1864 and 1865 United States House of Representatives elections

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1864 and 1865 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
  Schuyler Colfax portrait.jpg JamesBrooks.jpg
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 Increase 40 Decrease 39
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
Last election New New
Seats won 5 4
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 4
Popular vote 84,998 54,008
Percentage 2.19% 1.39%
Swing New New

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

Speaker before election

Schuyler Colfax
Republican

Elected Speaker

Schuyler Colfax
Republican

Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1864 to elect Representatives to the 39th United States Congress. The election coincided with the presidential election of 1864, in which President Abraham Lincoln was re-elected.

In the midst of the American Civil War, 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 states of Maryland, Tennessee, and Kentucky, as well as West Virginia.

Election summaries[]

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 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Vermont District September 6, 1864 3 0 Steady 3 Steady 0 Steady
Maine District September 11, 1864 5 0 Decrease 1 5 Increase 1 0 Steady
Indiana District October 10, 1864 11 2 Decrease 5 9 Increase 5 0 Steady
Nevada[g] At-large 1 0 Steady 1 Increase 1 0 Steady
Ohio District 19 2 Decrease 12 17 Increase 12 0 Steady
Pennsylvania District 24 8 Decrease 4 16 Increase 4 0 Steady
West Virginia District October 22, 1864 3 0 Steady 0 Steady 3 Steady
California District[h] November 8, 1864
(Election Day)[i]
3 0 Steady 3 Steady 0 Steady
Delaware At-large 1 1 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady
Illinois District +
1 at-large
14 3 Decrease 6 11 Increase 6 0 Steady
Iowa District 6 0 Steady 6 Steady 0 Steady
Kansas At-large 1 0 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Maryland District 5 2 Increase 1 0 Steady 3 Decrease 1
Massachusetts District 10 0 Steady 10 Steady 0 Steady
Michigan District 6 0 Decrease 1 6 Increase 1 0 Steady
Minnesota District 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
Missouri District 9 1 Increase 1 8[e] Increase 7 0 Decrease 8
New Jersey District 5 3 Decrease 1 2 Increase 1 0 Steady
New York District 31 10 Decrease 7 21 Increase 7 0 Steady
Wisconsin District 6 1 Decrease 2 5 Increase 2 0 Steady
Late elections (after the March 4, 1865 beginning of the term)
New Hampshire District March 14, 1865 3 0 Decrease 1 3 Increase 1 0 Steady
Connecticut District April 3, 1865 4 0 Decrease 1 4 Increase 1 0 Steady
Tennessee[j] District August 3, 1865[k] 8 0 Steady 0 Steady 8 Increase 8
Rhode Island District April 5, 1865 2 0 Steady 2 Steady 0 Steady
Kentucky District August 7, 1865 9 5 Increase 5 0 Steady 4 Decrease 5
Nevada At-large November 7, 1865 1 0 Steady 1 Steady 0 Steady
Secessionist states not yet readmitted
Alabama District 6
Arkansas District 3
Florida At-large November 29, 1865[l] 1
Georgia District 7
Louisiana District 5
Mississippi District October 2, 1865[l] 5
North Carolina District November 9, 1865[l] 7
South Carolina District 4
Texas District 4
Virginia District 8
Total[b] 193
50 vacancies[m]
38
19.7%
Decrease31 137[e]
71.0%
Increase46 18
9.3%
Decrease 6
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[]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 6

Alabama[]

Arizona Territory[]

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas[]

California[]

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 Steady Steady
Popular vote 62,039 43,045
Percentage 59.0% 41.0%

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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.
California 2
New seat
William Higby
Redistricted from the at-large district.
Republican 1863 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY William Higby (Republican) 61.3%
  • 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.
  • Green tickY John Bidwell (Republican) 55.8%
  • Jackson Temple (Democratic) 44.2%

Colorado Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut[]

Dakota Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

Delaware[]

Florida[]

Georgia[]

Idaho Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

Illinois[]

Indiana[]

Iowa[]

Kansas[]

Kentucky[]

Louisiana[]

Maine[]

Maryland[]

Massachusetts[]

District Incumbent This race
Member Party First elected Results Candidates
Massachusetts 1 Thomas D. Eliot National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Thomas D. Eliot (National Union) 82.77%
  • Sylvanus B. Phinney (Democratic) 17.23%
Massachusetts 2 Oakes Ames National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Oakes Ames (National Union) 72.07%
  • James Maguire (Democratic) 27.93%
Massachusetts 3 Alexander H. Rice National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Alexander H. Rice (National Union) 62.35%
  • John S. Sleeper (Democratic) 37.65%
Massachusetts 4 Samuel Hooper National Union 1861 (special) Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Samuel Hooper (National Union) 65.48%
  • Josiah Gardner Abbott (Democratic) 34.52%
Massachusetts 5 John B. Alley National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John B. Alley (National Union) 75.89%
  • Joseph B. Morse (Democratic) 24.11%
Massachusetts 6 Daniel W. Gooch National Union 1858 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Daniel W. Gooch (National Union) 71.66%
  • Thomas J. Greenwood (Democratic) 28.34%
Massachusetts 7 George S. Boutwell National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY George S. Boutwell (National Union) 68.99%
  • Theodore H. Sweetser (Democratic) 31.01%
Massachusetts 8 John D. Baldwin National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY John D. Baldwin (National Union) 74.75%
  • George Hodges (Democratic) 25.25%
Massachusetts 9 William B. Washburn National Union 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY William B. Washburn (National Union) 81.47%
  • Nathaniel Wood (Democratic) 18.53%
Massachusetts 10 Henry Laurens Dawes National Union 1856 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Henry L. Dawes (National Union) 64.74%
  • Harry Arnold (Democratic) 35.26%

