46th United States Congress
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The Forty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate
and the United States House of Representatives
. It met in Washington, D.C.
from March 4, 1879 to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President
Rutherford B. Hayes
.
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 Democratic
majority.
Samuel J. Randall
was elected in one of the most tightly fought contests for the speakership after the Civil War. Randall, who favored the protective tariff and "hard money," drew his greatest strength from northern cities and greatest opposition from the west and south. The midterm elections of 1878 had gone badly for the Democrats, with the Greenback Party making inroads in key districts. This emboldened Randall's opponents, who rallied to the support of Joseph Blackburn
from Kentucky. In the end, Randall prevailed in the Democratic caucus to receive the nomination, with 75 votes to Blackburn's 57 and a scattering of 9 votes to three other candidates. Blackburn, in moving to make Randall's nomination unanimous, steered his supporters away from the nomination of Hendrick B. Wright, a Democrat from Pennsylvania who was nominated by the Greenbacks. In the eventual vote in the House to elect the Speaker, Randall prevailed with 144 votes, to 125 for James Garfield
(Republican
from Ohio), 13 for Wright, and one for William "Pig Iron" Kelley (Pennsylvania).
, 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.
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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.
(D): Hilary A. Herbert
(D): William J. Samford
(D): Charles M. Shelley
(D): Thomas Williams
(D): Burwell B. Lewis
(D), until October 1, 1880
(D): William F. Slemons
(D): Jordan E. Cravens
(D): Thomas M. Gunter
(D)
(R): Horace F. Page
(R): Campbell P. Berry
(D): Romualdo Pacheco
(R)
(R): James Phelps
(D): John T. Wait
(R): Frederick Miles
(R)
(D): Noble A. Hull
(D), until January 22, 1881
(D): William E. Smith
(D): Philip Cook
(D): Henry Persons
(ID
): Nathaniel J. Hammond
(D): James H. Blount
(D): William H. Felton
(D): Alexander H. Stephens
(D): Emory Speer
(ID
)
(R): George R. Davis
(R): Hiram Barber, Jr.
(R): John C. Sherwin
(R): Robert M. A. Hawk
(R): Thomas J. Henderson
(R): Philip C. Hayes
(R): Greenbury L. Fort
(R): Thomas A. Boyd
(R): Benjamin F. Marsh
(R): James W. Singleton
(D): William M. Springer
(D): Adlai E. Stevenson (D): Joseph G. Cannon
(R): Albert P. Forsythe
(NG
): William A. J. Sparks
(D): William R. Morrison (D): John R. Thomas
(R): Richard W. Townshend
(D)
(R): Thomas R. Cobb
(D): George A. Bicknell
(D): Jeptha D. New
(D): Thomas M. Browne
(R): William R. Myers
(D): Gilbert De La Matyr
(N): Abraham J. Hostetler
(D): Godlove S. Orth
(R): William H. Calkins
(R): Calvin Cowgill
(R): Walpole G. Colerick
(D): John H. Baker
(R)
(R): Hiram Price
(R): Thomas Updegraff
(R): Nathaniel C. Deering (R): Rush Clark
(R), until April 29, 1879
(R): Dudley C. Haskell
(R): Thomas Ryan
(R)
(ID
): James A. McKenzie
(D): John William Caldwell
(D): J. Proctor Knott
(D): Albert S. Willis
(D): John G. Carlisle
(D): Joseph C. S. Blackburn
(D): Philip B. Thompson, Jr.
(D): Thomas Turner
(D): Elijah C. Phister
(D)
(D): E. John Ellis
(D): Joseph H. Acklen
(D): Joseph B. Elam
(D): J. Floyd King
(D): Edward W. Robertson
(D)
(R): William P. Frye
(R): Stephen D. Lindsey
(R): George W. Ladd
(NG
): Thompson H. Murch
(NG
)
(D): J. Frederick C. Talbott
(D): William Kimmel
(D): Robert M. McLane
(D): Eli J. Henkle
(D): Milton G. Urner
(R)
(R): Benjamin W. Harris
(R): Walbridge A. Field
(R): Leopold Morse
(D): Selwyn Z. Bowman
(R): George B. Loring
(R): William A. Russell
(R): William Claflin
(R): William W. Rice
(R): Amasa Norcross
(R): George D. Robinson
(R)
(R): Edwin Willits
(R): Jonas H. McGowan
(R): Julius C. Burrows
(R): John W. Stone
(R): Mark S. Brewer
(R): Omar D. Conger
(R): Roswell G. Horr
(R): Jay A. Hubbell
(R)
(D): William D. Washburn
(R)
(D): Vannoy H. Manning
(D): Hernando D. Money
(D): Otho R. Singleton
(D): Charles E. Hooker
(D): James R. Chalmers
(D)
(D): Erastus Wells
(D): Richard G. Frost (D): Lowndes H. Davis
(D): Richard P. Bland
(D): James R. Waddill (D): Alfred M. Lay (D), until December 8, 1879
(R)
(R): James F. Briggs
(R): Evarts W. Farr (R), until November 30, 1880
(R): Hezekiah B. Smith
(D): Miles Ross
(D): Alvah A. Clark
(D): Charles H. Voorhis
(R): John L. Blake
(R): Lewis A. Brigham
(R)
(D): Daniel O'Reilly (ID
): Simeon B. Chittenden
(R): Archibald M. Bliss
(D): Nicholas Muller
(D): Samuel S. Cox
(D): Edwin Einstein
(R): Anson G. McCook
(R): Fernando Wood
(D), until February 14, 1881: James O'Brien
(ID
): Levi P. Morton
(R): Waldo Hutchins
(D), from November 4, 1879: John H. Ketcham
(R): John W. Ferdon
(R): William Lounsbery
(D): John M. Bailey
(R): Walter A. Wood
(R): John Hammond
(R): Amaziah B. James
(R): John H. Starin
(R): David Wilber
(R): Warner Miller
(R): Cyrus D. Prescott
(R): Joseph Mason
(R): Frank Hiscock
(R): John H. Camp
(R): Elbridge G. Lapham
(R): Jeremiah W. Dwight
(R): David P. Richardson
(R): John Van Voorhis
(R): Richard Crowley
(R): Ray V. Pierce
(R), until September 18, 1880
(R), until January 29, 1881
(R): Thomas L. Young
(R): John A. McMahon
(D): J. Warren Keifer
(R): Benjamin Le Fevre
(D): William D. Hill
(D): Frank H. Hurd
(D): Ebenezer B. Finley
(D): George L. Converse
(D): Thomas Ewing, Jr.
