The 48th 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, 1883, to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of the Presidency of Chester A. Arthur, administration of President of the United States, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The apportionment of seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives was based on the United States Census, 1880, Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican Party (United States), Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic majority.

Major events

* September 5, 1883: Mary F. Hoyt became the first woman appointed to the United States federal civil service, U.S. federal civil service (and the second person appointed by examination (in which she came top) instituted under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act) when she became a clerk in the Bank Redemption Agency of the United States Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury. * October 15, 1883: The Supreme Court of the United States declared part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, as the Court allowed private individuals and corporations to discriminate based on Race (classification of human beings), race. * November 18, 1883: U.S. and Canada, Canadian railroads instituted 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. * August 10, 1884: An earthquake measuring 5.5 (based on the felt area) affected a very large portion of the eastern United States. The shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). Chimneys were toppled in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Property damage was severe in Jamaica, Queens, Jamaica and Amityville, New York, Amityville in New York. * October 6, 1884: The United States Naval War College was established in Newport, Rhode Island. * October 22, 1884: International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. fixed the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian. * November 4, 1884: 1884 United States presidential election: United States Democratic Party, Democratic Governor of New York (state), New York Grover Cleveland defeated United States Republican Party, Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms. * December 6: 1884: The Washington Monument was completed.

Major legislation

Territories organized

*May 17, 1884: District of Alaska was organized.

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

* President of the United States Senate, President: Vacant. Chester Arthur (R), the most recent Senate President, had become U.S. President on the death of his predecessor September 19, 1881, leaving the office vacant through the end of this Congress. * President pro tempore of the United States Senate, President pro tempore: George F. Edmunds (R) * Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman * Democratic Conference Chairman of the United States Senate, Democratic Caucus Chairman: George H. Pendleton

House of Representatives

*Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker: John Griffin Carlisle, John G. Carlisle (D) * Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, Democratic Caucus Chairman: George W. Geddes * Republican Conference Chairman of the United States House of Representatives, Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph Gurney Cannon * Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: William Rosecrans

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. :''#House of Representatives_3, Skip to House of Representatives, below''

Senate

Senators are listed by their states and Classes of United States Senators, Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

List of United States senators from Alabama, Alabama

: 2. John Tyler Morgan, John T. Morgan (D) : 3. James L. Pugh (D)

List of United States senators from Arkansas, Arkansas

: 2. Augustus Hill Garland, Augustus H. Garland (D) : 3. James D. Walker (D)

List of United States senators from California, California

: 1. John Franklin Miller (California senator), John F. Miller (R) : 3. James T. Farley (D)

List of United States senators from Colorado, Colorado

: 2. Thomas M. Bowen (R) : 3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R)

List of United States senators from Connecticut, Connecticut

: 1. Joseph Roswell Hawley, Joseph R. Hawley (R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

List of United States senators from Delaware, Delaware

: 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D) : 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (D)

List of United States senators from Florida, Florida

: 1. Charles W. Jones (D) : 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

List of United States senators from Georgia, Georgia

: 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : 3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

List of United States senators from Illinois, Illinois

: 2. Shelby Moore Cullom, Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. John A. Logan (R)

List of United States senators from Indiana, Indiana

: 1. Benjamin Harrison (R) : 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

List of United States senators from Iowa, Iowa

: 2. James Falconer Wilson, James F. Wilson (R) : 3. William B. Allison (R)

List of United States senators from Kansas, Kansas

: 2. Preston B. Plumb (R) : 3. John James Ingalls, John J. Ingalls (R)

List of United States senators from Kentucky, Kentucky

: 2. James B. Beck (D) : 3. John Stuart Williams, John S. Williams (D)

List of United States senators from Louisiana, Louisiana

: 2. Randall L. Gibson (D) : 3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D)

List of United States senators from Maine, Maine

: 1. Eugene Hale (R) : 2. William P. Frye (R)

List of United States senators from Maryland, Maryland

: 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : 3. James Black Groome, James B. Groome (D)

List of United States senators from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: 1. Henry L. Dawes (R) : 2. George Frisbie Hoar, George F. Hoar (R)

List of United States senators from Michigan, Michigan

: 1. Omar D. Conger (R) : 2. Thomas W. Palmer (R)

List of United States senators from Minnesota, Minnesota

: 1. Samuel James Renwick McMillan, Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) : 2. Dwight M. Sabin (R)

