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

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and the

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. It met in

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

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was based on the

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 ...

. Both chambers had a Republican majority. This is the last time Republicans held a 2/3 majority in the Senate.

Major events

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

Panic of 1873 The Panic of 1873 was a financial crisis that triggered an economic depression in Europe and North America that lasted from 1873 to 1877 or 1879 in France and in Britain. In Britain, the Panic started two decades of stagnation known as the "L ...

, part of the

Long Depression The Long Depression was a worldwide price and economic recession, beginning in Panic of 1873, 1873 and running either through March 1879, or 1899, depending on the metrics used. It was most severe in Europe and the United States, which had been e ...

* November 4, 1874:

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

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

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

Major legislation

* June 22, 1874:

Revised Statutes of the United States The Revised Statutes of the United States (in citations, Rev. Stat.) was the first official codification of the Acts of Congress. It was enacted into law in 1874. The purpose of the ''Revised Statutes'' was to make it easier to research federal ...

* June 23, 1874:

Poland Act The Poland Act (18 Stat. 253) of 1874 was an act of the US Congress that sought to facilitate prosecutions under the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act by eliminating the control members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) exert ...

, * January 14, 1875:

Specie Payment Resumption Act The Specie Payment Resumption Act of January 14, 1875 was a law in the United States that restored the nation to the gold standard through the redemption of previously unbacked United States Notes and reversed inflationary government policies prom ...

ch. 15, * March 1, 1875:

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

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

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

Treaties

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

Party summary

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

Senate

House of Representatives

Before this Congress, the

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

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 ...

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

(R) * President pro tempore:

Matthew H. Carpenter Matthew Hale Carpenter (born Decatur Merritt Hammond Carpenter; – ) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He represented Wisconsin for eight years as a United States senator, from 1869 to 1875 and again from 1879 unti ...

(R) **

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

(R), elected January 25, 1875.

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 ...

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) *

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 ...

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

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

William E. Niblack William Ellis Niblack (May 19, 1822 – May 7, 1893) was a politician and judge who served as a U.S. Representative from Indiana, a judge on the Indiana Supreme Court, and a member of both the Indiana Senate and the Indiana House of Representa ...

Members

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

Senate

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

Alabama 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.

George Goldthwaite George Goldthwaite (December 10, 1809March 16, 1879) was an Alabama Supreme Court justice and United States Senate, U.S. senator for Alabama. He served in the Senate from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1877, and did not run for reelection. He was a ...

(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.

Powell Clayton Powell Foulk Clayton (August 7, 1833August 25, 1914) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 9th List of Governors of Arkansas, governor of Arkansas from 1868 to 1871, as a Republican Party (United States), Repub ...

(R) : 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.

Eugene Casserly Eugene Casserly (November 13, 1820June 14, 1883) was an Irish-born American journalist, lawyer, and politician. He was the son of scholar Patrick S. Casserly, and he served in the United States Senate from California. Biography Eugene Casserl ...

(D), until November 29, 1873 ::

John S. Hager John Sharpenstein Hager (March 12, 1818March 19, 1890) was an American politician from New Jersey who represented the state of California in the U.S. Senate from 1873 to 1875. He was a Democrat. Early life Hager was born near Morristown, New Je ...

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

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

(R)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is 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 A. Buckingham (R), until February 5, 1875 :: William W. Eaton (D), from February 5, 1875 : 3. Orris S. Ferry (LR)

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 (D)

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. Abijah Gilbert (R) : 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. Thomas M. Norwood (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. John A. Logan (R) : 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. Daniel D. Pratt (R) : 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)

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.

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

(R) : 3.

William B. Allison 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.

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

(R), until March 24, 1873 ::

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

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

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a 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. John W. Stevenson (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. J. Rodman West (R) : 3: vacant

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. Lot M. Morrill (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 T. Hamilton (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.

Charles Sumner Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874. Before and during the American Civil War, he was a leading American ...

(LR), until March 11, 1874 :: William B. Washburn (R), from April 17, 1874 : 2.

George S. Boutwell George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th governor of Massachusetts, a ...

