47th United States Congress
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The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate
United States Senate
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 and the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

. It met in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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 from March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1883, during the administration of U.S. President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 James A. Garfield, and the first year of the administration of his successor, U.S. President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

 Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur
Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...

. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

 was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870
United States Census, 1870
The United State Census of 1870 was the ninth United States Census. Conducted by the Census Bureau in June 1870, the 1870 Census was the first census to provide detailed information on the black population, only years after the culmination of the Civil War when slaves were granted freedom. The...

. The Senate had a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 majority, and the House had a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 majority..

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

    : 37 (majority)
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

    : 37
  • Readjuster
    Readjuster Party
    The Readjuster Party was a political coalition formed in Virginia in the late 1870s during the turbulent period following the American Civil War. Readjusters aspired "to break the power of wealth and established privilege" and to promote public education, a program which attracted biracial support....

    : 1
  • Independent: 1

TOTAL members: 76
House of Representatives
  • Democratic
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

    : 128
  • Republican
    Republican Party (United States)
    The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

    : 151 (majority)
  • Independent Democrat: 1
  • Independent: 1
  • National Greenback
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    : 10
  • Readjuster Democratic
    Readjuster Party
    The Readjuster Party was a political coalition formed in Virginia in the late 1870s during the turbulent period following the American Civil War. Readjusters aspired "to break the power of wealth and established privilege" and to promote public education, a program which attracted biracial support....

    : 2

TOTAL members: 293

Leadership

Senate
  • Vice President of the United States
    Vice President of the United States
    The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...

     (President of the Senate):
    • Chester A. Arthur
      Chester A. Arthur
      Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...

      , of New York, succeeded to the Presidency, September 19, 1881, vacant thereafter.
  • President pro tempore of the Senate
    President pro tempore of the United States Senate
    The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. The United States Constitution states that the Vice President of the United States is the President of the Senate and the highest-ranking official of the Senate despite not being a member of the body...

    :
    • Thomas F. Bayard
      Thomas F. Bayard
      Thomas Francis Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served three terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware, and as U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.-Early life and family:Bayard was born in...

      , Democratic
      Democratic Party (United States)
      The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

      of Delaware
      Delaware
      Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

      , first elected October 10, 1881.
    • David Davis
      David Davis (Supreme Court justice)
      David Davis was a United States Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 Republican National Convention....

      , Republican
      Republican Party (United States)
      The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

      of Illinois
      Illinois
      Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

      , first elected October 13, 1881.
    • George F. Edmunds
      George F. Edmunds
      George Franklin Edmunds was a Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont from 1866 to 1891.Born in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds attended common schools and was privately tutored as a child. After being admitted to the bar in 1849, he started a law practice in Burlington, Vermont...

      , Republican
      Republican Party (United States)
      The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

      of Vermont
      Vermont
      Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

      , first elected March 3, 1883.
House of Representatives
  • Speaker of the House
    Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
    The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...

    • J. Warren Keifer
      J. Warren Keifer
      Joseph Warren Keifer was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio from 1877 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1911...

      , Republican
      Republican Party (United States)
      The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

      of Ohio
      Ohio
      Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

      , elected December 5, 1881.

Major events

Main article: Events of 1881; Events of 1882; Events of 1883
  • March 4, 1881 James A. Garfield became President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

  • September 19, 1881 Chester A. Arthur
    Chester A. Arthur
    Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st President of the United States . Becoming President after the assassination of President James A. Garfield, Arthur struggled to overcome suspicions of his beginnings as a politician from the New York City Republican machine, succeeding at that task by embracing...

     became President of the United States
    President of the United States
    The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....


Major legislation

  • May 6, 1882 – Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
  • August 2, 1882 – River and Harbors Act of 1882
  • January 16, 1883 – Pendleton Civil Service Act
  • March 3, 1883 – Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
See also: 47th United States Congress - political parties
See also: 47th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House elections, 1880
United States House election, 1880
The U.S. House election, 1880 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1880 which coincided with the election of President James A. Garfield....


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
Classes of United States Senators
The three classes of United States Senators are currently made up of 33 or 34 Senate seats. The purpose of the classes is to determine which Senate seats will be up for election in a given year. The three groups are staggered so that one of them is up for election every two years.A senator's...

, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1884.
See also: :Category:United States Senators
See also: :Category:United States congressional delegations by state

Alabama
  • 2: John T. Morgan
    John Tyler Morgan
    John Tyler Morgan was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and a six-term U.S. senator from the state of Alabama after the war. He was a strong supporter of states rights and racial segregation through the Reconstruction era. He was an expansionist, arguing for...

     (D)
  • 3: James L. Pugh
    James L. Pugh
    James Lawrence Pugh was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War.- Biography :...

     (D)

Arkansas
  • 2: Augustus H. Garland
    Augustus Hill Garland
    Augustus Hill Garland was an Arkansas lawyer and politician. He was a senator in both the United States and the Confederate States, served as 11th Governor of Arkansas and as Attorney General of the United States in the first administration of Grover Cleveland.-Early life and law career:Garland...

     (D)
  • 3: James D. Walker
    James D. Walker
    James David Walker was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1879 to 1885...

     (D)

California
  • 3: James T. Farley
    James T. Farley
    James Thompson Farley was an American politician.He was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, and moved to Missouri and then California at an early age...

     (D)
  • 1: John F. Miller
    John Franklin Miller (California senator)
    John Franklin Miller was a lawyer, businessman, and general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He represented California in the United States Senate from 1881 until his death.-Early life and career:...

     (R)

Colorado
  • 2: Henry M. Teller
    Henry Moore Teller
    Henry Moore Teller was a U.S. politician. Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885.-Biography:He served in the Senate and Cabinet for over thirty years, and was connected with the Free Silver question, beginning in 1880. During that time, he did much in and out of Congress with tongue and...

     (R)
    George M. Chilcott
    George M. Chilcott
    George Miles Chilcott was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Colorado, and a United States Senator from the State of Colorado....

     (R)
    Horace A. W. Tabor
    Horace Austin Warner Tabor
    Horace Austin Warner Tabor , also known as The Bonanza King of Leadville, was an American prospector, businessman, and politician. His life is the subject of Douglas Moore's opera, The Ballad of Baby Doe....

     (R)
  • 3: Nathaniel P. Hill
    Nathaniel P. Hill
    Nathaniel Peter Hill was a United States Senator from Colorado.-Biography:Born in Montgomery, Orange County, New York, at the Nathaniel Hill Brick House . He married Alice Hale of Providence, Rhode Island, on July 26, 1860...

     (R)

Connecticut
  • 3: Orville H. Platt
    Orville H. Platt
    Orville Hitchcock Platt was a United States Senator from Connecticut. Born in Washington, Connecticut, he attended the common schools and graduated from The Gunnery in Washington. He studied law in Litchfield, and was admitted to the bar in 1850, commencing practice in Towanda, Pennsylvania...

     (R)
  • 1: Joseph R. Hawley
    Joseph Roswell Hawley
    Joseph Roswell Hawley was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was a four-term U.S...

     (R)

Delaware
  • 1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.
    Thomas F. Bayard
    Thomas Francis Bayard was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served three terms as U.S. Senator from Delaware, and as U.S. Secretary of State, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.-Early life and family:Bayard was born in...

     (D)
  • 2: Eli M. Saulsbury
    Eli M. Saulsbury
    Eli May Saulsbury was a 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 Delaware....

     (D)

Florida
  • 1: Charles W. Jones
    Charles W. Jones
    Charles William Jones was a United States Senator from Florida. He abandoned the seat after an apparent onset of mental illness.-Early life, travel and career:...

     (D)
  • 3: Wilkinson Call
    Wilkinson Call
    Wilkinson Call was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1879 to 1897.Call was a nephew of Florida Governor Richard K. Call and cousin of Arkansas Senator James D...

     (D)

Georgia
  • 2: Benjamin H. Hill
    Benjamin Harvey Hill
    Benjamin Harvey Hill was a U.S. Representative, U.S. senator and a Confederate senator from the state of Georgia.-Biography:Hill was born September 14, 1823 in Hillsboro, Georgia in Jasper County...

     (D)
    M. Pope Barrow
    Middleton P. Barrow
    Middleton Pope Barrow was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born near Antioch, Georgia in Oglethorpe County, he attended a private academy and graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1859 and from the School of Law in 1860...

     (D)
  • 3: Joseph E. Brown
    Joseph E. Brown
    Joseph Emerson Brown , often referred to as Joe Brown, was the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891...

     (D)

Illinois
  • 2: David Davis
    David Davis (Supreme Court justice)
    David Davis was a United States Senator from Illinois and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. He also served as Abraham Lincoln's campaign manager at the 1860 Republican National Convention....

     (I)
  • 3: John A. Logan
    John A. Logan
    John Alexander Logan was an American soldier and political leader. 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 state senator, congressman and senator and was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President...

     (R)

Indiana
  • 3: Daniel W. Voorhees
    Daniel W. Voorhees
    Daniel Wolsey Voorhees was a lawyer and United States Senator from Indiana, who was leader of the Democratic party and an anti-war Copperhead during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

     (D)
  • 1: Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States . Harrison, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison, was born in North Bend, Ohio, and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana at age 21, eventually becoming a prominent politician there...

     (R)

Iowa
  • 3: William B. Allison
    William B. Allison
    William Boyd Allison was an early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, who represented northeastern Iowa for four consecutive terms in the U.S. House before representing his state for six consecutive terms in the U.S. Senate...

     (R)
  • 2: Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel J. Kirkwood
    Samuel Jordan Kirkwood , was an American politician best known as Iowa's American Civil War Governor. He also served in the U.S. Senate and as U.S. Secretary of the Interior.-Early life and career:...

     (R)
    James W. McDill
    James W. McDill
    James Wilson McDill was a lawyer, state-court judge, Republican United States Representative and Senator from Iowa, state railroad commissioner, and member of the Interstate Commerce Commission....

     (R)

Kansas
  • 3: John J. Ingalls
    John James Ingalls
    John James Ingalls was an American politician.John James Ingalls was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1833. He graduated from Williams College in 1855. Foreshadowing his later reputation as a wit, his graduation thesis, entitled Mummy Life, was a satire of college life. He studied...

