The 50th 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, 1887, to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth years of Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The president vetoed 212 pieces of legislation, the greatest number in a single session of Congress. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the

1880 United States census The United States census of 1880 conducted by the Census Bureau during June 1880 was the tenth United States census.Republican majority, and the House had a

Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

majority.

Major events

Major legislation

* October 8, 1888: Chinese Exclusion Act ( Scott Act) * January 14, 1889: Nelson Act of 1889 * February 22, 1889:

Enabling Act of 1889 The Enabling Act of 1889 (, chs. 180, 276–284, enacted February 22, 1889) is a United States statute that permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota ...

, Sess. 2, ch. 180,

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: Vacant *

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". ...

: John J. Ingalls (R) *

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...

George F. Edmunds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont. Before entering the U.S. Senate, he served in a number of high-profile positions, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representative ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: James B. Beck

House of Representatives

* Speaker:

John G. Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834July 31, 1910) was an American politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky and was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives seven times, first in 1 ...

(D) * Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

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 ...

: Joseph Gurney Cannon * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

John E. Kenna John Edward Kenna (April 10, 1848January 11, 1893) was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death. Biography Kenna was born in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia, near the city of St. Albans) ...

Members

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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 began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

Alabama

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3.

James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...

(D)

Arkansas

: 2.

James H. Berry James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas. Early life James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama, to Isabella Jane (née Orr) and James McF ...

(D) : 3.

James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US Congressional Representative, United States Senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. Biograph ...

(D)

California

: 1. George Hearst (D) : 3.

Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Se ...

(R)

Colorado

: 2.

Thomas M. Bowen Thomas Mead Bowen (October 26, 1835 – December 30, 1906) was a state legislator in Iowa and Colorado, a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, briefly the Governor of Idaho Territory, ...

(R) : 3.

Henry M. Teller Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...

(R)

Connecticut

: 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) : 3.

Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...

(R)

Delaware

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2.

Eli M. Saulsbury Eli May Saulsbury (December 29, 1817 – March 22, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Del ...

(D)

Florida

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D), from May 19, 1887 : 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

Georgia

: 2.

Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the List of Governors of Georgia, 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to offi ...

(D) : 3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

Illinois

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3.

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 ...

(R)

Indiana

: 1. David Turpie (D) : 3.

Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the History of the United States Dem ...

(D)

Iowa

: 2.

James F. Wilson James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two-te ...

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

Kansas

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

Kentucky

: 2. James B. Beck (D) : 3.

Joseph C. S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biog ...

(D)

Louisiana

: 2.

Randall L. Gibson Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an attorney and politician, elected as a member of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Ar ...

(D) : 3.

James B. Eustis James Biddle Eustis (August 27, 1834September 9, 1899) was a United States senator from Louisiana who served as President Grover Cleveland, Cleveland's U.S. Ambassador to France, ambassador to France. Early life Born in New Orleans, he was the ...

(D)

Maine

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

Maryland

: 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : 3. Ephraim K. Wilson (D)

Massachusetts

: 1.

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 stimula ...

(R) : 2. George F. Hoar (R)

Michigan

: 1.

Francis B. Stockbridge Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there. He clerked at a who ...

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

Minnesota

: 1. Cushman K. Davis (R) : 2.

Dwight M. Sabin Dwight May Sabin (April 25, 1843December 22, 1902) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator from Minnesota and in the Minnesota Legislature. He is known for the business ventures of Seymour, Sabin & Co. and the Northwestern Car Com ...

(R)

Mississippi

: 1. James Z. George (D) : 2. Edward C. Walthall (D)

Missouri

: 1.

Francis M. Cockrell Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...

(D) : 3.

George G. Vest George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830August 9, 1904) was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate ...

(D)

Nebraska

: 1. Algernon S. Paddock (R) : 2.

Charles F. Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...

(R)

Nevada

: 1. William M. Stewart (R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire

: 2.

Person C. Cheney Person Colby Cheney (February 25, 1828 – June 19, 1901) was a paper manufacturer, abolitionist and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. He was the 35th governor of New Hampshire and later represented the state in the United ...

(R), until June 14, 1887 ::

William E. Chandler William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican "H ...

(R), from June 14, 1887 : 3. Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

: 1.

Rufus Blodgett Rufus Blodgett (October 9, 1834October 3, 1910) was a United States senator from New Jersey and Superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 years. He served as the Mayor of Long Branch, New Jersey on five occasions. He was t ...

(D) : 2.

John R. McPherson John RhodericIn a letter dated March 4, 1887, McPherson states that the "R" in his name is "nothing except a designation" and does not stand for Rhoderic. McPherson (May 9, 1833October 8, 1897) was an American businessman, inventor, and Democr ...

(D)

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: 1. Frank Hiscock (R) : 3. William M. Evarts (R)

North Carolina

: 2.

Matt W. Ransom Matthew Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895. Early life and antebellum ...

(D) : 3.

Zebulon B. Vance Zebulon Baird Vance (May 13, 1830 – April 14, 1894) was the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, and a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. A prolific writer and noted public speake ...

(D)

Ohio

: 1. John Sherman (R) : 3. Henry B. Payne (D)

Oregon

: 2.

Joseph N. Dolph Joseph Norton Dolph (October 19, 1835March 10, 1897) was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York (state), New York, he immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail and settled in Portland, Oreg ...

(R) : 3. John H. Mitchell (R)

Pennsylvania

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

: 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : 2. Jonathan Chace (R)

South Carolina

: 2.

Matthew C. Butler Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American ...

(D) : 3. Wade Hampton III (D)

Tennessee

: 1.

William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...

(D) : 2.

Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...

(D)

Texas

: 1.

John H. Reagan John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818March 6, 1905) was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. He s ...

(D) : 2. Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

: 1.

(R) : 3.

Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remem ...

(R)

Virginia

: 1.

John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...

(D) : 2.

Harrison H. Riddleberger Harrison Holt Riddleberger (October 4, 1843January 24, 1890) was a Virginia lawyer, newspaper editor and politician from Shenandoah County. A Confederate States Army officer who at various times aligned with the Conservative Party of Virginia ...

(RA)

West Virginia

: 1.

Charles J. Faulkner Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 – November 1, 1884) was a politician, planter, and lawyer from Berkeley County, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia) who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman. ...