(R), from March 17, 1873

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.

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) : 2.

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)

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.

Alexander Ramsey Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician, who became the first Minnesota Territorial Governor and later became a U.S. Senator. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 18 ...

(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 ...

(R)

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.

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

(R), until January 10, 1874 :: Henry R. Pease (R), from February 3, 1874 : 2. James L. Alcorn (R)

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.

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

(R) : 3. Lewis V. Bogy (D)

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. Thomas Tipton (R) : 2. Phineas Hitchcock (R)

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

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

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

(R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a 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.

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

(D) : 2. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)

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.

Reuben E. Fenton Reuben Eaton Fenton (July 4, 1819August 25, 1885) was an American merchant and politician from New York. In the mid-19th century, he served as a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and as Governor of New York. Early life Fenton was born near ...

(R) : 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)

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. James K. Kelly (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. John Scott (R) : 3.

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

(R)

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.

William Sprague IV William Sprague IV (September 12, 1830September 11, 1915) was the 27th Governor of Rhode Island from 1860 to 1863, and U.S. Senator from 1863 to 1875. He participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War while he was a ...

(R) : 2.

(R)

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.

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

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

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1.

William G. Brownlow William Gannaway "Parson" Brownlow (August 29, 1805April 29, 1877) was an American newspaper publisher, Methodist minister, book author, prisoner of war, lecturer, and politician who served as the 17th governor of Tennessee from 1865 to 1869 and ...

(R) : 2.

Henry Cooper Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer. He was undefeated in British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship contests for twelve years and held the European heavyweight title for three years. In a 1963 fi ...

(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.

James W. Flanagan James Winright Flanagan (September 5, 1805September 28, 1887) was an American merchant, lawyer, and farmer from Henderson, Texas. Although never officially inaugurated, he briefly served as the lieutenant governor of Texas in 1870, before leavin ...

(R) : 2.

Morgan C. Hamilton Morgan Calvin Hamilton (February 25, 1809 – November 21, 1893) was an American merchant, politician from Alabama and Texas, and brother of Andrew Jackson Hamilton. Both men were unusual as Unionists in Texas during the American Civil War. E ...

( LR)

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 ...

(R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

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

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

: 1.

Arthur I. Boreman Arthur Ingram Boreman (July 24, 1823April 19, 1896) was an American lawyer, politician and judge who helped found the U.S. state of West Virginia. Raised in Tyler County, West Virginia, he served as the state's first governor, and a United St ...

(R) : 2.

Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was an American politician and businessman who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia from 1871 to 1883. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the Uni ...

(D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: 1.

(R) : 3. Timothy O. Howe (R) 43rd United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

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

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 ...

: . Frederick G. Bromberg (LR) : . James T. Rapier (R) : . Charles Pelham (R) : .

Charles Hays ''For the public official in Idaho see Charles Marshall Hays'' Charles Hays (February 2, 1834 – June 24, 1879) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Hays was born at "Hays Mount," in Greene County, Alabama near Boligee wher ...

(R) : . John H. Caldwell (D) : . Joseph H. Sloss (D) : .

Charles C. Sheats Charles Christopher Sheats (April 10, 1839 – May 27, 1904) was an attorney and politician, elected as a U.S. Representative from Alabama. He previously had served as the consul to Elsinore, Denmark, as the United States worked to expand trade ...

(R) : . Alexander White (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 ...

: . Asa Hodges (R) : . Oliver P. Snyder (R) : . William W. Wilshire (R), until June 16, 1874 ::

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

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

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 ...

: . Charles Clayton (R) : .

Horace F. Page Horace Francis Page (October 20, 1833 – August 23, 1890) was a 19th-century American lawyer and politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for five terms between 1873 and 1883. He is perhaps best known ...

(R) : . John K. Luttrell (D) : . Sherman O. Houghton (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. ...

: .

Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the List of Governors of Connecticut, 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a United States, U.S. politician in the Republican Party (United States), Republican and Free Soil parties, a America ...

(R) : . Stephen W. Kellogg (R) : . Henry H. Starkweather (R) : . 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 ...