     (R)
  • 2: Preston B. Plumb (R)
Kentucky
  • 2: James B. Beck
    James B. Beck
    James Burnie Beck was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Beck immigrated to the United States in 1838 and settled in Wyoming County, New York. He moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1843 and graduated from Transylvania University in 1846...

     (D)
  • 3: John S. Williams
    John Stuart Williams
    John Stuart Williams was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum Democratic U.S. Senator from Kentucky.-Early life and career:...

     (D)

Louisiana
  • 2: William Pitt Kellogg
    William P. Kellogg
    William Pitt Kellogg was an American politician and a governor of Louisiana from 1873-1877 during Reconstruction. He was one of the most important politicians in Louisiana during and immediately after Reconstruction...

     (R)
  • 3: Benjamin F. Jonas
    Benjamin F. Jonas
    Benjamin Franklin Jonas was a Democratic U.S. Senator from Louisiana and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was the third Jew to serve in the Senate.-Biography:...

     (D)

Maine
  • 2: James G. Blaine
    James G. Blaine
    James Gillespie Blaine was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, two-time Secretary of State...

     (R)
    William P. Frye
    William P. Frye
    William Pierce Frye was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in...

     (R)
  • 1: Eugene Hale
    Eugene Hale
    Eugene Hale was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.Born at 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 nine years as prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Maine. He was elected to the Maine...

     (R)

Maryland
  • 3: James B. Groome
    James Black Groome
    James Black Groome , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 36th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1874 to 1876...

     (D)
  • 1: Arthur Pue Gorman
    Arthur Pue Gorman
    Arthur Pue Gorman was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1869 to 1875...

     (D)

Massachusetts
  • 1: Henry L. Dawes
    Henry L. Dawes
    Henry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:...

     (R)
  • 2: George F. Hoar
    George Frisbie Hoar
    George Frisbie Hoar was a prominent United States politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts...

     (R)

Michigan
  • 2: Thomas W. Ferry
    Thomas W. Ferry
    Thomas White Ferry was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.Ferry was born in the old Mission House on Mackinac Island. The community on Mackinac at that time included the military garrison, the main depot of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, and the mission....

     (R)
  • 1: Omar D. Conger
    Omar D. Conger
    Omar Dwight Conger was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. 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...

     (R)

Minnesota
  • 1: Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
  • 2: William Windom
    William Windom
    This page is about the former United States politician. William Windom 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 to 1883...

     (R),until March 7, 1881
  • Alonzo J. Edgerton
    Alonzo J. Edgerton
    Alonzo Jay Edgerton was an American politician, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, and there became a member of the Mystical Seven. After residing in Mississippi and Illinois for periods of time, Edgerton settled in Mantorville in 1855 and was admitted to the bar. In 1859 he was...

     (R), from March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881
  • William Windom
    William Windom
    This page is about the former United States politician. William Windom 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 to 1883...

     (R), from November 15, 1881

Mississippi
  • 2: Lucius Q. C. Lamar
    Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II)
    Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi. A United States Representative and Senator, he also served as United States Secretary of the Interior in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, as well as an Associate Justice of the U.S...

     (D)
  • 1: James Z. George
    James Z. George
    James Zachariah George was an American military officer, lawyer, writer, and politician. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner."...

     (D)

Missouri
  • 1: Francis M. Cockrell
    Francis Cockrell
    Francis Marion Cockrell 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 of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians.-Early life:Cockrell was...

     (D)
  • 3: George G. Vest
    George Graham Vest
    George Graham Vest was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, and finally a US Senator...

     (D)

Nebraska
  • 2: Alvin Saunders
    Alvin Saunders
    Alvin Saunders was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, in the United States, as well as the governor of the Nebraska Territory for most of the American Civil War.-Education:Saunders was born in Fleming County, Kentucky...

     (R)
  • 1: Charles H. Van Wyck
    Charles Van Wyck
    Charles Henry Van Wyck was a Representative from New York, a Senator from Nebraska, and a Union Army Brigadier general in the American Civil War.-Early life and political career:...

     (R)

Nevada
  • 3: John P. Jones
    John P. Jones
    John Percival Jones was an American politician who served for 30 years as a Republican United States Senator from Nevada. He made a fortune in silver mining and was a co-founder of the town of Santa Monica, California....

     (R)
  • 1: James G. Fair
    James Graham Fair
    James Graham Fair was the overnight millionaire part-owner of the Comstock Lode, a United States Senator and a colorful real estate and railroad speculator.-Early life:...

     (D)

New Hampshire
  • 2: Edward H. Rollins
    Edward H. Rollins
    Edward Henry Rollins was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.-Biography:Born in a part of Somersworth, New Hampshire which is now Rollinsford , he attended the common schools and academies in Dover, New Hampshire and South Berwick, Maine...

     (R)
  • 3: Henry W. Blair
    Henry W. Blair
    Henry William Blair was a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire. Born in Campton, he attended the common schools and private academies, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Plymouth...

     (R)

New Jersey
  • 2: John R. McPherson
    John R. McPherson
    John Rhoderic McPherson was a United States Senator from New Jersey who served three terms of office, from 1877 - 1895....

     (D)
  • 1: William J. Sewell
    William Joyce Sewell
    William Joyce Sewell was born in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland immigrating to the United States in 1851 where he worked in the merchant industry in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Camden, New Jersey in 1860...

     (R)
New York
  • 3: Roscoe Conkling
    Roscoe Conkling
    Roscoe Conkling was a politician from New York who served both as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party and the last person to refuse a U.S. Supreme Court appointment after he had...

     (R)
    Elbridge G. Lapham
    Elbridge G. Lapham
    Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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 bar in 1844 and practiced in Canandaigua, New York.He was a delegate to the New York State...

     (R)
  • 1: Thomas C. Platt
    Thomas C. Platt
    Thomas Collier Platt was a two-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a three-term U.S. Senator from New York in the years 1881 and 1897-1909 — is best known as the "political boss" of the Republican Party in New York State in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century...

     (R)
    Warner Miller
    Warner Miller
    Warner Miller was a Representative and a United States Senator from New York.-Birth and early life:Miller was born in Hannibal, Oswego County, New York on August 12, 1838. He attended the common schools and the Charlottesville Academy...

     (R)

North Carolina
  • 2: Matt W. Ransom (D)
  • 3: Zebulon B. Vance
    Zebulon Baird Vance
    Zebulon Baird Vance was a Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd Governor of North Carolina, and U.S. Senator...

     (D)

Ohio
  • 3: George H. Pendleton
    George H. Pendleton
    George Hunt Pendleton was a Representative and a Senator from Ohio. Nicknamed "Gentleman George" for his demeanor, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States during the Civil War in 1864, running as a peace Democrat with war Democrat George B. McClellan; they lost to...

     (D)
  • 1: John Sherman
    John Sherman (politician)
    John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...

     (R)

Oregon
  • 2: La Fayette Grover
    La Fayette Grover
    La Fayette Grover was a Democratic politician and lawyer from the US state of Oregon. He was the fourth Governor of Oregon, serving from 1870 to 1877...

     (D)
  • 3: James H. Slater
    James H. Slater
    James Harvey Slater was a United States Representative and Senator from Oregon. An Illinois native, Slater also served in the Oregon Territory’s Legislature, then later the Oregon State Legislature, and was the owner of the Corvallis Union newspaper.-Early life:Born near Springfield, Illinois, in...

     (D)

Pennsylvania
  • 3: J. Donald Cameron
    J. Donald Cameron
    James Donald Cameron was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for twenty years....

     (R)
  • 1: John I. Mitchell
    John I. Mitchell
    John Inscho Mitchell was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican party politician from Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was later a judge in several state courts.-External links:* at Find A Grave...

     (R)

Rhode Island
  • 2: Henry B. Anthony
    Henry B. Anthony
    Henry Bowen Anthony was a United States newspaperman and political figure. He served as the editor and later part owner of the Providence Journal and later was the 21st Governor of Rhode Island between 1849 and 1851, as a member of the Whig Party.The son of William Anthony and Mary Kennicut...

     (R)
  • 1: Ambrose E. Burnside
    Ambrose Burnside
    Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...

     (R)
    Nelson W. Aldrich
    Nelson W. Aldrich
    Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1911....

     (R)

South Carolina
  • 2: Matthew C. Butler
    Matthew Butler
    Matthew Calbraith Butler was an American military commander and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, postbellum three-term United States Senator, and a major general in the United States Army during the...

     (D)
  • 3: Wade Hampton, III
    Wade Hampton III
    Wade Hampton III was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S...

     (D)

Tennessee
  • 2: Isham G. Harris
    Isham G. Harris
    Isham Green Harris was an American politician. He served as Governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862 and as a U.S. Senator from 1877 until his death....

     (D)
  • 1: Howell E. Jackson
    Howell Edmunds Jackson
    Howell Edmunds Jackson was an American jurist and politician. He served on the United States Supreme Court, in the U.S. Senate, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and the Tennessee House of Representatives. He authored notable opinions on the Interstate Commerce Act and the...

     (D)

Texas
  • 1: Samuel B. Maxey
    Samuel B. Maxey
    Samuel Bell Maxey was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas, United States. He was a Major General for the Confederacy in the Civil War and later represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.-Early life:...

     (D)
  • 2: Richard Coke
    Richard Coke
    Richard Coke was an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman from Waco, Texas. He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and represented Texas in the U.S. Senate from 1877 to 1895. His uncle was Congressman Richard Coke, Jr..Coke was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, to John and Eliza Coke...

     (D)

Vermont
  • 1: George F. Edmunds
    George F. Edmunds
    George Franklin Edmunds was a Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont from 1866 to 1891.Born in Richmond, Vermont, Edmunds attended common schools and was privately tutored as a child. After being admitted to the bar in 1849, he started a law practice in Burlington, Vermont...

     (R)
  • 3: Justin S. Morrill
    Justin Smith Morrill
    Justin Smith Morrill was a Representative and a Senator from Vermont, most widely remembered today for the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act that established federal funding for establishing many of the United States' public colleges and universities...

     (R)

Virginia
  • 2: John W. Johnston
    John W. Johnston
    John Warfield Johnston 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 after the American Civil War...

