The 43rd 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

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. It met in

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

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was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. 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. This is the last time Republicans held a 2/3rds majority in the Senate.

Major events

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

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

, part of the

Long Depression The Long Depression was a worldwide price and economic recession, beginning in 1873 and running either through March 1879, or 1896, depending on the metrics used. It was most severe in Europe and the United States, which had been experiencing st ...

* November 4, 1874:

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

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

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

Major legislation

* June 22, 1874:

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

* June 23, 1874:

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

, * January 14, 1875:

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

ch. 15, * March 1, 1875:

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

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

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

Treaties

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

Party summary

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

Senate

House of Representatives

Before this Congress, the

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

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

Leadership

Senate

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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) *

President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...

: Matthew H. Carpenter (R) ** Henry B. Anthony (R), elected January 25, 1875.

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: ** In ...

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

(R) *

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

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

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

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

Members

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

Senate

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

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

: 2.

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

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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 ...

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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 Osage ...

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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 an ...

(R) : 3.

Stephen W. Dorsey Stephen Wallace Dorsey (February 28, 1842March 20, 1916) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1873 to 1879, during the Reconstruction era in the United States, Re ...

(R)

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

: 1.

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

(D), until November 29, 1873 ::

John S. Hager John Sharpenstein Hager (March 12, 1818March 19, 1890) was an American politician from the state of California. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1873 to 1875. Life Hager was born near Morristown, New Jersey, on March 12, 1818. He completed pre ...

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

Aaron A. Sargent Aaron Augustus Sargent (September 28, 1827 – August 14, 1887) was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. In 1878, Sargent historically introduced what would later become the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Con ...

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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 cap ...

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William A. Buckingham William Alfred Buckingham (May 28, 1804 – February 5, 1875) was a Republican who served as the governor of Connecticut during the Civil War and later as a United States senator. Biography Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, the son of Samuel Bucki ...

(R), until February 5, 1875 ::

William W. Eaton William Wallace Eaton (October 11, 1816September 21, 1898) was a United States representative and United States senator from Connecticut. Biography Born in Tolland, Connecticut, he was educated in the common schools and by private instruction ...

(D), from February 5, 1875 : 3.

Orris S. Ferry Orris Sanford Ferry (August 15, 1823 – November 21, 1875) was a Republican American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was also a brigadier general ...

(LR)

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 Thomas Francis Bayard (October 29, 1828 – September 28, 1898) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat from Wilmington, Delaware. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he served three terms as United States Senate, United States ...

(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 Abijah Gilbert (June 18, 1806November 23, 1881) was a United States Senator from Florida. Born in Gilbertsville, New York, Gilbert attended Gilbertsville Academy and entered Hamilton College (in Clinton, New York) in 1822 as a member of the cl ...

(R) : 3.

Simon B. Conover Simon Barclay Conover (September 23, 1840April 19, 1908) was an American physician and politician who served as a delegate to Florida's 1868 Constitutional Convention, state treasurer, state legislator, and U.S. Senator from Florida. He served ...

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

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

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

: 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 stat ...

(R) : 3. Richard J. Oglesby (R)

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th 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 the ...

: 2. George G. Wright (R) : 3.

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

(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 the ...

: 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 Co ...

(R), until March 24, 1873 ::

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

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

John J. Ingalls John James Ingalls (December 29, 1833August 16, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as a United States senator from Kansas. Ingalls is credited with suggesting the state motto and designing the state seal. Life and career John ...

(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 to ...

: 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.

Thomas C. McCreery Thomas Clay McCreery (December 12, 1816July 10, 1890) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Kentucky. Born at Yelvington, Kentucky, McCreery graduated from Centre College, in Danville, Kentu ...

(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 ...

: 2. J. Rodman West (R) : 3: vacant

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 north ...

: 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 Lot Myrick Morrill (May 3, 1813January 10, 1883) was an American statesman and accomplished politician who served as the 28th Governor of Maine, as a United States Senator, and as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under President Ulysses S. Grant ...

(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 R. Dennis George Robertson Dennis (April 8, 1822 – August 13, 1882), a Democrat, was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1873 to 1879. He also served in the Maryland State Senate and the Maryland House of Delegates. Early life Dennis ...

(D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

: 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 ...

