The 42nd 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 pow ...
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.
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from March 4, 1871, to March 4, 1873, during the third and fourth years of
Ulysses S. Grant'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
Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
majority.
Major events
* June 10, 1871:
U.S. Marines make naval attack on the Han River forts in Korea
* March 1, 1872:
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...
was established as the world's first national park
* November 5, 1872:
1872 United States presidential election
The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872. Despite a split in the Republican Party, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal R ...
Major legislation
* April 20, 1871:
Enforcement Act of 1871
* March 1, 1872:
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is an American national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowst ...
founded
* May 10, 1872:
General Mining Act of 1872
The General Mining Act of 1872 is a United States federal law that authorizes and governs prospecting and mining for economic minerals, such as gold, platinum, and silver, on federal public lands. This law, approved on May 10, 1872, codified the ...
* May 23, 1872:
Amnesty Act of 1872
* June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the
Rules Enabling Act
The Rules Enabling Act (ch. 651, , ) is an Act of Congress that gave the judicial branch the power to promulgate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Amendments to the Act allowed for the creation of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure an ...
), ch. 255,
* February 12, 1873:
Coinage Act of 1873
The Coinage Act of 1873 or Mint Act of 1873, was a general revision of laws relating to the Mint of the United States. By ending the right of holders of silver bullion to have it coined into standard silver dollars, while allowing holders of go ...
* March 3, 1873:
Timber Culture Act
The Timber Culture Act was a follow-up act to the Homestead Act. The Timber Culture Act was passed by Congress in 1873. The act allowed homesteaders to get another of land if they planted trees on one-fourth of the land, because the land was "al ...
* March 3, 1873:
Comstock Act
The Comstock laws were a set of federal acts passed by the United States Congress under the Grant administration along with related state laws.Dennett p.9 The "parent" act (Sect. 211) was passed on March 3, 1873, as the Act for the Suppression of ...
* March 3, 1873:
Salary Grab Act (so called)
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
:
Schuyler Colfax
Schuyler Colfax Jr. (; March 23, 1823 – January 13, 1885) was an American journalist, businessman, and politician who served as the 17th vice president of the United States from 1869 to 1873, and prior to that as the 25th speaker of the Hous ...
(R)
*
President pro tempore:
Henry B. Anthony (R)
House of Representatives
*
Speaker
Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
* Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** I ...
:
James G. Blaine (R)
*
Republican Conference Chairman:
Austin Blair
Austin Blair (February 8, 1818 – August 6, 1894), also known as the Civil War Governor, was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as its 13th governor and in its House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S. Sena ...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.
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Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1872.
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 = 135,765 ...
: 2.
George Goldthwaite (D)
: 3.
George E. Spencer
George Eliphaz Spencer (November 1, 1836 – February 19, 1893) was an American politician and a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama who also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Born in Champion, Ne ...
(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.
Powell Clayton
Powell Foulk Clayton (August 7, 1833August 25, 1914) was an American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 9th governor of Arkansas from 1868 to 1871, as a Republican member of the U.S. Senate for Arkansas from 1871 to 1877 ...
(R)
: 3.
Benjamin F. Rice (R)
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
: 1.
Eugene Casserly
Eugene Casserly (November 13, 1820June 14, 1883) was an Irish-born American journalist, lawyer, and politician. He was the son of scholar Patrick S. Casserly, and he served in the United States Senate from California.
Biography
Eugene Casserl ...
(D)
: 3.
Cornelius Cole
Cornelius Cole (September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924) was an American politician who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865, and another term in the United ...
(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 to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
: 1.
William A. Buckingham (R)
: 3.
Orris S. Ferry (R)
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 Del ...
: 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 to ...
: 1.
Abijah Gilbert (R)
: 3.
Thomas W. Osborn (R)
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Thomas M. Norwood (D), from November 14, 1871
: 3.
Joshua Hill (R)
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 Rockf ...
: 2.
John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a st ...
(R)
: 3.
Lyman Trumbull
Lyman Trumbull (October 12, 1813 – June 25, 1896) was a lawyer, judge, and United States Senator from Illinois and the co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Born in Colchester, Connecticut, Trumbull esta ...
(LR)
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 s ...
: 1.
Daniel D. Pratt
Daniel Darwin Pratt (October 26, 1813 – June 17, 1877) was a United States senator from Indiana. Born in Palermo, Maine, he moved to New York with his parents, who settled in Fenner. He attended the public schools and Cazenovia Seminar ...
(R)
: 3.
Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the 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: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
: 2.
George G. Wright (R)
: 3.
James Harlan (R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
: 2.
Alexander Caldwell
Alexander Caldwell (March 1, 1830May 19, 1917) was a U.S. Senator from Kansas.
Early years
Born in Drakes Ferry, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools, and in 1847 enlisted as a private to serve in the Mexican–American War. He moved to C ...
(R)
: 3.
Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
: 2.
John W. Stevenson
John White Stevenson (May 4, 1812August 10, 1886) was the List of Governors of Kentucky, 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the United States Congress, U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the United St ...
(D)
: 3.
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Early life
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Dav ...
(D), until September 22, 1872
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Willis B. Machen
Willis Benson Machen (April 10, 1810 – September 29, 1893) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Early life
Willis Benson Machen was born the son of Henry Ballenger Machen and Nancy Machen (née Tarrant) on April 10, 1810 in Caldw ...
(D), from September 27, 1872
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 borde ...
: 2.
J. Rodman West (R)
: 3.
William P. Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as a United States Senator from 1868 to 1872 and from 1877 to 1883 and as the Governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 du ...
(R), until November 1, 1872
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 ...
: 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 Republican ...
(R)
: 2.
Lot M. Morrill (R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
William T. Hamilton
William Thomas Hamilton (September 8, 1820October 26, 1888), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 38th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1880 to 1884. He also served in the United States Senate, representing the ...
(D)
: 3.
George Vickers (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
: 1.
Charles Sumner
Charles Sumner (January 6, 1811March 11, 1874) was an American statesman and United States Senator from Massachusetts. As an academic lawyer and a powerful orator, Sumner was the leader of the anti-slavery forces in the state and a leader of th ...
