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The 1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 5, 1864, and November 7, 1865, in the midst of the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's reelection. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. Members were elected before the first session of the 39th United States Congress convened on December 4, 1865, including the at-large seat from the new state of Nevada, and the 8 from Tennessee, the first secessionist state to be readmitted. The other 10 secessionist states had not yet been readmitted, and therefore were not seated.

1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections

← 1862 & 1863 June 5, 1864 – November 7, 1865[a] 1866 & 1867 →

All 193[b] seats in the United States House of Representatives
97 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Schuyler Colfax James Brooks
Party National Union Democratic
Leader's seat Indiana 9th New York 8th
Last election 110 seats[c] 72 seats
Seats won 150 33
Seat change Increase40 Decrease39
Popular vote 2,078,677[c] 1,631,393
Percentage 53.47% 41.97%
Swing Decrease 0.78%[d] Decrease 3.14%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Conservative Radical Democracy
Last election New party New party
Seats won 5 4
Seat change Increase5 Increase4
Popular vote 84,998 54,008
Percentage 2.19% 1.39%
Swing New party New party

  Fifth party
 
Party Independent
Last election 2 seats
Seats won 1[e]
Seat change Decrease1
Popular vote 41,360
Percentage 1.06%
Swing Increase 0.50%

Results
     National Unionist gain      National Unionist hold
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold


Speaker before election

Schuyler Colfax
Republican

Elected Speaker

Schuyler Colfax
Republican

The opposition Democrats were deeply divided between the Copperheads, a group that demanded an immediate negotiated settlement with the Confederate States of America, and the War Democrats, who supported the war. With the Democrats lacking any coherent message, they lost half their seats to Lincoln's Republican Party, who increased their majority to a commanding level.

The National Union Party (formerly known as the Unionists) lost seven seats, retaining control of 18 seats (some classify the Representatives as including 13 Unconditional Unionists and five Unionists), all from the border statesofMaryland, Tennessee, and Kentucky, as well as West Virginia.

Election summaries

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One new seat was added for the new State of Nevada[1] and 8 vacancies were filled by the readmission of Tennessee, the first secessionist state to be readmitted. Three former Confederate States held elections in 1865 that were rejected by Congress.

38 137 18
Democratic Republican Unionist
State Type Date Total
seats
Democratic Republican Unionist[f]
Seats Change Seats Change Seats Change
Oregon At-large June 5, 1864 1 0   1   0  
Vermont District September 6, 1864 3 0   3   0  
Maine District September 11, 1864 5 0  1 5  1 0  
Indiana District October 10, 1864 11 2  5 9  5 0  
Nevada[g] At-large 1 0   1  1 0  
Ohio District 19 2  12 17  12 0  
Pennsylvania District 24 8  4 16  4 0  
West Virginia District October 22, 1864 3 0   0   3  
California District[h] November 8, 1864
(Election Day)[i]
3 0   3   0  
Delaware At-large 1 1   0   0  
Illinois District +
1 at-large
14 3  6 11  6 0  
Iowa District 6 0   6   0  
Kansas At-large 1 0   1   0  
Maryland District 5 2  1 0   3  1
Massachusetts District 10 0   10   0  
Michigan District 6 0  1 6  1 0  
Minnesota District 2 0   2   0  
Missouri District 9 1  1 8[e]  7 0  8
New Jersey District 5 3  1 2  1 0  
New York District 31 10  7 21  7 0  
Wisconsin District 6 1  2 5  2 0  
Late elections (after the March 4, 1865 beginning of the term)
New Hampshire District March 14, 1865 3 0  1 3  1 0  
Connecticut District April 3, 1865 4 0  1 4  1 0  
Tennessee[j] District August 3, 1865[k] 8 0   0   8  8
Rhode Island District April 5, 1865 2 0   2   0  
Kentucky District August 7, 1865 9 5  5 0   4  5
Nevada At-large November 7, 1865 1 0   1   0  
Secessionist states not yet readmitted
Alabama District November 6, 1865[l] 6
Arkansas District October 9, 1865[l] 3
Florida At-large November 29, 1865[l] 1
Georgia District November 15, 1865[l] 7
Louisiana District November 6, 1865[l] 5
Mississippi District October 2, 1865[l] 5
North Carolina District November 9, 1865[l] 7
South Carolina District November 22, 1865[l] 4
Texas District October 15, 1866[l] 4
Virginia District October 12, 1865[l] 8
Total[b] 193
50 vacancies[m]
38
19.7%
 31 137[e]
71.0%
 46 18
9.3%
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Popular vote
Nat. Union

