1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections

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[lower-alpha 1] 1866 & 1867 →
All 193[lower-alpha 2] 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[lower-alpha 3] 72 seats Seats won 150 33 Seat change 40 39 Popular vote 2,078,677[lower-alpha 3] 1,631,393 Percentage 53.47% 41.97% Swing 0.78%[lower-alpha 4] 3.14%   Third party Fourth party   Party Conservative Radical Democracy Last election New party New party Seats won 5 4 Seat change 5 4 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[lower-alpha 5] Seat change 1 Popular vote 41,360 Percentage 1.06% Swing 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 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.

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38	137	18
Democratic	Republican	Unionist

State	Type	Date	Total seats	Democratic		Republican		Unionist[lower-alpha 6]
				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[lower-alpha 7]	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[lower-alpha 8]	November 8, 1864 (Election Day)[lower-alpha 9]	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[lower-alpha 5]	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[lower-alpha 10]	District	August 3, 1865[lower-alpha 11]	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[lower-alpha 12]	6
Arkansas	District	October 9, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	3
Florida	At-large	November 29, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	1
Georgia	District	November 15, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	7
Louisiana	District	November 6, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	5
Mississippi	District	October 2, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	5
North Carolina	District	November 9, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	7
South Carolina	District	November 22, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	4
Texas	District	October 15, 1866[lower-alpha 12]	4
Virginia	District	October 12, 1865[lower-alpha 12]	8
Total[lower-alpha 2]			193 50 vacancies[lower-alpha 13]	38 19.7%	31	137[lower-alpha 5] 71.0%	46	18 9.3%	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

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

38th Congress

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.	▌Y Ebon C. Ingersoll (Republican) 62.8% ▌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.	▌Y Dwight Townsend (Democratic) 54.9% ▌Henry G. Stebbins (National Union) 45.1%[4]

39th Congress

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.	▌Y John L. Thomas Jr. (Unconditional Unionist) 83.2% ▌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.	▌Y Nathaniel P. Banks (National Union) 80.8% ▌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.	▌Y Robert S. Hale (National Union) 54.5% ▌Halsey R. Wing (Democratic) 45.5%[7]

Alabama

See also: List of United States representatives from Alabama

Alabama did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Arizona Territory

See Non-voting delegates, below.

Arkansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Arkansas

Arkansas did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

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 Popular vote 62,039 43,045 Percentage 59.0% 41.0%
Results:      Republican hold

Main article: 1864 United States House of Representatives elections in California

See also: List of United States representatives from California

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.	▌Y Donald C. McRuer (Republican) 58.2% ▌Joseph B. Crockett (Democratic) 41.8%
California 2 New seat	William Higby Redistricted from the at-large district.	Republican	1863	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y 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. Republican hold.	▌Y John Bidwell (Republican) 55.8% ▌Jackson Temple (Democratic) 44.2%

Colorado Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

Connecticut

See also: List of United States representatives from Connecticut

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
Connecticut 1	Henry C. Deming	Republican	1863	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Henry C. Deming (National Union)
Connecticut 2	James E. English	Democratic	1861	Incumbent retired. National Union gain.	▌Y Samuel L. Warner (National Union)
Connecticut 3	Augustus Brandegee	Republican	1863	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Augustus Brandegee (National Union)
Connecticut 4	John Henry Hubbard	Republican	1863	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y John Henry Hubbard (National Union)

Dakota Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

Delaware

See also: List of United States representatives from Delaware, 1864 United States Senate election in Delaware, and 1864 United States Senate special election in Delaware

Florida

See also: List of United States representatives from Florida

Florida did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Georgia

See also: List of United States representatives from Georgia

Georgia did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Idaho Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

Illinois

See also: List of United States representatives from Illinois

Indiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Indiana

Iowa

See also: List of United States representatives from Iowa and 1864 United States Senate election in Iowa

