederate states did not vote. As a percentage of the total number of seats available in the House of Representatives, the Republican majority attained in the election of 1866 has never been exceeded in any subsequent Congress. The Democratic Party was able to achieve similar success only in the political environment of the era of the Great Depression in the 1930s.

Results

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45 1 3 144
Democratic [h] [i] Republican
State Type Date Total
seats		 Democratic Conservative Republican
Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change
Oregon At-large June 4, 1866 1 0 Steady 0 Steady 1 Steady
Vermont Districts Sep 4, 1866 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Steady
Maine Districts Sep 10, 1866 5 0 Steady 0 Steady 5 Steady
Indiana Districts Oct 9, 1866 11 3 Increase 1 0 Steady 8 Decrease 1
Iowa Districts Oct 9, 1866 6 0 Steady 0 Steady 6 Steady
Nebraska At-large Oct 9, 1866 1 0 Steady 0 Steady 1 Steady
Ohio Districts Oct 9, 1866 19 3 Increase 1 0 Steady 16 Decrease 1
Pennsylvania Districts Oct 9, 1866 24 6 Decrease 3 0 Steady 18 Increase 3
West Virginia Districts Oct 25, 1866 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Steady
Delaware At-large Nov 6, 1866
(Election Day)[j]		 1 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Illinois Mixed[k] 14 3 Steady 0 Steady 11 Steady
Kansas At-large 1 0 Steady 0 Steady 1 Steady
Maryland Districts 5 3 Increase 1 0 Steady 1 Decrease 2
Massachusetts Districts 10 0 Steady 0 Steady 10 Steady
Michigan Districts 6 0 Steady 0 Steady 6 Steady
Minnesota Districts 2 0 Steady 0 Steady 2 Steady
Missouri Districts 9 0 Decrease 1 1 Increase 1 8 Steady
Nevada At-large 1 0 Steady 0 Steady 1 Steady
New Jersey Districts 5 2 Decrease 1 0 Steady 3 Increase 1
New York Districts 31 10 Decrease 1 1 Increase 1 20[g] Steady
Wisconsin Districts 6 1 Steady 0 Steady 5 Steady
Late elections (after the March 4, 1867, beginning of Congress)
New Hampshire Districts Mar 12, 1867 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Steady
Connecticut Districts Apr 1, 1867 4 3 Increase 3 0 Steady 1 Decrease 3
Rhode Island Districts Apr 3, 1867 2 0 Steady 0 Steady 2 Steady
Kentucky Districts May 4, 1867 9[l] 7 Increase 7 0 Decrease 5 1[m] Decrease 3
Tennessee Districts Aug 3, 1867 8 0 Steady 0 Decrease 4 8 Increase 4
California Districts Sep 6, 1867 3 2 Increase 2 0 Steady 1 Decrease 2
States not yet readmitted
Alabama Districts — 6 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Arkansas Districts August 6, 1866 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Florida At-large — 1 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Georgia Districts — 7 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Louisiana Districts — 5 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Mississippi Districts — 5 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
North Carolina Districts — 7 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
South Carolina Districts — 4 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Texas Districts October 15, 1866 4 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Virginia Districts — 8 0 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Total[b] 193[c] 45
24.4%		 Increase 10 2
1.0%		 Decrease 7 145
74.6%		 Decrease 3
Popular vote
Republican
 
 55.36%
Democratic
 
 40.69%
Conservative
 
 2.00%
Independent
 
 1.76%
Others
 
 0.19%
House seats
Republican
 
 74.61%
Democratic
 
 23.31%
Conservative
 
 1.03%
Independent Republican
 
 0.52%
Vacancy
 
 0.52%

Maps

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Special elections

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39th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[2]
Kentucky 5 Lovell Rousseau Unconditional
Union		 1865 Incumbent resigned July 21, 1866, following his assault on Josiah B. Grinnell.
Incumbent re-elected September 15, 1866.
Unconditional Union hold.
Kentucky 6 Green C. Smith Unconditional
Union		 1863 Incumbent resigned July 13, 1866.
New member elected September 15, 1866.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Andrew H. Ward (Democratic) 89.21%
  • ▌R. R. Carpenter (Unknown) 10.79%
Kentucky 3 Henry Grider Conservative 1861[n] Incumbent died September 7, 1866.
New member elected October 6, 1866.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Elijah Hise (Democratic) 74.32%
  • ▌P. B. Hawkins (Unconditional Union) 25.68%
New York 3 James Humphrey Union 1864 Incumbent died June 16, 1866.
New member elected November 6, 1866.
Democratic gain.