53.47%
Democratic

41.97%
Conservative

2.19%
Radical

1.39%
Independent

1.06%
Others

0.00%
House seats
Nat. Union

77.72%
Democratic

17.10%
Conservative

2.59%
Radical

2.07%
Independent

0.52%

Of the rejected elections, Florida's and Mississippi's claimants' parties are unknown, while North Carolina elected 4 Union and 3 Conservative Representatives.

Special elections

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38th Congress

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District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Illinois 5 Owen Lovejoy Republican 1856 Incumbent died March 25, 1864.
New member elected May 19, 1864.
Republican hold.
  • H. M. Wead (Democratic) 37.1%[2]
  • New York 1 Henry G. Stebbins Democratic 1862 Incumbent resigned October 24, 1864.[3]
    New member elected November 8, 1864.
    Democratic hold.
  • Henry G. Stebbins (National Union) 45.1%[4]
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    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    Maryland 2 Edwin H. Webster Unconditional Unionist 1859 Incumbent resigned July 1865.
    New member elected November 7, 1865.
    Unconditional Unionist hold.
  • William Kimmel (Democratic) 16.8%[5]
  • Massachusetts 6 Daniel W. Gooch National Union 1858 (special) Incumbent resigned September 1, 1865.
    New member elected November 7, 1865.
    National Union hold.
  • Thomas J. Greenwood (Democratic) 19.2%[6]
  • New York 16 Orlando Kellogg National Union 1862 Incumbent died August 24, 1865.
    New member elected November 7, 1865.
    National Union hold.
  • Halsey R. Wing (Democratic) 45.5%[7]
  • Alabama

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    Arizona Territory

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    Arkansas

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    California

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    California elections
     
    ← 1863 November 8, 1864 1867 →

    3 seats
      Majority party Minority party
     
    Party Republican Democratic
    Last election 3 0
    Seats won 3 0
    Seat change    
    Popular vote 62,039 43,045
    Percentage 59.0% 41.0%

     

    Results:
         Republican hold

    Note: This was the first election in which California elected representatives from congressional districts.

    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    California 1
    New seat
    Cornelius Cole
    Redistricted from the at-large district.
    Republican 1863 Unknown if incumbent retired or lost renomination.
    New member elected.
  • Joseph B. Crockett (Democratic) 41.8%
  • California 2
    New seat
    William Higby
    Redistricted from the at-large district.
    Republican 1863 Incumbent re-elected.
  • James W. Coffroth (Democratic) 38.7%
  • California 3
    New seat
    Thomas B. Shannon
    Redistricted from the at-large district.
    Republican 1863 Incumbent retired.
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
  • Jackson Temple (Democratic) 44.2%
  • Colorado Territory