(D): Henry L. Dickey
(D): Henry S. Neal
(R): Adoniram J. Warner
(D): Gibson Atherton
(D): George W. Geddes
(D): William McKinley, Jr.
(R): James Monroe
(R): Jonathan T. Updegraff
(R): James A. Garfield (R), until ????, 1880
(R): Charles O'Neill (R): Samuel J. Randall
(D): William D. Kelley
(R): Alfred C. Harmer
(R): William Ward
(R): William Godshalk
(R): Hiester Clymer
(D): A. Herr Smith
(R): Reuben K. Bachman
(D): Robert Klotz
(D): Hendrick B. Wright
(NG
): John W. Ryon
(D): John W. Killinger
(R): Edward Overton, Jr.
(R): John I. Mitchell
(R): Alexander H. Coffroth
(D): Horatio G. Fisher
(R): Frank E. Beltzhoover
(D): Seth H. Yocum
(NG
): Morgan R. Wise
(D): Russell Errett
(R): Thomas M. Bayne
(R): William S. Shallenberger
(R): Harry White
(R): Samuel B. Dick
(R): James H. Osmer
(R)
(R): Latimer W. Ballou (R)
(D): Michael P. O'Connor
(D): D. Wyatt Aiken
(D): John H. Evins
(D): George D. Tillman
(D)
(D): Leonidas C. Houk
(R): George G. Dibrell
(D): Benton McMillin
(D): John M. Bright
(D): John F. House
(D): Washington C. Whitthorne
(D): John D. C. Atkins
(D): Charles B. Simonton
(D): H. Casey Young
(D)
(D): David B. Culberson
(D): Olin Wellborn
(D): Roger Q. Mills
(D): George W. Jones
(NG
): Christopher C. Upson
(D), from April 15, 1879
(NG
)
(D): Joseph E. Johnston
(D): Joseph Jorgensen
(R): George C. Cabell
(D): John R. Tucker (D): John T. Harris
(D): Eppa Hutton, II
(D): James B. Richmond (D)
(D): Benjamin F. Martin
(D): John E. Kenna
(D)
(R): Lucien B. Caswell
(R): George C. Hazelton
(R): Peter V. Deuster
(D): Edward S. Bragg
(D): Gabriel Bouck
(D): Herman L. Humphrey
(R): Thaddeus C. Pound
(R)
(D): Granville G. Bennett
(R): George Ainslie
(D): Martin Maginnis
(D): Mariano S. Otero
(R): George Q. Cannon
(R): Thomas H. Brents (R): Stephen W. Downey
(R)
Senate
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| New Hampshire (3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term. An interim successor was appointed.
| nowrap | Charles H. Bell
(R)
| March 13, 1879
|-
| New Hampshire (3)
| nowrap | Charles H. Bell
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected June 18, 1879
| nowrap | Henry W. Blair
(R)
| June 20, 1879
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| Michigan (1)
| nowrap | Zachariah Chandler
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 1, 1879
| nowrap | Henry P. Baldwin
(R)
| November 17, 1879
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| Alabama (3)
| nowrap | George S. Houston
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 31, 1879. An interim successor was appointed.
| nowrap | Luke Pryor
(D)
| January 7, 1880
|-
| Georgia (3)
| nowrap | John B. Gordon
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned My 26, 1880 to promote building of the Georgia Pacific Railway
| nowrap | Joseph E. Brown
(D)
| May 26, 1880
|-
| Alabama (3)
| nowrap | Luke Pryor
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 23, 1880.
| nowrap | James L. Pugh
(D)
| November 24, 1880
|-
| Wisconsin (3)
| nowrap | Matthew H. Carpenter
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 24, 1881
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Gustav Schleicher
died during previous congress
| nowrap | Christopher C. Upson
(D)
| April 15, 1879
|-
|
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect Alexander Smith died during previous congress
| nowrap | Waldo Hutchins (D)
| November 4, 1879
|-
|
| nowrap | Rush Clark
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Died April 29, 1879
| nowrap | William G. Thompson
(R)
| October 14, 1879
|-
|
| nowrap | James A. Garfield (R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Resigned ????, 1880
| nowrap | Ezra B. Taylor
(R)
| December 13, 1880
|-
|
| nowrap | Alfred M. Lay
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 8, 1879
| nowrap | John F. Philips
(D)
| January 10, 1880
|-
|
| nowrap | Ray V. Pierce
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1880
| nowrap | Jonathan Scoville
(D)
| November 12, 1880
|-
|
| nowrap | Burwell B. Lewis
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 1, 1880 to accept presidency of the University of Alabama
| nowrap | Newton N. Clements
(D)
| December 8, 1880
|-
|
| nowrap | Evarts W. Farr
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Died November 30, 1880
| nowrap | Ossian Ray
(R)
| January 8, 1881
|-
|
| nowrap | Noble A. Hull
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election January 22, 1881
| nowrap | Horatio Bisbee, Jr.
(R)
| January 22, 1881
|-
|
| nowrap | Joseph J. Martin
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election January 29, 1881
| nowrap | Jesse J. Yeates
(D)
| January 29, 1881
|-
|
| nowrap | Fernando Wood
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 14, 1881
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|}
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, 1879 to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of 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....
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...
.
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...
. Both chambers 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.
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.
TOTAL members: 76 |
TOTAL members: 293 |
Leadership
- Senate
- Vice President of the United StatesVice President of the United StatesThe 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):- William A. WheelerWilliam A. WheelerWilliam Almon Wheeler was a Representative from New York and the 19th Vice President of the United States .-Early life and career:...
, of New York
- William A. Wheeler
- President pro tempore of the SenatePresident pro tempore of the United States SenateThe 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...
:- Allen G. ThurmanAllen G. ThurmanAllen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:...
, RepublicanRepublican 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 OhioOhioOhio 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...
, first elected in this Congress April 5, 1879.
- Allen G. Thurman
- Vice President of the United States
- House of Representatives
- Speaker of the HouseSpeaker of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...
- Samuel J. RandallSamuel J. RandallSamuel 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...
, DemocraticDemocratic 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 PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe 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...
, reelected March 18, 1879.
- Samuel J. Randall
- Speaker of the House
Major events
- Main article: Events of 1879; Events of 1880; Events of 1881
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...
was elected in one of the most tightly fought contests for the speakership after the Civil War. Randall, who favored the protective tariff and "hard money," drew his greatest strength from northern cities and greatest opposition from the west and south. The midterm elections of 1878 had gone badly for the Democrats, with the Greenback Party making inroads in key districts. This emboldened Randall's opponents, who rallied to the support of Joseph 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...
from Kentucky. In the end, Randall prevailed in the Democratic caucus to receive the nomination, with 75 votes to Blackburn's 57 and a scattering of 9 votes to three other candidates. Blackburn, in moving to make Randall's nomination unanimous, steered his supporters away from the nomination of Hendrick B. Wright, a Democrat from Pennsylvania who was nominated by the Greenbacks. In the eventual vote in the House to elect the Speaker, Randall prevailed with 144 votes, to 125 for James Garfield
James Garfield
James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive...