(D), from May 5, 1887 : 2.

(D)

Wisconsin

: 1.

Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was a United States senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893). He also represented Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives (1865–1875), and he ...

(R) : 3.

John C. Spooner John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans ...

(R)

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

: .

James T. Jones James Taylor Jones (July 20, 1832 – February 15, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Born in Richmond, Virginia, Jones moved with his family to Marengo County, Alabama, in 1834. He pursued classical studies and gr ...

(D) : .

Hilary A. Herbert Hilary Abner Herbert (March 12, 1834 – March 6, 1919) was Secretary of the Navy in the second administration of President Grover Cleveland. He also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama. Biography ...

(D) : .

William C. Oates William Calvin Oates (either November 30 or December 1, 1835September 9, 1910) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Arm ...

(D) : .

Alexander C. Davidson Alexander Caldwell Davidson (December 26, 1826 – November 6, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born near Charlotte, North Carolina, Davidson attended the public schools of Marengo County, Alabama, and graduated from the Universi ...

(D) : .

James E. Cobb James Edward Cobb (October 5, 1835 – June 2, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools and graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia in June 1856, where he studied law. ...

(D) : .

John H. Bankhead John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920. Life and career Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...

(D) : .

William H. Forney William Henry Forney (November 9, 1823 – January 16, 1894) was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893. E ...

(D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D)

Arkansas

: .

Poindexter Dunn Poindexter Dunn (November 3, 1834 – October 12, 1914) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Biography Born in Wake County, North Carolina near Raleigh, Dunn was the son of Grey and Lydia Baucum Dunn. He moved with ...

(D) : .

Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (November 22, 1846 – December 3, 1932) was a Democratic alderman, congressman, diplomat, businessman and veteran of the Confederate Army and Navy. He was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family, the son o ...

(D) : .

Thomas C. McRae Thomas Chipman McRae (December 21, 1851June 2, 1929) was an American attorney and politician from Arkansas. He served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives (1885 to 1903) and the 26th Governor of Arkansas, from 1 ...

(D) : . John H. Rogers (D) : .

Samuel W. Peel Samuel West Peel (September 13, 1831 – December 18, 1924) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1893. Early life and education Peel was born near ...

(D)

California

: . Thomas L. Thompson (D) : .

Marion Biggs Marion Biggs (May 2, 1823 – August 2, 1910) was an American slave owner and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from California from 1887 to 1891. Early life Marion Biggs was born on May 2, 1823, near Curryville ...

(D) : .

Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Ju ...

(R) : .

William W. Morrow William W. Morrow (July 15, 1843 – July 24, 1929) was a United States representative from California, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and a United States Circuit Judge ...

(R) : .

Charles N. Felton Charles Norton Felton (January 1, 1832September 13, 1914) was an American banker and politician who served as a Congressman (1885 to 1889) and U.S. Senator (1891 to 1893) from California in the late 19th Century, in addition to co-founding th ...

(R) : . William Vandever (R)

Colorado

: .

George G. Symes George Gifford Symes (April 28, 1840November 3, 1893) was an American lawyer, Republican politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin, Montana, and Colorado. He was a member of congress, representing Colorado's at-large district during the 49th and 5 ...

(R)

Connecticut

: . Robert J. Vance (D) : . Carlos French (D) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : .

Miles T. Granger Miles Tobey Granger (August 12, 1817, New Marlboro, Massachusetts – October 21, 1895) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Errors (now called the Connecticut Supreme Court) in 1876 and served until March 1, 1887, when he resigned. He was a Dem ...

(D)

Delaware

: . John B. Penington (D)

Florida

: .

Robert H. M. Davidson Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson (September 23, 1832 – January 18, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Biography Born near Quincy, Florida, Davidson attended the common schools and the Quincy Academy in Quincy, Florida. He studied ...

(D) : . Charles Dougherty (D)

Georgia

: .

Thomas M. Norwood Thomas Manson Norwood (April 26, 1830June 19, 1913) was a United States senator and Representative from Georgia. Early years and education Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850 ...

(D) : .

Henry G. Turner Henry Gray Turner (March 20, 1839 – June 9, 1904) was an American politician, teacher, jurist and soldier. The Henry Gray Turner House in Quitman, Georgia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Biography Turner was born ...

(D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Thomas W. Grimes (D) : . John D. Stewart (D) : .

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 ...

(D) : . Judson C. Clements (D) : . Henry H. Carlton (D) : .

Allen D. Candler Allen Daniel Candler (November 4, 1834 – October 26, 1910), was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and the 56th Governor of Georgia. Early life Candler was born the eldest of twelve children to Daniel Gill Candler and Nancy Caro ...

(D) : .

George T. Barnes George Thomas Barnes (August 14, 1833 – October 24, 1901) was a Georgia state legislator, military officer, and United States Representative. Biography Barnes was born in the Summerville suburb of Augusta, Georgia. He graduated from the Uni ...

(D)

Illinois

: . Ransom W. Dunham (R) : . Frank Lawler (D) : . William E. Mason (R) : .

George E. Adams George Everett Adams (June 18, 1840 – October 5, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Early years Adams was born in Keene, New Hampshire, on June 18, 1840, son of Benjamin F. Adams and Louisa Redington, grandson of Benjamin Ada ...

(R) : .

Albert J. Hopkins Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman and United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Illinois. Biography Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitte ...

(R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Ralph Plumb (R) : .

Lewis E. Payson Lewis Edwin Payson (September 17, 1840 – October 4, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Payson moved with his parents to Illinois in 1852. He attended the common schools and Lombard Uni ...

(R) : .

Philip S. Post Philip Sidney Post (March 19, 1833 – January 6, 1895) was an American diplomat, politician, and decorated Army officer. He served as a United States Representative from Illinois for eight years, from 1887 to 1895. During the American Civil War, ...

(R) : .

William H. Gest William Harrison Gest (January 7, 1838 – August 9, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Gest moved with his parents to Rock Island in 1842. He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massac ...

(R) : . George A. Anderson (D) : .

William M. Springer William McKendree Springer (May 30, 1836 – December 4, 1903) was a United States Representative from Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan ...

(D) : .

Jonathan H. Rowell Jonathan Harvey Rowell (February 10, 1833 – May 15, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Rowell attended Rock Creek School and later graduated from Eureka College, Illinois. During the Ci ...