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    Connecticut

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    Dakota Territory

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    Delaware

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    Florida

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    Georgia

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    Idaho Territory

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    Illinois

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    Indiana

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    Iowa

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    Kansas

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    Kentucky

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    Louisiana

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    Maine

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    Maryland

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    Massachusetts

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    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    Massachusetts 1 Thomas D. Eliot National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Sylvanus B. Phinney (Democratic) 17.23%
  • Massachusetts 2 Oakes Ames National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • James Maguire (Democratic) 27.93%
  • Massachusetts 3 Alexander H. Rice National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • John S. Sleeper (Democratic) 37.65%
  • Massachusetts 4 Samuel Hooper National Union 1861 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Josiah Gardner Abbott (Democratic) 34.52%
  • Massachusetts 5 John B. Alley National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Joseph B. Morse (Democratic) 24.11%
  • Massachusetts 6 Daniel W. Gooch National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Thomas J. Greenwood (Democratic) 28.34%
  • Massachusetts 7 George S. Boutwell National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Theodore H. Sweetser (Democratic) 31.01%
  • Massachusetts 8 John D. Baldwin National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • George Hodges (Democratic) 25.25%
  • Massachusetts 9 William B. Washburn National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Nathaniel Wood (Democratic) 18.53%
  • Massachusetts 10 Henry Laurens Dawes National Union 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Harry Arnold (Democratic) 35.26%
  • Michigan

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    Minnesota

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    Mississippi

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    Missouri

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    Montana Territory

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    Nebraska Territory

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    Nevada

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    38th Congress

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    On October 31, 1864, the new state of Nevada elected Republican Henry G. Worthington to finish the term ending March 3, 1865.

    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    Nevada at-large New state New seat.
    Republican gain.
  • Other 6,552 votes[8]
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    Worthington was not renominated for the next term, however, and on November 7, 1865, Republican Delos R. Ashley was elected November 7, 1865 for the term that had already begun but would not formally meet until December 4, 1865.

    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    Nevada at-large Henry G. Worthington Republican 1864 (new state) Incumbent lost renomination.[8]
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
  • Henry K. Mitchell 2,215 votes[9]
  • New Hampshire

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    New Jersey

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    New Mexico Territory

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    New York

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    North Carolina

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    Ohio

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    Ohio's delegation swung from 14–5 Democratic to 17-2 Republican as 10 Democratic incumbents lost renomination or re-election.

    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates[10]
    Ohio 1 George H. Pendleton Democratic 1856 Incumbent retired to run for Vice President.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • George E. Pugh (Democratic) 43.0%
  • Ohio 2 Alexander Long Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost renomination.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Joseph C. Butler (Democratic) 41,3%
  • Ohio 3 Robert C. Schenck Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • David A. Houk (Democratic) 44.7%
  • Ohio 4 John F. McKinney Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • John F. McKinney (Democratic) 43.9%
  • Ohio 5 Francis C. Le Blond Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Moses B. Walker (Republican) 44.8%
  • Ohio 6 Chilton A. White Democratic 1860 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Chilton A. White (Democratic) 44.6%
  • Ohio 7 Samuel S. Cox Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Samuel S. Cox (Democratic) 42.9%
  • Ohio 8 William Johnston Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • William Johnston (Democratic) 45.2%
  • Ohio 9 Warren P. Noble Democratic 1860 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Warren P. Noble (Democratic) 26.4%
  • Ohio 10 James M. Ashley Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Americus V. Rice (Democratic) 48.2%
  • Ohio 11 Wells A. Hutchins Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Wells A. Hutchins (Democratic) 40.2%
  • Ohio 12 William E. Finck Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Job E. Stevenson (Republican) 46.7%
  • Ohio 13 John O'Neill Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Charles Follett (Republican) 49.5%
  • Ohio 14 George Bliss Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • George Bliss (Democratic) 44.5%
  • Ohio 15 James R. Morris Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • James R. Morris (Democratic) 42.7%
  • Ohio 16 Joseph W. White Democratic 1882 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • Joseph W. White (Democratic) 47.3%
  • Ohio 17 Ephraim R. Eckley Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Jonathan H. Wallace (Democratic) 40.7%
  • Ohio 18 Rufus P. Spalding Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Jeptha Wade (Democratic) 31.5%
  • Ohio 19 James A. Garfield Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Halsey H. Moses (Democratic) 25.9%
  • Oregon

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    Pennsylvania

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    Rhode Island

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    South Carolina

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    Tennessee

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    Elections held late, on August 3, 1865.

