49th United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 6.3 Delegates 7 Changes in membership 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Officers 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 8.3 Other 9 References 10 External links

The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1887

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1885 – April 2, 1885
• First session: December 7, 1885 - August 5, 1886
• Second session: December 6, 1886 - March 3, 1887 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 48th Congress
Next congress: 50th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1885; Events of 1886; Events of 1887

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 49th Congress

[edit] 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.

[edit] Senate

• Democratic: 34
• Republican: 42 (majority)

TOTAL members: 76

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic: 182 (majority)
• Republican: 141
• National Greenback: 1
• Independent Democratic: 1

TOTAL members: 325

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, died November 25, 1885, vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • John Sherman, Republican of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885, resigned February 26, 1887.
  • John J. Ingalls, Republican of Kansas, elected February 26, 1887.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, reelected December 7, 1885.

[edit] 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: 49th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 49th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1884

[edit] Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

Alabama

• 2. John T. Morgan (Dem.)
• 3. James L. Pugh (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 2. Augustus H. Garland (Dem.) …resigned March 6, 1885.

  James H. Berry (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 25, 1885.

• 3. James K. Jones (Dem.)

California

• 1. John F. Miller (Rep.) …died March 8, 1886.

  George Hearst (Dem.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 9, 1886.

  Abram P. Williams (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 3. Leland Stanford (Rep.)

Colorado

• 2. Thomas M. Bowen (Rep.)
• 3. Henry M. Teller (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 3. Orville H. Platt (Rep.)
• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (Rep.)

Delaware

• 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (Dem.) …resigned March 6, 1885.

  George Gray (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 19, 1885.

• 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Charles W. Jones (Dem.)
• 3. Wilkinson Call (Dem.)

Georgia

• 3. Joseph E. Brown (Dem.)
• 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (Dem.)

Illinois

• 3. John A. Logan (Rep.) …died December 26, 1886.

  Charles B. Farwell (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25, 1887.

• 2. Shelby M. Cullom (Rep.)

Indiana

• 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (Dem.)
• 1. Benjamin Harrison (Rep.)

Iowa

• 3. William B. Allison (Rep.)
• 2. James F. Wilson (Rep.)

Kansas

• 3. John J. Ingalls (Rep.)
• 2. Preston B. Plumb (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 2. James B. Beck (Dem.)
• 3. Joseph C.S. Blackburn (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 2. Randall L. Gibson (Dem.)
• 3. James B. Eustis (Dem.)

Maine

• 1. Eugene Hale (Rep.)
• 2. William P. Frye (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (Dem.)
• 3. Ephraim K. Wilson (Dem.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry L. Dawes (Rep.)
• 2. George F. Hoar (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. Omar D. Conger (Rep.)
• 2. Thomas W. Palmer (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Rep.)
• 2. Dwight M. Sabin (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 2. Lucius Q.C. Lamar (Dem.) …resigned March 6, 1885.

  Edward C. Walthall (Dem.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated March 12, 1885, subsequently elected.

• 1. James Z. George (Dem.)

Missouri

• 1. Francis M. Cockrell (Dem.)
• 3. George G. Vest (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (Rep.)
• 2. Charles F. Manderson (Rep.)

Nevada

• 3. John P. Jones (Rep.)
• 1. James G. Fair (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 2. Austin F. Pike (Rep.) …died October 8, 1886.

  Person C. Cheney (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1886.

• 3. Henry W. Blair (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1885, subsequently elected.

New Jersey

• 2. John R. McPherson (Dem.)
• 1. William J. Sewell (Rep.)

New York

• 1. Warner Miller (Rep.)
• 3. William M. Evarts (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 2. Matt W. Ransom (Dem.)
• 3. Zebulon B. Vance (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. John Sherman (Rep.)
• 3. Henry B. Payne (Dem.)

Oregon

• 2. Joseph N. Dolph (Rep.)
• 3. John H. Mitchell (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1885.

Pennsylvania

• 3. J. Donald Cameron (Rep.)
• 1. John I. Mitchell (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (Rep.)
• 2. Jonathan Chace (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 2. Matthew C. Butler (Dem.)
• 3. Wade Hampton (Dem.)

Tennessee

• 2. Isham G. Harris (Dem.)
• 1. Howell E. Jackson (Dem.) …resigned April 14, 1886.

  Washington C. Whitthorne (Dem.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 26, 1886, subsequently elected.

