1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections

Common card · No. 461127

The 1864–65 United States House of Representatives elections were held between June 5, 1864, and November 7, 1865, to elect the 192 members and nine non-voting delegates of the House of Representatives. The National Union Party expanded their existing majority against the backdrop of the American Civil War. Candidates listed as Republicans and Unionists won 99 seats in congressional elections held in 1862 and 1863; two Union Democrats and the lone Unconditional Union Democrat from Kentucky subsequently crossed the floor to give the Republican–Union coalition a narrow majority during the 38th United States Congress. The wartime coalition of Republicans, War Democrats, and border state unionists became the base for the National Union Party that held its national convention at Baltimore on June 7, 1864. Leading Unionists were pessimistic about their party's prospects during the summer of 1864, but the fall of Atlanta led to a dramatic reversal of fortunes ahead of the fall elections. The Union...

Read on Wikipedia · Image Nathaniel Greene, CC BY-SA 4.0