    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    Tennessee 1 None (vacant due to Civil War) New members elected.
    Unionist gain.
  • J. K. Miller (Conservative) 38.98%
  • James H. Randolph (Unknown) 14.41%
  • Thomas D. Arnold (Unknown) 0.23%[11]
  • Tennessee 2
  • Joseph A. Cooper (Conservative) 18.17%
  • Leonidas C. Houk (Unionist) 14.54%
  • Robert K. Byrd (Unionist) 9.46%
  • William Heiskell (Opposition) 1.70%
  • [FNU] Wills (Unionist) 0.16%[12][13]
  • Tennessee 3
  • Asa Faulkner (Conservative) 32.48%
  • John R. Hood (Unknown) 10.77%[14]
  • Tennessee 4
  • James Mullins (Unknown) 2.83%[15]
  • Tennessee 5
  • Sand J. Carter (Unionist) 21.35%
  • Scattering 0.19%[16]
  • Tennessee 6
  • Dorsey B. Thomas (Conservative) 25.21%[17]
  • Tennessee 7
  • Emerson Etheridge (Conservative) 35.38%[18]
  • Tennessee 8
  • John Bullock (Unionist) 17.21%
  • R. S. Saunders (Unknown) 16.87%
  • William C. Dunlap (Conservative) 15.06%
  • William Hunter (Unknown) 2.87%[19]
  • Texas

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    Utah Territory

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    Vermont

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    Virginia

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    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 Jacob B. Blair Unconditional
    Unionist
    1863 Incumbent retired.
    New member elected.
    Unconditional Unionist hold.
  • Samuel Crane (Independent) 37.48%[20]
  • West Virginia 2 William G. Brown Sr. Unconditional
    Unionist
    1863 Incumbent retired.
    New member elected.
    Unconditional Unionist hold.
  • William B. Zinn (Independent) 10.75%
  • Fontain Smith (Independent) 4.39%
  • W. S. Richardson (Independent) 0.40%[21]
  • West Virginia 3 Kellian Whaley Unconditional
    Unionist
    1863 Incumbent re-elected.
  • John M. Phelps (Independent) 33.21%[22]
  • Wisconsin

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    Wisconsin elected six members of congress on Election Day, November 8, 1864.[23]

    District Incumbent This race
    Member Party First elected Results Candidates
    Wisconsin 1 James S. Brown Democratic 1862 Incumbent withdrew from election.
    New member elected.
    National Union gain.
  • John W. Cary (Democratic) 49.1%
  • Wisconsin 2 Ithamar Sloan Republican 1862 Incumbent won re-election on National Union ticket.
    Republican hold.
  • George Baldwin Smith (Democratic) 39.7%
  • Wisconsin 3 Amasa Cobb Republican 1862 Incumbent won re-election on National Union ticket.
    Republican hold.
  • Charles Rodolf (Democratic) 36.8%
  • Wisconsin 4 Charles A. Eldredge Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • A. Scott Sloan (National Union) 41.1%
  • Wisconsin 5 Ezra Wheeler Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
    New member elected.
    National Union gain.
  • Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 43.2%
  • Wisconsin 6 Walter D. McIndoe Republican 1862 Special Incumbent won re-election on National Union ticket.
    Republican hold.
  • Henry Reed (Democratic) 33.7%
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    38th Congress