(LR), until March 11, 1874 ::

William B. Washburn William Barrett Washburn (January 31, 1820 – October 5, 1887) was an American businessman and politician from Massachusetts. Washburn served several terms in the United States House of Representatives (1863–71) and as the 28th Governor of ...

(R), from April 17, 1874 : 2. George S. Boutwell (R), from March 17, 1873

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

: 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 sen ...

(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 fam ...

(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. Senato ...

(R), until January 10, 1874 ::

Henry R. Pease Henry Roberts Pease (February 19, 1835January 2, 1907) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1874 to 1875. He also served as the state's first superintendent of education and ...

(R), from February 3, 1874 : 2.

James L. Alcorn James Lusk Alcorn (November 4, 1816December 19, 1894) was a Governor of Mississippi, governor, and United States Senate, U.S. senator during the Reconstruction era in Mississippi. A Moderate Republicans (Reconstruction era), Moderate Republican ...

(R)

Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

: 1.

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

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

: 1.

Thomas Tipton Thomas Weston Tipton (August 5, 1817November 26, 1899) was a Senator from Nebraska. Biography Tipton was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Madison Col ...

(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 U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...

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

(R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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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.

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

(R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

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

(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 e ...

(R)

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

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Reuben Fenton Reuben Eaton Fenton (July 4, 1819August 25, 1885) was an American merchant and politician from New York (state), New York. In the mid-19th Century, he served as a United States House of Representatives , U.S. Representative, a United States Sen ...

(R) : 3.

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

(R)

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3.

Augustus S. Merrimon Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (September 15, 1830November 14, 1892) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1873 and 1879. An attorney from Buncombe County, North Carolina, Merrimon served in the North Carolina Ho ...

(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 ...

: 1.

Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman (November 13, 1813 – December 12, 1895), sometimes erroneously spelled Allan Granberry Thurman, was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative, Supre ...

(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 U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

: 2. James K. Kelly (D) : 3.

John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell (June 22, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician, and convicted criminal. He served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon ...

(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, ...

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John Scott John Scott may refer to: Academics * John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer * John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison * John Work Scott (180 ...

(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 U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

: 1. William Sprague (R) : 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

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

(R) : 3.

John J. Patterson John James "Honest John" Patterson (August 8, 1830September 28, 1912) was a businessman and United States Senator from South Carolina. He was a Republican. Biography Born and raised in Waterloo, a populated place in Juniata County, Pennsylvania ...

(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 Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer, best remembered internationally for a 1963 fight in which he knocked down a young Cassius Clay before the fight was stopped because of a cut eye from Clay's punches. Coo ...

(D)

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

: 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 ...

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

(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 ...

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John F. Lewis John Francis Lewis (March 1, 1818September 2, 1895) was an American planter and politician from Rockingham County, Virginia. He served two terms as the ninth and 14th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and represented Virginia as a Republican in th ...

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John W. Johnston John Warfield Johnston (September 9, 1818February 27, 1889) was an American lawyer and politician from Abingdon, Virginia. He served in the Virginia State Senate, and represented Virginia in the United States Senate when the state was readmitted ...

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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 Bur ...

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

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Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he bec ...

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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 ...

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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 (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

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Frederick G. Bromberg Frederick George Bromberg (June 19, 1837 – September 4, 1930) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1873 to 1875. Biography Born in New York City, Bromberg moved w ...

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James T. Rapier James Thomas Rapier (November 13, 1837 – May 31, 1883) was a politician from Alabama during the Reconstruction Era. He served as a United States representative from Alabama, for one term from 1873 until 1875. Born free in Alabama, he went to sc ...

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

(R) : . John H. Caldwell (D) : . Joseph H. Sloss (D) : . Charles C. Sheats (R) : . Alexander White (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 Osage ...

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Oliver P. Snyder Oliver P. Snyder (November 13, 1833 – November 22, 1882) was a U.S. Representative who served from 1871 to 1875 during the Reconstruction of Arkansas. Born in Missouri, Snyder completed preparatory studies and moved to Arkansas in 1853. ...

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William W. Wilshire William W. Wilshire (born William Wallace Wilshire; September 8, 1830 – August 19, 1888)Arkansas CourtsA Self-Guided Tour of Justice Building Portraits(2016), p. 8. was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for ( ...

