The 45th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and po ...
and the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1879, during the first two years of
Rutherford Hayes's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the
Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a
Republican majority, and the House had a
Democratic majority.
The 45th Congress remained politically divided between a Democratic House and Republican Senate.
President Hayes vetoed an Army appropriations bill from the House which would have ended Reconstruction and prohibited the use of federal troops to protect polling stations in the former Confederacy.
Striking back, Congress overrode another of Hayes’s vetoes and enacted the Bland-Allison Act that required the purchase and coining of silver.
Congress also approved a generous increase in pension eligibility for Northern Civil War veterans.
Major events
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* March 4, 1877:
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881, after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governo ...
became
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
Major legislation
* February 28, 1878:
Bland–Allison Act (Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), Sess. 2, ch. 20,
* April 29, 1878:
National Quarantine Act of 1878
National Quarantine Act of 1878 established quarantine regulations for foreign nautical vessels pursuing entrance into United States maritime ports. The United States statute declared it to be an unlawful pursuit for international vessels departing ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
* June 3, 1878:
Timber and Stone Act
The Timber and Stone Act of 1878 in the United States sold Western timberland for $2.50 per acre ($618/km2) in 160 acre (0.6 km2) blocks.
Land that was deemed "unfit for farming" was sold to those who might want to "timber and stone" (logging and ...
, Sess. 2, ch. 151,
* June 18, 1878:
Posse Comitatus Act, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15,
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
During this Congress, two Senate seats and one House seat were added for the new state, Colorado.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
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President
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William A. Wheeler
William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney. He served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877, and the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 t ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore
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:
Thomas W. Ferry (R)
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
William A. Wallace
House of Representatives
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Speaker
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:
Samuel J. Randall
Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...
(D)
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Hiester Clymer
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
*
Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries.
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Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.
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Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
: 2.
John T. Morgan (D)
: 3.
George E. Spencer
George Eliphaz Spencer (November 1, 1836 – February 19, 1893) was an American politician and a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama who also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Champion, Ne ...
(R)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
: 2.
Augustus H. Garland (D)
: 3.
Stephen W. Dorsey (R)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
Newton Booth
Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician.
Early life
Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina and Beebe Booth (AM)
: 3.
Aaron A. Sargent
Aaron Augustus Sargent (September 28, 1827 – August 14, 1887) was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. In 1878, Sargent historically introduced what would later become the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giv ...
(R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
: 2.
Henry M. Teller (R)
: 3.
Jerome B. Chaffee
Jerome Bunty Chaffee (April 17, 1825 – March 9, 1886) was an American entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado. Chaffee County, Colorado is named after him.
Biography
He was born in Cambria, New York. He moved to Adrian, Michigan ...
(R)
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
: 1.
William W. Eaton (D)
: 3.
William H. Barnum
William Henry Barnum (September 17, 1818 – April 30, 1889) was an American politician, serving as a state representative, congressman, U.S. senator, and finally as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. He was also known as "Seven Mu ...
(D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
: 1.
Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D)
: 2.
Eli M. Saulsbury (D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
: 1.
Charles W. Jones (D)
: 3.
Simon B. Conover (R)
Georgia
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Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Benjamin H. Hill
Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics, and the Civil War. He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses. Although he had opposed secession, he st ...
(D)
: 3.
John B. Gordon (D)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
: 2.
David Davis (I)
: 3.
Richard J. Oglesby (R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
: 1.
Joseph E. McDonald
Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. He also served as Indiana's 2nd Attorney General and unsuccessfully sought the Demo ...
(D)
: 3.
Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R), until November 1, 1877
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Daniel W. Voorhees
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
(D), from November 6, 1877
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
: 2.
Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
: 3.
William B. Allison (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
: 2.
Preston B. Plumb
Preston Bierce Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marys ...
(R)
: 3.
John J. Ingalls (R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
: 2.
James B. Beck (D)
: 3.
Thomas C. McCreery (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
: 2.
William Pitt Kellogg (R)
: 3.
James B. Eustis
James Biddle Eustis (August 27, 1834September 9, 1899) was a United States senator from Louisiana who served as President Cleveland's ambassador to France.
Early life
Born in New Orleans, he was the son of George Eustis (1796–1858) and Cla ...
(D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...
: 1.
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republic ...
(R)
: 2.
James G. Blaine
James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representati ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
: 1.
William Pinkney Whyte
William Pinkney Whyte (August 9, 1824March 17, 1908), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the ...
(D)
: 3.
George R. Dennis (D)
Massachusetts
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: 1.
Henry L. Dawes
Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimul ...
(R)
: 2.
George F. Hoar (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
: 1.
Isaac P. Christiancy
Isaac Peckham Christiancy (March 12, 1812September 8, 1890) was chief justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Christiancy was born near Johnstown, New York in what is now Bleecker, New York to p ...
(R), until February 10, 1879
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Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sen ...
(R), from February 22, 1879
: 2.
Thomas W. Ferry (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...
: 1.
Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
: 2.
William Windom (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Blanche Bruce
Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was ...
(R)
: 2.
Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
: 1.
Francis Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member ...
(D)
: 3.
Lewis V. Bogy
Lewis Vital Bogy (April 9, 1813September 20, 1877) was a United States senator from Missouri. Born in Ste. Geneviève, he attended the public schools, was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment, studied law in Illinois, graduated from ...
(D), until September 20, 1877
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David H. Armstrong (D), September 29, 1877 - January 26, 1879
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James Shields (D), from January 27, 1879
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
: 1.
Algernon Paddock
Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.
Biography
Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His ...
(R)
: 2.
Alvin Saunders
Alvin Saunders (July 12, 1817November 1, 1899) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, as well as the final and longest-serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil War.
Education
Saunders was bo ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
: 1.
William Sharon (R)
: 3.
John P. Jones (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
: 2.
Edward H. Rollins (R)
: 3.
Bainbridge Wadleigh
Bainbridge Wadleigh (January 4, 1831January 24, 1891) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Bradford, he attended the common schools and Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, New Hampshire). He studied law, was admitted to the bar i ...
(R)
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...
