The 45th 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

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from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1879, during the first two years of Rutherford Hayes's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the

1870 United States census The 1870 United States census was the ninth United States census. It was conducted by the Census Office from June 1, 1870, to August 23, 1871. The 1870 census was the first census to provide detailed information on the African American populati ...

. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority. The 45th Congress remained politically divided between a Democratic House and Republican Senate. President Hayes vetoed an Army appropriations bill from the House which would have ended Reconstruction and prohibited the use of federal troops to protect polling stations in the former Confederacy. Striking back, Congress overrode another of Hayes's vetoes and enacted the Bland-Allison Act that required the purchase and coining of silver. Congress also approved a generous increase in pension eligibility for Northern Civil War veterans.

Major events

* March 4, 1877:

Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th president of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. Hayes served as Cincinnati's city solicitor from 1858 to 1861. He was a staunch Abolitionism in the Un ...

became

President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...

Major legislation

* February 28, 1878:

Bland–Allison Act The Bland–Allison Act, also referred to as the Grand Bland Plan of 1878, was an act of the United States Congress requiring the U.S. Treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver dollars. Though the bill was ...

(Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), Sess. 2, ch. 20, * April 29, 1878: National Quarantine Act of 1878, Sess. 2, ch. 66, * June 3, 1878:

Timber and Stone Act The Timber and Stone Act of 1878 in the United States sold timberland in surveyed public lands of the United States within the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada, and in the Washington Territory. The legislation specifically noted that milita ...

, Sess. 2, ch. 151, * June 18, 1878:

Posse Comitatus Act The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (, original at ) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes that limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic pol ...

, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15,

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. During this Congress, two Senate seats and one House seat were added for the new state, Colorado.

Senate

Republicans controlled the Senate through a VP-tie-breaking majority.

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

William A. Wheeler William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 to 1881 under President Rutherford B. Hayes. A member of the Republican Party, he pr ...

(R) * President pro tempore:

Thomas W. Ferry Thomas White Ferry (June 10, 1827October 13, 1896), or T. W. Ferry, represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and then in the United States Senate. Ferry served as president pro tempore of the Senate during the 44th an ...

(R) *

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...

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 bet ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: William A. Wallace

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...

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 44t ...

(D) * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Hiester Clymer Hiester Clymer (November 3, 1827 – June 12, 1884) was an American politician and white supremacist from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty and the Democratic Party. He was the nephew of Wil ...

Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was an American politician and lawyer who was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative and United States Senate, Se ...

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

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 the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3. George E. Spencer (R)

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2. Augustus H. Garland (D) : 3.

Stephen W. Dorsey Stephen Wallace Dorsey (February 28, 1842March 20, 1916) was a Republican politician who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1873 to 1879, during the Reconstruction era. He was born in Benson in Rutland County, Vermont, and ...

(R)

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1.

Newton Booth Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician who served as the 11th governor of California from 1871 to 1875 and as U.S. Senator from California from 1875 to 1881. He was the only member of the Anti-Mo ...

(AM) : 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 ...

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Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: 2. Henry M. Teller (R) : 3. Jerome B. Chaffee (R)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 1. William W. Eaton (D) : 3. William H. Barnum (D)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: 1. Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D) : 2.

Eli Saulsbury Eli 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 Delawa ...

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Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 1. Charles W. Jones (D) : 3. Simon B. Conover (R)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2.

Benjamin H. Hill Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose "flamboyant opposition" to Congressional Reconstruction is credited with helping inaugurate Georgia's Ku Klux Klan. His famous "brush arbor speech" in Atlan ...

(D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2. David Davis (I) : 3. Richard J. Oglesby (R)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1. Joseph E. McDonald (D) : 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R), until November 1, 1877 ::

Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during ...

(D), from November 6, 1877

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: 2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) : 3.

William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...

(R)

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: 2.

Preston B. Plumb Preston B. Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marysvill ...

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

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2.

James B. Beck James Burnie Beck (February 13, 1822May 3, 1890) was a Scottish-American United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Life Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Beck migrated to the United States in 1838 and settled in Wyoming County, ...

(D) : 3. Thomas C. McCreery (D)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: 2.

William Pitt Kellogg William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who served as the governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 and twice served as a United States Sen ...