List of United States senators from Mississippi, Mississippi

: 1. James Z. George (D) : 2. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II), Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

List of United States senators from Missouri, Missouri

: 1. Francis Cockrell, Francis M. Cockrell (D) : 3. George Graham Vest, George G. Vest (D)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Charles Van Wyck, Charles H. Van Wyck (R) : 2. Charles F. Manderson (R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. James Graham Fair, James G. Fair (D) : 3. John Percival Jones, John P. Jones (R)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2. Austin F. Pike (R), from August 2, 1883 : 3. Henry W. Blair (R)

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. William Joyce Sewell, William J. Sewell (R) : 2. John R. McPherson (D)

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. Warner Miller (R) : 3. Elbridge G. Lapham (R)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. Matt Whitaker Ransom, Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3. Zebulon Baird Vance, Zebulon B. Vance (D)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. John Sherman (politician), John Sherman (R) : 3. George H. Pendleton (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) : 3. James H. Slater (D)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. John I. Mitchell (R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : 2. Henry B. Anthony (R), until September 2, 1884 :: William Paine Sheffield Sr., William P. Sheffield (R), November 19, 1884 – January 20, 1885 :: Jonathan Chace (R), from January 20, 1885

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Matthew Butler, Matthew C. Butler (D) : 3. Wade Hampton III (D)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Howell Edmunds Jackson, Howell E. Jackson (D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Samuel B. Maxey (D) : 2. Richard Coke (D)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. George F. Edmunds (R) : 3. Justin Smith Morrill, Justin S. Morrill (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. William Mahone (RA) : 2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Johnson N. Camden (D) : 2. John E. Kenna (D)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Philetus Sawyer (R) : 3. Angus Cameron (American politician), Angus Cameron (R) 48th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . Thomas H. Herndon (D), until March 28, 1883 :: James T. Jones (D), from December 3, 1883 : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : . William C. Oates (D) : . Charles M. Shelley (D), until January 9, 1885 :: George H. Craig (R), from January 9, 1885 : . Thomas Williams (Alabama politician), Thomas Williams (D) : . Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) : . William H. Forney (D) : . Luke Pryor (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Poindexter Dunn (D) : . James Kimbrough Jones, James K. Jones (D), until February 19, 1885 : . John H. Rogers (Arkansas politician), John H. Rogers (D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . William Rosecrans, William S. Rosecrans (D) : . James Budd, James H. Budd (D) : . Barclay Henley (D) : . Pleasant B. Tully (D) : . John R. Glascock (D) : . Charles A. Sumner (D)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . James B. Belford (R)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . William W. Eaton (D) : . Charles L. Mitchell (D) : . John T. Wait (R) : . Edward W. Seymour (D)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Charles B. Lore (D)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Robert H. M. Davidson (D) : . Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . John C. Nicholls (D) : . Henry Gray Turner, Henry G. Turner (D) : . Charles Frederick Crisp, Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Hugh Buchanan (politician), Hugh Buchanan (D) : . Nathaniel Job Hammond, Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) : . James Henderson Blount, James H. Blount (D) : . Judson C. Clements (D) : . Seaborn Reese (D) : . Allen D. Candler (D) : . Thomas Hardeman Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Ransom W. Dunham (R) : . John F. Finerty (ID) : . George R. Davis (R) : . George E. Adams (R) : . Reuben Ellwood (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (politician), Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . William Cullen (Illinois), William Cullen (R) : . Lewis E. Payson (R) : . Nicholas E. Worthington (D) : . William H. Neece (D) : . James M. Riggs (D) : . William McKendree Springer, William M. Springer (D) : . Jonathan H. Rowell (R) : . Joseph Gurney Cannon, Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Aaron Shaw (representative), Aaron Shaw (D) : . Samuel W. Moulton (D) : . William Ralls Morrison, William R. Morrison (D) : . Richard W. Townshend (D) : . John R. Thomas (R)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . John J. Kleiner (D) : . Thomas R. Cobb (D) : . Strother M. Stockslager (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Courtland C. Matson (D) : . Thomas M. Browne (R) : . Stanton J. Peelle (R), until May 22, 1884 :: William E. English (D), from May 22, 1884 : . John E. Lamb (D) : . Thomas B. Ward (D) : . Thomas Jefferson Wood, Thomas J. Wood (D) : . George W. Steele (R) : . Robert Lowry (Indiana), Robert Lowry (D) : . William H. Calkins (R), until October 20, 1884 :: Benjamin F. Shively (AM), from December 1, 1884