: 1.
Theodore F. Randolph (D)
: 2.
John R. McPherson
John RhodericIn a letter dated March 4, 1887, McPherson states that the "R" in his name is "nothing except a designation" and does not stand for Rhoderic. McPherson (May 9, 1833October 8, 1897) was an American businessman, inventor, and Democr ...
(D)
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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: 1.
Francis Kernan (D)
: 3.
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the ...
(R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United ...
: 2.
Matt W. Ransom (D)
: 3.
Augustus S. Merrimon (D)
Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
: 1.
Allen G. Thurman (D)
: 3.
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
(R), until March 8, 1877
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Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, he is the only player to have been knighted while sti ...
(R), from March 21, 1877
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: 2.
La Fayette Grover (D)
: 3.
John H. Mitchell (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
William A. Wallace (D)
: 3.
Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...
(R), until March 12, 1877
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J. Donald Cameron (R), from March 20, 1877
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: 1.
Ambrose Burnside
Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War and three times Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor ...
(R)
: 2.
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
(R)
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
: 2.
Matthew Butler
Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Ci ...
(D)
: 3.
John J. Patterson (R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by ...
: 1.
James E. Bailey
James Edmund Bailey (August 15, 1822December 29, 1885) was an American Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881.
Early life and education
Bailey was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He attended the Clarksville Ac ...
(D)
: 2.
Isham G. Harris
Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
(D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
: 1.
Samuel B. Maxey
Samuel Bell Maxey (March 30, 1825August 16, 1895) was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later represented Texas in the U.S. ...
(D)
: 2.
Richard Coke
Richard Coke (March 18, 1829May 14, 1897) was an American lawyer and statesman from Waco, Texas. He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and was a US Senator from 1877 to 1895. His governorship is notable for reestablishing local ...
(D)
Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...
: 1.
George F. Edmunds (R)
: 3.
Justin S. Morrill (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
: 1.
Robert E. Withers (D)
: 2.
John W. Johnston (D)
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
: 1.
Frank Hereford (D)
: 2.
Henry G. Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904.
Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he be ...
(D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: 1.
Angus Cameron (R)
: 3.
Timothy O. Howe
Timothy Otis Howe (February 24, 1816March 25, 1883) was a member of the United States Senate for three terms, representing the state of Wisconsin from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1879. He also served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Che ...
(R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
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James T. Jones (D)
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Hilary A. Herbert
Hilary Abner Herbert (March 12, 1834 – March 6, 1919) was Secretary of the Navy in the second administration of President Grover Cleveland. He also served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama.
Biography ...
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Jeremiah N. Williams (D)
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Charles M. Shelley
Charles Miller Shelley (December 28, 1833 – January 20, 1907) was a Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a late Reconstruction era of the United States, Reconstructio ...
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Robert F. Ligon (D)
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Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
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William H. Forney (D)
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William W. Garth (D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
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Lucien C. Gause (D)
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William F. Slemons (D)
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Jordan E. Cravens (ID)
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Thomas M. Gunter (D)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
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Horace Davis (R)
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Horace F. Page
Horace Francis Page (October 20, 1833 – August 23, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for five terms between 1873 and 1883. He is perhaps best known for the Page ...
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John K. Luttrell
John King Luttrell (June 27, 1831 – October 4, 1893) was an American miner, lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1873 to 1879.
Early life and career
Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Lutt ...
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Romualdo Pacheco
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco (October 31, 1831January 23, 1899) was a Californio statesman and diplomat. A Republican, he is best known as the only Hispanic person to serve as Governor of California since the American Conquest of California, ...
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Peter D. Wigginton (D), from February 7, 1878
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
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James B. Belford (R), until December 13, 1877
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Thomas M. Patterson (D), from December 13, 1877
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the ...
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George M. Landers (D)
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James Phelps (D)
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John T. Wait
John Turner Wait (August 27, 1811 – April 21, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.
Biography
Born in New London, Connecticut, Wait moved with his mother to Norwich, Connecticut. He attended the common schools and Trinity ...
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Levi Warner (D)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent ...
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James Williams (D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
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Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
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Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R), until February 20, 1879
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Jesse J. Finley (D), from February 20, 1879
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Julian Hartridge
Julian Hartridge (September 9, 1829 – January 8, 1879) was an American politician.
Early years and education
Hartridge was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 9, 1829, where attended Chatham Academy and Montpelier Institute. Hartridge gra ...
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William B. Fleming (D), from February 10, 1879
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William E. Smith (D)
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Philip Cook (D)
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Henry R. Harris (D)
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Milton A. Candler (D)
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James H. Blount
James Henderson Blount (September 12, 1837 – March 8, 1903) was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 in his investigation into the American involvement in the political revolut ...
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William H. Felton (ID)
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Alexander H. Stephens
Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in ...
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Hiram P. Bell (D), from March 13, 1877
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rock ...
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William Aldrich (R)
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Carter H. Harrison (D)
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Lorenzo Brentano
Lorenzo Brentano (November 4, 1813 – September 18, 1891) was a German revolutionary and journalist who served as President of the Free State of Baden during the 1849 Baden Revolution. Following the failure of the revolutions, he and many ...
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William Lathrop (R)
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Horatio C. Burchard (R)
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Thomas J. Henderson (R)
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Philip C. Hayes (R)
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Greenbury L. Fort (R)
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Thomas A. Boyd (R)
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Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
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Robert M. Knapp (D)
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William M. Springer
William McKendree Springer (May 30, 1836 – December 4, 1903) was a United States Representative from Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan ...
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Thomas F. Tipton (R)
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Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consi ...
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John R. Eden (D)
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William A. J. Sparks
William Andrew Jackson Sparks (November 19, 1828 – May 7, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born near New Albany, Indiana, Sparks moved with his parents to Illinois in 1836.
He attended the public schools and graduated from McKen ...
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William R. Morrison (D)
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William Hartzell (D)
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Richard W. Townshend (D)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
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Benoni S. Fuller (D)
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Thomas R. Cobb
Thomas Reed Cobb (July 2, 1828 – June 23, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1877 to 1887.