(R) : .

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

(R) : .

Silas Z. Landes Silas Zephaniah Landes (May 15, 1842 – May 23, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Augusta County, Virginia, Landes attended the public schools. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Illinoi ...

(D) : . Edward Lane (D) : .

Jehu Baker Jehu Baker (November 4, 1822 – March 1, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829. He attended the common schools and McKendree University. He stud ...

(R) : .

Richard W. Townshend Richard Wellington Townshend (April 30, 1840 – March 9, 1889) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Townshend moved to Washington, D.C., in 1846. He attended public and private schools. He mov ...

(D) : .

John R. Thomas John Robert Thomas, Sr. (October 11, 1846 – January 19, 1914), also known as J. R. Thomas,January 20, 1914Seven are Slain in Prison Battle.''The New York Times''. Retrieved March 9, 2022. was a U.S. representative from Illinois. He was later a ...

(R)

Indiana

: .

Alvin P. Hovey Alvin Peterson Hovey (September 6, 1821 – November 23, 1891) was a Union (American Civil War), Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the List of governors of Indiana, 21st governor of I ...

(R), until January 17, 1889 ::

Francis B. Posey Francis Blackburn Posey (April 28, 1848 – October 31, 1915) was an American lawyer who served for five weeks as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana in 1889. Biography Francis B. Posey was born in Petersburg, Ind ...

(R), from January 29, 1889 : .

John H. O'Neall John Henry O'Neall (October 30, 1838 – July 15, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1887 to 1891. Biography Born in Newberry, South Carolina, O'Neall was left an orphan ...

(D) : .

Jonas G. Howard Jonas George Howard (May 22, 1825 – October 5, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1885 to 1889. Early life and career Born on a farm near New Albany, Indiana, Howar ...

(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) : .

Courtland C. Matson Courtland Cushing Matson (April 25, 1841 – September 4, 1915) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1881 to 1889. Early life Courtland Cushing Matson was born on April 25 ...

(D) : .

Thomas M. Browne Thomas McLelland Browne (April 19, 1829 – July 17, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th and 6th congressional district. Early life and education Born in New Paris, Ohio, Brow ...

(R) : .

William D. Bynum William Dallas Bynum (June 26, 1846 – October 21, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1885 to 1895. Bynum was born near Newberry, Indiana. Although he lived for some time in Washington D.C., he was a lifelong Hoosier. He was educ ...

(D) : .

James T. Johnston James Thomas Johnston (January 19, 1839 – July 19, 1904) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1885 to 1889. Biography Born near Greencastle, Indiana, Johnst ...

(R) : .

Joseph B. Cheadle Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle (August 14, 1842 – May 28, 1904) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1887 to 1891. Early life and career Born in Perrysville, Indiana, Cheadle ...

(R) : .

William D. Owen William Dale Owen (his middle name is given as "Dunn" in some references) (September 6, 1846 – date of death unknown) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. Before serving in Congress he was a clergyman, attorney, newspaper editor, and the a ...

(R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . James B. White (R) : .

Benjamin F. Shively Benjamin Franklin Shively (March 20, 1857 – March 14, 1916) was an United States of America, American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Representative (1884 to 1885 and 1887 to 1893) and United States Senate, Senator (190 ...

(D)

Iowa

: .

John H. Gear John Henry Gear (April 7, 1825 – July 14, 1900) served as the 11th Governor of Iowa, a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate. Biography Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Gal ...

(R) : .

Walter I. Hayes Walter Ingalls Hayes (December 9, 1841 – March 14, 1901) was a four-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district during the Gilded Age. Hayes was born in Marshall, Michigan. He attended the common schools and gra ...

(D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : .

William E. Fuller William Elijah Fuller (March 30, 1846 – April 23, 1918), was an attorney, and a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district in northeastern Iowa during the 1880s. Born in Howard, Pennsylvania, Fuller moved ...

(R) : . Daniel Kerr (R) : .

James B. Weaver James Baird Weaver (June 12, 1833 – February 6, 1912) was a member of the United States House of Representatives and two-time candidate for President of the United States. Born in Ohio, he moved to Iowa as a boy when his family claimed a ...

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Edwin H. Conger Edwin Hurd Conger (March 7, 1843 – May 18, 1907) was an American Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and ...

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Albert R. Anderson Albert Raney Anderson (November 8, 1837 – November 17, 1898) was a one-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district in southwestern Iowa. He is best known for winning election to Congress and defeating a well-known incumbent, ...

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Joseph Lyman Joseph Lyman (September 13, 1840 – July 9, 1890) was a Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge. In the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in southwestern Iowa. Biography Lyman was b ...

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Adoniram J. Holmes Adoniram Judson Holmes (March 2, 1842 – January 21, 1902) a Republican, was the first U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district. Early life Born in Wooster, Ohio, Holmes moved with his parents to Palmyra, Wisconsin, in 1853. ...

(R) : . Isaac S. Struble (R)

Kansas

: . Edmund N. Morrill (R) : .

Edward H. Funston Edward Hogue Funston (September 16, 1836 – September 10, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio on September 16, 1836. He attended the count ...

(R) : . Bishop W. Perkins (R) : . Thomas Ryan (R) : . John A. Anderson (IR) : .

Erastus J. Turner Erastus Johnson Turner (December 26, 1846 – February 10, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Lockport, Pennsylvania, Turner attended college in Henry, Illinois, in 1859 and 1860. He moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1860. Enlis ...

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Samuel R. Peters Samuel Ritter Peters (August 16, 1842 – April 21, 1910) was a lawyer, newspaper editor, and U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born in Walnut Township, near Circleville, Ohio, Peters attended the common schools and the Ohio Wesleyan Unive ...

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Kentucky

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William J. Stone William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...

(D) : . Polk Laffoon (D) : . W. Godfrey Hunter (R) : . Alexander B. Montgomery (D) : . Asher G. Caruth (D) : .

(D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : .

James B. McCreary James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...

(D) : . George M. Thomas (R) : . William P. Taulbee (D) : .

Hugh F. Finley Hugh Franklin Finley (January 18, 1833 – October 16, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Charles Finley. Born at Tyes Ferry, Kentucky, Finley attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits, and studied ...