: . James R. Lofland (R)

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 ...

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William J. Purman William James Purman (April 11, 1840 – August 14, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Florida. A Republican, he also served in the Florida Senate and in the Florida House of Representatives. Early life Purman was born in Millheim, Centre ...

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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 ...

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Morgan Rawls Morgan Rawls (June 29, 1829 – October 18, 1906) was an American politician and lawyer, as well as an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Biography Rawls was born near Statesboro, Georgia in 1829 and mov ...

(D), until March 24, 1874 :: Andrew Sloan (R), from March 24, 1874 : . Richard H. Whiteley (R) : . Philip Cook (D) : .

Henry R. Harris Henry Richard Harris (February 2, 1828 – October 15, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in Sparta, Georgia, Harris moved to Greenville, Georgia, in 1833. He attended an academy in Mount Zion, Georgia, and was graduated from ...

(D) : . James C. Freeman (R) : . James H. Blount (D) : . Pierce M. B. Young (D) : .

Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the first and only Vice President of the Confederate States of America, vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and l ...

(D), from December 1, 1873 : . Hiram P. Bell (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 ...

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

Stephen A. Hurlbut Stephen Augustus Hurlbut (November 29, 1815 – March 27, 1882) was an attorney and politician, who commanded the U.S. Army of the Gulf in the American Civil War. Afterward, he continued to serve as a politician and also as a diplomat. Although ...

(R) : . Horatio C. Burchard (R) : . John B. Hawley (R) : . Franklin Corwin (R) : . Greenbury L. Fort (R) : . Granville Barrere (R) : .

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

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Joseph G. Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non ...

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John R. Eden John Rice Eden (February 1, 1826 – June 9, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician who a total of five terms served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois during three non-consecutive stints between 1863 and 1887. Early life and ca ...

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

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 ...

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Simeon K. Wolfe Simeon Kalfius Wolfe (February 14, 1824 – November 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1873 to 1875. Biography Born near Georgetown, Indiana, Wolfe attended Floyd ...

(D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Jeremiah M. Wilson (R) : . John Coburn (R) : . Morton C. Hunter (R) : .

Thomas J. Cason Thomas Jefferson Cason (September 13, 1828 – July 10, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1873 to 1877. Early life and career Born near Brownsville, Indiana, Cason moved t ...

(R) : . James N. Tyner (R) : . John P. C. Shanks (R) : .

Henry B. Sayler Henry Benton Sayler (March 31, 1836 – June 18, 1900) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1873 to 1875. He was a cousin of Milton Sayler, who also served in the U.S. House o ...

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Jasper Packard Jasper Packard (February 1, 1832 – December 13, 1899) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran, and politician who, from 1869 to 1875, served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's at-large cong ...

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

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 ...

: . George W. McCrary (R) : .

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

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William G. Donnan William G. Donnan (June 30, 1834 – December 4, 1908) was an American lawyer, Civil War officer, politician who served as a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Early life and education Born in West ...

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James Wilson James Wilson may refer to: Politicians and government officials Canada * James Wilson (Upper Canada politician) (1770–1847), English-born farmer and political figure in Upper Canada * James Crocket Wilson (1841–1899), Canadian MP from Queb ...

(R) : . William Loughridge (R) : . John A. Kasson (R) : . James W. McDill (R) : . Jackson Orr (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 ...

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

William A. Phillips William Addison Phillips (1824–1893) was a Free-State Abolitionist journalist during the "Bleeding Kansas" period. He also served in the Civil War, ending the war as a colonel. Biography Born in Paisley, Scotland, Phillips attended the common ...

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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 ...

: . Edward Crossland (D) : . John Y. Brown (D) : .

Charles W. Milliken Charles William Milliken (August 15, 1827 – October 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Murray, Kentucky, Milliken moved with his parents to Simpson County, Kentucky, in 1829 and settled near Franklin. He pursued prepa ...

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William B. Read William Brown Read (December 14, 1817 – August 5, 1880) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from Kentucky. Born in Hardin County, Kentucky, Read completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing pract ...

