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The Fortieth 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, 1867 to March 4, 1869, during the third and fourth years of Andrew Johnson's U.S. Presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority. == Major events == * March 30, 1867: Alaska Purchase * February 24, 1868: Impeachment of Andrew Johnson * May 16, 1868: President Johnson acquitted * May 26, 1868: President Johnson acquitted again * November 3, 1868: 1868 presidential election: Ulysses S. Grant (R) defeated Horatio Seymour (D) * December 25, 1868: President Johnson granted unconditional pardons to all Civil War rebels * January 20, 1869: Elizabeth Cady Stanton was the first woman to testify before Congress 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「40th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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