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

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William J. Hynes William Joseph Hynes (March 31, 1843 – April 2, 1915) was an American newspaperman, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1873 to 1875. Biography He was born in Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland ...

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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

: . Charles Clayton (R) : .

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

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John K. Luttrell John King Luttrell (June 27, 1831 – October 4, 1893) was an American miner, lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1873 to 1879. Early life and career Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Lutt ...

(D) : . Sherman O. Houghton (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 cap ...

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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 Unit ...

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Henry H. Starkweather Henry Howard Starkweather was born in Preston, Connecticut, on April 29, 1826, and died on January 28, 1876, while serving in office as a member of the United States Congress. Biography His parents were John Starkweather and Lydia (Button) Sta ...

(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 ...

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James R. Lofland James Rush Lofland (November 2, 1823 – February 10, 1894) was an American lawyer and politician from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware. Early life ...

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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 Josiah Thomas Walls (December 30, 1842 – May 15, 1905) was a United States congressman who served three terms in the U.S. Congress between 1871 and 1876. He was one of the first African Americans in the United States Congress elected during th ...

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

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the 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 ...

: . Morgan Rawls (D), until March 24, 1874 :: Andrew Sloan (R), from March 24, 1874 : .

Richard H. Whiteley Richard Henry Whiteley (December 22, 1830 – September 26, 1890) was a U.S. representative and U.S. senator-elect from Georgia. He is the only Republican to ever hold the 2nd congressional district from Georgia. Biography Born in County Kild ...

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

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James C. Freeman James Crawford Freeman (April 1, 1820 – September 3, 1885) was a Georgia planter and slaveowner who after serving in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War received a pardon and became a banker, jeweler and politician who ...

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

Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1 ...

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

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...

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Bernard G. Caulfield Bernard Gregory Caulfield (October 18, 1828 – December 19, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Alexandria, Virginia, Caulfield received a classical education. He was graduated from Georgetown College, Washington, D.C. in 1 ...

(D), from February 1, 1875 : . Jasper D. Ward (R) : .

Charles B. Farwell Charles Benjamin Farwell (July 1, 1823 – September 23, 1903) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Early life Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York on July 1, 1823. He was a son of Henry Farwell (1795–1873) and ...

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

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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 John Baldwin Hawley (February 9, 1831 – May 24, 1895) was an American government official. Born in Connecticut and raised in Illinois, Hawley served in the United States House of Representatives from 1869 to 1875. Early life Hawley was born i ...

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Franklin Corwin Franklin Corwin (January 12, 1818 – June 15, 1879) was a United States representative from Illinois. Born in Lebanon, Ohio, he attended private schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1839, practicing in Wilmington, Ohio. He ser ...

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Greenbury L. Fort Greenbury Lafayette Fort (October 17, 1825 – January 13, 1883) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in French Grant, Ohio, Fort moved with his parents to Marshall County, Illinois, in ...

(R) : . Granville Barrere (R) : . William H. Ray (R) : .

Robert M. Knapp Robert McCarty Knapp (April 21, 1831 – June 24, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, brother of Anthony Lausett Knapp. Born in New York City, Knapp moved with his parents to Jerseyville, Illinois, in 1839. He attended the common s ...

(D) : . James C. Robinson (D) : .

John McNulta John McNulta (November 9, 1837 – February 22, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in New York City, McNulta pursued an academic course and visited the West Indies and Europe. He moved to Attica, Indiana, in 1853 an ...

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

(R) : . John R. Eden (D) : . James Stewart Martin (congressman), James S. Martin (R) : . William Ralls Morrison, William R. Morrison (D) : . Isaac Clements (R) : . Samuel S. Marshall (D)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