(D) : . Elisha D. Standiford (D) : . William E. Arthur (D) : . James B. Beck (D) : . Milton J. Durham (D) : . George M. Adams (D) : .

John D. Young John Duncan Young (September 22, 1823 – December 26, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Owingsville, Kentucky, Young attended the common schools. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1854 and practiced in Owingsv ...

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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 ...

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Effingham Lawrence Effingham Lawrence (March 2, 1820 – December 9, 1878) was an American politician known for serving for the shortest term in congressional history, serving—along with George A. Sheridan—for just one day in the U.S. House of Representat ...

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

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 ...

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John H. Burleigh John Holmes Burleigh (October 9, 1822 – December 5, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician, sailor, manufacturer and banker from Maine. He was the son of the former U.S. representative from Maine, William Burleigh, who also represente ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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

Thomas Swann Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-Not ...

(D) : . William Albert (R) : . Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R)

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 ...

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James Buffington James Lawrence Buffington (May 15, 1922, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania – July 20, 1981, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American jazz, studio, and classical hornist. Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on the French horn. He was an auto ...

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Benjamin W. Harris Benjamin Winslow Harris (November 10, 1823 – February 7, 1907) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Massachusetts. He was the father of Robert Orr Harris. Born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Harris pursued an ...

(R) : . William Whiting (R), until June 29, 1873 :: Henry L. Pierce (R), from December 1, 1873 : . Samuel Hooper (R) : . Daniel W. Gooch (R) : .

Benjamin F. Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American major general of the Union Army, politician, lawyer, and businessman from Massachusetts. Born in New Hampshire and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Butler was a ...

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

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

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Charles A. Stevens Charles Abbot Stevens (August 9, 1816 – April 7, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of Moses Tyler Stevens and cousin of Isaac Ingalls Stevens. Biography Born in North Andover (then a part of Andover), Essex Co ...

(R), from January 27, 1875 : . Henry L. Dawes (R)

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, ...

: . Moses W. Field (R) : .

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

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George Willard George Willard (March 20, 1824 – March 26, 1901) was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was also instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to wo ...

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

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Josiah Begole Josiah Williams Begole (January 20, 1815June 5, 1896) was an American politician serving as a U.S. Representative from 1873 to 1875 and the 19th governor of Michigan from 1883 to 1885. Early life in New York Begole was born in Groveland, New Y ...

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Omar D. Conger Omar Dwight Conger (April 1, 1818July 11, 1898) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Conger was born in Cooperstown, New York, son of the Rev. Enoch Conger and Esther (West) Conger. The Conger family moved ...

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Nathan B. Bradley Nathan Ball Bradley (May 28, 1831 – November 8, 1906) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1877. Early life and education Bradley was born in Lee, M ...

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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 ...

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Horace B. Strait Horace Burton Strait (January 26, 1835 – February 25, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Potter County, PA, January 26, 1835 and moved with his parents to Indiana in 1846. In 1855 he settled near Jordan, Minnesota, ...

(R) : . John T. Averill (R)

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 ...

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

Albert R. Howe Albert Richards Howe (January 1, 1840June 1, 1884) was an American businessman, Civil War veteran and politician. He represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives and served in the Mississippi House of Representatives for one term ...

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

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

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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 ...

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Edwin O. Stanard Edwin Obed Stanard (January 5, 1832 – March 11, 1914) was a 19th century politician, businessman and teacher from Missouri. Biography Born in Newport, New Hampshire, Stanard moved to Iowa Territory with his parents in 1836, completed prepara ...

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Erastus Wells Erastus Wells (December 2, 1823 – October 2, 1893) was a 19th-century politician and businessman from Missouri. Wells was born in Jefferson County, New York, and was the only son of Otis Wells, a descendant of Hugh Welles, an early colonis ...

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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, representin ...

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Abram Comingo Abram Comingo (January 9, 1820 – November 10, 1889) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1875. He was a slaveholder. Comingo was born near Harrodsburg, Kentucky in Mercer County, Kentucky. ...