     (D)
  • 1: William Mahone
    William Mahone
    William Mahone was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive, and a member of the Virginia General Assembly and U.S. Congress. Small of stature, he was nicknamed "Little Billy"....

     (RD
    Readjuster Party
    The Readjuster Party was a political coalition formed in Virginia in the late 1870s during the turbulent period following the American Civil War. Readjusters aspired "to break the power of wealth and established privilege" and to promote public education, a program which attracted biracial support....

    )

West Virginia
  • 2: Henry G. Davis
    Henry G. Davis
    Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S...

     (D)
  • 1: Johnson N. Camden
    Johnson N. Camden
    Johnson Newlon Camden was a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Collins Settlement, Virginia , he attended school in Sutton. He was appointed as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1846 until 1848, when he resigned...

     (D)

Wisconsin
  • 1: Philetus Sawyer
    Philetus Sawyer
    Philetus Sawyer was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin in both houses of Congress. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him....

     (R)
  • 3: Angus Cameron
    Angus Cameron
    Angus Cameron was a Republican and a member of the United States Senate from Wisconsin from 1875 to 1881, when he did not seek reelection, and again from 1881 to 1885, when he was elected to succeed Matthew H. Carpenter, who died in office; he did not seek reelection in 1885...

     (R), from March 14, 1881


House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket
General ticket
General ticket representation is a term used to describe a particular method of electing members of a multi-member state delegation to the United States House of Representatives...

 or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
See also: :Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
See also: :Category:United States congressional delegations by state

Alabama: Thomas H. Herndon
Thomas H. Herndon
Thomas Hord Herndon was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Erie, Greene County, Alabama, Herndon attended a private school.He graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1847....

 (D): Hilary A. Herbert
Hilary A. Herbert
Hilary Abner Herbert was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland. He also served as a member of the United States house of representatives from Alabama.-Biography:...

 (D): William C. Oates
William C. Oates
William Calvin Oates was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War....

 (D): Charles M. Shelley
Charles M. Shelley
Charles Miller Shelley was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a postbellum U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life:...

 (D), until July 20, 1882
    • Charles M. Shelley
      Charles M. Shelley
      Charles Miller Shelley was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a postbellum U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Early life:...

       (D), from November 7, 1882: Thomas Williams
      Thomas Williams (Alabama)
      Thomas Williams was a United States Representative from Alabama.Williams was born near Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from the University of East Tennessee in Knoxville...

       (D): Goldsmith W. Hewitt
      Goldsmith W. Hewitt
      Goldsmith Whitehouse Hewitt was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.-Biography:Born near Elyton , Jefferson County, Alabama, Hewitt attended the country schools....

       (D): William H. Forney
      William H. Forney
      William Henry Forney was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. He was the grandson of Peter Forney and nephew of Daniel Munroe Forney and the brother of John Horace Forney.-Biography:...

       (D): Joseph Wheeler
      Joseph Wheeler
      Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...

       (D) until June 3, 1882
    William M. Lowe
    William M. Lowe
    William Manning Lowe was an American politician who served the state of Alabama in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1881 and in 1882. He was born on June 12, 1842 in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended the Wesleyan University at Florence, Alabama and the University of Virginia...

     (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    ), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882
    Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler
    Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...

     (D), January 15, 1883 – End

Arkansas: Poindexter Dunn
Poindexter Dunn
Poindexter Dunn was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Raleigh, North Carolina, Dunn moved with his father to Limestone County, Alabama, in 1837....

 (D): James K. Jones
James Kimbrough Jones
James Kimbrough Jones was a United States Senator.-Biography:Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, Jones moved with his father to Dallas County, Arkansas in 1848...

 (D): Jordan E. Cravens
Jordan E. Cravens
Jordan Edgar Cravens was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, cousin of William Ben Cravens.-Biography:Born in Fredericktown, Missouri, Cravens moved with his father to Arkansas the following year....

 (D): Thomas M. Gunter
Thomas M. Gunter
Thomas Montague Gunter 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 studied law....

 (D)

California: William S. Rosecrans
William Rosecrans
William Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer. He gained fame for his role as a Union general during the American Civil War...

 (D): Horace F. Page
Horace F. Page
Horace Francis Page was an American politician that represented a Californian district in the United States House of Representatives. He was born near Medina, Orleans County, New York. He attended public schools and Millville Academy and then taught school in La Porte County, Indiana until 1854...

 (R): Campbell P. Berry
Campbell Polson Berry
Campbell Polson Berry was a Democratic politician from California. He served in the California State Assembly from 1869 to 1873 and again from 1875 to 1880, representing Sutter County, and became Speaker of the Assembly in 1877-78. He later served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing...

 (D): Romualdo Pacheco
Romualdo Pacheco
José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco Jr. was an American politician and diplomat. Involved in California state and federal politics, Pacheco was elected and appointed to various posts and offices throughout his more than thirty-year career, including the California State Senate, the 12th Governor of...

 (R)

Colorado: James B. Belford
James B. Belford
James Burns Belford was a U.S. Representative from Colorado, cousin of Joseph McCrum Belford.-Biography:Born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, Belford attended the common schools and Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania....

 (R)

Connecticut: John R. Buck
John R. Buck
This article is about the U.S. Representative. For the baseball player see John Buck and for the artist see John E. Buck.John Ransom Buck was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut....

 (R): James Phelps
James Phelps (congressman)
James Phelps was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, son of Lancelot Phelps.Born in Colebrook, Connecticut, Phelps attended the public schools, the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Connecticut, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and the law department of Yale College.He was admitted to the...

 (D): John T. Wait
John T. Wait
John Turner Wait was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New London, Connecticut, Wait moved with his mother to Norwich, Connecticut. He attended the common schools and Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, for two years. He engaged in mercantile pursuits...

 (R): Frederick Miles
Frederick Miles
Frederick Miles was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Goshen, Connecticut where he attended the common schools and pursued an academic course...

 (R)

Delaware: Edward L. Martin
Edward L. Martin
Edward Livingston Martin was an American lawyer and politician from Seaford, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U. S...

 (D)

Florida: Robert H. M. Davidson
Robert H. M. Davidson
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born near Quincy, Florida, Davidson attended the common schools and the Quincy Academy in Quincy, Florida....

 (D): Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Canton, Maine, Bisbee attended the public schools, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, in 1863....

 (R)
  • Jesse J. Finley
    Jesse J. Finley
    Jesse Johnson Finley was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida and the mayor of Memphis, Tennessee. He was also a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War....

     (D)

Georgia: George R. Black
George Robinson Black
George Robison Black was an American politician and lawyer.-Biography:Black was born at his family's plantation near Jacksonboro, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens and the University of South Carolina in Columbia...

 (D): Henry G. Turner
Henry Gray Turner
Henry Gray Turner was an American politician, teacher, jurist and soldier.-Biography:Turner was born near Henderson, North Carolina...

 (D): Philip Cook
Phillip Cook
Philip Cook was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum member of the United States Congress.-Biography:...

 (D): Hugh Buchanan
Hugh Buchanan
Hugh Buchanan was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Argyll, Buchanan Immigrated to the United States and settled in Vermont.He attended the public schools of that State.He studied law....

 (D): Nathaniel J. Hammond
Nathaniel Job Hammond
Nathaniel Job Hammond was a jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.Hammond was born in Elbert County, Georgia . He graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens with a Bachelor of Arts in 1852...

 (D): James H. Blount
James Henderson Blount
James Henderson Blount was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 in his investigation into the alleged American involvement in the political revolution in the Kingdom of Hawai'i...

 (D): Judson C. Clements
Judson C. Clements
Judson Claudius Clements was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. For a quarter century a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Clements served one year as its chairman. Clements had served as a member of the Confederate States Army.-Early life:Judson Clements was the son of Dr. Adam...

 (D): Alexander H. Stephens
Alexander Stephens
Alexander Hamilton Stephens was an American politician from Georgia. He was Vice President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. He also served as a U.S...

 (D)
  • Seaborn Reese
    Seaborn Reese
    Seaborn Reese was an American politician, jurist and lawyer.Reese was born in Madison, Georgia in 1846. He attended the University of Georgia in Athens but left before graduating in his senior year of 1868...

     (D): Emory Speer
    Emory Speer
    Emory Speer was an American politician, soldier and lawyer.-Biography:Speer was born in Culloden, Georgia and joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War at the age of sixteen serving in the Fifth Kentucky Regiment, Lewis brigade.After the war, Speer attended the University of Georgia in...

     (ID
    Democratic Party (United States)
    The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

    )

Illinois: William Aldrich
William Aldrich
William Aldrich was a United States Representative from the state of Illinois. He was born in Greenfield Center in the Town of Greenfield in New York. He attended local schools and taught school himself....

 (R): George R. Davis
George R. Davis
George Royal Davis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Early life and education:Born in Palmer, Massachusetts, Davis completed classical studies at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduated in 1860...

 (R): Charles B. Farwell
Charles B. Farwell
Charles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ...

 (R): John C. Sherwin
John C. Sherwin
John Crocker Sherwin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York, Sherwin was educated in the common schools, Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary in New York, and Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, where he studied law.He was admitted to the bar and...

 (R): Robert M. A. Hawk
Robert M. A. Hawk
Robert Moffett Allison Hawk was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Rushville, Indiana, Hawk moved with his parents to Freedom Township, Carroll County, Illinois, in 1844....

 (R)
  • Robert R. Hitt
    Robert R. Hitt
    Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....

     (R): Thomas J. Henderson
    Thomas J. Henderson (politician)
    Thomas Jefferson Henderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark...

     (R): William Cullen
    William Cullen (Illinois)
    William Cullen was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in County Donegal, Ireland, Cullen immigrated to the United States in 1832 with his parents, who settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....

     (R): Lewis E. Payson
    Lewis E. Payson
    Lewis Edwin Payson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Payson moved with his parents to Illinois in 1852.He attended the common schools and Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois....

     (R): John H. Lewis
    John H. Lewis
    John Henry Lewis was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Ithaca, New York, Lewis moved to Illinois in 1836 with his parents, who settled on a farm in Fulton County, near Ellisville.He attended the rural schools....

