47th 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-seventh 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, 1881 to March 3, 1883, during the administration of U.S. President James A. Garfield, and the first year of the administration of his successor, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican majority..

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883

• Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881
• Special session of the Senate: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881
• First session: December 5, 1881 - August 8, 1882
• Second session: December 4, 1882 - March 3, 1883 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 46th Congress
Next congress: 48th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1881; Events of 1882; Events of 1883

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 47th 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: 37
• Republican: 37 (majority)
• Readjuster: 1
• Independent: 1

TOTAL members: 76

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic: 128
• Republican: 151 (majority)
• Independent Democrat: 1
• Independent: 1
• National Greenback: 10
• Readjuster Democratic: 2

TOTAL members: 293

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Chester A. Arthur, of New York, succeeded to the Presidency, September 19, 1881, vacant thereafter.
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Thomas F. Bayard, Democrat of Delaware, first elected October 10, 1881.
  • David Davis, Republican of Illinois, first elected October 13, 1881.
  • George F. Edmunds, Republican of Vermont, first elected March 3, 1883.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • J. Warren Keifer, Republican of Ohio, elected December 5, 1881.

[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: 47th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 47th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1880

[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 began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1884.

Alabama

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

Arkansas

• 2. Augustus H. Garland (Dem.)
• 3. James D. Walker (Dem.)

California

• 3. James T. Farley (Dem.)
• 1. John F. Miller (Rep.)

Colorado

• 2. Henry M. Teller (Rep.) …resigned April 17, 1882.

  George M. Chilcott (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 17, 1882.

  Horace A. W. Tabor (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 2, 1883.

• 3. Nathaniel P. Hill (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 3. Orville H. Platt (Rep.) …resigned May 16, 1881.
• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (Rep.)

Delaware

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

Florida

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

Georgia

• 2. Benjamin H. Hill (Dem.) …died August 16, 1882.

  Middleton P. Barrow (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1882.

• 3. Joseph E. Brown (Dem.)

Illinois

• 2. David Davis (Independent)
• 3. John A. Logan (Rep.)

Indiana

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

Iowa

• 3. William B. Allison (Rep.)
• 2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (Rep.) …resigned March 7, 1881.

  James W. McDill (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated March 14, 1881, subsequently elected.

Kansas

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

Kentucky

• 2. James B. Beck (Dem.)
• 3. John S. Williams (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 2. William Pitt Kellogg (Rep.)
• 3. Benjamin F. Jonas (Dem.)

Maine

• 2. James G. Blaine (Rep.) …resigned March 5, 1881.

  William P. Frye (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 18, 1881.

• 1. Eugene Hale (Rep.)

Maryland

• 3. James B. Groome (Dem.)
• 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (Dem.)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

• 1. Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Rep.)
• 2. William Windom (Rep.) …resigned March 4, 1881, reelected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881.

  Alonzo J. Edgerton (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, served March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881.

Mississippi

• 2. Lucius Q.C. Lamar (Dem.)
• 1. James Z. George (Dem.)

Missouri

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

Nebraska

• 2. Alvin Saunders (Rep.)
• 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (Rep.)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

• 2. Edward H. Rollins (Rep.)
• 3. Henry W. Blair (Rep.)

New Jersey

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

New York

• 3. Roscoe Conkling (Rep.) …resigned May 16, 1881.

  Elbridge G. Lapham (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 11, 1881.

• 1. Thomas C. Platt (Rep.) …resigned May 16, 1881.

  Warner Miller (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 11, 1881.

North Carolina

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

Ohio

• 3. George H. Pendleton (Dem.)
• 1. John Sherman (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 4, 1881.

Oregon

• 2. La Fayette Grover (Dem.)
• 3. James H. Slater (Dem.)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

• 2. Henry B. Anthony (Rep.)
• 1. Ambrose E. Burnside (Rep.) …died September 13, 1881.

  Nelson W. Aldrich (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 11, 1881.

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

• 2. Isham G. Harris (Dem.)
• 1. Howell E. Jackson (Dem.)

Texas

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 2. John W. Johnston (Dem.)
• 1. William Mahone '(Readjuster Dem.)