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Louisiana

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Theodore S. Wilkinson Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson (December 22, 1888 – February 21, 1946) was a Vice-Admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. He also received the Medal of Honor for his actions in Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. Early lif ...

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Matthew D. Lagan Matthew Diamond Lagan (June 20, 1829 – April 8, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 1887 to 1889 and 1891 to 1893. He was a Democrat. Lagan was born in Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland, and ...

(D) : . Edward J. Gay (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : .

Cherubusco Newton Cherubusco Newton (May 15, 1848 – May 26, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Louisiana from 1887 to 1889. Early life and career Born in Greensburg, L ...

(D) : . Edward W. Robertson (D), until August 2, 1887 :: Samuel M. Robertson (D), from December 5, 1887

Maine

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

Maryland

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Charles H. Gibson Charles Hopper Gibson (January 19, 1842 – March 31, 1900) was a U. S. Senator from Maryland, serving from 1891–1897. He also served as a U.S. Congressman from 1885–1891. Biography Gibson was born near Centreville, Maryland, and attended ...

(D) : . Frank T. Shaw (D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : .

Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...

(D) : . Barnes Compton (D) : .

Louis E. McComas Louis Emory McComas (October 28, 1846 – November 10, 1907) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both branches of the United States Congress and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District o ...

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Massachusetts

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Robert T. Davis Robert Thompson Davis (August 28, 1823 – October 29, 1906) was an American physician and politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and served as Mayor of Fall River from 1873 to 1874. Biogr ...

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John D. Long John Davis Long (October 27, 1838 – August 28, 1915) was an American lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was the List of Governors of Massachusetts, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1880 to 1883. He later served a ...

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Leopold Morse Leopold Morse (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography Morse was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria, in the German Confederation, the son of Charlotte (Mehlinger) and Jacob Morse. Hi ...

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Patrick A. Collins Patrick Andrew Collins (March 12, 1844 – September 13, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and Mayor of Boston from 1902 until his death. Biography Early life Collins was born March 12, 1844, near Fermoy, County Cork, I ...

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Edward D. Hayden Edward Daniel Hayden (December 27, 1833 – November 15, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hayden attended the Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University ...

(R) : . Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : .

William Cogswell William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Biogr ...

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Charles H. Allen Charles Herbert Allen (April 15, 1848 – April 20, 1934) was an American politician and businessman. After serving in state and federal elected positions, he was appointed as the first United States-appointed civilian governor of Puerto Rico wh ...

(R) : . Edward Burnett (D) : .

John E. Russell John Edwards Russell (January 20, 1834 – October 28, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, Russell was instructed by private tutors. He returned to Massachusetts and became interested in ...

(D) : . William Whiting (R) : . Francis W. Rockwell (R)

Michigan

: . J. Logan Chipman (D) : .

Edward P. Allen Edward Payson Allen (October 28, 1839 – November 25, 1909) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1891. Early years Allen was born in Sharon Township, ...

(R) : . James O'Donnell (R) : .

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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Melbourne H. Ford Melbourne Haddock Ford (June 30, 1849 – April 20, 1891) was an American politician from Michigan. Ford was born in Salem, Michigan, and moved to Lansing, Michigan, Lansing with his parents in 1859. He attended the common schools and the Michiga ...

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Mark S. Brewer Mark Spencer Brewer (October 22, 1837 – March 18, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan who served four terms over two different stints in United States Congress , Congress between 1877 and 1891. Early li ...

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Justin R. Whiting Justin Rice Whiting (February 18, 1847 – January 31, 1903) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Whiting was born in Bath, New York, and moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. Clair, Michigan. He at ...

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Timothy E. Tarsney Timothy Edward Tarsney (February 4, 1849 – June 8, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889. Early life and education Tars ...

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Byron M. Cutcheon Byron Mac Cutcheon (May 11, 1836 – April 12, 1908) was an American Civil War officer, Medal of Honor recipient and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Cutcheon was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire May 11, 1836 but his parents ...

(R) : . Spencer O. Fisher (D) : . Seth C. Moffatt (R), until December 22, 1887 :: Henry W. Seymour (R), from February 14, 1888

Minnesota

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Thomas Wilson Thomas Wilson, Tom Wilson or Tommy Wilson may refer to: Actors * Thomas F. Wilson (born 1959), American actor most famous for his role of Biff Tannen in the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy *Tom Wilson (actor) (1880–1965), American actor *Dan Gre ...

(D) : . John Lind (R) : .

John L. MacDonald John Louis MacDonald (February 22, 1838 – July 13, 1903) was a United States representative from Minnesota and a member of the Democratic Party. Early life MacDonald was born February 22, 1838, in Glasgow, Scotland. He immigrated to Nova ...

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Edmund Rice Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings an ...

(D) : . Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

: . John M. Allen (D) : .

James B. Morgan James Bright Morgan (March 14, 1833 – June 18, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. He was born near Fayetteville, Tennessee and moved with his parents to De Soto County, Mississippi in 1840, settling in Hernando. He received an ...

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Thomas C. Catchings Thomas Clendinen Catchings (January 11, 1847 – December 24, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Early life and education Thomas Clendenin Catchings was born January 11, 1847, at "Fleetwood" in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Dr ...

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Frederick G. Barry Frederick George Barry (January 12, 1845 – May 7, 1909) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1885 to 1889. Biography Born in Woodbury, Tennessee, Barry ...

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Chapman L. Anderson Chapman Levy Anderson (March 15, 1845 – April 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi, serving two terms from 1887 to 1891. A Confederate Army veteran, he was a member of the Democratic Party. Biography Born near Macon, Mississi ...

(D) : . Thomas R. Stockdale (D) : .

Charles E. Hooker Charles Edward Hooker (April 9, 1825 – January 8, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Biography Charles E. Hooker Born in Union, South Carolina, Hooker was raised in Laurens District, South Carolina. He attended the common schoo ...

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Missouri

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William H. Hatch William Henry Hatch (September 11, 1833 – December 23, 1896) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the namesake of the Hatch Act of 1887, which established state agricultural experiment statio ...

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Charles H. Mansur Charles Harley Mansur (March 6, 1835 – April 16, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mansur attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Richmon ...

(D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : .

James N. Burnes James Nelson Burnes (August 22, 1827 – January 23, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Marion County, Indiana, Burnes moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, in 1837. He attended the common schools. He graduate ...