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Moses A. McCoid (R) : . Jeremiah H. Murphy (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . Luman Hamlin Weller, Luman H. Weller (GB) : . James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture), James Wilson (R), until March 3, 1885 :: Benjamin T. Frederick (D), from March 3, 1885 : . Marsena E. Cutts (R), until September 1, 1883 :: John C. Cook (D), from October 9, 1883 : . John A. Kasson (R), until July 13, 1884 :: Hiram Y. Smith (R), from December 2, 1884 : . William Peters Hepburn, William P. Hepburn (R) : . William H. M. Pusey (D) : . Adoniram J. Holmes (R) : . Isaac S. Struble (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . John Alexander Anderson, John A. Anderson (R) : . Dudley C. Haskell (R), until December 16, 1883 :: Edward H. Funston (R), from March 21, 1884 : . Thomas Ryan (congressman), Thomas Ryan (R) : . Lewis Hanback (R) : . Edmund Needham Morrill, Edmund N. Morrill (R) : . Bishop W. Perkins (R) : . Samuel R. Peters (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Oscar Turner (1825-1896), Oscar Turner (ID) : . James F. Clay (D) : . John E. Halsell (D) : . Thomas A. Robertson (D) : . Albert S. Willis (D) : . John Griffin Carlisle, John G. Carlisle (D) : . Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) : . Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D) : . William W. Culbertson (R) : . John D. White (R) : . Frank L. Wolford (D)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Carleton Hunt (D) : . E. John Ellis (D) : . William P. Kellogg, William Pitt Kellogg (R) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . J. Floyd King (D) : . Edward T. Lewis (politician), Edward T. Lewis (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Charles A. Boutelle (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : . Seth L. Milliken (R) : . Thomas Brackett Reed, Thomas B. Reed (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . George Washington Covington, George W. Covington (D) : . Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott, J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell, Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D) : . John Van Lear Findlay, John V. L. Findlay (D) : . Hart Benton Holton, Hart B. Holton (R) : . Louis E. McComas (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . Robert T. Davis (R) : . John Davis Long, John D. Long (R) : . Ambrose Ranney, Ambrose A. Ranney (R) : . Patrick A. Collins (D) : . Leopold Morse (D) : . Henry B. Lovering (D) : . Eben F. Stone (R) : . William A. Russell (Massachusetts politician), William A. Russell (R) : . Theodore Lyman (Massachusetts), Theodore Lyman (IR) : . William W. Rice (R) : . William Whiting II, William Whiting (R) : . George D. Robinson (R), until January 7, 1884 :: Francis W. Rockwell (politician), Francis W. Rockwell (R), from January 17, 1884

