1866–67 United States House of Representatives elections

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The 1866–67 United States House of Representatives elections took place between June 4, 1866, and September 6, 1867, to elect the 193 members and seven non-voting delegates of the House of Representatives. The Republican Party retained its majority in the first midterm elections following the end of the American Civil War. Republicans and Unionists won 147 seats as the National Union Party in elections held in 1864 and 1865. Following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson attempted to preserve the Union Party as a vehicle for his political ambitions. Johnson's supporters held the 1866 National Union Convention at Philadelphia in an attempt to rally support for the president's policies. Johnson's handling of Reconstruction, especially his veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, split the Union Party between moderate and radical Republicans, and the president's dwindling conservative allies. Pro-Johnson Unionists contested these elections as the Conservative Union Party or simply...

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