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Charles F. Booher Charles Ferris Booher (January 31, 1848 – January 21, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy, Geneseo, New York. He taught school ...

(D), from February 19, 1889 : . William Warner (R) : .

John T. Heard John Taddeus Heard (October 29, 1840 – January 27, 1927) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1895. Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri, in Pettis County, Missouri. He graduated from the Un ...

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John E. Hutton John Edward Hutton (March 28, 1828 – December 28, 1893) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Polk County, Tennessee, Hutton moved with his parents to Troy, Missouri, in 1831. He attended the ...

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John J. O'Neill John Joseph O'Neill (1889–1953), of the New York Herald Tribune, along with William L. Laurence of the New York Times. Howard Blakeslee of AP, Gobind Behari Lal of Universal Service and David Dietz of Scripps-Howard, won the 1937 Pulitzer ...

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John M. Glover John Milton Glover (June 23, 1852 – October 20, 1929) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of John Montgomery Glover. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Glover attended the public schoo ...

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Martin L. Clardy Martin Linn Clardy (April 26, 1844 – July 5, 1914) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri. Between 1879 and 1889, he served five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Biography ...

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Richard P. Bland Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, representing ...

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(D) : . William H. Wade (R) : .

James P. Walker James Peter Walker (March 14, 1851 – July 19, 1890) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Early years Born near Memphis, Tennessee, Walker attended the public schools and the boys' college at Durhamvi ...

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Nebraska

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John A. McShane John Albert McShane (August 25, 1850 – November 10, 1923) was an American Democratic Party politician. He was the first Democrat to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska. McShane was born in New Lexington, Oh ...

(D) : . James Laird (R) : . George W. E. Dorsey (R)

Nevada

: . William Woodburn (R)

New Hampshire

: . Luther F. McKinney (D) : .

Jacob H. Gallinger Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913. Early life and career Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwall, O ...

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New Jersey

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George Hires George Hires (January 26, 1835 – February 16, 1911) was an American Republican Party businessman and politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms from 1885 to 1 ...

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James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and repr ...

(R) : . John Kean Jr. (R) : . James N. Pidcock (D) : . William W. Phelps (R) : . Herman Lehlbach (R) : . William McAdoo (D)

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 * '' ...

: . Perry Belmont (D), until December 1, 1888 : . Felix Campbell (D) : . Stephen V. White (R) : . Peter P. Mahoney (D) : .

Archibald M. Bliss Archibald Meserole Bliss (January 25, 1838 – March 19, 1923) was an American politician who served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1875 to 1883, and from 1885 to 1889. Biography Bliss was b ...

(D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . Lloyd S. Bryce (D) : .

Timothy J. Campbell Timothy John Campbell (January 8, 1840 – April 7, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives during the late 19th Century. Life Born in County Cavan in Ireland (then ...

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Francis B. Spinola Francis Barretto Spinola (March 19, 1821 – April 14, 1891) was an American politician and military leader often considered to have been the first Italian AmericanMultiple sources: * * * * to be elected to the United States House of Repres ...

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Truman A. Merriman Truman Adams Merriman (September 5, 1839 – April 16, 1892) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1889. Biography Early life and education He was ...

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W. Bourke Cockran William Bourke Cockran (February 28, 1854March 1, 1923), commonly known as Bourke Cockran or Burke Cochran in contemporary reports, was an Irish-American politician and orator. He served as a United States representative from the East Side of Ma ...

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Ashbel P. Fitch Ashbel Parmelee Fitch (October 8, 1848 – May 4, 1904) was an American lawyer, financier, and politician. He was a four-term Congressman, and a one-term Comptroller of New York City. From March 4, 1887, until January 30, 1894, he served a ...

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William G. Stahlnecker William Griggs Stahlnecker (June 20, 1849 – March 26, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1885 to 1893. Biogra ...

(D) : . Henry Bacon (D) : .

John H. Ketcham John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 – November 4, 1906) was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography John H. Ketcham was born ...

(R) : . Stephen T. Hopkins (R) : .

Edward W. Greenman Edward Whitford Greenman (January 26, 1840 – August 3, 1908) was an American politician, banker, merchant, and manufacturer who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1887 to 1889. Early life Born in Berlin, New York, Gree ...

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Nicholas T. Kane Nicholas Thomas Kane (September 12, 1846 – September 14, 1887) was an American American Civil War, Civil War veteran, businessman, and politician who served for six months as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ne ...

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Charles Tracey Charles Tracey (May 27, 1847 – March 24, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Albany, New York, Tracey graduated from The Albany Academy in 1866. He served in the Papal Zouaves at Rome, Italy between 1867 and 1870 ...

(D), from November 8, 1887 : . George West (R) : .

John H. Moffitt John Henry Moffitt (January 8, 1843 – August 14, 1926) was a United States representative from New York and the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War. Biography John Henry Moffitt was born near Chazy, Clinton ...

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Abraham X. Parker Abraham X. Parker (November 14, 1831 – August 9, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was most notable for his service in the New York State Assembly (1863-1864), the New York State Senate (1867-1871), and the United Sta ...

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James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909, and the 27th vice president of the United States under President ...

(R) : . David Wilber (R) : .

James J. Belden James Jerome Belden (September 30, 1825 – January 1, 1904) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Fabius, New York, Belden was the son of Royal Denison Belding and Olive Cadwell and attended th ...

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Milton De Lano Milton De Lano (August 11, 1844 – January 2, 1922) was an American businessman and United States representative from New York. Born in Wampsville, he attended the common schools and settled in Canastota, New York, where he engaged in mercant ...

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Newton W. Nutting Newton Wright Nutting (October 22, 1840 – October 15, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Nutting was born in 1840 in West Monroe, New York. He pursued an academic course, studying law and was admitted to the bar. He commenced ...

(R) : . Thomas S. Flood (R) : . Ira Davenport (R) : .

Charles S. Baker Charles Simeon Baker (February 18, 1839 – April 21, 1902) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Churchville, New York, Baker attended the common schools, Cary Collegiate Institute of Oakfield, N ...

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John G. Sawyer John Gilbert Sawyer (June 5, 1825 – September 5, 1898) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York. Background Born in Brandon, Vermont on June 5, 1825, Sawyer was the eldest of seven ...

