43rd 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-third 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, 1873 to March 3, 1875, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1873 – March 26, 1873
• First session: December 1, 1873 - June 23, 1874
• Second session: December 7, 1874 - March 3, 1875 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 42nd Congress
Next congress: 44th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1873; Events of 1874; Events of 1875

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 43rd 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: 19
• Republican: 47 (majority)
• Liberal Republican: 7
• vacant: 1

TOTAL members: 74

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic: 88
• Republican: 199 (majority)
• Liberal Republican: 4
• Independent Democratic: 1

TOTAL members: 292

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Matthew H. Carpenter, Republican of Wisconsin, first elected March 12, 1873.
  • Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island, first elected in this Congress January 25, 1875.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, reelected December 1, 1873.

[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: 43rd United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 43rd United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1872

[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 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.

Alabama

• 3. George E. Spencer (Rep.)
• 2. George Goldthwaite (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 2. Powell Clayton (Rep.)
• 3. Stephen W. Dorsey (Rep.)

California

• 1. Eugene Casserly (Dem.) …resigned November 29, 1873.

  John S. Hager (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9, 1874.

• 3. Aaron A. Sargent (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 3. Orris S. Ferry Liberal Rep.
• 1. William A. Buckingham (Rep.) …died February 5, 1875.

  William W. Eaton (Dem.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1875.

Delaware

• 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (Dem.)
• 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Abijah Gilbert (Rep.)
• 3. Simon B. Conover (Rep.)

Georgia

• 2. Thomas M. Norwood (Dem.)
• 3. John B. Gordon (Dem.)

Illinois

• 2. John A. Logan (Rep.)
• 3. Richard J. Oglesby (Rep.)

Indiana

• 3. Oliver P. Morton (Rep.)
• 1. Daniel D. Pratt (Rep.)

Iowa

• 2. George G. Wright (Rep.)
• 3. William B. Allison (Rep.)

Kansas

• 2. Alexander Caldwell (Rep.) …resigned March 24, 1873.

  Robert Crozier (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.

  James M. Harvey (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1874.

• 3. John J. Ingalls (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 2. John W. Stevenson (Dem.)
• 3. Thomas C. McCreery (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 2. Joseph R. West (Rep.)
• 3. vacant …contested election throughout the Congress.

Maine

• 1. Hannibal Hamlin (Rep.)
• 2. Lot M. Morrill (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. William T. Hamilton (Dem.)
• 3. George R. Dennis (Dem.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Charles Sumner Liberal Rep. …died March 11, 1874.

  William B. Washburn (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 1, 1874.

• 2. George S. Boutwell (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated March 17, 1873.

Michigan

• 1. Zachariah Chandler (Rep.)
• 2. Thomas W. Ferry (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Alexander Ramsey (Rep.)
• 2. William Windom (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. Adelbert Ames (Rep.) …resigned January 10, 1874.

  Henry R. Pease (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1874.

• 2. James L. Alcorn (Rep.)

Missouri

• 1. Carl Schurz (Rep.)
• 3. Lewis V. Bogy (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 1. Thomas W. Tipton (Rep.)
• 2. Phineas W. Hitchcock (Rep.)

Nevada

• 1. William M. Stewart (Rep.)
• 3. John P. Jones (Rep.)

New Hampshire

• 2. Aaron H. Cragin (Rep.)
• 3. Bainbridge Wadleigh (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 1. John P. Stockton (Dem.)
• 2. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (Rep.)

New York

• 3. Roscoe Conkling (Rep.)
• 1. Reuben E. Fenton (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 2. Matt W. Ransom (Dem.)
• 3. Augustus S. Merrimon (Dem.)

Ohio

• 3. John Sherman (Rep.)
• 1. Allen G. Thurman (Dem.)

Oregon

• 2. James K. Kelly (Dem.)
• 3. John H. Mitchell (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 3. Simon Cameron (Rep.)
• 1. John Scott (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 2. Henry B. Anthony (Rep.)
• 1. William Sprague (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 2. Thomas J. Robertson (Rep.)
• 3. John J. Patterson (Rep.)

Tennessee

• 1. William G. Brownlow (Rep.)
• 2. Henry Cooper (Dem.)

Texas

• 1. James W. Flanagan (Rep.)
• 2. Morgan C. Hamilton Liberal Rep.