Biography
Born in Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, Cobb attended Indi ...
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George A. Bicknell (D)
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Leonidas Sexton (R)
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Thomas M. Browne
Thomas McLelland Browne (April 19, 1829 – July 17, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th and 6th congressional district.
Early life and education
Born in New Paris, Ohio, Brown ...
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Milton S. Robinson (R)
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John Hanna (R)
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Morton C. Hunter (R)
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Michael D. White (R)
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William H. Calkins
William Henry Calkins (February 18, 1842 – January 29, 1894) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1881 to 1884.
Early career
Born in Pike County, Ohio, Calkins studied ...
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James L. Evans (R)
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Andrew H. Hamilton (D)
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John Baker (R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
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Joseph C. Stone (R)
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Hiram Price (R)
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Theodore W. Burdick (R)
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Nathaniel C. Deering
Nathaniel Cobb Deering (September 2, 1827 – December 11, 1887) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then in northeastern Iowa.
Born in Denmark, Maine to James and Elizabeth Prentiss Deering," ...
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Rush Clark (R)
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Ezekiel S. Sampson
Ezekiel Silas Sampson (December 6, 1831 – October 7, 1892) was a lawyer, prosecutor, Civil War officer, judge, and two-term Republican Congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district.
Early life
Born in Huron County, Ohio, Sampson move ...
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Henry J. B. Cummings
Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings (May 21, 1831 – April 16, 1909) was an American lawyer, Civil War officer, editor and publisher, and one-term Republican congressman from Iowa's 7th Congressional District.
Early life
Born in Newton, New ...
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William F. Sapp (R)
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S. Addison Oliver (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...
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William A. Phillips (R)
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Dudley C. Haskell (R)
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Thomas Ryan (R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
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Andrew Boone
Andrew Rechmond Boone (April 4, 1831 – January 26, 1886) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Davidson County, Tennessee and moved with his parents to Mayfield, Kentucky in 1833. He attended the public schools. Late ...
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James A. McKenzie
James Andrew McKenzie (August 1, 1840 – June 25, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and uncle of John McKenzie Moss.
Born in Bennettstown, Kentucky, McKenzie attended the common schools of Christian County and Centre College, D ...
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John William Caldwell (D)
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J. Proctor Knott (D)
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Albert S. Willis
Albert Shelby Willis (January 22, 1843 – January 6, 1897) was a United States Representative from Kentucky and a Minister to Hawaii.
Life
Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, Willis attended the common schools and graduated from the Louisvill ...
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John G. Carlisle
John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834July 31, 1910) was an American politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky and was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives seven times, first in ...
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Joseph C. S. Blackburn
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries.
Biog ...
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Milton J. Durham (D)
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Thomas Turner (D)
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John B. Clarke (D)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
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Randall L. Gibson (D)
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E. John Ellis (D)
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Chester B. Darrall (R), until February 20, 1878
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Joseph H. Acklen (D), from February 20, 1878
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Joseph B. Elam (D)
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John E. Leonard
John Edwards Leonard (September 22, 1845 – March 15, 1878) was a United States representative from Louisiana. He was the grandnephew of John Edwards (Pennsylvania politician), John Edwards, who also served in Congress. He was born in Fairville, ...
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John S. Young (D), from November 5, 1878
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Edward W. Robertson (D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and nor ...
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Thomas B. Reed (R)
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William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
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Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
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Llewellyn Powers
Llewellyn Powers (October 14, 1836July 28, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine.
Biography
Born in Pittsfield, Maine, Powers attended the common schools of Pittsfield and St. Albans Academy. He graduate ...
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Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
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Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean t ...
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Daniel M. Henry (D)
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Charles B. Roberts (D)
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William Kimmel (D)
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Thomas Swann
Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-N ...
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Eli J. Henkle (D)
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William Walsh (D)
Massachusetts
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William W. Crapo (R)
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Benjamin W. Harris (R)
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Walbridge A. Field
Walbridge Abner Field (April 26, 1833 – July 15, 1899) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme J ...
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Benjamin Dean
Benjamin Dean (August 14, 1824 – April 9, 1897) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Early life
Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, U.K., fifth child of Alice Lofthouse and Benjamin Dean, he moved ...
(D), from March 28, 1878
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Leopold Morse
Leopold Morse (August 15, 1831 – December 15, 1892) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Morse was born in Wachenheim, Bavaria, in the German Confederation, the son of Charlotte (Mehlinger) and Jacob Morse. ...
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Nathaniel P. Banks
Nathaniel Prentice (or Prentiss) Banks (January 30, 1816 – September 1, 1894) was an American politician from Massachusetts and a Union general during the Civil War. A millworker by background, Banks was prominent in local debating societies, ...
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George B. Loring
George Bailey Loring (November 8, 1817 – September 14, 1891) was an American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Biography
A son of Unitarian minister Bailey Loring and Sally Pickman (Osgood) ...
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Benjamin F. Butler (R)
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William Claflin
William Claflin (March 6, 1818 – January 5, 1905) was an American politician, industrialist and philanthropist from Massachusetts. He served as the 27th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1869 to 1872 and as a member of the ...
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William W. Rice
William Whitney Rice (March 7, 1826 – March 1, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Rice attended Gorham Academy, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1846. H ...
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Amasa Norcross
Amasa Norcross (January 26, 1824 – April 2, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He studied law, was admitte ...
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George D. Robinson (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
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Alpheus S. Williams
Alpheus Starkey Williams (September 20, 1810 – December 21, 1878) was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Early life
Williams was born in Deep River, Connecticut. He graduated from Ya ...
(D), until December 21, 1878
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Edwin Willits (R)
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Jonas H. McGowan (R)
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Edwin W. Keightley (R)
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John W. Stone (R)
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Mark S. Brewer (R)
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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, and moved with his father, the Rev. E. Conger, to Huron County, Ohio, in 1824. H ...
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Charles C. Ellsworth (R)
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Jay A. Hubbell (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over t ...
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Mark H. Dunnell
Mark Hill Dunnell (July 2, 1823 – August 9, 1904) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1871 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891.