West Virginia

• 2. Henry G. Davis (Dem.)
• 1. Johnson N. Camden (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Philetus Sawyer (Rep.)
• 3. Angus Cameron (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated March 14, 1881.

[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. Thomas H. Herndon (Dem.)
• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (Dem.)
• 3. William C. Oates (Dem.)
• 4. Charles M. Shelley (Dem.) …contested election, elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1882.
• 5. Thomas Williams (Dem.)
• 6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (Dem.)
• 7. William H. Forney (Dem.)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (Dem.) …contested election, served until June 3, 1882, subsequently elected to fill vacancy, seated January 15, 1883]].

  William M. Lowe (National Greenback) …contested election, seated June 3, 1882, subsequently died August 12, 1882.

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (Dem.)
• 2. James K. Jones (Dem.)
• 3. Jordan E. Cravens (Dem.)
• 4. Thomas M. Gunter (Dem.)

California

• 1. W.S. Rosecrans (Dem.)
• 2. Horace F. Page (Rep.)
• 3. Campbell P. Berry (Dem.)
• 4. Romualdo Pacheco (Rep.)

Colorado

• A/L. James B. Belford (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 1. John R. Buck (Rep.)
• 2. James Phelps (Dem.)
• 3. John T. Wait (Rep.)
• 4. Frederick Miles (Rep.)

Delaware

• A/L. Edward L. Martin (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Robert H.M. Davidson (Dem.)
• 2. Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (Rep.) …contested election, seated June 1, 1882.

  Jesse J. Finley (Dem.) …contested election, served until June 1, 1882.

Georgia

• 1. George R. Black (Dem.)
• 2. Henry G. Turner (Dem.)
• 3. Philip Cook (Dem.)
• 4. Hugh Buchanan (Dem.)
• 5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (Dem.)
• 6. James H. Blount (Dem.)
• 7. Judson C. Clements (Dem.)
• 8. Alexander H. Stephens (Dem.) …resigned November 4, 1882.

  Seaborn Reese (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1882.

• 9. Emory Speer (Independent Dem.)

Illinois

• 1. William Aldrich (Rep.)
• 2. George R. Davis (Rep.)
• 3. Charles B. Farwell (Rep.)
• 4. John C. Sherwin (Rep.)
• 5. Robert M.A. Hawk (Rep.) …died June 29, 1882.

  Robert R. Hitt (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated [[{December 4]] 1882.

• 6. Thomas J. Henderson (Rep.)
• 7. William Cullen (Rep.)
• 8. Lewis E. Payson (Rep.)
• 9. John H. Lewis (Rep.)
• 10. Benjamin F. Marsh (Rep.)
• 11. James W. Singleton (Dem.)
• 12. William M. Springer (Dem.)
• 13. Dietrich C. Smith (Rep.)
• 14. Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.)
• 15. Samuel W. Moulton (Dem.)
• 16. William A.J. Sparks (Dem.)
• 17. William R. Morrison (Dem.)
• 18. John R. Thomas (Rep.)
• 19. Richard W. Townshend (Dem.)

Indiana

• 1. William Heilman (Rep.)
• 2. Thomas R. Cobb (Dem.)
• 3. Strother M. Stockslager (Dem.)
• 4. William S. Holman (Dem.)
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (Dem.)
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (Rep.)
• 7. Stanton J. Peelle (Rep.)
• 8. Robert B. F. Peirce (Rep.)
• 9. Godlove S. Orth (Rep.) …died December 16, 1882.

  Charles T. Doxey (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 17, 1883.

• 10. Mark L. De Motte (Rep.)
• 11. George W. Steele (Rep.)
• 12. Walpole G. Colerick (Dem.)
• 13. William H. Calkins (Rep.)

Iowa

• 1. Moses A. McCoid (Rep.)
• 2. Sewall S. Farwell (Rep.)
• 3. Thomas Updegraff (Rep.)
• 4. Nathaniel C. Deering (Rep.)
• 5. William G. Thompson (Rep.)
• 6. Marsena Edgar Cutts (Rep.) …contested election, served until March 3, 1883.

  John C. Cook (Dem.) …contested eelection, seated March 3, 1883.

