38th United States Congress

38th United States Congress
37th ←
→ 39th

March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1865
Members52 senators
184 representatives
10 non-voting delegates
Senate majorityRepublican
Senate PresidentHannibal Hamlin (R)
House majorityRepublican
House SpeakerSchuyler Colfax (R)
Sessions
Special: 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.