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 2. John W. Johnston (Dem.)
• 1. John F. Lewis (Rep.)

West Virginia

• 1. Arthur I. Boreman (Rep.)
• 2. Henry G. Davis (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 3. Timothy O. Howe (Rep.)
• 1. Matthew H. Carpenter (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. Frederick G. Bromberg Liberal Rep.
• 2. James T. Rapier (Rep.)
• 3. Charles Pelham (Rep.)
• 4. Charles Hays (Rep.)
• 5. John H. Caldwell (Dem.)
• 6. Joseph H. Sloss (Dem.)
• A/L. Charles C. Sheats (Rep.)
• A/L. Alexander White (Rep.)

Arkansas

• 1. Asa Hodges (Rep.)
• 2. Oliver P. Snyder (Rep.)
• 3. William W. Wilshire (Rep.) …contested election, seated from February 18, 1874 until June 16, 1874.

  Thomas M. Gunter (Dem.) …contested election, seated February 4, 1874.

• A/L. William J. Hynes Liberal Rep.

California

• 1. Charles Clayton (Rep.)
• 2. Horace F. Page (Rep.)
• 3. John K. Luttrell (Dem.)
• 4. Sherman O. Houghton (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (Rep.)
• 2. Stephen W. Kellogg (Rep.)
• 3. Henry H. Starkweather (Rep.)
• 4. William H. Barnum (Dem.)

Delaware

• A/L. James R. Lofland (Rep.)

Florida

• 1. Josiah T. Walls (Rep.)
• 2. William J. Purman (Rep.)

Georgia

• 1. Morgan Rawls (Dem.) …contested election, served until March 24, 1874.

  Andrew Sloan (Rep.) …contested election, seated March 24, 1874.

• 2. Richard H. Whiteley (Rep.)
• 3. Philip Cook (Dem.)
• 4. Henry R. Harris (Dem.)
• 5. James C. Freeman (Rep.)
• 6. James H. Blount (Dem.)
• 7. Pierce M. Young (Dem.)
• 8. Alexander H. Stephens (Dem.)
• 9. Hiram P. Bell (Dem.)

Illinois

• 1. John B. Rice (Rep.) …died December 17, 1874.

  Bernard G. Caulfield (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1875.

• 2. Jasper D. Ward (Rep.)
• 3. Charles B. Farwell (Rep.)
• 4. Stephen A. Hurlbut (Rep.)
• 5. Horatio C. Burchard (Rep.)
• 6. John B. Hawley (Rep.)
• 7. Franklin Corwin (Rep.)
• 8. Greenbury L. Fort (Rep.)
• 9. Granville Barrere (Rep.)
• 10. William H. Ray (Rep.)
• 11. Robert M. Knapp (Dem.)
• 12. James C. Robinson (Dem.)
• 13. John McNulta (Rep.)
• 14. Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.)
• 15. John R. Eden (Dem.)
• 16. James S. Martin (Rep.)
• 17. William R. Morrison (Dem.)
• 18. Isaac Clements (Rep.)
• 19. Samuel S. Marshall (Dem.)

Indiana

• 1. William E. Niblack (Dem.)
• 2. Simeon K. Wolfe (Dem.)
• 3. William S. Holman (Dem.)
• 4. Jeremiah M. Wilson (Rep.)
• 5. John Coburn (Rep.)
• 6. Morton C. Hunter (Rep.)
• 7. Thomas J. Cason (Rep.)
• 8. James N. Tyner (Rep.)
• 9. John P. Shanks (Rep.)
• 10. Henry B. Sayler (Rep.)
• A/L. Jasper Packard (Rep.)
• A/L. Godlove S. Orth (Rep.)
• A/L. William Williams (Rep.)

Iowa

• 1. George W. McCrary (Rep.)
• 2. Aylett R. Cotton (Rep.)
• 3. William G. Donnan (Rep.)
• 4. Henry O. Pratt (Rep.)
• 5. James Wilson (Rep.)
• 6. William Loughridge (Rep.)
• 7. John A. Kasson (Rep.)
• 8. James W. McDill (Rep.)
• 9. Jackson Orr (Rep.)

