page_title: 1866 and 1867 United States House of Representatives elections
hierarchical_section_title: 1866 and 1867 United States House of Representatives elections
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of U.S. House elections results from 1866 elections for 40th Congress
context_page_description: Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1866 to elect Representatives to the 40th United States Congress.
  The elections occurred just one year after the American Civil War ended when the Union defeated the Confederacy.
  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.
  Most of the congressmen from the former Confederate states were either prevented from leaving the state or were arrested on the way to the capital. A Congress consisting of mostly Radical Republicans sat early in the Capitol and aside from the delegation from Tennessee who were allowed in, the few Southern Congressmen who arrived were not seated.
context_section_description: Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1866 to elect Representatives to the 40th United States Congress.
  The elections occurred just one year after the American Civil War ended when the Union defeated the Confederacy.
  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.
  Most of the congressmen from the former Confederate states were either prevented from leaving the state or were arrested on the way to the capital. A Congress consisting of mostly Radical Republicans sat early in the Capitol and aside from the delegation from Tennessee who were allowed in, the few Southern Congressmen who arrived were not seated.
caption: Map of U.S. House elections results from 1866 elections for 40th Congress
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