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John M. Farquhar John McCreath Farquhar (April 17, 1832 – April 24, 1918) was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography Born near Ayr, Scotland, Farquh ...

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John B. Weber John Baptiste Weber (September 21, 1842 – December 18, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life John Weber was born at his parents' cottage on Oak Street in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Philippe Jacob Weber and Mary ...

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William G. Laidlaw William Grant Laidlaw (January 1, 1840 – August 19, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Laidlaw immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his parents, who settled in Franklinvil ...

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North Carolina

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Louis C. Latham Louis Charles Latham (September 11, 1840, Plymouth, North Carolina – October 16, 1895 Baltimore, Maryland) was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing North Carolina. Biography Latham graduated from the Univer ...

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Furnifold McLendel Simmons Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North ...

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Charles W. McClammy Charles Washington McClammy (May 29, 1839 – February 26, 1896) was an American educator and Confederate Civil War veteran who served two terms as a Democratic representative elected from North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district from 188 ...

(D) : . John Nichols (I) : . John M. Brower (R) : .

Alfred Rowland Alfred Rowland (February 9, 1844 – August 2, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, Rowland attended the common schools in the area. He entered the Confederate States Army in May, 1861 and ser ...

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John S. Henderson John Steele Henderson (January 6, 1846 – October 9, 1916) was a Representative for North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Born near Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina in 1846, the son of Archibald and ...

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William H. H. Cowles William Henry Harrison Cowles (April 22, 1840 – December 30, 1901) was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served four terms in the United States House of Representatives. Biography A native of Yadkin County, North Carolina, Cowles se ...

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Thomas D. Johnston Thomas Dillard Johnston (April 1, 1840 – June 22, 1902) was a United States House of Representatives, Representative from North Carolina. Born in Waynesville, North Carolina, Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, Haywood County, North C ...

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Ohio

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Benjamin Butterworth Benjamin Butterworth (October 22, 1837 – January 16, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio and Commissioner of Patents. Biography Butterworth was born near Maineville, Ohio, on October 22, ...

(R) : . Charles E. Brown (R) : .

Elihu S. Williams Elihu Stephen Williams (January 24, 1835 – December 1, 1903) was a farmer, lawyer, soldier, and politician who became a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from 1887 to 1891. Biography Elihu S. William ...

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Samuel S. Yoder Samuel S. Yoder (August 16, 1841 – May 11, 1921) was an American Civil War veteran and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1887 to 1891. Biography Born in Berlin, Ohio, Yoder attended the common schools, ...

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George E. Seney George Ebbert Seney (May 29, 1832 – June 11, 1905) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Ohio. A Democrat, he served four terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1891. Biography Born in Uniont ...

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Melvin M. Boothman Melvin Morella Boothman (October 16, 1846 – March 5, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born near Bryan, Ohio, Boothman attended the public schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Enlisted in Company H, Thirty-eighth Regiment, O ...

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James E. Campbell James Edwin Campbell (July 7, 1843 – December 18, 1924) was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1884 to 1889 and as the 38th governor of Ohio from 1890 to 18 ...

(D) : . Robert P. Kennedy (R) : . William C. Cooper (R) : .

Jacob Romeis Jacob Romeis (December 1, 1835March 8, 1904) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1885 to 1889. Biography Born in Weisenbach, Bavaria in the German Confederation, Romeis atte ...

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Albert C. Thompson Albert Clifton Thompson (January 23, 1842 – January 26, 1910) was a United States representative from Ohio and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Education and career Born on ...

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Jacob J. Pugsley Jacob Joseph Pugsley (January 25, 1838 – February 5, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1887 to 1891. Biography Born in Dutchess County, New York, Pugsley moved to Ohio wi ...

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Joseph H. Outhwaite Joseph Hodson Outhwaite (December 5, 1841 – December 9, 1907) was an American educator, lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1885 to 1895. Early life and career Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Outhwait ...

(D) : . Charles P. Wickham (R) : .

Charles H. Grosvenor Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, C ...

(R) : . Beriah Wilkins (D) : .

Joseph D. Taylor Joseph Danner Taylor (November 7, 1830 – September 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio, serving four full terms and part of a fifth in the late 19th century. Biography Joseph D. Tay ...

(R) : . William McKinley (R) : .

Ezra B. Taylor Ezra Booth Taylor (July 9, 1823 – January 29, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1880 to 1893. He won election to the congressional seat that had been vacated by James Garfield after ...

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George W. Crouse George Washington Crouse (November 23, 1832 – January 5, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Tallmadge, Ohio, Crouse attended the common schools. He taught school for five years. He moved to Akron, Ohio. Deputy in offices of ...

(R) : . Martin A. Foran (D)

Oregon

: . Binger Hermann (R)

Pennsylvania

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : .

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 ...

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William D. Kelley William Darrah Kelley (April 12, 1814 – January 9, 1890) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1890. He ...

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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 manufacturer. ...

(R) : .

Smedley Darlington Smedley Darlington (December 24, 1827 – June 24, 1899) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1887 to 1891. Biography Darlington ...

(R) : . Robert M. Yardley (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . John A. Hiestand (R) : .

William H. Sowden William Henry Sowden (June 6, 1840 – March 3, 1907) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography William H. Sowden was born in Liskeard, Cornwall. He emigrated to the United States in 1846 wi ...

(D) : .

Charles R. Buckalew Charles Rollin Buckalew (December 28, 1821May 19, 1899) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician from Pennsylvania. He represented the state for one term in the United States Senate, where he was an advocate for proportio ...

(D) : . John Lynch (D) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : .

Franklin Bound Franklin Bound (April 9, 1829 – August 8, 1910) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, who served with the 28th Pennsylvania Militia, Emergency of 1863 during the American Civil War, and was elected to represent Pennsylvani ...

(R) : . Frank C. Bunnell (R) : . Henry C. McCormick (R) : . Edward Scull (R) : .

Louis E. Atkinson Louis Evans Atkinson (April 16, 1841 – February 5, 1910) was a physician, attorney, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Louis E. Atkinson was born in Delaware Township, Juniata County ...

(R) : .

Levi Maish Levi Maish (November 22, 1837 – February 26, 1899) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Levi Maish was born in Conewago Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common school ...

(D) : . John Patton (R) : .