Michigan[]

Minnesota[]

Mississippi[]

Missouri[]

Montana Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

Nebraska Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

Nevada[]

38th Congress[]

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 member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Henry G. Worthington (Republican) 9,776 votes
  • Other 6,552 votes[2]

39th Congress[]

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.[2]
New member elected.
Republican hold.
  • Green tickY Delos R. Ashley (Republican) 3,691 votes
  • 2,215 votes[3]

New Hampshire[]

New Jersey[]

New Mexico Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

New York[]

North Carolina[]

Ohio[]

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[4]
Ohio 1 George H. Pendleton Democratic 1856 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Ohio 2 Alexander Long Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost renomination.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) 58.7%
  • Joseph C. Butler (Democratic) 41,3%
Ohio 3 Robert C. Schenck Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Robert C. Schenck (Republican) 55.3%
  • David A. Houk (Democratic) 44.7%
Ohio 4 John F. McKinney Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY William Lawrence (Republican) 56.1%
  • John F. McKinney (Democratic) 43.9%
Ohio 5 Francis C. Le Blond Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Francis C. Le Blond (Democratic) 55.2%
  • Moses B. Walker (Republican) 44.8%
Ohio 6 Chilton A. White Democratic 1860 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Reader W. Clarke (Republican) 55.4%
  • Chilton A. White (Democratic) 44.6%
Ohio 7 Samuel S. Cox Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Samuel Shellabarger (Republican) 57.1%
  • Samuel S. Cox (Democratic) 42.9%
Ohio 8 William Johnston Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY James R. Hubbell (Republican) 54.8%
  • William Johnston (Democratic) 45.2%
Ohio 9 Warren P. Noble Democratic 1860 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Ralph P. Buckland (Republican) 73.6%
  • Warren P. Noble (Democratic) 26.4%
Ohio 10 James M. Ashley Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY James M. Ashley (Republican) 51.8%
  • Americus V. Rice (Democratic) 48.2%
Ohio 11 Wells A. Hutchins Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Hezekiah S. Bundy (Republican) 59.8%
  • Wells A. Hutchins (Democratic) 40.2%
Ohio 12 William E. Finck Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY William E. Finck (Democratic) 53.3%
  • Job E. Stevenson (Republican) 46.7%
Ohio 13 John O'Neill Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Columbus Delano (Republican) 50.5%
  • Charles Follett (Republican) 49.5%
Ohio 14 George Bliss Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Martin Welker (Republican) 55.5%
  • George Bliss (Democratic) 44.5%
Ohio 15 James R. Morris Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Tobias A. Plants (Republican) 57.3%
  • James R. Morris (Democratic) 42.7%
Ohio 16 Joseph W. White Democratic 1882 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY John Bingham (Republican) 52.7%
  • Joseph W. White (Democratic) 47.3%
Ohio 17 Ephraim R. Eckley Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
Ohio 18 Rufus P. Spalding Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Rufus P. Spalding (Republican) 68.5%
  • Jeptha Wade (Democratic) 31.5%
Ohio 19 James A. Garfield Republican 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY James A. Garfield (Republican) 74.1%
  • Halsey H. Moses (Democratic) 25.9%

Oregon[]

Pennsylvania[]

Rhode Island[]

South Carolina[]

Tennessee[]

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.
  • Green tickY Nathaniel G. Taylor (Unionist) 46.39%
  • J. K. Miller (Conservative) 38.98%
  • James H. Randolph (Unknown) 14.41%
  • Thomas D. Arnold (Unknown) 0.23%[5]
Tennessee 2
  • Green tickY Horace Maynard (Unionist) 55.97%
  • 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%[6][7]
Tennessee 3
  • Green tickY William B. Stokes (Unionist) 56.75%
  • Asa Faulkner (Conservative) 32.48%
  • John R. Hood (Unknown) 10.77%[8]
Tennessee 4
  • Green tickY Edmund Cooper (Unionist) 97.17%
  • James Mullins (Unknown) 2.83%[9]
Tennessee 5
  • Green tickY William B. Campbell (Unionist) 78.46%
  • Sand J. Carter (Unionist) 21.35%
  • Scattering 0.19%[10]
Tennessee 6
Tennessee 7
Tennessee 8
  • Green tickY John W. Leftwich (Unionist) 47.99%
  • John Bullock (Unionist) 17.21%
  • R. S. Saunders (Unknown) 16.87%
  • William C. Dunlap (Conservative) 15.06%
  • William Hunter (Unknown) 2.87%[13]

Texas[]

Utah Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

Vermont[]

Virginia[]

Washington Territory[]

See non-voting delegates, below.