Kansas

• 1. David P. Lowe (Rep.)
• 2. Stephen A. Cobb (Rep.)
• 3. William A. Phillips (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 1. Edward Crossland (Dem.)
• 2. John Young Brown (Dem.)
• 3. Charles W. Milliken (Dem.)
• 4. William B. Read (Dem.)
• 5. Elisha D. Standiford (Dem.)
• 6. William E. Arthur (Dem.)
• 7. James B. Beck (Dem.)
• 8. Milton J. Durham (Dem.)
• 9. George M. Adams (Dem.)
• 10. John D. Young (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 1. Jacob H. Sypher (Rep.) …contested election, served until March 3, 1875.

  Effingham Lawrence (Dem.) …contested election, seated March 3, 1875.

• 2. Lionel A. Sheldon (Rep.)
• 3. Chester B. Darrall (Rep.)
• 4. George L. Smith (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1873.
• 5. Frank Morey (Rep.)
• A/L. George A. Sheridan Liberal Rep. …contested election, seated March 3, 1875.

Maine

• 1. John H. Burleigh (Rep.)
• 2. William P. Frye (Rep.)
• 3. James G. Blaine (Rep.)
• 4. Samuel F. Hersey (Rep.) …died February 3, 1875.
• 5. Eugene Hale (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. Ephraim K. Wilson (Dem.)
• 2. Stevenson Archer (Dem.)
• 3. William J. O'Brien (Dem.)
• 4. Thomas Swann (Dem.)
• 5. William J. Albert (Rep.)
• 6. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• 1. James Buffinton (Rep.)
• 2. Benjamin W. Harris (Rep.)
• 3. William Whiting (Rep.)

  Henry L. Pierce (Rep.)

• 4. Samuel Hooper (Rep.)
• 5. Daniel W. Gooch (Rep.)
• 6. Benjamin F. Butler (Rep.)
• 7. E. Rockwood Hoar (Rep.)
• 8. John M. Williams (Rep.)
• 9. George F. Hoar (Rep.)
• 10. Alvah Crocker (Rep.)

  Charles A. Stevens (Rep.)

• 11. Henry L. Dawes (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. Moses W. Field (Rep.)
• 2. Henry Waldron (Rep.)
• 3. George Willard (Rep.)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (Rep.)
• 5. Wilder D. Foster (Rep.) …died September 20, 1873, before Congress assembled.

  William B. Williams (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.

• 6. Josiah W. Begole (Rep.)
• 7. Omar D. Conger (Rep.)
• 8. Nathan B. Bradley (Rep.)
• 9. Jay A. Hubbell (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Mark H. Dunnell (Rep.)
• 2. Horace B. Strait (Rep.)
• 3. John T. Averill (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. Lucius Q. Lamar (Dem.)
• 2. Albert R. Howe (Rep.)
• 3. Henry W. Barry (Rep.)
• 4. Jason Niles (Rep.)
• 5. George C. McKee (Rep.)
• 6. John R. Lynch (Rep.)

Missouri

• 1. Edwin O. Stanard (Rep.)
• 2. Erastus Wells (Dem.)
• 3. William H. Stone (Dem.)
• 4. Robert A. Hatcher (Dem.)
• 5. Richard P. Bland (Dem.)
• 6. Harrison E. Havens (Rep.)
• 7. Thomas T. Crittenden (Dem.)
• 8. Abram Comingo (Dem.)
• 9. Isaac C. Parker (Rep.)
• 10. Ira B. Hyde (Rep.)
• 11. John B. Clark, Jr. (Dem.)
• 12. John M. Glover (Dem.)
• 13. Aylett H. Buckner (Dem.)

Nebraska

• A/L. Lorenzo Crounse (Rep.)

Nevada

• A/L. Charles W. Kendall (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 1. William B. Small (Rep.)
• 2. Austin F. Pike (Rep.)
• 3. Hosea W. Parker (Dem.)

New Jersey

• 1. John W. Hazelton (Rep.)
• 2. Samuel A. Dobbins (Rep.)
• 3. Amos Clark, Jr. (Rep.)
• 4. Robert Hamilton (Dem.)
• 5. William W. Phelps (Rep.)
• 6. Marcus L. Ward (Rep.)
• 7. Isaac W. Scudder (Rep.)

New York

• 1. Henry J. Scudder (Rep.)
• 2. John G. Schumaker (Dem.)
• 3. Stewart L. Woodford (Rep.) ...resigned July 1, 1874.