Biography
Born in Buxton, York County, Maine, he completed preparatory studies, a ...
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Horace B. Strait (R)
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Jacob H. Stewart (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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Henry L. Muldrow (D)
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Vannoy H. Manning (D)
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Hernando Money (D)
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Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended t ...
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Charles E. Hooker (D)
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James R. Chalmers
James Ronald Chalmers (January 11, 1831April 9, 1898) was an American politician and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry and cavalry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
After the war, Chalmers s ...
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Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
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Anthony F. Ittner
Anthony Friday Ittner (October 8, 1837 – February 22, 1931) was a nineteenth-century politician and brick manufacturer from Missouri.
Biography
Born in Lebanon, Ohio, Ittner moved to St. Louis, Missouri with his parents in 1844 where he a ...
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Nathan Cole
Nathan Cole (July 26, 1825March 4, 1904) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and businessman from Missouri.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Cole attended common schools as a child and later took a partial course at Shurtleff ...
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Lyne S. Metcalfe (R)
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Robert A. Hatcher (D)
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Richard P. Bland (D)
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Charles H. Morgan (D)
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Thomas T. Crittenden (D)
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Benjamin J. Franklin (D)
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David Rea (D)
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Henry M. Pollard (R)
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John B. Clark Jr. (D)
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John M. Glover (D)
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Aylett H. Buckner
Aylett Hawes Buckner (December 14, 1816 – February 5, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes.
Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Buckner attended Georgetown ...
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Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
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Frank Welch (R), until September 4, 1878
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Thomas J. Majors (R), from November 5, 1878
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
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Thomas Wren (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
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Frank Jones (D)
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James F. Briggs (R)
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Henry W. Blair
Henry William Blair (December 6, 1834March 14, 1920) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. During the American Civil War, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army.
A Radical Republican in his earlier political ...
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...
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Clement H. Sinnickson
Clement Hall Sinnickson (September 16, 1834 – July 24, 1919), was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1875 to 18 ...
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John H. Pugh
John Howard Pugh (June 23, 1827 – April 30, 1905), was an American physician and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for one term from 1877 to 1879 ...
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Miles Ross
Miles Ross (April 30, 1827 – February 22, 1903) was an American Democratic Party politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for four terms from 1875 t ...
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Alvah A. Clark (D)
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Augustus W. Cutler
Augustus William Cutler (October 22, 1827 – January 1, 1897) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from New Jersey. The great-grandson of Silas Condict, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1 ...
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Thomas B. Peddie (R)
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Augustus A. Hardenbergh
Augustus Albert Hardenbergh (May 18, 1830 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – October 5, 1889 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House ...
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New York
New York most commonly refers to:
* New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York
* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
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James W. Covert
James Way Covert (September 2, 1842 – May 16, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from NYCongDel, New York from 1877 to 1881, and from 1889 to 1895
Biography
Born at Oyster Bay (h ...
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William D. Veeder (D)
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Simeon B. Chittenden
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (March 29, 1814 – April 14, 1889) was a United States representative from New York.
Early life
Chittenden was born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut on March 29, 1814. He was the son of Abel Chittenden (177 ...
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Archibald M. Bliss (D)
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Nicholas Muller
Nicholas Muller (November 15, 1836 – December 12, 1917) was an American banker and politician who served four different stints as a United States representative from New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. In all, he served five ...
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Samuel S. Cox
Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the ...
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Anthony Eickhoff (D)
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Anson G. McCook
Anson George McCook (October 10, 1835 – December 30, 1917) was an American military and political figure who served as Union Army colonel during the Civil War. In recognition of his service, in 1866, he was nominated and confirmed for appo ...
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Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York City. He also represented the city for several terms in ...
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Abram S. Hewitt
Abram Stevens Hewitt (July 31, 1822January 18, 1903) was an American politician, educator, ironmaking industrialist, and lawyer who was mayor of New York City for two years from 1887–1888. He also twice served as a U.S. Congressman from an ...
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Benjamin A. Willis (D)
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Clarkson N. Potter (D)
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John H. Ketcham (R)
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George M. Beebe
George Monroe Beebe (October 28, 1836 – March 1, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1875 to 1879.
Biography
Born in New Vernon, New York, Beebe was the son of Primitiv ...
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Stephen L. Mayham (D)
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Terence J. Quinn
Terence John Quinn (October 16, 1836 – June 18, 1878) was an American American Civil War, Civil War veteran, businessman, and politician who served part of one term as a United States representative from New York (state), New York from 1877 to ...
(D), until June 18, 1878
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John M. Bailey (R), from November 5, 1878
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Martin I. Townsend
Martin Ingham Townsend (February 6, 1810 – March 8, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Early life
Townsend was born on February 6, 1810, in Hancock, Massachusetts. He was one of four children born to Nathaniel Townsen ...
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Andrew Williams (R)
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Amaziah B. James
Amaziah Bailey James (July 1, 1812 in Stephentown, Rensselaer County, New York – July 6, 1883 in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
His family removed to Sweden, New York in ...
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John H. Starin (R)
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Solomon Bundy (R)
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George A. Bagley (R)
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William J. Bacon
William Johnson Bacon (February 18, 1803 – July 3, 1889) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York.
Early life
Bacon was born on February 18, 1803, in Williamstown, Massachusett ...
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William H. Baker (R)
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Frank Hiscock
Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York. He served in the United States Congress from 1877 to 1893.
Hiscock was a native of Pompey, New York, and graduated from Pompey Academy. Af ...
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John H. Camp
John Henry Camp (April 4, 1840 – October 12, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Ithaca, New York, Camp attended the common schools, and was graduated from the Albany Law School in 1860.
He was admitted to the bar the same ...
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Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
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Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
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John N. Hungerford
John Newton Hungerford (December 31, 1825 – April 2, 1883) was a banker, philanthropist, and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York. Although he had no children, one of his focuses in l ...
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E. Kirke Hart (D)
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Charles B. Benedict
Charles Brewster Benedict (February 7, 1828 – October 3, 1901) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1877 to 1879.
Biogr ...