Texas

• 1. Samuel B. Maxey (Dem.)
• 2. Richard Coke (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. George F. Edmunds (Rep.)
• 3. Justin S. Morrill (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. William Mahone (Readjuster Dem.)
• 2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (Readjuster Dem.)

West Virginia

• 1. Johnson N. Camden (Dem.)
• 2. John E. Kenna (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Philetus Sawyer (Rep.)
• 3. John C. Spooner (Rep.)

[edit] House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket 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.

Alabama

• 1. James T. Jones (Dem.)
• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (Dem.)
• 3. William C. Oates (Dem.)
• 4. Alexander C. Davidson (Dem.)
• 5. Thomas W. Sadler (Dem.)
• 6. John M. Martin (Dem.)
• 7. William H. Forney (Dem.)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (Dem.)
• 2. Clifton R. Breckinridge (Dem.)
• 3. Thomas C. McRae (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1885.
• 4. John H. Rogers (Dem.)
• 5. Samuel W. Peel (Dem.)

California

• 1. Barclay Henley (Dem.)
• 2. J.A. Louttit (Rep.)
• 3. Joseph McKenna (Rep.)
• 4. W.W. Morrow (Rep.)
• 5. Charles N. Felton (Rep.)
• 6. H.H. Markham (Rep.)

Colorado

• A/L. George G. Symes (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 1. John R. Buck (Rep.)
• 2. Charles L. Mitchell (Dem.)
• 3. John T. Wait (Rep.)
• 4. Edward W. Seymour (Dem.)

Delaware

• A/L. Charles B. Lore (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Robert H.M. Davidson (Dem.)
• 2. Charles Dougherty (Dem.)

Georgia

• 1. Thomas M. Norwood (Dem.)
• 2. Henry G. Turner (Dem.)
• 3. Charles F. Crisp (Dem.)
• 4. Henry R. Harris (Dem.)
• 5. N.J. Hammond (Dem.)
• 6. James H. Blount (Dem.)
• 7. Judson C. Clements (Dem.)
• 8. Seaborn Reese (Dem.)
• 9. Allen D. Candler (Dem.)
• 10. George T. Barnes (Dem.)

Illinois

• 1. Ransom W. Dunham (Rep.)
• 2. Frank Lawler (Dem.)
• 3. Thomas B. Ward (Dem.)
• 4. George E. Adams (Rep.)
• 5. Reuben Ellwood (Rep.) …died July 1, 1885, before Congress assembled.

  A.J. Hopkins (Rep.)

• 6. Robert R. Hitt (Rep.)
• 7. Thomas J. Henderson (Rep.)
• 8. Ralph Plumb (Rep.)
• 9. Lewis E. Payson (Rep.)
• 10. Nicholas E. Worthington (Dem.)
• 11. William H. Neece (Dem.)
• 12. James M. Riggs (Dem.)
• 13. William M. Springer (Dem.)
• 14. Jonathan H. Rowell (Rep.)
• 15. John R. Thomas (Rep.)
• 16. Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.)
• 17. Silas Z. Landes (Dem.)
• 18. John R. Eden (Dem.)
• 19. William R. Morrison (Dem.)
• 20. Richard W. Townshend (Dem.)

Indiana

• 1. John J. Kleiner (Dem.)
• 2. Thomas R. Cobb (Dem.)
• 3. Jonas G. Howard (Dem.)
• 4. William S. Holman (Dem.)
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (Dem.)
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (Rep.)
• 7. William D. Bynum (Dem.)
• 8. James T. Johnston (Rep.)
• 9. James H. Ward (Dem.)
• 10. William D. Owen (Rep.)
• 11. George W. Steele (Rep.)
• 12. Robert Lowry (Dem.)
• 13. George Ford (Dem.)

Iowa

• 1. B.J. Hall (Dem.)
• 2. J.H. Murphy (Dem.)
• 3. David B. Henderson (Rep.)
• 4. William E. Fuller (Rep.)
• 5. Benjamin T. Frederick (Dem.)
• 6. J.B. Weaver (National Greenback)
• 7. Edwin H. Conger (Rep.)
• 8. William P. Hepburn (Rep.)
• 9. Joseph Lyman (Rep.)
• 10. Adoniram J. Holmes (Rep.)
• 11. Isaac S. Struble (Rep.)

