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The 44th 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
Washington, D.C. ) , 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, ...
from March 4, 1875, to March 4, 1877, during the seventh and eighth 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. For the first time since the
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
, the House had a Democratic majority. The Senate maintained 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

* November 22, 1875: Vice President
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 ...
died from a stroke * June 25, 1876:
Custer's Last Stand The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Nort ...
at the
Battle of Little Bighorn The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota people, Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lako ...
* July 4, 1876:
United States Centennial The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair to be held in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the ...
* November 7, 1876:
United States general elections, 1876 The 1876 United States elections were held on November 7. In one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history, Republican Governor Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio ended up winning despite Democratic Governor Samuel J. Tilden of N ...
, including the disputed Presidential election of 1876, later settled with the
Compromise of 1877 The Compromise of 1877, also known as the Wormley Agreement or the Bargain of 1877, was an unwritten deal, informally arranged among members of the United States Congress, to settle the intensely disputed 1876 presidential election between Ruth ...
which ended
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.


Major legislation

* January 29, 1877:
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Act, ch. 37, * March 3, 1877:
Desert Land Act The Desert Land Act is a United States federal law which was passed by the United States Congress on March 3, 1877, to encourage and promote the economic development of the arid and semiarid public lands within certain states of the Western state ...
, ch. 107,


State admitted

* August 1, 1876:
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
admitted as the 38th state


Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section. During this Congress, two Senate seats and one House seat were added for the new state, Colorado.


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
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:
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 November 22, 1875; vacant thereafter. *
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". ...
: Thomas W. Ferry (R), from March 9, 1875 *
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 ...
:
Henry B. Anthony Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman:
John W. Stevenson John White Stevenson (May 4, 1812August 10, 1886) was the 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the House and U.S. diplomat Andrew Stevenson, John Stevenson gradua ...


House of Representatives

*
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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 Titus ...
(D), until August 19, 1876 (died) **
Samuel J. Randall Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...
(D), elected December 4, 1876 * Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825January 23, 1893) was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Sec ...
*
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 ...
: George W. McCrary


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed 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 began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1880; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, facing re-election in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last 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 ...
(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 Osage ...

: 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 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.
Newton Booth Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician. Early life Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina and Beebe Booth
(AM) : 3.
Aaron A. Sargent Aaron Augustus Sargent (September 28, 1827 – August 14, 1887) was an American journalist, lawyer, politician and diplomat. In 1878, Sargent historically introduced what would later become the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Con ...
(R)


Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

: 2.
Henry M. Teller Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
(R), from November 15, 1876 : 3. Jerome B. Chaffee (R), from November 15, 1876


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 ...

: 1.
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) : 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 ...
(R), until November 21, 1875 ::
James E. English James Edward English (March 13, 1812 – March 2, 1890) was a United States Representative and later U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Governor of Connecticut. Early life and education English was born in New Haven, Connecticut and atten ...
(D), November 27, 1875 – May 17, 1876 :: William H. Barnum (D), from May 18, 1876


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 Eli May Saulsbury (December 29, 1817 – March 22, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Del ...
(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.
Charles W. Jones Charles William Jones (December 24, 1834October 11, 1897) was a United States Senator from Florida. He abandoned the seat after an apparent onset of mental illness. Early life, travel and career Jones was born in Balbriggan, Ireland. His father ...
(D) : 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 ...

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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 John Brown Gordon () was an attorney, a slaveholding plantation owner, general in the Confederate States Army, and politician in the postwar years. By the end of the Civil War, he had become "one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted generals." Af ...
(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 Richard James Oglesby (July 25, 1824April 24, 1899) was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois, The town of Oglesby, Illinois, is named in his honor, as is an elementary school situated in the Auburn Gresham neighborhoo ...
(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.
Joseph E. McDonald Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was an United States of America, American politician who served as a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Indiana. He also served as Indiana's 2nd India ...
(D) : 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 George Grover Wright (March 24, 1820January 11, 1896) was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he attended private schools and graduated from In ...
(R) : 3.
William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
(R)


Kansas Kansas () is a 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. James M. Harvey (R) : 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 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the House and U.S. diplomat Andrew Stevenson, John Stevenson gradua ...
(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.
James B. Eustis James Biddle Eustis (August 27, 1834September 9, 1899) was a United States senator from Louisiana who served as President Grover Cleveland, Cleveland's U.S. Ambassador to France, ambassador to France. Early life Born in New Orleans, he was the ...
(D), from January 12, 1876


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), until July 7, 1876 ::
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), from July 10, 1876


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 Pinkney Whyte William Pinkney Whyte (August 9, 1824March 17, 1908), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the ...
(D) : 3.
George R. Dennis 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.
Henry L. Dawes Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimula ...
(R) : 2.
George S. Boutwell George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachuse ...
(R)


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

: 1. Isaac P. Christiancy (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.
Samuel J. R. McMillan Samuel James Renwick McMillan (February 22, 1826October 3, 1897) was an American lawyer, judge and Republican politician. He served on the Minnesota District Court, the Minnesota Supreme Court and as U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Life and care ...
(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.
Blanche Bruce Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was the f ...
(R) : 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.
Francis Cockrell Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
(D) : 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.
Algernon Paddock Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a United States Republican Party, Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood. Biography Paddock was born ...
(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 ...

: 1.
William Sharon William Tang Sharon (January 9, 1821November 13, 1885) was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode. Early life Sharon was born in Smithfield, Ohio, January 9, 1821, the son of Willi ...
(R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)


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

: 2.
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 ...

: 1. Theodore F. Randolph (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 * '' ...

: 1.
Francis Kernan Francis Kernan (January 14, 1816September 7, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician. A resident of New York, he was active in politics as a Democrat, and served in several elected offices, including member of the New York State Assembly, ...
(D) : 3.
Roscoe Conkling Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who represented New York (state), New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Se ...
(R)


North Carolina North Carolina () is a 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 Matthew Whitaker Ransom (October 8, 1826October 8, 1904) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1872 and 1895. Early life and antebellum ...
(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, ...

: 1. William A. Wallace (D) : 3.
Simon Cameron Simon Cameron (March 8, 1799June 26, 1889) was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Americ ...
(R)


Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

: 1.
Ambrose Burnside Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War and three times Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor ...
(R) : 2.
Henry B. Anthony Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
(R)


South Carolina )''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.
Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Dem ...
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David M. Key David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennesse ...
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James E. Bailey James Edmund Bailey (August 15, 1822December 29, 1885) was an American United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881. Early life and education Bailey was born in Montgome ...
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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 ...
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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 ...

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Samuel B. Maxey Samuel Bell Maxey (March 30, 1825August 16, 1895) was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas, Paris, Texas. He was a Brigadier General (CSA), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War a ...
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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 ...
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Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remem ...
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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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Robert E. Withers Robert Enoch Withers (September 18, 1821September 21, 1907) was an American physician, officer (armed forces), military officer, newspaperman, politician diplomat, and Freemason. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and represented Virgin ...
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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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Allen T. Caperton Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had been in the Virginia House ...
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Samuel Price Samuel Price (July 28, 1805February 25, 1884) was Virginia lawyer and politician, who helped to establish the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War and became Lieutenant Governor, and later a United States senator. Early and fami ...
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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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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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Jeremiah Haralson Jeremiah Haralson (April 1, 1846 – 1916?), was a politician from Alabama who served as a state legislator and was among the first ten African-American United States Congressmen. Born into slavery in Columbus, Georgia, Haralson became self-educ ...
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Taul Bradford Taul Bradford (January 20, 1835 – October 28, 1883) was an attorney and politician from Talladega, Alabama, who served both in the State House and one term as U.S. Representative following the American Civil War. During the war, he ...
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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 ...
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John H. Caldwell John Homer Caldwell (born November 28, 1928) is a retired American nordic skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, then became a cross-country ski coach and authority on cross-country skiing. He wrote a series of books that helped popula ...
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Goldsmith W. Hewitt Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt (February 14, 1834 – May 27, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Born near Elyton (now Birmingham), Jefferson County, Alabama, Hewitt attended the country schools. Entered the Confederate ...
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William H. Forney William Henry Forney (November 9, 1823 – January 16, 1894) was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893. E ...
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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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William F. Slemons William Ferguson Slemons (March 15, 1830 – December 10, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Biography Born in Dresden, Tennessee, Slemons attended Bethel College. He moved to Arkansas in 1852. He studied law, including at Cum ...
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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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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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Horace F. Page Horace Francis Page (October 20, 1833 – August 23, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who represented California in the United States House of Representatives for five terms between 1873 and 1883. He is perhaps best known for the Page ...
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John K. Luttrell John King Luttrell (June 27, 1831 – October 4, 1893) was an American miner, lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1873 to 1879. Early life and career Born near Knoxville, Tennessee, Lutt ...
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Peter D. Wigginton Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (September 6, 1839 – July 7, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from California during the 1870s. Biography Born in Springfield, Illinois, Wigginton moved to Wisconsin ...
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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

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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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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 ...
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John T. Wait John Turner Wait (August 27, 1811 – April 21, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Biography Born in New London, Connecticut, Wait moved with his mother to Norwich, Connecticut. He attended the common schools and Trinity ...
(R), from April 12, 1876 : . William H. Barnum (D), until May 18, 1876 :: Levi Warner (D), from December 4, 1876


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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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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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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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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Jesse J. Finley Jesse Johnson Finley (November 18, 1812 – November 6, 1904) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, following the reco ...
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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 ...

