Hoar, Ebenezer R., becomes attorney-general, 231; on Joint High Commission, 307 Hoar, George F., on electoral commission, 286 Hood, John B., near Nashville, 23 House of Representatives of the United States, admits members from Louisiana, 14; refuses seats to members from Arkansas, 15; action on thirteenth amendment, 28-30; elects Colfax Speaker, 42; the Stevens resolution, 42-44; speech by Stevens, 58; passes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66; passes civil rights bill, 73; representation in, 74; election of 1866, 98; effect of election of 1866, 104; attempt to impeach Johnson, 109; bill on reconstruction before the, 112-118; resolution on confiscation act, 122; tenure-of-office bill in, 125; bill on reconstructed States, 153; action on dismissal of Stanton, 171; proceedings of impeachment against Johnson, 173 _et seq._; passes bill repealing Tenure-of-Office Act, 232, 233; democrats secure control of, 253, 273; jurisdiction over treaties, 301, 302. _See_ Congress of the United States; Statutes of the United States Houston, George S., elected governor of Alabama, 273 Howard, Jacob M., on joint committee on reconstruction, 57; illness delays vote on impeachment, 190 Howe, Samuel G., commissioner to Santo Domingo, 326 Hunt, Ward, 289 Hunton, Eppa, on electoral commission, 286 Illinois, ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204; Davis elected Senator from, 287 Indiana, election of 1886 in, 103; ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204; election of 1872 in, 267 Iowa, election of 1866 in, 103; ratifies fourteenth amendment, 203, 204 d'Itajubá, Baron, at Geneva arbitration, 311, 316 Jenkins, Charles J., institutes suit against Stanton, 145; removed by Meade, 155