39th United States Congress

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The 39th United States Congress was the post–Civil War federal legislature that played a central role in shaping Reconstruction, including passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and proposing the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress
bicameral legislature
chamber United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
city Washington, D.C.
country United States of America
firstSessionEnd 1866-07-28
firstSessionStart 1865-12-04
followedBy 40th United States Congress
follows 38th United States Congress
handledIssue Reconstruction policy
civil rights of freedmen
readmission of former Confederate states
historicalPeriod 19th century
knownFor Civil Rights Act of 1866
Reconstruction legislation
overriding presidential vetoes of Andrew Johnson
proposing the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
legislativeTermEnd 1867-03-04
legislativeTermStart 1865-03-04
legislatureNumber XXXIX
location United States Capitol
majorityPartyHouse Republican Party
majorityPartySenate Republican Party
meetsDuring Reconstruction era
post–Civil War period
minorityPartyHouse Democratic Party
minorityPartySenate Democratic Party
ordinalNumber 39
partyControlHouse Republican Party
partyControlSenate Republican Party
passedAct Civil Rights Act of 1866
Freedmen’s Bureau Bill of 1866
precededByEvent American Civil War
presidentDuringMostOfTerm Andrew Johnson
presidentProTemporeOfSenate Benjamin F. Wade
Lafayette S. Foster NERFINISHED
proposedAmendment Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
secondSessionEnd 1867-03-04
secondSessionStart 1866-12-03
sessionCount 2
speakerOfTheHouse Schuyler Colfax
stateRepresented all U.S. states then in the Union except those not yet readmitted from former Confederacy
usedVetoOverride Andrew Johnson veto of Civil Rights Act of 1866
Andrew Johnson veto of Freedmen’s Bureau Bill of 1866
vicePresidentAtStart Hannibal Hamlin
vicePresidentDuringMostOfTerm Andrew Johnson

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40th United States Congress follows 39th United States Congress
Presidency of Andrew Johnson legislativeBody 39th United States Congress
Alexander G. Cattell partOf 39th United States Congress
38th United States Congress followedBy 39th United States Congress