First Administration
Inauguration:
April 15, 1865; Kirkwood House, Washington, D.C.
Secretary of State:
William H. Seward
Secretary of the Treasury:
Hugh McCulloch
Secretary of War:
Edwin M. Stanton; Ulysses S. Grant (from August 12, 1867); Edwin Stanton (from January 13, 1868); John M. Schofield (from June 1, 1868)
Attorney General:
James Speed; Henry Stanbery (from July 23, 1866); Orville H. Browning (from March 13, 1868); William M. Evarts (from July 20, 1868)
Postmaster General:
William Dennison; Alexander W. Randall (from July 25, 1866)
Secretary of the Navy:
Gideon Welles
Secretary of the Interior:
John P. Usher; James Harlan (from May 15, 1865); Orville H. Browning (from September 1, 1866)
Congress #39
(December 4, 1865-March 3, 1867):
Senate:
42 Republicans; 10 Democrats
House:
145 Republicans; 46 Democrats
Congress #40
(March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869):
Senate:
42 Republicans; 11 Democrats
House:
143 Republicans; 49 Democrats
State Admitted:
Nebraska (1867)
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