The 43rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the

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and the

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. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1873, to March 4, 1875, during the fifth and sixth years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a

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majority. This is the last time Republicans held a 2/3rds majority in the Senate.

Major events

* September 18, 1873: New York stock market crash triggered the

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, part of the

Long Depression The Long Depression was a worldwide price and economic recession, beginning in 1873 and running either through March 1879, or 1896, depending on the metrics used. It was most severe in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing st ...

* November 4, 1874: United States House of Representatives elections, 1874 -Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1860 * November 25, 1874:

United States Greenback Party The Greenback Party (known successively as the Independent Party, the National Independent Party and the Greenback Labor Party) was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology which was active between 1874 and 1889. The party ran ...

established as a political party, made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the

Major legislation

* June 22, 1874:

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* June 23, 1874: Poland Act, * January 14, 1875: Specie Payment Resumption Act ch. 15, * March 1, 1875:

Civil Rights Act of 1875 The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called the Enforcement Act or the Force Act, was a United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans. The bill was passed by the ...

, (Butler-Sumner Act) * March 3, 1875: Tariff of 1875 * March 3, 1875:

Page Act of 1875 The Page Act of 1875 (Sect. 141, 18 Stat. 477, 3 March 1875) was the first restrictive federal immigration law in the United States, which effectively prohibited the entry of Chinese women, marking the end of open borders. Seven years later, th ...

Treaties

*March 18, 1874: Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.

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

Before this Congress, the

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and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 292 members.

Leadership

Senate

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Henry Wilson Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 ...

(R) *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase '' pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

Matthew H. Carpenter Matthew Hale Carpenter (born Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter; December 22, 1824 – February 24, 1881) was an American attorney and U.S. Senator representing the state of Wisconsin. He served in the Senate from 1869 to 1875 and again from 1879 ...

(R) **

Henry B. Anthony Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...

(R), elected January 25, 1875.

House of Representatives

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James G. Blaine James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representati ...

(R) * Republican Conference Chairman:

Horace Maynard Horace Maynard (August 30, 1814 – May 3, 1882) was an American educator, attorney, politician and diplomat active primarily in the second half of the 19th century. Initially elected to the House of Representatives from Tennessee's 2nd Con ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: William E. Niblack

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and Members of the House by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1874; class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1876; and class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1878.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: 2. George Goldthwaite (D) : 3.

George E. Spencer George Eliphaz Spencer (November 1, 1836 – February 19, 1893) was an American politician and a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama who also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Champion, Ne ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

: 2.

Powell Clayton Powell Foulk Clayton (August 7, 1833August 25, 1914) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 9th governor of Arkansas from 1868 to 1871, as a Republican member of the U.S. Senate for Arkansas from 1871 to 1877 ...

(R) : 3. Stephen W. Dorsey (R)

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: 1. Eugene Casserly (D), until November 29, 1873 ::

John S. Hager John Sharpenstein Hager (March 12, 1818March 19, 1890) was an American politician from the state of California. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1873 to 1875. Life Hager was born near Morristown, New Jersey, on March 12, 1818. He completed prep ...

(D), from December 23, 1873 : 3.

Aaron A. Sargent Aaron Augustus Sargent (September 28, 1827 – August 14, 1887) was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. In 1878, Sargent historically introduced what would later become the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giv ...

(R)

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

: 1. William A. Buckingham (R), until February 5, 1875 :: William W. Eaton (D), from February 5, 1875 : 3.

Orris S. Ferry Orris Sanford Ferry (August 15, 1823 – November 21, 1875) was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a brigadier gener ...

(LR)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

: 1.

Thomas F. Bayard Thomas Francis Bayard (October 29, 1828 – September 28, 1898) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as United States Senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids ...

(D) : 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (D)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

: 1. Abijah Gilbert (R) : 3. Simon B. Conover (R)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: 2. Thomas M. Norwood (D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

: 2. John A. Logan (R) : 3. Richard J. Oglesby (R)

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

: 1. Daniel D. Pratt (R) : 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

: 2.

George G. Wright George Grover Wright (March 24, 1820January 11, 1896) was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he attended private schools and graduated from In ...

(R) : 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

: 2.

Alexander Caldwell Alexander Caldwell (March 1, 1830May 19, 1917) was a U.S. Senator from Kansas. Early years Born in Drakes Ferry, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools, and in 1847 enlisted as a private to serve in the Mexican–American War. He moved to C ...

(R), until March 24, 1873 ::

Robert Crozier Robert Crozier (October 13, 1827October 2, 1895) was an attorney, judge and politician from Kansas. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1864–1867) and United States Senator from Ka ...

(R), November 24, 1873 - February 12, 1874 :: James M. Harvey (R), from February 12, 1874 : 3. John J. Ingalls (R)

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

: 2. John W. Stevenson (D) : 3. Thomas C. McCreery (D)

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...

: 2. J. Rodman West (R) : 3: vacant

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...

: 1.

Hannibal Hamlin Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republic ...

(R) : 2. Lot M. Morrill (R)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

: 1. William T. Hamilton (D) : 3. George R. Dennis (D)

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: 1.

Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American statesman and United States Senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the anti-slavery forces in the state and a leader of th ...

(LR), until March 11, 1874 ::

William B. Washburn William Barrett Washburn (January 31, 1820 – October 5, 1887) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. Washburn served several terms in the United States House of Representatives (1863–71) and as the 28th Governor of ...

(R), from April 17, 1874 : 2. George S. Boutwell (R), from March 17, 1873

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

: 1.

Zachariah Chandler Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sen ...

(R) : 2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

: 1.

Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor. Early years and fa ...

(R) : 2. William Windom (R)

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

: 1.

Adelbert Ames Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senat ...

(R), until January 10, 1874 ::

Henry R. Pease Henry Roberts Pease (February 19, 1835January 2, 1907) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1874 to 1875. He also served as the state's first superintendent of education and ...

(R), from February 3, 1874 : 2. James L. Alcorn (R)

Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

: 1.

Carl Schurz Carl Schurz (; March 2, 1829 – May 14, 1906) was a German revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He immigrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848–1849 and became a prominent member of the new ...

(R) : 3.

Lewis V. Bogy Lewis Vital Bogy (April 9, 1813September 20, 1877) was a United States senator from Missouri. Born in Ste. Geneviève, he attended the public schools, was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment, studied law in Illinois, graduated from ...

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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

: 1. Thomas Tipton (R) : 2.

Phineas Hitchcock Phineas Warren Hitchcock (November 30, 1831July 10, 1881) was an American Delegate and a Senator from Nebraska. Hitchcock County, Nebraska, is named after him. Early life He was born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, the son of Gad ...

(R)

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

: 1.

William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...

(R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2. Aaron H. Cragin (R) : 3.

Bainbridge Wadleigh Bainbridge Wadleigh (January 4, 1831January 24, 1891) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Bradford, he attended the common schools and Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, New Hampshire). He studied law, was admitted to the bar i ...

(R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

: 1.

John P. Stockton John Potter Stockton (August 2, 1826January 22, 1900) was a New Jersey politician who served in the United States Senate as a Democrat. He was New Jersey Attorney General for twenty years (1877 to 1897), and served as United States Minister to ...

(D) : 2.

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur. Early life and ...

(R)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

: 1. Reuben Fenton (R) : 3.

Roscoe Conkling Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the ...

(R)

North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3.

Augustus S. Merrimon Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (September 15, 1830November 14, 1892) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1873 and 1879. An attorney from Buncombe County, North Carolina, Merrimon served in the North Carolina Ho ...

(D)

Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

: 1. Allen G. Thurman (D) : 3.

John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...

(R)

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: 2. James K. Kelly (D) : 3. John H. Mitchell (R)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

: 1. John Scott (R) : 3.

Simon Cameron Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...

(R)

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

: 1. William Sprague (R) : 2.

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South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

: 2.

Thomas J. Robertson Thomas James Robertson (August 3, 1823October 13, 1897) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born near Winnsboro, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at ...

(R) : 3. John J. Patterson (R)

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

: 1. William G. Brownlow (R) : 2.

Henry Cooper Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer, best remembered internationally for a 1963 fight in which he knocked down a young Cassius Clay before the fight was stopped because of a cut eye from Clay's punches. C ...

(D)

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: 1. James W. Flanagan (R) : 2. Morgan C. Hamilton ( LR)

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

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

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

: 1. John F. Lewis (R) : 2. John W. Johnston (D)

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

: 1. Arthur I. Boreman (R) : 2.

Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he be ...

(D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

: 1.

(R) : 3.

Timothy O. Howe Timothy Otis Howe (February 24, 1816March 25, 1883) was a member of the United States Senate for three terms, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He also served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Che ...

(R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: . Frederick G. Bromberg (LR) : .

James T. Rapier James Thomas Rapier (November 13, 1837 – May 31, 1883) was a politician from Alabama during the Reconstruction Era. He served as a United States representative from Alabama, for one term from 1873 until 1875. Born free in Alabama, he went to sc ...

(R) : . Charles Pelham (R) : .

Charles Hays ''For the public official in Idaho see Charles Marshall Hays'' Charles Hays (February 2, 1834 – June 24, 1879) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Hays was born at "Hays Mount," in G ...

(R) : . John H. Caldwell (D) : . Joseph H. Sloss (D) : . Charles C. Sheats (R) : . Alexander White (R)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

: . Asa Hodges (R) : . Oliver P. Snyder (R) : .

William W. Wilshire William W. Wilshire (born William Wallace Wilshire; September 8, 1830 – August 19, 1888)Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 8. was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for ...

(R), until June 16, 1874 ::

Thomas M. Gunter Thomas Montague Gunter (September 18, 1826 – January 12, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Born near McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee, Gunter pursued classical studies and was graduated from Irving College in 1850. He s ...

(D), from June 16, 1874 : . William J. Hynes (LR)

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

: . Charles Clayton (R) : .

Horace F. Page Horace Francis Page (October 20, 1833 – August 23, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for five terms between 1873 and 1883. He is perhaps best known for the Page ...

(R) : .

