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October 27, 1865 in The Jeffersonian Democrat

Domestic News October 27, 1865

The Jeffersonian Democrat

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Congress Composition, Senate Unionists, House Democrats, Southern States, Universal Suffrage

Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio

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The Chicago Republican publishes the composition of the next Congress: Senate with 38 Unionists and 11 Democrats from 25 states; House with 140 Unionists and 41 Democrats pre-war proportions. Speculates admitting Southern Democratic representatives opposed to universal suffrage would result in Senate with 47 Democrats and House with 150 Unionists to 92 Democrats.

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The Chicago Republican publishes a complete list of the two Houses of the next Congress. In the Senate, twenty-five States are now represented by 38 Unionists and 11 Democrats. According to the party division that existed before the war, the House of Representatives now stands 140 Unionists to 41 Democrats; but on the great question of at once admitting the Representatives of the Southern States, or keeping them, or most of them, for a longer period in probation, it is not probable that the same proportions will be preserved. Should all the Southern States now without representation, whose Senators and Representatives are yet to be elected, choose Democrats opposed to universal suffrage, as is to be expected they will do, and should they all be admitted, the Senate will then contain 47 Democrats; and the House of Representatives would contain 150 Unionists to 92 Democrats.

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Politics

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Congress Composition Senate Unionists House Democrats Southern States Universal Suffrage

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senate: 38 unionists, 11 democrats; house: 140 unionists, 41 democrats currently. potential: senate 47 democrats; house 150 unionists to 92 democrats if southern states admitted.

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The Chicago Republican publishes a complete list of the two Houses of the next Congress. In the Senate, twenty-five States are now represented by 38 Unionists and 11 Democrats. According to the party division that existed before the war, the House of Representatives now stands 140 Unionists to 41 Democrats; but on the great question of at once admitting the Representatives of the Southern States, or keeping them, or most of them, for a longer period in probation, it is not probable that the same proportions will be preserved. Should all the Southern States now without representation, whose Senators and Representatives are yet to be elected, choose Democrats opposed to universal suffrage, as is to be expected they will do, and should they all be admitted, the Senate will then contain 47 Democrats; and the House of Representatives would contain 150 Unionists to 92 Democrats.