(R)
: 2.
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to ...
(R), until March 3, 1873
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
: 1.
Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler (December 10, 1813 – November 1, 1879) was an American businessman, politician, one of the founders of the Republican Party, whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit, a four-term sena ...
(R)
: 2.
Thomas W. Ferry (R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor.
Early years and fa ...
(R)
: 2.
William Windom
William Windom (May 10, 1827January 29, 1891) was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
Adelbert Ames
Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senat ...
(R)
: 2.
James L. Alcorn (R), from December 1, 1871
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
: 1.
Carl Schurz (R)
: 3.
Francis P. Blair Jr. (D)
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
: 1.
Thomas Tipton (R)
: 2.
Phineas Hitchcock
Phineas Warren Hitchcock (November 30, 1831July 10, 1881) was an American Delegate and a Senator from Nebraska. Hitchcock County, Nebraska, is named after him.
Early life
He was born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, the son of Gad ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the 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. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
: 1.
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
(R)
: 3.
James W. Nye (R)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a 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 to the nor ...
: 2.
Aaron H. Cragin
Aaron Harrison Cragin (February 3, 1821May 10, 1898) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Weston, Vermont, Cragin completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admit ...
(R)
: 3.
James W. Patterson
James Willis Patterson (July 2, 1823May 4, 1893) was an American politician and a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Early life, education and family
Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, he was the son ...
(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 Delaware ...
: 1.
John P. Stockton (D)
: 2.
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.
Early life and ...
(R)
New York
: 1.
Reuben Fenton
Reuben Eaton Fenton (July 4, 1819August 25, 1885) was an American merchant and politician from New York. In the mid- 19th Century, he served as a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and as Governor of New York.
Early life
Fenton was bor ...
(R)
: 3.
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the ...
(R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a 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 ...
: 2.
Matt W. Ransom (D), from January 30, 1872
: 3.
John Pool
John Pool (June 16, 1826August 16, 1884) was a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina between 1868 and 1873. He was also the uncle of Congressman Walter Freshwater Pool.
He was born in Pasquotank County, North Carolina ne ...
(R)
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 ...
: 1.
Allen G. Thurman (D)
: 3.
John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
(R)
Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
: 2.
James K. Kelly (D)
: 3.
Henry W. Corbett (R)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
: 1.
John Scott (R)
: 3.
Simon Cameron
Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
: 1.
William Sprague (R)
: 2.
Henry B. Anthony (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.
Thomas J. Robertson
Thomas James Robertson (August 3, 1823October 13, 1897) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born near Winnsboro, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at ...
(R)
: 3.
Frederick A. Sawyer (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 ...
: 1.
William G. Brownlow (R)
: 2.
Henry Cooper (D)
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
: 1.
James W. Flanagan (R)
: 2.
Morgan C. Hamilton
Morgan Calvin Hamilton (February 25, 1809 – November 21, 1893) was an American merchant, politician from Alabama and Texas, and brother of Andrew Jackson Hamilton. Both men were unusual as Unionist (United States), Unionists in Texas during th ...
(R)
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 ...
: 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 ar ...
: 1.
John F. Lewis (R)
: 2.
John W. Johnston (D), from March 15, 1871
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 B ...
: 1.
Arthur I. Boreman (R)
: 2.
Henry G. Davis (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.
Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
: 3.
Timothy O. Howe (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 = 135,765 ...
: .
Benjamin S. Turner (R)
: .
Charles W. Buckley (R)
: .
William A. Handley (D)
: .
Charles Hays
''For the public official in Idaho see Charles Marshall Hays''
Charles Hays (February 2, 1834 – June 24, 1879) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
Hays was born at "Hays Mount," in G ...
(R)
: .
Peter M. Dox
Peter Myndert Dox (September 11, 1813 – April 2, 1891) was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1869 and 1873.
Early life
Dox was born in Geneva, Ontario County, New York on Septe ...
(D)
: .
Joseph H. Sloss (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 ...
: .
James M. Hanks
James Millander Hanks (February 12, 1833 – May 24, 1909) was an American lawyer, judge and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1871 to 1873.
He was a slaveholder.
Early life and education
Born in ...
(D)
: .
Oliver P. Snyder (R)
: .
John Edwards
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...
(LR), until February 9, 1872
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Thomas Boles
Thomas Boles (July 16, 1837 – March 13, 1905) was an American politician, a judge, and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Clarksville, Arkansas, Boles attended the common schools and taught school for several years.
Ca ...
(R), from February 9, 1872
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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Sherman O. Houghton (R)
: .
Aaron A. Sargent (R)
: .
John M. Coghlan
John Maxwell Coghlan (December 8, 1835 – March 26, 1879) was a California Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented California's 3rd congressional district in the 42nd United States Congress from 1871 to 1873.
Bi ...
(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 to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its capita ...
: .
Julius L. Strong (R), until September 7, 1872
::
Joseph R. Hawley
Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...
(R), from December 2, 1872
: .
Stephen W. Kellogg (R)
: .
Henry H. Starkweather (R)
: .
William H. Barnum (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 Del ...
: .
Benjamin T. Biggs (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 to ...
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Josiah T. Walls (R), until January 29, 1873
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Silas L. Niblack (D), from January 29, 1873
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
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Archibald T. MacIntyre (D)
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Richard H. Whiteley (R)
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John S. Bigby (R)
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Thomas J. Speer
Thomas Jefferson Speer (August 31, 1837 – August 18, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Monroe County, Georgia, Speer attended the common schools.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits and as a planter.
Speer was elected ...
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Erasmus W. Beck (D), from December 2, 1872
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Dudley M. Du Bose (D)
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William P. Price (D)
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Pierce M. B. Young (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 Rockf ...