• 7. John A. Kasson (Rep.)
• 8. W.P. Hepburn (Rep.)
• 9. Cyrus C. Carpenter (Rep.)

Kansas

• 1. John A. Anderson (Rep.)
• 2. Dudley C. Haskell (Rep.)
• 3. Thomas Ryan (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 1. Oscar Turner (Independent Dem.)
• 2. James A. McKenzie (Dem.)
• 3. John W. Caldwell (Dem.)
• 4. J. Proctor Knott (Dem.)
• 5. Albert S. Willis (Dem.)
• 6. John G. Carlisle (Dem.)
• 7. Joseph C.S. Blackburn (Dem.)
• 8. Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (Dem.)
• 9. John D. White (Rep.)
• 10. Elijah C. Phister (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 1. Randall L. Gibson (Dem.)
• 2. E.J. Ellis (Dem.)
• 3. C.B. Darrall (Rep.)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (Dem.)
• 5. J. Floyd King (Dem.)
• 6. E.W. Robertson (Dem.)

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (Rep.)
• 2. William P. Frye (Rep.) …resigned March 17, 1881.

  Nelson, Dingley, Jr. (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881.

• 3. Stephen D. Lindsey (Rep.)
• 4. George W. Ladd (National Greenback)
• 5. Thompson H. Murch (National Greenback)

Maryland

• 1. George W. Covington (Dem.)
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (Dem.)
• 3. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (Dem.)
• 4. Robert M. McLane (Dem.)
• 5. Andrew G. Chapman (Dem.)
• 6. Milton G. Urner (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• 1. William W. Crapo (Rep.)
• 2. Benjamin W. Harris (Rep.)
• 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (Rep.)
• 4. Leopold Morse (Dem.)
• 5. Selwyn Z. Bowman (Rep.)
• 6. Eben F. Stone (Rep.)
• 7. William A. Russell (Rep.)
• 8. John W. Candler (Rep.)
• 9. William W. Rice (Rep.)
• 10. Amasa Norcross (Rep.)
• 11. George D. Robinson (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. Henry W. Lord (Rep.)
• 2. Edwin Willits (Rep.)
• 3. Edward S. Lacey (Rep.)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (Rep.)
• 5. George W. Webber (Rep.)
• 6. Oliver L. Spaulding (Rep.)
• 7. John T. Rich (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 5, 1881.
• 8. Roswell G. Horr (Rep.)
• 9. Jay A. Hubbell (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Mark H. Dunnell (Rep.)
• 2. Horace B. Strait (Rep.)
• 3. William D. Washburn (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. H.L. Muldrow (Dem.)
• 2. Vannoy H. Manning (Dem.)
• 3. Hernando D. Money (Dem.)
• 4. O.R. Singleton (Dem.)
• 5. Charles E. Hooker (Dem.)
• 6. James R. Chalmers (Dem.) …contested election, served until April 29, 1882.

  John R. Lynch (Rep.) …contested election, seated April 29, 1882.

Missouri

• 1. Martin L. Clardy (Dem.)
• 2. Thomas Allen (Dem.) …died April 8, 1882.

  James H. McLean (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 15, 1882.

• 3. R. Graham Frost (Dem.) …contested election, served until March 2, 1883.

  Gustavus Sessinghaus (Rep.) …contested election, seated March 2, 1883.

• 4. Lowndes H. Davis (Dem.)
• 5. Richard P. Bland (Dem.)
• 6. Ira S. Hazeltine (National Greenback)
• 7. Theron M. Rice (National Greenback)
• 8. Robert T. Van Horn (Rep.)
• 9. Nicholas Ford (National Greenback)
• 10. Joseph H. Burrows (National Greenback)
• 11. John B. Clark, Jr. (Dem.)
• 12. William H. Hatch (Dem.)
• 13. Aylett H. Buckner (Dem.)

Nebraska

• A/L. Edward K. Valentine (Rep.)

Nevada

• A/L. George W. Cassidy (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 1. Joshua G. Hall (Rep.)
• 2. James F. Briggs (Rep.)
• 3. Ossian Ray (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from prceding Congress, seated March 4, 1879.