40th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[3]
Kentucky 3 Elijah Hise Democratic 1866 (special) Incumbent died May 6, 1867.
New member elected August 5, 1867.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Jacob Golladay (Democratic) 76.57%
  • ▌J. R. Curd (Republican) 13.59%
  • ▌W. T. Jackman (Independent) 9.83%
Ohio 2 Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 1864 Incumbent resigned July 20, 1867.
New member elected October 8, 1867.
Independent gain.
Pennsylvania 12 Charles Denison Democratic 1862 Incumbent died June 27, 1867.
New member elected October 8, 1867.
Democratic hold.
Missouri 3 Thomas E. Noell Conservative
Union		 1864[o] Incumbent died October 3, 1867.
New member elected November 5, 1867.
Democratic gain.
New York 21 Roscoe Conkling Republican 1864 Incumbent resigned March 3, 1867.
New member elected November 5, 1867.
Republican hold.

Arkansas

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[3]
Arkansas 1 Vacant Seat vacant since May 6, 1861.
Winner not seated.
  • ▌Green tickY William Byers (Conservative[5]) 79.36%
  • ▌P. Van Patton (Unknown) 17.22%
  • ▌T. M. Jacks (Unknown) 3.43%
Arkansas 2 Vacant Seat vacant since May 6, 1861.
Winner not seated.
  • ▌Green tickY A. W. Hobson (Conservative) 54.50%
  • ▌John H. Askew (Unknown) 39.25%
  • ▌D. H. Moore (Unknown) 4.07%
  • Scattering 2.19%
Arkansas 3 Vacant Seat vacant since May 6, 1861.
Winner not seated.
  • ▌Green tickY Albert C. Greenwood (Conservative) 60.74%
  • ▌James M. Johnson (Union) 30.58%
  • ▌J. E. Bennett (Unknown) 6.65%
  • ▌H. B. Stuart (Unknown) 2.04%

California

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[6]
California 1 Donald C. McRuer Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
California 2 William Higby Republican 1863 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY William Higby (Republican) 52.05%
  • ▌James W. Coffroth (Democratic) 47.95%
California 3 John Bidwell Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY James A. Johnson (Democratic) 50.64%
  • ▌Chancellor Hartson (Republican) 49.36%

Colorado Territory

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See non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[6]
Connecticut 1 Henry C. Deming Republican 1863 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Connecticut 2 Samuel L. Warner Republican 1861 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Connecticut 3 Augustus Brandegee Republican 1863 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Connecticut 4 John Henry Hubbard Republican 1863 Incumbent lost renomination.
Democratic gain.

Dakota Territory

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Delaware

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[7]
Delaware at-large John A. Nicholson Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.

Idaho Territory

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Illinois

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[7]
Illinois at-large Samuel W. Moulton Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John A. Logan (Republican) 57.93%
  • ▌F. Lyle Dickey (Democratic) 42.07%
Illinois 1 John Wentworth Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Norman B. Judd (Republican) 72.90%
  • ▌M. R. Wallace (Democratic) 27.10%
Illinois 2 John F. Farnsworth Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 3 Elihu B. Washburne Republican 1852 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 4 Abner C. Harding Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Abner C. Harding (Republican) 54.36%
  • ▌John S. Thompson (Democratic) 45.64%
Illinois 5 Ebon C. Ingersoll Republican 1864 (special) Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Illinois 6 Burton C. Cook Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Burton C. Cook (Republican) 66.04%
  • ▌S. H. Harris (Democratic) 33.96%
Illinois 7 Henry P. H. Bromwell Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 8 Shelby M. Cullom Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Shelby M. Cullom (Republican) 56.19%
  • ▌Edwin S. Fowler (Democratic) 43.81%
Illinois 9 Lewis Winans Ross Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 10 Anthony Thornton Democratic 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Illinois 11 Samuel S. Marshall Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 12 Jehu Baker Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Illinois 13 Andrew J. Kuykendall Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