Welty McCullogh Welty McCullogh (October 10, 1847 – August 31, 1889) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Welty McCullogh was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Washington ...

(R) : . John Dalzell (R) : .

Thomas M. Bayne Thomas McKee Bayne (June 14, 1836 – June 16, 1894) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, a lawyer, a district attorney, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Bayne was born i ...

(R) : .

Oscar L. Jackson Oscar Lawrence Jackson (September 2, 1840 – February 16, 1920) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and the commander of an Ohio infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil W ...

(R) : . James T. Maffett (R) : . Norman Hall (D) : . William L. Scott (D) : . Edwin S. Osborne (R)

Rhode Island

: . Henry J. Spooner (R) : .

Warren O. Arnold Warren Otis Arnold (June 3, 1839 – April 1, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Coventry, Rhode Island, Arnold attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Coventry from 1857 to 1864. He was a manuf ...

(R)

South Carolina

: .

Samuel Dibble Samuel Dibble (September 16, 1837 – September 16, 1913) was a lawyer, educator and U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Birth and childhood Samuel Dibble was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the oldest son of Philander Virgil (1808-1 ...

(D) : .

George D. Tillman :''This is an article about a U.S. politician. For the African-American film director, see George Tillman, Jr.'' George Dionysius Tillman (August 21, 1826 – February 2, 1902) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from ...

(D) : . James S. Cothran (D) : . William H. Perry (D) : .

John J. Hemphill John James Hemphill (August 25, 1849 – May 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, cousin of William Huggins Brawley, nephew of John Hemphill and great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill. Born in Chester, South Caro ...

(D) : .

George W. Dargan George William Dargan (May 11, 1841 – June 29, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, great-grandson of Lemuel Benton. Biography Born at "Sleepy Hollow," near Darlington, South Carolina, Dargan attended the schools of his nativ ...

(D) : . William Elliott (D)

Tennessee

: .

Roderick R. Butler Roderick Randum Butler (April 9, 1827 – August 18, 1902) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1875, and again from 1887 to 1889. He also served several t ...

(R) : .

Leonidas C. Houk Leonidas Campbell Houk (June 8, 1836 – May 25, 1891) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee. Between 1878 and 1891, Houk was elected to seven con ...

(R) : .

John R. Neal John Randolph Neal (November 26, 1836 – March 26, 1889) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Biography Neal was born near Clinton, Tennessee in ...

(D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : .

James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and e ...

(D) : .

Joseph E. Washington Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee. Early life Washington was born on November 10 ...

(D) : .

Washington C. Whitthorne Washington Curran Whitthorne (April 19, 1825September 21, 1891) was a Tennessee Lawyer, attorney, United States Democratic Party, Democratic politician, and an Adjutant General in the Confederate Army. Early life and career Whitthorne was born ...

(D) : .

Benjamin A. Enloe Benjamin Augustine Enloe (January 18, 1848 – July 8, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee. Biography Enloe was born on January 18, 1848, in ...

(D) : .

Presley T. Glass Presley Thornton Glass (October 18, 1824 – October 9, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee. Biography Glass was born on October 18, 1824 ...

(D) : .

James Phelan Jr. James Phelan Jr. (December 7, 1856 – January 30, 1891) was a nineteenth-century lawyer and politician from Tennessee. He served as a United States Congressman from Tennessee, representing the tenth district. Biography Phelan was born in Abe ...

(D)

Texas

: . Charles Stewart (D) : .

(D), until March 4, 1887 :: William H. Martin (D), from November 4, 1887 : .

Constantine B. Kilgore Constantine Buckley Kilgore (February 20, 1835 – September 23, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Born in Newnan, Georgia, Kilgore moved with his parents to Rusk County, Texas, in 1846. He received a common-school and academic t ...

(D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : .

Silas Hare Silas Hare (November 13, 1827 – November 26, 1908) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Texas. Early years Silas Hare Sr. was born in Ross County, Ohio, to Jacob and Elizabeth Freshour Hare on November 13, 1 ...

(D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : .

Littleton W. Moore Littleton Wilde Moore (March 25, 1835 – October 29, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Texas. Biography Born in Marion County, Alabama, Moore moved to Mississippi in 1836. He graduated from the Unive ...

(D) : .

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 a ...

(D) : .

Joseph D. Sayers Joseph Draper Sayers (September 23, 1841 – May 15, 1929) was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city. Early years Joseph Sayers was born September 23, 1841 ...

(D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

Vermont

: . John W. Stewart (R) : . William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

: .

Thomas H. B. Browne Thomas Henry Bayly Browne (February 8, 1844 – August 27, 1892) was a Virginia lawyer, Confederate veteran and two-term Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congre ...

(R) : .

George E. Bowden George Edwin Bowden (July 6, 1852 – January 22, 1908) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Virginia, nephew of Lemuel Jackson Bowden. Biography Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Bowden attended a private scho ...

(R) : . George D. Wise (D) : .

William E. Gaines William Embre Gaines (August 30, 1844 – May 4, 1912) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Virginia. Biography Born near Charlotte Court House, Virginia, Gaines attended local public school. During the Ameri ...

(R) : . John R. Brown (R) : . Samuel I. Hopkins (L) : .

Charles T. O'Ferrall Charles Triplett "Trip" O'Ferrall (October 21, 1840 – September 22, 1905) was a Virginia lawyer, judge and politician who fought as a cavalry officer in the Confederate States Army, then served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. ...

(D) : .

William H. F. Lee William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee (often spelled "Roony" among friends and family) or W. H. F. Lee, was the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis. He was a planter, a Confeder ...

(D) : . Henry Bowen (R) : . Jacob Yost (R)

West Virginia

: . Nathan Goff (R) : . William L. Wilson (D) : . Charles P. Snyder (D) : .

Charles E. Hogg Charles Edgar Hogg (December 21, 1852 – June 14, 1935) was a lawyer, educator and politician who represented West Virginia's 4th congressional district (1887-1889). Although initially a Democrat, later in life he became an author as well as a ...

(D)

Wisconsin

: . Lucien B. Caswell (R) : .

Richard W. Guenther Richard William Guenther (November 30, 1845April 5, 1913) was a German Americans, German American immigrant, pharmacist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. He served eight years in the United States House of Representa ...

