50th United States Congress
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The Fiftieth 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, 1887 to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth years of Grover Cleveland
's first presidency
. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives
was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880
. The Senate had a Republican
majority, and the House had a Democratic
majority.
TOTAL members: 76
TOTAL members: 325
, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.
(D). Hilary A. Herbert
(D). William C. Oates
(D). Alexander C. Davidson
(D). James E. Cobb
(D). John H. Bankhead
(D). William H. Forney
(D). Joseph Wheeler
(D)
(D). Clifton R. Breckinridge
(D). Thomas C. McRae
(D). John H. Rogers
(D). Samuel W. Peel
(D)
(D). Marion Biggs
(D). Joseph McKenna
(R). William W. Morrow
(R). Charles N. Felton
(R). William Vandever (R)
(D). Carlos French
(D). Charles A. Russell (R). Miles T. Granger
(D)
(D)
(D). Charles Dougherty
(D)
(D). Henry G. Turner
(D). Charles F. Crisp
(D). Thomas W. Grimes
(D). John D. Stewart
(D). James H. Blount
(D). Judson C. Clements
(D). Henry H. Carlton
(D). Allen D. Candler
(D). George T. Barnes
(D)
(R). Frank Lawler
(D). William E. Mason
(R). George E. Adams
(R). Albert J. Hopkins
(R). Robert R. Hitt
(R). Thomas J. Henderson
(R). Ralph Plumb
(R). Lewis E. Payson
(R). Philip S. Post
(R). William H. Gest
(R). George A. Anderson
(D). William M. Springer
(D). Jonathan H. Rowell
(R). Joseph G. Cannon
(R). Silas Z. Landes
(D). Edward Lane
(D). Jehu Baker
(R). Richard W. Townshend
(D). John R. Thomas
(R)
(R)
(R). Walter I. Hayes
(D). David B. Henderson
(R). William E. Fuller
(R). Daniel Kerr
(R). James B. Weaver (NG
). Edwin H. Conger
(R). Albert R. Anderson
(IR). Joseph Lyman
(R). Adoniram J. Holmes
(R). Isaac S. Struble
(R)
(R). Edward H. Funston
(R). Bishop W. Perkins
(R). Thomas Ryan
(R). John A. Anderson
(IR). Erastus J. Turner
(R). Samuel R. Peters
(R)
(D). Polk Laffoon
(D). W. Godfrey Hunter
(R). Alexander B. Montgomery
(D). Asher G. Caruth
(D). John G. Carlisle
(D). William C. P. Breckinridge
(D). James B. McCreary
(D). George M. Thomas
(R). William P. Taulbee
(D). Hugh F. Finley
(R)
(D). Matthew D. Lagan
(D). Edward J. Gay
(D). Newton C. Blanchard
(D). Cherubusco Newton
(D). Edward W. Robertson
(D)
(R). Nelson Dingley, Jr.
(R). Seth L. Milliken
(R). Charles A. Boutelle
(R)
(D). Henry W. Rusk
(D). Isidor Rayner
(D). Barnes Compton
(D). Louis E. McComas
(R)
(R). John D. Long
(R). Leopold Morse
(D). Patrick A. Collins (D). Edward D. Hayden
(R). Henry Cabot Lodge
(R). William Cogswell
(R). Charles H. Allen
(R). Edward Burnett
(D). John E. Russell
(D). William Whiting
(R). Francis W. Rockwell
(R)
(D). Edward P. Allen
(R). James O'Donnell
(R). Julius C. Burrows
(R). Melbourne H. Ford
(D). Mark S. Brewer
(R). Justin R. Whiting
(D). Timothy E. Tarsney
(D). Byron M. Cutcheon
(R). Spencer O. Fisher
(D). Seth C. Moffatt
(R)
(D). John Lind
(R). John L. MacDonald
(D). Edmund Rice (D). Knute Nelson
(R)
(D). James B. Morgan
(D). Thomas C. Catchings
(D). Frederick G. Barry
(D). Chapman L. Anderson
(D). Thomas R. Stockdale
(D). Charles E. Hooker
(D)
(D). Charles H. Mansur