(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...
from Ohio), 13 for Wright, and one for William "Pig Iron" Kelley (Pennsylvania).
Major legislation
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: 46th United States Congress - political parties
- See also: 46th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House elections, 1878United States House elections, 1878The U.S. House election, 1878 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1878 which occurred in the middle of President Rutherford B...
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 numbersClasses 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. MorganJohn Tyler MorganJohn 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: George S. HoustonGeorge S. HoustonGeorge Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
(D), until December 31, 1879 - Luke PryorLuke PryorLuke Pryor was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. He was appointed to fill the Senate term left by the death of George S. Houston and served from January 7 to November 23, 1880, when a replacement was elected. Pryor was a Democrat...
(D), January 7, 1880 - November 23, 1880 - James L. PughJames L. PughJames 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), from November 24, 1880
- 2: John T. Morgan
- Arkansas
- 2: Augustus H. GarlandAugustus Hill GarlandAugustus 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. WalkerJames D. WalkerJames David Walker was a Democratic Party politician from Arkansas who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1879 to 1885...
(D)
- 2: Augustus H. Garland
- California
- 1: Newton BoothNewton BoothNewton Booth was an American politician.Born in Salem, Indiana, he attended the common schools. In 1841, his parents Beebe and Hannah Booth moved from Salem to Terre Haute, Indiana. Newton graduated from Asbury University, later renamed DePauw University, in nearby Greencastle, Indiana. He studied...
(IR) - 3: James T. FarleyJames T. FarleyJames 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: Newton Booth
- Colorado
- 2: Henry M. TellerHenry Moore TellerHenry 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) - 3: Nathaniel P. HillNathaniel P. HillNathaniel 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)
- 2: Henry M. Teller
- Connecticut
- 1: William W. EatonWilliam W. EatonWilliam Wallace Eaton was a United States Representative and United States Senator from Connecticut.-Early career:...
(D) - 3: Orville H. PlattOrville H. PlattOrville 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: William W. Eaton
- Delaware
- 1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.Thomas F. BayardThomas 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. SaulsburyEli M. SaulsburyEli 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)
- 1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr.
- Florida
- 1: Charles W. JonesCharles W. JonesCharles 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 CallWilkinson CallWilkinson 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)
- 1: Charles W. Jones
- Georgia
- 2: Benjamin H. HillBenjamin Harvey HillBenjamin 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) - 3: John B. GordonJohn Brown GordonJohn Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the...
(D), until May 26, 1880 - Joseph E. BrownJoseph E. BrownJoseph 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), from May 26, 1880
- 2: Benjamin H. Hill
- Illinois
- 2: David DavisDavid 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. LoganJohn A. LoganJohn 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)
- 2: David Davis
- Indiana
- 1: Joseph E. McDonaldJoseph E. McDonaldJoseph Ewing McDonald was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Butler County, Ohio, he moved with his mother to Montgomery County, Indiana in 1826 and apprenticed to the saddler’s trade when twelve years of age in Lafayette, Indiana...
(D) - 3: Daniel W. VoorheesDaniel W. VoorheesDaniel 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: Joseph E. McDonald
- Iowa
- 3: William B. AllisonWilliam B. AllisonWilliam 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. KirkwoodSamuel J. KirkwoodSamuel 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)
- 3: William B. Allison
- Kansas
- 3: John J. IngallsJohn James IngallsJohn 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)
- 3: John J. Ingalls
- Kentucky
- 2: James B. BeckJames B. BeckJames 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. WilliamsJohn Stuart WilliamsJohn 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)
- 2: James B. Beck
- Louisiana
- 2: William Pitt KelloggWilliam P. KelloggWilliam 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. JonasBenjamin F. JonasBenjamin 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)
- 2: William Pitt Kellogg
- Maine
- 1: Hannibal HamlinHannibal HamlinHannibal Hamlin was the 15th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War...
(R) - 2: James G. BlaineJames G. BlaineJames 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)
- 1: Hannibal Hamlin
- Maryland
- 1: William Pinkney WhyteWilliam Pinkney WhyteWilliam Pinkney Whyte , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was a politician who served the State of Maryland as a State Delegate, the State Comptroller, a United States Senator, the 35th Governor, the Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and the State Attorney General.-Early life and...
(D) - 3: James B. GroomeJames Black GroomeJames 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: William Pinkney Whyte
- Massachusetts
- 1: Henry L. DawesHenry L. DawesHenry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:...
(R) - 2: George F. HoarGeorge Frisbie HoarGeorge Frisbie Hoar was a prominent United States politician and United States Senator from Massachusetts. Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts...
(R)
- 1: Henry L. Dawes
- Michigan
- 2: Thomas W. FerryThomas W. FerryThomas 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: Zachariah ChandlerZachariah ChandlerZachariah Chandler was Mayor of Detroit , a four-term U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan , and Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant .-Family:...
(R), until November 1, 1879 - Henry P. BaldwinHenry P. BaldwinHenry Porter Baldwin , a descendant of pilgrim father Nathaniel Baldwin, was the 15th Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life in Rhode Island:...
(R), from November 17, 1879
- 2: Thomas W. Ferry
- Minnesota
- 2: William WindomWilliam WindomThis 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) - 1: Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
- 2: William Windom
- Mississippi
- 1: Blanche K. BruceBlanche BruceBlanche Kelso Bruce was a U.S. politician who represented Mississippi as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1875 to 1881 and was the first elected African-American senator to serve a full term. Hiram R. Revels, also of Mississippi, was the first to ever serve in the U.S...
(R) - 2: Lucius Q. C. LamarLucius 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: Blanche K. Bruce
- Missouri
- 1: Francis M. CockrellFrancis CockrellFrancis 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. VestGeorge Graham VestGeorge 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)
- 1: Francis M. Cockrell
- Nebraska
- 1: Algernon S. PaddockAlgernon PaddockAlgernon Sidney Paddock was an American politician who served as a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.-Biography:...
(R) - 2: Alvin SaundersAlvin SaundersAlvin 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: Algernon S. Paddock
- Nevada
- 3: John P. JonesJohn P. JonesJohn 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: William SharonWilliam SharonWilliam Sharon was a United States Senator from Nevada who profited from the Comstock Lode.-Early life:Sharon was born in Smithfield, Ohio, January 9, 1821, the son of William Sharon and Susan Kirk. He attended Ohio University. After studying law in St. Louis, Missouri, he was admitted to the bar...