New Jersey

• 1. George M. Robeson (Rep.)
• 2. John Hart Brewer (Rep.)
• 3. Miles Ross (Dem.)
• 4. Henry S. Harris (Dem.)
• 5. John Hill (Rep.)
• 6. Phineas Jones (Rep.)
• 7. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (Dem.)

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (Dem.)
• 2. William E. Robinson (Dem.)
• 3. J. Hyatt Smith (Independent)
• 4. Archibald M. Bliss (Dem.)
• 5. Benjamin Wood (Dem.)
• 6. Samuel S. Cox (Dem.)
• 7. Philip H. Dugro (Dem.)
• 8. Anson G. McCook (Rep.)
• 9. John Hardy (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy in preceding Congress, seated December 5, 1881.
• 10. Abram S. Hewitt (Dem.)
• 11. Roswell P. Flower (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881.

  Levi P. Morton (Rep.) …resigned March 21, 1881.

• 12. Waldo Hutchins (Dem.)
• 13. John H. Ketcham (Rep.)
• 14. Lewis Beach (Dem.)
• 15. Thomas Cornell (Rep.)
• 16. Michael N. Nolan (Dem.)
• 17. Walter A. Wood (Rep.)
• 18. John Hammond (Rep.)
• 19. Abraham X. Parker (Rep.)
• 20. George West (Rep.)
• 21. Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (Rep.)
• 22. Warner Miller (Rep.) …resigned July 26, 1881.

  Charles R. Skinner (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881.

• 23. Cyrus D. Prescott (Rep.)
• 24. Joseph Mason (Rep.)
• 25. Frank Hiscock (Rep.)
• 26. John H. Camp (Rep.)
• 27. Elbridge G. Lapham (Rep.) …resigned July 29, 1881.

  James W. Wadsworth, Sr. (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881.

• 28. Jeremiah W. Dwight (Rep.)
• 29. David P. Richardson (Rep.)
• 30. John Van Voorhis (Rep.)
• 31. Richard Crowley (Rep.)
• 32. Jonathan Scoville (Dem.)
• 33. Henry Van Aernam (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 1. Louis C. Latham (Dem.)
• 2. Orlando Hubbs (Rep.)
• 3. John W. Shackelford (Dem.) …died January 18, 1883.
• 4. William R. Cox (Dem.)
• 5. Alfred M. Scales (Dem.)
• 6. Clement Dowd (Dem.)
• 7. Robert F. Armfield (Dem.)
• 8. Robert B. Vance (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Butterworth (Rep.)
• 2. Thomas L. Young (Rep.)
• 3. Henry L. Morey (Rep.)
• 4. Emanuel Shultz (Rep.)
• 5. Benjamin Le Fevre (Dem.)
• 6. James M. Ritchie (Rep.)
• 7. John P. Leedom (Dem.)
• 8. J. Warren Keifer (Rep.)
• 9. James S. Robinson (Rep.)
• 10. John B. Rice (Rep.)
• 11. Henry S. Neal (Rep.)
• 12. George L. Converse (Dem.)
• 13. Gibson Atherton (Dem.)
• 14. George W. Geddes (Dem.)
• 15. Rufus Dawes (Rep.)
• 16. Jonathan T. Updegraff (Rep.) …died November 30, 1882, before Congress assembled.

  Joseph D. Taylor (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 16, 1883.

• 17. William, McKinley, Jr. (Rep.)
• 18. Addison S. McClure (Rep.)
• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (Rep.)
• 20. Amos Townsend (Rep.)

Oregon

• A/L. M.C. George (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. William Ward (Rep.)
• 7. William Godshalk (Rep.)
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (Dem.)
• 9. A. Herr Smith (Rep.)
• 10. William Mutchler (Dem.)
• 11. Robert Klotz (Dem.)
• 12. Joseph A. Scranton (Rep.)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (Rep.)
• 14. Samuel F. Barr (Rep.)
• 15. Cornelius C. Jadwin (Rep.)
• 16. Robert J.C. Walker (Rep.)
• 17. Jacob M. Campbell (Rep.)
• 18. Horatio G. Fisher (Rep.)
• 19. Frank E. Beltzhoover (Dem.)
• 20. Andrew G. Curtin (Dem.)
• 21. Morgan R. Wise (Dem.)
• 22. Russell Errett (Rep.)
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (Rep.)
• 24. William S. Shallenberger (Rep.)
• 25. James Mosgrove (National Greenback)
• 26. Samuel H. Miller (Rep.)
• 27. Lewis F. Watson (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (Rep.) …resigned October 4, 1881.