(R) : 3. James B. Eustis (D)

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: 1.

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

(R) : 2.

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

(R)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1.

William Pinkney Whyte William Pinkney Whyte (August 9, 1824March 17, 1908), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the ...

(D) : 3. George R. Dennis (D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1. Henry L. Dawes (R) : 2.

George F. Hoar George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician, represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 until his death in 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politic ...

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Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: 1. Isaac P. Christiancy (R), until February 10, 1879 ::

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

(R), from February 22, 1879 : 2.

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Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

: 1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) : 2.

William Windom William Windom may refer to: * William Windom (politician) (1827–1891), U.S. representative from Minnesota * William Windom (actor) (1923–2012), his great-grandson, American actor See also * William Windham (disambiguation) {{hndis, Wi ...

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Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

: 1.

Blanche Bruce Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841March 17, 1898) was an American politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. Born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, he went on to become ...

(R) : 2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: 1.

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

(D) : 3. Lewis V. Bogy (D), until September 20, 1877 :: David H. Armstrong (D), September 29, 1877 - January 26, 1879 :: James Shields (D), from January 27, 1879

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

: 1.

Algernon Paddock Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood. Biography Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His ...

(R) : 2.

Alvin Saunders Alvin Saunders (July 12, 1817November 1, 1899) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, as well as the final and longest-serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil War. Education Saunders was bo ...

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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: 1.

William Sharon William Tang Sharon (January 9, 1821November 13, 1885) was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode. Early life Sharon was born in Smithfield, Ohio, January 9, 1821, the son of Willia ...

(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 borders 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. Edward H. Rollins (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 U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: 1.

Theodore F. Randolph Theodore Fitz Randolph (June 24, 1826November 7, 1883) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 22nd governor of New Jersey from 1869 to 1872 and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. ...

(D) : 2. John R. McPherson (D)

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

: 1.

Francis Kernan Francis Kernan (January 14, 1816September 7, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician. A resident of New York, he was active in politics as a Democrat, and served in several elected offices, including member of the New York State Assembly, ...

(D) : 3.

Roscoe Conkling Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented New York (state), New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Se ...

(R)

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3. Augustus S. Merrimon (D)

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

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

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

(R), until March 8, 1877 ::

Stanley Matthews Sir Stanley Matthews (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English Association football, footballer who played as an Forward (association football)#Outside forward, outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the Br ...

(R), from March 21, 1877

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

: 2.

La Fayette Grover La Fayette Grover (November 29, 1823May 10, 1911) was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the U.S. state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, and served one ter ...

(D) : 3.

John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell (born John Mitchell Hipple; June 23, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician. He served as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, United States Senator from Oregon on three occasi ...

(R)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: 1. William A. Wallace (D) : 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 Ameri ...

(R), until March 12, 1877 :: J. Donald Cameron (R), from March 20, 1877

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: 1.

Ambrose Burnside Ambrose Everts Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the American Civil War and a three-time Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successfu ...

(R) : 2.

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South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: 2.

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

(D) : 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. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1. James E. Bailey (D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

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

Richard Coke Richard Coke (March 18, 1829May 14, 1897) was an American lawyer and statesman from Waco, Texas. He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and was a US Senator from 1877 to 1895. His governorship is notable for reestablishing local ...

(D)

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: 1.

George F. Edmunds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented the state of Vermont in the United States Senate from 1866 to 1891. He was a candidate for the Republican president ...

(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 reme ...

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List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Robert E. Withers (D) : 2. John W. Johnston (D)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Frank Hereford (politician), Frank Hereford (D) : 2. Henry G. Davis (D)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Angus Cameron (American politician), Angus Cameron (R) : 3. Timothy O. Howe (R) 45th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

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

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . James T. Jones (D) : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : . Jeremiah N. Williams (D) : . Charles M. Shelley (D) : . Robert F. Ligon (D) : . Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) : . William H. Forney (D) : . William W. Garth (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Lucien C. Gause (D) : . William F. Slemons (D) : . Jordan E. Cravens (ID) : . Thomas M. Gunter (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Horace Davis (R) : . Horace F. Page (R) : . John K. Luttrell (D) : . Romualdo Pacheco (R), until February 7, 1878 :: Peter D. Wigginton (D), from February 7, 1878