John K. Luttrell John King Luttrell (June 27, 1831 – October 4, 1893) was an American miner, lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1873 to 1879. Early life and career Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Lutt ...

(D) : . Sherman O. Houghton (R)

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

: .

Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...

(R) : . Stephen W. Kellogg (R) : .

Henry H. Starkweather Henry Howard Starkweather was born in Preston, Connecticut, on April 29, 1826, and died on January 28, 1876, while serving in office as a member of the United States Congress. Biography His parents were John Starkweather and Lydia (Button) Sta ...

(R) : .

William H. Barnum William Henry Barnum (September 17, 1818 – April 30, 1889) was an American politician, serving as a state representative, congressman, U.S. senator, and finally as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He was also known as "Seven Mu ...

(D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...

: . James R. Lofland (R)

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...

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Josiah T. Walls Josiah Thomas Walls (December 30, 1842 – May 15, 1905) was a United States congressman who served three terms in the U.S. Congress between 1871 and 1876. He was one of the first African Americans in the United States Congress elected during t ...

(R) : . William J. Purman (R), until January 25, 1875

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

: . Morgan Rawls (D), until March 24, 1874 ::

Andrew Sloan Andrew Sloan (June 10, 1845 – September 22, 1883) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in McDonough, Henry County, Georgia, Sloan attended the common schools, Marshall College in Griffin, Georgia, and Bethany College in Bethany, Wes ...

(R), from March 24, 1874 : . Richard H. Whiteley (R) : . Philip Cook (D) : . Henry R. Harris (D) : . James C. Freeman (R) : .

James H. Blount James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837 – March 8, 1903) was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 in his investigation into the American involvement in the political revolut ...

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Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in ...

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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...

: . John B. Rice (R), until December 17, 1874 :: Bernard G. Caulfield (D), from February 1, 1875 : . Jasper D. Ward (R) : .

Charles B. Farwell Charles Benjamin Farwell (July 1, 1823 – September 23, 1903) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Early life Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York on July 1, 1823. He was a son of Henry Farwell (1795–1873) and Na ...

(R) : . Stephen A. Hurlbut (R) : . Horatio C. Burchard (R) : . John B. Hawley (R) : . Franklin Corwin (R) : .

Greenbury L. Fort Greenbury Lafayette Fort (October 17, 1825 – January 13, 1883) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in French Grant, Ohio, Fort moved with his parents to Marshall County, Illinois, in ...

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William H. Ray William Henry Ray (December 14, 1812 – January 25, 1881) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois. Biography Born on December 14, 1812 in Amenia, New York. Ray moved ...

(R) : . Robert M. Knapp (D) : . James C. Robinson (D) : .

John McNulta John McNulta (November 9, 1837 – February 22, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in New York City, McNulta pursued an academic course and visited the West Indies and Europe. He moved to Attica, Indiana, in 1853 and ...

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Joseph G. Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consi ...

(R) : . John R. Eden (D) : . James S. Martin (R) : . William R. Morrison (D) : . Isaac Clements (R) : . Samuel S. Marshall (D)

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

: . William E. Niblack (D) : . Simeon K. Wolfe (D) : .

William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...

(D) : . Jeremiah M. Wilson (R) : . John Coburn (R) : . Morton C. Hunter (R) : . Thomas J. Cason (R) : . James N. Tyner (R) : . John P. C. Shanks (R) : . Henry B. Sayler (R) : .

Jasper Packard Jasper Packard (February 1, 1832 – December 13, 1899) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran, and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's at-large congressional district and Indian ...

(R) : . Godlove S. Orth (R) : . William Williams (R)

Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

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George W. McCrary George Washington McCrary (August 29, 1835 – June 23, 1890) was a United States representative from Iowa, the 33rd United States Secretary of War and a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit. Ed ...

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Aylett R. Cotton Aylett Rains Cotton (November 29, 1826 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, educator and miner active in Iowa and Northern California. Early life and education Born in Austintown, Ohio, Cotton attended local publ ...

(R) : . William G. Donnan (R) : . Henry O. Pratt (R) : . James Wilson (R) : . William Loughridge (R) : . John A. Kasson (R) : .

James W. McDill James Wilson McDill (March 4, 1834February 28, 1894) was an American lawyer, state-court judge, Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Representative and United States Senate, Senator from Iowa, state railroad commissioner, ...

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Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

: . Stephen A. Cobb (R) : . David P. Lowe (R) : . William A. Phillips (R)

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

: . Edward Crossland (D) : . John Y. Brown (D) : . Charles W. Milliken (D) : . William B. Read (D) : . Elisha D. Standiford (D) : . William E. Arthur (D) : . James B. Beck (D) : . Milton J. Durham (D) : . George M. Adams (D) : . John D. Young (D)

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...

: . J. Hale Sypher (R), until March 3, 1875 :: Effingham Lawrence (D), from March 3, 1875 : . Lionel A. Sheldon (R) : . Chester B. Darrall (R) : . George L. Smith (R), from November 24, 1873 : . Frank Morey (R) : . George A. Sheridan (LR)

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...

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William P. Frye William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...