(R)
- 3: John P. Jones
- New Hampshire
- 2: Edward H. RollinsEdward H. RollinsEdward 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: Charles H. BellCharles H. Bell (politician)Charles Henry Bell was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in 1823 in Chester, New Hampshire, he served New Hampshire in both the state House of Representatives and Senate, as a U.S. Senator, and as Governor.Charles was one of the ten children of Governor...
(R), March 13, 1879 - June 18, 1879 - Henry W. BlairHenry W. BlairHenry 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), from June 20, 1879
- 2: Edward H. Rollins
- New Jersey
- 1: Theodore F. RandolphTheodore Fitz RandolphTheodore Fitz Randolph was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 22nd Governor of New Jersey from 1869 to 1872, and represented the state in the United States Senate for a single term, from 1875 to 1881. He was the son of US Representative James F...
(D) - 2: John R. McPhersonJohn R. McPhersonJohn Rhoderic McPherson was a United States Senator from New Jersey who served three terms of office, from 1877 - 1895....
(D)
- 1: Theodore F. Randolph
- New York
- 3: Roscoe ConklingRoscoe ConklingRoscoe 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) - 1: Francis KernanFrancis KernanFrancis Kernan was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a U.S. Senator from 1875 to 1881....
(D)
- 3: Roscoe Conkling
- North Carolina
- 2: Matt W. Ransom (D)
- 3: Zebulon B. VanceZebulon Baird VanceZebulon 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
- 1: Allen G. ThurmanAllen G. ThurmanAllen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:...
(D) - 3: George H. PendletonGeorge H. PendletonGeorge 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: Allen G. Thurman
- Oregon
- 2: La Fayette GroverLa Fayette GroverLa 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. SlaterJames H. SlaterJames 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)
- 2: La Fayette Grover
- Pennsylvania
- 1: William A. WallaceWilliam A. WallaceWilliam Andrew Wallace was an American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was its speaker in 1871. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1875 to 1881.After his U.S. Senate service Wallace was...
(D) - 3: J. Donald CameronJ. Donald CameronJames 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: William A. Wallace
- Rhode Island
- 2: Henry B. AnthonyHenry B. AnthonyHenry 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. BurnsideAmbrose BurnsideAmbrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a U.S. Senator...
(R)
- 2: Henry B. Anthony
- South Carolina
- 2: Matthew C. ButlerMatthew ButlerMatthew 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, IIIWade Hampton IIIWade 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)
- 2: Matthew C. Butler
- Tennessee
- 1: James E. BaileyJames E. BaileyJames Edmund Bailey was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1877 to 1881.-Biography:Bailey was born in Montgomery County, Tennessee. He attended the Clarksville Academy and the former University of Nashville. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843, starting a...
(D) - 2: Isham G. HarrisIsham G. HarrisIsham 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: James E. Bailey
- Texas
- 1: Samuel B. MaxeySamuel B. MaxeySamuel 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 CokeRichard CokeRichard 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)
- 1: Samuel B. Maxey
- Vermont
- 1: George F. EdmundsGeorge F. EdmundsGeorge 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. MorrillJustin Smith MorrillJustin 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)
- 1: George F. Edmunds
- Virginia
- 2: John W. JohnstonJohn W. JohnstonJohn 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: Robert E. WithersRobert E. WithersRobert Enoch Withers was an American physician, military officer, newspaperman, politician and diplomat. He represented Virginia in the United States Senate and served as U.S. Consul in Hong Kong.-Biography:...
(D)
- 2: John W. Johnston
- West Virginia
- 2: Henry G. DavisHenry G. DavisHenry 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: Frank HerefordFrank HerefordFrank Hereford was a United States Representative and Senator from West Virginia. Born near Warrenton, Virginia, he completed preparatory studies and graduated from McKendree University in 1845. He studied law and was admitted to the bar and practiced...
(D)
- 2: Henry G. Davis
- Wisconsin
- 1: Angus CameronAngus CameronAngus 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) - 3: Matthew H. CarpenterMatthew H. CarpenterMatthew Hale Carpenter , was a member of the Republican Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1869–1875 and again from 1879 - 1881....
(R), until February 24, 1881
- 1: Angus Cameron
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticketGeneral 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. HerndonThomas 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 J. Samford
William J. Samford
William James Samford was an American Democratic politician who was the 31st Governor of Alabama from 1900 to 1901....
(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): 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): Burwell B. Lewis
Burwell Boykin Lewis
Burwell Boykin Lewis represented both Alabama's 6th congressional district and Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.- Early life :...
(D), until October 1, 1880
- Newton N. Clements (D), from December 8, 1880: William H. ForneyWilliam H. ForneyWilliam 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): William M. LoweWilliam M. LoweWilliam 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...
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Arkansas
: Poindexter DunnPoindexter 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): William F. Slemons
William F. Slemons
William Ferguson Slemons was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.-Biography:Born near Dresden, Tennessee, Slemons attended Bethel College.He moved to Arkansas in 1852.He studied law....
(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
: Horace DavisHorace Davis
Horace Davis was a United States Representative from California. He was the son of Massachusetts Governor John Davis and the younger brother of diplomat John Chandler Bancroft Davis.-Biography:...
(R): 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)
Connecticut
: Joseph R. HawleyJoseph 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): 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)
Florida
: Robert H. M. DavidsonRobert 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): Noble A. Hull
Noble A. Hull
Noble Andrew Hull was a U.S. Representative from Florida and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Florida.-Early life:...
(D), until January 22, 1881
- 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), from January 22, 1881
Georgia
: John C. NichollsJohn C. Nicholls
John Calhoun Nicholls was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born in Clinton, Georgia, Nicholls attended private schools and was graduated from the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1855....
(D): William E. Smith
William Ephraim Smith
William Ephraim Smith was a planter, lawyer, and politician from Georgia.-Biography:He was born in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. In 1846, he was admitted to the Georgia bar, which required a special act of the Georgia legislature due to his youth...
(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): Henry Persons
Henry Persons
Joseph "Henry" Persons was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.-Early life:Persons was born near Smarrs, Georgia, in Monroe County; however, his family moved to Talbot County, Georgia in 1836...
(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...
): 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): William H. Felton
William Harrell Felton
William Harrell Felton was an American politician, army surgeon, and Methodist minister. His wife was Rebecca Latimer Felton, who became the first woman to serve on the United States Senate, albeit only for one day....
(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): 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...
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Illinois
: William AldrichWilliam 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): Hiram Barber, Jr.