  Simeon B. Chittenden Independent Rep. …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.

• 4. Philip S. Crooke (Rep.)
• 5. William R. Roberts (Dem.)
• 6. James Brooks (Dem.) …died April 30, 1873.

  Samuel S. Cox (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.

• 7. Thomas J. Creamer (Dem.)
• 8. John D. Lawson (Rep.)
• 9. David B. Mellish (Rep.) …died May 23, 1874.

  Richard Schell (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.

• 10. Fernando Wood (Dem.)
• 11. Clarkson N. Potter (Dem.)
• 12. Charles St. John (Rep.)
• 13. John O. Whitehouse (Dem.)
• 14. David M. De Witt (Dem.)
• 15. Eli Perry (Dem.)
• 16. James S. Smart (Rep.)
• 17. Robert S. Hale (Rep.)
• 18. William A. Wheeler (Rep.)
• 19. Henry H. Hathorn (Rep.)
• 20. David Wilber (Rep.)
• 21. Clinton L. Merriam (Rep.)
• 22. Ellis H. Roberts (Rep.)
• 23. William E. Lansing (Rep.)
• 24. Rodolphus H. Duell (Rep.)
• 25. Clinton D. MacDougall (Rep.)
• 26. William H. Lamport (Rep.)
• 27. Thomas C. Platt (Rep.)
• 28. Horace B. Smith (Rep.)
• 29. Freeman Clarke (Rep.)
• 30. George G. Hoskins (Rep.)
• 31. Lyman K. Bass (Rep.)
• 32. Walter L. Sessions (Rep.)
• A/L. Lyman Tremain (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 1. Clinton L. Cobb (Rep.)
• 2. Charles R. Thomas (Rep.)
• 3. Alfred M. Waddell (Dem.)
• 4. William A. Smith (Rep.)
• 5. James M. Leach (Dem.)
• 6. Thomas S. Ashe (Dem.)
• 7. William M. Robbins (Dem.)
• 8. Robert B. Vance (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. Milton Sayler (Dem.)
• 2. Henry B. Banning (Dem.)
• 3. John Q. Smith (Rep.)
• 4. Lewis B. Gunckel (Rep.)
• 5. Charles N. Lamison (Dem.)
• 6. Isaac R. Sherwood (Rep.)
• 7. Lawrence T. Neal (Dem.)
• 8. William Lawrence (Rep.)
• 9. James W. Robinson (Rep.)
• 10. Charles Foster (Rep.)
• 11. Hezekiah S. Bundy (Rep.)
• 12. Hugh J. Jewett (Dem.) …resigned June 23, 1874.

  William E. Finck (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.

• 13. Milton I. Southard (Dem.)
• 14. John Berry (Dem.)
• 15. William P. Sprague (Rep.)
• 16. Lorenzo Danford (Rep.)
• 17. Laurin D. Woodworth (Rep.)
• 18. James Monroe (Rep.)
• 19. James A. Garfield (Rep.)
• 20. Richard C. Parsons (Rep.)

Oregon

• A/L. Joseph G. Wilson (Rep.) …died July 2, 1873, before Congress assembled.

  James W. Nesmith (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.

Pennsylvania

• 1. Samuel J. Randall (Dem.)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (Rep.)
• 3. Leonard Myers (Rep.)
• 4. William D. Kelley (Rep.)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (Rep.)
• 6. James S. Biery (Rep.)
• 7. Washington Townsend (Rep.)
• 8. Hiester Clymer (Dem.)
• 9. A. Herr Smith (Rep.)
• 10. John W. Killinger (Rep.)
• 11. John B. Storm (Dem.)
• 12. Lazarus D. Shoemaker (Rep.)
• 13. James D. Strawbridge (Rep.)
• 14. John B. Packer (Rep.)
• 15. John A. Magee (Dem.)
• 16. John Cessna (Rep.)
• 17. Robert M. Speer (Dem.)
• 18. Sobieski Ross (Rep.)
• 19. Carlton B. Curtis (Rep.)
• 20. Hiram L. Richmond (Rep.)
• 21. Alexander W. Taylor (Rep.)
• 22. James S. Negley (Rep.)
• 23. Ebenezer McJunkin (Rep.) …resigned January 1, 1875.