Indiana

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[8]
Indiana 1 William E. Niblack Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 2 Michael C. Kerr Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 3 Ralph Hill Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Indiana 4 John H. Farquhar Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
Indiana 5 George W. Julian Republican 1860 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY George W. Julian (Republican) 65.11%
  • ▌Martin L. Bundy (Democratic) 34.89%
Indiana 6 Ebenezer Dumont Republican 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John Coburn (Republican) 54.14%
  • ▌John M. Lord (Democratic) 49.12%
Indiana 7 Daniel W. Voorhees Democratic 1860 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Indiana 8 Godlove S. Orth Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Indiana 9 Schuyler Colfax Republican 1854 Incumbent re-elected
Indiana 10 Joseph H. Defrees Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Indiana 11 Thomas N. Stilwell Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

Iowa

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[6]
Iowa 1 James F. Wilson Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 2 Hiram Price Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 3 William B. Allison Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Iowa 4 Josiah B. Grinnell Republican 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Iowa 5 John A. Kasson Republican 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Iowa 6 Asahel W. Hubbard Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Asahel W. Hubbard (Republican) 69.98%
  • ▌J. D. Thompson (Democratic) 27.61%
  • ▌G. M. Woodbury (Unknown) 2.41%

Kansas

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[9]
Kansas at-large Sidney Clarke Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Sidney Clarke (Republican) 70.06%
  • ▌C. W. Blair (National Union) 29.94%

Kentucky

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[6]
Kentucky 1 Lawrence S. Trimble Conservative 1865 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
Kentucky 2 Burwell C. Ritter Conservative 1865 Incumbent lost re-election.
Winner not seated.
Conservative loss.
Kentucky 3 Elijah Hise Democratic 1866 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Elijah Hise (Democratic) 86.59%
  • ▌George D. Blakey (Republican) 13.41%
Kentucky 4 Aaron Harding Conservative 1861[p] Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY J. Proctor Knott (Democratic) 74.64%
  • ▌Mason C. Taylor (Republican) 20.73%
  • ▌William J. Heady (Conservative) 4.62%
Kentucky 5 Lovell Rousseau Conservative 1865[q] Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Asa Grover (Democratic) 69.26%
  • ▌R. J. Jacobs (Conservative) 23.52%
  • ▌William A. Bulitt (Republican) 7.22%
Kentucky 6 Andrew H. Ward Democratic 1866 (special) Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas L. Jones (Democratic) 72.57%
  • ▌W. L. Rankin (Republican) 27.43%
Kentucky 7 George S. Shanklin Conservative 1865 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY James B. Beck (Democratic) 76.10%
  • ▌William Brown (Republican) 13.03%
  • ▌Charles Hanson (Conservative) 10.87%
Kentucky 8 William H. Randall Republican 1863[r] Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
  • ▌Green tickY George M. Adams (Democratic) 51.23%
  • ▌Milton L. Rice (Republican) 48.77%
Kentucky 9 Samuel McKee Republican 1865 Incumbent successfully challenged result.
Republican hold.

Maine

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
Maine 1 John Lynch Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Maine 2 Sidney Perham Republican 1860 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Sidney Perham (Republican) 65.34%
  • ▌Nahum Morrill (Democratic) 34.66%
Maine 3 James G. Blaine Republican 1860 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY James G. Blaine (Republican) 64.13%
  • ▌Solyman Heath (Democratic) 35.87%
Maine 4 John H. Rice Republican 1856 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY John A. Peters (Republican) 64.47%
  • ▌George M. Weston (Democratic) 35.53%
Maine 5 Frederick A. Pike Republican 1860 Incumbent re-elected.

Maryland

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[12][s]
Maryland 1 Hiram McCullough Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Maryland 2 John Lewis Thomas Jr. Unconditional
Union		 1865 (special) Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
Maryland 3 Charles E. Phelps Conservative 1864 Incumbent re-elected as a Democrat.
Democratic gain.
Maryland 4 Francis Thomas Unconditional
Union		 1861 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Francis Thomas (Unconditional Union) 52.62%
  • ▌William Omauleby (Democratic) 47.38%
Maryland 5 Benjamin G. Harris Democratic 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.