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Charles B. Farwell (R)
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John F. Farnsworth (R)
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Horatio C. Burchard
Horatio Chapin Burchard (September 22, 1825 – May 14, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 15th Director of the United States Mint, member of the International Statistical Institute, and father of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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John B. Hawley (R)
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Bradford N. Stevens (D)
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Burton C. Cook
Burton Chauncey Cook (May 11, 1819 – August 18, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
He was born in Pittsford, New Yorkon May 11, 1819. Cook attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, New York. He studied law, and in 1 ...
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Henry Snapp
Henry Snapp (June 30, 1822 – November 26, 1895) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was the father of Howard Malcolm Snapp, also a U.S. Representative.
Biography
Henry Snapp was born in Livonia, ...
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Jesse H. Moore (R)
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James C. Robinson (D)
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Thompson W. McNeely
Thompson Ware McNeely (October 5, 1835 – July 23, 1921) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Mcneely attended the public schools and Jubilee College State Park, Jubi ...
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Edward Y. Rice (D)
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Samuel S. Marshall
Samuel Scott Marshall (March 12, 1821 – July 26, 1890) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Early life and education
Born near Shawneetown, Illinois, Marshall attended public and private schools i ...
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John B. Hay (R)
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John M. Crebs (D)
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John L. Beveridge (R), November 7, 1871 – January 4, 1873
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 s ...
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William E. Niblack (D)
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Michael C. Kerr
Michael Crawford Kerr (March 15, 1827 – August 19, 1876) of Indiana was an attorney, an American legislator, and the first Democratic speaker of the United States House of Representatives after the Civil War.
Early life
He was born at Titu ...
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William S. Holman (D)
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Jeremiah M. Wilson (R)
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John Coburn (R)
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Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
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Mahlon D. Manson (D)
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James N. Tyner (R)
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John P. C. Shanks (R)
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William Williams (R)
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Jasper Packard (R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the 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: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...
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George W. McCrary (R)
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Aylett R. Cotton
Aylett Rains Cotton (November 29, 1826 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, educator and miner active in Iowa and Northern California.
Early life and education
Born in Austintown, Ohio, Cotton attended local publ ...
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William G. Donnan (R)
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Madison M. Walden (R)
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Francis W. Palmer (R)
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Jackson Orr
Jackson Orr (September 21, 1832 – March 15, 1926) was a lawyer, Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from western Iowa. Continuing westward, he spent the last five decades of his life in Colorado.
Born at ...
(R)
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
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David P. Lowe (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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Edward Crossland (D)
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Henry D. McHenry (D)
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Joseph H. Lewis
Joseph H. Lewis (April 6, 1907 – August 30, 2000) was an American B-movie film director whose stylish flourishes came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement in 1966. In a 30-year direc ...
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William B. Read (D)
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Boyd Winchester
Boyd Winchester (September 23, 1836 – May 18, 1923) was a United States representative from Kentucky. He was born in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. He pursued preparatory studies and then attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and the Univ ...
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William E. Arthur (D)
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James B. Beck
James Burnie Beck (February 13, 1822May 3, 1890) was a Scottish-American slave owner, white supremacist, and United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.
Life
Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Beck immigrated to the United States in ...
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George M. Adams (D)
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John M. Rice (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 borde ...
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J. Hale Sypher (R)
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Lionel A. Sheldon (R)
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Chester B. Darrall (R)
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James McCleery (R), until November 5, 1871
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Alexander Boarman (LR), from December 3, 1872
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Frank Morey (R)
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 ...
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John Lynch (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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James G. Blaine (R)
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John A. Peters (R)
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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 to ...
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Samuel Hambleton (D)
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Stevenson Archer (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-No ...
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John Ritchie (D)
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William M. Merrick (D)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
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James Buffington
James Lawrence Buffington (born May 15, 1922, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania; died July 20, 1981, Englewood, New Jersey) was an Americans, American jazz, studio, and classical French horn, hornist.
Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on ...
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Oakes Ames (R)
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Ginery Twichell
Ginery Twichell (August 26, 1811 – July 23, 1883) was president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in the 1860s, the Republican Representative for Massachusetts for three consecutive terms and the sixth president of the Atchison, Topeka ...
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Samuel Hooper (R)
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Benjamin F. Butler (R)
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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 M. Brooks (R), until May 13, 1872
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Constantine C. Esty (R), from December 2, 1872
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George F. Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
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William B. Washburn (R), until December 5, 1871
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Alvah Crocker
Alvah Crocker (October 14, 1801 – December 26, 1874) was an American manufacturer and railroad promoter. He served in the Massachusetts General Court and was U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, ...
(R), from January 2, 1872
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Henry L. Dawes (R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
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Henry Waldron (R)
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William L. Stoughton (R)
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Austin Blair
Austin Blair (February 8, 1818 – August 6, 1894), also known as the Civil War Governor, was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as its 13th governor and in its House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S. Sena ...
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Wilder D. Foster
Wilder De Ayr Foster (January 8, 1819 – September 20, 1873) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged ...
(R), from December 4, 1871
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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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Jabez G. Sutherland (D)
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 to ...
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Mark H. Dunnell (R)
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John T. Averill (R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
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George E. Harris
George Emrick Harris (January 6, 1827 – March 19, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Orange County, North Carolina, Harris moved to Tennessee and thence to Mississippi.
He attended the common schools.
He st ...
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Joseph L. Morphis (R)
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Henry W. Barry (R)
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George C. McKee
George Colin McKee (October 2, 1837 – November 17, 1890) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Joliet, Illinois, Mckee attended Knox College (Illinois), Knox College and Lombard C ...
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Legrand W. Perce
Legrand (or ''Le Grand'') Winfield Perce (June 19, 1836 – March 16, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Buffalo, New York, Perce completed preparatory studies.
He attended Genesee College, Lima, New York, and was gradua ...
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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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Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells (December 2, 1823 – October 2, 1893) was a 19th-century politician and businessman from Missouri. Wells was born in Jefferson County, New York, and was the only son of Otis Wells, a descendant of Hugh Welles, an early colonis ...
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Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (LR)
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James R. McCormick (D)
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Harrison E. Havens (R)
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Samuel S. Burdett (R)
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Abram Comingo (D)
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Isaac C. Parker (R)
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James G. Blair (LR)
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Andrew King (D)
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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John Taffe (R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the 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. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
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Charles W. Kendall (D)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a 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 to the nor ...
