On August 4, 1861, Samuel R. Curtis, lowa, resigned from the House of Representatives, and James H. Campbell, Pennsylvania, was appointed Chairman. On July 30, 1861, Andrew J. Thayer, Oregon, was excused from the Committee. On December 5, 1861, Aaron A. Sargent, California, was appointed to the Committee. On December 23, 1862, George K. Shiel, Oregon, was appointed to the Committee. On March 4, 1862, Samuel S. Cox, Ohio, was excused from the Committee and William A. Hall, Missouri, was appointed in his place. On July 30, 1862, Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri, was excused from the Committee. On December 8, 1862, Cyrus Aldrich, Minnesota, was appointed to the Committee in the place of Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri, resigned. A. Carter Wilder, Kansas Cornelius Cole, California Thirty-Eighth Congress Majority: Republican Thaddeus Stevens, Pennsylvania John B. Steele, New York On April 7, 1866, James Brooks, New York, was excused from the Committee. On April 9, 1866, William Radford, New York, was appointed to the Committee. On Aptil 10, 1866, John A. Nicholson, Delaware, and Edwin Hubbell, New York, were appointed to the Committee. William Higby, California Oakes Ames, Massachusetts John Covode, Pennsylvania Fortieth Congress Majority: Republican Hiram Price, Iowa John V.L. Pruyn, New York On June 28, 1868, John V.L. Pruyn, New York, was excused from the Committee. On December 10, 1868, Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky, was appointed to the Committee. On October 16, 1869, Alfred E. Buck, Alabama, was appointed to the Committee. On December 16, 1869, William H. Barnum, Connecticut, and J. Hale Sypher, Louisiana, were appointed to the Committee. On January 1, 1870, Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wisconsin, died in office, On March 7, 1870, David Atwood, Wisconsin, was appointed to the Committee. On April 20, 1870, Philadelph VanTrump, Ohio, was excused from the Committee and Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky, was appointed in his place. On December 6, 1871, John Lynch, Maine, was excused from the Committee. On December 12, 1871, Stephen W. Kellogg, Connecticut, was appointed to the Committee. On January 4, 1873, John L. Beveridge, Illinois, was excused from the Committee. On December 26, 1864, Alvah Crocker, Massachusetts, died in office. Forty-Fourth Congress (1875-1877) John D. W. C. Atkins, Tennessee John K. Luttrell, California Gilbert C. Walker, Virginia William P. Lynde, Wisconsin James W. Throckmorton, Texas Phillip F. Thomas, Maryland John F. Philips, Missouri Majority: Democrat Minority: Republican Lucius Q.C. Lamar, Mississippi James A Garfield, Ohio |