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Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...

: . Ephraim K. Wilson II (D) : . Stevenson Archer (D) : . William J. O'Brien (D) : .

Thomas Swann Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-N ...

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William Albert William Julian Albert (August 4, 1816 – March 29, 1879) was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving from 1873 to 1875. Early life William Julian Albert was born on August 4, 1816, in Baltimore, Maryland to a family ...

(R) : . Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R)

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...

: . James Buffington (R) : . Benjamin W. Harris (R) : . William Whiting (R), until June 29, 1873 :: Henry L. Pierce (R), from December 1, 1873 : . Samuel Hooper (R) : .

Daniel W. Gooch Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (January 8, 1820 – November 1, 1891) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Early life and education Gooch, the son of John and Olive ( Winn) Gooch, was born in Wells in Massachusetts' District ...

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Ebenezer R. Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (February 21, 1816 – January 31, 1895) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist from Massachusetts. He served as U.S. Attorney General from 1869 to 1870, and was the first head of the newly created Department of Jus ...

(R) : . John M. S. Williams (R) : . George F. Hoar (R) : .

Alvah Crocker Alvah Crocker (October 14, 1801 – December 26, 1874) was an American manufacturer and railroad promoter. He served in the Massachusetts General Court and was U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Biography Born in Leominster, Massachusetts ...

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Henry L. Dawes Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimul ...

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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...

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Henry Waldron Henry Waldron (October 11, 1819 – September 13, 1880) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Waldron was born in Albany, New York, attended Albany Academy, and graduated from R ...

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Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...

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Wilder D. Foster Wilder De Ayr Foster (January 8, 1819 – September 20, 1873) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged ...

(R), until September 20, 1873 :: William B. Williams (R), from December 1, 1873 : . Josiah Begole (R) : .

Omar D. Conger Omar Dwight Conger (April 1, 1818July 11, 1898) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Conger was born in Cooperstown, New York, and moved with his father, the Rev. E. Conger, to Huron County, Ohio, in 1824. H ...

(R) : . Nathan B. Bradley (R) : . Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...

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Mark H. Dunnell Mark Hill Dunnell (July 2, 1823 – August 9, 1904) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1871 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891. Biography Born in Buxton, York County, Maine, he completed preparatory studies, a ...

(R) : . Horace B. Strait (R) : . John T. Averill (R)

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

: . Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) : . Albert R. Howe (R) : . Henry W. Barry (R) : .

Jason Niles Jason Niles (December 19, 1814 – July 7, 1894) was a lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician in the United States. He served as mayor and for one term as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1873 to 1875. Biography Niles was born in ...

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John R. Lynch John Roy Lynch (September 10, 1847 – November 2, 1939) was an American writer, attorney, military officer, author, and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and represented Mississippi in ...

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Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

: . Edwin O. Stanard (R) : . Erastus Wells (D) : . William H. Stone (D) : . Robert A. Hatcher (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . Harrison E. Havens (R) : . Thomas T. Crittenden (D) : . Abram Comingo (D) : .

Isaac C. Parker Isaac Charles Parker (October 15, 1838 – November 17, 1896), also known as “Hanging Judge” Parker, was an American politician and jurist. He served as a United States representative from Missouri and was appointed as the first United Stat ...

(R) : . Ira B. Hyde (R) : . John B. Clark Jr. (D) : . John M. Glover (D) : .

Aylett H. Buckner Aylett Hawes Buckner (December 14, 1816 – February 5, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Buckner attended Georgetown ...

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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

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Lorenzo Crounse Lorenzo Crounse (January 27, 1834May 13, 1909) was a Nebraska Republican politician and the eighth Governor of Nebraska. Early life Born in Sharon in Schoharie County, New York, Crounse attended the New York Conference Seminary in Charl ...

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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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Austin F. Pike Austin Franklin Pike (October 16, 1819October 8, 1886) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Hebron, New Hampshire, he pursued an academic course, studied law, and was admitted to the bar of Merrimack County ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

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John W. Hazelton John Wright Hazelton (December 10, 1814, Mullica Hill, New Jersey – December 20, 1878, Mullica Hill), was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New Jersey's ...

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Samuel A. Dobbins Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (April 14, 1814 – May 26, 1886) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1877. He served as the Sheriff of Bur ...

(R) : . Amos Clark Jr. (R) : . Robert Hamilton (D) : . William W. Phelps (R) : . Marcus L. Ward (R) : . Isaac W. Scudder (R)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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John G. Schumaker John Godfrey Schumaker (June 27, 1826 – November 23, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States representative from New York from 1869 to 1871. Biography Born in Claverack, Columbia County, Schuma ...

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Stewart L. Woodford Stewart Lyndon Woodford (September 3, 1835 – February 14, 1913) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Lieutenant Governor of New York. Born in New York City, Woodf ...

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Simeon B. Chittenden Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (March 29, 1814 – April 14, 1889) was a United States representative from New York. Early life Chittenden was born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut on March 29, 1814. He was the son of Abel Chittenden (177 ...