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Ira B. Hyde Ira Barnes Hyde (January 18, 1838 – December 6, 1926) was a Representative from Missouri. He was a Republican. Hyde was born in Guilford, New York in 1838. He served in the army during the Civil War, and was a representative between 1873 and ...

(R) : . John B. Clark Jr. (D) : . John M. Glover (D) : . Aylett H. Buckner (D)

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 ...

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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 ...

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Charles W. Kendall Charles West Kendall (April 22, 1828June 25, 1914) was an American politician, lawyer, librarian, editor, proprietor and miner in California, Nevada and Colorado. Biography Charles West Kendall was born in Searsmont, Maine, on April 22, 1828. K ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It 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 ...

: . William B. Small (R) : . Austin F. Pike (R) : . Hosea W. Parker (D)

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 ...

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Samuel A. Dobbins Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (April 14, 1814 – May 26, 1886) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's New Jersey's 2nd congressional district, 2nd congressional district in the United States Ho ...

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Amos Clark Jr. Amos Clark Jr. (November 8, 1828 – October 31, 1912) was an American Republican Party politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district for one term from 1873 to 1875. Early life and career Born in Brook ...

(R) : . Robert Hamilton (D) : . William W. Phelps (R) : . Marcus L. Ward (R) : .

Isaac W. Scudder Isaac Williamson Scudder (1816 – September 10, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey for one term from 1873 to 1875. Early life and education Born in Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth, New Jersey), Scudder completed preparatory studies. ...

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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 * ...

: . Henry J. Scudder (R) : . John G. Schumaker (D) : . Stewart L. Woodford (R), until July 1, 1874 :: Simeon B. Chittenden (IR), from November 3, 1874 : . Philip S. Crooke (R) : . William R. Roberts (D) : . James Brooks (D), until April 30, 1873 ::

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 ...

(D), from November 4, 1873 : . Thomas J. Creamer (D) : . John D. Lawson (R) : . David B. Mellish (R), until May 23, 1874 :: Richard Schell (D), from December 7, 1874 : .

Fernando Wood Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York, Mayor of New York City. ...

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John O. Whitehouse John Osborne Whitehouse (July 19, 1817 – August 24, 1881) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography John O. Whitehouse was born in Rochester, New Hampshire on July 19, 1817. He received a common-school education and moved to New Yor ...

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David M. De Witt David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Damas ...

(D) : . Eli Perry (D) : . James S. Smart (R) : . Robert S. Hale (R) : . William A. Wheeler (R) : . Henry H. Hathorn (R) : .

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

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

(R) : . Ellis H. Roberts (R) : . William E. Lansing (R) : .

R. Holland Duell Rodolphus (sometimes Robert) Holland Duell (December 20, 1824 – February 11, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was elected to Congress and became United States Commissioner of Patents. Early life Duell was born in Wa ...

(R) : . Clinton D. MacDougall (R) : . William H. Lamport (R) : .

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

(R) : . H. Boardman Smith (R) : . Freeman Clarke (R) : . George G. Hoskins (R) : .

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

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

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

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

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

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Milton Sayler Milton Sayler (November 4, 1831 – November 17, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879. He was a cousin of Henry B. Sayler, who served in the U.S. Congress, re ...

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Henry B. Banning Henry Blackstone Banning (November 10, 1836 – December 10, 1881) was a lawyer and three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as an infantry officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Early life and career Born in Ban ...

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John Q. Smith John Quincy Smith (November 5, 1824 – December 30, 1901) was an American farmer, politician and legislator from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1873 to 1875, as well as commissioner of Indian ...

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Lewis B. Gunckel Lewis B. Gunckel (October 15, 1826 – October 3, 1903) was an attorney, politician, advocate for Civil War disabled soldiers and their families, commissioner and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. Heritage and ...

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

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American Founding Father of the United States, Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as presiden ...

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James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot two months earlier. A preacher, lawyer, and Civi ...

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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 ...

: . Joseph G. Wilson (R), until July 2, 1873 :: James W. Nesmith (D), from December 1, 1873

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 ...

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Samuel J. Randall Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 44t ...

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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. ...

(R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . James S. Biery (R) : . Washington Townsend (R) : .