  John M. Thompson (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 5, 1875.

• 24. William S. Moore (Rep.)
• A/L. Lemuel Todd (Rep.)
• A/L. Charles Albright (Rep.)
• A/L. Glenni W. Scofield (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Benjamin T. Eames (Rep.)
• 2. James M. Pendleton (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 1. Joseph H. Rainey (Rep.)
• 2. Alonzo J. Ransier (Rep.)
• 3. Robert B. Elliott (Rep.) …resigned November 1, 1874.

  Lewis C. Carpenter (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.

• 4. Alexander S. Wallace (Rep.)
• A/L. Richard H. Cain (Rep.)

Tennessee

• 1. Roderick R. Butler (Rep.)
• 2. Jacob M. Thornburgh (Rep.)
• 3. William Crutchfield (Rep.)
• 4. John M. Bright (Dem.)
• 5. Horace H. Harrison (Rep.)
• 6. Washington C. Whitthorne (Dem.)
• 7. John D.C. Atkins (Dem.)
• 8. David A. Nunn (Rep.)
• 9. Barbour Lewis (Rep.)
• A/L. Horace Maynard (Rep.)

Texas

• 1. William S. Herndon (Dem.)
• 2. William P. McLean (Dem.)
• 3. De Witt C. Giddings (Dem.)
• 4. John Hancock (Dem.)
• A/L. Roger Q. Mills (Dem.)
• A/L. Asa H. Willie (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. Charles W. Willard (Rep.)
• 2. Luke P. Poland (Rep.)
• 3. George W. Hendee (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. James B. Sener (Rep.)
• 2. James H. Platt, Jr. (Rep.)
• 3. John A. Smith (Rep.)
• 4. William H.H. Stowell (Rep.)
• 5. Alexander Davis (Dem.) …contested election, served until March 5, 1874.

  Christopher Thomas (Rep.) …contested election, seated March 5, 1874.

• 6. Thomas Whitehead (Dem.)
• 7. John T. Harris (Dem.)
• 8. Eppa Hunton (Dem.)
• 9. Rees Bowen (Dem.)

West Virginia

• 1. John J. Davis (Dem.) …contested election, seated January 27, 1874.
• 2. John Hagans (Rep.) …contested election, seated January 27, 1874.
• 3. Frank Hereford (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Charles G. Williams (Rep.)
• 2. Gerry W. Hazelton (Rep.)
• 3. Joel A. Barber (Rep.)
• 4. Alexander Mitchell (Dem.)
• 5. Charles A. Eldredge (Dem.)
• 6. Philetus Sawyer (Rep.)
• 7. Jeremiah M. Rusk (Rep.)
• 8. Alexander S. McDill (Rep.)

[edit] Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L. Richard C. McCormick

Colorado Territory

• A/L. Jerome B. Chaffee (Rep.)

Dakota Territory

• A/L. Moses K. Armstrong (Dem.)

The District of Columbia

• A/L. Norton P. Chipman (Rep.)

Idaho Territory

• A/L. John Hailey (Dem.)

Montana Territory

• A/L. Martin Maginnis (Dem.)

New Mexico Territory

• A/L. Stephen B. Elkins (Rep.)

Utah Territory

• A/L. George Q. Cannon (Rep.)

Washington Territory

• A/L. Obadiah B. McFadden (Dem.)

Wyoming Territory

• A/L. William R. Steele (Dem.)

[edit] Changes in membership

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

See also: 43rd United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

• replacements: 5
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss

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

[edit] House of Representatives

• replacements: 13
  • Democratic: 3 seat net gain
  • Republican: 4 seat net loss
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain

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

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • George C. Gorham of Massachusetts elected June 4, 1868
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • John R. French of New Hampshire, elected March 22, 1869
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. John P. Newman Methodist, elected March 8, 1869
  • The Rev. Byron Sunderland Presbyterian, elected December 8, 1873

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, elected December 1, 1873
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • Nehemiah G. Ordway of New Hampshire, elected December 1, 1873
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Otis S. Buxton of New York, elected December 1, 1873
• Postmaster of the House:
  • Henry Sherwood of Michigan, elected December 1, 1873
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • John M. Barclay
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. John G. Butler Presbyterian, elected December 1, 1873

[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]
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [2]
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [4]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [5]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [6]

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