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Ellery A. Hibbard (D)
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Samuel N. Bell (D)
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Hosea W. Parker (D)
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 Delaware ...
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John W. Hazelton
John Wright Hazelton (December 10, 1814, Mullica Hill, New Jersey – December 20, 1878, Mullica Hill), was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New Jersey's ...
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Samuel C. Forker (D)
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John T. Bird (D)
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John Hill (R)
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George A. Halsey (R)
New York
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Dwight Townsend
Dwight Townsend (September 26, 1826 – October 29, 1899) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York.
Biography
Born in New York City, Townsend was educated at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory ...
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Thomas Kinsella
Thomas Kinsella (4 May 192822 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher. Born outside Dublin, Kinsella attended University College Dublin before entering the civil service. He began publishing poetry in the early 1950s ...
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Henry W. Slocum (D)
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Robert Roosevelt
Robert Barnhill Roosevelt, also known as Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (August 7, 1829 – June 14, 1906), was a sportsman, author, and politician who served as a United States representative from New York (1871–1873) and as Minister to the Hague ...
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William R. Roberts
William Randall Roberts (February 6, 1830 – August 9, 1897) was a Fenian Brotherhood member, United States Representative from New York (1871–1875), and a United States Ambassador to Chile. Roberts, an Irish immigrant who became a w ...
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Samuel S. Cox (D)
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Smith Ely Jr. (D)
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James Brooks (D)
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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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Clarkson N. Potter (D)
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Charles St. John (R)
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John H. Ketcham (R)
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Joseph H. Tuthill (D)
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Eli Perry (D)
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Joseph M. Warren (D)
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John Rogers (D)
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William A. Wheeler (R)
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John M. Carroll (D)
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Elizur H. Prindle (R)
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Clinton L. Merriam (R)
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Ellis H. Roberts (R)
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William E. Lansing (R)
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R. Holland Duell (R)
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John E. Seeley (R)
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William H. Lamport (R)
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Milo Goodrich (R)
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H. Boardman Smith (R)
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Freeman Clarke (R)
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Seth Wakeman (R)
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William Williams (D)
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Walter L. Sessions (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 ...
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Clinton L. Cobb (R)
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Charles R. Thomas (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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Sion H. Rogers (D)
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James M. Leach (D)
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Francis E. Shober (D)
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James C. Harper (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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Aaron F. Perry
Aaron Fyfe Perry (January 1, 1815 – March 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1871 to 1872
Biography
Born in Leicester, Vermont, Per ...
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Ozro J. Dodds
Ozro John Dodds (March 22, 1840 – April 18, 1882) was an American lawyer and American Civil War, Civil War veteran who briefly served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1872 to 1873.
Early life, ed ...
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Job E. Stevenson
Job Evans Stevenson (February 10, 1832 – July 24, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1869 to 1873,
Early life and career
Born in Yellow Bud, Ohio, Stevenson completed pre ...
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Lewis D. Campbell (D)
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John F. McKinney (D)
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Charles N. Lamison
Charles Nelson Lamison (1826April 24, 1896) was an American politician, soldier, and lawyer who was a two-term United States congressman from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1871 to 1875.
Early life and career ...
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John A. Smith (R)
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Samuel Shellabarger (R)
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John Beatty (R)
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Charles Foster (R)
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Erasmus D. Peck (R)
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John T. Wilson (R)
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Philadelph Van Trump
Philadelph Van Trump (November 15, 1810 – July 31, 1874) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1867 to 1873.
Biography
Born in Lancaster, Ohio, Van Trump attended a public school. He learned the art o ...
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George W. Morgan
George Washington Morgan (September 20, 1820 – July 26, 1893) was an American soldier, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He fought in the Texas Revolution and the Mexican–American War, and was a general in the Union Army during the Ameri ...
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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 ...
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William P. Sprague (R)
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John Bingham
John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan. In his time as a congress ...
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Jacob A. Ambler (R)
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William H. Upson (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 ...
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Oregon
Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...
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James H. Slater (D)
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Samuel J. Randall (D)
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John V. Creely
John Vauclain Creely (November 14, 1839disappeared August 1872) was an American attorney and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his service as a member of the Phila ...
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Leonard Myers (R)
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William D. Kelley (R)
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Alfred C. Harmer (R)
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Ephraim L. Acker (D)
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Washington Townsend (R)
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J. Lawrence Getz (D)
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Oliver J. Dickey (R)
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John W. Killinger (R)
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John B. Storm (D)
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Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R)
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Ulysses Mercur (R), until December 2, 1872
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Frank C. Bunnell (R), from December 24, 1872
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John B. Packer (R)
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Richard J. Haldeman (D)
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Benjamin F. Meyers (D)
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R. Milton Speer (D)
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Henry Sherwood (D)
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Glenni W. Scofield
Glenni William Scofield (March 11, 1817 – August 30, 1891) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Representative, Pennsylvania State Senator, Register of the Treasury and a judge of the Court of Claims.
Educ ...
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Samuel Griffith
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith, (21 June 1845 – 9 August 1920) was an Australian judge and politician who served as the inaugural Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1903 to 1919. He also served a term as Chief Justice of Queensland and t ...
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Henry D. Foster (D)
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James S. Negley
James Scott Negley (December 22, 1826 – August 7, 1901) was an American Civil War General, farmer, railroader, and U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He played a key role in the Union victory at the Battle of Stones River. ...
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Ebenezer McJunkin (R)
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William McClelland (D)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but it ...
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Benjamin T. Eames
Benjamin Tucker Eames (June 4, 1818 – October 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
Born in Dedham, Massachusetts, Eames attended the common schools of Providence, Rhode Island, and academies in Massachusetts and Connecticut. ...
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James M. Pendleton (R)
South Carolina
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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 States ...