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 ...

(D) : . A. Herr Smith (R) : . John W. Killinger (R) : . John B. Storm (D) : .

Lazarus D. Shoemaker Lazarus Denison Shoemaker (November 5, 1819 – September 11, 1893), also known as L.D. Shoemaker, was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congre ...

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James D. Strawbridge James Dale Strawbridge (April 7, 1824 – July 19, 1890) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography James D. Strawbridge was born in Liberty Township, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Princeton ...

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John B. Packer John Black Packer (March 21, 1824 – July 7, 1891) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography John B. Packer was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1824. Initially a private student, he l ...

(R) : . John A. Magee (D) : .

John Cessna John Cessna (June 29, 1821 – December 13, 1893) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and education Cessna was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Hal ...

(R) : . R. Milton Speer (D) : . Sobieski Ross (R) : . Carlton B. Curtis (R) : . Hiram L. Richmond (R) : . Alexander W. Taylor (R) : . James S. Negley (R) : . Ebenezer McJunkin (R), until January 1, 1875 :: John M. Thompson (R), from January 5, 1875 : . William S. Moore (R) : . Charles Albright (R) : . Glenni W. Scofield (R) : .

Lemuel Todd Lemuel Todd (July 29, 1817 – May 12, 1891) was an American politician who served as an Oppositionist member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district from 1855 to 1857 and as a Republican member of t ...

(R)

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 ...

: . Benjamin T. Eames (R) : . James M. Pendleton (R)

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 ...

: . Joseph Rainey (R) : .

Alonzo J. Ransier Alonzo Jacob Ransier (January 3, 1834 – August 17, 1882) was an American politician in South Carolina who served as the state's first black Lieutenant Governor and later was a United States Congressman from 1873 until 1875. He was a Recon ...

(R) : . Robert B. Elliott (R), until November 1, 1874 :: Lewis C. Carpenter (R), from November 3, 1874 : . Alexander S. Wallace (R) : . Richard H. Cain (R)

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Jacob M. Thornburgh (R) : . William Crutchfield (R) : . John M. Bright (D) : .

Horace Harrison Horace Harrison Harrison (August 7, 1829 – December 20, 1885) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee. He was the last Republican to serve as rep ...

(R) : .

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

(D) : .

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

(D) : . David A. Nunn (R) : . Barbour Lewis (R) : .

(R)

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 ...

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

John Hancock John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot (American Revolution), Patriot of the American Revolution. He was the longest-serving Presi ...

(D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . Asa H. Willie (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 ...

: . Charles W. Willard (R) : . Luke P. Poland (R) : . George W. Hendee (R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: . James B. Sener (R) : . James H. Platt Jr. (R) : . J. Ambler Smith (R) : . William H. H. Stowell (R) : . Alexander Davis (D), until March 5, 1874 ::

Christopher Thomas Christopher Yancy Thomas (March 24, 1818 – February 11, 1879) was a politician and lawyer from Virginia. He served brief terms in the Virginia Senate, Virginia House and U.S. House of Representatives. Early and family life Born in Pittsylva ...

(R), from March 5, 1874 : . Thomas Whitehead (D) : . John T. Harris (D) : . Eppa Hunton, II (D) : . Rees Bowen (D)

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

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

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: . Charles G. Williams (R) : . Gerry W. Hazelton (R) : . J. Allen Barber (R) : . Alexander Mitchell (D) : . Charles A. Eldredge (D) : .

Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a United States Senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893) and served ten years in the U.S. ...

(R) : .

Jeremiah M. Rusk Jeremiah McLain Rusk (June 17, 1830November 21, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was the second United States secretary of agriculture (1889–1893) and the 15th governor of Wisconsin (1882–1889), and served three term ...

(R) : . Alexander S. McDill (R)

Non-voting members

: . Richard C. McCormick (NU) : . Jerome B. Chaffee (R) : . Moses K. Armstrong (D) : . Norton P. Chipman (R) : . John Hailey (D) : .