Kansas

See also: List of United States representatives from Kansas and 1865 United States Senate election in Kansas

Kentucky

See also: List of United States representatives from Kentucky

Louisiana

See also: List of United States representatives from Louisiana

Louisiana did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Maine

See also: List of United States representatives from Maine

Maryland

See also: List of United States representatives from Maryland, 1864 United States Senate special election in Maryland, and 1865 United States Senate special election in Maryland

Massachusetts

See also: List of United States representatives from Massachusetts and 1865 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

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

Michigan

See also: List of United States representatives from Michigan and 1865 United States Senate election in Michigan

Minnesota

See also: List of United States representatives from Minnesota and 1865 United States Senate election in Minnesota

Mississippi

See also: List of United States representatives from Mississippi

Mississippi did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Missouri

See also: List of United States representatives from Missouri

Montana Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

Nebraska Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

Nevada

See also: List of United States representatives from Nevada and 1865 United States Senate elections in 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 seat. Republican gain.	▌Y Henry G. Worthington (Republican) 9,776 votes Other 6,552 votes[8]

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.[8] Republican hold.	▌Y Delos R. Ashley (Republican) 3,691 votes ▌Henry K. Mitchell 2,215 votes[9]

New Hampshire

See also: List of United States representatives from New Hampshire and 1864 United States Senate election in New Hampshire

New Jersey

See also: List of United States representatives from New Jersey and 1864 United States Senate election in New Jersey

New Mexico Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

New York

See also: List of United States representatives from New York

North Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from North Carolina

North Carolina did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Ohio

Main article: 1864 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio

See also: List of United States representatives from 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[10]
Ohio 1	George H. Pendleton	Democratic	1856	Incumbent retired to run for Vice President. Republican gain.	▌Y Benjamin Eggleston (Republican) 57.0% ▌George E. Pugh (Democratic) 43.0%
Ohio 2	Alexander Long	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost renomination. Republican gain.	▌Y Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) 58.7% ▌Joseph C. Butler (Democratic) 41,3%
Ohio 3	Robert C. Schenck	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Robert C. Schenck (Republican) 55.3% ▌David A. Houk (Democratic) 44.7%
Ohio 4	John F. McKinney	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y William Lawrence (Republican) 56.1% ▌John F. McKinney (Democratic) 43.9%
Ohio 5	Francis C. Le Blond	Democratic	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Francis C. Le Blond (Democratic) 55.2% ▌Moses B. Walker (Republican) 44.8%
Ohio 6	Chilton A. White	Democratic	1860	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Reader W. Clarke (Republican) 55.4% ▌Chilton A. White (Democratic) 44.6%
Ohio 7	Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Samuel Shellabarger (Republican) 57.1% ▌Samuel S. Cox (Democratic) 42.9%
Ohio 8	William Johnston	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y James R. Hubbell (Republican) 54.8% ▌William Johnston (Democratic) 45.2%
Ohio 9	Warren P. Noble	Democratic	1860	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Ralph P. Buckland (Republican) 73.6% ▌Warren P. Noble (Democratic) 26.4%
Ohio 10	James M. Ashley	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James M. Ashley (Republican) 51.8% ▌Americus V. Rice (Democratic) 48.2%
Ohio 11	Wells A. Hutchins	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Hezekiah S. Bundy (Republican) 59.8% ▌Wells A. Hutchins (Democratic) 40.2%
Ohio 12	William E. Finck	Democratic	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y William E. Finck (Democratic) 53.3% ▌Job E. Stevenson (Republican) 46.7%
Ohio 13	John O'Neill	Democratic	1862	Incumbent retired. Republican gain.	▌Y Columbus Delano (Republican) 50.5% ▌Charles Follett (Republican) 49.5%
Ohio 14	George Bliss	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Martin Welker (Republican) 55.5% ▌George Bliss (Democratic) 44.5%
Ohio 15	James R. Morris	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Tobias A. Plants (Republican) 57.3% ▌James R. Morris (Democratic) 42.7%
Ohio 16	Joseph W. White	Democratic	1882	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y John Bingham (Republican) 52.7% ▌Joseph W. White (Democratic) 47.3%
Ohio 17	Ephraim R. Eckley	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Ephraim R. Eckley (Republican) 59.3% ▌Jonathan H. Wallace (Democratic) 40.7%
Ohio 18	Rufus P. Spalding	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Rufus P. Spalding (Republican) 68.5% ▌Jeptha Wade (Democratic) 31.5%
Ohio 19	James A. Garfield	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y James A. Garfield (Republican) 74.1% ▌Halsey H. Moses (Democratic) 25.9%