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(D) : . Simeon K. Wolfe (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Jeremiah M. Wilson (R) : . John Coburn (Indiana), John Coburn (R) : . Morton C. Hunter (R) : . Thomas J. Cason (R) : . James Noble Tyner, James N. Tyner (R) : . John P. C. Shanks (R) : . Henry B. Sayler (R) : . Jasper Packard (R) : . Godlove Stein Orth, Godlove S. Orth (R) : . William Williams (Indiana), William Williams (R)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . George W. McCrary (R) : . Aylett R. Cotton (R) : . William G. Donnan (R) : . Henry O. Pratt (R) : . James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture), James Wilson (R) : . William Loughridge (R) : . John A. Kasson (R) : . James W. McDill (R) : . Jackson Orr (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Stephen A. Cobb (R) : . David Perley Lowe, David P. Lowe (R) : . William A. Phillips (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Edward Crossland (D) : . John Y. Brown (1835-1904), John Y. Brown (D) : . Charles W. Milliken (D) : . William B. Read (D) : . Elisha D. Standiford (D) : . William E. Arthur (D) : . James B. Beck (D) : . Milton J. Durham (D) : . George M. Adams (D) : . John D. Young (D)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . J. Hale Sypher (R), until March 3, 1875 :: Effingham Lawrence (D), from March 3, 1875 : . Lionel Allen Sheldon, Lionel A. Sheldon (R) : . Chester Bidwell Darrall, Chester B. Darrall (R) : . George Luke Smith, George L. Smith (R), from November 24, 1873 : . Frank Morey (R) : . George A. Sheridan (LR)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . John H. Burleigh (R) : . William P. Frye (R) : .

(R) : . Samuel F. Hersey (R), until February 3, 1875 : . Eugene Hale (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Ephraim King Wilson II, Ephraim K. Wilson II (D) : . Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Stevenson Archer (D) : . William J. O'Brien (politician), William J. O'Brien (D) : . Thomas Swann (D) : . William Albert (R) : . Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . James Buffington (politician), James Buffington (R) : . Benjamin W. Harris (R) : . William Whiting (politician), William Whiting (R), until June 29, 1873 :: Henry L. Pierce (R), from December 1, 1873 : . Samuel Hooper (R) : . Daniel W. Gooch (R) : . Benjamin Butler (politician), Benjamin F. Butler (R) : . Ebenezer R. Hoar (R) : . John M. S. Williams (R) : . George Frisbie Hoar, George F. Hoar (R) : . Alvah Crocker (R), until December 26, 1874 :: Charles A. Stevens (R), from January 27, 1875 : . Henry L. Dawes (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Moses W. Field (R) : . Henry Waldron (R) : . George Willard (R) : . Julius C. Burrows (R) : . Wilder D. Foster (R), until September 20, 1873 :: William B. Williams (politician), William B. Williams (R), from December 1, 1873 : . Josiah Begole (R) : . Omar D. Conger (R) : . Nathan B. Bradley (R) : . Jay Abel Hubbell, Jay A. Hubbell (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Mark H. Dunnell (R) : . Horace B. Strait (R) : . John T. Averill (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II), Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) : . Albert R. Howe (R) : . Henry W. Barry (R) : . Jason Niles (R) : . George C. McKee (R) : . John R. Lynch (R)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . Edwin O. Stanard (R) : . Erastus Wells (D) : . William Henry Stone, William H. Stone (D) : . Robert Anthony Hatcher, Robert A. Hatcher (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . Harrison E. Havens (R) : . Thomas Theodore Crittenden, Thomas T. Crittenden (D) : . Abram Comingo (D) : . Isaac C. Parker (R) : . Ira B. Hyde (R) : . John Bullock Clark Jr., John B. Clark Jr. (D) : . John Montgomery Glover, John M. Glover (D) : . Aylett H. Buckner (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Lorenzo Crounse (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Charles West Kendall, Charles W. Kendall (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