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    District Incumbent This race
    Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
    Arizona Territory at-large New district New seat.
    New delegate elected on an unknown date in 1864.
    Republican gain.
  • [data missing][24]
  • Montana Territory at-large New district New seat.
    New delegate elected.[n]
    Democratic gain.
  • Wilbur F. Sanders (Republican) 40.62%[25]
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    District Incumbent This race
    Delegate Party First elected Results Candidates
    Arizona Territory at-large Charles Debrille Poston Republican 1864 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected September 6, 1865.
    Republican hold.
  • Charles Debrille Poston (Republican)[27]
  • Colorado Territory at-large Hiram Pitt Bennet Conservative Republican 1861 Incumbent retired.
    New member elected.
    Republican hold.
  • [data missing]
  • Dakota Territory at-large John B. S. Todd Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
    New member elected.
    Republican gain.
  • John B. S. Todd (Democratic)
  • Idaho Territory at-large William H. Wallace Unionist 1860 (Wash. Territory)
    1862 (unknown)
    1863
    Unknown if incumbent retired or lost.
    New delegate elected October 10, 1864.
    Democratic gain.
  • Samuel C. Parks (Unionist) 46.67%[28]
  • Montana Territory at-large Samuel McLean Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected to the term starting March 4, 1865.[n]
  • Gad E. Upson (Republican) 38.88%[26]
  • Nebraska Territory at-large Samuel Gordon Daily Republican 1860 (won contest) Unknown if incumbent retired or lost.
    New delegate elected on an unknown date.
    Republican hold.
  • [data missing]
  • New Mexico Territory at-large
    Utah Territory at-large
    Washington Territory at-large

    See also

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    Notes

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    1. ^ Excludes states admitted after the start of Congress.
  • ^ a b Including late elections.
  • ^ a b Represents the combined results of the Republican and Unionist candidates in the last election cycle.
  • ^ In comparison to the combined results of the Republican and Unionist candidates in the last election cycle.
  • ^ a b c Includes 1 Independent Republican, John R. Kelso, elected in MO-04.
  • ^ Including Unconditional Unionists.
  • ^ New state.
  • ^ Changed from at-large.
  • ^ Although "An Act to establish a uniform time for holding elections for electors of President and Vice President in all the States of the Union (28th Congress, 2nd Session, Chapter 1, 5 Stat. 721, enacted January 23, 1845) was only for presidential elections, the date was gradually adopted by the states for congressional elections.
  • ^ Readmitted state.
  • ^ Not admitted until July 24, 1866.
  • ^ a b c d e f g h i j Rejected election.
  • ^ There were a total of 50 vacancies remaining, after the readmission of Tennessee.
  • ^ a b Date speculative, but presumed to be in 1864[25] and 1865.[26]
  • References

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    1. ^ 14 Stat. 391
  • ^ "IL District 05 - Special Race - May 19, 1864". Our Campaigns. March 10, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  • ^ "The Resignation of Hon. Henry G. Stebbins, M.C." The New York Times. October 26, 1864. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  • ^ "NY District 1 - Special Election Race - Nov 08, 1864". Our Campaigns. March 18, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  • ^ "MD District 2 Race - Nov 07, 1865". Our Campaigns. March 9, 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  • ^ "MA District 6 - Special Election Race - Nov 07, 1865". Our Campaigns. January 26, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  • ^ "NY District 16 - Special Election - Nov 07, 1865". Our Campaigns. May 11, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  • ^ a b History of Nevada, p. 87.
  • ^ History of Nevada, p. 88–89.
  • ^ Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 195, 196.
  • ^ "TN - District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "TN - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "Vote of the Knoxville District," Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, 13 September 1865, p. 2.
  • ^ "TN - District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "TN - District 04". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "TN - District 05". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "TN - District 06". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "TN - District 07". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "TN - District 08". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  • ^ "WV District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  • ^ "WV District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  • ^ "WV District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  • ^ "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.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - AZ Territorial Delegate - Initial Election Race - Aug 02, 1864".
  • ^ a b "Our Campaigns - MT Territorial Delegate - Initial Election Race - Nov 08, 1864". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  • ^ a b "Our Campaigns - MT Territorial Delegate Race - Nov 07, 1865". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - AZ Territorial Delegate Race - Aug 02, 1865". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  • ^ "Our Campaigns - ID Territorial Delegate Race - Oct 10, 1864". www.ourcampaigns.com.
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