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . James B. Belford (R), until December 13, 1877 :: Thomas M. Patterson (D), from December 13, 1877

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . George M. Landers (D) : . James Phelps (congressman), James Phelps (D) : . John T. Wait (R) : . Levi Warner (D)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . James Williams (Delaware representative), James Williams (D)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Robert H. M. Davidson (D) : . Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R), until February 20, 1879 :: Jesse J. Finley (D), from February 20, 1879

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Julian Hartridge (D), until January 8, 1879 :: William B. Fleming (D), from February 10, 1879 : . William Ephraim Smith, William E. Smith (D) : . Philip Cook (general), Philip Cook (D) : . Henry R. Harris (D) : . Milton A. Candler (D) : . James Henderson Blount, James H. Blount (D) : . William Harrell Felton, William H. Felton (ID) : . Alexander Stephens, Alexander H. Stephens (D) : . Hiram Parks Bell, Hiram P. Bell (D), from March 13, 1877

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . William Aldrich (R) : . Carter Harrison Sr., Carter H. Harrison (D) : . Lorenzo Brentano (R) : . William Lathrop (politician), William Lathrop (R) : . Horatio C. Burchard (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (politician), Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Philip C. Hayes (R) : . Greenbury L. Fort (R) : . Thomas A. Boyd (R) : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . Robert M. Knapp (D) : . William McKendree Springer, William M. Springer (D) : . Thomas F. Tipton (R) : . Joseph Gurney Cannon, Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . John R. Eden (D) : . William A. J. Sparks (D) : . William Ralls Morrison, William R. Morrison (D) : . William Hartzell (D) : . Richard W. Townshend (D)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Benoni S. Fuller (D) : . Thomas R. Cobb (D) : . George A. Bicknell (D) : . Leonidas Sexton (R) : . Thomas M. Browne (R) : . Milton S. Robinson (R) : . John Hanna (Indiana politician), John Hanna (R) : . Morton C. Hunter (R) : . Michael D. White (R) : . William H. Calkins (R) : . James L. Evans (R) : . Andrew H. Hamilton (Indiana), Andrew H. Hamilton (D) : . John Baker (Indiana politician), John Baker (R)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Joseph C. Stone (R) : . Hiram Price (R) : . Theodore W. Burdick (R) : . Nathaniel C. Deering (R) : . Rush Clark (R) : . Ezekiel S. Sampson (R) : . Henry J. B. Cummings (R) : . William F. Sapp (R) : . S. Addison Oliver (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . William A. Phillips (R) : . Dudley C. Haskell (R) : . Thomas Ryan (congressman), Thomas Ryan (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Andrew Boone (D) : . James A. McKenzie (D) : . John W. Caldwell, John William Caldwell (D) : . J. Proctor Knott (D) : . Albert S. Willis (D) : . John Griffin Carlisle, John G. Carlisle (D) : . Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) : . Milton J. Durham (D) : . Thomas Turner (Congressman), Thomas Turner (D) : . John B. Clarke (D)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Randall L. Gibson (D) : . E. John Ellis (D) : . Chester Bidwell Darrall, Chester B. Darrall (R), until February 20, 1878 :: Joseph H. Acklen (D), from February 20, 1878 : . Joseph Barton Elam, Joseph B. Elam (D) : . John E. Leonard (R), until March 15, 1878 :: J. Smith Young, John S. Young (D), from November 5, 1878 : . Edward White Robertson, Edward W. Robertson (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Thomas Brackett Reed, Thomas B. Reed (R) : . William P. Frye (R) : . Stephen D. Lindsey (R) : . Llewellyn Powers (R) : .

