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  2. 1860–61 United States House of Representatives elections

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    In 1860, Lincoln's campaign brought the Republicans the Presidency. Likewise, the congressional elections also marked the transition from one major era of political parties to another. In just six years, over the course of the 35th, 36th–37th Congresses, a complete reversal of party fortunes swamped the Democrats.

  3. List of United States House of Representatives elections ...

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    For the purposes of counting partisan divisions in the U.S. House of Representatives, "Independent Democrats", "Independent Republicans", and other members loosely affiliated with the two main parties have been included in the "Democrat" and "Republican" member tallies in the table below, though the details of such are included in the ...

  4. 36th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The 36th 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, 1859, to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of James Buchanan 's presidency .

  5. 1860 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    The Democrats would have the second-most members in the Senate, although many senators identified as unionists rather than Democrats or Republicans. [ 7 ] This marks one of four occasions where a newly elected president entered office with a divided legislature, occurring again in 1876, 1884, and 1980. 1884 is the only other occasion where the ...

  6. 1860–61 United States Senate elections - Wikipedia

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    At the state election in November 1860, 93 Republicans and 35 Democrats were elected to the Assembly for the session of 1861. The 84th New York State Legislature met from January 1 to April 16, 1861, at Albany, New York. Ira Harris was the candidate of the Republican Party.

  7. List of United States congressional districts - Wikipedia

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    In addition, each of the five inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington, D. C., sends a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. The Bureau of the Census conducts a constitutionally mandated decennial census whose figures are used to determine the number of congressional districts to which each state is ...

  8. History of the United States House of Representatives

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    George W. Bush delivered his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 28, 2003, in the House chamber.. The United States House of Representatives, commonly known as the lower chamber of the United States Congress, along with the United States Senate, commonly known as the upper chamber, are the two parts of the legislative branch of the federal government of ...

  9. 38th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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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. 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 .