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William R. Roberts William Randall Roberts (February 6, 1830 – August 9, 1897) was a Fenian Brotherhood member, United States Representative from New York (1871–1875), and a United States Ambassador to Chile. Roberts, an Irish immigrant who became a we ...

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Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the O ...

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Richard Schell Richard Schell (May 15, 1810 – November 10, 1879) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1874 to 1875. Early life Schell was born in Rhinebeck, New York on May 15, 1810. He was ...

(D), from December 7, 1874 : . Fernando Wood (D) : . Clarkson N. Potter (D) : . Charles St. John (R) : . John O. Whitehouse (D) : .

David M. De Witt David Miller De Witt (November 25, 1837 – June 23, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1873 to 1875. Early life and family Born in Paterson, New Jersey, he was the so ...

(D) : . Eli Perry (D) : . James S. Smart (R) : . Robert S. Hale (R) : .

William A. Wheeler William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney. He served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877, and the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 t ...

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David Wilber David Wilber (October 5, 1820 – April 1, 1890) was a United States representative from New York. Early life Born near Quaker Street, a hamlet in Duanesburg, New York, he moved with his parents to Milford, Otsego County, N.Y.; attended the ...

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Clinton L. Merriam Clinton Levi Merriam (March 25, 1824 – February 18, 1900) was a United States representative from New York. Merriam was born in Leyden, Lewis County, New York on March 25, 1824. He attended the common schools and Copenhagen Academy, Copen ...

(R) : . Ellis H. Roberts (R) : . William E. Lansing (R) : . R. Holland Duell (R) : . Clinton D. MacDougall (R) : .

William H. Lamport William Henry Lamport (May 27, 1811 – July 21, 1891) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from New York. Born in Brunswick, New York, Lamport moved with his parents to Gorham, New York, in 1826. He attended the pub ...

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Thomas C. Platt Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt

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Freeman Clarke Freeman Clarke (March 22, 1809 – June 24, 1887) was a U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the ...

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George G. Hoskins George Gilbert Hoskins (December 24, 1824 – June 12, 1893) was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of New York and United States Representative for the state of New York. Early life Hoskins was born in Bennington ...

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Lyman K. Bass Lyman Kidder Bass (November 13, 1836 – May 11, 1889) was an American lawyer, politician, U.S. Representative from New York, and the 16th District Attorney of Erie County, New York. Early life Born in the town of Alden, New York, Bass atten ...

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Walter L. Sessions Walter Loomis Sessions (October 4, 1820 in Brandon, Rutland County, Vermont – May 27, 1896 in Panama, Chautauqua County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life The family removed to Chautauqua County. He attended ...

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Lyman Tremain Lyman Tremain (June 14, 1819, in Durham, Greene County, New York – November 30, 1878, in New York City) was a jurist and politician from New York. Biography He was admitted to the bar in 1840 and practiced in Durham, where he was elected t ...

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...

: . Clinton L. Cobb (R) : . Charles R. Thomas (R) : . Alfred M. Waddell (D) : . William A. Smith (R) : . James M. Leach (D) : . Thomas S. Ashe (D) : .

William M. Robbins William McKendree Robbins (October 26, 1828 – May 5, 1905) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born in the old homestead near Trinity, North Carolina, Robbins pursued classical studies. H ...

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Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

: . Milton Sayler (D) : . Henry B. Banning ( LR) : . John Q. Smith (R) : . Lewis B. Gunckel (R) : .

Charles N. Lamison Charles Nelson Lamison (1826April 24, 1896) was an American politician, soldier, and lawyer who was a two-term United States congressman from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1871 to 1875. Early life and career ...

(D) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (R) : . Lawrence T. Neal (D) : . William Lawrence (R) : . James W. Robinson (R) : . Charles Foster (R) : . Hezekiah S. Bundy (R) : . Hugh J. Jewett (D), until June 23, 1874 :: William E. Finck (D), from December 7, 1874 : . Milton I. Southard (D) : . John Berry (D) : . William P. Sprague (R) : .

Lorenzo Danford Lorenzo Dow Danford (October 18, 1829 – June 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Washington Township, Belmon ...

(R) : . Laurin D. Woodworth (R) : .

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...

(R) : . James A. Garfield (R) : . Richard C. Parsons (R)

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: . Joseph G. Wilson (R), until July 2, 1873 ::

James W. Nesmith James Willis Nesmith (July 23, 1820 – June 17, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Oregon. Born in New Brunswick to American parents, he grew up in New Hampshire and Maine. A Democrat, he moved to Oregon Country in 1843 where he ...

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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Samuel J. Randall Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...

(D) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : . Leonard Myers (R) : . William D. Kelley (R) : .

Alfred C. Harmer Alfred Crout Harmer (August 8, 1825 – March 6, 1900) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Harmer was born in Germantown section of Philadelphia. Began work as a shoe manufacture ...