(R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Daniel Maynadier Henry, Daniel M. Henry (D) : . Charles Boyle Roberts, Charles B. Roberts (D) : . William Kimmel (D) : . Thomas Swann (D) : . Eli Jones Henkle, Eli J. Henkle (D) : . William Walsh (Maryland politician), William Walsh (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . William W. Crapo (R) : . Benjamin W. Harris (R) : . Walbridge A. Field (R), until March 28, 1878 :: Benjamin Dean (D), from March 28, 1878 : . Leopold Morse (D) : . Nathaniel Prentice Banks, Nathaniel P. Banks (R) : . George B. Loring (R) : . Benjamin Butler (politician), Benjamin F. Butler (R) : . William Claflin (R) : . William W. Rice (R) : . Amasa Norcross (R) : . George D. Robinson (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Alpheus S. Williams (D), until December 21, 1878 : . Edwin Willits (R) : . Jonas H. McGowan (R) : . Edwin W. Keightley (R) : . John W. Stone (R) : . Mark S. Brewer (R) : . Omar D. Conger (R) : . Charles C. Ellsworth (R) : . Jay Abel Hubbell, Jay A. Hubbell (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Mark H. Dunnell (R) : . Horace B. Strait (R) : . Jacob H. Stewart (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Henry L. Muldrow (D) : . Van H. Manning, Vannoy H. Manning (D) : . Hernando Money (D) : . Otho R. Singleton (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (D) : . James Ronald Chalmers, James R. Chalmers (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Anthony F. Ittner (R) : . Nathan Cole (R) : . Lyne S. Metcalfe (R) : . Robert Anthony Hatcher, Robert A. Hatcher (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . Charles H. Morgan (D) : . Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Thomas T. Crittenden (D) : . Benjamin J. Franklin (D) : . David Rea (politician), David Rea (D) : . Henry M. Pollard (R) : . John Bullock Clark Jr., John B. Clark Jr. (D) : . John M. Glover (D) : . Aylett H. Buckner (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Frank Welch (American politician), Frank Welch (R), until September 4, 1878 :: Thomas Jefferson Majors, Thomas J. Majors (R), from November 5, 1878

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Thomas Wren (Nevada politician), Thomas Wren (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Frank Jones (politician), Frank Jones (D) : . James F. Briggs (R) : . Henry W. Blair (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Clement Hall Sinnickson, Clement H. Sinnickson (R) : . John H. Pugh (R) : . Miles Ross (D) : . Alvah A. Clark (D) : . Augustus W. Cutler (D) : . Thomas Baldwin Peddie, Thomas B. Peddie (R) : . Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . James W. Covert (D) : . William D. Veeder (D) : . Simeon B. Chittenden (R) : . Archibald Meserole Bliss, Archibald M. Bliss (D) : . Nicholas Muller (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . Anthony Eickhoff (D) : . Anson G. McCook (R) : . Fernando Wood (D) : . Abram Stevens Hewitt, Abram S. Hewitt (D) : . Benjamin A. Willis (D) : . Clarkson Nott Potter, Clarkson N. Potter (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . George M. Beebe (D) : . Stephen L. Mayham (D) : . Terence J. Quinn (D), until June 18, 1878 :: John Mosher Bailey, John M. Bailey (R), from November 5, 1878 : . Martin I. Townsend (R) : . Andrew Williams (congressman), Andrew Williams (R) : . Amaziah B. James (R) : . John H. Starin (R) : . Solomon Bundy (R) : . George A. Bagley (R) : . William J. Bacon (R) : . William H. Baker (R) : . Frank Hiscock (R) : . John H. Camp (R) : . Elbridge G. Lapham (R) : . Jeremiah W. Dwight (R) : . John N. Hungerford (R) : . Elizur K. Hart, E. Kirke Hart (D) : . Charles B. Benedict (D) : . Daniel N. Lockwood (D) : . George Washington Patterson, George W. Patterson (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Jesse Johnson Yeates, Jesse J. Yeates (D) : . Curtis Hooks Brogden, Curtis H. Brogden (R) : . Alfred Moore Waddell, Alfred M. Waddell (D) : . Joseph J. Davis (D) : . Alfred Moore Scales, Alfred M. Scales (D) : . Walter Leak Steele, Walter L. Steele (D) : . William M. Robbins (D) : . Robert B. Vance (D)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Milton Sayler (D) : . Henry B. Banning (D) : . Mills Gardner (R) : . John A. McMahon (D) : . Americus V. Rice (D) : . Jacob Dolson Cox, Jacob D. Cox (R) : . Henry L. Dickey (D) : . J. Warren Keifer (R) : . John S. Jones (R) : . Charles Foster (Ohio politician), Charles Foster (R) : . Henry S. Neal (R) : . Thomas Ewing Jr. (D) : . Milton I. Southard (D) : . Ebenezer B. Finley (D) : . Nelson H. Van Vorhes (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . William McKinley (R) : . James Monroe (congressman), James Monroe (R) : . James A. Garfield (R) : . Amos Townsend (R)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Richard Williams (congressman), Richard Williams (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Chapman Freeman (R) : . Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill (R) : .