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . William C. Maybury (D) : . Nathaniel B. Eldredge (D) : . Edward S. Lacey (R) : . George L. Yaple (D) : . Julius Houseman (D) : . Edwin B. Winans (politician), Edwin B. Winans (D) : . Ezra C. Carleton (D) : . Roswell G. Horr (R) : . Byron M. Cutcheon (R) : . Herschel H. Hatch (R) : . Edward Breitung (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Milo White (R) : . James Wakefield, James B. Wakefield (R) : . Horace B. Strait (R) : . William D. Washburn (R) : . Knute Nelson (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Henry L. Muldrow (D) : . James Ronald Chalmers, James R. Chalmers (I), from June 25, 1884 : . Elza Jeffords (R) : . Hernando Money, Hernando D. Money (D) : . Otho R. Singleton (D) : . Henry S. Van Eaton (D) : . Ethelbert Barksdale (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . William H. Hatch (D) : . Armstead M. Alexander (D) : . Alexander Monroe Dockery, Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . James N. Burnes (D) : . Alexander Graves (D) : . John Cosgrove (Missouri politician), John Cosgrove (D) : . Aylett H. Buckner (D) : . John Joseph O'Neill (US politician), John J. O'Neill (D) : . James O. Broadhead (D) : . Martin L. Clardy (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . Charles H. Morgan (D) : . Robert W. Fyan (D) : . Lowndes Henry Davis, Lowndes H. Davis (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Archibald J. Weaver (R) : . James Laird (politician), James Laird (R) : . Edward K. Valentine (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . George W. Cassidy (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Martin A. Haynes (R) : . Ossian Ray (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Thomas M. Ferrell (D) : . J. Hart Brewer (R) : . John Kean (New Jersey politician), John Kean Jr. (R) : . Benjamin Franklin Howey, Benjamin F. Howey (R) : . William Walter Phelps, William W. Phelps (R) : . William H. F. Fiedler (D) : . William McAdoo (New Jersey), William McAdoo (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Perry Belmont (D) : . William Erigena Robinson, William E. Robinson (D) : . Darwin R. James (R) : . Felix Campbell (D) : . Nicholas Muller (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . William Dorsheimer (D) : . John J. Adams (D) : . John Hardy (US politician), John Hardy (D) : . Abram Stevens Hewitt, Abram S. Hewitt (D) : . Orlando B. Potter (D) : . Waldo Hutchins (representative), Waldo Hutchins (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Lewis Beach (D) : . John H. Bagley Jr. (D) : . Thomas J. Van Alstyne (D) : . Henry G. Burleigh (R) : . Frederick A. Johnson (R) : . Abraham X. Parker (R) : . Edward Wemple (D) : . George W. Ray (R) : . Charles R. Skinner (R) : . John T. Spriggs (D) : . Newton W. Nutting (R) : . Frank Hiscock (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . James Wolcott Wadsworth, James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Stephen C. Millard (R) : . John Arnot Jr. (D) : . Halbert S. Greenleaf (D) : . Robert S. Stevens (politician), Robert S. Stevens (D) : . William Findlay Rogers, William F. Rogers (D) : . Francis B. Brewer (R) : . Henry Warner Slocum, Henry W. Slocum (D)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Walter F. Pool (R), until August 25, 1883 :: Thomas G. Skinner (D), from November 20, 1883 : . James E. O'Hara (R) : . Wharton J. Green (D) : . William Ruffin Cox (D) : . Alfred Moore Scales, Alfred M. Scales (D), until December 30, 1884 :: James W. Reid (politician), James W. Reid (D), from January 28, 1885 : . Clement Dowd (D) : . Tyre York (ID) : . Robert B. Vance (D) : . Risden Tyler Bennett, Risden T. Bennett (D)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . John F. Follett (D) : . Isaac M. Jordan (D) : . Robert Maynard Murray, Robert M. Murray (D) : . Benjamin Le Fevre (D) : . George E. Seney (D) : . William D. Hill (D) : . Henry Lee Morey, Henry L. Morey (R), until June 20, 1884 :: James E. Campbell (D), from June 20, 1884 : . J. Warren Keifer (R) : . James S. Robinson (R), until January 12, 1885 : . Frank H. Hurd (D) : . John W. McCormick (R) : . Alphonso Hart (R) : . George L. Converse (D) : . George W. Geddes (D) : . Adoniram J. Warner (D) : . Beriah Wilkins (D) : . Joseph D. Taylor (R) : . William McKinley (R), until May 27, 1884 :: Jonathan H. Wallace (D), from May 27, 1884 : . Ezra B. Taylor (R) : . David R. Paige (D) : . Martin A. Foran (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Melvin C. George (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill (R) : . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . James Bowen Everhart, James B. Everhart (R) : . Isaac Newton Evans, I. Newton Evans (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . Abraham Herr Smith, A. Herr Smith (R) : . William Mutchler (D) : . John Brutzman Storm, John B. Storm (D) : . Daniel W. Connolly (D) : . Charles N. Brumm (GB) : . Samuel Fleming Barr, Samuel F. Barr (R) : . George Adams Post, George A. Post (D) : . William Wallace Brown, William W. Brown (R) : . Jacob Miller Campbell, Jacob M. Campbell (R) : . Louis E. Atkinson (R) : . William Addison Duncan, William A. Duncan (D), until November 14, 1884 :: John Augustus Swope, John A. Swope (D), from December 23, 1884 : . Andrew Gregg Curtin, Andrew G. Curtin (D) : . Charles Edmund Boyle, Charles E. Boyle (D) : . James Herron Hopkins, James H. Hopkins (D) : . Thomas McKee Bayne, Thomas M. Bayne (R) : . George Van Eman Lawrence, George V. Lawrence (R) : . John Denniston Patton, John D. Patton (D) : . Samuel Henry Miller, Samuel H. Miller (R) : . Samuel Myron Brainerd, Samuel M. Brainerd (R) : . Mortimer Fitzland Elliott, Mortimer F. Elliott (D)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Henry J. Spooner (R) : . Jonathan Chace (R), until January 26, 1885 :: Nathan F. Dixon III (R), from February 12, 1885