Kansas

• 1. E.N. Morrill (Rep.)
• 2. E.H. Funston (Rep.)
• 3. Bishop W. Perkins (Rep.)
• 4. Thomas Ryan (Rep.)
• 5. John A. Anderson (Rep.)
• 6. Lewis Hanback (Rep.)
• 7. Samuel R. Peters (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 1. William J. Stone (Dem.)
• 2. Polk Laffoon (Dem.)
• 3. John E. Halsell (Dem.)
• 4. Thomas A. Robertson (Dem.)
• 5. Albert S. Willis (Dem.)
• 6. John G. Carlisle (Dem.)
• 7. William C.P. Breckinridge (Dem.)
• 8. James B. McCreary (Dem.)
• 9. W.H. Wadsworth (Rep.)
• 10. W.P. Taulbee (Dem.)
• 11. Frank L. Wolford (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 1. Louis St. Martin (Dem.)
• 2. Michael Hahn (Rep.) …died March 15, 1886.

  Nathaniel D. Wallace (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 9, 1886.

• 3. Edward J. Gay (Dem.)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (Dem.)
• 5. J. Floyd King (Dem.)
• 6. Alfred B. Irion (Dem.)

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (Rep.)
• 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (Rep.)
• 3. Seth L. Milliken (Rep.)
• 4. Charles A. Boutelle (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. Charles H. Gibson (Dem.)
• 2. Frank T. Shaw (Dem.)
• 3. William H. Cole (Dem.) …died July 8, 1886.

  Harry W. Rusk (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 4. John V. Findlay (Dem.)
• 5. Barnes Compton (Dem.)
• 6. Louis E. McComas (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Robert T. Davis (Rep.)
• 2. John D. Long (Rep.)
• 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (Rep.)
• 4. Patrick A. Collins (Dem.)
• 5. Edward D. Hayden (Rep.)
• 6. Henry B. Lovering (Dem.)
• 7. Eben F. Stone (Rep.)
• 8. Charles H. Allen (Rep.)
• 9. Frederick D. Ely (Rep.)
• 10. William W. Rice (Rep.)
• 11. William Whiting (Rep.)
• 12. Francis W. Rockwell (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. William C. Maybury (Dem.)
• 2. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (Dem.)
• 3. James O'Donnell (Rep.)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (Rep.)
• 5. Charles C. Comstock (Dem.)
• 6. Edwin B. Winans (Dem.)
• 7. Ezra C. Carleton (Dem.)
• 8. Timothy E. Tarsney (Dem.)
• 9. Byron M. Cutcheon (Rep.)
• 10. Spencer O. Fisher (Dem.)
• 11. Seth C. Moffatt (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Milo White (Rep.)
• 2. James Wakefield (Rep.)
• 3. Horace B. Strait (Rep.)
• 4. John Gilfillan (Rep.)
• 5. Knute Nelson (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. John M. Allen (Dem.)
• 2. J.B. Morgan (Dem.)
• 3. Thomas C. Catchings (Dem.)
• 4. Frederick G. Barry (Dem.)
• 5. O.R. Singleton (Dem.)
• 6. H.S. Van Eaton (Dem.)
• 7. Ethelbert Barksdale (Dem.)

Missouri

• 1. William H. Hatch (Dem.)
• 2. John B. Hale (Dem.)
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (Dem.)
• 4. James N. Burnes (Dem.)
• 5. William Warner (Rep.)
• 6. John T. Heard (Dem.)
• 7. John E. Hutton (Dem.)
• 8. John J. O'Neill (Dem.)
• 9. John M. Glover (Dem.)
• 10. Martin L. Clardy (Dem.)
• 11. Richard P. Bland (Dem.)
• 12. William J. Stone (Dem.)
• 13. William H. Wade (Rep.)
• 14. William Dawson (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 1. Archibald J. Weaver (Rep.)
• 2. James Laird (Rep.)
• 3. George W.E. Dorsey (Rep.)

Nevada

• A/L. William Woodburn (Rep.)

New Hampshire

• 1. Martin A. Haynes (Rep.)
• 2. Jacob H. Gallinger (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 1. George Hires (Rep.)
• 2. James Buchanan (Rep.)
• 3. Robert S. Green (Dem.) …resigned January 17, 1887.
• 4. James N. Pidcock (Dem.)
• 5. William Walter Phelps (Rep.)
• 6. Herman Lehlbach (Rep.)
• 7. William McAdoo (Dem.)