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Julian Hartridge Julian Hartridge (September 9, 1829 – January 8, 1879) was an American politician. Early years and education Hartridge was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 9, 1829, where attended Chatham Academy and Montpelier Institute. Hartridge gra ...
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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 ...
(D) : . Milton A. Candler (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : . William H. Felton (ID) : .
Alexander 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 ...
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Benjamin H. Hill Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics, and the Civil War. He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses. Although he had opposed secession, he st ...
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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 ...
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Carter H. Harrison Carter Henry Harrison Sr. (February 15, 1825October 28, 1893) was an American politician who served as List of mayors of Chicago, mayor of Chicago, Illinois, from 1879 until 1887; he was subsequently elected to a fifth term in 1893 Chicago mayor ...
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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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John V. Le Moyne John Valcoulon Le Moyne (November 17, 1828 – July 27, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Life and career Le Moyne was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, the son of Madeleine Romaine (Bureau) and Francis Julius LeMoyne. Le Moyne at ...
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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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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) : . Richard H. Whiting (R) : . John C. Bagby (D) : .
Scott Wike Scott Wike (April 6, 1834 – January 15, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Wike moved with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844. He graduated from Lombard Universit ...
(D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Adlai E. Stevenson (D) : .
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 ...
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John R. Eden John Rice Eden (February 1, 1826 – June 9, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana. He attended public schools, and later studied law. He was admitted to the b ...
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William A. J. Sparks William Andrew Jackson Sparks (November 19, 1828 – May 7, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near New Albany, Indiana, Sparks moved with his parents to Illinois in 1836. He attended the public schools and graduated from McKend ...
(D) : . William R. Morrison (D) : . William Hartzell (D) : . William B. Anderson (I)


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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Benoni S. Fuller Benoni Stinson Fuller (November 13, 1825 – April 14, 1903) was an American educator and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1875 to 1879. Biography Born near Boonville, Indiana, Fuller attended the c ...
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James D. Williams James Douglas Williams (January 16, 1808November 20, 1880), nicknamed ''Blue Jeans Bill'', was an American farmer and Democratic politician who held public office in Indiana for four decades, and was the only farmer elected as the governor of ...
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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 Titus ...
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Nathan T. Carr Nathan Tracy Carr (December 25, 1833 – May 28, 1885) was an American lawyer and American Civil War, Civil War veteran who served briefly as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1876 to 1877. Biograp ...
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William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
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Milton S. Robinson Milton Stapp Robinson (April 20, 1832 – July 28, 1892) was an Indiana lawyer, politician, judge, and soldier. He was a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a reconstruction era U.S. Representative, serving ...
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Morton C. Hunter Morton Craig Hunter (February 5, 1825 – October 25, 1896) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War who later became a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana. Biography Morton Hunter was ...
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William S. Haymond William Summerville Haymond (February 20, 1823 – December 24, 1885) was an American physician and Civil War veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1875 to 1877. Biography Born near Clarksburg, Virginia (no ...
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John Baker John Baker or Jon Baker may refer to: Military figures *John Baker (American Revolutionary War) (1731–1787), American Revolutionary War hero, for whom Baker County, Georgia was named *John Baker (RAF officer) (1897–1978), British air marshal ...
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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 ...

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James Wilson James Wilson may refer to: Politicians and government officials Canada *James Wilson (Upper Canada politician) (1770–1847), English-born farmer and political figure in Upper Canada * James Crocket Wilson (1841–1899), Canadian MP from Quebe ...
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Ezekiel S. Sampson Ezekiel Silas Sampson (December 6, 1831 – October 7, 1892) was a lawyer, prosecutor, Civil War officer, judge, and two-term Republican Congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. Early life Born in Huron County, Ohio, Sampson move ...
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John A. Kasson John Adam Kasson (January 11, 1822 – May 18, 1910) was a nineteenth-century lawyer, politician and diplomat from south-central Iowa. Elected to the U.S. House six times, he repeatedly interrupted his congressional service to serve in the D ...
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James W. McDill James Wilson McDill (March 4, 1834February 28, 1894) was an American lawyer, state-court judge, Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa, state railroad commissioner, and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Born ...
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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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William A. Phillips William Addison Phillips -- ''(Also known as Col. William Addison Phillips, Sr ; or Wm A. P''hillips, W.A. Phillips) anuary 14, 1824 – November 30, 1893 Wm A. Phillips ws a Free-State Abolition Journalist during the tumultuous epoch in ...
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John R. Goodin John Randolph Goodin (December 14, 1836 – December 18, 1885) was an American politician, lawyer, judge and editor from Ohio and Kansas. Born in Tiffin, Ohio, Goodin moved to Kenton, Ohio with his father in 1844. He attended Kenton High Sch ...
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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 ...

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J. Proctor Knott James Proctor Knott (August 29, 1830 – June 18, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career the ...
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Henry Watterson Henry Watterson (February 16, 1840 – December 22, 1921), the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democr ...
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Joseph C. S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biog ...
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Milton J. Durham Milton Jameson Durham (May 16, 1824 – February 12, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as Comptroller of the Treasury, First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of Presi ...
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John D. White John Daugherty White (January 16, 1849 – January 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of John White and cousin of Addison White and Hugh Lawson White both of whom served in public office. Biography Born near Manchester in ...
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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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Randall L. Gibson Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an attorney and politician, elected as a member of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senator from Louisiana. He served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Ar ...
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E. John Ellis Ezekiel John Ellis (October 15, 1840 – April 25, 1889) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. He fought in the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America from 1861–1863; during t ...
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William M. Levy William Mallory Levy (October 31, 1827 – August 14, 1882) was an American lawyer and Confederate States Army , Confederate American Civil War , Civil War veteran who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representat ...
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Frank Morey Frank Morey (July 11, 1840 – September 22, 1890) was an American planter, politician, and soldier in the Union Army (1861–1865), reaching the rank of colonel; afterward he moved to Louisiana, where he became a planter and sold insurance ...
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William B. Spencer William Brainerd Spencer (February 5, 1835 – February 12, 1882) was an attorney and politician of the planter class, elected as U.S. Representative from Louisiana in 1876, in a contested election decided in his favor and against the Republic ...
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Charles E. Nash Charles Edmund Nash (May 23, 1844 – June 21, 1913) was an American politician who served a single two-year term as Republican in the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana. He was Louisiana's first African-American congressman ...
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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 ...

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John H. Burleigh John Holmes Burleigh (October 9, 1822 – December 5, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician, sailor, manufacturer and banker from Maine. He was the son of the former U.S. representative from Maine, William Burleigh, who also represented ...
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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 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 ...
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Edwin Flye Edwin Flye (March 4, 1817 – July 12, 1886) was an American politician, merchant, banker, bank president, and shipbuilder from Maine. Early life Born in Newcastle, Massachusetts (now in Maine), Flye attended the common schools and Linc ...
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Harris M. Plaisted Harris Merrill Plaisted (November 2, 1828 – January 31, 1898) was an attorney, politician, and Union Army officer from Maine. As colonel, he commanded the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. After the war, he ...
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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 nin ...
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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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Thomas Swann Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling and gaine ...
(D) : . Eli J. Henkle (D) : . William Walsh (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 ...