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Daniel N. Lockwood (D)
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George W. Patterson (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
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Jesse J. Yeates (D)
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Curtis H. Brogden (R)
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Alfred M. Waddell
Alfred Moore Waddell (September 16, 1834 – March 17, 1912) was an American politician and white supremacist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina between 1871 and 1879 and as mayor of Wilmi ...
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: .
Joseph J. Davis
Joseph Jonathan Davis (April 13, 1828 – August 7, 1892) was an American lawyer and judge who represented his native North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1875 to 1881.
Biography
Born near the small North Carolina town of Louisburg, N ...
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Alfred M. Scales
Alfred Moore Scales (November 26, 1827 – February 9, 1892) was a North Carolina state legislator, Confederate States Army, Confederate General officer, general in the American Civil War, and the List of Governors of North Carolina, 45th G ...
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Walter L. Steele
Walter Leak Steele (April 18, 1823 – October 16, 1891) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1877 and 1881.
Born near Rockingham, North Carolina, Rockingham in Richmond County, North Carol ...
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William M. Robbins
William McKendree Robbins (October 26, 1828 – May 5, 1905) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina.
Born in the old homestead near Trinity, North Carolina, Robbins pursued classical studies.
H ...
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Robert B. Vance
Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) and brother of Zebulon B. Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House ...
(D)
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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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 (D)
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Mills Gardner (R)
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John A. McMahon
John A. McMahon (February 19, 1833 – March 8, 1923) was a three-term United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1881. He was the nephew of Clement Vallandigham, another Representative from Oh ...
(D)
: .
Americus V. Rice (D)
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Jacob D. Cox
Jacob Dolson Cox, Jr. (October 27, 1828August 4, 1900), was a statesman, lawyer, Union Army general during the American Civil War, Republican politician from Ohio, Liberal Republican Party founder, educator, author, and recognized microbiologist ...
(R)
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Henry L. Dickey
Henry Luther Dickey (October 29, 1832 – May 23, 1910) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1877 to 1881.
Biography
Born in South Salem, Ohio, Dickey moved with his parents to Washingto ...
(D)
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J. Warren Keifer
Joseph Warren Keifer (January 30, 1836 – April 22, 1932) was a major general during the Spanish–American War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio f ...
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John S. Jones (R)
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Charles Foster (R)
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Henry S. Neal (R)
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Thomas Ewing Jr. (D)
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Milton I. Southard
Milton Isaiah Southard (October 20, 1836 – May 4, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.
Born in Hanover, Ohio, Southard completed preparatory studies. He graduated from the Denison University, Granville, Ohio where he studied law.
He was ...
(D)
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Ebenezer B. Finley (D)
: .
Nelson H. Van Vorhes
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 – December 4, 1882) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1879.
Biography
Born in Wa ...
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Lorenzo Danford
Lorenzo Dow Danford (October 18, 1829 – June 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1899.
Biography
Born in Washington Township, Belmont ...
(R)
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William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a politician he led a realignment that made his Republican Party largely dominant in ...
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James Monroe
James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was ...
(R)
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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 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
(R)
: .
Amos Townsend (R)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
: .
Richard Williams (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: .
Chapman Freeman (R)
: .
Charles O'Neill (R)
: .
Samuel J. Randall
Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...
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William D. Kelley (R)
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Alfred C. Harmer (R)
: .
William Ward (R)
: .
I. Newton Evans (R)
: .
Hiester Clymer (D)
: .
A. Herr Smith (R)
: .
Samuel A. Bridges (D)
: .
Francis D. Collins (D)
: .
Hendrick B. Wright (D)
: .
James B. Reilly (D)
: .
John W. Killinger (R)
: .
Edward Overton Jr.
Edward Overton Jr. (February 4, 1836 – September 18, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Biography
Overton was born in Towanda, Pennsylvania. He attended Susquehanna Collegiate Institute ...
(R)
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John I. Mitchell
John Inscho Mitchell (July 28, 1838August 20, 1907) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican party politician from Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Se ...
(R)
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Jacob M. Campbell
Jacob Miller Campbell (November 20, 1821 – September 27, 1888) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also served as an officer and, later on, served more roles ...
(R)
: .
William Stenger
William Shearer Stenger (February 13, 1840 – March 29, 1918) was an American Democratic Party politician.
William S. Stenger was born in Fort Loudon, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancas ...
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Levi Maish
Levi Maish (November 22, 1837 – February 26, 1899) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life
Levi Maish was born in Conewago Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common school ...
(D)
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Levi A. Mackey
Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania.
Mackey was born in White Deer Township, Pennsylvania, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated f ...
(D)
: .
Jacob Turney
Jacob Turney (February 18, 1825 – October 4, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1875 to 187 ...
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Russell Errett (R)
: .
Thomas M. Bayne (R)
: .
William S. Shallenberger (R)
: .
Harry White (R)
: .
John M. Thompson (R)
: .
Lewis F. Watson (R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
: .
Benjamin T. Eames
Benjamin Tucker Eames (June 4, 1818 – October 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Eames attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island, and academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. ...
(R)
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Latimer W. Ballou (R)
South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
, LargestMetro = ...
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Joseph Rainey
Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels) to serve in the United State ...
(R)
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Richard H. Cain (R)
: .
D. Wyatt Aiken
David Wyatt Aiken (March 17, 1828 – April 6, 1887) was a slave owner, Confederate States Army, Confederate army officer during the American Civil War and a Reconstruction era of the United States, postbellum five-term United States Congres ...
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John H. Evins
John Hamilton Evins (July 18, 1830 – October 20, 1884) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.
Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Evins attended the common schools and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia ...
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Robert Smalls
Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil W ...
(R)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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James H. Randolph (R)
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Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)
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George G. Dibrell (D)
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Haywood Y. Riddle (D)
: .
John M. Bright (D)
: .
John F. House (D)
: .
Washington C. Whitthorne
Washington Curran Whitthorne (April 19, 1825September 21, 1891) was a Tennessee Lawyer, attorney, United States Democratic Party, Democratic politician, and an Adjutant General in the Confederate Army.