Hiram Barber, Jr.
Hiram Barber, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Queensbury, New York, Barber moved to Horicon, Wisconsin in 1846. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He studied law in Albany, New York. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 and commenced practice at Juneau, Wisconsin...
(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): 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): Philip C. Hayes
Philip C. Hayes
Philip Cornelius Hayes was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R): Greenbury L. Fort
Greenbury L. Fort
Greenbury Lafayette Fort was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in French Grant, Ohio, Fort moved with his parents to Marshall County, Illinois, in April 1834....
(R): Thomas A. Boyd
Thomas A. Boyd
Thomas Alexander Boyd was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Bedford in Adams County, Pennsylvania, Boyd attended the public schools.He was graduated from Marshall College, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1848....
(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): Adlai E. Stevenson (D): 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): Albert P. Forsythe
Albert P. Forsythe
Albert Palaska Forsythe was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.-Biography:Born in New Richmond, Ohio, Forsythe attended the common schools and Indiana Asbury College , Greencastle, Indiana. He was admitted into the Indiana conference of the Methodist Church as a traveling preacher in 1853 and...
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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...
): 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 HeilmanWilliam 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): George A. Bicknell
George A. Bicknell
George Augustus Bicknell was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bicknell was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1831.He attended Yale Law School one year....
(D): Jeptha D. New
Jeptha D. New
Jeptha Dudley New was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Vernon, Indiana, New was graduated from Vernon Academy and Bethany College.He studied law....
(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): William R. Myers
William R. Myers
William Ralph Myers was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Early life:Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Myers moved with his parents to Anderson, Indiana in October 1836.He attended the common schools and later taught...
(D): Gilbert De La Matyr
Gilbert De La Matyr
Gilbert De La Matyr was an American cleric and politician from New York and Indiana.-Life:...
(N): Abraham J. Hostetler
Abraham J. Hostetler
Abraham Jonathan Hostetler was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Washington County, Indiana, Hostetler attended the common schools, and apprenticed to learn the blacksmith's trade. He later engaged in agricultural pursuits...
(D): 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): 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): Calvin Cowgill
Calvin Cowgill
Calvin Cowgill was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Clinton County, Ohio, Cowgill attended the common schools. He moved with his parents to Indiana in 1836. He studied law in Winchester, Randolph County. He moved to Wabash County, Indiana, in 1846. He was admitted to the bar and...
(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): John H. Baker
John Harris Baker
John Harris Baker was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a United States federal judge, brother of Lucien Baker.-Early years and education:...
(R)
Iowa
: Moses A. McCoidMoses 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): Hiram Price
Hiram Price
Hiram Price was a nineteenth-century banker, merchant, bookkeeper, bank president, railroad president, and five-term Republican congressman 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): Rush Clark
Rush Clark
Rush Clark was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879....
(R), until April 29, 1879
- William G. ThompsonWilliam George ThompsonWilliam 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), from October 14, 1879: James B. Weaver (NGUnited States Greenback PartyThe 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...
): Edward H. GilletteEdward H. GilletteEdward Hooker Gillette was a nineteenth-century populist politician and editor from Iowa. He was elected on the Greenback Party ticket to represent Iowa's 7th congressional district for only one term in Congress, but remained active in populist political movements.Gillette was the son of Senator...
(NGUnited States Greenback PartyThe 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...
): William F. Sapp (R): Cyrus C. CarpenterCyrus C. CarpenterCyrus 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. AndersonJohn 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 TurnerOscar 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....
(ID
Independent Democrat
Independent Democrat is a term occasionally adopted by American politicians to refer to their party affiliation. Several elected officials, including members of Congress, have identified as " Independent Democrats."...
): 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): Thomas Turner
Thomas Turner (Congressman)
Thomas Turner was a congressman from Kentucky and served from 1877 to 1881.-External links:...
(D): 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. GibsonRandall 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): Joseph H. Acklen
Joseph H. Acklen
Joseph Hayes Acklen was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.-Biography:Joseph Hayes Acklen was born in Nashville, Tennessee, to Adelicia and Joseph Alexander Smith Acklen, a wealthy couple whose summer home was located in Nashville, while he also grew up on plantations in Louisiana...
(D): Joseph B. Elam
Joseph Barton Elam
Joseph Barton Elam, Sr. , was a two-term Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana.-Early life and education:...
(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. ReedThomas 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): 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
: Daniel M. HenryDaniel Maynadier Henry
Daniel Maynadier Henry was an American politician.Henry was born near Cambridge, Maryland, and attended Cambridge Academy and St. John's College of Annapolis, Maryland...
(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): William Kimmel
William Kimmel
William Kimmel was a U.S. Congressman from the third district of Maryland, serving two terms from 1877—1881....
(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): Eli J. Henkle
Eli Jones Henkle
Eli Jones Henkle was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving three terms from 1875—1881....
(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. CrapoWilliam 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): Walbridge A. Field
Walbridge A. Field
Walbridge Abner Field was an American lawyer, jurist and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts, and as the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He was born in North Springfield, Vermont on April 26, 1833. He...
(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): George B. Loring
George B. Loring
George Bailey Loring was a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.He attended Franklin Academy at Andover, Massachusetts and later briefly taught school. He graduated from Harvard University in 1838 and from the Harvard medical school in 1842. He practiced medicine...
(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): William Claflin
William Claflin
William Claflin was an industrialist and philanthropist who served as the 27th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1869–1872 and as a member of the United States Congress from 1877–1881....
(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
: John S. NewberryJohn Stoughton Newberry
John Stoughton Newberry was a U.S. Representative and industrialist from the state of Michigan.Newberry was born in Waterville, New York and moved with his parents to Michigan when a child, residing successively in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Romeo. He was the nephew of Walter Loomis Newberry and...
(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): Jonas H. McGowan
Jonas H. McGowan
Jonas Hartzell McGowan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.McGowan was born in Smith Township, Ohio . He was the eighth of ten children of Samuel and Susan McGowan. His paternal -Irish ancestors had fled religious persecution and settled in Pennsylvania...
(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): John W. Stone
John W. Stone
John Wesley Stone was a politician and judge from the U.S. state of Michigan.Stone was born in Wadsworth, Ohio and attended the public schools and Spencer Academy in Spencer, Ohio. He moved to Allegan County, Michigan in 1856 and was elected county clerk in 1860...
(R): Mark S. Brewer
Mark S. Brewer
Mark Spencer Brewer was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brewer was born in Addison Township, Michigan and attended the rural schools and Romeo and Oxford Academies. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1864 and commenced practice in Pontiac...