(D). Alexander M. Dockery
(D). James N. Burnes
(D)
(D). James Laird
(R). George W. E. Dorsey
(R)
(D). Jacob H. Gallinger
(R)
(R). James Buchanan
(R). John Kean, Jr. (R). James N. Pidcock
(D). William W. Phelps
(R). Herman Lehlbach
(R). William McAdoo
(D)
(D), resigned December 1, 1888, vacant to end. Felix Campbell
(D). Stephen V. White
(R). Peter P. Mahoney
(D). Archibald M. Bliss
(D). Amos J. Cummings
(D). Lloyd S. Bryce
(D). Timothy J. Campbell
(D). Samuel S. Cox
(D). Francis B. Spinola
(D). Truman A. Merriman
(D). W. Bourke Cockran
(D). Ashbel P. Fitch
(D). William G. Stahlnecker
(D). Henry Bacon
(D). John H. Ketcham
(R). Stephen T. Hopkins
(R). Edward W. Greenman
(D). Nicholas T. Kane
(D)
(D). Furnifold McLendel Simmons
(D). Charles W. McClammy
(D). John Nichols
(I
). John M. Brower
(R). Alfred Rowland
(D). John S. Henderson
(D). William H. H. Cowles (D). Thomas D. Johnston
(D)
(R). Charles E. Brown
(R). Elihu S. Williams
(R). Samuel S. Yoder
(D). George E. Seney
(D). Melvin M. Boothman
(R). James E. Campbell
(D). Robert P. Kennedy
(R). William C. Cooper
(R). Jacob Romeis
(R). Albert C. Thompson
(R). Jacob J. Pugsley
(R). Joseph H. Outhwaite
(D). Charles P. Wickham
(R). Charles H. Grosvenor
(R). Beriah Wilkins
(D). Joseph D. Taylor
(R). William McKinley, Jr.
(R). Ezra B. Taylor
(R). George W. Crouse
(R). Martin A. Foran
(D)
(R). Charles O'Neill (R). Samuel J. Randall
(D). William D. Kelley
(R). Alfred C. Harmer
(R). Smedley Darlington
(R). Robert M. Yardley
(R). Daniel Ermentrout
(D). John A. Hiestand
(R). William H. Sowden
(D). Charles R. Buckalew
(D). John Lynch
(D). Charles N. Brumm
(R). Franklin Bound
(R). Frank C. Bunnell
(R). Henry C. McCormick
(R). Edward Scull
(R). Louis E. Atkinson
(R). Levi Maish
(D). John Patton
(R). Welty McCullogh
(R). John Dalzell
(R). Thomas M. Bayne
(R). Oscar L. Jackson
(R). James T. Maffett
(R). Norman Hall
(D). William L. Scott
(D). Edwin S. Osborne
(R)
(R). Warren O. Arnold
(R)
(D). George D. Tillman
(D). James S. Cothran
(D). William H. Perry
(D). John J. Hemphill
(D). George W. Dargan
(D). William Elliott
(D)
(R). Leonidas C. Houk
(R). John R. Neal
(D). Benton McMillin
(D). James D. Richardson
(D). Joseph E. Washington
(D). Washington C. Whitthorne
(D). Benjamin A. Enloe
(D). Presley T. Glass
(D). James Phelan, Jr.
(D)
(D). John H. Reagan
, until March 4, 1887
(R). William W. Grout
(R)
(R). George E. Bowden
(R). George D. Wise
(D). William E. Gaines
(R). John R. Brown
(R). Samuel I. Hopkins
(L). Charles T. O'Ferrall (D). William H. F. Lee
(D). Henry Bowen
(R). Jacob Yost
(R)
(R). William L. Wilson
(D). Charles P. Snyder
(D). Charles E. Hogg
(D)
(R). Richard W. Guenther
(R). Robert M. La Follette
(R). Henry Smith
(L). Thomas R. Hudd
(D). Charles B. Clark
(R). Ormsby B. Thomas
(R). Nils P. Haugen
(R). Isaac Stephenson
(R)
(D). Oscar S. Gifford
(R). Fred T. Dubois
(R). Joseph K. Toole
(D). Antonio Joseph (D). John T. Caine
(D). Charles S. Voorhees (D). Joseph M. Carey
(R)
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
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.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth years of Grover Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...
's first presidency
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....
. The apportionment of seats in the 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 Tenth Census of the United States in 1880
United States Census, 1880
The United States Census of 1880 was the tenth United States Census conducted by the Census Bureau during June 1880. It was the first time that women were permitted to be enumerators...
. The Senate had a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
majority, and the House 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.
Major events
Major legislation
- October 8, 1888: Chinese Exclusion Act (Scott ActScott Act (1888)The Scott Act was a United States law that prohibited Chinese laborers abroad or who planned future travels from returning. Its main author was William Lawrence Scott of Pennsylvania. It was introduced to expand upon the Chinese Exclusion Act passed in 1882...
) - January 14, 1889: Nelson Act of 1889Nelson Act of 1889The Nelson Act of 1889 was a United States federal law intended to relocate Anishinaabe people in Minnesota to the White Earth Indian Reservation and expropriate their remaining lands....
- February 22, 1889: Enabling Act of 1889Enabling Act of 1889The Enabling Act of 1889 is a United States statute that enabled North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington to form state governments and to gain admission as states of the union....
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.Senate
- 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...
: 37 - 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...
: 39 (majority)
TOTAL members: 76
House of Representatives
- 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...
: 167 (majority) - 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...
: 152 - Independent Republican: 2
- Labor: 2
- National GreenbackUnited 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...
: 1 - Independent: 1
TOTAL members: 325
Senate
- President: Vacant
- President pro temporePresident 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...
: 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)
House of Representatives
- SpeakerSpeaker 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...
: John G. CarlisleJohn Griffin CarlisleJohn 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)
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 began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.
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. 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)
Arkansas
- 3. James K. JonesJames Kimbrough JonesJames Kimbrough Jones was a United States Senator.-Biography:Born in Marshall County, Mississippi, Jones moved with his father to Dallas County, Arkansas in 1848...
(D) - 2. James H. BerryJames Henderson BerryJames Henderson Berry was a United States Senator and served as the 14th Governor of the State of Arkansas....
(D)
California
- 3. Leland StanfordLeland StanfordAmasa Leland Stanford was an American tycoon, industrialist, robber baron, politician and founder of Stanford University.-Early years:...
(R) - 1. George HearstGeorge HearstGeorge Hearst was a wealthy American businessman and United States Senator, and the father of newspaperman William Randolph Hearst.-Early life and education:...
(D)
Colorado
- 2. Thomas M. BowenThomas M. BowenThomas Mead Bowen was a United States Senator from Colorado.-Biography:Bowen was born near the present site of Burlington, Iowa, in what was then Michigan Territory. He attended the public schools and the academy at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1853 and...
(R) - 3. 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)
Connecticut
- 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. Joseph R. HawleyJoseph Roswell HawleyJoseph Roswell Hawley was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was a four-term U.S...
(R)
Delaware
- 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. George GrayGeorge Gray (senator)George Gray was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware, U.S. Senator from Delaware and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.-Early life and...
(D)
Florida
- 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. Samuel PascoSamuel PascoSamuel Pasco was a United States Senator from Florida.-Biography:Born in London, England, he moved to the United States with his family as a child and settled in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Pasco attended Harvard University and then moved to Florida in 1859...
(D), from May 19, 1887
Georgia
- 3. 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) - 2. Alfred H. ColquittAlfred H. ColquittAlfred Holt Colquitt was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, 49th Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general....
(D)
Illinois
- 2. Shelby M. CullomShelby Moore CullomShelby Moore Cullom was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois....
(R) - 3. Charles B. FarwellCharles B. FarwellCharles Benjamin Farwell was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York and attended Elmira Academy before moving to Illinois in 1838. He first tried his hand at surveying and farming before moving to Chicago in 1844, when he went into banking. ...
(R)
Indiana
- 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. David TurpieDavid TurpieDavid Battle Turpie was an American politician.Turpie was born in Hamilton County, Ohio. He grew up in Ohio and graduated from Kenyon College in 1848. He studied law and moved to Logansport, Indiana where he set up a law practice...
