Indiana Democrats met in convention in Indianapolis to nominate candidates for upcoming state elections. They also passed a series of resolutions that reflected the swiftly emerging issues in Washington DC.  They denounced the Congress and its refusal to seat elected representatives from southern states and also its expulsion of Congressman Daniel Voohees.  They supported President Johnson in his vetoes of Republican-led legislation, and decried the awarding of the vote to African-Americans in the District of Columbia.  They also reaffirmed Indiana's restriction on blacks from settling in the state while also calling for more immigrants.  (By John Osborne)

Indiana Republicans met in Indianapolis to nominate candidates for the upcoming state elections.  They also expressed their confidence in President Andrew Johnson, calling him a "true patriot" and pledged their support in his efforts to restore the nation.  They also, however, voted resolutions that stated unequivocally that "it is the province of the legislative branch of the Government to determine the question of reconstruction...," foreshadowing the later clashes between Congress and the White House that emerged during the following months.  (By John Osborne) 

In the Illinois state election, Republican scored impressive wins and retained control of the Illinois Legislature.  In the Senate, they had a majority of seven, sixteen seats to nine and in the House a strong margin of sixty-two seats to twenty-three.  In the election for the open at-large seat in the U.S. Congress, John Alexander Logan handily defeated Theophilus Lyle Dickey with a 55,987 majority. (By John Osborne)

The Democratic Party of Illinois gathered in Springfield to nominate their candidates for the upcoming federal and state elections to be held on November 6, 1866.  They nominated Colonel T.L. Dickey for the open seat in the United States Congress.  They also voted to reaffirm the resolutions of the national party convention two weeks before in Philadelphia.  (By John Osborne)

James Humphrey, the sitting Republican U.S. Congressman from New York's third congressional district, died at his home in Brooklyn just after midnight.  He had been suffering from a debilitating disease for several years but died suddenly.  His seat was filled later with the Brooklyn Democrat, James Ward Hunter.  Humphrey was fifty-four years old.  (By John Osborne)