(R): 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): 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): Henry PoehlerHenry Poehler
Henry Poehler, Henry Poehler, Henry Poehler, (August 22, 1833 – July 18, 1912, was Representative from Minnesota; born in Hiddesen, Lippe-Detmold, Germany (now a part of Detmold); attended his father’s academy; immigrated to the United States in April 1848 and settled in Burlington, Iowa,...
(D): 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. MuldrowHenry 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)
Missouri
: Martin L. ClardyMartin L. Clardy
Martin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:...
(D): Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells
Erastus Wells was a nineteenth century politician and businessman from Missouri. He was the father of St. Louis Mayor Rolla Wells....
(D): Richard G. Frost (D): 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): James R. Waddill (D): Alfred M. Lay (D), until December 8, 1879
- John F. PhilipsJohn Finis PhilipsJohn Finis Philips was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Thralls Prairie, Missouri, Philips attended the common schools, the University of Missouri, and was graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced...
(D), from January 10, 1880: Samuel L. Sawyer (IDIndependent DemocratIndependent Democrat is a term occasionally adopted by American politicians to refer to their party affiliation. Several elected officials, including members of Congress, have identified as " Independent Democrats."...
): Nicholas FordNicholas FordNicholas Ford was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Wicklow, Ireland, Ford attended the village school and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland....
(NGUnited States Greenback PartyThe 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...
): Gideon F. Rothwell (D): 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. HatchWilliam H. HatchWilliam 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. ValentineEdward 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...
(R)
New Hampshire
: Joshua G. HallJoshua 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): Evarts W. Farr (R), until November 30, 1880
- Ossian RayOssian RayOssian 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), from January 8, 1881
New Jersey
: George M. RobesonGeorge 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): Hezekiah B. Smith
Hezekiah Bradley Smith
Hezekiah Bradley Smith , was an American inventor and a Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881....
(D): 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): Alvah A. Clark
Alvah A. Clark
Alvah Augustus Clark was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1881. He was the first cousin of James N...
(D): Charles H. Voorhis
Charles H. Voorhis
Charles Henry Voorhis was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from New Jersey.-Biography:...
(R): John L. Blake
John L. Blake
John Lauris Blake was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881.-Biography:Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts on March 25, 1831...
(R): Lewis A. Brigham
Lewis A. Brigham
Lewis Alexander Brigham was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881.Brigham was born in New York Mills, New York, on January 2, 1831...
(R)
New York
: James W. CovertJames W. Covert
James Way Covert was a United States Representative from New York. Born at Oyster Bay, he attended the public schools and received an academic education in Locust Valley. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1863 and commenced practice in Flushing...
(D): Daniel O'Reilly (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...
): Simeon B. Chittenden
Simeon B. Chittenden
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, he attended Guilford Academy and from 1829 to 1842 engaged in mercantile pursuits in New Haven...
(R): 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): Nicholas Muller
Nicholas Muller
Nicholas Muller was a United States Representative from New York.Born in Luxembourg, he attended the common schools in the city of Metz and afterward the Athénée de Luxembourg. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in New York City, and was employed as a railroad ticket...
(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): Edwin Einstein
Edwin Einstein
Edwin Einstein was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Einstein moved with his parents to New York City in 1846.He worked as clerk in a store....
(R): 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): Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood was an American politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress .A successful shipping merchant who became Grand Sachem of the...
(D), until February 14, 1881: James O'Brien
James O'Brien (U.S. Congressman)
James O'Brien of New York City, born in Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1879 to 1881.James O'Brien was born in County Kings, Ireland on March 13, 1841. He attended the common schools, then immigrated to the United States in 1861. He served as alderman of New York City 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...
): 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): 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), from November 4, 1879: 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): John W. Ferdon
John W. Ferdon
John William Ferdon was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Piermont, New York, Ferdon was graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1847.He studied law....
(R): William Lounsbery
William Lounsbery
William Lounsbery was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Stone Ridge, New York, Lounsbery was graduated from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1851....
(D): John M. Bailey
John Mosher Bailey
John Mosher Bailey was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1887–1880....
(R): 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): Amaziah B. James
Amaziah B. James
Amaziah Bailey James was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(R): John H. Starin
John H. Starin
John Henry Starin was a U.S. Representative from New York, grandson of Thomas Sammons. Born in Sammonsville, Fulton County , New York. Starin pursued academic studies in Esperance, New York, where he began the study of medicine in 1842...
(R): David Wilber
David Wilber
David Wilber was a United States Representative from New York and father of congressman David F. Wilber ....
(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): 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): 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): Ray V. Pierce
Ray V. Pierce
Ray Vaughn Pierce was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Stark, New York, Pierce attended public and private schools.He was graduated from Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862....
(R), until September 18, 1880
- Jonathan ScovilleJonathan ScovilleJonathan 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), from November 12, 1880: Henry H. Van Aernam (R)
North Carolina
: Joseph J. MartinJoseph John Martin
Joseph John Martin was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, United States between 1879 and 1881....
(R), until January 29, 1881
- Jesse J. YeatesJesse Johnson YeatesJesse Johnson Yeates was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1875 and 1881.Born in Hertford County, North Carolina, near Murfreesboro, Yeates attended private schools and then Emory and Henry College in Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing...
(D), from January 29, 1881: William H. KitchinWilliam H. KitchinWilliam Hodges Kitchin was a one-term U.S. Congressional representative from North Carolina. He helped tighten the color line between blacks and whites in the state...
(D): Daniel L. RussellDaniel Lindsay RussellDaniel Lindsay Russell, Jr. was the 49th Governor of North Carolina from 1897 to 1901, an attorney and judge, and a politician. Although he fought with the Confederacy during the Civil War, he and his father were both Unionists...
(NGUnited States Greenback PartyThe 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 J. DavisJoseph J. DavisJoseph Jonathan Davis was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from North Carolina.-Biography:...
(D): Alfred M. ScalesAlfred Moore ScalesAlfred 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): Walter L. SteeleWalter Leak SteeleWalter Leak Steele was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1877 and 1881.Born near Rockingham in Richmond County, North Carolina, Steele attended common schools near his home and then Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, Wake Forest College, and finally the University of North...
(D): Robert F. ArmfieldRobert Franklin ArmfieldRobert 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. VanceRobert B. VanceRobert 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 ButterworthBenjamin 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): John A. McMahon
John A. McMahon
John A. McMahon was a United States Representative from Ohio. He was the nephew of Clement Vallandigham, another 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): 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): William D. Hill
William D. Hill
William David Hill was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Nelson County, Virginia, Hill attended the country schools and Antioch College.He moved to Springfield, Ohio, and published the Ohio Press in 1858....