Massachusetts

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
Massachusetts 1 Thomas D. Eliot Republican 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas D. Eliot (Republican) 84.17%
  • ▌Matthias Elias (Democratic) 15.83%
Massachusetts 2 Oakes Ames Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Oakes Ames (Republican) 79.60%
  • ▌Abijah M. Ide (Democratic) 20.40%
Massachusetts 3 Alexander H. Rice Republican 1858 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Massachusetts 4 Samuel Hooper Republican 1861 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 5 John B. Alley Republican 1858 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Benjamin Butler (Republican) 76.07%
  • ▌William D. Northend (Democratic) 23.93%
Massachusetts 6 Nathaniel P. Banks Republican 1865 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 7 George S. Boutwell Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 8 John D. Baldwin Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John D. Baldwin (Republican) 82.62%
  • ▌William A. Williams (Democratic) 17.38%
Massachusetts 9 William B. Washburn Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Massachusetts 10 Henry L. Dawes Republican 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Henry L. Dawes (Republican) 66.00%
  • ▌Abijah W. Chapin (Democratic) 34.00%

Michigan

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
Michigan 1 Fernando C. Beaman Republican 1860 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 2 Charles Upson Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 3 John W. Longyear Republican 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Michigan 4 Thomas W. Ferry Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas W. Ferry (Republican) 65.24%
  • ▌John B. Hutchins (Democratic) 34.76%
Michigan 6 Rowland E. Trowbridge Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Michigan 7 John F. Driggs Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John F. Driggs (Republican) 57.80%
  • ▌Julius K. Rose (Democratic) 42.20%

Minnesota

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
Minnesota 1 William Windom Republican 1859 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY William Windom (Republican) 51.84%
  • ▌Richard A. Jones (Democratic) 48.16%
Minnesota 2 Ignatius L. Donnelly Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.

Missouri

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[14]
Missouri 1 John Hogan Democratic 1864 Incumbent lost re-election as a Conservative Unionist.
Radical Union gain.
Missouri 2 Henry T. Blow Radical Union 1862 Incumbent retired.
Radical Union hold.
Missouri 3 Thomas E. Noell Conservative
Union		 1864[t] Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Thomas E. Noell (Conservative Union) 56.49%
  • ▌Albert Jackson (Radical Union) 43.51%
Missouri 4 John R. Kelso Independent
Unionist		 1864 Incumbent retired.
Radical Union gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Joseph J. Gravely (Radical Union) 75.92%
  • ▌John S. Waddill (Conservative Union) 24.08%
Missouri 5 Joseph W. McClurg Radical Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 6 Robert T. Van Horn Radical Union 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Robert T. Van Horn (Radical Union) 52.56%
  • ▌James H. Birgh (Conservative Union) 47.36%
  • ▌L. S. McCoy (Unknown) 0.08%
Missouri 7 Benjamin F. Loan Radical Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected
  • ▌Green tickY Benjamin F. Loan (Radical Union) 73.33%
  • ▌George A. Hawley (Conservative Union) 26.67%
Missouri 8 John F. Benjamin Radical Union 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Missouri 9 George W. Anderson Radical Union 1864 Incumbent re-elected.

Montana Territory

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Nebraska

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Nevada held successive elections in 1866 to fill one vacancy in the 38th Congress and elect its representative to the 39th Congress.

39th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[15]
Nebraska at-large New state New seat.
Republican gain.

40th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
Nebraska at-large Turner M. Marquett Republican 1866 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

Nevada

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
Nevada at-large Delos R. Ashley Republican 1865 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Delos R. Ashley (Republican) 54.60%
  • ▌H. K. Mitchell (Democratic) 45.40%

New Hampshire

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
New Hampshire 1 Gilman Marston Republican 1865 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
New Hampshire 2 Edward H. Rollins Republican 1861 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Aaron F. Stevens (Republican) 52.21%
  • ▌Edward W. Harrington (Democratic) 47.79%
New Hampshire 3 James W. Patterson Republican 1863 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Jacob Benton (Republican) 52.43%
  • ▌Harry Bingham (Democratic) 47.57%

New Jersey

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[11]
New Jersey 1 John F. Starr Republican 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY William Moore (Republican) 57.78%
  • ▌Albert H. Slape (Democratic) 42.22%
New Jersey 2 William A. Newell Republican 1864 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
New Jersey 3 Charles Sitgreaves Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
New Jersey 4 Andrew J. Rogers Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
New Jersey 5 Edwin R. V. Wright Democratic 1864 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

