37th United States Congress
House of Representatives

37th United States Congress

Section Title: House of Representatives
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District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation

Colorado Territory At-large	New seat.	Hiram P. Bennett (Conservative R)	August 19, 1861

Nevada Territory At-large	New seat.	John Cradlebaugh (I)	December 2, 1861

Dakota Territory At-large	New seat.	John B. S. Todd (D)	December 9, 1861

Louisiana 1st	Vacant.	Benjamin F. Flanders (U)	December 3, 1862

Louisiana 2nd	Vacant.	Michael Hahn (U)	December 3, 1862

Tennessee 3rd	Vacant	Representative-elect George W. Bridges was arrested by Confederate troops while en route to Washington, D.C.	George W. Bridges (U)	February 25, 1863

Virginia 1st	Vacant.	Joseph E. Segar (U)	May 6, 1862

California At-large	Vacant	Low not permitted to take seat, qualified later under special act of Congress, 12 Stat. 411	Frederick F. Low (R)	June 3, 1862

Virginia 7th	Vacant.	Charles H. Upton (U)	July 4, 1861

Ohio 7th	Thomas Corwin (R)	Resigned March 12, 1861, to become Minister to Mexico.	Richard A. Harrison (U)	July 4, 1861

Ohio 13th	John Sherman (R)	Resigned March 12, 1861, when elected U.S. Senator.	Samuel T. Worcester (R)	July 4, 1861

Pennsylvania 12th	George W. Scranton (R)	Died March 24, 1861.	Hendrick B. Wright (D)	July 4, 1861

Massachusetts 3rd	Charles F. Adams, Sr. (R)	Resigned May 1, 1861, to become Ambassador to Great Britain.	Benjamin Thomas (U)	June 11, 1861

Pennsylvania 2nd	Edward Joy Morris (R)	Resigned June 8, 1861, to become Minister Resident to Turkey.	Charles J. Biddle (D)	July 2, 1861

Virginia 11th	John S. Carlile (U)	Resigned July 9, 1861, to become United States Senator from the loyal faction of Virginia.	Jacob B. Blair (U)	December 2, 1861

Missouri 3rd	John B. Clark (D)	Expelled July 13, 1861, for having taken up arms against the Union.	William A. Hall (D)	January 20, 1862

Oregon At-large	Andrew J. Thayer (D)	Election was successfully contested July 30, 1861.	George K. Shiel (D)	July 30, 1861

Missouri 5th	John W. Reid (D)	Withdrew August 3, 1861, and then expelled December 2, 1861, for having taken up arms against the Union.	Thomas L. Price (D)	January 21, 1862

Iowa 1st	Samuel Curtis (R)	Resigned August 4, 1861, to become colonel of the 2nd Iowa Infantry.	James F. Wilson (R)	October 8, 1861

Massachusetts 5th	William Appleton (CU)	Resigned September 27, 1861, due to failing health.	Samuel Hooper (R)	December 2, 1861

Illinois 6th	John A. McClernand (D)	Resigned October 28, 1861, to accept a commission as brigadier general of volunteers for service in the Civil War.	Anthony L. Knapp (D)	December 12, 1861

Kentucky 1st	Henry C. Burnett (D)	Expelled December 3, 1861, for support of secession.	Samuel L. Casey (U)	March 10, 1862

Kentucky 2nd	James S. Jackson (U)	Resigned December 13, 1861, to enter the Union Army.	George H. Yeaman (U)	December 1, 1862

Virginia 7th	Charles H. Upton (U)	Declared not entitled to seat February 27, 1862.	Lewis McKenzie (U)	February 16, 1863

Illinois 9th	John A. Logan (D)	Resigned April 2, 1862, to enter the Union Army.	William J. Allen (D)	June 2, 1862

Pennsylvania 7th	Thomas B. Cooper (D)	Died April 4, 1862.	John D. Stiles (D)	June 3, 1862

Massachusetts 9th	Goldsmith F. Bailey (R)	Died May 8, 1862.	Amasa Walker (R)	December 1, 1862

Maine 2nd	Charles W. Walton (R)	Resigned May 26, 1862, to become associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.	Thomas A. D. Fessenden (R)	December 1, 1862

Wisconsin 2nd	Luther Hanchett (R)	Died November 24, 1862.	Walter D. McIndoe (R)	January 26, 1863

Illinois 5th	William A. Richardson (D)	Resigned January 29, 1863, after being elected to the U.S. Senate.	Vacant thereafter

Sentence(s)

Henry C. Burnett (D) served as representative until December 3, 1861 which was later served by Samuel L. Casey (U) from March 10, 1862.

final_sentence: Henry C. Burnett (D) served as representative until December 3, 1861 which was later served by Samuel L. Casey (U) from March 10, 1862.