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Robert C. De Large (R), until January 24, 1873; vacant thereafter
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Robert B. Elliott (R)
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Alexander S. Wallace (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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Roderick R. Butler (R)
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Horace Maynard (R)
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Abraham E. Garrett (D)
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John M. Bright (D)
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Edward I. Golladay (D)
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Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
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Robert P. Caldwell (D)
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William W. Vaughan (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 ...
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William S. Herndon (D)
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John C. Conner (D)
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William T. Clark (R), until May 13, 1872
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Dewitt C. Giddings (D), from May 13, 1872
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John Hancock
John Hancock ( – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of t ...
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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 W. Willard (R)
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Luke P. Poland (R)
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Worthington C. Smith (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 ...
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John Critcher
John Critcher (March 11, 1820 – September 27, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Early and family life
Born at Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia on March 11, 1820 to John Critcher (1799–1854) and his wife, the former Sa ...
(D)
: .
James H. Platt Jr.
James Henry Platt Jr. (July 13, 1837 – August 13, 1894) was an American physician, politician and businessman. After participating in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, Platt represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district in th ...
(R)
: .
Charles H. Porter (R)
: .
William H. H. Stowell (R)
: .
Richard T. W. Duke (D)
: .
John T. Harris (D)
: .
Elliott M. Braxton (D)
: .
William Terry (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 B ...
: .
John J. Davis (D)
: .
James C. McGrew (R)
: .
Frank Hereford (D)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
: .
Alexander Mitchell (D)
: .
Gerry W. Hazelton (R)
: .
J. Allen Barber
Joel Allen Barber (January 17, 1809 – June 28, 1881) was an American lawyer and politician. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, he was the 15th Speaker of the Wisco ...
(R)
: .
Charles A. Eldredge (D)
: .
Philetus Sawyer (R)
: .
Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)
Non-voting members
: .
Richard C. McCormick (D)
: .
Jerome B. Chaffee (R)
: .
Moses K. Armstrong (D)
: .
Norton P. Chipman
Norton Parker Chipman (March 7, 1834 – February 1, 1924) was an American Civil War army officer, military prosecutor, politician, author, and judge.
Biography
Early years
Born in Milford Center, Ohio, to Vermont-natives Norman and Sarah Wilson ...
(R), from April 21, 1871
: .
Samuel A. Merritt (D)
: .
William H. Clagett (R)
: .
José Manuel Gallegos (D)
: .
William H. Hooper (D)
: .
Selucius Garfielde
Selucius Garfielde (December 8, 1822 – April 13, 1883) was an American lawyer and politician who was a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Washington for two terms, serving from 1869 to 1873.
Early life ...
(R)
: .
William T. Jones (R)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 0
**
Democratic: no net change
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: no net change
* Deaths: 0
* Resignations: 2
* Contested elections: 0
*Total seats with changes: 4
, -
,
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 ...
(2)
, Vacant
, Legislature had failed to elect.
Previous incumbent
re-elected March 15, 1871.
, nowrap ,
John W. Johnston (D)
, March 15, 1871
, -
,
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
(2)
, Vacant
,
Foster Blodgett presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected.
Successor
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...
November 14, 1871.
, nowrap ,
Thomas M. Norwood (D)
, November 14, 1871
, -
,
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 ...
(2)
, Vacant
, Delayed taking seat in order to serve as
Governor of Mississippi
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
, nowrap ,
James L. Alcorn (R)
, December 1, 1871
, -
,
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 ...
(2)
, Vacant
, Legislature had failed to elect.
Successor
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...
January 30, 1872.
, ,
Matt W. Ransom (D)
, January 30, 1872
, -
,
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 ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
Garrett Davis
Garrett Davis (September 10, 1801 – September 22, 1872) was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
Early life
Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Garrett Davis was the brother of Amos Davis. After completing preparatory studies, Dav ...
(D)
, Died September 22, 1872.
Successor appointed September 27, 1872.
Appointee was later elected January 21, 1873, to finish the term.
, ,
Willis B. Machen
Willis Benson Machen (April 10, 1810 – September 29, 1893) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.
Early life
Willis Benson Machen was born the son of Henry Ballenger Machen and Nancy Machen (née Tarrant) on April 10, 1810 in Caldw ...
(D)
, September 27, 1872
, -
,
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 borde ...
(3)
, nowrap ,
William P. Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as a United States Senator from 1868 to 1872 and from 1877 to 1883 and as the Governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 du ...
(R)
, Resigned November 1, 1872, after being elected
Governor of Louisiana
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
, -
,
Massachusetts
Massachusetts (Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut Massachusett_writing_systems.html" ;"title="nowiki/> məhswatʃəwiːsət.html" ;"title="Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət">Massachusett writing systems">məhswatʃəwiːsət'' En ...
(2)
, nowrap ,
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to ...
(R)
, Resigned March 3, 1873, after being
elected U.S. Vice President
, Vacant
, Not filled this Congress
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 11
**
Democratic: 4 seat net gain
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 4 seat net loss
**
Liberal Republican: 0 net change
* Deaths: 3
* Resignations: 6
* Contested election: 4
*Total seats with changes: 16
, -
,
, New seat
, style="font-size:80%" , District of Columbia's At-large district created March 4, 1871, and remained vacant until April 21, 1871
, nowrap ,
Norton P. Chipman
Norton Parker Chipman (March 7, 1834 – February 1, 1924) was an American Civil War army officer, military prosecutor, politician, author, and judge.
Biography
Early years
Born in Milford Center, Ohio, to Vermont-natives Norman and Sarah Wilson ...
(R)
, April 21, 1871
, -
,
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Rep.
John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a st ...
resigned at the end of the previous congress after being elected to the
US 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 ...
, nowrap ,
John L. Beveridge (R)
, November 7, 1871
, -
,
, Vacant
, style="font-size:80%" , Rep.
Thomas W. Ferry resigned at the end of the previous congress after being elected to the
US 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 ...
, nowrap ,
Wilder D. Foster
Wilder De Ayr Foster (January 8, 1819 – September 20, 1873) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged ...