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

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . John W. Hazelton (R) : . Samuel A. Dobbins (R) : . Amos Clark Jr. (R) : . Robert Hamilton (congressman), Robert Hamilton (D) : . William Walter Phelps, William W. Phelps (R) : . Marcus Lawrence Ward, Marcus L. Ward (R) : . Isaac W. Scudder (R)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Henry Joel Scudder, Henry J. Scudder (R) : . John G. Schumaker (D) : . Stewart L. Woodford (R), until July 1, 1874 :: Simeon B. Chittenden (IR), from November 3, 1874 : . Philip S. Crooke (R) : . William R. Roberts (D) : . James Brooks (Whig), James Brooks (D), until April 30, 1873 :: Samuel S. Cox (D), from November 4, 1873 : . Thomas J. Creamer (D) : . John D. Lawson (politician), John D. Lawson (R) : . David B. Mellish (R), until May 23, 1874 :: Richard Schell (D), from December 7, 1874 : . Fernando Wood (D) : . Clarkson Nott Potter, Clarkson N. Potter (D) : . Charles St. John (R) : . John O. Whitehouse (D) : . David M. De Witt (D) : . Eli Perry (D) : . James S. Smart (R) : . Robert S. Hale (R) : . William A. Wheeler (R) : . Henry H. Hathorn (R) : . David Wilber (R) : . Clinton L. Merriam (R) : . Ellis H. Roberts (R) : . William E. Lansing (R) : . R. Holland Duell (R) : . Clinton D. MacDougall (R) : . William H. Lamport (R) : . Thomas C. Platt (R) : . Horace B. Smith, H. Boardman Smith (R) : . Freeman Clarke (R) : . George G. Hoskins (R) : . Lyman K. Bass (R) : . Walter L. Sessions (R) : . Lyman Tremain (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Clinton L. Cobb (R) : . Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), Charles R. Thomas (R) : . Alfred Moore Waddell, Alfred M. Waddell (D) : . William Alexander Smith (politician), William A. Smith (R) : . James Madison Leach, James M. Leach (D) : . Thomas Samuel Ashe, Thomas S. Ashe (D) : . William M. Robbins (D) : . Robert B. Vance (D)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Milton Sayler (D) : . Henry B. Banning ( LR) : . John Quincy Smith, John Q. Smith (R) : . Lewis B. Gunckel (R) : . Charles N. Lamison (D) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (R) : . Lawrence T. Neal (D) : . William Lawrence (Ohio), William Lawrence (R) : . James W. Robinson (Ohio), James W. Robinson (R) : . Charles Foster (Ohio politician), Charles Foster (R) : . Hezekiah S. Bundy (R) : . Hugh J. Jewett (D), until June 23, 1874 :: William E. Finck (D), from December 7, 1874 : . Milton I. Southard (D) : . John Berry (congressman), John Berry (D) : . William P. Sprague (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . Laurin D. Woodworth (R) : . James Monroe (congressman), James Monroe (R) : . James A. Garfield (R) : . Richard C. Parsons (R)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

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

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill (R) : . Leonard Myers (politician), Leonard Myers (R) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . James Soloman Biery, James S. Biery (R) : . Washington Townsend (R) : . Hiester Clymer (D) : . Abraham Herr Smith, A. Herr Smith (R) : . John Weinland Killinger, John W. Killinger (R) : . John Brutzman Storm, John B. Storm (D) : . Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R) : . James Dale Strawbridge, James D. Strawbridge (R) : . John Black Packer, John B. Packer (R) : . John Alexander Magee, John A. Magee (D) : . John Cessna (R) : . Robert Milton Speer, R. Milton Speer (D) : . Sobieski Ross (R) : . Carlton Brandaga Curtis, Carlton B. Curtis (R) : . Hiram Lawton Richmond, Hiram L. Richmond (R) : . Alexander Wilson Taylor, Alexander W. Taylor (R) : . James S. Negley (R) : . Ebenezer McJunkin (R), until January 1, 1875 :: John McCandless Thompson, John M. Thompson (R), from January 5, 1875 : . William S. Moore (R) : . Charles Albright (congressman), Charles Albright (R) : . Glenni William Scofield, Glenni W. Scofield (R) : . Lemuel Todd (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

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

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

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

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh, Jacob M. Thornburgh (R) : . William Crutchfield (R) : . John Morgan BJohn M. Bright (D) : . Horace Harrison (R) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : . John DeWitt Clinton Atkins, John D. C. Atkins (D) : . David Alexander Nunn, David A. Nunn (R) : . Barbour Lewis (R) : .