Early life and career
Whitthorne was born ...
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John D. C. Atkins (D)
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William P. Caldwell (D)
: .
H. Casey Young (D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
: .
John H. Reagan (D)
: .
David B. Culberson
David Browning Culberson (September 29, 1830 – May 7, 1900) was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Early years
Culberson was born in Troup County, Georgia, on Se ...
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James W. Throckmorton
James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825April 21, 1894) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Texas from 1866 to 1867 during the early days of Reconstruction. He was a United States Congressman from Texas from 1875 to ...
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Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
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Dewitt C. Giddings (D)
: .
Gustave Schleicher (D), until January 10, 1879
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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Charles H. Joyce (R)
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Dudley C. Denison (R)
: .
George W. Hendee (R)
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
: . Beverly B. Douglas (D), until December 22, 1878
:: Richard L. T. Beale, Richard Lee T. Beale (D), from January 23, 1879
: . John Goode (Virginia politician), John Goode Jr. (D)
: . Gilbert Carlton Walker, Gilbert C. Walker (D)
: . Joseph Jorgensen (R)
: . George Cabell (D)
: . John Randolph Tucker (Virginia politician), John R. Tucker (D)
: . John T. Harris (D)
: . Eppa Hunton, Eppa Hutton, II (D)
: . Auburn Pridemore (D)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Benjamin Wilson (congressman), Benjamin Wilson (D)
: . Benjamin F. Martin (D)
: . John E. Kenna (D)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Charles G. Williams (R)
: . Lucien B. Caswell (R)
: . George Cochrane Hazelton, George C. Hazelton (R)
: . William Pitt Lynde, William P. Lynde (D)
: . Edward S. Bragg (D)
: . Gabriel Bouck (D)
: . Herman L. Humphrey (R)
: . Thaddeus C. Pound (R)
Non-voting members
: . Hiram S. Stevens (D)
: . Jefferson P. Kidder (R)
: . Stephen S. Fenn (D)
: . Martin Maginnis (D)
: . Trinidad Romero (R)
: . George Q. Cannon (R)
: . Orange Jacobs (R)
: . William W. Corlett (R)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 5
**
Democratic: 1 seat net gain
**
Republican: 1 seat net loss
* Deaths: 2
* Resignations: 3
* Interim appointments: 1
* Contested elections: 0
* Total seats with changes: 5
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Ohio
Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
(3)
, nowrap , John Sherman (Ohio), John Sherman (R)
, Resigned March 8, 1877 to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor 1877 United States Senate special election in Ohio, elected March 21, 1877.
, nowrap ,
Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, he is the only player to have been knighted while sti ...
(R)
, March 21, 1877
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...
(R)
, Resigned March 12, 1877.
Successor 1877 United States Senate special election in Pennsylvania, elected March 20, 1877.
, nowrap ,
J. Donald Cameron (R)
, March 20, 1877
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Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Lewis V. Bogy
Lewis Vital Bogy (April 9, 1813September 20, 1877) was a United States senator from Missouri. Born in Ste. Geneviève, he attended the public schools, was employed as clerk in a mercantile establishment, studied law in Illinois, graduated from ...
(D)
, Died September 20, 1877.
Successor was appointed September 29, 1877, to continue the term.
, nowrap ,
David H. Armstrong (D)
, September 29, 1877
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
(3)
, nowrap , Oliver P. Morton (R)
, Died November 1, 1877.
Successor 1879 United States Senate special election in Indiana, elected January 31, 1879.
, nowrap ,
Daniel W. Voorhees
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
(D)
, November 6, 1877
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Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
David H. Armstrong (D)
, Interim appointee retired.
Successor 1879 United States Senate special election in Missouri, elected January 26, 1879.
, nowrap ,
James Shields (D)
, January 27, 1879
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Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
(1)
, nowrap ,
Isaac P. Christiancy
Isaac Peckham Christiancy (March 12, 1812September 8, 1890) was chief justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Christiancy was born near Johnstown, New York in what is now Bleecker, New York to p ...
(R)
, Resigned February 10, 1879 due to ill health.
Successor 1879 United States Senate special election in Michigan, elected February 22, 1879.
, nowrap ,
Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sen ...
(R)
, February 22, 1879
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 10
**
Democratic: 5 seat net gain
**
Republican: 5 seat net loss
* Deaths: 7
* Resignations: 1
* Contested election: 5
* Total seats with changes: 13
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, Vacant
, Rep. Benjamin Harvey Hill resigned in previous congress
, nowrap ,
Hiram P. Bell (D)
, March 13, 1877
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, nowrap ,
James B. Belford (R)
, Lost contested election December 13, 1877
, nowrap ,
Thomas M. Patterson (D)
, December 13, 1877
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Romualdo Pacheco
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco (October 31, 1831January 23, 1899) was a Californio statesman and diplomat. A Republican, he is best known as the only Hispanic person to serve as Governor of California since the American Conquest of California, ...
(R)
, Lost contested election February 7, 1878
, nowrap ,
Peter D. Wigginton (D)
, February 7, 1878
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,
, nowrap ,
Chester B. Darrall (R)
, Lost contested election February 20, 1878
, nowrap ,
Joseph H. Acklen (D)
, February 20, 1878
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, nowrap ,
John E. Leonard
John Edwards Leonard (September 22, 1845 – March 15, 1878) was a United States representative from Louisiana. He was the grandnephew of John Edwards (Pennsylvania politician), John Edwards, who also served in Congress. He was born in Fairville, ...
(R)
, Died March 15, 1878
, nowrap , J. Smith Young (D)
, November 5, 1878
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,
, nowrap ,
Walbridge A. Field
Walbridge Abner Field (April 26, 1833 – July 15, 1899) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme J ...
(R)
, Lost contested election March 28, 1878
, nowrap ,
Benjamin Dean
Benjamin Dean (August 14, 1824 – April 9, 1897) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts.
Early life
Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, U.K., fifth child of Alice Lofthouse and Benjamin Dean, he moved ...