(D) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . William Ward (Pennsylvania politician), William Ward (R) : . Isaac Newton Evans, I. Newton Evans (R) : .

(D) : . Abraham Herr Smith, A. Herr Smith (R) : . Samuel Augustus Bridges, Samuel A. Bridges (D) : . Francis Dolan Collins, Francis D. Collins (D) : . Hendrick Bradley WHendrick B. Wright (D) : . James Bernard Reilly, James B. Reilly (D) : . John Weinland Killinger, John W. Killinger (R) : . Edward Overton Jr. (R) : . John I. Mitchell (R) : . Jacob Miller Campbell, Jacob M. Campbell (R) : . William Stenger (D) : . Levi Maish (D) : . Levi A. Mackey (D) : . Jacob Turney (D) : . Russell Errett (R) : . Thomas McKee Bayne, Thomas M. Bayne (R) : . William Shadrack Shallenberger, William S. Shallenberger (R) : . Harry White (Pennsylvania politician), Harry White (R) : . John McCandless Thompson, John M. Thompson (R) : . Lewis Findlay Watson, Lewis F. Watson (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Benjamin T. Eames (R) : . Latimer W. Ballou (R)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Joseph Rainey (R) : . Richard H. Cain (R) : . D. Wyatt Aiken (D) : . John H. Evins (D) : . Robert Smalls (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . James Henry Randolph, James H. Randolph (R) : . Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh, Jacob M. Thornburgh (R) : . George Gibbs Dibrell, George G. Dibrell (D) : . Haywood Yancey Riddle, Haywood Y. Riddle (D) : . John Morgan BJohn M. Bright (D) : . John Ford House, John F. House (D) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : . John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, John D. C. Atkins (D) : . William Parker Caldwell, William P. Caldwell (D) : . H. Casey Young (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . John Henninger Reagan, John H. Reagan (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . James W. Throckmorton (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . Dewitt C. Giddings (D) : . Gustave Schleicher (D), until January 10, 1879

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . Charles H. Joyce (R) : . Dudley Chase Denison, Dudley C. Denison (R) : . George W. Hendee (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Beverly B. Douglas (D), until December 22, 1878 :: Richard L. T. Beale, Richard Lee T. Beale (D), from January 23, 1879 : . John Goode (Virginia politician), John Goode Jr. (D) : . Gilbert Carlton Walker, Gilbert C. Walker (D) : . Joseph Jorgensen (R) : . George Cabell (D) : . John Randolph Tucker (Virginia politician), John R. Tucker (D) : . John T. Harris (D) : . Eppa Hunton, Eppa Hutton, II (D) : . Auburn Pridemore (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Benjamin Wilson (congressman), Benjamin Wilson (D) : . Benjamin F. Martin (D) : . John E. Kenna (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Charles G. Williams (R) : . Lucien B. Caswell (R) : . George Cochrane Hazelton, George C. Hazelton (R) : . William Pitt Lynde, William P. Lynde (D) : . Edward S. Bragg (D) : . Gabriel Bouck (D) : . Herman L. Humphrey (R) : . Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting members

: . Hiram S. Stevens (D) : . Jefferson P. Kidder (R) : . Stephen S. Fenn (D) : . Martin Maginnis (D) : . Trinidad Romero (R) : . George Q. Cannon (R) : . Orange Jacobs (R) : . William W. Corlett (R) Samuel J

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 ** Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 2 * Resignations: 3 * Interim appointments: 1 * Contested elections: 0 * Total seats with changes: 5 , - ,

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

(3) , nowrap , John Sherman (Ohio), John Sherman (R) , Resigned March 8, 1877 to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor 1877 United States Senate special election in Ohio, elected March 21, 1877. , nowrap ,

(R) , March 21, 1877 , - ,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

(3) , nowrap ,

(R) , Resigned March 12, 1877.
Successor 1877 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, elected March 20, 1877. , nowrap , J. Donald Cameron (R) , March 20, 1877 , - ,