Oregon

See also: List of United States representatives from Oregon and 1864 United States Senate election in Oregon

Pennsylvania

See also: List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

See also: List of United States representatives from Rhode Island and 1864 United States Senate election in Rhode Island

South Carolina

See also: List of United States representatives from South Carolina

South Carolina did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Tennessee

See also: List of United States representatives from 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 member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y Nathaniel G. Taylor (Unionist) 46.39% ▌J. K. Miller (Conservative) 38.98% ▌ James H. Randolph (Unknown) 14.41% ▌ Thomas D. Arnold (Unknown) 0.23%[11]
Tennessee 2	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y 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%[12][13]
Tennessee 3	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y William B. Stokes (Unionist) 56.75% ▌Asa Faulkner (Conservative) 32.48% ▌ John R. Hood (Unknown) 10.77%[14]
Tennessee 4	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y Edmund Cooper (Unionist) 97.17% ▌ James Mullins (Unknown) 2.83%[15]
Tennessee 5	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y William B. Campbell (Unionist) 78.46% ▌Sand J. Carter (Unionist) 21.35% Scattering 0.19%[16]
Tennessee 6	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y Samuel M. Arnell (Unionist) 74.79% ▌Dorsey B. Thomas (Conservative) 25.21%[17]
Tennessee 7	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y Isaac R. Hawkins (Unionist) 64.62% ▌Emerson Etheridge (Conservative) 35.38%[18]
Tennessee 8	None (vacant due to Civil War)			New member elected. Unionist gain.	▌Y 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%[19]

Texas

See also: List of United States representatives from Texas

Texas did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Utah Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

Vermont

See also: List of United States representatives from Vermont

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[20]
Vermont 1	Frederick E. Woodbridge	Republican	1863	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Frederick E. Woodbridge (National Union) 73.8% ▌Samuel Wells (Democratic) 25.9%
Vermont 2	Justin S. Morrill	Republican	1854	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Justin S. Morrill (National Union) 72.0% ▌Robert K. M. Ormsby (Democratic) 27.8%
Vermont 3	Portus Baxter	Republican	1860	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Portus Baxter (National Union) 74.0% ▌Giles Harrington (Democratic) 25.9%

Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from Virginia, 1865 United States Senate election in Virginia, and 1865 United States Senate special election in Virginia

Virginia did not hold elections to the 39th Congress.

Washington Territory

See non-voting delegates, below.

West Virginia

See also: List of United States representatives from West Virginia and 1865 United States Senate election in West Virginia

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates
West Virginia 1	Jacob B. Blair	Unconditional Unionist	1863	Incumbent retired. Unconditional Unionist hold.	▌Y Chester D. Hubbard (Unconditional Unionist) 62.52% ▌Samuel Crane (Independent) 37.48%[21]
West Virginia 2	William G. Brown Sr.	Unconditional Unionist	1863	Incumbent retired. Unconditional Unionist hold.	▌Y George R. Latham (Unconditional Unionist) 84.46% ▌William B. Zinn (Independent) 10.75% ▌Fontain Smith (Independent) 4.39% ▌W. S. Richardson (Independent) 0.40%[22]
West Virginia 3	Kellian Whaley	Unconditional Unionist	1863	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Kellian Whaley (Unconditional Unionist) 66.79% ▌John M. Phelps (Independent) 33.21%[23]