(R) : . Robert M. La Follette (R) : . Henry Smith (L) : . Thomas R. Hudd (D) : . Charles B. Clark (R) : . Ormsby B. Thomas (R) : . Nils P. Haugen (R) : . Isaac Stephenson (R)

Non-voting members

: .

Marcus A. Smith Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith (January 24, 1851 – April 7, 1924) was an American attorney and politician who served eight terms as Arizona Territorial Delegate to Congress and as one of the first two Senators from Arizona. As a Delegate, he ...

(D) : .

Oscar S. Gifford Oscar Sherman Gifford (October 20, 1842 – January 16, 1913) was an American lawyer of Canton, South Dakota. He served six years in the United States House of Representatives, first as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory, then as ...

(R) : .

Fred T. Dubois Fred Thomas Dubois (May 29, 1851February 14, 1930) was a controversial American politician from Idaho who served two terms in the United States Senate. He was best known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to Disfranchisement ...

(R) : . Joseph K. Toole (D) : . Antonio Joseph (D) : .

John T. Caine John Thomas Caine (January 8, 1829 – September 20, 1911) was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Utah. Biography Born in the parish of Patrick, Isle of Man, Caine attended the common schools in D ...

(D) : .

Charles S. Voorhees Charles Stewart Voorhees (June 4, 1853 – December 26, 1909) was an American lawyer and a two-term delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory of Washington. Biography Voorhees was born in Covington, Indiana on June 4, 1853, a son of Anna ...

(D) : .

Joseph M. Carey Joseph Maull Carey (January 19, 1845February 5, 1924) was an American lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who was active in Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by ...

(R)

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 1 **

: no net change ** Republican: no net change ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 0 * Resignations: 1 * Interim appointments: 1 *Total seats with changes: 2

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 8 **

: no net change ** Republican: no net change * Deaths: 4 * Resignations: 5 * Contested election: 0 *Total seats with changes: 8

Committees

Senate

* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas W. Palmer; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member:

) * Canadian Relations (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: N/A) * Census (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member:

) * Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America (Select) (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member:

) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jonathan Chace; Ranking Member:

) * Civil Service Operations (Special) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Coast Defenses (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member:

) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member:

) * Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman:

Eli Saulsbury Eli May Saulsbury (December 29, 1817 – March 22, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Del ...

; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton) * Executive Departments Methods (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) *

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 fina ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...

(Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select) * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) * Government Printing Office (Select) * Indian Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Indian Traders (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

Joseph C.S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biog ...

) * Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member:

) * Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) * Judiciary (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Library (Chairman: William M. Evarts; Ranking Member:

) * Manufactures (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member:

) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member:

) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member:

) * Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: George F. Hoard) * Pacific Railway Commission (Special) (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) *

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 p ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

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: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: N/A) * Printing (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...

) * Private Land Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

George F. Edmonds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican U.S. United States Senate, Senator from Vermont. Before entering the U.S. Senate, he served in a number of high-profile positions, i ...

) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member:

) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: Jonathan Chace) * Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member:

) * Tariff Regulation (Select) * Territories (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: N/A) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member:

) * Whole * Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Palmer)

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: Frank T. Shaw; Ranking Member: James O'Donnell) * Agriculture (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: N/A) * American Ship building (Select) * Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Beriah Wilkins; Ranking Member: Luther F. McKinney) * Claims (Chairman:

S. W. T. Lanham Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (July 4, 1846July 29, 1908), was the 23rd Governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to winning election as governor, he served two periods in the US Ho ...

; Ranking Member: John Lynch) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Norman Hall) * Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * District of Columbia (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance) * Education (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John B. Penington) * Elections (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member:

) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Spencer O. Fisher; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Thomas R. Hudd; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm) * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William L. Scott; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Alexander M. Dockery; Ranking Member: Charles E. Brown) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph Wheeler; Ranking Member:

) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Polk Laffoon; Ranking Member: William Warner) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Seth L. Milliken) *

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 and ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James S. Cothran) * Indian Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson) * Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member: John D. Stewart) * Labor (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Edward Burnett) * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Samuel M. Robertson) * Library (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill) * Manufactures (Chairman: Henry Bacon; Ranking Member: Frank C. Bunnell) * Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Mileage Mileage is a distance measured in miles. Motor vehicles * Distance traveled, typically as measured by an odometer, optionally from a milestone (''UK'') * Fuel economy in automobiles, typically in miles per gallon (mpg) (''US'') * Business mileage ...

(Chairman: John H. Rogers; Ranking Member:

) * Military Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Militia (Chairman: William McAdoo; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Naval Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Joseph Abbott) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Printing (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John A. Hiestand) * Private Land Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Public Lands (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Railways and Canals (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry H. Carlton) * Revision of Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson) * Rules (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed) * Standards of Official Conduct * Territories (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * War Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Ways and Means (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Whole

Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * To Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel * The Library (Chairman:

; Vice Chairman: Charles O'Neill) * Printing

Caucuses

(House) *

(Senate)

Administrative officers

Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: 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 ...

* Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict

Senate

Chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...

: John G. Butler ( Lutheran) * Secretary:

Anson G. McCook Anson George McCook (October 10, 1835 – December 30, 1917) was an American military and political figure who served as Union Army colonel during the Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appo ...

* Librarian: Alonzo M. Church * Sergeant at Arms:

William P. Canady William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...

House of Representatives

William H. Milburn William Henry Milburn (September 26, 1823 – April 11, 1903) was a blind Methodist clergyman. A friend of notables including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, he was Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives in 1845 and Chaplain ...

( Methodist) * Clerk:

John B. Clark Jr. John Bullock Clark Jr. (January 14, 1831 – September 7, 1903) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term U.S. Congressman from Missouri. Biography Clark was born in Fayette, Missou ...

* Doorkeeper: Alvin B. Hurt, elected December 5, 1887 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield *

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), ...

Lycurgus Dalton Lycurgus or Lykourgos () may refer to: People * Lycurgus (king of Sparta) (third century BC) * Lycurgus (lawgiver) (eighth century BC), creator of constitution of Sparta * Lycurgus of Athens (fourth century BC), one of the 'ten notable orato ...

* Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R) * Sergeant at Arms:

John P. Leedom John Peter Leedom (December 20, 1847 – March 18, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one-term from 1881 to 1883. Biography Born in Adams County, Ohio, Leedom attended the common schools. He graduated from Smith's Mercantile ...

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