(R) : . James S. Biery (R) : . Washington Townsend (R) : . Hiester Clymer (D) : . A. Herr Smith (R) : . John W. Killinger (R) : . John B. Storm (D) : . Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R) : . James D. Strawbridge (R) : . John B. Packer (R) : . John A. Magee (D) : . John Cessna (R) : . R. Milton Speer (D) : . Sobieski Ross (R) : . Carlton B. Curtis (R) : . Hiram L. Richmond (R) : . Alexander W. Taylor (R) : . James S. Negley (R) : . Ebenezer McJunkin (R), until January 1, 1875 :: John M. Thompson (R), from January 5, 1875 : . William S. Moore (R) : . Charles Albright (R) : . Glenni W. Scofield (R) : .

Lemuel Todd Lemuel Todd (July 29, 1817 – May 12, 1891) was an American politician who served as an Oppositionist member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district from 1855 to 1857 and as a Republican member of ...

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Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

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Benjamin T. Eames Benjamin Tucker Eames (June 4, 1818 – October 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Eames attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island, and academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. ...

(R) : . James M. Pendleton (R)

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

: . Joseph Rainey (R) : . Alonzo J. Ransier (R) : . Robert B. Elliott (R), until November 1, 1874 ::

Lewis C. Carpenter Lewis Cass Carpenter (February 20, 1836 – March 6, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Putnam, Connecticut, Carpenter attended public schools before moving to New Jersey, where he taught school. He was appointed St ...

(R), from November 3, 1874 : . Alexander S. Wallace (R) : . Richard H. Cain (R)

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Jacob M. Thornburgh (R) : .

William Crutchfield William Crutchfield (November 16, 1824 – January 24, 1890) was an American politician who represented the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives for one term (1873–1875). He also served ...

(R) : . John M. Bright (D) : . Horace Harrison (R) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : .

John D. C. Atkins John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (June 4, 1825 – June 2, 1908) was an American slave owner, politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee. Biography Johnathan Atkins was born ...

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Barbour Lewis Barbour Lewis (January 5, 1818 – July 15, 1893) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Biography Lewis was born in Alburgh, Vermont on January 5, 1818. ...

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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: . William S. Herndon (D) : . William P. McLean (D) : . De Witt C. Giddings (D) : .

John Hancock John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor o ...

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Roger Q. Mills Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative ...

(D) : . Asa H. Willie (D)

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

: . Charles W. Willard (R) : .

Luke P. Poland Luke Potter Poland (November 1, 1815 – July 2, 1887) was a United States senator and Representative from Vermont. Biography Poland was born in Westford son of Luther and Nancy Potter Poland. He attended the common schools and Jericho Academy ...

(R) : . George W. Hendee (R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

: . James B. Sener (R) : . James H. Platt Jr. (R) : . J. Ambler Smith (R) : . William H. H. Stowell (R) : . Alexander Davis (D), until March 5, 1874 :: Christopher Thomas (R), from March 5, 1874 : . Thomas Whitehead (D) : . John T. Harris (D) : . Eppa Hunton, II (D) : .

Rees Bowen Rees Tate Bowen (January 10, 1809 – August 29, 1879) was a nineteenth-century American congressman, magistrate and judge from Virginia. He was the father of Henry Bowen. Biography Born at " Maiden Spring" near Tazewell, Virginia, Bowen a ...

(D)

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...

: . John J. Davis (ID) : . John Hagans (R) : . Frank Hereford (D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

: . Charles G. Williams (R) : . Gerry W. Hazelton (R) : . J. Allen Barber (R) : . Alexander Mitchell (D) : . Charles A. Eldredge (D) : . Philetus Sawyer (R) : . Jeremiah M. Rusk (R) : . Alexander S. McDill (R)

Non-voting members

: . Richard C. McCormick (NU) : .

Jerome B. Chaffee Jerome Bunty Chaffee (April 17, 1825 – March 9, 1886) was an American entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado. Chaffee County, Colorado is named after him. Biography He was born in Cambria, New York. He moved to Adrian, Michigan ...

(R) : .

Moses K. Armstrong Moses Kimball Armstrong (September 19, 1832 – January 11, 1906) was an American surveyor who served as a delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. Life Armstrong was born in Milan, Erie County, Ohio. He ...

(D) : .

Norton P. Chipman Norton Parker Chipman (March 7, 1834 – February 1, 1924) was an American Civil War army officer, military prosecutor, politician, author, and judge. Biography Early years Born in Milford Center, Ohio, to Vermont-natives Norman and Sarah Wilson ...

(R) : .

John Hailey John Hailey (August 29, 1835 – April 10, 1921) was a Congressional Delegate from Idaho Territory. He was born in Smith County, Tennessee, and attended the public schools. Of Scottish ancestry, his grandfather, Philip Hailey, and his father, ...

(D) : .

Martin Maginnis Martin Maginnis (October 27, 1841 – March 27, 1919) was a nineteenth-century politician, soldier, publisher, editor and miner from Minnesota and the Montana Territory. Origins and early life Maginnis was born in 1841 on his family's farm ...

(D) : . Stephen B. Elkins (R) : . George Q. Cannon (R) : . Obadiah B. McFadden (D) : . William R. Steele (D) 43 us house membership

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democratic: 1 seat net gain **

: no net change ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 3 * Interim appointments: 1 * Vacancy: 1 *Total seats with changes: 7 , - ,

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(2) , Vacant ,

resigned in previous congress after becoming

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice p ...