Wisconsin

See also: List of United States representatives from Wisconsin

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

District	Incumbent			This race
	Member	Party	First elected	Results	Candidates[24]
Wisconsin 1	James S. Brown	Democratic	1862	Incumbent withdrew from election. National Union gain.	▌Y Halbert E. Paine (National Union) 50.9% ▌John W. Cary (Democratic) 49.1%
Wisconsin 2	Ithamar Sloan	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected on National Union ticket. Republican hold.	▌Y Ithamar Sloan (National Union) 60.3% ▌George Baldwin Smith (Democratic) 39.7%
Wisconsin 3	Amasa Cobb	Republican	1862	Incumbent re-elected on National Union ticket. Republican hold.	▌Y Amasa Cobb (National Union) 63.2% ▌Charles Rodolf (Democratic) 36.8%
Wisconsin 4	Charles A. Eldredge	Democratic	1862	Incumbent re-elected.	▌Y Charles A. Eldredge (Democratic) 58.9% ▌A. Scott Sloan (National Union) 41.1%
Wisconsin 5	Ezra Wheeler	Democratic	1862	Incumbent retired. National Union gain.	▌Y Philetus Sawyer (National Union) 56.8% ▌Gabriel Bouck (Democratic) 43.2%
Wisconsin 6	Walter D. McIndoe	Republican	1862 Special	Incumbent re-elected on National Union ticket. Republican hold.	▌Y Walter D. McIndoe (National Union) 66.3% ▌Henry Reed (Democratic) 33.7%

Non-voting delegates

See also: Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives

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.	▌Y Charles Debrille Poston (Republican) 40.62% [data missing][25]
Montana Territory at-large	New district			New seat. New delegate elected.[lower-alpha 14] Democratic gain.	▌Y Samuel McLean (Democratic) 59.39% ▌Wilbur F. Sanders (Republican) 40.62%[26]

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.	▌Y John N. Goodwin (Republican) ▌Charles Debrille Poston (Republican)[28]
Colorado Territory at-large	Hiram Pitt Bennet	Conservative Republican	1861	Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	▌Y Allen Alexander Bradford (Republican) [data missing]
Dakota Territory at-large	John B. S. Todd	Democratic	1862	Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	▌Y Walter A. Burleigh (Republican) ▌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.	▌Y Edward D. Holbrook (Democratic) 53.33% ▌Samuel C. Parks (Unionist) 46.67%[29]
Montana Territory at-large	Samuel McLean	Democratic	1864	Incumbent re-elected to the term starting March 4, 1865.[lower-alpha 14]	▌Y Samuel McLean (Democratic) 61.12% ▌Gad E. Upson (Republican) 38.88%[27]
Nebraska Territory at-large	Samuel Gordon Daily	Republican	1860 (won contest)	Unknown if incumbent retired or lost. Republican hold.	▌Y Phineas Hitchcock (Republican) 53.33% [data missing]
New Mexico Territory at-large
Utah Territory at-large
Washington Territory at-large

See also

• 1864 United States elections
  • 1864 United States presidential election
  • 1864–65 United States Senate elections
• 38th United States Congress
• 39th United States Congress

Notes

1. Excludes states admitted after the start of Congress.
2. Including late elections.
3. 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. 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. Rejected election.
13. There were a total of 50 vacancies remaining, after the readmission of Tennessee.
14. Date speculative, but presumed to be in 1864^[26] and 1865.^[27]

References

1. 14 Stat. 391
2. "IL District 05 - Special Race - May 19, 1864". Our Campaigns. March 10, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
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External links

• Office of the Historian (Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)
• "Elections 1860 - 1869". JoinCalifornia / Election History for the State of California. Retrieved February 12, 2018.