     (R): Benjamin F. Marsh
    Benjamin F. Marsh
    Benjamin Franklin Marsh was a U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, stock raiser, and Illinois State Railroad and Warehouse Commissioner....

     (R): James W. Singleton
    James W. Singleton
    James Washington Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Paxton, Virginia, Singleton attended Winchester Academy.He moved to Mount Sterling, Illinois, in 1834.He studied medicine and practiced....

     (D): William M. Springer
    William McKendree Springer
    William McKendree Springer was a United States Representative from Illinois.He was born near New Lebanon, Sullivan County, Indiana, May 30, 1836; moved to Jacksonville, Illinois, with his parents in 1848; attended the public schools in New Lebanon and Jacksonville and the Illinois College at...

     (D): Dietrich C. Smith
    Dietrich C. Smith
    Dietrich Conrad Smith was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in East Frisia, Hanover, , Smith immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Pekin, Illinois, about 1850....

     (R): Joseph G. Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon
    Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such...

     (R): Samuel W. Moulton
    Samuel W. Moulton
    Samuel Wheeler Moulton was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts, Moulton was the son of William Moulton and Mary Lunt Moulton...

     (D): William A. J. Sparks
    William A. J. Sparks
    William Andrew Jackson Sparks 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.He taught school for a time...

     (D): William R. Morrison (D): John R. Thomas
    John R. Thomas
    John Robert Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Mount Vernon, Illinois, Thomas attended the common schools and Hunter Collegiate Institute, Princeton, Indiana....

     (R): Richard W. Townshend
    Richard W. Townshend
    Richard Wellington Townshend was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, Townshend moved to Washington, D.C., in 1846.He attended public and private schools....

     (D)

Indiana: William Heilman
William Heilman
William Heilman was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, great-grandfather of Charles Marion LaFollette....

 (R): Thomas R. Cobb
Thomas R. Cobb
Thomas Reed Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Springville, Lawrence County, Indiana, Cobb attended Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.He studied law....

 (D): Strother M. Stockslager
Strother M. Stockslager
Strother Madison Stockslager was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Mauckport, Indiana, Stockslager attended the common schools, Corydon High School, and Indiana University at Bloomington.He taught school....

 (D): William S. Holman
William S. Holman
William Steele Holman 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 to 1895, and 1897, spanning sixteen Congresses...

 (D): Courtland C. Matson
Courtland C. Matson
Courtland Cushing Matson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Brookville, Indiana, Matson was graduated from Indiana Asbury University in 1862....

 (D): Thomas M. Browne
Thomas M. Browne
Thomas McLelland Browne was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in New Paris, Ohio, Browne moved to Indiana in January 1844.He attended the common schools.He moved to Winchester, Indiana, in 1848.He studied law....

 (R): Stanton J. Peelle
Stanton J. Peelle
Stanton Judkins Peelle was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and chief justice of the United States Court of Claims.Born near Richmond, Indiana, Peelle attended the common schools and Winchester Seminary....

 (R): Robert B. F. Peirce
Robert B. F. Peirce
Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Laurel, Indiana, Peirce attended the public schools and also educated by private tutors....

 (R): Godlove S. Orth
Godlove Stein Orth
Godlove Stein Orth was a U.S. House representative from Indiana and acting-Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.-Biography:...

 (R)
  • Charles T. Doxey
    Charles T. Doxey
    Charles Taylor Doxey was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Doxey moved with his mother to Minnesota in 1855 and worked on a farm....

     (R): Mark L. De Motte
    Mark L. De Motte
    Mark Lindsey De Motte was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born in Rockville, Indiana, De Motte pursued preparatory studies....

     (R): George W. Steele (R): Walpole G. Colerick
    Walpole G. Colerick
    Walpole Gillespie Colerick was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Colerick attended the public schools.He studied law....

     (D): William H. Calkins
    William H. Calkins
    William Henry Calkins was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Pike County, Ohio, Calkins studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced....

     (R)

Iowa: Moses A. McCoid
Moses A. McCoid
Moses Ayers McCoid was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War and a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa....

 (R): Sewall S. Farwell
Sewall S. Farwell
Sewall Spaulding Farwell was a Civil War officer and one-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district....

 (R): Thomas Updegraff
Thomas Updegraff
Thomas Updegraff was an attorney and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out of Congress....

 (R): Nathaniel C. Deering (R): William G. Thompson
William George Thompson
William George Thompson was a Civil War officer, trial-court judge, territorial justice, and Republican Representative in the U.S. House of Iowa's 5th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (R): Marsena E. Cutts
Marsena E. Cutts
Marsena Edgar Cutts was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Iowa.Born in Orwell, Vermont, Cutts attended common schools in his native village and later attended St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York. He moved to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin in 1853 where he taught school for...

 (R)
  • John C. Cook
    John C. Cook
    John Calhoun Cook was a 19th-century American politician, lawyer and judge from Iowa. He was twice elected to the U.S...

     (D): John A. Kasson
    John A. Kasson
    John Adam Kasson was a nineteenth century lawyer, politician and diplomat from south-central Iowa. Elected to the U.S...

     (R): William P. Hepburn
    William Peters Hepburn
    William Peters Hepburn was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete 8th congressional district, serving from 1881 to 1887, and from 1893 to 1909...

     (R): Cyrus C. Carpenter
    Cyrus C. Carpenter
    Cyrus Clay Carpenter was a Civil War officer, the eighth Governor of Iowa and U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district.-Early life:...

     (R)

Kansas: John A. Anderson
John Alexander Anderson
John Alexander Anderson was a six-term U.S. Congressman from Kansas , and the second President of Kansas State Agricultural College ....

 (R): Dudley C. Haskell
Dudley C. Haskell
Dudley Chase Haskell was a nineteenth century politician and merchant from Kansas. He was the grandfather of Otis Halbert Holmes.-Biography:...

 (R): Thomas Ryan
Thomas Ryan (congressman)
Thomas Ryan was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Kansas.-Biography:Born in Oxford, New York, Ryan moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania with his parents, attended Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861...

 (R)

Kentucky: Oscar Turner
Oscar Turner (1825-1896)
Oscar Turner was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Oscar Turner.Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Turner moved with his parents to Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1826.He completed preparatory studies....

 (D): James A. McKenzie
James A. McKenzie
James Andrew McKenzie was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and uncle of John McKenzie Moss.Born in Bennettstown, Kentucky, McKenzie attended the common schools of Christian County and Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. He studied law and admitted to the bar in 1861, and commenced practice in...

 (D): John William Caldwell
John W. Caldwell
John William Caldwell was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:John W. Caldwell was born in Russellville, Kentucky on January 15, 1837. He was the son of Austin and Louisa Caldwell. Austin Caldwell died in 1843, leaving John Caldwell as his only living child...

 (D): J. Proctor Knott
J. Proctor Knott
James Proctor Knott 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 there...

 (D): Albert S. Willis
Albert S. Willis
Albert Shelby Willis was a United States Representative from Kentucky and a Minister to Hawaii.-Life:Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, Willis attended the common schools, and graduated from the Louisville Male High School in 1860. He taught school for four years before graduating from the University...

 (D): John G. Carlisle
John Griffin Carlisle
John Griffin Carlisle was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party during the last quarter of the 19th century. He served as the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1889 and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1893 to 1897 during the Panic...

 (D): Joseph C. S. Blackburn
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. He was the younger brother of Kentucky governor Luke P. Blackburn. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries.He was born near Spring...

 (D): Philip B. Thompson, Jr.
Philip B. Thompson, Jr.
Philip Burton Thompson, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Thompson attended the common schools and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky....

 (D): John D. White (R): Elijah C. Phister
Elijah Phister
Elijah Conner Phister was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Maysville, Kentucky. He attended the Seminary of Rand and Richardson in Maysville, Kentucky and was graduated from Augusta College, Kentucky in August 1840...

 (D)

Louisiana: Randall L. Gibson
Randall L. Gibson
-External links:*...

 (D): E. John Ellis
E. John Ellis
Ezekiel John Ellis was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.-Biography:Born in Covington, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, Ellis attended private schools in Covington and Clinton, Louisiana, and Centenary College of Louisiana from 1855 to 1858.He was graduated from the law department of the...

 (D): Chester B. Darrall
Chester Bidwell Darrall
Chester Bidwell Darrall was a Republican Congressman from Louisiana in the latter 19th Century.-Early life and military service:...

 (R): Newton C. Blanchard
Newton C. Blanchard
Newton Crain Blanchard was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 33rd Governor of Louisiana. Born in Rapides Parish, he completed academic studies, studied law in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1868, and graduated from the Tulane University Law School in 1870...

 (D): J. Floyd King
J. Floyd King
John Floyd King was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana, son of Thomas Butler King and nephew of Henry King.-Biography:Born on St...

 (D): Edward W. Robertson
Edward White Robertson
Edward White Robertson was a United States Representative from Louisiana. He was also the father of Samuel Matthews Robertson. He was born near Nashville, Tennessee. Robertson moved with his parents to Iberville Parish, Louisiana in 1825...

 (D)
Maine: Thomas B. Reed
Thomas Brackett Reed
Thomas Brackett Reed, , occasionally ridiculed as Czar Reed, was a U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1889–1891 and from 1895–1899...

 (R): William P. Frye
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served for 30 years and died in...

 (R)
  • Nelson Dingley, Jr.
    Nelson Dingley, Jr.
    Nelson Dingley, Jr., also known as Edward Nelson Dingley, Jr., was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine....

     (R): Stephen D. Lindsey
    Stephen D. Lindsey
    Stephen Decatur Lindsey was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Maine.Born in Norridgewock, Maine, Lindsey attended the common schools as a child and attended Broomfield Academy. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Norridgewock in 1853...

     (R): George W. Ladd
    George W. Ladd
    George Washington Ladd was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Augusta, Maine, Ladd attended the common schools and Kents Hill Seminary.He engaged in the drug business in Bangor, Maine....

     (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    ): Thompson H. Murch
    Thompson H. Murch
    Thompson Henry Murch was a nineteenth century politician, stonecutter, editor, publisher and merchant from Maine. He was among the first trade unionists elected to the United States Congress....