(D)
, March 28, 1878
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, nowrap ,
Terence J. Quinn
Terence John Quinn (October 16, 1836 – June 18, 1878) was an American American Civil War, Civil War veteran, businessman, and politician who served part of one term as a United States representative from New York (state), New York from 1877 to ...
(D)
, Died June 18, 1878
, nowrap ,
John M. Bailey (R)
, November 5, 1878
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, nowrap ,
Frank Welch (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died September 4, 1878
, nowrap ,
Thomas J. Majors (R)
, November 5, 1878
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, nowrap ,
Alpheus S. Williams
Alpheus Starkey Williams (September 20, 1810 – December 21, 1878) was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Early life
Williams was born in Deep River, Connecticut. He graduated from Ya ...
(D)
, Died December 21, 1878
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
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, nowrap , Beverly B. Douglas (D)
, Died December 22, 1878
, nowrap , Richard L. T. Beale (D)
, January 23, 1879
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, nowrap ,
Julian Hartridge
Julian Hartridge (September 9, 1829 – January 8, 1879) was an American politician.
Early years and education
Hartridge was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 9, 1829, where attended Chatham Academy and Montpelier Institute. Hartridge gra ...
(D)
, Died January 8, 1879
, nowrap , William Bennett Fleming, William B. Fleming (D)
, February 10, 1879
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, nowrap , Gustav Schleicher (D)
, Died January 10, 1879
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
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, nowrap ,
Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)
, Lost contested election February 20, 1879
, nowrap ,
Jesse J. Finley (D)
, February 20, 1879
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member:
Henry G. Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904.
Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he be ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
William Windom; Ranking Member:
Henry G. Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904.
Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he be ...
)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
John P. Jones; Ranking Member:
George R. Dennis)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member:
Thomas C. McCreery)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Samuel J. R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the ...
; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon)
* Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Stephen W. Dorsey; Ranking Member: Augustus S. Merrimon)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Ambrose E. Burnside; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon)
* Elections of 1878 (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member:
Henry B. Anthony
Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
)
* Epidemic Diseases (Select)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select) (Chairman:
Jerome B. Chaffee
Jerome Bunty Chaffee (April 17, 1825 – March 9, 1886) was an American entrepreneur and United States Senator from Colorado. Chaffee County, Colorado is named after him.
Biography
He was born in Cambria, New York. He moved to Adrian, Michigan ...
; Ranking Member: Augustus S. Merrimon)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 15th vice president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during President Abraham Lincoln's first term. He was the first Republic ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas C. McCreery)
* Hot Springs (Arkansas) Commission (Special)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
William B. Allison; Ranking Member:
Thomas C. McCreery)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member:
David Davis)
* Late Presidential Election Louisiana
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
Edward H. Rollins; Ranking Member:
John W. Johnston)
* Mexican Relations (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
George E. Spencer
George Eliphaz Spencer (November 1, 1836 – February 19, 1893) was an American politician and a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama who also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Champion, Ne ...
; Ranking Member: Theodore F. Randolph)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
William Sharon; Ranking Member:
Frank Hereford)
* Mississippi River Levee System (Select) (Chairman:
Blanche Bruce
Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was ...
; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron A. Sargent; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte, William P. Whyte)
* Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Newton Booth
Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician.
Early life
Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina and Beebe Booth ; Ranking Member:
Francis Kernan)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member:
Robert E. Withers)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Thomas W. Ferry; Ranking Member: Ambrose E. Burnside)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member:
Isaac P. Christiancy
Isaac Peckham Christiancy (March 12, 1812September 8, 1890) was chief justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Christiancy was born near Johnstown, New York in what is now Bleecker, New York to p ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Richard J. Oglesby; Ranking Member:
Joseph E. McDonald
Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was an American politician who served as a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. He also served as Indiana's 2nd Attorney General and unsuccessfully sought the Demo ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:
John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Stanley Matthews)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Isaac P. Christiancy
Isaac Peckham Christiancy (March 12, 1812September 8, 1890) was chief justice of the Michigan State Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Christiancy was born near Johnstown, New York in what is now Bleecker, New York to p ...
; Ranking Member:
William A. Wallace)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
John W. Johnston; Ranking Member:
Henry L. Dawes
Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimul ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
James G. Blaine
James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830January 27, 1893) was an American statesman and Republican politician who represented Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1863 to 1876, serving as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representati ...
; Ranking Member: Augustus S. Merrimon)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tenth Census, Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
John J. Patterson; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select) (Chairman:
Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Treasury Department Account Discrepancies, Treasury Department Account Discrepancies (Select) (Chairman:
Henry G. Davis
Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904.
Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he be ...
; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Charles B. Roberts; Ranking Member:
Henry W. Blair
Henry William Blair (December 6, 1834March 14, 1920) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. During the American Civil War, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army.
A Radical Republican in his earlier political ...
)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:
Augustus W. Cutler
Augustus William Cutler (October 22, 1827 – January 1, 1897) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from New Jersey. The great-grandson of Silas Condict, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Walter L. Steele)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John DeWitt Clinton Atkins; Ranking Member:
Milton J. Durham)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Aylett H. Buckner
Aylett Hawes Buckner (December 14, 1816 – February 5, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes.
Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Buckner attended Georgetown ...
; Ranking Member: Elizur K. Hart)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: John M. Bright; Ranking Member:
Daniel N. Lockwood)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Alexander H. Stephens; Ranking Member:
John B. Clarke)
* United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: John E. Kenna)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Alpheus S. Williams
Alpheus Starkey Williams (September 20, 1810 – December 21, 1878) was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Early life
Williams was born in Deep River, Connecticut. He graduated from Ya ...
then Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: Gabriel Bouck)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: John Goode (Virginia politician), John Goode; Ranking Member: Van H. Manning)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman: John T. Harris; Ranking Member:
E. John Ellis)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Andrew H. Hamilton; Ranking Member:
Nelson H. Van Vorhes
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 – December 4, 1882) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1879.