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List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . William S. Herndon (D) : . William P. McLean (D) : . De Witt C. Giddings (D) : . John Hancock (Texas politician), John Hancock (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . Asa H. Willie (D)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

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

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . James B. Sener (R) : . James H. Platt Jr. (R) : . John Ambler Smith, J. Ambler Smith (R) : . William H. H. Stowell (R) : . Alexander Davis (politician), Alexander Davis (D), until March 5, 1874 :: Christopher Thomas (R), from March 5, 1874 : . Thomas Whitehead (politician), Thomas Whitehead (D) : . John T. Harris (D) : . Eppa Hunton, Eppa Hunton, II (D) : . Rees Bowen (D)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

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

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Charles G. Williams (R) : . Gerry Whiting Hazelton, Gerry W. Hazelton (R) : . J. Allen Barber (R) : . Alexander Mitchell (Wisconsin politician), Alexander Mitchell (D) : . Charles A. Eldredge (D) : . Philetus Sawyer (R) : . Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Jeremiah M. Rusk (R) : . Alexander S. McDill (R)

Non-voting members

: . Richard Cunningham McCormick, Richard C. McCormick (NU) : . Jerome B. Chaffee (R) : . Moses K. Armstrong (D) : . Norton P. Chipman (R) : . John Hailey (D) : . Martin Maginnis (D) : . Stephen Benton Elkins, Stephen B. Elkins (R) : . George Q. Cannon (R) : . Obadiah B. McFadden (D) : . William R. Steele (D) 43 us house membership

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat net gain **

: no net change ** Republican Party (United States), Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 3 * Interim appointments: 1 * Vacancy: 1 *Total seats with changes: 7 , - ,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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resigned in previous congress after becoming Vice President of the United States.
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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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(R) , Resigned March 17, 1873, after being elected Governor of Mississippi.
Successor United States special election in Mississippi, 1874, elected February 3, 1874. , nowrap ,

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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 the ...

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(R) , Resigned March 24, 1873.
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California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

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(D) , Resigned November 29, 1873.
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Successor United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 1874, elected April 17, 1874. , nowrap ,

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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 cap ...

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House of Representatives

* Replacements: 15 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 3 seat net gain **

: 4 seat net loss ** Republican Party (United States), Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 5 * Contested election: 4 *Total seats with changes: 19 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Samuel Peters died before taking seat , nowrap , George Luke Smith, George L. Smith (R) , November 24, 1873 , - , , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Rep-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before taking seat , nowrap , Alexander H. Stephens (D) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , James Brooks (politician), James Brooks (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died April 30, 1873 , nowrap , Samuel S. Cox (D) , November 4, 1873 , - , , nowrap , William Whiting (Massachusetts politician), William Whiting (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died June 29, 1873 , nowrap , Henry L. Pierce (R) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , Joseph G. Wilson (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died July 2, 1873 , nowrap , James Nesmith (D) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , Wilder D. Foster (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died September 20, 1873 , nowrap , William B. Williams (politician), William B. Williams (R) , December 1, 1873 , - , , nowrap , Alexander Davis (politician), Alexander Davis (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 5, 1874 , nowrap , Christopher Thomas (R) , March 5, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Morgan Rawls (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election March 24, 1874 , nowrap , Andrew Sloan (R) , March 24, 1874 , - , , nowrap , David B. Mellish (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 23, 1874 , nowrap , Richard Schell (D) , December 7, 1874 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Lost contested election June 16, 1874 , nowrap ,

(D) , June 16, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Hugh J. Jewett (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 23, 1874, after becoming President of the Erie Railroad , nowrap , William E. Finck (D) , December 7, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Stewart L. Woodford (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned July 1, 1874 , nowrap , Simeon B. Chittenden (IR) , November 3, 1874 , - , , nowrap , Robert B. Elliott (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 1, 1874 , nowrap , Lewis C. Carpenter (R) , November 3, 1874 , - , , nowrap , John B. Rice (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 17, 1874 , nowrap ,

(D) , February 1, 1875 , - , , nowrap , Alvah Crocker (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 26, 1874 , nowrap , Charles A. Stevens (R) , January 27, 1875 , - , , nowrap , Ebenezer McJunkin (R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned January 1, 1875 , nowrap , John McCandless Thompson, John M. Thompson (R) , January 5, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,