.
Successor

elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an American indie rock band See also *Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...

March 17, 1873. , nowrap , George S. Boutwell (R) , March 17, 1873 , - ,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

(1) , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned March 17, 1873, after being elected

Governor of Mississippi A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

.
Successor

February 3, 1874. , nowrap ,

(R) , February 3, 1874 , - ,

Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

(2) , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned March 24, 1873.
Successor appointed November 24, 1873. , nowrap ,

(R) , November 24, 1873 , - ,

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

(1) , nowrap , Eugene Casserly (D) , Resigned November 29, 1873.
Successor

December 23, 1873. , nowrap ,

(D) , December 23, 1873 , - ,

(2) , nowrap ,

(R) , Interim appointee retired when successor

February 2, 1874. , nowrap , James M. Harvey (R) , February 2, 1874 , - ,

(1) , nowrap ,

(LR) , Died March 11, 1874.
Successor

April 17, 1874. , nowrap ,

(R) , April 17, 1874 , - ,

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...

(1) , nowrap , William A. Buckingham (R) , Died February 5, 1875.
Successor appointed February 5, 1875, having already been

to the next tern. , nowrap , William W. Eaton (D) , February 5, 1875

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 15 ** Democratic: 3 seat net gain **

: 4 seat net loss ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 5 * Contested election: 4 *Total seats with changes: 19 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Samuel Peters died before taking seat , nowrap , George L. Smith (R) , November 24, 1873 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before taking seat , nowrap ,

(D) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , James Brooks (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 30, 1873 , nowrap ,

(D) , November 4, 1873 , - , , nowrap , William Whiting (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 29, 1873 , nowrap , Henry L. Pierce (R) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , Joseph G. Wilson (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 2, 1873 , nowrap ,

James Nesmith James Willis Nesmith (July 23, 1820 – June 17, 1885) was an American politician and lawyer from Oregon. Born in New Brunswick to American parents, he grew up in New Hampshire and Maine. A Democrat, he moved to Oregon Country in 1843 where he ...

(D) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 20, 1873 , nowrap , William B. Williams (R) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , Alexander Davis (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 5, 1874 , nowrap , Christopher Thomas (R) , March 5, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Morgan Rawls (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 24, 1874 , nowrap ,

(R) , March 24, 1874 , - , , nowrap , David B. Mellish (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 23, 1874 , nowrap ,

(D) , December 7, 1874 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election June 16, 1874 , nowrap ,

(D) , June 16, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Hugh J. Jewett (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 23, 1874, after becoming President of the

Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's Pavonia Terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake ...

, nowrap , William E. Finck (D) , December 7, 1874 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1874 , nowrap ,

(IR) , November 3, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Robert B. Elliott (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 1, 1874 , nowrap ,

(R) , November 3, 1874 , - , , nowrap , John B. Rice (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 17, 1874 , nowrap , Bernard G. Caulfield (D) , February 1, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 26, 1874 , nowrap , Charles A. Stevens (R) , January 27, 1875 , - , , nowrap , Ebenezer McJunkin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 1, 1875 , nowrap , John M. Thompson (R) , January 5, 1875 , - , , nowrap , William J. Purman (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 25, 1875 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Samuel F. Hersey (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 3, 1875 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , J. Hale Sypher (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 3, 1875 , nowrap , Effingham Lawrence (D) , March 3, 1875

Committees

Senate

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George R. Dennis) * Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George R. Dennis) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Claims Claim may refer to: * Claim (legal) * Claim of Right Act 1689 * Claims-based identity * Claim (philosophy) * Land claim * A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law * Patent claim * The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton * A ri ...

(Chairman: John Scott; Ranking Member: George S. Boutwell) *

Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, natio ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George S. Boutwell) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle (Washington, D.C.), Logan Circle, Jefferson Memoria ...

(Chairman: John F. Lewis; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * Education and Labor (Chairman: James W. Flanagan; Ranking Member:

Oliver P. Morton Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 – November 1, 1877), commonly known as Oliver P. Morton, was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana. He served as the 14th governor (the first native-born) of Indiana during the Amer ...

) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Ferry) *

Foreign Relations A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through m ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...

(Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls) *

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

(Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member:

) *

Manufactures Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a rang ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Reuben E. Fenton) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George Goldthwaite) * Mississippi River Levee System (Select) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Simon B. Conover) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * Outrages in Southern States (Select) *

Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William T. Hamilton) *

Pensions A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...

(Chairman: Daniel D. Pratt; Ranking Member: Morgan C. Hamilton) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member:

) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: John J. Patterson) * Public Lands (Chairman: William Sprague; Ranking Member:

) *

Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) *

Retrenchment Retrenchment (french: retrenchment, an old form of ''retranchement'', from ''retrancher'', to cut down, cut short) is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of public expenditure. Political usage The word is familiar in its most general ...

* Revision of the Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James L. Alcorn) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William G. Brownlow; Ranking Member: John W. Johnston) *

Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Education * Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pert ...