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Samuel Dibble (D) : . George D. Tillman (D) : . D. Wyatt Aiken (D) : . John H. Evins (D), until October 20, 1884 :: John Bratton (D), from December 8, 1884 : . John J. Hemphill (D) : . George W. Dargan (D) : . Edmund William McGregor Mackey, Edmund W. M. Mackey (R), until January 27, 1884 :: Robert Smalls (R), from March 18, 1884

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Augustus Herman Pettibone, Augustus H. Pettibone (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R) : . George Gibbs Dibrell, George G. Dibrell (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . Richard Warner (politician), Richard Warner (D) : . Andrew J. Caldwell (D) : . John Goff Ballentine, John G. Ballentine (D) : . John May Taylor, John M. Taylor (D) : . Rice Alexander Pierce, Rice A. Pierce (D) : . H. Casey Young (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Charles Stewart (Texas politician), Charles Stewart (D) : . John Henninger Reagan, John H. Reagan (D) : . James H. Jones (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . James W. Throckmorton (D) : . Olin Wellborn (D) : . Thomas P. Ochiltree (I) : . James Francis Miller, James F. Miller (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . John Hancock (Texas politician), John Hancock (D) : . S.W.T. Lanham, Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . John Wolcott Stewart, John W. Stewart (R) : . Luke P. Poland (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Robert M. Mayo (RA), until March 20, 1884 :: George T. Garrison (D), from March 20, 1884 : . Harry Libbey (RA) : . George D. Wise (politician), George D. Wise (D) : . Benjamin S. Hooper (RA) : . George Cabell (D) : . John Randolph Tucker (Virginia politician), John R. Tucker (D) : . John Paul (judge), John Paul (D), until September 5, 1883 :: Charles Triplett O'Ferrall, Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), from May 5, 1884 : . John S. Barbour Jr. (D) : . Henry Bowen (RA) : . John S. Wise (RA)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Nathan Goff Jr., Nathan Goff (R) : . William Lyne Wilson, William L. Wilson (D) : . John E. Kenna (D), until March 4, 1883 :: Charles P. Snyder (politician), Charles P. Snyder (D), from May 15, 1883 : . Eustace Gibson (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . John Winans (D) : . Daniel H. Sumner (D) : . Burr W. Jones (D) : . Peter V. Deuster (D) : . Joseph Rankin (D) : . Richard W. Guenther (R) : . Gilbert M. Woodward (D) : . William T. Price (R) : . Isaac Stephenson (R)

Non-voting members

: . Granville Henderson Oury, Granville H. Oury (D) : . John B. Raymond (R) : . Theodore F. Singiser (R) : . Martin Maginnis (D) : . Tranqulino Luna (R), until March 5, 1884 :: Francisco Antonio Manzanares, Francisco A. Manzanares (D), from March 5, 1884 : . John Thomas Caine, John T. Caine (D) : . Thomas H. Brents (R) : . Morton E. Post (D) John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880

John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

* Replacements: 1 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: no net change ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 1 seat net gain ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 0 * Interim appointment: 1 * Late election: 1 *Total seats with changes: 3 , - , List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire (2) , nowrap , Vacant , Legislature had failed to elect.
Senator elected August 2, 1883. , nowrap , Austin F. Pike (R) , August 2, 1883 , - , List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island (2) , nowrap , Henry B. Anthony (R) , Incumbent died September 2, 1884.
Successor appointed November 19, 1884. , nowrap , William Paine Sheffield Sr., William P. Sheffield (R) , November 19, 1884 , - , List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island (2) , nowrap , William Paine Sheffield Sr., William P. Sheffield (R) , Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 20, 1885. , nowrap , Jonathan Chace (R) , January 20, 1885

