38th United States Congress

38th United States Congress
37th ← → 39th
United States Capitol (1861)
March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
Members	52 senators 184 representatives 10 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Hannibal Hamlin (R)
House majority	Republican (through coalition)
House Speaker	Schuyler Colfax (R)
Sessions
Special[a]: March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863 1st: December 7, 1863 – July 4, 1864 2nd: December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865

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. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1863, to March 4, 1865, during the last two years of President 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 Senate had a Republican majority, and the House of Representatives had a Republican plurality; Republicans controlled the House by sharing a coalition with Unconditional Unionists.

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