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

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

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democratic: 1 seat net gain ** Republican: no net change ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 3 * Interim appointments: 1 * Vacancy: 1 *Total seats with changes: 7 , - ,

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 ...

(2) , Vacant ,

resigned in previous congress after becoming

Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest ranking office in the Executive branch of the United States government, executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks f ...

.
Successor elected March 17, 1873. , nowrap ,

(R) , March 17, 1873 , - ,

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) , nowrap ,

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

Governor of Mississippi The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi and the commander-in-chief of the U.S. state, state's Mississippi National Guard, military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either appro ...

.
Successor elected February 3, 1874. , nowrap , Henry R. Pease (R) , February 3, 1874 , - ,

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) , nowrap ,

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

(R) , November 24, 1873 , - ,

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) , nowrap ,

(D) , Resigned November 29, 1873.
Successor elected December 23, 1873. , nowrap ,

(D) , December 23, 1873 , - ,

(2) , nowrap ,

(R) , Interim appointee retired when successor elected February 2, 1874. , nowrap , James M. Harvey (R) , February 2, 1874 , - ,

(1) , nowrap ,

(LR) , Died March 11, 1874.
Successor elected April 17, 1874. , nowrap , William B. Washburn (R) , April 17, 1874 , - ,

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) , nowrap , William A. Buckingham (R) , Died February 5, 1875.
Successor appointed February 5, 1875, having already been elected to the next tern. , nowrap , William W. Eaton (D) , February 5, 1875

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 15 ** Democratic: 3 seat net gain ** Republican: 4 seat net loss ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 5 * Contested election: 4 *Total seats with changes: 19 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Samuel Peters died before taking seat , nowrap , George L. Smith (R) , November 24, 1873 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before taking seat , nowrap ,

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

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

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

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

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

(R) , March 5, 1874 , - , , nowrap ,

(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 24, 1874 , nowrap , Andrew Sloan (R) , March 24, 1874 , - , , nowrap , David B. Mellish (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 23, 1874 , nowrap , Richard Schell (D) , December 7, 1874 , - , , nowrap , William W. Wilshire (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election June 16, 1874 , nowrap ,

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

Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the Northeastern United States, originally connecting Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, with Lake Erie at Dunkirk, New York. The railroad expanded west to Chicago following its 1865 ...

, nowrap , William E. Finck (D) , December 7, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Stewart L. Woodford (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1874 , nowrap , Simeon B. Chittenden (IR) , November 3, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Robert B. Elliott (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 1, 1874 , nowrap , Lewis C. Carpenter (R) , November 3, 1874 , - , , nowrap , John B. Rice (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 17, 1874 , nowrap , Bernard G. Caulfield (D) , February 1, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 26, 1874 , nowrap ,

(R) , January 27, 1875 , - , , nowrap , Ebenezer McJunkin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 1, 1875 , nowrap , John M. Thompson (R) , January 5, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 25, 1875 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Samuel F. Hersey (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died February 3, 1875 , Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , J. Hale Sypher (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 3, 1875 , nowrap ,

(D) , March 3, 1875 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Contested election originally won by Pinckney Pinchback , nowrap , George A.Sheridan (R) , March 3, 1875

Committees

Senate

Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

(Chairman: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen; Ranking Member: George R. Dennis) * Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member:

) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:

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

; Ranking Member: Timothy O. Howe) * Claims (Chairman: John Scott; Ranking Member:

) *

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

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

; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member:

) *

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Foreign Relations Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

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

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

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

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

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

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Military Affairs Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...

(Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

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

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

(Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: William T. Hamilton) *

Pensions A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a "defined benefit plan", wher ...

(Chairman: Daniel D. Pratt; Ranking Member:

) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member:

) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John J. Patterson) *

Public Lands In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Commonwealth realms). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countries. ...

(Chairman: William Sprague; Ranking Member:

) *

Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Timothy O. Howe) * Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) *

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

* Revision of the Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James L. Alcorn) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John W. Johnston) *

Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pertaining to the structure or behavior internal to a business * School rule, a rule tha ...