(R)
, December 4, 1871
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Burton C. Cook
Burton Chauncey Cook (May 11, 1819 – August 18, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
He was born in Pittsford, New Yorkon May 11, 1819. Cook attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, New York. He studied law, and in 1 ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned August 26, 1871
, nowrap ,
Henry Snapp
Henry Snapp (June 30, 1822 – November 26, 1895) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was the father of Howard Malcolm Snapp, also a U.S. Representative.
Biography
Henry Snapp was born in Livonia, ...
(R)
, December 4, 1871
, -
,
, nowrap ,
James McCleery (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died November 5, 1871
, nowrap ,
Alexander Boarman (LR)
, December 3, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
William B. Washburn (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 5, 1871, after being elected
Governor of Massachusetts
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
Massachuset ...
, nowrap ,
Alvah Crocker
Alvah Crocker (October 14, 1801 – December 26, 1874) was an American manufacturer and railroad promoter. He served in the Massachusetts General Court and was U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, ...
(R)
, January 2, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
John Edwards
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...
(LR)
, style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election February 9, 1872
, nowrap ,
Thomas Boles
Thomas Boles (July 16, 1837 – March 13, 1905) was an American politician, a judge, and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.
Biography
Born near Clarksville, Arkansas, Boles attended the common schools and taught school for several years.
Ca ...
(R)
, February 9, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
George M. Brooks (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned May 13, 1872, after becoming judge of probate for
Middlesex County
, nowrap ,
Constantine C. Esty (R)
, December 2, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
William T. Clark (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election May 13, 1872
, nowrap ,
Dewitt C. Giddings (D)
, December 13, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Aaron F. Perry
Aaron Fyfe Perry (January 1, 1815 – March 11, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician who briefly served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1871 to 1872
Biography
Born in Leicester, Vermont, Per ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 14, 1872
, nowrap ,
Ozro J. Dodds
Ozro John Dodds (March 22, 1840 – April 18, 1882) was an American lawyer and American Civil War, Civil War veteran who briefly served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1872 to 1873.
Early life, ed ...
(D)
, October 9, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Thomas J. Speer
Thomas Jefferson Speer (August 31, 1837 – August 18, 1872) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Monroe County, Georgia, Speer attended the common schools.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits and as a planter.
Speer was elected ...
(R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died August 18, 1872
, nowrap ,
Erasmus W. Beck (D)
, December 2, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Julius L. Strong (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Died September 7, 1872
, nowrap ,
Joseph R. Hawley
Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...
(R)
, December 2, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Ulysses Mercur (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned December 2, 1872, after becoming an assoc. justice of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is the highest court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Unified Judicial System. It also claims to be the oldest appellate court in the United States, a claim that is disputed by the Massachusetts Supreme Ju ...
, nowrap ,
Frank C. Bunnell (R)
, December 24, 1872
, -
,
, nowrap ,
John L. Beveridge (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 4, 1873, after being elected
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Robert C. De Large (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Seat declared vacant January 24, 1873, after election was contested by
Christopher C. Bowen
, Vacant
, Not filled this term
, -
,
, nowrap ,
Josiah T. Walls (R)
, style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election January 29, 1873
, nowrap ,
Silas L. Niblack (D)
, January 29, 1873
Committees
Senate
*
Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
(Chairman:
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.
Early life and ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry G. Davis)
*
Appropriations (Chairman:
Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member:
William Windom
William Windom (May 10, 1827January 29, 1891) was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 ...
)
*
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman:
Matthew H. Carpenter; Ranking Member:
Eli Saulsbury)
*
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
George G. Wright; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Claims (Chairman:
John Scott; Ranking Member:
Arthur I. Boreman)
*
Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(Chairman:
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 sena ...
; Ranking Member:
William A. Buckingham)
*
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
*
District of Columbia
)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
(Chairman:
John F. Lewis; Ranking Member:
Frederick A. Sawyer)
*
Education and Labor (Chairman:
James W. Flanagan; Ranking Member:
James W. Patterson
James Willis Patterson (July 2, 1823May 4, 1893) was an American politician and a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Early life, education and family
Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, he was the son ...
)
*
Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
Thomas F. Bayard
Thomas Francis Bayard (October 29, 1828 – September 28, 1898) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as United States Senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas M. Norwood)
*
Finance (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Adelbert Ames
Adelbert Ames (October 31, 1835 – April 13, 1933) was an American sailor, soldier, and politician who served with distinction as a Union Army general during the American Civil War. A Radical Republican, he was military governor, U.S. Senat ...
)
*
Foreign Relations
A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through m ...
(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Carl Schurz)
*
Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member:
Henry Wilson
Henry Wilson (born Jeremiah Jones Colbath; February 16, 1812 – November 22, 1875) was an American politician who was the 18th vice president of the United States from 1873 until his death in 1875 and a senator from Massachusetts from 1855 to ...
)
*
Investigation and Retrenchment (Chairman:
William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member;
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
)
*
Judiciary
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
(Chairman:
George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member:
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (August 4, 1817May 20, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician from New Jersey who served as a U.S. Senator and later as United States Secretary of State under President Chester A. Arthur.
Early life and ...
)
*
Manufactures
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a rang ...
(Chairman:
Thomas J. Robertson
Thomas James Robertson (August 3, 1823October 13, 1897) was a United States senator from South Carolina. Born near Winnsboro, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) at ...
; Ranking Member:
Abijah Gilbert)
*
Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a st ...
; Ranking Member:
John A. Logan
John Alexander Logan (February 9, 1826 – December 26, 1886) was an American soldier and politician. He served in the Mexican–American War and was a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He served the state of Illinois as a st ...
)
*
Mines and Mining (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 Republican ...
; Ranking Member:
Alexander Caldwell
Alexander Caldwell (March 1, 1830May 19, 1917) was a U.S. Senator from Kansas.
Early years
Born in Drakes Ferry, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools, and in 1847 enlisted as a private to serve in the Mexican–American War. He moved to C ...
)
*
Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
*
Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Aaron H. Cragin
Aaron Harrison Cragin (February 3, 1821May 10, 1898) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Weston, Vermont, Cragin completed preparatory studies, studied law, was admit ...