     (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    )

Maryland: George W. Covington
George Washington Covington
George Washington Covington was an American politician.Covington was born in Berlin, Maryland, and attended the common schools as a youth. He pursued a higher education at Buckingham Academy, and later at Harvard Law School...

 (D): J. Frederick C. Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott
Joshua Frederick Cockey "Fred" Talbott was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland.-Biography:...

 (D): Fetter S. Hoblitzell
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell
Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell was an American politician and Congressman from Maryland.-Biography:Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Hoblitzell attended the primary schools and graduated from the Allegany Academy of Cumberland. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859, and commenced practice in...

 (D): Robert M. McLane
Robert Milligan McLane
Robert Milligan McLane was an American politician, military officer, and diplomat. He served as Ambassador to Mexico, France, and China, as a member of the House of Representatives from the fourth district of Maryland, as Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and as the 39th Governor of...

 (D): Andrew G. Chapman
Andrew Grant Chapman
Andrew Grant Chapman was an American politician.Chapman was born in La Plata, Maryland. After being tutored at home, he attended the Charlotte Hall Academy of St. Mary's County, Maryland. He graduated from St...

 (D): Milton G. Urner
Milton Urner
Milton George Urner was a U.S. Congressman from the sixth district of Maryland, serving two terms from 1879 until 1883....

 (R)

Massachusetts: William W. Crapo
William W. Crapo
William Wallace Crapo 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 three terms in congress from November 2, 1875 to March 3, 1883Born in Dartmouth,...

 (R): Benjamin W. Harris
Benjamin W. Harris
Benjamin Winslow Harris was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Massachusetts. He was the father of Robert Orr Harris....

 (R): Ambrose A. Ranney
Ambrose Ranney
Ambrose Arnold Ranney was a Representative from Massachusetts.Ranney was born in Townshend, Vermont. He graduated from Dartmouth College and studied law in Woodstock, Vermont in 1844. In 1848, he was admitted to the bar and practiced in Boston.Ranney was in the corporation counsel for the city...

 (R): Leopold Morse
Leopold Morse
Leopold Morse, was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Wachenheim, Germany. He attended the common schools there...

 (D): Selwyn Z. Bowman
Selwyn Z. Bowman
Selwyn Zadock Bowman was an attorney and politician who served in several public offices including that of U.S...

 (R): Eben F. Stone
Eben F. Stone
Eben Francis Stone was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Stone was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts to Ebenezer and Fanny Stone....

 (R): William A. Russell
William A. Russell
William Augustus Russell was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.Russell was born in Wells River, Vermont. He pursued an academic course in Franklin, New Hampshire, Russell engaged in the manufacture of paper in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1852. He moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts in...

 (R): John W. Candler
John W. Candler
John Wilson Candler was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Boston on February 10, 1828. He attended the Marblehead and Dummer Academies. He then became a merchant, engaged in shipping and commerce with the East and West Indies and South America. He served as a...

 (R): William W. Rice
William W. Rice
William Whitney Rice was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, Rice attended Gorham Academy, Maine, and graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1846. He served as the preceptor of Leicester Academy, Leicester, Massachusetts from 1847 to 1851...

 (R): Amasa Norcross
Amasa Norcross
Amasa Norcross was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Worcester, Massachusetts...

 (R): George D. Robinson
George D. Robinson
George Dexter Robinson -Biography:He was born in Lexington, Massachusetts. He attended Lexington Academy and Hopkins Classical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1856. While at Harvard he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity...

 (R)

Michigan: Henry W. Lord
Henry W. Lord
Henry William Lord was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Lord was born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He pursued an academic course and studied law, but did not practice. He moved to Detroit, Michigan in 1839. Four years later, he went to Pontiac, Michigan and engaged in...

 (R): Edwin Willits
Edwin Willits
Edwin Willits was a politician from the U.S. State of Michigan.Willits was born in Otto, New York and moved to Michigan with his parents in September 1836. He graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in June 1855. The following April he settled in Monroe, Michigan where he was...

 (R): Edward S. Lacey
Edward S. Lacey
Edward Samuel Lacey was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan and Comptroller of the Currency from 1889 to 1892.-Biography:...

 (R): Julius C. Burrows
Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life and education:...

 (R): George W. Webber
George W. Webber
George Washington Webber was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Webber was born in Newbury, Vermont. His father, Andrew Webber, moved his family to Steuben County, New York in 1828 and engaged in farming. George Webber attended the common schools there and the academy at Alfred, New York...

 (R): Oliver L. Spaulding
Oliver L. Spaulding
Oliver Lyman Spaulding was a soldier and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Spaulding was born in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. He completed preparatory studies, graduated from Oberlin College of Ohio in 1855, and moved to Michigan where he taught school. He studied law, was...

 (R): John T. Rich
John Tyler Rich
John Tyler Rich was a U.S. Representative from and the 23rd Governor of the US state of Michigan.-Early Life in Pennsylvania, Vermont and Michigan:...

 (R), from April 5, 1881: Roswell G. Horr
Roswell G. Horr
Roswell Gilbert Horr was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Horr was born in Waitsfield, Vermont and moved with his parents to Lorain County, Ohio, in 1834, where he attended the public schools...

 (R): Jay A. Hubbell
Jay Abel Hubbell
Jay Abel Hubbell was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan, who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives....

 (R)

Minnesota: Mark H. Dunnell (R): Horace B. Strait (R): William D. Washburn
William D. Washburn
William Drew Washburn was an American politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. Three of his seven brothers became politicians: Elihu B. Washburne, Cadwallader C. Washburn, and Israel Washburn, Jr...

 (R)

Mississippi: Henry L. Muldrow
Henry L. Muldrow
Henry Lowndes Muldrow was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Tibbee Station, Mississippi, Muldrow was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1857 and from the law department of the same university in 1858.He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in...

 (D): Vannoy H. Manning
Van H. Manning
Vannoy Hartrog Manning was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

 (D): Hernando D. Money
Hernando Money
Hernando DeSoto Money 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 life, he moved with his family to Carrollton, Mississippi...

 (D): Otho R. Singleton
Otho R. Singleton
Otho Robards Singleton was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi and a member of the Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War....

 (D): Charles E. Hooker
Charles E. Hooker
thumb|Charles E. HookerCharles Edward Hooker was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Union, South Carolina, Hooker was raised in Laurens District, South Carolina....

 (D): James R. Chalmers
James Ronald Chalmers
James Ronald Chalmers was an American politician and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

 (D)
  • John R. Lynch
    John R. Lynch
    John Roy Lynch was the first African-American Speaker of the House in Mississippi. He was also one of the first African-Americans elected to the U.S House of Representatives during Reconstruction, the period in United States history after the Civil War.-Biography:Lynch was born a slave near...

     (R)

Missouri: Martin L. Clardy
Martin L. Clardy
Martin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:...

 (D): Thomas Allen
Thomas Allen (Massachusetts)
Thomas Allen was a railroad builder and later a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri....

 (D)
  • James Henry McLean
    James Henry McLean
    James Henry Mclean was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, McleanReared in Nova Scotia, Canada.Immigrated to the United States in 1842 and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....

     (R): Richard G. Frost (D)
    Gustavus Sessinghaus
    Gustavus Sessinghaus
    Gustavus Sessinghaus was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Koela, Prussia, Sessinghaus pursued preparatory studies.Immigrated to the United States and settled in St...

     (R): Lowndes H. Davis
    Lowndes Henry Davis
    Lowndes Henry Davis was an American politician who served the state of Missouri in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1885. He was born on December 13, 1836 in Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. He graduated from Yale College in 1860, where he was a member of Skull and...

     (D): Richard P. Bland
    Richard P. Bland
    Richard Parks Bland , American school teacher, lawyer, and Democratic Congressman between 1873 and 1899, serving except from 1895 to 1897, when he returned to office....

     (D): Ira S. Hazeltine (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    ): Theron M. Rice (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    ): Robert T. Van Horn
    Robert T. Van Horn
    Robert Thompson Van Horn was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.Born in East Mahoning...

     (R): Nicholas Ford
    Nicholas Ford
    Nicholas Ford was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wicklow, Ireland, Ford attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland....

     (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    ): Joseph H. Burrows (NG
    United States Greenback Party
    The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

    ): John B. Clark, Jr.
    John Bullock Clark, Jr.
    John Bullock Clark, Jr. was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term U.S. Congressman from Missouri.-Biography:...

     (D): William H. Hatch
    William H. Hatch
    William Henry Hatch was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Hatch attended the schools of Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law....

     (D): Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska: Edward K. Valentine
Edward K. Valentine
Edward Kimble Valentine was a Nebraska Republican politician.-Biography:Born in Keosauqua, Iowa, he attended common schools and learned to become a printer. During the Civil War he was a member in the Union army served in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Sixty-seventh Regiment...

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Nevada: George W. Cassidy (D)

New Hampshire: Joshua G. Hall
Joshua G. Hall
Joshua Gilman Hall was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Wakefield, New Hampshire, Hall attended Gilmanton Academy, and in 1851 was graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover...

 (R): James F. Briggs
James F. Briggs
James Frankland Briggs was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, father of Frank Obadiah Briggs.-Biography:...

 (R): Ossian Ray
Ossian Ray
Ossian Ray was a United States Representative from New Hampshire.-Early years:Ray was born in Hinesburg, Vermont and his family moved to Irasburg, Vermont when he was young. He attended the public schools and an academy in nearby Derby. He studied law in Irasburg and in Lancaster, New Hampshire,...

 (R)

New Jersey: George M. Robeson
George M. Robeson
George Maxwell Robeson was an American Republican Party politician and lawyer from New Jersey who served as a Union army general during the American Civil War, and then as Secretary of the Navy during the Grant administration. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to...

 (R): J. Hart Brewer
J. Hart Brewer
John Hart Brewer was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1885...

 (R): Miles Ross
Miles Ross
Miles Ross was an American Democratic Party politician and businessman who represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1883.-Biography:...

 (D): Henry S. Harris
Henry S. Harris
Henry Schenck Harris , was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.Harris was born in Belvidere, New Jersey on December 27, 1850...