(Select) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *

Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John J. Patterson) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Whole

House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Wallace) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Sobieski Ross) * Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner) * Alabama Affairs (Select) * Arkansas Affairs (Select) * Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

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

) * Claims (Chairman: John B. Hawley; Ranking Member: Julius C. Burrows) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member:

) *

(Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Richard C. Parsons) *

(Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Charles Pelham) * Education and Labor (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alexander S. McDill) *

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

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

Robert M. Speer Robert M. Speer (born February 10, 1956) is a retired military officer and American businessman who manages a consulting practice. In addition, he serves on several boards, including as chairman of the Code of Support Foundation, a military serv ...

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

; Ranking Member: William R. Morrison) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: J. Hale Sypher; Ranking Member: John G. Schumaker) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: John M. Bright) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry O. Pratt) * Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Clinton L. Cobb; Ranking Member: J. Allen Barber) *

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

(Chairman:

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

; Ranking Member: William J. Albert) *

(Chairman: John T. Averill; Ranking Member: John D. Lawson) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman:

Jeremiah McLain Rusk Jeremiah McLain Rusk (June 17, 1830November 21, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was the second United States secretary of agriculture (1889–1893) and the 15th governor of Wisconsin (1882–1889), and served three terms ...

; Ranking Member: William B. Small) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alexander White) *

(Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member: Laurin D. Woodworth) * Mileage (Chairman: Hezekiah S. Bundy; Ranking Member: James W. Nesmith) *

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

Militia A militia ( ) is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. Militias may be raised in times of need to support regular troops or se ...

(Chairman: Roderick R. Butler; Ranking Member: Josiah T. Walls) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: David P. Lowe; Ranking Member: Christopher C. Sheats) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member:

) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James W. McDill) *

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Stephen A. Cobb) * Private Land Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James C. Freeman) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James H. Platt Jr.; Ranking Member: Lloyd Lowndes Jr.) *

Public Expenditures Government spending or expenditure includes all government consumption, investment, and transfer payments. In national income accounting, the acquisition by governments of goods and services for current use, to directly satisfy the individual or ...

(Chairman: Harrison E. Havens; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Begole) *

(Chairman: Washington Townsend; Ranking Member:

) * Railways and Canals (Chairman: George W. McCrary; Ranking Member: Alexander W. Taylor) * Reform on Civil Service (Chairman: Stephen W. Kellogg; Ranking Member:

) * Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: William S. Moore) * Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William Crutchfield) *

(Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Standards of Official Conduct *

(Chairman: George C. McKee; Ranking Member: Greenbury L. Fort) * War Claims (Chairman: William Lawrence; Ranking Member: Abraham H. Smith) *

Ways and Means A ways and means committee is a government body that is charged with reviewing and making recommendations for government budgets. Because the raising of revenue is vital to carrying out governmental operations, such a committee is tasked with fi ...

(Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Lionel A. Sheldon) * Whole

Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Chester B. Darrall; Vice Chairman: Rep.

) * Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Rep. Jeremiah M. Wilson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hugh J. Jewett) * The Library (Chairman: Rep. William P. Frye; Vice Chairman: Rep.

) *

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

(Chairman: Rep.

; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred M. Waddell)

Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol is the Federal government of the United States, federal Government agency, agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of t ...

: 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. The librarian of Congress also appoints and overs ...

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

Senate

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

: John P. Newman (

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

), until December 8, 1873 **

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

(

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...

), elected December 8, 1873 *

Librarian A librarian is a person who professionally works managing information. Librarians' common activities include providing access to information, conducting research, creating and managing information systems, creating, leading, and evaluating educat ...

: George S. Wagner *

Secretary A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evalu ...

: George C. Gorham *

Sergeant at Arms A serjeant-at-arms or sergeant-at-arms is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word "serjeant" is derived from the Latin , which means "servant". Historically, serjeants-at-a ...

John R. French John Robert French (May 28, 1819 – October 2, 1890) was an American publisher, editor and Republican politician. He served as a Congressional Representative from North Carolina, as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate and as a ...

House of Representatives

: John G. Butler (

) *

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

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

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

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

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

, elected December 1, 1873 * Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R) *

: Nehemiah G. Ordway

Notes

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External links

Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
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