; Ranking Member:
Thomas W. Ferry)
*
Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
*
Outrages in Southern States (Select)
*
Pacific Railroad
The Pacific Railroad (not to be confused with Union Pacific Railroad) was a railroad based in Missouri. It was a predecessor of both the Missouri Pacific Railroad and St. Louis-San Francisco Railway.
The Pacific was chartered by Missouri in 1849 ...
(Chairman:
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
; Ranking Member:
William P. Kellogg
William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as a United States Senator from 1868 to 1872 and from 1877 to 1883 and as the Governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 du ...
)
*
Patents (Chairman:
Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member:
William Windom
William Windom (May 10, 1827January 29, 1891) was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 ...
)
*
Pensions (Chairman:
Daniel D. Pratt
Daniel Darwin Pratt (October 26, 1813 – June 17, 1877) was a United States senator from Indiana. Born in Palermo, Maine, he moved to New York with his parents, who settled in Fenner. He attended the public schools and Cazenovia Seminar ...
; Ranking Member:
Morgan C. Hamilton
Morgan Calvin Hamilton (February 25, 1809 – November 21, 1893) was an American merchant, politician from Alabama and Texas, and brother of Andrew Jackson Hamilton. Both men were unusual as Unionist (United States), Unionists in Texas during th ...
)
*
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Alexander Ramsey
Alexander Ramsey (September 8, 1815 April 22, 1903) was an American politician. He served as a Whig and Republican over a variety of offices between the 1840s and the 1880s. He was the first Minnesota Territorial Governor.
Early years and fa ...
; Ranking Member:
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 Republican ...
)
*
Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member:
Thomas F. Bayard
Thomas Francis Bayard (October 29, 1828 – September 28, 1898) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democrat, he served three terms as United States Senator from Delaware and made three unsuccessful bids ...
)
*
Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
Oliver P. Morton
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (August 4, 1823 – November 1, 1877), commonly known as Oliver P. Morton, was a U.S. Republican Party politician from Indiana. He served as the 14th governor (the first native-born) of Indiana during the Amer ...
; Ranking Member:
Joshua Hill)
*
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:
Cornelius Cole
Cornelius Cole (September 17, 1822 – November 3, 1924) was an American politician who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865, and another term in the United ...
)
*
Public Lands
In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
(Chairman:
William Sprague; Ranking Member:
William Windom
William Windom (May 10, 1827January 29, 1891) was an American politician from Minnesota. He served as U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1869, and as U.S. Senator from 1870 to January 1871, from March 1871 to March 1881, and from November 1881 ...
)
*
Railroads
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
(Chairman:
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
*
Removal of Political Disabilities (Select)
*
Retrenchment
Retrenchment (french: retrenchment, an old form of ''retranchement'', from ''retrancher'', to cut down, cut short) is an act of cutting down or reduction, particularly of public expenditure.
Political usage
The word is familiar in its most general ...
*
Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
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 Republican ...
; Ranking Member:
George G. Wright)
*
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
William G. Brownlow; Ranking Member:
Joshua Hill)
*
Rules
Rule or ruling may refer to:
Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Select)
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Tariff Regulation (Select)
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Territories
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
(Chairman:
Arthur I. Boreman; Ranking Member:
Phineas W. Hitchcock)
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Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select)
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Whole
House of Representatives
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Accounts (Chairman:
James Buffington
James Lawrence Buffington (born May 15, 1922, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania; died July 20, 1981, Englewood, New Jersey) was an Americans, American jazz, studio, and classical French horn, hornist.
Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on ...
; Ranking Member:
Stevenson Archer)
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Agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
(Chairman:
Charles Hays
''For the public official in Idaho see Charles Marshall Hays''
Charles Hays (February 2, 1834 – June 24, 1879) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Biography
Hays was born at "Hays Mount," in G ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Hazelton
John Wright Hazelton (December 10, 1814, Mullica Hill, New Jersey – December 20, 1878, Mullica Hill), was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the United States House of Representatives, where he represented New Jersey's ...
)
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Appropriations (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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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Alabama Affairs (Select)
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Arkansas Affairs (Select)
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Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Horace Maynard; Ranking Member:
Clinton L. Merriam)
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Claims (Chairman:
John B. Hawley; Ranking Member:
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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Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member:
John Critcher
John Critcher (March 11, 1820 – September 27, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Early and family life
Born at Oak Grove, Westmoreland County, Virginia on March 11, 1820 to John Critcher (1799–1854) and his wife, the former Sa ...
)
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Commerce
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(Chairman:
William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member:
James S. Negley
James Scott Negley (December 22, 1826 – August 7, 1901) was an American Civil War General, farmer, railroader, and U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He played a key role in the Union victory at the Battle of Stones River. ...
)
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District of Columbia
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(Chairman:
Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member:
Aylett R. Cotton
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Early life and education
Born in Austintown, Ohio, Cotton attended local publ ...
)
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Education and Labor (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Robert B. Elliott)
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Elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative ...
(Chairman:
Horace B. Smith; 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. ...
)
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Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
Jackson Orr
Jackson Orr (September 21, 1832 – March 15, 1926) was a lawyer, Civil War officer, businessman, and two-term Republican U.S. Representative from western Iowa. Continuing westward, he spent the last five decades of his life in Colorado.
Born at ...
; Ranking Member:
George M. Adams)
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Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
James B. Sener; Ranking Member: N/A)
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Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member:
Benjamin T. Biggs)
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Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Henry W. Barry; Ranking Member:
William R. Roberts
William Randall Roberts (February 6, 1830 – August 9, 1897) was a Fenian Brotherhood member, United States Representative from New York (1871–1875), and a United States Ambassador to Chile. Roberts, an Irish immigrant who became a w ...
)
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Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Jasper Packard; Ranking Member:
John Rogers)
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Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
J. Hale Sypher; Ranking Member:
William H. Barnum)
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Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
William Williams; Ranking Member:
Ephraim L. Acker)
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Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman:
R. Holland Duell; Ranking Member:
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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Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman:
Clinton L. Cobb; Ranking Member:
Joseph H. 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 States ...