 (D): John Hill
John Hill (congressman)
John Hill was an American clerk, bookkeeper, merchant and Republican Party politician who represented from 1867 to 1873, and from 1881 to 1883.-Biography:...

 (R): Phineas Jones
Phineas Jones
Phineas Jones was a Republican politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1885.-Biography:...

 (R): Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York: Perry Belmont
Perry Belmont
Perry Belmont was an American politician and diplomat.-Biography:He was born on December 28, 1851 in New York City to August Belmont. His brothers were Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and August Belmont, Jr....

 (D): William E. Robinson (D): J. Hyatt Smith
J. Hyatt Smith
John Hyatt Smith was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Saratoga, he was taught by his father and employed for a time as a clerk in Detroit and later as a bank clerk in Albany, New York; while in the latter position he studied theology. After ordination his first pastorate was...

 (I): Archibald M. Bliss
Archibald Meserole Bliss
Archibald Meserole Bliss was a member of the United States House of Representatives.Bliss was born in Brooklyn, New York City and attended the common schools. Between 1864 and 1867 he was an alderman of Brooklyn and served as president of the board of aldermen in 1866...

 (D): Benjamin Wood
Benjamin Wood
Benjamin Wood was a nineteenth-century American politician from the state of New York during the American Civil War.He was the brother of US congressional representative and New York City Mayor Fernando Wood...

 (D): Samuel S. Cox
Samuel S. Cox
Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives, and also served as United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.Cox was the grandson of New Jersey Congressman James Cox...

 (D): P. Henry Dugro
P. Henry Dugro
Philip Henry Dugro was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Dugro attended the public schools and was graduated from the school of arts of Columbia College, New York City, in 1876 and from the law department of the same institution in 1878.He was admitted to the bar in the...

 (D): Anson G. McCook
Anson G. McCook
Anson George McCook was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, attorney, and three-term postbellum U.S. Congressman from New York...

 (R): John Hardy
John Hardy (US politician)
John Hardy was a United States Representative from New York.Hardy was born in Scotland on September 19, 1835, he immigrated to the United States in 1839 with his parents, who settled in New York City...

 (D), took seat December 5, 1881: Abram S. Hewitt
Abram Stevens Hewitt
Abram Stevens Hewitt was a teacher, lawyer, an iron manufacturer, chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1876 to 1877, U.S. Congressman, and a mayor of New York. He was the son-in-law of Peter Cooper , an industrialist, inventor and philanthropist...

 (D): Levi P. Morton
Levi P. Morton
Levi Parsons Morton was a Representative from New York and the 22nd Vice President of the United States . He also later served as the 31st Governor of New York.-Biography:...

 (R)
  • Roswell P. Flower
    Roswell P. Flower
    Roswell Pettibone Flower was Governor of New York from 1892 to 1894.-Biography:He was a son of Nathan Monroe Flower and Mary Ann Flower, the sixth of nine children....

     (D): Waldo Hutchins
    Waldo Hutchins (representative)
    Waldo Hutchins was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Brooklyn, Connecticut, Hutchins was graduated from Amherst College in 1842.He studied law....

     (D): John H. Ketcham
    John H. Ketcham
    John Henry Ketcham was a United States Representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

     (R): Lewis Beach
    Lewis Beach
    Lewis Beach was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Beach was graduated from the Yale Law School in 1856.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in New York....

     (D): Thomas Cornell
    Thomas Cornell
    Thomas C. Cornell , an American politician and businessman. During the American Civil War, he was commissioned as a major in the New York Militia...

     (R): Michael N. Nolan
    Michael N. Nolan
    Michael Allen Nicholas was a U.S. Representative from New York State as well as mayor of Albany, New York's capital...

     (D): Walter A. Wood
    Walter A. Wood
    Walter Abbott Wood was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Mason, New Hampshire, Wood moved to New York in 1816 with his parents, who settled in Rensselaerville...

     (R): John Hammond
    John Hammond (New York)
    John Hammond was an American manufacturer, Union Army general and politician from New York.-Life:...

     (R): Abraham X. Parker
    Abraham X. Parker
    Abraham X. Parker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Granville, Vermont, Parker attended the St. Lawrence Academy and the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York, in 1854 and in 1856 commenced practice in Potsdam, New York. He served as member of the New...

     (R): George West
    George West
    George West was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Bradninch, England, West attended the common schools. West immigrated to the United States in February 1849 and settled at Ballston Spa, New York...

     (R): Ferris Jacobs, Jr.
    Ferris Jacobs, Jr.
    Ferris Jacobs, Jr. was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Delhi, Delaware County, N.Y., attended Delaware Academy, Delhi, N.Y., and Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, N.Y.; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1856; studied law; was...

     (R): Warner Miller
    Warner Miller
    Warner Miller was a Representative and a United States Senator from New York.-Birth and early life:Miller was born in Hannibal, Oswego County, New York on August 12, 1838. He attended the common schools and the Charlottesville Academy...

     (R)
    Charles R. Skinner
    Charles R. Skinner
    Charles Rufus Skinner was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Union Square , Skinner attended the common schools and Clinton Liberal Institute.He was graduated from Mexico Academy, New York, in 1866....

     (R): Cyrus D. Prescott
    Cyrus D. Prescott
    Cyrus Dan Prescott was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New Hartford, New York, Prescott pursued an academic course and was graduated from Utica Free Academy.He studied law in Utica and in Rome, New York....

     (R): Joseph Mason
    Joseph Mason (New York)
    Joseph Mason was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Plattsburg, New York, Mason moved with his parents to Hamilton, New York, in 1840....

     (R): Frank Hiscock
    Frank Hiscock
    Frank Hiscock was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York.-Biography:Hiscock was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, September 6, 1834. He graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law...

     (R): John H. Camp
    John H. Camp
    John Henry Camp was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Ithaca, New York, Camp attended the common schools, and was graduated from the Albany Law School in 1860....

     (R): Elbridge G. Lapham
    Elbridge G. Lapham
    Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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 bar in 1844 and practiced in Canandaigua, New York.He was a delegate to the New York State...

     (R)
    James W. Wadsworth
    James Wolcott Wadsworth
    James Wolcott Wadsworth was an American farmer, soldier and statesman.-Life:...

     (R): Jeremiah W. Dwight
    Jeremiah W. Dwight
    Jeremiah Wilbur Dwight was a U.S. Representative from New York, father of John Wilbur Dwight.-Life:Born April 17, 1819 in Cincinnatus, New York, his father was Elijah Dwight and mother was Olive Standish , descended from Myles Standish...

     (R): David P. Richardson
    David P. Richardson
    David Plunket Richardson was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Macedon, New York, Richardson attended the common school and the local academy at Macedon. He was graduated from Yale College in 1856. He studied law in Rochester, New York.He was admitted to the bar in 1859, and practiced...

     (R): John Van Voorhis
    John Van Voorhis
    John Van Voorhis was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

     (R): Richard Crowley
    Richard Crowley
    Richard Crowley was a United States Representative from New York. He was born in Pendleton, New York. He attended the public schools and Lockport Union School. Later, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 and commenced practice in Lockport, New York.Crowley was the city attorney of...

     (R): Jonathan Scoville
    Jonathan Scoville
    Jonathan Scoville was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Scoville attended various educational institutions in Massachusetts, including the scientific department of Harvard University....

     (D): Henry H. Van Aernam (R)
North Carolina: Louis C. Latham
Louis C. Latham
Louis Charles Latham was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing North Carolina. Latham graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1859 and later attended the Harvard Law School...

 (D): Orlando Hubbs
Orlando Hubbs
Orlando Hubbs was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1881 and 1883.Born in Commack, New York, Hubbs attended local schools and went to Northport in 1856 and learned the trade of a carriage and wagon builder...

 (R): John W. Shackelford
John Williams Shackelford
John Williams Shackelford was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1881 and 1883.-Biography:...

 (D), died January 18, 1883, vacant for remainder of term: William R. Cox
William R. Cox
William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States...

 (D): Alfred M. Scales
Alfred Moore Scales
Alfred Moore Scales was a North Carolina state legislature, Confederate general in the American Civil War and the 45th Governor of the US state of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889, and Congressman.-Early life:...

 (D): Clement Dowd
Clement Dowd
Clement Dowd was a Democratic politician in North Carolina who served as Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1869 to 1871 and as a U.S. Representative from 1881 to 1885....

 (D): Robert F. Armfield
Robert Franklin Armfield
Robert Franklin Armfield was the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina from 1875 to 1876, and a U.S. Representative from North Carolina between 1879 and 1883.-Biography:...

 (D): Robert B. Vance
Robert B. Vance
Robert Brank Vance , nephew of the earlier Congressman Robert Brank Vance and brother of Zebulon Baird Vance, was a North Carolina Democratic politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms . He was chairman of the United States House Committee on Patents...

 (D)

Ohio: Benjamin Butterworth
Benjamin Butterworth
Benjamin Butterworth was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Benjamin Butterworth was born near Maineville, Ohio, on October 22, 1837...

 (R): Thomas L. Young
Thomas L. Young
Thomas Lowry Young was a Republican politician from Ohio. Young served as the 33rd Governor of Ohio.-Biography:...

 (R): Henry L. Morey
Henry Lee Morey
Henry Lee Morey was an officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and a politician and U. S. Congressman after the war.-Early life and career:...

 (R): Emanuel Shultz
Emanuel Shultz
Emanuel Shultz was a shoemaker, merchant, manufacturer, banker and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio....

 (R): Benjamin Le Fevre
Benjamin Le Fevre
Benjamin Le Fevre was a nineteenth century politician from Ohio.-Biography:Born near Maplewood, Ohio, Le Fevre attended Miami University in 1858 and 1859 and studied law in Sidney, Ohio...

 (D): James M. Ritchie
James M. Ritchie
James Monroe Ritchie was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, father of Byron Foster Ritchie.Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, Ritchie immigrated to the United States in 1832 with his parents, who settled in St. Lawrence County, New York...

 (R): John P. Leedom
John P. Leedom
For the Texas state senator from Dallas, see John N. Leedom.John Peter Leedom was a U.S. Representative from Ohio....