(Select) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *

Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

(Chairman: Arthur I. Boreman; Ranking Member: John J. Patterson) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select) (Chairman: William Windom; Ranking Member: John H. Mitchell) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: James Buffington; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Wallace) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Sobieski Ross) * Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner) * Alabama Affairs (Select) * Arkansas Affairs (Select) * Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

Jay Abel Hubbell Jay Abel Hubbell (September 15, 1829 – October 13, 1900) was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Hubbell was born in Avon (now Rochester Hills), Mi ...

) *

(Chairman: John B. Hawley; Ranking Member:

) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: Horace B. Strait) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Richard C. Parsons) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Charles Pelham) * Education and Labor (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alexander S. McDill) *

Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

(Chairman: Horace B. Smith; Ranking Member: Horace H. Harrison) * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jackson Orr; Ranking Member: James C. Robinson) * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: James B. Sener; Ranking Member: Robert M. Speer) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John A. Magee) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry W. Barry; Ranking Member: Pierce M. B. Young) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William R. Morrison) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: J. Hale Sypher; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: John M. Bright) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: R. Holland Duell; Ranking Member: Henry O. Pratt) * Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Clinton L. Cobb; Ranking Member: J. Allen Barber) *

Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy a ...

(Chairman:

Godlove Stein Orth Godlove Stein Orth (April 22, 1817 – December 16, 1882) was a United States representative from Indiana and an acting Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. Biography Of German ancestry, he was born near Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, on ...

; Ranking Member: William J. Albert) *

(Chairman: John T. Averill; Ranking Member: John D. Lawson) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah McLain Rusk; Ranking Member: William B. Small) *

(Chairman: Benjamin F. Butler; Ranking Member: Alexander White) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Laurin D. Woodworth) * Mileage (Chairman: Hezekiah S. Bundy; Ranking Member:

) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John Coburn; Ranking Member: Clinton D. MacDougall) *

Militia A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...

(Chairman: Roderick R. Butler; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: David P. Lowe; Ranking Member: Christopher C. Sheats) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: John H. Burleigh) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member:

) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry B. Sayler) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John B. Packer; Ranking Member: Stephen A. Cobb) * Private Land Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James C. Freeman) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James H. Platt Jr.; Ranking Member: Lloyd Lowndes Jr.) * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Harrison E. Havens; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Begole) * Public Lands (Chairman: Washington Townsend; Ranking Member: William A. Phillips) * Railways and Canals (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alexander W. Taylor) * Reform on Civil Service (Chairman: Stephen W. Kellogg; Ranking Member: James D. Strawbridge) * Revision of Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William S. Moore) * Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Lazarus D. Shoemaker; Ranking Member:

) *

(Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Standards of Official Conduct *

(Chairman: George C. McKee; Ranking Member:

) * War Claims (Chairman: William Lawrence; Ranking Member: Abraham H. Smith) * Ways and Means (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Lionel A. Sheldon) * Whole

Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Chester B. Darrall; Vice Chairman: Rep. Henry R. Harris) * Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Rep. Jeremiah M. Wilson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hugh J. Jewett) * The Library (Chairman: Rep.

; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hiester Clymer) *

Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...

(Chairman: Rep. William G. Donnan; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred M. Waddell)

Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of the legislative branch of the federal government and is ...

: Edward Clark *

Librarian of Congress The Librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years. In addition to overseeing the library, the Libra ...

Ainsworth Rand Spofford Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admir ...

Senate

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence ...

: John P. Newman (

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

), until December 8, 1873 **

Byron Sunderland Byron Sunderland (November 22, 1819 – June 30, 1901) was an American Presbyterian minister, author, and Chaplain of the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Biography Sunderland was born on November 22, 1819, to Asa and Oli ...

(

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their n ...

), elected December 8, 1873 *

Librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time ...

: George S. Wagner *

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

George C. Gorham George Congdon Gorham (July 5, 1832 – February 11, 1909) was a Republican California politician, newspaper editor, and author. Gorham ran in 1867 under the Republican ticket in the Californian gubernatorial race. He lost, however, to Democra ...

Sergeant at Arms Sergeant ( abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other un ...

: John R. French

House of Representatives

: John G. Butler (

) *

Clerk A clerk is a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks, or a worker who performs similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service ...

Edward McPherson Edward McPherson (July 31, 1830 – December 14, 1895) was an American newspaper editor and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as multiple terms as the Clerk of the House of Representative ...

* Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: John M. Barclay * Doorkeeper: Otis S. Buxton *

Postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...

Henry Sherwood Henry Sherwood, (1807 – July 7, 1855) was a lawyer and Tory politician in the Province of Canada. He was involved in provincial and municipal politics. Born into a Loyalist family in Brockville in Augusta Township, Upper Canada, he studi ...

, elected December 1, 1873 * Reading Clerks:

Charles N. Clisbee Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

(D) and William K. Mehaffey (R) *

Nehemiah G. Ordway Nehemiah George Ordway (November 10, 1828July 3, 1907) was an American politician who was a New Hampshire state senator and the seventh Governor of Dakota Territory. Ordway was regarded as one of Dakota Territory's most controversial governors. ...

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