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

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Matthew H. Carpenter; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George G. Wright; Ranking Member: Timothy O. Howe) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: John Scott (Pennsylvania politician, born 1824), John Scott; Ranking Member: George S. Boutwell) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George S. Boutwell) * United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: James W. Flanagan; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry Cooper (U.S. senator), Henry Cooper) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Ferry) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George G. Wright) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Reuben E. Fenton) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River Levee System, Mississippi River Levee System (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Ordnance and War Ships, Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on Outrages in Southern States, Outrages in Southern States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William T. Hamilton) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: William Sprague IV, William Sprague; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Timothy O. Howe) * United States Senate Select Committee on Removal of Political Disabilities, Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Retrenchment, Retrenchment * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William G. Brownlow; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Rules, Rules (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Committee of the whole, Whole

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James Buffington (politician), James Buffington; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Wallace) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Sobieski Ross) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner) * United States House Select Committee on Alabama Affairs, Alabama Affairs (Select) * United States House Select Committee on Arkansas Affairs, Arkansas Affairs (Select) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Jay Abel Hubbell) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Julius C. Burrows) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: Horace B. Strait) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Richard C. Parsons) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Charles Pelham) * United States House Committee on Education, Education and Labor (Chairman: James Monroe (congressman), James Monroe; Ranking Member: Alexander S. McDill) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman: Horace B. Smith; Ranking Member: Horace H. Harrison) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jackson Orr; Ranking Member: James C. Robinson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: James B. Sener; Ranking Member: Robert Milton Speer, Robert M. Speer) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John A. Magee) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry W. Barry; Ranking Member: Pierce M. B. Young) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Jasper Packard; Ranking Member: William Ralls Morrison, William R. Morrison) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: J. Hale Sypher; Ranking Member: John G. Schumaker) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams (Indiana politician), William Williams; Ranking Member: John M. Bright) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: R. Holland Duell; Ranking Member: Henry Otis Pratt, Henry O. Pratt) * United States House Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Clinton L. Cobb; Ranking Member: J. Allen Barber) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: William J. Albert) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John T. Averill; Ranking Member: John D. Lawson (politician), John D. Lawson) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah McLain Rusk; Ranking Member: William B. Small (politician), William B. Small) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Benjamin F. Butler; Ranking Member: Alexander White (Alabama politician), Alexander White) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Laurin D. Woodworth) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Hezekiah S. Bundy; Ranking Member: James W. Nesmith) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John Coburn (politician), John Coburn; Ranking Member: Clinton D. MacDougall) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Roderick R. Butler; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: David P. Lowe; Ranking Member: Christopher Columbus Sheats, Christopher C. Sheats) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: John H. Burleigh) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: James W. McDill) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: Henry B. Sayler) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John B. Packer; Ranking Member: Stephen A. Cobb) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Jasper Packard; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James H. Platt Jr.; Ranking Member: Lloyd Lowndes Jr.) * United States House Committee on Public Expenditures, Public Expenditures (Chairman: Harrison E. Havens; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Begole) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Washington Townsend; Ranking Member: William A. Phillips) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: George W. McCrary; Ranking Member: Alexander W. Taylor) * United States House Committee on Reform on Civil Service, Reform on Civil Service (Chairman: Stephen W. Kellogg; Ranking Member: James D. Strawbridge) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: William S. Moore) * United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Lazarus D. Shoemaker; Ranking Member: William Crutchfield) * United States House Select Committee on Rules, Rules (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Cox) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: George C. McKee; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: William Lawrence (Ohio Republican), William Lawrence; Ranking Member: Abraham Herr Smith, Abraham H. Smith) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Lionel A. Sheldon) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Chester B. Darrall; Vice Chairman: Rep.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee to Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia, Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Rep. Jeremiah M. Wilson; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hugh J. Jewett) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. William P. Frye; Vice Chairman: Rep. Hiester Clymer) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Rep. William G. Donnan; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred M. Waddell)

Caucuses

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

Employees

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

*Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark *Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Senate

*Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodism, Methodist), until December 8, 1873 ** Byron Sunderland (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian), elected December 8, 1873 *United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: George S. Wagner *Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: George C. Gorham *Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: John R. French

House of Representatives

*Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: John George Butler, John G. Butler (Presbyterianism, Presbyterian) *Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Edward McPherson *Clerk at the Speaker’s Table of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: John M. Barclay *Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Otis S. Buxton *Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Henry Sherwood (postmaster), Henry Sherwood, elected December 1, 1873 *Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R) *Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

Notes

References

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External links

Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
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U.S. House of Representatives: House History
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