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (Dem.)
• 2. Felix Campbell (Dem.)
• 3. Darwin R. James (Rep.)
• 4. Peter P. Mahoney (Dem.)
• 5. Archibald M. Bliss (Dem.)
• 6. Nicholas Muller (Dem.)
• 7. John J. Adams (Dem.)
• 8. Samuel S. Cox (Dem.) …resigned May 20, 1885.

  Timothy J. Campbell (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1885.

• 9. Joseph Pulitzer (Dem.) …resigned April 10, 1886.

  Samuel S. Cox (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 10. Abram S. Hewitt (Dem.) …resigned December 30, 1886.
• 11. Truman A. Merriman (Dem.)
• 12. Abraham Dowdney (Dem.) …died December 10, 1886, seat remained vacant.
• 13. Egbert L. Viele (Dem.)
• 14. William G. Stahlnecker (Dem.)
• 15. Lewis Beach (Dem.) …died August 10, 1886.

  Henry Bacon (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 16. John H. Ketcham (Rep.)
• 17. James G. Lindsley (Rep.)
• 18. Henry G. Burleigh (Rep.)
• 19. John Swinburne (Rep.)
• 20. George West (Rep.)
• 21. Frederick A. Johnson (Rep.)
• 22. Abraham X. Parker (Rep.)
• 23. J. Thomas Spriggs (Dem.)
• 24. John S. Pindar (Dem.)
• 25. Frank Hiscock (Rep.)
• 26. Stephen C. Millard (Rep.)
• 27. Sereno E. Payne (Rep.)
• 28. John Arnot, Jr. (Dem.) …died November 20, 1886, seat remained vacant.
• 29. Ira Davenport (Rep.)
• 30. Charles S. Baker (Rep.)
• 31. John G. Sawyer (Rep.)
• 32. John M. Farquhar (Rep.)
• 33. John B. Weber (Rep.)
• 34. Walter L. Sessions (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 1. Thomas G. Skinner (Dem.)
• 2. James E. O'Hara (Rep.)
• 3. Wharton J. Green (Dem.)
• 4. William R. Cox (Dem.)
• 5. James W. Reid (Dem.) …resigned December 31, 1886.
• 6. Risden T. Bennett (Dem.)
• 7. John S. Henderson (Dem.)
• 8. William H.H. Cowles (Dem.)
• 9. Thomas D. Johnston (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Butterworth (Rep.)
• 2. Charles E. Brown (Rep.)
• 3. James E. Campbell (Dem.)
• 4. Charles M. Anderson (Dem.)
• 5. Benjamin Le Fevre (Dem.)
• 6. William D. Hill (Dem.)
• 7. George E. Seney (Dem.)
• 8. John Little (Rep.)
• 9. William C. Cooper (Rep.)
• 10. Jacob Romeis (Rep.)
• 11. W.W. Ellsberry (Dem.)
• 12. Albert C. Thompson (Rep.)
• 13. Joseph H. Outhwaite (Dem.)
• 14. Charles H. Grosvenor (Rep.)
• 15. Beriah Wilkins (Dem.)
• 16. George W. Geddes (Dem.)
• 17. A.J. Warner (Dem.)
• 18. Isaac H. Taylor (Rep.)
• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (Rep.)
• 20. William McKinley, Jr. (Rep.)
• 21. Martin A. Foran (Dem.)

Oregon

• A/L. Binger Hermann (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (Rep.)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (Rep.)
• 3. Samuel J. Randall (Dem.)
• 4. William D. Kelley (Rep.)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (Rep.)
• 6. James B. Everhart (Rep.)
• 7. I. Newton Evans (Rep.)
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (Dem.)
• 9. John A. Hiestand (Rep.)
• 10. William H. Sowden (Dem.)
• 11. John B. Storm (Dem.)
• 12. Joseph A. Scranton (Rep.)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (Rep.)
• 14. Franklin Bound (Rep.)
• 15. Frank C. Bunnell (Rep.)
• 16. William W. Brown (Rep.)
• 17. Jacob M. Campbell (Rep.)
• 18. Louis E. Atkinson (Rep.)
• 19. John A. Swope (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1885.
• 20. Andrew G. Curtin (Dem.)
• 21. Charles E. Boyle (Dem.)
• 22. James S. Negley (Rep.)
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (Rep.)
• 24. Oscar L. Jackson (Rep.)
• 25. Alexander C. White (Rep.)
• 26. George W. Fleeger (Rep.)
• 27. William Lawrence Scott (Dem.)
• 28. Edwin S. Osborne (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Henry J. Spooner (Rep.)
• 2. William A. Pirce (Rep.) …contested election, served until January 25, 1887.