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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 American jazz, studio, and classical hornist. Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on the French horn. He was ...
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William W. Crapo William Wallace Crapo (May 16, 1830 – February 28, 1926) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Buffinton. He served slightly more than th ...
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Benjamin W. Harris Benjamin Winslow Harris (November 10, 1823 – February 7, 1907) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Massachusetts. He was the father of Robert Orr Harris. Born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Harris pursued an a ...
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Henry L. Pierce Henry Lillie Pierce (August 23, 1825 – December 17, 1896) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Stoughton. He attended the State normal school at Bridgewater, and was engaged in manufacturing. He served as May ...
(R) : . Rufus S. Frost (R), until July 28, 1876 ::
Josiah G. Abbott Josiah Gardner Abbott (November 1, 1814 – June 2, 1891) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Early life Abbott was born in C ...
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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 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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Chester W. Chapin Chester William Chapin (December 16, 1798 – June 10, 1883) was an American businessman, president of the Boston and Albany Railroad from 1868 to 1878, and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was a multimillionaire at his death in 1883, an ...
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Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

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Alpheus S. Williams Alpheus Starkey Williams (September 20, 1810 – December 21, 1878) was a lawyer, judge, journalist, U.S. Congressman, and a Union Army, Union general in the American Civil War. Early life Williams was born in Deep River, Connecticut. He gradua ...
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Henry Waldron Henry Waldron (October 11, 1819 – September 13, 1880) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Waldron was born in Albany, New York, attended Albany Academy, and graduated from Ru ...
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George Willard George Willard (March 20, 1824 – March 26, 1901) was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was also instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to ...
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Allen Potter Allen Potter (October 2, 1818 – May 8, 1885) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Potter was born in Galloway (now Galway, New York) and attended the common schools. He moved to Adrian, Michigan, in 1830 and to Jonesville, Michi ...
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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. He p ...
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Nathan B. Bradley Nathan Ball Bradley (May 28, 1831 – November 8, 1906) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1877. Early life and education Bradley was born in Lee, Ma ...
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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 Mark Hill Dunnell (July 2, 1823 – August 9, 1904) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota from 1871 to 1883 and from 1889 to 1891. Biography Born in Buxton, Maine, Buxton, York County, Maine, York County, Maine, h ...
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Horace B. Strait Horace Burton Strait (January 26, 1835 – February 25, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Potter County, PA, January 26, 1835 and moved with his parents to Indiana in 1846. In 1855 he settled near Jordan, Minnes ...
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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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Lucius Q. C. Lamar Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825January 23, 1893) was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Sec ...
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Hernando Money Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi. Biography Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his ...
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Otho R. Singleton Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended th ...
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Charles E. Hooker Charles Edward Hooker (April 9, 1825 – January 8, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Biography Charles E. Hooker Born in Union, South Carolina, Hooker was raised in Laurens District, South Carolina. He attended the common schoo ...
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John R. Lynch John Roy Lynch (September 10, 1847 – November 2, 1939) was an American writer, attorney, military officer, author, and Republican politician who served as Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives and represented Mississippi in th ...
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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 ...

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Erastus Wells Erastus Wells (December 2, 1823 – October 2, 1893) was a 19th-century politician and businessman from Missouri. Wells was born in Jefferson County, New York, and was the only son of Otis Wells, a descendant of Hugh Welles, an early colonis ...
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Richard P. Bland Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, representing ...
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Charles H. Morgan Charles Henry Morgan (July 5, 1842January 4, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from Missouri. He represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives for five terms spread across four decades. He also served as a Unite ...
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John B. Clark Jr. John Bullock Clark Jr. (January 14, 1831 – September 7, 1903) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term U.S. Congressman from Missouri. Biography Clark was born in Fayette, Missou ...
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John M. Glover John Milton Glover (June 23, 1852 – October 20, 1929) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of John Montgomery Glover. Biography Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Glover attended the public schoo ...
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Aylett H. Buckner Aylett Hawes Buckner (December 14, 1816 – February 5, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Buckner attended Georgetown ...
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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

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Lorenzo Crounse Lorenzo Crounse (January 27, 1834May 13, 1909) was a Nebraska Republican politician and the eighth Governor of Nebraska. Early life Born in Sharon in Schoharie County, New York, Crounse attended the New York Conference Seminary in Charlottevi ...
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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 Woodburn William Woodburn (April 14, 1838 – January 15, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada. He immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1849. He attended St. Charles College ...
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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It 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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Henry W. Blair Henry William Blair (December 6, 1834March 14, 1920) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. During the American Civil War, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army. A Radical Republican in his earlier political ...
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New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

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Samuel A. Dobbins Samuel Atkinson Dobbins (April 14, 1814 – May 26, 1886) was a Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1877. He served as the Sheriff of Bur ...
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Miles Ross Miles Ross (April 30, 1827 – February 22, 1903) was an American Democratic Party politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for four terms from 1875 to ...
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Augustus A. Hardenbergh Augustus Albert Hardenbergh (May 18, 1830 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – October 5, 1889 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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John G. Schumaker John Godfrey Schumaker (June 27, 1826 – November 23, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States representative from United States Congressional Delegations from New York, New York from 1869 to 1871. ...
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Simeon B. Chittenden Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (March 29, 1814 – April 14, 1889) was a United States representative from New York. Early life Chittenden was born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut on March 29, 1814. He was the son of Abel Chittenden (177 ...
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Archibald M. Bliss Archibald Meserole Bliss (January 25, 1838 – March 19, 1923) was an American politician who served six terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1875 to 1883, and from 1885 to 1889. Biography Bliss was b ...
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Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the ...
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Smith Ely Jr. Smith Ely Jr. (April 17, 1825 – July 1, 1911) was the 82nd Mayor of New York City and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Early life He was born in Hanover Township, New Jersey, on April 17, 1825. His father, ...
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David Dudley Field David Dudley Field II (February 13, 1805April 13, 1894) was an American lawyer and law reformer who made major contributions to the development of Civil procedure in the United States, American civil procedure. His greatest accomplishment was ...
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Elijah Ward Elijah Ward (September 16, 1816 – February 7, 1882) was a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Early life Ward was born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York. He pursued classical studies at the Co ...
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Fernando Wood Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York City. He also represented the city for several terms in ...
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Abram S. Hewitt Abram Stevens Hewitt (July 31, 1822January 18, 1903) was an American politician, educator, ironmaking industrialist, and lawyer who was mayor of New York City for two years from 1887–1888. He also twice served as a U.S. Congressman from an ...
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George M. Beebe George Monroe Beebe (October 28, 1836 – March 1, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1875 to 1879. Biography Born in New Vernon, New York, Beebe was the son of Primitiv ...
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John H. Bagley Jr. John Holroyd Bagley Jr. (November 26, 1832 – October 23, 1902) was an American politician and a United States representative from New York, serving two non-consecutive terms from 1875 to 1877, and from 1883 to 1885. Biography Born in Hudson, Ne ...
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Martin I. Townsend Martin Ingham Townsend (February 6, 1810 – March 8, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Early life Townsend was born on February 6, 1810, in Hancock, Massachusetts. He was one of four children born to Nathaniel Townsen ...
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William A. Wheeler William Almon Wheeler (June 30, 1819June 4, 1887) was an American politician and attorney. He served as a United States representative from New York from 1861 to 1863 and 1869 to 1877, and the 19th vice president of the United States from 1877 t ...
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Scott Lord Scott Lord (December 11, 1820 – September 10, 1885) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1875 to 1877. Biography Born in Nelson, New York, Lord attended the common schools and ...
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Elias W. Leavenworth Elias Warner Leavenworth (December 20, 1803 – November 25, 1887) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography He was born in Canaan, New York, and lived there before moving to Great Barrington, Massachusetts in 1806. He graduated from Ya ...
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Clinton D. MacDougall Clinton Dugald MacDougall (June 14, 1839 – May 24, 1914) was a United States representative from New York. Life and career Born near Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who later settled in Auburn, New Yo ...
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Elbridge G. Lapham Elbridge Gerry Lapham (October 18, 1814January 8, 1890) was a U.S. Senator from New York from 1881–1885. Life Lapham attended the public schools and the Canandaigua Academy. He studied civil engineering and law and was admitted to the ba ...
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Thomas C. Platt Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt
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Charles C. B. Walker Charles Christopher Brainerd Walker (June 27, 1824 – January 26, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Drewsville, New Hampshire, near Bellows Falls, Vermont, Walker completed preparatory studies. He moved to Corning, New ...
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George G. Hoskins George Gilbert Hoskins (December 24, 1824 – June 12, 1893) was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of New York and United States Representative for the state of New York. Early life Hoskins was born in Bennington, ...
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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

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Alfred M. Waddell Alfred Moore Waddell (September 16, 1834 – March 17, 1912) was an American politician and white supremacist. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina between 1871 and 1879 and as mayor of Wilmi ...
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Joseph J. Davis Joseph Jonathan Davis (April 13, 1828 – August 7, 1892) was an American lawyer and judge who represented his native North Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1875 to 1881. Biography Born near the small North Carolina town of Louisburg, N ...
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Alfred M. Scales Alfred Moore Scales (November 26, 1827 – February 9, 1892) was a North Carolina state legislator, Confederate States Army, Confederate General officer, general in the American Civil War, and the List of Governors of North Carolina, 45th G ...
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William M. Robbins William McKendree Robbins (October 26, 1828 – May 5, 1905) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born in the old homestead near Trinity, North Carolina, Robbins pursued classical studies. H ...
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Robert B. Vance Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) and brother of Zebulon B. Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House ...
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Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

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Milton Sayler Milton Sayler (November 4, 1831 – November 17, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879. He was a cousin of Henry B. Sayler, who served in the U.S. Congress, re ...
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John A. McMahon John A. McMahon (February 19, 1833 – March 8, 1923) was a three-term United States Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1881. He was the nephew of Clement Vallandigham, another Representative from Ohio. Biography McMahon was born in Fre ...
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Americus V. Rice Americus Vespucius Rice (November 18, 1835 – April 4, 1904) was a nineteenth-century politician, banker, and businessman from Ohio. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was appointed brigadier general at the end of t ...
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Frank H. Hurd Frank Hunt Hurd (December 25, 1840 – July 10, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for three separate terms. Life and career Hurd was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was the son of Rollin C. Hurd, a local judge, and Mary B. Hurd, sister o ...
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Ansel T. Walling Ansel Tracy Walling (January 10, 1824 – June 22, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1877. Early life and career Born in Otsego County, New York, Walling moved to Eri ...
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Milton I. Southard Milton Isaiah Southard (October 20, 1836 – May 4, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Hanover, Ohio, Southard completed preparatory studies. He graduated from the Denison University, Granville, Ohio where he studied law. He was ...
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Nelson H. Van Vorhes Nelson Holmes Van Vorhes (January 23, 1822 – December 4, 1882) was an American newspaperman and politician who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1875 to 1879. Biography Born in Wa ...
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Lorenzo Danford Lorenzo Dow Danford (October 18, 1829 – June 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Washington Township, Belmont ...
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Laurin D. Woodworth Laurin Dewey Woodworth (September 10, 1837 – March 13, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and member of the Woodworth political family. Biography Education Woodworth was born in Windham, Ohio, Woodworth attended the common schools, Wi ...
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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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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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Henry B. Payne Henry B. Payne (November 30, 1810September 9, 1896) was an American politician from Ohio. Moving to Ohio from his native New York in 1833, he quickly established himself in law and business while becoming a local leader in Democratic politics. ...
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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 ...

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Lafayette Lane Lafayette Lane (November 12, 1842 – November 23, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, US Representative from the U.S. state of Oregon from 1875 to 1877. He was the son ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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Chapman Freeman Chapman Freeman (October 8, 1832 – March 22, 1904) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Chapman Freeman was born in Philadelphia. In 1851, he graduated from Central High School as a "distin ...
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Samuel J. Randall Samuel Jackson Randall (October 10, 1828April 13, 1890) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the Queen Village, Society Hill, and Northern Liberties neighborhoods of Philadelphia from 1863 to 1890 and served as the 29th ...
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William D. Kelley William Darrah Kelley (April 12, 1814 – January 9, 1890) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1861 to 1890. He ...
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Washington Townsend Washington Townsend (January 20, 1813 – March 18, 1894) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and career Washington Townsend was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. His father was bota ...
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Hiester Clymer Hiester Clymer (November 3, 1827 – June 12, 1884) was an American political leader from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty and the Democratic Party. He was the nephew of William Muhlenberg Hi ...
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William Mutchler William Mutchler (December 21, 1831 – June 23, 1893) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography William Mutchler (father of Howard Mutchler) was born in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania. He attended ...
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John B. Packer John Black Packer (March 21, 1824 – July 7, 1891) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography John B. Packer was born in Sunbury, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1824. Initially a private student, he la ...
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Sobieski Ross Sobieski Ross (May 16, 1828 – October 24, 1877) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Sobieski Ross was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Coudersport Academy. H ...
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William Stenger William Shearer Stenger (February 13, 1840 – March 29, 1918) was an American Democratic Party politician. William S. Stenger was born in Fort Loudon, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancas ...
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Levi Maish Levi Maish (November 22, 1837 – February 26, 1899) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Levi Maish was born in Conewago Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common school ...
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Levi A. Mackey Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania. Mackey was born in White Deer Township, Pennsylvania, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated f ...
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Jacob Turney Jacob Turney (February 18, 1825 – October 4, 1891) was an American lawyer and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district from 1875 to 187 ...
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George A. Jenks George Augustus Jenks (March 26, 1836 – February 10, 1908) was a politician from Pennsylvania. He served in Congress and as Solicitor General of the United States. Life and career George Jenks was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on March ...
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James Sheakley James Sheakley (April 24, 1829December 10, 1917) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1893 to 1897. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1 ...
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Albert G. Egbert Albert Gallatin Egbert (April 13, 1828 – March 28, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Albert G. Egbert was born near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and G ...
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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 ...

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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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Latimer W. Ballou Latimer Whipple Ballou (March 1, 1812 – May 9, 1900) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Biography Latimer Whipple Ballou was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island on March 1, 1812. He attended the ...
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South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

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Joseph Rainey Joseph Hayne Rainey (June 21, 1832 – August 1, 1887) was an American politician. He was the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives and the second black person (after Hiram Revels) to serve in the United State ...
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Charles W. Buttz Charles Wilson Buttz (November 16, 1837 – July 20, 1913) was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Early life Born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Buttz moved with his parents to White Township, New Jersey ...
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Solomon L. Hoge Solomon Lafayette Hoge (July 11, 1836 – February 23, 1909) was a lawyer, soldier, judge and politician in Ohio and South Carolina. Hoge was born in Pickrelltown, Ohio, and he received his early childhood education at the public schools in ...
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Alexander S. Wallace Alexander Stuart Wallace (December 30, 1810 – June 27, 1893) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. The son of American colonial immigrant McCasland Wallace (born at sea on the Atlantic Ocean to a Scots-Irish family on their way t ...
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Robert Smalls Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and maritime pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina, he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil W ...
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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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Samuel M. Fite Samuel McClary Fite (June 12, 1816 – October 23, 1875) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Biography Samuel McClary Fite was born the son of Jacob an ...
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John M. Bright John Morgan Bright (January 20, 1817October 2, 1911) was an American politician that served as an U.S. Representative from Tennessee. Biography Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Bright was the son of James and Nancy Morgan Bright. He attended th ...
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Washington C. Whitthorne Washington Curran Whitthorne (April 19, 1825September 21, 1891) was a Tennessee Lawyer, attorney, United States Democratic Party, Democratic politician, and an Adjutant General in the Confederate Army. Early life and career Whitthorne was born ...
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John D. C. Atkins John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (June 4, 1825 – June 2, 1908) was an American slave owner, politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee. Biography Johnathan Atkins was born at ...
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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 ...

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David B. Culberson David Browning Culberson (September 29, 1830 – May 7, 1900) was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Early years Culberson was born in Troup County, Georgia, on Se ...
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James W. Throckmorton James Webb Throckmorton (February 1, 1825April 21, 1894) was an American politician who served as the 12th governor of Texas from 1866 to 1867 during the early days of Reconstruction. He was a United States Congressman from Texas from 1875 to 1 ...
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Roger Q. Mills Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
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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 the ...
(D) : . Gustave Schleicher (D)


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 ...

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


Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

: . Beverly B. Douglas (D) : .
John Goode Jr. John Goode Jr. (May 27, 1829 – July 14, 1909) was a Virginia attorney and Democratic politician. He served in both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress, and was a colonel in the Confederate Army. He was Solicitor Gener ...
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Gilbert C. Walker Gilbert Carlton Walker (August 1, 1833 – May 11, 1885) was a United States of America, United States political figure. He served as the List of Governors of Virginia, 36th Governor of Virginia, first as a Republican Party (United States), Rep ...
(D) : . William H. H. Stowell (R) : .
George Cabell George Craighead Cabell (January 25, 1836 – June 23, 1906) was a nineteenth-century congressman, lawyer and editor from Virginia. Early and family life Born in Danville, Virginia, Cabell attended Danville Academy and later the University ...
(D) : . John R. Tucker (D) : .
John T. Harris John Thomas Harris (May 8, 1823 – October 14, 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was often referred to after the American Civil War as "Judge Harris", even after his election to Congress. He was ...
(D) : . Eppa Hutton, II (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 Bur ...