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 15 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat net gain ** Republican Party (United States), Republican: 1 seat net loss ** United States Greenback Party, National Greenback: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 9 * Resignations: 9 * Contested election: 8 *Total seats with changes: 25 , - , , Vacant , Chalmers took seat after an election contest with Van H. Manning who challenged his election , nowrap , James Ronald Chalmers, James R. Chalmers (I) , June 25, 1884 , - , , nowrap , John E. Kenna (D) , Resigned March 4, 1883, when 1883 United States Senate election in West Virginia, elected U.S. Senator. , nowrap , Charles P. Snyder (politician), Charles P. Snyder (D) , May 15, 1883 , - , , nowrap , Thomas H. Herndon (D) , Died March 28, 1883. , nowrap , James T. Jones (D) , December 3, 1883 , - , , nowrap , Marsena E. Cutts (R) , Died September 1, 1883. , nowrap , John C. Cook (D) , October 9, 1883 , - , , nowrap , John Paul (judge), John Paul (D) , Resigned September 5, 1883 to become judge of the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia. The House election was subsequently contested. , nowrap , Charles Triplett O'Ferrall, Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) , May 5, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Dudley C. Haskell (R) , Died December 16, 1883. , nowrap , Edward H. Funston (R) , March 21, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Walter F. Pool (R) , Died August 25, 1883. , nowrap , Thomas Gregory Skinner, Thomas G. Skinner (D) , November 20, 1883 , - , , nowrap , George D. Robinson (R) , Resigned January 7, 1884 when 1883 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, elected Governor of Massachusetts. , nowrap , Francis W. Rockwell (politician), Francis W. Rockwell (R) , January 17, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Edmund William McGregor Mackey, Edmund W. M. Mackey (R) , Died January 27, 1884. , nowrap , Robert Smalls (R) , March 18, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Tranquilino Luna (R) , Lost contested election March 5, 1884. , nowrap , Francisco Antonio Manzanares, Francisco A. Manzanares (D) , March 5, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Robert Murphy Mayo, Robert M. Mayo (RA) , Lost contested election March 20, 1884. , nowrap , George Tankard Garrison, George T. Garrison (D) , March 20, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Stanton J. Peelle (R) , Lost contested election May 22, 1884. , nowrap , William E. English (D) , May 22, 1884 , - , , nowrap , William McKinley (R) , Lost contested election May 27, 1884. , nowrap , Jonathan H. Wallace (D) , May 27, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Henry Lee Morey, Henry L. Morey (R) , Lost contested election June 20, 1884. , nowrap , James E. Campbell (D) , June 20, 1884 , - , , nowrap , John A. Kasson (R) , Resigned July 13, 1884 to become United States Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Minister to Germany. , nowrap , Hiram Y. Smith (R) , December 2, 1884 , - , , nowrap , William H. Calkins (R) , Resigned October 20, 1884. , , Benjamin F. Shively (AM) , December 1, 1884 , - , , nowrap , John H. Evins (D) , Died October 20, 1884. , nowrap , John Bratton (D) , December 8, 1884 , - , , nowrap , William Addison Duncan, William A. Duncan (D) , Died November 14, 1884. , nowrap , John Augustus Swope, John A. Swope (D) , December 23, 1884 , - , , nowrap , Alfred Moore Scales, Alfred M. Scales (D) , Resigned December 30, 1884 when 1884 North Carolina gubernatorial election, elected Governor of North Carolina. , nowrap , James W. Reid (politician), James W. Reid (D) , January 28, 1885 , - , , nowrap , Charles M. Shelley (D) , Lost contested election January 9, 1885. , nowrap , George Henry Craig, George H. Craig (R) , January 9, 1885 , - , , nowrap , James S. Robinson (R) , Resigned January 12, 1885 to become Ohio Secretary of State. , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Jonathan Chace (R) , Resigned January 26, 1885 when 1885 United States Senate special election in Rhode Island, elected U.S. Senator. , nowrap , Nathan F. Dixon III (R) , February 12, 1885 , - , , nowrap , James Kimbrough Jones, James K. Jones (D) , Resigned February 19, 1885 when 1885 United States Senate election in Arkansas, elected U.S. Senator. , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture), James Wilson (R) , Lost contested election March 3, 1885. , nowrap , Benjamin T. Frederick (D) , March 3, 1885