(D): Frank H. Hurd
Frank H. Hurd
Frank Hunt Hurd was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for three separate terms.Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Hurd graduated from Kenyon College in nearby Gambier in 1858....
(D): Ebenezer B. Finley
Ebenezer B. Finley
Ebenezer Byron Finley was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, nephew of Stephen Ross Harris.Born in Orrville, Ohio, Finley attended the public schools....
(D): 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): Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Thomas Ewing, Jr.
Thomas Ewing, Jr. was an attorney, the first chief justice of Kansas and leading free state advocate, Union Army general during the American Civil War, and two-term United States Congressman from Ohio, 1877-1881. He narrowly lost the 1880 campaign for Ohio Governor.-Early life and career:Ewing...
(D): Henry L. Dickey
Henry L. Dickey
Henry Luther Dickey was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in South Salem, Ohio, Dickey moved with his parents to Washington Court House, Ohio, in 1836.He moved to Greenfield, Ohio, in 1847.He attended Greenfield Academy....
(D): 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): Adoniram J. Warner
Adoniram J. Warner
Adoniram Judson Warner was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(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): 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): James Monroe
James Monroe (congressman)
James Monroe was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Plainfield, Connecticut, Monroe attended the common schools and Plainfield Academy.He was graduated from Oberlin College in 1846....
(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): James A. Garfield (R), until ????, 1880
- Ezra B. TaylorEzra B. TaylorEzra 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), from December 13, 1880: Amos TownsendAmos TownsendAmos 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)
Pennsylvania
: Henry H. BinghamHenry 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): Hiester Clymer
Hiester Clymer
Hiester Clymer was an American political leader from the state of Pennsylvania. Clymer was a member of the Hiester family political dynasty. He was the nephew of William Muhlenberg Hiester and the cousin of Isaac Ellmaker Hiester....
(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): Reuben K. Bachman
Reuben Knecht Bachman
Reuben Knecht Bachman was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Reuben K. Bachman was born in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and taught school for several years;...
(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): Hendrick B. Wright
Hendrick Bradley Wright
Hendrick Bradley Wright was a Democratic and Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-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...
): John W. Ryon
John Walker Ryon
John Walker Ryon was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:John W. Ryon was born in Elkland, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, Millville Academy in Orleans County, New York, and Wellsboro Academy in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania...
(D): John W. Killinger
John Weinland Killinger
John Weinland Killinger was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John W. Killinger was born in Annville, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools of Annville and the Lebanon Academy in Lebanon, Pennsylvania...
(R): Edward Overton, Jr.
Edward Overton, Jr.
Edward Overton, Jr. was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R): 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): Alexander H. Coffroth
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth
Alexander Hamilton Coffroth was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(D): 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): Seth H. Yocum
Seth Hartman Yocum
Seth Hartman Yocum was a Greenback member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Seth H. Yocum was born in Catawissa, Pennsylvania. He attended the rural schools. He went to Philadelphia in 1850 and learned the printer’s trade. He taught school for several years. He graduated...
(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...
): 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): Harry White
Harry White (Pennsylvania)
Harry White was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Harry White was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He attended the Indiana Academy, and was graduated from Princeton College in 1854. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in June 1855 and...
(R): Samuel B. Dick
Samuel Bernard Dick
Samuel Bernard Dick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R): James H. Osmer
James H. Osmer
James H. Osmer was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James H. Osmer was born in Tenterden, Kent, England....
(R)
Rhode Island
: Nelson W. AldrichNelson 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): Latimer W. Ballou (R)
South Carolina
: John S. RichardsonJohn 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): Michael P. O'Connor
Michael P. O'Connor
For the Michael Patrick O'Connor who was an Irish doctor, author and broadcaster, see Michael P. O'Connor Michael Patrick O'Connor was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina....
(D): 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)
Tennessee
: Robert L. TaylorRobert Love Taylor
Robert Love Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1879 to 1881, Governor of Tennessee from 1887 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1899, and subsequently a United States Senator from that state from 1907 until his death. He is notable for winning the governor's office in an election against...
(D): 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): John M. Bright
John Morgan Bright
John Morgan Bright was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.-Biography:Born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, Bright attended the schools of Fayetteville and Bingham's School in Hillsboro, North Carolina....
(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): H. Casey Young
H. Casey Young
Hiram Casey Young was an American lawyer and politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee....
(D)
Texas
: John H. ReaganJohn 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), from April 15, 1879
Vermont
: Charles H. Joyce (R): James M. Tyler (R): Bradley BarlowBradley Barlow
Bradley Barlow was a United States Representative from Vermont. He was born in Fairfield, Vermont. He attended the common schools and then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Philadelphia until 1858, when he moved to St...
(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...
)
Virginia
: Richard Lee T. Beale (D): John Goode, Jr.John Goode
John Goode, Jr. was a prominent Virginia Democratic politician who served in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War and then was a three-term postbellum United States Congressman, as well as the acting Solicitor General of the United States.-Biography:Goode was born in Bedford...
(D): Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph Eggleston Johnston was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War...
(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 T. Harris
John T. Harris
John Thomas Harris was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Virginia. He was the first cousin of John Hill....
(D): Eppa Hutton, II
Eppa Hunton
Eppa Hunton II was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Virginia and a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Early years:...
(D): James B. Richmond (D)
West Virginia
: Benjamin WilsonBenjamin 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): Benjamin F. Martin
Benjamin F. Martin
Benjamin Franklin Martin was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and teacher from Virginia and West Virginia....
(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. WilliamsCharles 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): Gabriel Bouck
Gabriel Bouck
Gabriel Bouck was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin. He also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the state's attorney general.-Early years:...
(D): 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)
Non-voting members
: John G. CampbellJohn G. Campbell
John Goulder Campbell was a delegate from Arizona Territory in the United States House of Representatives....
(D): Granville G. Bennett
Granville G. Bennett
Granville Gaylord Bennett was an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court for the Dakota Territory and as a delegate to the United States House of Representatives....
(R): George Ainslie
George Ainslie (delegate)
George Ainslie was a Congressional delegate from Idaho Territory.-Biography:...
(D): Martin Maginnis
Martin Maginnis
Martin Maginnis was a nineteenth century politician, publisher, editor and miner from Minnesota and the Montana Territory.-Biography:...
(D): Mariano S. Otero
Mariano S. Otero
Mariano Sabino Otero was a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico, nephew of Miguel Antonio Otero and cousin of Miguel Antonio Otero ....
(R): George Q. Cannon
George Q. Cannon
George Quayle Cannon was an early member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and served in the First Presidency under four successive presidents of the church: Brigham Young, John Taylor, Wilford Woodruff, and Lorenzo Snow...