: . Benjamin Wilson (D) : .
Charles J. Faulkner Charles James Faulkner (July 6, 1806 – November 1, 1884) was a politician, planter, and lawyer from Berkeley County, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia) who served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and as a U.S. Congressman. ...
(D) : . Frank Hereford (D), until January 31, 1877


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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Charles G. Williams Charles Grandison Williams (October 18, 1829March 30, 1892) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He represented the state of Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives, from 1873 to 1883, and was chairman ...
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Lucien B. Caswell Lucien Bonaparte Caswell (November 27, 1827April 26, 1919) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served 14 years in the United States House of Representatives between 1875 and 1891, representing parts of southeast Wisconsin. Biog ...
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Henry S. Magoon Henry Sterling Magoon (January 31, 1832March 3, 1889) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Biography Born in M ...
(R) : . William P. Lynde (D) : . Samuel D. Burchard (D) : .
Alanson M. Kimball Alanson Mellen Kimball (March 12, 1827May 26, 1913) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. He also served one term in the Wisconsin Senate, repr ...
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Jeremiah M. Rusk Jeremiah McLain Rusk (June 17, 1830November 21, 1893) was an American Republican politician. He was the second United States secretary of agriculture (1889–1893) and the 15th governor of Wisconsin (1882–1889), and served three terms ...
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George W. Cate George Washington Cate (September 17, 1825 – March 7, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 8th congressional district in the Forty-fourth Congress. ...
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Non-voting members

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Hiram S. Stevens Hiram Sanford Stevens (March 20, 1832 – March 22, 1893) was an American businessman and politician. He served two terms as Arizona Territory's Delegate (United States Congress), delegate in the United States House of Representatives and three t ...
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Thomas M. Patterson Thomas MacDonald Patterson (November 4, 1839 – July 23, 1916) was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Colorado. Early life Patters ...
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Jefferson P. Kidder Jefferson Parish Kidder (June 4, 1815 – October 2, 1883) was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives. Kidder was the only Democratic lieutenant ...
(R) : . Thomas W. Bennett (I), until June 23, 1876 :: Stephen S. Fenn (D), from June 23, 1876 : .
Martin Maginnis Martin Maginnis (October 27, 1841 – March 27, 1919) was a nineteenth-century politician, soldier, publisher, editor and miner from Minnesota and the Montana Territory. Origins and early life Maginnis was born in 1841 on his family's farm ...
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Stephen B. Elkins Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893. He served in the United States Congress as a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexi ...
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George Q. Cannon George Quayle Cannon (January 11, 1827 – April 12, 1901) was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and served in the First Presidency under four successive pr ...
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Orange Jacobs Orange Jacobs (May 2, 1827 – May 21, 1914) was an American lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. His career in government centered on the Territory of Washington, for which he served as a delegate to the U.S. Congress, chief justice of t ...
(R) : . William R. Steele (D)


Changes in membership

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


Senate

* Replacements: 4 ** Democratic: 1 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 ...
: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 1 * Vacancy: 1 * Interim appointments: 3 * Seats of newly admitted states: 2 *Total seats with changes: 7 , - ,
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) , Vacant , Senate had declined to seat rival claimants William L. McMillen and
P. B. S. Pinchback Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback (May 10, 1837 – December 21, 1921) was an American publisher, politician, and Union Army officer. Pinchback was the second African American (after Oscar Dunn) to serve as governor and lieutenant governor of a U ...
. Successor elected January 12, 1876. , nowrap ,
James B. Eustis James Biddle Eustis (August 27, 1834September 9, 1899) was a United States senator from Louisiana who served as President Grover Cleveland, Cleveland's U.S. Ambassador to France, ambassador to France. Early life Born in New Orleans, he was the ...
(D) , January 10, 1876 , - ,
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) , nowrap ,
Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808July 31, 1875) was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a Dem ...
(D) , Died July 31, 1875.
Successor appointed August 18, 1875, to continue the term. , nowrap ,
David M. Key David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennesse ...
(D) , August 18, 1875 , - ,
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 ...
(3) , nowrap ,
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 ...
(R) , Died November 21, 1875.
Successor appointed November 27, 1875, to continue the term. , nowrap ,
James E. English James Edward English (March 13, 1812 – March 2, 1890) was a United States Representative and later U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Governor of Connecticut. Early life and education English was born in New Haven, Connecticut and atten ...
(D) , November 27, 1875 , - ,
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 ...
(3) , nowrap ,
James E. English James Edward English (March 13, 1812 – March 2, 1890) was a United States Representative and later U.S. Senator from Connecticut, and Governor of Connecticut. Early life and education English was born in New Haven, Connecticut and atten ...
(D) , Interim appointee retired May 17, 1876 when successor elected.
Successor elected May 17, 1876. , nowrap , William H. Barnum (D) , May 18, 1876 , - ,
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 ...
(2) , nowrap ,
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) , Resigned July 7, 1876 to become
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
.
Successor appointed July 10, 1876, to continue the term.
Interim appointee later elected January 17, 1877. , nowrap ,
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) , July 10, 1876 , - ,
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 ...
(1) , nowrap ,
Allen T. Caperton Allen Taylor Caperton (November 21, 1810 – July 26, 1876) was an American politician who was a United States senator from the State of West Virginia in 1875–1876. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He had been in the Virginia House ...
(D) , Died July 26, 1876.
Successor appointed August 26, 1876, to continue the term. , nowrap ,
Samuel Price Samuel Price (July 28, 1805February 25, 1884) was Virginia lawyer and politician, who helped to establish the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War and became Lieutenant Governor, and later a United States senator. Early and fami ...
(D) , August 26, 1876 , - ,
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
(2) , New seat , Colorado admitted to the Union August 1, 1876.
First senator elected November 15, 1876 , nowrap ,
Henry M. Teller Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
(R) , November 15, 1876 , - ,
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
(3) , New seat , Colorado admitted to the Union August 1, 1876.
First senator elected November 15, 1876 , nowrap , Jerome B. Chaffee (R) , November 15, 1876 , - ,
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) , nowrap ,
David M. Key David McKendree Key (January 27, 1824 – February 3, 1900) was a United States senator from Tennessee, United States Postmaster General and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennesse ...
(D) , Interim appointee lost special election.
Successor elected January 19, 1877. , nowrap ,
James E. Bailey James Edmund Bailey (August 15, 1822December 29, 1885) was an American United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States Senate, United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881. Early life and education Bailey was born in Montgome ...
(D) , January 19, 1877 , - ,
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 ...
(1) , nowrap ,
Samuel Price Samuel Price (July 28, 1805February 25, 1884) was Virginia lawyer and politician, who helped to establish the state of West Virginia during the American Civil War and became Lieutenant Governor, and later a United States senator. Early and fami ...
(D) , Interim appointee lost special election.
Successor elected January 26, 1877, but seat remained vacant until successor qualified by resigning from the U.S. House on January 31, 1877. , nowrap , Frank Hereford (D) , January 31, 1877