New Mexico Territory

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New York

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[16]
New York 1 Stephen Taber Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 2 Teunis G. Bergen Democratic 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Demas Barnes (Democratic) 62.50%
  • ▌James A. Van Brunt (Republican) 35.96%
New York 3 James Humphrey Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic gain.
New York 4 Morgan Jones Democratic 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New York 5 Nelson Taylor Democratic 1864 Incumbent lost re-election as an Independent Democrat.
Democratic hold.
New York 6 Henry J. Raymond Conservative 1864 Incumbent retired.
Conservative hold.
New York 7 John Winthrop Chanler Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John W. Chanler (Democratic) 63.04%
  • ▌George F. Steinbrenner (Republican) 36.96%
New York 8 James Brooks Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
New York 9 William A. Darling Republican 1864 Incumbent lost re-election.
Democratic gain.
New York 10 William Radford Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
New York 11 Charles H. Winfield Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.

Ohio

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Democrats gained one seat this election in Ohio. It was later contested and awarded to the Republican for a net gain of zero.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[17]
Ohio 1 Benjamin Eggleston Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 2 Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 3 Robert C. Schenck Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 4 William Lawrence Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 5 Francis C. Le Blond Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Ohio 6 Reader W. Clarke Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 7 Samuel Shellabarger Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 8 James Randolph Hubbell Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Ohio 9 Ralph P. Buckland Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 10 James M. Ashley Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 11 Hezekiah S. Bundy Republican 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
Ohio 12 William E. Finck Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
Ohio 13 Columbus Delano Republican 1864 Incumbent lost re-election
Democratic gain.[u]
Ohio 14 Martin Welker Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY Martin Welker (Republican) 53.4%
  • ▌James B. Young (Democratic) 46.6%
Ohio 15 Tobias A. Plants Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 16 John Bingham Republican 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
  • ▌Green tickY John Bingham (Republican) 52.8%
  • ▌Charles H. Mitchner (Democratic) 47.2%
Ohio 17 Ephraim R. Eckley Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 18 Rufus P. Spalding Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 19 James A. Garfield Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.

Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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Tennessee

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Elections held late, on August 1, 1867.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Tennessee 1 Nathaniel G. Taylor Conservative 1865 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
  • ▌Green tickY Roderick R. Butler (Republican) 86.82%
  • ▌James White (Conservative) 12.85%
  • ▌James Powell (Republican) 0.33%[18]
Tennessee 2 Horace Maynard Radical 1865 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 3 William B. Stokes Radical 1865 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 4 Edmund Cooper Conservative 1865 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 5 William B. Campbell Conservative 1865 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 6 Samuel M. Arnell Radical 1865 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 7 Isaac R. Hawkins Radical 1865 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
Tennessee 8 John W. Leftwich Conservative 1865 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican gain.

Utah Territory

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Vermont

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[26]
Vermont 1 Frederick E. Woodbridge Republican 1863 Incumbent re-elected.
Vermont 2 Justin S. Morrill Republican 1854 Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.
  • ▌Green tickY Luke P. Poland (Republican) 72.2%
  • ▌Charles M. Chase (Democratic) 26.2%
Others
Vermont 3 Portus Baxter Republican 1860 Incumbent lost re-election.
Republican hold.
First ballot
  • ▌Portus Baxter (Republican) 46.8%
  • ▌Romeo H. Hoyt (Republican) 28.8%
  • ▌Waldo Brigham (Democratic) 21.7%
  • ▌J. S. Adams (Republican) 1.0%
  • ▌J. H. Woodward (Republican) 0.6%
  • ▌O. G. Wheeler (Republican) 0.5%
Second ballot

Washington Territory

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West Virginia

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
West Virginia 1 Chester D. Hubbard Unconditional
Unionist		 1864 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Republican gain.
West Virginia 2 George R. Latham Unconditional
Unionist		 1864 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.
West Virginia 3 Kellian Whaley Unconditional
Unionist		 1863 Incumbent retired.
Republican gain.

Wisconsin

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Wisconsin elected six members of congress on Election Day, November 4, 1866.

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates[30]
Wisconsin 1 Halbert E. Paine National
Union		 1864 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Wisconsin 2 Ithamar Sloan National
Union		 1862 Incumbent lost renomination.
Republican hold.
Wisconsin 3 Amasa Cobb National
Union		 1862 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Wisconsin 4 Charles A. Eldredge Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Wisconsin 5 Philetus Sawyer National
Union		 1864 Incumbent re-elected as a Republican.
Wisconsin 6 Walter D. McIndoe National
Union		 1862 (special) Incumbent retired.
Republican hold.