  Charles H. Page (Dem.) …contested election, seated February 25, 1887.

South Carolina

• 1. Samuel Dibble (Dem.)
• 2. George D. Tillman (Dem.)
• 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (Dem.)
• 4. William H. Perry (Dem.)
• 5. John J. Hemphill (Dem.)
• 6. George W. Dargan (Dem.)
• 7. Robert Smalls (Rep.)

Tennessee

• 1. A.H. Pettibone (Rep.)
• 2. L.C. Houk (Rep.)
• 3. John R. Neal (Dem.)
• 4. Benton McMillin (Dem.)
• 5. James D. Richardson (Dem.)
• 6. Andrew J. Caldwell (Dem.)
• 7. John G. Ballentine (Dem.)
• 8. John M. Taylor (Dem.)
• 9. P.T. Glass (Dem.)
• 10. Zachary Taylor (Rep.)

Texas

• 1. Charles Stewart (Dem.)
• 2. J.H. Reagan (Dem.)
• 3. J.H. Jones (Dem.)
• 4. D.B. Culberson (Dem.)
• 5. J.W. Throckmorton (Dem.)
• 6. Olin Wellborn (Dem.)
• 7. W.H. Crain (Dem.)
• 8. James F. Miller (Dem.)
• 9. R.Q. Mills (Dem.)
• 10. J.D. Sayers (Dem.)
• 11. S.W.T. Lanham (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. John W. Stewart (Rep.)
• 2. William W. Grout (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. Thomas Croxton (Dem.)
• 2. Harry Libbey (Readjuster Dem.)
• 3. George D. Wise (Dem.)
• 4. James D. Brady (Rep.)
• 5. George C. Cabell (Dem.)
• 6. John W. Daniel (Dem.)
• 7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (Dem.)
• 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (Dem.)
• 9. C.F. Trigg (Dem.)
• 10. J. Randolph Tucker (Dem.)

West Virginia

• 1. Nathan Goff (Rep.)
• 2. William L. Wilson (Dem.)
• 3. Charles P. Snyder (Dem.)
• 4. Eustace Gibson (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Lucien B. Caswell (Rep.)
• 2. Edward S. Bragg (Dem.)
• 3. Robert M. La Follette (Rep.)
• 4. Isaac W. Van Schaick (Rep.)
• 5. Joseph Rankin (Dem.) …died January 24, 1886.

  Thomas R. Hudd (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 8, 1886.

• 6. Richard W. Guenther (Rep.)
• 7. Ormsby B. Thomas (Rep.)
• 8. William T. Price (Rep.) …died December 6, 1886.

  Hugh H. Price (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 2, 1887.

• 9. Isaac Stephenson (Rep.)

[edit] Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L. Curtis C. Bean (Rep.)

Dakota Territory

• A/L. Oscar S. Gifford (Rep.)

Idaho Territory

• A/L. John Hailey (Dem.)

Montana Territory

• A/L. Joseph K. Toole (Dem.)

New Mexico Territory

• A/L. Antonio Joseph (Dem.)

Utah Territory

• A/L. John T. Caine (Dem.)

Washington Territory

• A/L. Charles S. Voorhees (Dem.)

[edit] Changes in membership

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

See also: 49th United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

• replacements: 7
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss

• deaths:
• resignations:
• vacancy:
• Total seats with changes:

[edit] House of Representatives

• replacements: 11
  • Democratic: 2 seat net gain
  • Republican: 2 seat net loss

• deaths:
• resignations:
• contested election:
• Total seats with changes:

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • Anson G. McCook of New York, elected December 18, 1883
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • William P. Canady of North Carolina, elected December 18, 1883
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. Elia D. Huntley Methodist, elected December 18, 1883
  • The Rev. John G. Butler Lutheran, elected March 15, 1886

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • John B. Clark, Jr. of Missouri, elected December 7, 1885
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • John P. Leedom of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Samuel Donelson of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1885
• Postmaster of the House:
  • Lycurgus Dalton of Indiana, elected December 7, 1885
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. William H. Milburn Methodist, elected December 7, 1885

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865

[edit] References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

[edit] External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [2]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [3]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [4]

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