West Virginia[]

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.
  • Green tickY Chester D. Hubbard (Unconditional Unionist) 62.52%
  • Samuel Crane (Independent) 37.48%[14]
West Virginia 2 William G. Brown Sr. Unconditional Unionist 1863 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Unconditional Unionist hold.
West Virginia 3 Kellian Whaley Unconditional Unionist 1863 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Kellian Whaley (Unconditional Unionist) 66.79%
  • John M. Phelps (Independent) 33.21%[16]

Wisconsin[]

Wisconsin elected six members of congress on Election Day, November 8, 1864.[17]

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.
  • Green tickY Halbert E. Paine (National Union) 50.9%
  • John W. Cary (Democratic) 49.1%
Wisconsin 2 Ithamar Sloan Republican 1862 Incumbent won re-election on National Union ticket.
Republican hold.
  • Green tickY Ithamar Sloan (National Union) 60.3%
  • George Baldwin Smith (Democratic) 39.7%
Wisconsin 3 Amasa Cobb Republican 1862 Incumbent won re-election on National Union ticket.
Republican hold.
  • Green tickY Amasa Cobb (National Union) 63.2%
  • Charles Rodolf (Democratic) 36.8%
Wisconsin 4 Charles A. Eldredge Democratic 1862 Incumbent re-elected.
  • Green tickY Charles A. Eldredge (Democratic) 58.9%
  • A. Scott Sloan (National Union) 41.1%
Wisconsin 5 Ezra Wheeler Democratic 1862 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
National Union gain.
  • Green tickY Philetus Sawyer (National Union) 56.8%
  • Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 43.2%
Wisconsin 6 Walter D. McIndoe Republican 1862 Special Incumbent won re-election on National Union ticket.
Republican hold.

Non-voting delegates[]

38th Congress[]

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.
  • Green tickY Charles Debrille Poston (Republican) 40.62%
  • [data unknown/missing][18]
Montana Territory at-large New district New seat.
New delegate elected.[n]
Democratic gain.
  • Green tickY Samuel McLean (Democratic) 59.39%
  • Wilbur F. Sanders (Republican) 40.62%[19]

39th Congress[]

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.
  • Green tickY John Noble Goodwin (Republican)
  • Charles Debrille Poston (Republican)[21]
Colorado Territory at-large Hiram Pitt Bennet Conservative Republican 1861 Incumbent retired.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
Dakota Territory at-large John B. S. Todd Democratic 1862 Incumbent lost re-election.
New member elected.
Republican gain.
  • Green tickY Walter A. Burleigh (Republican)
  • John B. S. Todd (Democratic)
Idaho Territory at-large William H. Wallace Unionist 1860 (Washington Territory)
1862 (Unknown)
1863
Unknown if incumbent retired or lost.
New delegate elected October 10, 1864.
Democratic gain.
Montana Territory at-large Samuel McLean Democratic 1864 Incumbent re-elected to the term starting March 4, 1865.[n]
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.
  • Green tickY Phineas Warren Hitchcock (Republican) 53.33%
  • [data unknown/missing]
New Mexico Territory at-large
Utah Territory at-large
Washington Territory at-large

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Excludes states admitted after the start of Congress.
  2. ^ a b Including late elections.
  3. ^ a b Represents the combined results of the Republican and Unionist candidates in the last election cycle.
  4. ^ In comparison to the combined results of the Republican and Unionist candidates in the last election cycle.
  5. ^ a b c Includes 1 Independent Republican, John R. Kelso, elected in MO-04.
  6. ^ Including Unconditional Unionists.
  7. ^ New state.
  8. ^ Changed from at-large.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Readmitted state.
  11. ^ Not admitted until July 24, 1866.
  12. ^ a b c Rejected election.
  13. ^ There were a total of 50 vacancies remaining, after the readmission of Tennessee.
  14. ^ a b Date speculative, but presumed to be in 1864[19] and 1865.[20]

References[]

  1. ^ 14 Stat. 391
  2. ^ a b History of Nevada, p. 87.
  3. ^ History of Nevada, p. 88–89.
  4. ^ Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 195, 196.
  5. ^ "TN - District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "TN - District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Vote of the Knoxville District," Knoxville Whig and Rebel Ventilator, 13 September 1865, p. 2.
  8. ^ "TN - District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  9. ^ "TN - District 04". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  10. ^ "TN - District 05". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  11. ^ "TN - District 06". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  12. ^ "TN - District 07". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  13. ^ "TN - District 08". Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  14. ^ "WV District 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  15. ^ "WV District 02". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  16. ^ "WV District 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Our Campaigns - AZ Territorial Delegate - Initial Election Race - Aug 02, 1864".
  19. ^ a b "Our Campaigns - MT Territorial Delegate - Initial Election Race - Nov 08, 1864". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  20. ^ a b "Our Campaigns - MT Territorial Delegate Race - Nov 07, 1865". www.ourcampaigns.com.
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  22. ^ "Our Campaigns - ID Territorial Delegate Race - Oct 10, 1864". www.ourcampaigns.com.

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