(R): Thomas H. Brents (R): Stephen W. Downey
Stephen Wheeler Downey
Stephen Wheeler Downey was a lawyer and politician in Wyoming.In 1861, Stephen Downey enlisted as a private in the 3rd Maryland Infantry, Potomac Home Brigade, and successfully promoted to first lieutenant, lieutenant colonel, and colonel...
(R)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
- replacements: 4
- DemocraticDemocratic 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 - RepublicanRepublican 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
- Democratic
- deaths: 3
- resignations: 1
- interim appointments: 2
- Total seats with changes: 5
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| New Hampshire (3)
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy in term. An interim successor was appointed.
| nowrap | Charles H. Bell
Charles H. Bell (politician)
Charles Henry Bell was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in 1823 in Chester, New Hampshire, he served New Hampshire in both the state House of Representatives and Senate, as a U.S. Senator, and as Governor.Charles was one of the ten children of Governor...
(R)
| March 13, 1879
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| New Hampshire (3)
| nowrap | Charles H. Bell
Charles H. Bell (politician)
Charles Henry Bell was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Exeter, New Hampshire. Born in 1823 in Chester, New Hampshire, he served New Hampshire in both the state House of Representatives and Senate, as a U.S. Senator, and as Governor.Charles was one of the ten children of Governor...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected June 18, 1879
| nowrap | 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)
| June 20, 1879
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| Michigan (1)
| nowrap | Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler
Zachariah Chandler was Mayor of Detroit , a four-term U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan , and Secretary of the Interior under U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant .-Family:...
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| style="font-size:80%" | Died November 1, 1879
| nowrap | Henry P. Baldwin
Henry P. Baldwin
Henry Porter Baldwin , a descendant of pilgrim father Nathaniel Baldwin, was the 15th Governor of Michigan and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.-Early life in Rhode Island:...
(R)
| November 17, 1879
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| Alabama (3)
| nowrap | George S. Houston
George S. Houston
George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 31, 1879. An interim successor was appointed.
| nowrap | Luke Pryor
Luke Pryor
Luke Pryor was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. He was appointed to fill the Senate term left by the death of George S. Houston and served from January 7 to November 23, 1880, when a replacement was elected. Pryor was a Democrat...
(D)
| January 7, 1880
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| Georgia (3)
| nowrap | John B. Gordon
John Brown Gordon
John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned My 26, 1880 to promote building of the Georgia Pacific Railway
Georgia Pacific Railway
The Georgia Pacific Railway was chartered on December 31, 1881, consolidating the Georgia Western Railroad and the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company of Alabama. Constructed between 1882 and 1889, the Georgia Pacific connected Atlanta, Georgia, and Greenville, Mississippi...
| nowrap | 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)
| May 26, 1880
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| Alabama (3)
| nowrap | Luke Pryor
Luke Pryor
Luke Pryor was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama. He was appointed to fill the Senate term left by the death of George S. Houston and served from January 7 to November 23, 1880, when a replacement was elected. Pryor was a Democrat...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Successor elected November 23, 1880.
| nowrap | 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)
| November 24, 1880
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| Wisconsin (3)
| nowrap | Matthew H. Carpenter
Matthew H. Carpenter
Matthew Hale Carpenter , was a member of the Republican Party who served in the United States Senate for the state of Wisconsin from 1869–1875 and again from 1879 - 1881....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 24, 1881
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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- House of Representatives
- replacements: 8
- DemocraticDemocratic 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 - RepublicanRepublican 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
- Democratic
- deaths: 4
- resignations: 3
- contested election: 2
- Total seats with changes: 11
- replacements: 8
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| style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Gustav Schleicher
Gustav Schleicher
Gustav Schleicher was a German-born Democratic United States Representative from Texas. He was an engineer who served briefly in the Texas legislature, and was a veteran of the Confederate Army.-Early life:Schleicher was born in Darmstadt in the German principality of Hesse in 1823...
died during previous congress
| nowrap | 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)
| April 15, 1879
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| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep.-elect Alexander Smith died during previous congress
| nowrap | Waldo Hutchins (D)
| November 4, 1879
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| nowrap | Rush Clark
Rush Clark
Rush Clark was a nineteenth century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Died April 29, 1879
| nowrap | 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)
| October 14, 1879
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| nowrap | James A. Garfield (R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Resigned ????, 1880
| nowrap | 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)
| December 13, 1880
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| nowrap | Alfred M. Lay
Alfred Morrison Lay
Alfred Morrison Lay was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Lewis County, Missouri, Lay moved with his parents to Benton County in 1842....
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 8, 1879
| nowrap | John F. Philips
John Finis Philips
John Finis Philips was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Thralls Prairie, Missouri, Philips attended the common schools, the University of Missouri, and was graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, in 1855.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced...
(D)
| January 10, 1880
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| nowrap | Ray V. Pierce
Ray V. Pierce
Ray Vaughn Pierce was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Stark, New York, Pierce attended public and private schools.He was graduated from Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1862....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 18, 1880
| nowrap | 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)
| November 12, 1880
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| nowrap | Burwell B. Lewis
Burwell Boykin Lewis
Burwell Boykin Lewis represented both Alabama's 6th congressional district and Alabama's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.- Early life :...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned October 1, 1880 to accept presidency of the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
| nowrap | Newton N. Clements
Newton Nash Clements
Newton Nash Clements was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, Clements was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1858...
(D)
| December 8, 1880
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| nowrap | Evarts W. Farr
Evarts Worcester Farr
Evarts Worcester Farr was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Littleton, New Hampshire, Farr attended the common schools and Dartmouth College, Hanover...
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Died November 30, 1880
| nowrap | 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)
| January 8, 1881
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| nowrap | Noble A. Hull
Noble A. Hull
Noble Andrew Hull was a U.S. Representative from Florida and the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Florida.-Early life:...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election January 22, 1881
| nowrap | 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)
| January 22, 1881
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| nowrap | Joseph J. Martin
Joseph John Martin
Joseph John Martin was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, United States between 1879 and 1881....
(R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election January 29, 1881
| nowrap | Jesse J. Yeates
Jesse Johnson Yeates
Jesse Johnson Yeates was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1875 and 1881.Born in Hertford County, North Carolina, near Murfreesboro, Yeates attended private schools and then Emory and Henry College in Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1855, practicing...
(D)
| January 29, 1881
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| nowrap | Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood
Fernando Wood was an American politician of the Democratic Party and mayor of New York City; he also served as a United States Representative and as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in both the 45th and 46th Congress .A successful shipping merchant who became Grand Sachem of the...
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died February 14, 1881
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
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External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists