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1862 United States elections

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joined the union during the 38th Congress, but several states were in rebellion, reducing the size of both chambers of Congress. The
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kept control of Congress, although it was reduced to a plurality in the House.
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1862–63 United States House of Representatives elections
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United States elections, 1862
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1861
1863
1864
Midterm elections
Abraham Lincoln
38th
Senate elections
House elections

Republican
Abraham Lincoln
Third Party System
Civil War
38th United States Congress
West Virginia
Nevada
Republican Party
House
majority
plurality
Unionists
Schuyler Colfax
Speaker of the House
Senate
1862–63 United States House of Representatives elections
1862–63 United States Senate elections
Unconditional Union Party
Constitutional Union Party

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