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Warner Miller; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Percival Jones, John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: James D. Walker) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron (American politician), Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J. R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom) * United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) * United States Senate Select Committee on Epidemic Diseases, Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: William J. Sewell) * United States Senate Select Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select) (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures of Public Money, Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan, John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Franklin Miller (senator), John F. Miller; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan, John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: John Stuart Williams, John S. Williams) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Jonas) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nicaraguan Claims, Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Samuel B. Maxey; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Hill) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Ordnance and War Ships, Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: James H. Slater) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey) * United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: James H. Slater) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Jones; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony then Samuel J.R. McMillan) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Select Committee on Sioux and Crow Indians, Sioux and Crow Indians (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Steel Producing Capacity of the United States, Steel Producing Capacity of the United States (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census, Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: James T. Farley) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Henry W. Blair)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: George W. Covington; Ranking Member: J. Hart Brewer) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: John D. Patton) * United States House Select Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: William D. Cox; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Select Committee on American Ship building, American Ship building (Select) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: James N. Burnes) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Aylett H. Buckner; Ranking Member: George L. Yaple) * United States House Select Committee on the Boynton Investigation, Boynton Investigation (Select) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Benton McMillin; Ranking Member: Charles P. Snyder (politician), Charles P. Snyder) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Pleasant B. Tully) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: Ethelbert Barksdale) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John S. Barbour; Ranking Member: Samuel F. Barr) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: D. Wyatt Aiken; Ranking Member: John Winans) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; Ranking Member: John J. Adams) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William H. Neece; Ranking Member: Adoniram J. Holmes) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Casey Young; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Henry Bowen) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leopold Morse; Ranking Member: Leonidas C. Houk) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Charles H. Morgan; Ranking Member: Stanton J. Peelle) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Thomas Hardeman; Ranking Member: Samuel F. Barr) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Lowndes H. Davis; Ranking Member: Edward S. Lacey) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Philip B. Thompson; Ranking Member: Robert M. Mayo) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Perry Belmont; Ranking Member: Alfred C. Harmer) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Andrew Gregg Curtin, Andrew G. Curtin; Ranking Member: John E. Lamb) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Olin Wellborn; Ranking Member: Thomas G. Skinner) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: John H. Bagley Jr.) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: John R. Tucker; Ranking Member: William C. Maybury) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: James H. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Henry B. Lovering) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: J. Floyd King; Ranking Member: Barclay Henley) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Bagley Jr.; Ranking Member: Robert M. Murray) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Samuel W. Moulton; Ranking Member: Ambrose A. Ranney) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: William S. Rosecrans; Ranking Member: William A. Duncan) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Nicholas Muller; Ranking Member: John G. Ballentine) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Richard Warner (Tennessee politician), Richard Warner; Ranking Member: Robert S. Stevens (politician), Robert S. Stevens) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Samuel S. Cox; Ranking Member: William McAdoo (New Jersey), William McAdoo) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George W. Cassidy; Ranking Member: George A. Post) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Robert B. Vance; Ranking Member: John Winans) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Goldsmith W. Hewitt; Ranking Member: Frank L. Wolford) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: David R. Paige) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry L. Muldrow; Ranking Member: Robert Lowry (Indiana), Robert Lowry) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Strother M. Stockslager; Ranking Member: Nicholas E. Worthington) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Henry S. Van Eaton) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: Edward Wemple) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: John J. Hemphill) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Albert S. Willis; Ranking Member: Julius Houseman) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: J. Warren Keifer) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Luke Pryor; Ranking Member: Martin A. Foran) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: George W. Geddes; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Ferrell) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: William Ralls Morrison, William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. William J. Sewell; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred H. Colquitt) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sherman; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel W. Voorhees) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Henry B. Anthony then Joseph R. Hawley; Vice Chairman: Rep. Arthur P. Gorman) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Sen. William Mahone; Vice Chairman: Rep. Charles W. Jones) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Scientific Bureaus, Scientific Bureaus

Caucuses

* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House) * Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford * Public Printer of the United States: Sterling P. Rounds

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian), to December 18, 1883 ** Elias D. Huntley (Methodism, Methodist), from December 18, 1883 * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: P. J. Pierce, to 1884 ** George M. Weston, from 1884 * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Francis E. Shober (Acting), to December 18, 1883 ** Anson G. McCook, from December 18, 1883 * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright, to December 18, 1883 ** William P. Canady, from December 18, 1883

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ), until December 3, 1883 ** John S. Lindsay (Episcopal Church in the United States of America, Episcopalian), elected December 3, 1883 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: John B. Clark Jr., elected December 3, 1883 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: James G. Wintersmith, elected December 3, 1883 * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton, elected December 3, 1883 * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: T.O. Walker (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: George W. Hooker, until December 4, 1883 ** John P. Leedom, until December 4, 1883

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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