 (D): J. Warren Keifer
J. Warren Keifer
Joseph Warren Keifer was a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio from 1877 to 1885 and from 1905 to 1911...

 (R): James S. Robinson
James S. Robinson
James Sidney Robinson was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

 (R): John B. Rice
John B. Rice
John Birchard Rice was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Fremont, Ohio, Rice attended the common schools of Lower Sandusky and Oberlin College, Ohio. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1857...

 (R): Henry S. Neal
Henry S. Neal
Henry Safford Neal was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Gallipolis, Ohio, Neal attended the common schools.He was graduated from Marietta College in 1847.He studied law....

 (R): George L. Converse
George L. Converse
George Leroy Converse was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Georgesville, Ohio, Converse attended the common schools and Central College, Ohio, and was graduated from Denison University, Granville, Ohio, in 1849....

 (D): Gibson Atherton
Gibson Atherton
Gibson Atherton was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Newark, Ohio, Atherton attended Denison University, Granville, Ohio, and graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1853...

 (D): George W. Geddes
George W. Geddes
George Washington Geddes was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Geddes attended the common schools.He studied law under Columbus Delano.He was admitted to the bar in July 1845 and practiced....

 (D): Rufus R. Dawes
Rufus R. Dawes
Rufus R. Dawes was a military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War. He used the middle initial "R" but had no middle name. He was noted for his service in the famed Iron Brigade, particularly during the Battle of Gettysburg...

 (R): Jonathan T. Updegraff
Jonathan T. Updegraff
Jonathan Taylor Updegraff was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born near Mount Pleasant, Ohio, he descendant of the german Op den Graeff family. Jonathan was the son of David Updegraff, a Quaker minister, and grandson of Nathan Updegraff, a delegate to Ohio's first constitutional...

 (R)
  • Joseph D. Taylor
    Joseph D. Taylor
    Joseph Danner Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Joseph D. Taylor was born in Goshen Township, in Clermont County, Ohio...

     (R): William McKinley, Jr.
    William McKinley
    William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

     (R): Addison S. McClure
    Addison S. McClure
    Addison S. McClure was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Wooster, Ohio, McClure pursued an academic course in Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania . He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861 and commenced practice in Wooster. He entered the Army as a private in...

     (R): Ezra B. Taylor
    Ezra B. Taylor
    Ezra Booth Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Taylor was born in Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio and attended the common and select schools and academies. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Portage County in 1845...

     (R): Amos Townsend
    Amos Townsend
    Amos Townsend was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, Townsend attended the common schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and clerked in a store in Pittsburgh. He moved to Mansfield, Ohio, in 1839 and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He served as United States marshal...

     (R)

Oregon: Melvin C. George (R)

Pennsylvania: Henry H. Bingham
Henry H. Bingham
Henry Harrison Bingham was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, who received the United States Military's highest award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of the Wilderness....

 (R): Charles O'Neill (R): Samuel J. Randall
Samuel J. Randall
Samuel Jackson Randall was a Pennsylvania politician, attorney, soldier, and a prominent Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives during the late 19th century. He served as the 33rd Speaker of the House and a contender for his party's nomination for the President of the...

 (D): William D. Kelley
William D. Kelley
William D. Kelley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Kelley was a lifelong advocate of civil rights, social reform, and labor protection.-Early life:...

 (R): Alfred C. Harmer
Alfred C. Harmer
Alfred Crout Harmer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Alfred C. Harmer was born in Germantown, PA. Began work as a shoe manufacturer. He became a member of the city council of Philadelphia, serving from 1856–1860 and then a recorder of deeds for...

 (R): William Ward
William Ward (Pennsylvania)
William Ward was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Ward was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Girard College in Philadelphia. He learned the art of printing in the office of the Delaware County Republican in Chester, Pennsylvania...

 (R): William Godshalk
William Godshalk
William Godshalk was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

 (R): Daniel Ermentrout
Daniel Ermentrout
Daniel Ermentrout was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel Ermentrout was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Elmwood Institute in Norristown, Pennsylvania...

 (D): A. Herr Smith
Abraham Herr Smith
Abraham Herr Smith was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.A. Herr Smith was born near Millersville, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He attended Professor Beck’s Academy at Lititz, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Dickinson College in...

 (R): William Mutchler
William Mutchler
William Mutchler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

 (D): Robert Klotz
Robert Klotz
Robert Klotz was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Robert Klotz was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He attended the country schools...

 (D): Joseph A. Scranton
Joseph A. Scranton
Joseph Augustine Scranton was a Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, 1885 to 1887, 1889 to 1891, and 1893 to 1897....

 (R): Charles N. Brumm
Charles N. Brumm
Charles Napoleon Brumm was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...

 (GB
United States Greenback Party
The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

): Samuel F. Barr
Samuel Fleming Barr
Samuel Fleming Barr was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel F. Barr was born near Coleraine, County Antrim, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1831 with his parents, who settled in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania...

 (R): Cornelius C. Jadwin
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin
Cornelius Comegys Jadwin was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Cornelius Comegys Jadwin was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and taught school for four years. He studied civil engineering and pharmacy. He was engaged as a...

 (R): Robert J. C. Walker
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker
Robert Jarvis Cochran Walker was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....

 (R): Jacob M. Campbell
Jacob Miller Campbell
Jacob Miller Campbell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He also served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

 (R): Horatio G. Fisher
Horatio Gates Fisher
Horatio Gates Fisher was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Horatio G. Fisher was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He attended public and private schools. He was graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in July 1855. He engaged in...

 (R): Frank E. Beltzhoover
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Frank E. Beltzhoover was born in Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania. He attended Big Spring Academy in Newville, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg in 1862...

 (D): Andrew G. Curtin
Andrew Gregg Curtin
Andrew Gregg Curtin was a U.S. lawyer and politician. He served as the Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War.-Biography:...

 (D): Morgan R. Wise
Morgan Ringland Wise
Morgan Ringland Wise was a member of the 46th and 47th Congress of the United States.Wise was born in West Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He engaged in gold mining in California in 1850 and while there voluntereed under Major Stammins, to defend the miners against the depredations of the Indians...

 (D): Russell Errett
Russell Errett
Russell Errett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

 (R): Thomas M. Bayne
Thomas McKee Bayne
Thomas McKee Bayne was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Thomas M. Bayne was born in Bellevue, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. He studied law...

 (R): William S. Shallenberger
William Shadrack Shallenberger
William Shadrack Shallenberger was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...

 (R): James Mosgrove
James Mosgrove
James Mosgrove was a Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James Mosgrove was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and was engaged in the iron business....

 (NG
United States Greenback Party
The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

): Samuel H. Miller
Samuel Henry Miller
Samuel Henry Miller was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Samuel H. Miller was born at Coolspring, Pennsylvania . He graduated from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, in 1860. He taught school...

 (R): Lewis F. Watson
Lewis Findlay Watson
Lewis Findlay Watson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Lewis Findlay Watson was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1832...

 (R)

Rhode Island: Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the Senate, where he served from 1881 to 1911....

 (R)
  • Henry J. Spooner
    Henry J. Spooner
    Henry Joshua Spooner , was a United States Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Spooner attended the common schools and graduated from Brown University in 1860. During his undergraduate career Spooner became a member of Theta Delta Chi...

     (R): Jonathan Chace
    Jonathan Chace
    Jonathan Chace was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born at Fall River, Massachusetts, he son of Harvey Chace and the grandson of Oliver Chace. In 1854, he married Jane C. Moon, and they had children: Anna H., Elizabeth M. and Susan A....

     (R)

South Carolina: John S. Richardson
John S. Richardson
John Smythe Richardson was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born on the Bloomhill plantation, near Sumter, South Carolina, Richardson pursued an academic course in Cokesbury, South Carolina, and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1850.He studied law.He was admitted...

 (D): Samuel Dibble
Samuel Dibble
Samuel Dibble was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Samuel Dibble was born in Charleston, South Carolina, son of Philander Virgil and Frances Ann Dibble. Young Dibble pursued an academic course in Bethel, Connecticut , and Charleston, South Carolina...

 (D), seated June 9, 1881 after being awarded contested election
  • Edmund W. M. Mackey
    Edmund William McGregor Mackey
    Edmund William McGregor Mackey was a United States Representative from South Carolina. Born in Charleston, he became a representative after the end of the American Civil War. As an active Republican, he was nominated to be a delegate from Charleston for the constitutional convention of South...

     (IR), seated 5/31/1882 after being awarded contested election: D. Wyatt Aiken
    D. Wyatt Aiken
    David Wyatt Aiken was a Confederate army officer during the American Civil War and a postbellum five-term United States Congressman from South Carolina.-Biography:...

     (D): John H. Evins
    John H. Evins
    John Hamilton Evins was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Evins attended the common schools and was graduated from South Carolina College at Columbia in 1853....

     (D): George D. Tillman
    George D. Tillman
    George Dionysius Tillman was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, brother of Benjamin Ryan Tillman.Born near Curryton, South Carolina, Tillman pursued an academic course in Penfield, Georgia, and in Greenwood, South Carolina.He attended Harvard University, but did not graduate.He studied...

     (D)
    Robert Smalls
    Robert Smalls
    Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician. He freed himself and his family from slavery on May 13, 1862, by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, the Planter, to freedom in Charleston harbor...

     (R)

Tennessee: Augustus H. Pettibone
Augustus Herman Pettibone
Augustus Herman Pettibone was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (R): Leonidas C. Houk
Leonidas C. Houk
Leonidas Campbell Houk was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee...

 (R): George G. Dibrell
George Gibbs Dibrell
George Gibbs Dibrell was an American lawyer and a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives from the 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee. He also served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and as a railroad executive.-Biography:Dibrell...

 (D): Benton McMillin
Benton McMillin
Benton McMillin was governor of the U.S. state of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903. A Democrat, he was a native of Monroe County, Kentucky and an attorney.-Biography:...

 (D): Richard Warner
Richard Warner (politician)
Richard Warner was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.Born near Chapel Hill, Tennessee, Warner attended the public schools and graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1858. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in...

 (D): John F. House
John Ford House
John Ford House was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 6th congressional district.-Biography:...

 (D): Washington C. Whitthorne
Washington C. Whitthorne
Washington Curran Whitthorne was a Tennessee attorney, Democratic politician, and an Adjutant General in the Confederate Army.-Early life and career:...

 (D): John D. C. Atkins
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins was an American politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee.-Biography:...

 (D): Charles B. Simonton
Charles Bryson Simonton
Charles Bryson Simonton was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee....

 (D): William R. Moore
William R. Moore
William Roy "Red" Moore, Jr. is a former American football player and coach in the United States. He played college football at Pennsylvania State University and three seasons in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers...

 (R)

Texas: John H. Reagan
John Henninger Reagan
John Henninger Reagan , was a leading 19th century American politician from the U.S. state of Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as...

 (D): David B. Culberson
David B. Culberson
David Browning Culberson was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Early years:...

 (D): Olin Wellborn
Olin Wellborn
Olin Wellborn was an American politician. He served in the United States House of Representatives from Texas.-Early years:...

 (D): Roger Q. Mills
Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Background:...

 (D): George W. Jones
George Washington Jones (Texas politician)
George Washington Jones was a Texas politician, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas and a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...

 (NG
United States Greenback Party
The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...

): Christopher C. Upson
Christopher C. Upson
Christopher Columbus Upson was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born near Syracuse, New York, Upson attended the common schools and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts.He studied law....

 (D)

Vermont: Charles H. Joyce (R): James M. Tyler (R): William W. Grout
William W. Grout
William Wallace Grout was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Compton, Province of Quebec, Grout pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie Law School in 1857....

 (R)

Virginia: George T. Garrison (D): John F. Dezendorf
John F. Dezendorf
John Frederick Dezendorf was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Lansingburgh, New York, Dezendorf pursued an academic course.Learned the carpenter's trade.He studied architecture and civil engineering....

 (R): George D. Wise
George D. Wise
George Douglas Wise was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise and nephew of Henry Alexander Wise....

 (D): Joseph Jorgensen
Joseph Jorgensen
Joseph Jorgensen was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jorgensen was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia....

 (R): George C. Cabell
George Cabell
George Craighead Cabell was a nineteenth century congressman, lawyer and editor from Virginia.Born in Danville, Virginia, Cabell attended Danville Academy and later the law department at the University of Virginia in 1857. After being admitted to the bar, he commenced practice in Danville in 1858...

 (D): John R. Tucker (D): John Paul
John Paul (1839-1901)
John Paul was a U.S. Representative and federal judge from Virginia.Born in Scarborough, Ontario, John Paul attended the common schools in Bowmanville, Ontario. During the Civil War, John Paul entered the Confederate States Army and became a captain in the 1st Virginia Cavalry. He studied law at...

 (D): John S. Barbour, Jr.
John S. Barbour, Jr.
John Strode Barbour, Jr. was a Representative and a Senator from Virginia. He is best remembered for taking power in Virginia from the short-lived Readjuster Party in the late 1880s, forming the first political machine of "Conservative Democrats", whose power was to last 80 years until the demise...

 (D): Abram Fulkerson
Abram Fulkerson
Abram Fulkerson was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and a Virginia lawyer and politician. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives....

 (D)

West Virginia: Benjamin Wilson
Benjamin Wilson (congressman)
Benjamin Wilson was a Democratic politician who served as a United States Representative from West Virginia. He was born in Wilsonburg, Virginia in Harrison County...

 (D): John B. Hoge
John B. Hoge
John B. Hoge was a journalist, lawyer, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Representative from West Virginia. He was born in Richmond, Virginia on February 2, 1825. He was a member of the 47th United States Congress. He died in 1896....

 (D): John E. Kenna
John E. Kenna
John Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death....

 (D)

Wisconsin: Charles G. Williams
Charles G. Williams
Charles Grandison Williams was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Royalton, New York, Williams pursued an academic course and studied law in Rochester, New York....

 (R): Lucien B. Caswell
Lucien B. Caswell
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell was an American politician.Born in Swanton, Vermont, he moved with his family to frontier Wisconsin in 1836 and settled along the Rock River, just south of Lake Koshkonong. Caswell attended Milton Academy and Beloit College, studying law...

 (R): George C. Hazelton
George Cochrane Hazelton
George Cochrane Hazelton was a United States Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Chester, New Hampshire, he attended the district schools and prepared for college at Pinkerton Academy in New Hampshire and Dummer Academy in Massachusetts. Hazelton studied at Union College in Schenectady, New...

 (R): Peter V. Deuster
Peter V. Deuster
Peter Victor Deuster was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Thum, near Aix la Chapelle, Rhenish Prussia, Deuster pursued an academic course....

 (D): Edward S. Bragg
Edward S. Bragg
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg was a Democratic politician, lawyer and Union Army general from Wisconsin. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883 and from 1885 to 1887 and subsequently served as a foreign diplomat.-Early life and career:Born in Unadilla, New York, Bragg attended...

 (D): Richard W. Guenther
Richard W. Guenther
Richard William Guenther was a Prussian-born 19th century politician and pharmacist in Wisconsin.Born in Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, Guenther received a college education and graduated from the Royal Pharmacy in Potsdam. He immigrated to the United States in 1866, settling in New York City,...

 (R): Herman L. Humphrey
Herman L. Humphrey
Herman Leon Humphrey was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Candor, New York, Humphrey attended the common schools and also the Cortland Academy for one year.He became a clerk in Ithaca, New York....

 (R): Thaddeus C. Pound
Thaddeus C. Pound
Thaddeus Coleman Pound was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate. Pound was Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin 1870 - 1872...

 (R)

Delegates

Arizona Territory: Granville H. Oury
Granville Henderson Oury
Granville Henderson Oury was a nineteenth century American politician, lawyer, judge, soldier and miner.-Early life and career:...

 (D)

Dakota Territory: Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senator from South Dakota.-Biography:Pettigrew was born in Ludlow, Windsor County,...

 (R)

Idaho Territory: George Ainslie
George Ainslie (delegate)
George Ainslie was a Congressional delegate from Idaho Territory.-Biography:...

 (D)

Montana Territory: Martin Maginnis
Martin Maginnis
Martin Maginnis was a nineteenth century politician, publisher, editor and miner from Minnesota and the Montana Territory.-Biography:...

 (D)

New Mexico Territory: Tranqulino Luna
Tranqulino Luna
Tranquilino Luna was a Delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of New Mexico. Born in Los Lunas, New Mexico, Luna attended the public schools and graduated from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri...

 (R)

Utah Territory: John T. Caine
John Thomas Caine
John Thomas Caine was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Utah.Born in the parish of Patrick, Isle of Man, Caine attended the common schools in Douglas, Isle of Man....

 (D)

Washington Territory: Thomas H. Brents (R)

Wyoming Territory: Morton E. Post (D)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
  • replacements: 8
    • Democratic
      Democratic Party (United States)
      The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

      : no net change
    • Republican
      Republican Party (United States)
      The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

      : no net change
    • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • deaths: 2
  • resignations: 8
  • interim appointments: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 10
House of Representatives
  • replacements: 14
    • Democratic
      Democratic Party (United States)
      The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

      : 1 seat net gain
    • Republican
      Republican Party (United States)
      The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

      : 1 seat net loss
    • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain
  • deaths: 6
  • resignations: 9
  • contested election: 8
  • Total seats with changes: 22

Officers

Senate
  • Secretary of the Senate
    Secretary of the United States Senate
    The Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...

    :
    • John C. Burch
      John C. Burch
      John Chilton Burch was a California Democratic politician and United States Congressman. He served as the Secretary of the United States Senate from 1879 through 1881....

       of Tennessee
      Tennessee
      Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

       elected March 24, 1879, died July 28, 1881
    • Francis E. Shober of North Carolina
      North Carolina
      North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

       (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
  • Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
    Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
    The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...

    :
    • Richard J. Bright of Indiana
      Indiana
      Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

      , elected March 23, 1879
  • Chaplain of the Senate
    Chaplain of the United States Senate
    The Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...

    • The Rev. Joseph J. Bullock
      Joseph J. Bullock
      Joseph J. Bullock was a Presbyterian clergyman who served as Chaplain of the Senate of the United States from 1879 until 1883.-Early years:...

      , Presbyterian
      Presbyterianism
      Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...

      , elected March 24, 1879
Other
  • Architect of the Capitol
    Architect of the Capitol
    The Architect of the Capitol is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency. The Architect of the Capitol is in the legislative branch and is responsible to the United States...

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    • Edward Clark
      Edward Clark (architect)
      Edward Clark was an American architect who served as Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902.Edward Clark was Thomas U. Walter's student, chief assistant, and successor. Prior to working with Walter, he had received training in freehand and mechanical drawing as well as engineering...

      , appointed August 30, 1865
House of Representatives
  • Clerk of the House
    Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
    The Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....

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    • Edward McPherson
      Edward McPherson
      Edward McPherson was a prominent Pennsylvania newspaperman, attorney, and United States Congressman. As a director of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, he effected efforts to protect portions of the Gettysburg Battlefield.-Early life and career:McPherson was born in Gettysburg,...

       of Pennsylvania
      Pennsylvania
      The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

      , elected December 5, 1881
  • Sergeant at Arms of the House
    Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives
    The United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...

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    • George W. Hooker of Vermont
      Vermont
      Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

      , elected December 5, 1881
  • Doorkeeper of the House
    Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives
    An appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...

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    • Walter P. Brownlow
      Walter P. Brownlow
      Walter P. Brownlow served Tennessee's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1896 until 1910. Amazingly, a century after his service, the legacy established by Brownlow's Congressional work remains important in the First District...

       of Tennessee
      Tennessee
      Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

      , elected December 5, 1881
  • Postmaster of the House
    Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives
    The Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...

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    • Henry Sherwood of Michigan
      Michigan
      Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

      , elected December 5, 1881
  • Clerk at the Speaker’s Table
    Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives
    The Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...

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    • J. Guilford White
    • Michael Sullivan
  • Chaplain of the House
    Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
    The election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...

    • The Rev. Frederick D. Power, Disciples of Christ
      Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
      The Christian Church is a Mainline Protestant denomination in North America. It is often referred to as The Christian Church, The Disciples of Christ, or more simply as The Disciples...

      , elected December 5, 1881

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