Non-voting delegates

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District Incumbent This race
Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
Colorado Territory at-large
Dakota Territory at-large
Idaho Territory at-large Edward D. Holbrook Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected.
Montana Territory at-large Samuel McLean Democratic 1864 Incumbent retired.
Democratic hold.
New Mexico Territory at-large
Utah Territory at-large
Washington Territory at-large

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Excludes states readmitted after the start of Congress.
  2. 1 2 Including late elections.
  3. 1 2 An additional 50 seats were vacant during Reconstruction.
  4. ↑ Represents the results of the National Union coalition in the last election cycle.
  5. ↑ In comparison to the vote for the National Union coalition in the last election cycle.
  6. ↑ Including 1 Independent Unionist, John R. Kelso, from Missouri's 4th congressional district.
  7. 1 2 Including 1 Independent Republican, Lewis Selye, from New York's 28th congressional district.
  8. ↑ 1 vacancy.
  9. ↑ 1 Conservative Unionist, 1 Conservative Republican, 1 Independent Republican.
  10. ↑ In 1845, Congress passed a law providing for a uniform date for choosing presidential electors (see: Statutes at Large, 28th Congress, 2nd Session, p. 721). Congressional elections were unaffected by this law, but the date was gradually adopted by the states for congressional elections as well.
  11. ↑ 13 single-member districts and 1 at-large seat.
  12. ↑ One seat remained vacant during the 40th Congress.
  13. ↑ Not seated until June 22, 1868.[1]
  14. ↑ Grider was elected as a Union Democrat in 1861 and re-elected as a Conservative in 1865.
  15. ↑ Noell was elected as a Radical Unionist in 1864 and re-elected as a Conservative Unionist in 1866.
  16. ↑ Harding was elected as a Union Democrat in 1861 and re-elected as a Conservative in 1865.
  17. ↑ Rousseau was elected as a Republican (Unconditional Unionist) in 1865 and became a Conservative during the 39th Congress.[10]
  18. ↑ Randall was elected as a Union Democrat in August 1863 and became a Republican (Unconditional Unionist) in December 1863.
  19. ↑ Dubin lists the Unconditional Union candidates as Republicans; however, Maryland's Union Party did not change its name to the Maryland Republican Party until April 1867, after these elections.[13]
  20. ↑ Noell was elected as a Radical Unionist in 1864 and became a Conservative Unionist during the 39th Congress.[10]
  21. 1 2 3 Morgan (Democratic) was initially seated (and thus is counted towards the party totals at this article), but the election was contested and the seat was subsequently awarded to Delano (Republican) during the 40th Congress's second session.

References

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  1. ↑ Dubin 1998, p. 209n16.
  2. ↑ Dubin 1998, p. 202.
  3. 1 2 Dubin 1998, p. 208.
  4. ↑ Parrish 1973, p. 239.
  5. ↑ Greeley 1867, p. 22.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Dubin 1998, p. 207.
  7. 1 2 Dubin 1998, p. 204.
  8. ↑ Dubin 1998, pp. 204–05.
  9. ↑ Dubin 1998.
  10. 1 2 Greeley 1867, p. 21; Evening Journal Almanac 1867, p. 36.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dubin 1998, p. 205.
  12. ↑ Dubin 1998, p. 205; Baker 1973, pp. 160–61.
  13. ↑ Baker 1973, p. 177.
  14. ↑ Dubin 1998, p. 205; Parrish 1973, pp. 137, 140–41.
  15. ↑ Dubin 1998, p. 201.
  16. ↑ Dubin 1998, pp. 205–06.
  17. ↑ Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 228, 229.
  18. ↑ "TN - District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  19. ↑ "TN - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  20. ↑ "TN - District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  21. ↑ "TN - District 04". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  22. ↑ "TN - District 05". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  23. ↑ "TN - District 06". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  24. ↑ "TN - District 07". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  25. ↑ "TN - District 08". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  26. ↑ "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Results and Statistics". VT Elections Database. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  27. ↑ "WV District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  28. ↑ "WV District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  29. ↑ "WV District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  30. ↑ "Wisconsin U.S. House Election Results" (PDF). Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  31. ↑ "ID Territorial Delegate". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
  32. ↑ "Our Campaigns - MT Territorial Delegate Race - Nov 05, 1867". www.ourcampaigns.com.

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