Claim: The 1866 and 1867 United States House of Representatives elections, considered the beginning of the Reconstruction era, did not include 10 secessionist states.
Evidence: The 1866 elections were a decisive event in the early Reconstruction era, in which President Andrew Johnson faced off against the Radical Republicans in a bitter dispute over whether Reconstruction should be lenient or harsh toward the vanquished South. Seven secessionist states were readmitted during this Congress, filling 32 vacancies, but are not included in this table if they were not elected within 1866 through 1867. Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Texas Virginia