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

(3) , nowrap , Lewis V. Bogy (D) , Died September 20, 1877.
Successor was appointed September 29, 1877, to continue the term. , nowrap , David H. Armstrong (D) , September 29, 1877 , - ,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

(3) , nowrap , Oliver P. Morton (R) , Died November 1, 1877.
Successor 1879 United States Senate special election in Indiana, elected January 31, 1879. , nowrap ,

(D) , November 6, 1877 , - ,

(3) , nowrap , David H. Armstrong (D) , Interim appointee retired.
Successor 1879 United States Senate special election in Missouri, elected January 26, 1879. , nowrap , James Shields (D) , January 27, 1879 , - ,

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

(1) , nowrap , Isaac P. Christiancy (R) , Resigned February 10, 1879 due to ill health.
Successor 1879 United States Senate special election in Michigan, elected February 22, 1879. , nowrap ,

(R) , February 22, 1879

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 10 ** Democratic: 5 seat net gain ** Republican: 5 seat net loss * Deaths: 7 * Resignations: 1 * Contested election: 5 * Total seats with changes: 13 , - , , Vacant , Rep. Benjamin Harvey Hill resigned in previous congress , nowrap , Hiram Parks Bell, Hiram P. Bell (D) , March 13, 1877 , - , , nowrap , James B. Belford (R) , Lost contested election December 13, 1877 , nowrap , Thomas M. Patterson (D) , December 13, 1877 , - , , nowrap , Romualdo Pacheco (R) , Lost contested election February 7, 1878 , nowrap , Peter D. Wigginton (D) , February 7, 1878 , - , , nowrap , Chester Bidwell Darrall, Chester B. Darrall (R) , Lost contested election February 20, 1878 , nowrap , Joseph H. Acklen (D) , February 20, 1878 , - , , nowrap , John E. Leonard (R) , Died March 15, 1878 , nowrap , J. Smith Young (D) , November 5, 1878 , - , , nowrap , Walbridge A. Field (R) , Lost contested election March 28, 1878 , nowrap , Benjamin Dean (D) , March 28, 1878 , - , , nowrap , Terence J. Quinn (D) , Died June 18, 1878 , nowrap , John Mosher Bailey, John M. Bailey (R) , November 5, 1878 , - , , nowrap , Frank Welch (American politician), Frank Welch (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 4, 1878 , nowrap , Thomas Jefferson Majors, Thomas J. Majors (R) , November 5, 1878 , - , , nowrap , Alpheus S. Williams (D) , Died December 21, 1878 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Beverly B. Douglas (D) , Died December 22, 1878 , nowrap , Richard L. T. Beale (D) , January 23, 1879 , - , , nowrap , Julian Hartridge (D) , Died January 8, 1879 , nowrap , William Bennett Fleming, William B. Fleming (D) , February 10, 1879 , - , , nowrap , Gustav Schleicher (D) , Died January 10, 1879 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R) , Lost contested election February 20, 1879 , nowrap , Jesse J. Finley (D) , February 20, 1879

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: George R. Dennis) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Thomas C. McCreery) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Samuel J. R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Stephen W. Dorsey; Ranking Member: Augustus S. Merrimon) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Ambrose E. Burnside; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * Elections of 1878 (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member:

) * Epidemic Diseases (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select) (Chairman: Jerome B. Chaffee; Ranking Member: Augustus S. Merrimon) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas C. McCreery) * Hot Springs (Arkansas) Commission (Special) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas C. McCreery) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: David Davis) * Late Presidential Election Louisiana * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Edward H. Rollins; Ranking Member: John W. Johnston) * Mexican Relations (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: George E. Spencer; Ranking Member: Theodore F. Randolph) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Frank Hereford (politician), Frank Hereford) * Mississippi River Levee System (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron A. Sargent; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte, William P. Whyte) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Robert E. Withers) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Ambrose E. Burnside) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member: Isaac P. Christiancy) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Richard J. Oglesby; Ranking Member: Joseph E. McDonald) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Stanley Matthews) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Isaac P. Christiancy; Ranking Member: William A. Wallace) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John W. Johnston; Ranking Member: Henry L. Dawes) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Augustus S. Merrimon) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census, Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: John J. Patterson; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland) * United States Senate Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select) (Chairman: Angus Cameron (American politician), Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Select Committee on Treasury Department Account Discrepancies, Treasury Department Account Discrepancies (Select) (Chairman: Henry G. Davis; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Charles B. Roberts; Ranking Member: Henry W. Blair) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Augustus W. Cutler; Ranking Member: Walter L. Steele) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John DeWitt Clinton Atkins; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Aylett H. Buckner; Ranking Member: Elizur K. Hart) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: John M. Bright; Ranking Member: Daniel N. Lockwood) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Alexander H. Stephens; Ranking Member: John B. Clarke) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: John E. Kenna) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Alpheus S. Williams then Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: Gabriel Bouck) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: John Goode (Virginia politician), John Goode; Ranking Member: Van H. Manning) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman: John T. Harris; Ranking Member: E. John Ellis) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Andrew H. Hamilton; Ranking Member: Nelson H. Van Vorhes) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William A.J. Sparks; Ranking Member: Edwin Willits) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Edward S. Bragg; Ranking Member: Nicholas Muller) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Benjamin A. Willis; Ranking Member: Jay A. Hubbell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Jeremiah N. Williams; Ranking Member: Curtis H. Brogden) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bayne) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: John M. Glover; Ranking Member: Henry L. Dickey) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Joseph C. S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: Benjamin T. Eames) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: William P. Lynde; Ranking Member: William S. Stenger) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Thomas Swann; Ranking Member: Benjamin Wilson (congressman), Benjamin Wilson) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Alfred M. Scales; Ranking Member: George M. Beebe) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Americus V. Rice; Ranking Member: Clement H. Sinnickson) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: J. Proctor Knott; Ranking Member: David B. Culberson) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Hendrick B. Wright; Ranking Member: Robert F. Ligon) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Lorenzo Danford) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Henry B. Banning; Ranking Member: Edward S. Bragg) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Miles Ross; Ranking Member: Thomas Turner (Congressman), Thomas Turner) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: George M. Beebe; Ranking Member: James Taylor Jones, James T. Jones) * United States House Committee on Mississippi Levees, Mississippi Levees (Chairman: Edward White Robertson, Edward W. Robertson; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Martin) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Washington C. Whitthorne; Ranking Member: Benjamin W. Harris) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James W. Throckmorton; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Robert B. Vance; Ranking Member: Augustus W. Cutler) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alfred M. Waddell; Ranking Member: Terence J. Quinn then Joseph G. Cannon) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas M. Gunter; Ranking Member: Dudley C. Denison) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Philip Cook (general), Philip Cook; Ranking Member: James A. McKenzie) * United States House Committee on Public Expenditures, Public Expenditures (Chairman: Robert A. Hatcher; Ranking Member: Robert H.M. Davidson) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: William Ralls Morrison, William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: William E. Smith (politician), William E. Smith) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: George C. Cabell; Ranking Member: Alvah A. Clark) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William Walsh (Maryland politician), William Walsh; Ranking Member: Walbridge A. Field) * United States House Select Committee on Rules, Rules (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield) * United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: Levi A. Mackey; Ranking Member: William Kimmel) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Benjamin J. Franklin; Ranking Member: George A. Bagley) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: John R. Eden; Ranking Member: S. Addison Oliver) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Fernando Wood; Ranking Member: William D. Kelley) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Andrew H. Hamilton; Vice Chairman: Rep. Nelson H. Van Vorhes) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. Samuel S. Cox; Vice Chairman: Rep.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Rep. Otho R. Singleton; Vice Chairman: Rep. Latimer W. Ballou) * Reorganization of the Army * Transfer of the Indian Bureau

Caucuses

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

Employees

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

* Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford * Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian) * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: George F. Dawson * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: George C. Gorham * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: John R. French

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: I.L. Townsend (Episcopalian), until October 15, 1877 ** John Poise (Methodism, Methodist), until December 3, 1877 ** W. P. Harrison (Methodism, Methodist), elected December 3, 1877 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: George M. Adams * Clerk at the Speaker’s Table of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: William H. Scudder ** J. Randolph Tucker Jr. * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: John W. Polk, elected October 17, 1877 ** Charles W. Field, elected April 8, 1878 * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: James M. Steuart * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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