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 14 ** 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: 9 * Resignations: 6 * Contested election: 5 * Seats of newly admitted states: 1 *Total seats with changes: 21 , - , , Vacant , Rep-elect Garnett McMillan died before taking seat , nowrap ,
Benjamin H. Hill Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics, and the Civil War. He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses. Although he had opposed secession, he st ...
(D) , May 5, 1875 , - , , Vacant , Rep.
Samuel F. Hersey Samuel Freeman Hersey (April 12, 1812 – February 3, 1875) was a politician and "lumber baron" from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in the Maine State Senate and as a United States Congressman from the district which included his hometown of ...
died during previous congress , nowrap ,
Harris M. Plaisted Harris Merrill Plaisted (November 2, 1828 – January 31, 1898) was an attorney, politician, and Union Army officer from Maine. As colonel, he commanded the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. After the war, he ...
(R) , September 13, 1875 , - , , Vacant , Rep.-elect
Augustus F. Allen Augustus Franklin Allen (December 13, 1813 – January 20, 1875) was elected as a member of the United States Congress from New York's 33rd congressional district (Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties) in 1874. Allen died before he was able t ...
died before taking seat , nowrap , Nelson I. Norton (R) , December 6, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,
James Buffington James Lawrence Buffington (born May 15, 1922, Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania; died July 20, 1981, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American jazz, studio, and classical hornist. Buffington was a busy studio and jazz player on the French horn. He was ...
(R) , Died March 7, 1875 , nowrap ,
William W. Crapo William Wallace Crapo (May 16, 1830 – February 28, 1926) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Buffinton. He served slightly more than th ...
(R) , November 2, 1875 , - , , nowrap , George A. La Dow (D) , Died May 1, 1875 , nowrap ,
Lafayette Lane Lafayette Lane (November 12, 1842 – November 23, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, US Representative from the U.S. state of Oregon from 1875 to 1877. He was the son ...
(D) , October 25, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,
Samuel M. Fite Samuel McClary Fite (June 12, 1816 – October 23, 1875) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Biography Samuel McClary Fite was born the son of Jacob an ...
(D) , Died October 23, 1875 , nowrap , Haywood Y. Riddle (D) , December 14, 1875 , - , , nowrap ,
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) , Died January 28, 1876 , nowrap ,
John T. Wait John Turner Wait (August 27, 1811 – April 21, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Biography Born in New London, Connecticut, Wait moved with his mother to Norwich, Connecticut. He attended the common schools and Trinity ...
(R) , April 12, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
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 ...
(R) , Lost contested election April 19, 1876 , nowrap ,
Jesse J. Finley Jesse Johnson Finley (November 18, 1812 – November 6, 1904) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida, following the reco ...
(D) , April 19, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
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 ...
(R) , Lost contested election May 6, 1876 , nowrap ,
John V. Le Moyne John Valcoulon Le Moyne (November 17, 1828 – July 27, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Life and career Le Moyne was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, the son of Madeleine Romaine (Bureau) and Francis Julius LeMoyne. Le Moyne at ...
(D) , May 6, 1876 , - , , nowrap , William H. Barnum (D) , Resigned May 18, 1876, 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 powe ...
, nowrap , Levi Warner (D) , December 4, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
Frank Morey Frank Morey (July 11, 1840 – September 22, 1890) was an American planter, politician, and soldier in the Union Army (1861–1865), reaching the rank of colonel; afterward he moved to Louisiana, where he became a planter and sold insurance ...
(R) , Lost contested election June 8, 1876 , nowrap ,
William B. Spencer William Brainerd Spencer (February 5, 1835 – February 12, 1882) was an attorney and politician of the planter class, elected as U.S. Representative from Louisiana in 1876, in a contested election decided in his favor and against the Republic ...
(D) , June 8, 1876 , - , , nowrap , Thomas W. Bennett (I) , Lost contested election June 23, 1876 , nowrap , Stephen S. Fenn (D) , June 23, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
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) , Resigned July 10, 1876, after being appointed 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 powe ...
, nowrap ,
Edwin Flye Edwin Flye (March 4, 1817 – July 12, 1886) was an American politician, merchant, banker, bank president, and shipbuilder from Maine. Early life Born in Newcastle, Massachusetts (now in Maine), Flye attended the common schools and Linc ...
(R) , December 4, 1876 , - , , nowrap , Edward Y. Parsons (D) , Died July 8, 1876 , nowrap ,
Henry Watterson Henry Watterson (February 16, 1840 – December 22, 1921), the son of a U.S. Congressman from Tennessee, became a prominent journalist in Louisville, Kentucky, as well as a Confederate soldier, author and partial term U.S. Congressman. A Democr ...
(D) , August 12, 1876 , - , , nowrap , Winthrop W. Ketcham (R) , Resigned July 19, 1876, after being appointed judge to the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, W.D. Pa.) is a federal trial court that sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal ...
, nowrap , William H. Stanton (D) , November 7, 1876 , - , , nowrap , Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR) , style="font-size:80%" , Seat declared vacant July 19, 1876 , nowrap ,
Charles W. Buttz Charles Wilson Buttz (November 16, 1837 – July 20, 1913) was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Early life Born in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, Buttz moved with his parents to White Township, New Jersey ...
(R) , November 7, 1876 , - , , nowrap , Rufus S. Frost (R) , Lost contested election July 28, 1876 , nowrap ,
Josiah G. Abbott Josiah Gardner Abbott (November 1, 1814 – June 2, 1891) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Early life Abbott was born in C ...
(D) , July 28, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
Thomas M. Patterson Thomas MacDonald Patterson (November 4, 1839 – July 23, 1916) was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Colorado. Early life Patters ...
(D) , Colorado admitted to the Union August 1, 1876 , colspan=2 , Statehood achieved , - , , New seat , Colorado admitted to the Union August 1, 1876. Seat remained vacant until October 3, 1876. , nowrap , James B. Belford (R) , October 3, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
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 Titus ...
(D) , Died August 19, 1876 , nowrap ,
Nathan T. Carr Nathan Tracy Carr (December 25, 1833 – May 28, 1885) was an American lawyer and American Civil War, Civil War veteran who served briefly as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1876 to 1877. Biograp ...
(D) , December 15, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
James D. Williams James Douglas Williams (January 16, 1808November 20, 1880), nicknamed ''Blue Jeans Bill'', was an American farmer and Democratic politician who held public office in Indiana for four decades, and was the only farmer elected as the governor of ...
(D) , Resigned December 1, 1876, after being elected
Governor of Indiana The governor of Indiana is the head of government of the State of Indiana. The governor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the functions of many agencies of the Indiana state government ...
, nowrap , Andrew Humphreys (D) , December 5, 1876 , - , , nowrap ,
Smith Ely Jr. Smith Ely Jr. (April 17, 1825 – July 1, 1911) was the 82nd Mayor of New York City and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Early life He was born in Hanover Township, New Jersey, on April 17, 1825. His father, ...
(D) , Resigned December 11, 1876 , nowrap , David D. Field II (D) , January 11, 1877 , - , , nowrap ,
William B. Spencer William Brainerd Spencer (February 5, 1835 – February 12, 1882) was an attorney and politician of the planter class, elected as U.S. Representative from Louisiana in 1876, in a contested election decided in his favor and against the Republic ...
(D) , Resigned January 8, 1877, to become an associate justice of the
Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...
, Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap , Frank Hereford (D) , Resigned January 31, 1877, 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 powe ...
, Vacant , Not filled this term , - , , nowrap ,
Benjamin H. Hill Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics, and the Civil War. He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses. Although he had opposed secession, he st ...
(D) , Resigned March 3, 1877, 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 powe ...
, Vacant , Not filled this term


