38th United States Congress
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The 38th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
United States Capitol (1863)
Senate President Hannibal Hamlin (RU)
President pro tempore Solomon Foot (RU), until April 13, 1864
President pro tempore Daniel Clark (RU), after April 13, 1864
The National Union Party, commonly known as the Union Party, and sometimes as the Republican–Union coalition, was a coalition of Republicans, War Democrats, and Unconditional Unionists that supported
38th United States Congress
…Abraham Lincoln's first term in office. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census. The Republican–Union coalition controlled both the Senate and the House of Representatives. American Civil War, which had started in 1861, continued through this Congress and ended…
1864 National Union Party campaign banner
John Bell (left) and Edward Everett, candidates of the Constitutional Union Party in 1860
William H. Seward, secretary of state in Lincoln's administration and a key contributor to the Union Party strategy
First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 1861