Biography
Born in Wa ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: William A.J. Sparks; Ranking Member:
Edwin Willits)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Edward S. Bragg; Ranking Member:
Nicholas Muller
Nicholas Muller (November 15, 1836 – December 12, 1917) was an American banker and politician who served four different stints as a United States representative from New York during the late 19th and early 20th century. In all, he served five ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Benjamin A. Willis; Ranking Member: Jay A. Hubbell)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Jeremiah N. Williams; Ranking Member: Curtis H. Brogden)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bayne)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
John M. Glover; Ranking Member:
Henry L. Dickey
Henry Luther Dickey (October 29, 1832 – May 23, 1910) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1877 to 1881.
Biography
Born in South Salem, Ohio, Dickey moved with his parents to Washingto ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Joseph C. S. Blackburn; Ranking Member:
Benjamin T. Eames
Benjamin Tucker Eames (June 4, 1818 – October 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Eames attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island, and academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: William P. Lynde; Ranking Member: William S. Stenger)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
Thomas Swann
Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling and gained access to the Ohio River Valley. Initially a Know-N ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin Wilson (congressman), Benjamin Wilson)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Alfred M. Scales; Ranking Member:
George M. Beebe
George Monroe Beebe (October 28, 1836 – March 1, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1875 to 1879.
Biography
Born in New Vernon, New York, Beebe was the son of Primitiv ...
)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Americus V. Rice; Ranking Member: Clement H. Sinnickson)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:
J. Proctor Knott; Ranking Member:
David B. Culberson
David Browning Culberson (September 29, 1830 – May 7, 1900) was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Early years
Culberson was born in Troup County, Georgia, on Se ...
)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Hendrick B. Wright; Ranking Member:
Robert F. Ligon)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Thomas R. Cobb
Thomas Reed Cobb (July 2, 1828 – June 23, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1877 to 1887.
Biography
Born in Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, Cobb attended Indi ...
; Ranking Member:
Lorenzo Danford
Lorenzo Dow Danford (October 18, 1829 – June 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1899.
Biography
Born in Washington Township, Belmont ...
)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:
Henry B. Banning; Ranking Member: Edward S. Bragg)
* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman:
Miles Ross
Miles Ross (April 30, 1827 – February 22, 1903) was an American Democratic Party politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for four terms from 1875 t ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas Turner)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
George M. Beebe
George Monroe Beebe (October 28, 1836 – March 1, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1875 to 1879.
Biography
Born in New Vernon, New York, Beebe was the son of Primitiv ...
; Ranking Member: James Taylor Jones, James T. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Mississippi Levees, Mississippi Levees (Chairman:
Edward W. Robertson; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Martin)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Washington C. Whitthorne
Washington Curran Whitthorne (April 19, 1825September 21, 1891) was a Tennessee Lawyer, attorney, United States Democratic Party, Democratic politician, and an Adjutant General in the Confederate Army.
Early life and career
Whitthorne was born ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin W. Harris)
* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
James W. Throckmorton
James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825April 21, 1894) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Texas from 1866 to 1867 during the early days of Reconstruction. He was a United States Congressman from Texas from 1875 to ...
; Ranking Member:
Charles O'Neill)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Robert B. Vance
Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) and brother of Zebulon B. Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House ...
; Ranking Member:
Augustus W. Cutler
Augustus William Cutler (October 22, 1827 – January 1, 1897) was a 19th-century politician and lawyer from New Jersey. The great-grandson of Silas Condict, he served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alfred M. Waddell; Ranking Member:
Terence J. Quinn
Terence John Quinn (October 16, 1836 – June 18, 1878) was an American American Civil War, Civil War veteran, businessman, and politician who served part of one term as a United States representative from New York (state), New York from 1877 to ...
then Joseph G. Cannon)
* United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Thomas M. Gunter; Ranking Member: Dudley C. Denison)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Philip Cook; Ranking Member:
James A. McKenzie
James Andrew McKenzie (August 1, 1840 – June 25, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and uncle of John McKenzie Moss.
Born in Bennettstown, Kentucky, McKenzie attended the common schools of Christian County and Centre College, D ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Expenditures, Public Expenditures (Chairman: Robert A. Hatcher; Ranking Member: Robert H.M. Davidson)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: William E. Smith (politician), William E. Smith)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: George C. Cabell; Ranking Member:
Alvah A. Clark)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
William Walsh; Ranking Member:
Walbridge A. Field
Walbridge Abner Field (April 26, 1833 – July 15, 1899) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and as the chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme J ...
)
* United States House Select Committee on Rules, Rules (Select) (Chairman:
Samuel J. Randall
Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...
; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Banks)
* United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman:
Levi A. Mackey
Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania.
Mackey was born in White Deer Township, Pennsylvania, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated f ...
; Ranking Member:
William Kimmel)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Benjamin J. Franklin; Ranking Member:
George A. Bagley)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman:
John R. Eden; Ranking Member:
S. Addison Oliver)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:
Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York City. He also represented the city for several terms in ...
; Ranking Member:
James Phelps)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Andrew H. Hamilton; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Nelson H. Van Vorhes
Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 – December 4, 1882) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1879.
Biography
Born in Wa ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep.
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 ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Rep.
Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War.
Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended t ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Latimer W. Ballou)
* Reorganization of the Army
* Transfer of the Indian Bureau
Caucuses
* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House)
* Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)
Employees
List of federal agencies in the United States#Legislative branch, Legislative branch agency directors
* Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark
* Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
* Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees
Senate
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian)
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: George F. Dawson
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: George C. Gorham
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: John R. French
House of Representatives
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: I.L. Townsend (Episcopalian), until October 15, 1877
** John Poise (Methodism, Methodist), until December 3, 1877
** W. P. Harrison (Methodism, Methodist), elected December 3, 1877
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: George M. Adams
* Clerk at the Speaker’s Table of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: William H. Scudder
** J. Randolph Tucker Jr.
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: John W. Polk, elected October 17, 1877
** Charles W. Field, elected April 8, 1878
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: James M. Steuart
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson
See also
* 1876 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1876 United States presidential election
** 1876 United States Senate elections
** 1876 United States House of Representatives elections
* 1878 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1878 and 1879 United States Senate elections
** 1878 United States House of Representatives elections
Notes
References
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External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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