  Henry J. Spooner (Rep.) ..elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881.

• 2. Jonathan Chace (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 1. John S. Richardson (Dem.)
• 2. Michael P. O'Connor (Dem.) …died April 26, 1881.

  Samuel Dibble (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1881, served until May 31, 1882.

  Edmund W.M. Mackey (Independent Rep.) …contested Election, seated May 31, 1882.

• 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (Dem.)
• 4. John H. Evins (Dem.)
• 5. George D. Tillman (Dem.) …contested election, served until July 19, 1882.

  Robert Smalls (Rep.) …contested election, seated July 19, 1882.

Tennessee

• 1. A.H. Pettibone (Rep.)
• 2. L.C. Houk (Rep.)
• 3. George G. Dibrell (Dem.)
• 4. Benton McMillin (Dem.)
• 5. Richard Warner (Dem.)
• 6. John F. House (Dem.)
• 7. W.C. Whitthorne (Dem.)
• 8. John D.C. Atkins (Dem.)
• 9. C.B. Simonton (Dem.)
• 10. William R. Moore (Rep.)

Texas

• 1. John H. Reagan (Dem.)
• 2. D.B. Culberson (Dem.)
• 3. Olin Wellborn (Dem.)
• 4. Roger Q. Mills (Dem.)
• 5. G.W. Jones (National Greenback)
• 6. Christopher C. Upson (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. Charles H. Joyce (Rep.)
• 2. James M. Tyler (Rep.)
• 3. William W. Grout (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. George T. Garrison (Dem.)
• 2. John F. Dezendorf (Rep.)
• 3. George D. Wise (Dem.)
• 4. Joseph Jorgensen (Rep.)
• 5. George C. Cabell (Dem.)
• 6. John Randolph Tucker (Dem.)
• 7. John Paul (Dem.)
• 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (Dem.)
• 9. Abram Fulkerson (Dem.)

West Virginia

• 1. Benjamin Wilson (Dem.)
• 2. John Blair Hoge (Dem.)
• 3. John E. Kenna (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Charles G. Williams (Rep.)
• 2. Lucien B. Caswell (Rep.)
• 3. George C. Hazelton (Rep.)
• 4. Peter V. Deuster (Dem.)
• 5. Edward S. Bragg (Dem.)
• 6. Richard W. Guenther (Rep.)
• 7. Herman L. Humphrey (Rep.)
• 8. Thaddeus C. Pound (Rep.)

[edit] Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L. Granville H. Oury (Dem.)

Dakota Territory

• A/L. Richard F. Pettigrew (Rep.)

Idaho Territory

• A/L. George Ainslie (Dem.)

Montana Territory

• A/L. Martin Maginnis (Dem.)

New Mexico Territory

• A/L. Tranquilino Luna (Rep.)

Utah Territory

• A/L. John T. Caine (Dem.) …contested election, seated January 17, 1883.

Washington Territory

• A/L. Thomas H. Brents (Rep.)

Wyoming Territory

• A/L. M.E. Post (Dem.)

[edit] Changes in membership

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

See also: 47th United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

• replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss

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

[edit] House of Representatives

• replacements: 14
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 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:
  • John C. Burch of Tennessee elected March 24, 1879, died July 28, 1881
  • Francis E. Shober of North Carolina (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • Richard J. Bright of Indiana, elected March 23, 1879
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. Joseph J. Bullock Presbyterian, elected March 24, 1879

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, elected December 5, 1881
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • George W. Hooker of Vermont, elected December 5, 1881
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Walter P. Brownlow of Tennessee, elected December 5, 1881
• Postmaster of the House:
  • Henry Sherwood of Michigan, elected December 5, 1881
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • J. Guilford White
  • Michael Sullivan
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. Frederick D. Power Disciples of Christ, elected December 5, 1881

[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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