Committees


Senate

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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 to ...
(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 e ...
; Ranking Member:
Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis (November 16, 1823 – March 11, 1916) was a millionaire and Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. Born on a farm in Howard County, Maryland, he bec ...
) * Appropriations (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Claims Claim may refer to: * Claim (legal) * Claim of Right Act 1689 * Claims-based identity * Claim (philosophy) * Land claim * A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law * Patent claim * The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton * A righ ...
(Chairman:
George G. Wright George Grover Wright (March 24, 1820January 11, 1896) was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he attended private schools and graduated from In ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel J.R. McMillan Samuel James Renwick McMillan (February 22, 1826October 3, 1897) was an American lawyer, judge and Republican politician. He served on the Minnesota District Court, the Minnesota Supreme Court and as U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Life and career ...
) *
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:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel J.R. McMillan Samuel James Renwick McMillan (February 22, 1826October 3, 1897) was an American lawyer, judge and Republican politician. He served on the Minnesota District Court, the Minnesota Supreme Court and as U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Life and career ...
) * Counting the Electoral Vote (Select) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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William Sharon William Tang Sharon (January 9, 1821November 13, 1885) was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode. Early life Sharon was born in Smithfield, Ohio, January 9, 1821, the son of Willi ...
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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 ...
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Henry B. Anthony Henry Bowen Anthony (April 1, 1815 – September 2, 1884) was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as editor and was later part owner of the ''Providence Journal''. He was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island, serving betwee ...
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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 ...
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Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
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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 ...
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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 mu ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 range ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Ambrose E. Burnside Ambrose Everett Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) was an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War and three times Governor of Rhode Island, as well as being a successful inventor ...
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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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William Sharon William Tang Sharon (January 9, 1821November 13, 1885) was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode. Early life Sharon was born in Smithfield, Ohio, January 9, 1821, the son of Willi ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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George S. Boutwell George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachuse ...
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Joseph E. McDonald Joseph Ewing McDonald (August 29, 1819 – June 21, 1891) was an United States of America, American politician who served as a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Indiana. He also served as Indiana's 2nd India ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
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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 ...
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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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Pensions A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...
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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 ...
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Blanche Bruce Blanche Kelso Bruce (March 1, 1841March 17, 1898) was born into slavery in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and went on to become a politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881. He was the f ...
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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 ...
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Algernon S. Paddock Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood. Biography Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His f ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 Americ ...
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Samuel J.R. McMillan Samuel James Renwick McMillan (February 22, 1826October 3, 1897) was an American lawyer, judge and Republican politician. He served on the Minnesota District Court, the Minnesota Supreme Court and as U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Life and career ...
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Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remem ...
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Newton Booth Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician. Early life Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina and Beebe Booth
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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 ...
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Richard J. Oglesby Richard James Oglesby (July 25, 1824April 24, 1899) was an American soldier and Republican politician from Illinois, The town of Oglesby, Illinois, is named in his honor, as is an elementary school situated in the Auburn Gresham neighborhoo ...
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Newton Booth Newton Booth (December 30, 1825July 14, 1892) was an American entrepreneur and politician. Early life Born to Hannah (née Pitts) of North Carolina and Beebe Booth
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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 Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
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Joseph R. West Joseph Rodman West (September 19, 1822 – October 31, 1898) was a United States senator from Louisiana, a Union general in the United States Army during and after the American Civil War and the chief executive of the District of Columbia. As a ...
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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 ...
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George S. Boutwell George Sewall Boutwell (January 28, 1818 – February 27, 1905) was an American politician, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served as Secretary of the Treasury under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant, the 20th Governor of Massachuse ...
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John W. Stevenson John White Stevenson (May 4, 1812August 10, 1886) was the 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the House and U.S. diplomat Andrew Stevenson, John Stevenson gradua ...
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George G. Wright George Grover Wright (March 24, 1820January 11, 1896) was a pioneer lawyer, Iowa Supreme Court justice, law professor, and Republican United States Senator from Iowa. Born in Bloomington, Indiana, he attended private schools and graduated from In ...
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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 perta ...
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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 ...
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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 an ...
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William Sharon William Tang Sharon (January 9, 1821November 13, 1885) was a United States senator, banker, and business owner from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode. Early life Sharon was born in Smithfield, Ohio, January 9, 1821, the son of Willi ...
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George G. Hoskins George Gilbert Hoskins (December 24, 1824 – June 12, 1893) was an American politician who served as the Lieutenant Governor of New York and United States Representative for the state of New York. Early life Hoskins was born in Bennington, ...
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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 to ...
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John H. Caldwell John Homer Caldwell (born November 28, 1928) is a retired American nordic skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, then became a cross-country ski coach and authority on cross-country skiing. He wrote a series of books that helped popula ...
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William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
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Otho R. Singleton Otho Robards Singleton (October 14, 1814 – January 11, 1889) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Born near Nicholasville, Kentucky, Singleton attended th ...
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Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the ...
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Scott Wike Scott Wike (April 6, 1834 – January 15, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Wike moved with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844. He graduated from Lombard Universit ...
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Claims Claim may refer to: * Claim (legal) * Claim of Right Act 1689 * Claims-based identity * Claim (philosophy) * Land claim * A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law * Patent claim * The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton * A righ ...
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John M. Bright John Morgan Bright (January 20, 1817October 2, 1911) was an American politician that served as an U.S. Representative from Tennessee. Biography Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Bright was the son of James and Nancy Morgan Bright. He attended th ...
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Alexander H. Stephens Alexander Hamilton Stephens (February 11, 1812 – March 4, 1883) was an American politician who served as the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and later as the 50th governor of Georgia from 1882 until his death in 1 ...
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Levi Maish Levi Maish (November 22, 1837 – February 26, 1899) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Levi Maish was born in Conewago Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common school ...
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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 ...
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Elijah Ward Elijah Ward (September 16, 1816 – February 7, 1882) was a U.S. Congressman during the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era. Early life Ward was born in Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York. He pursued classical studies at the Co ...
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Henry Myer Phillips Henry Myer Phillips (June 30, 1811 – August 28, 1884) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was Pennsylvania's second Jewish congressman. Life Phillips was born in Philadelphia. He attended the ...
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Aylett H. Buckner Aylett Hawes Buckner (December 14, 1816 – February 5, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, nephew of Aylett Hawes and cousin of Richard Hawes and Albert Gallatin Hawes. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Buckner attended Georgetown ...
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George Willard George Willard (March 20, 1824 – March 26, 1901) was a politician and newspaperman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and was also instrumental in opening the University of Michigan to ...
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Gilbert C. Walker Gilbert Carlton Walker (August 1, 1833 – May 11, 1885) was a United States of America, United States political figure. He served as the List of Governors of Virginia, 36th Governor of Virginia, first as a Republican Party (United States), Rep ...
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Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
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John T. Harris John Thomas Harris (May 8, 1823 – October 14, 1899) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was often referred to after the American Civil War as "Judge Harris", even after his election to Congress. He was ...
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William Mutchler William Mutchler (December 21, 1831 – June 23, 1893) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography William Mutchler (father of Howard Mutchler) was born in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania. He attended ...
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Laurin D. Woodworth Laurin Dewey Woodworth (September 10, 1837 – March 13, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and member of the Woodworth political family. Biography Education Woodworth was born in Windham, Ohio, Woodworth attended the common schools, Wi ...
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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 ...
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George M. Beebe George Monroe Beebe (October 28, 1836 – March 1, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1875 to 1879. Biography Born in New Vernon, New York, Beebe was the son of Primitiv ...
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John H. Burleigh John Holmes Burleigh (October 9, 1822 – December 5, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician, sailor, manufacturer and banker from Maine. He was the son of the former U.S. representative from Maine, William Burleigh, who also represented ...
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John M. Bright John Morgan Bright (January 20, 1817October 2, 1911) was an American politician that served as an U.S. Representative from Tennessee. Biography Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Bright was the son of James and Nancy Morgan Bright. He attended th ...
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Foreign Affairs ''Foreign Affairs'' is an American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy published by the Council on Foreign Relations, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and ...
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Thomas Swann Thomas Swann (February 3, 1809 – July 24, 1883) was an American lawyer and Politics of the United States, politician who also was President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as it completed track to Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling and gaine ...
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William H. Forney William Henry Forney (November 9, 1823 – January 16, 1894) was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893. E ...
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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 ...
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Alfred M. Scales Alfred Moore Scales (November 26, 1827 – February 9, 1892) was a North Carolina state legislator, Confederate States Army, Confederate General officer, general in the American Civil War, and the List of Governors of North Carolina, 45th G ...
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Lafayette Lane Lafayette Lane (November 12, 1842 – November 23, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, US Representative from the U.S. state of Oregon from 1875 to 1877. He was the son ...
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George A. Jenks George Augustus Jenks (March 26, 1836 – February 10, 1908) was a politician from Pennsylvania. He served in Congress and as Solicitor General of the United States. Life and career George Jenks was born in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on March ...
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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 ...
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J. Proctor Knott James Proctor Knott (August 29, 1830 – June 18, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as the 29th Governor of Kentucky from 1883 to 1887. Born in Kentucky, he moved to Missouri in 1850 and began his political career the ...
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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 ...
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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 range ...
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Albert G. Egbert Albert Gallatin Egbert (April 13, 1828 – March 28, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Albert G. Egbert was born near Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and G ...
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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 ...
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Augustus A. Hardenbergh Augustus Albert Hardenbergh (May 18, 1830 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – October 5, 1889 in Jersey City, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House ...
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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 ...
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Richard P. Bland Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, representing ...
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E. John Ellis Ezekiel John Ellis (October 15, 1840 – April 25, 1889) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. He fought in the American Civil War for the Confederate States of America from 1861–1863; during t ...
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James Sheakley James Sheakley (April 24, 1829December 10, 1917) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1893 to 1897. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1 ...
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Washington C. Whitthorne Washington Curran Whitthorne (April 19, 1825September 21, 1891) was a Tennessee Lawyer, attorney, United States Democratic Party, Democratic politician, and an Adjutant General in the Confederate Army. Early life and career Whitthorne was born ...
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Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II (September 17, 1825January 23, 1893) was an American politician, diplomat, and jurist. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in both houses of Congress, served as the United States Sec ...
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Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
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Robert B. Vance Robert Brank Vance (April 24, 1828 – November 28, 1899), nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance (1793–1827) and brother of Zebulon B. Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House ...
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John B. Clark Jr. John Bullock Clark Jr. (January 14, 1831 – September 7, 1903) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term U.S. Congressman from Missouri. Biography Clark was born in Fayette, Missou ...
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William F. Slemons William Ferguson Slemons (March 15, 1830 – December 10, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Biography Born in Dresden, Tennessee, Slemons attended Bethel College. He moved to Arkansas in 1852. He studied law, including at Cum ...
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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 ...
; Ranking Member: Lucien L. Ainsworth) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
William S. Holman William Steele Holman (September 6, 1822 – April 22, 1897) was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 ...
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Casey Young Hiram Casey Young (December 14, 1828 – August 17, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 10th congressional district, 10th congressional district of Tennessee. ...
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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 ...
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Milton Sayler Milton Sayler (November 4, 1831 – November 17, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879. He was a cousin of Henry B. Sayler, who served in the U.S. Congress, re ...
; Ranking Member:
Lafayette Lane Lafayette Lane (November 12, 1842 – November 23, 1896) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, US Representative from the U.S. state of Oregon from 1875 to 1877. He was the son ...
) * Railways and Canals (Chairman: Thomas L. Jones; Ranking Member:
Levi A. Mackey Levi Augustus Mackey (November 25, 1819 – February 8, 1889) was a United States representative from Pennsylvania. Mackey was born in White Deer Township, Pennsylvania, White Deer Township, Union County, Pennsylvania. In 1837, he graduated f ...
) * Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: John O. Whitehouse; Ranking Member: Augustus W. Cutler) * Revision of Laws (Chairman:
Milton J. Durham Milton Jameson Durham (May 16, 1824 – February 12, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as Comptroller of the Treasury, First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of Presi ...
; Ranking Member:
Milton J. Durham Milton Jameson Durham (May 16, 1824 – February 12, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky and served as Comptroller of the Treasury, First Comptroller of the Treasury in the administration of Presi ...
) * Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman:
Eppa Hunton Eppa Hunton II (September 24, 1822October 11, 1908) was a Virginia lawyer and soldier who rose to become a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a Democrat in both the United States ...
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John G. Schumaker John Godfrey Schumaker (June 27, 1826 – November 23, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States representative from United States Congressional Delegations from New York, New York from 1869 to 1871. ...
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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 perta ...
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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 Titus ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to the ...
) * Standards of Official Conduct *
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 an ...
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Milton I. Southard Milton Isaiah Southard (October 20, 1836 – May 4, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Hanover, Ohio, Southard completed preparatory studies. He graduated from the Denison University, Granville, Ohio where he studied law. He was ...
; Ranking Member:
Peter D. Wigginton Peter Dinwiddie Wigginton (September 6, 1839 – July 7, 1890) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from California during the 1870s. Biography Born in Springfield, Illinois, Wigginton moved to Wisconsin ...
) * War Claims (Chairman:
John R. Eden John Rice Eden (February 1, 1826 – June 9, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Bath County, Kentucky, Eden moved with his parents to Indiana. He attended public schools, and later studied law. He was admitted to the b ...
; Ranking Member:
John H. Caldwell John Homer Caldwell (born November 28, 1928) is a retired American nordic skier who competed in the 1952 Winter Olympics, then became a cross-country ski coach and authority on cross-country skiing. He wrote a series of books that helped popula ...
) * Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Morrison; Ranking Member:
Chester W. Chapin Chester William Chapin (December 16, 1798 – June 10, 1883) was an American businessman, president of the Boston and Albany Railroad from 1868 to 1878, and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts. He was a multimillionaire at his death in 1883, an ...
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Joint committees

* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep.
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 ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
Harris M. Plaisted Harris Merrill Plaisted (November 2, 1828 – January 31, 1898) was an attorney, politician, and Union Army officer from Maine. As colonel, he commanded the 11th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. After the war, he ...
) * Frame a Form of Government for the District of Columbia * Investigate Chinese Immigration * The Library (Chairman: Rep.
Hiester Clymer Hiester Clymer (November 3, 1827 – June 12, 1884) was an American political leader from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty and the Democratic Party. He was the nephew of William Muhlenberg Hi ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
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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Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
(Chairman: Rep. John L. Vance; Vice Chairmam: Rep.
Latimer W. Ballou Latimer Whipple Ballou (March 1, 1812 – May 9, 1900) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Biography Latimer Whipple Ballou was born in Cumberland, Rhode Island on March 1, 1812. He attended the ...
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Caucuses

* Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)


Employees


Legislative branch agency directors

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Architect of the Capitol The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex. It is an agency of the legislative branch of the federal government and is ...
: Edward Clark *
Librarian of Congress The Librarian of Congress is the head of the Library of Congress, appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, for a term of ten years. In addition to overseeing the library, the Libra ...
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Ainsworth Rand Spofford Ainsworth Rand Spofford (September 12, 1825 – August 11, 1908) was an American journalist, prolific writer and the sixth Librarian of Congress. He served as librarian from 1864 to 1897 under the administration of ten presidents. A great admir ...
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Public Printer of the United States The Public Printer of the United States was the head of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). Pursuant to , this officer was nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the United States Senate. In December 2014, ...
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Almon M. Clapp Almon Mason Clapp (September 14, 1811 – April 9, 1899) was an American printer and politician, and the first person to hold the title Public Printer of the United States, from 1876 to 1877. Biography Clapp was born in Killingly, Connecticut i ...
, from 1876


Senate

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Byron Sunderland Byron Sunderland (November 22, 1819 – June 30, 1901) was an American Presbyterian minister, author, and Chaplain of the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Biography Sunderland was born on November 22, 1819, to Asa and Oliv ...
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Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...
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Librarian A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over time, ...
: George F. Dawson *
Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a w ...
:
George C. Gorham George Congdon Gorham (July 5, 1832 – February 11, 1909) was a Republican California politician, newspaper editor, and author. Gorham ran in 1867 under the Republican ticket in the Californian gubernatorial race. He lost, however, to Democra ...
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Sergeant at Arms Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other uni ...
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John R. French John Robert French (May 28, 1819 – October 2, 1890) was an American publisher, editor and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician. He served as a United States House of Representatives, Congressional Representative from ...


House of Representatives

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John George Butler John George Butler (January 28, 1826 – August 2, 1909) was a prominent Lutheran clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate and as Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives. Early years John George Butler was born in Cumberlan ...
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Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
), until December 6, 1875 ** I. L. Townsend (
Episcopalian Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the l ...
), from December 6, 1875 *
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Edward McPherson Edward McPherson (July 31, 1830 – December 14, 1895) was an American newspaper editor and politician who served two terms in the United States House of Representatives, as well as multiple terms as the Clerk of the House of Representatives ...
, until December 6, 1875 **
George M. Adams George Madison Adams (December 20, 1837 – April 6, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of Green Adams, and slaveowner. Early years Adams was born in Barbourville, Knox County, Kentucky, on December 20, 1837. He received ...
, elected December 6, 1875 * Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: William H. Scudder * Doorkeeper: Lafayette H. Fitzhugh *
Postmaster A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activities in a specific post office. When a postmaster is responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government), ...
: James M. Steuart * Reading Clerks:
Thomas S. Pettit Thomas Stevenson Pettit (December 21, 1843November 29, 1931) was a newspaper publisher and politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. Orphaned at age ten, he found work in a printing house in his hometown of Frankfort. In 1864, he moved to Ow ...
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Neill S. Brown Jr. Neill is an Irish surname, and may refer to * A. S. Neill (1883-1973), British educator and author * Alec Neill (b.1950), New Zealand politician * Ben Neill (b.1957), American composer * Bob Neill (b.1952), British politician * Bud Neill (1911-197 ...
(R) *
Sergeant at Arms Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other uni ...
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Nehemiah G. Ordway Nehemiah George Ordway (November 10, 1828July 3, 1907) was an American politician who was a New Hampshire state senator and the seventh Governor of Dakota Territory. Ordway was regarded as one of Dakota Territory's most controversial governors. ...
, until December 6, 1875 **
John G. Thompson John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992, and the Abel Prize in 2008. ...
, elected December 6, 1875


See also

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United States elections, 1874 The 1874 United States elections occurred in the middle of Republican President Ulysses S. Grant's second term, during the Third Party System. Members of the 44th United States Congress were chosen in this election. The election took place during ...
(elections leading to this Congress) **
United States Senate elections, 1874 and 1875 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 ...
**
United States House of Representatives elections, 1874 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 ...
* United States elections, 1876 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) **
1876 United States presidential election The 1876 United States presidential election was the 23rd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 7, 1876, in which Republican nominee Rutherford B. Hayes faced Democrat Samuel J. Tilden. It was one of the most contentious ...
** United States Senate elections, 1876 **
United States House of Representatives elections, 1876 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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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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