)
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Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
Godlove Stein Orth
Godlove Stein Orth (April 22, 1817 – December 16, 1882) was a United States representative from Indiana and an acting Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.
Biography
Of German ancestry, he was born near Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, on ...
; Ranking Member:
Jasper Packard)
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Indian Affairs
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman:
John T. Averill; Ranking Member:
John C. Edwards)
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Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Jeremiah McLain Rusk
Jeremiah McLain Rusk (June 17, 1830November 21, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was the 2nd United States Secretary of Agriculture (1889–1893) and the 15th Governor of Wisconsin (1882–1889), and served three terms in ...
; Ranking Member:
Benjamin S. Turner)
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Judiciary
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(Chairman:
Benjamin F. Butler; Ranking Member:
Milo Goodrich)
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Manufactures
Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a rang ...
(Chairman:
Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member:
John M. Rice)
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Mileage (Chairman:
Hezekiah S. Bundy; Ranking Member:
Edward I. Golladay)
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Military Affairs
''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman:
John Coburn; Ranking Member:
George E. Harris
George Emrick Harris (January 6, 1827 – March 19, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Orange County, North Carolina, Harris moved to Tennessee and thence to Mississippi.
He attended the common schools.
He st ...
)
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Militia
A militia () is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of r ...
(Chairman:
Roderick R. Butler; Ranking Member:
John C. Conner)
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Mines and Mining (Chairman:
David P. Lowe; Ranking Member:
Walter L. Sessions)
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Naval Affairs (Chairman:
Glenni W. Scofield
Glenni William Scofield (March 11, 1817 – August 30, 1891) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Representative, Pennsylvania State Senator, Register of the Treasury and a judge of the Court of Claims.
Educ ...
; Ranking Member:
John M. Coghlan
John Maxwell Coghlan (December 8, 1835 – March 26, 1879) was a California Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented California's 3rd congressional district in the 42nd United States Congress from 1871 to 1873.
Bi ...
)
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Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member:
John T. Averill)
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Patents (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Joseph M. Warren)
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Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
John B. Packer; Ranking Member:
Charles H. Porter)
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Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Jasper Packard; Ranking Member:
J. Allen Barber
Joel Allen Barber (January 17, 1809 – June 28, 1881) was an American lawyer and politician. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, he was the 15th Speaker of the Wisco ...
)
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Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
James H. Platt Jr.
James Henry Platt Jr. (July 13, 1837 – August 13, 1894) was an American physician, politician and businessman. After participating in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, Platt represented Virginia's 2nd congressional district in th ...
; Ranking Member:
Walter L. Sessions)
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Public Expenditures (Chairman:
Harrison E. Havens; Ranking Member:
Thomas Kinsella
Thomas Kinsella (4 May 192822 December 2021) was an Irish poet, translator, editor, and publisher. Born outside Dublin, Kinsella attended University College Dublin before entering the civil service. He began publishing poetry in the early 1950s ...
)
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Public Lands
In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
(Chairman:
Washington Townsend; Ranking Member:
Jeremiah M. Rusk)
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Railways and Canals (Chairman:
George W. McCrary; Ranking Member:
Charles St. John
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Reform on Civil Service (Chairman:
Stephen W. Kellogg; Ranking Member: N/A)
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Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member:
John S. Bigby)
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Revolution Claims (Chairman:
Alexander S. Wallace; Ranking Member:
Abram Comingo)
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Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman:
Lazarus D. Shoemaker; Ranking Member:
John M. Rice)
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Rules
Rule or ruling may refer to:
Education
* Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia
Human activity
* The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power
* Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Select) (Chairman:
James G. Blaine; Ranking Member:
Samuel S. Cox)
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Standards of Official Conduct
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Territories
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
(Chairman:
George C. McKee
George Colin McKee (October 2, 1837 – November 17, 1890) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Joliet, Illinois, Mckee attended Knox College (Illinois), Knox College and Lombard C ...
; Ranking Member:
Lazarus D. Shoemaker)
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War Claims (Chairman:
William Lawrence; Ranking Member: N/A)
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Ways and Means (Chairman:
Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member:
Horatio C. Burchard
Horatio Chapin Burchard (September 22, 1825 – May 14, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, 15th Director of the United States Mint, member of the International Statistical Institute, and father of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
...
)
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Whole
Joint committees
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Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
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Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep.
Chester B. Darrall; Vice Chairman: Rep.
John T. Bird)
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Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Rep.
Jeremiah M. Wilson; Vice Chairman: N/A)
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The Library (Chairman: Rep.
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 ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Lewis D. Campbell)
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Printing
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(Chairman: Rep.
William G. Donnan; Vice Chairman: Rep.
William P. Price)
Caucuses
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Democratic (House)
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Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
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Architect of the Capitol
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:
Edward Clark
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Librarian of Congress:
Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Senate
*
Chaplain:
John P. Newman (
Methodist
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)
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Librarian
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The role of the librarian has changed much over time ...
:
George S. Wagner, from 1871
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Secretary
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:
George C. Gorham
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Sergeant at Arms
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:
John R. French
House of Representatives
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Chaplain:
John G. Butler (
Presbyterian
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)
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Clerk
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:
Edward McPherson
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*
Clerk at the Speaker's Table:
John M. Barclay
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Doorkeeper:
Otis S. Buxton
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Postmaster:
William S. King
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Reading Clerks:
Charles N. Clisbee
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(D) and
William K. Mehaffey (R)
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Sergeant at Arms
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:
Nehemiah G. Ordway
See also
*
United States elections, 1870 (elections leading to this Congress)
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United States Senate elections, 1870 and 1871
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United States House of Representatives elections, 1870
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two fi ...
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United States elections, 1872 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
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1872 United States presidential election
The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872. Despite a split in the Republican Party, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal R ...
**
United States Senate elections, 1872 and 1873
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
**
United States House of Representatives elections, 1872
United may refer to:
Places
* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Arts and entertainment Films
* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
Notes
References
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External links
Statutes at Large, 1789-1875*
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