(D)
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. James F. WilsonJames Falconer WilsonJames Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson was a lawyer, Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and a two-term U.S. Senator from Iowa...
(R)
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)
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. Joseph C. S. BlackburnJoseph Clay Stiles BlackburnJoseph 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)
Louisiana
- 2. Randall L. GibsonRandall L. Gibson-External links:*...
(D) - 3. James B. EustisJames B. EustisJames Biddle Eustis was a United States Senator from Louisiana.-Biography:Born in New Orleans, he was the son of George Eustis and Clarice Allain. His father was a lawyer who served as a Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court...
(D)
Maine
- 1. Eugene HaleEugene HaleEugene Hale was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.Born at Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for nine years as prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Maine. He was elected to the Maine...
(R) - 2. William P. FryeWilliam P. FryeWilliam 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)
Maryland
- 1. Arthur Pue GormanArthur Pue GormanArthur Pue Gorman was a United States Senator from Maryland, serving from 1881 to 1899 and from 1903 to 1906. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1869 to 1875...
(D) - 3. Ephraim K. WilsonEphraim King Wilson IIEphraim King Wilson II the son of Ephraim King Wilson, was a Congressional Representative and a Senator from Maryland....
(D)
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)
Michigan
- 2. Thomas W. PalmerThomas W. PalmerThomas Witherell Palmer was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. He is considered to be one of the most significant figures in the history of Detroit, Michigan....
(R) - 1. Francis B. StockbridgeFrancis B. StockbridgeFrancis Brown Stockbridge was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine and attended the common schools. He clerked at a wholesale house in Boston 1843-1847. He moved to Chicago and opened a lumber yard. He then moved to Saugatuck, Michigan in 1851 and engaged...
(R)
Minnesota
- 2. Dwight M. SabinDwight M. SabinDwight May Sabin was an American politician. He lived in Stillwater, Minnesota, where hh had lumber and manufacturing interests. He served as a Republican in the United States Senate from Minnesota from March 4, 1883, to March 4, 1889 in the 48th, 49th, and 50th congresses. He was not renominated...
(R) - 1. Cushman K. Davis (R)
Mississippi
- 1. James Z. GeorgeJames Z. GeorgeJames Zachariah George was an American military officer, lawyer, writer, and politician. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner."...
(D) - 2. Edward C. WalthallEdward C. WalthallEdward Cary Walthall was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.-Biography:...
(D)
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)
Nebraska
- 2. Charles F. MandersonCharles F. MandersonCharles Frederick Manderson was a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where he studied law...
(R) - 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)
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 M. StewartWilliam M. StewartWilliam Morris Stewart was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Stewart was born in Wayne County, New York. As a child he moved with his parents to Trumbull County, Ohio. As a young man he was a mathematics teacher in Ohio. In 1849 he began attending Yale University but left in 1850 to...
(R)
New Hampshire
- 3. 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) - 2. Person C. CheneyPerson Colby CheneyPerson Colby Cheney was a paper manufacturer, abolitionist and Republican politician from Manchester, New Hampshire. He was 43rd Governor of New Hampshire and later represented the state in the United States Senate....
(R)- William E. ChandlerWilliam E. ChandlerWilliam Eaton Chandler was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire.-Early life:...
(R)
- William E. Chandler
New Jersey
- 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. Rufus BlodgettRufus BlodgettRufus Blodgett was a US Senator from New Jersey and Superintendent of the New York & Long Branch Railroad for 25 years.-Biography:...
(D)
New York
- 3. William M. EvartsWilliam M. EvartsWilliam Maxwell Evarts was an American lawyer and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York...
(R) - 1. Frank HiscockFrank HiscockFrank 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)
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. John ShermanJohn Sherman (politician)John Sherman, nicknamed "The Ohio Icicle" , was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Ohio during the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. He served as both Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State and was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act...
(R) - 3. Henry B. PayneHenry B. PayneHenry B. Payne was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served in both houses of the United States Congress....
(D)
Oregon
- 2. Joseph N. DolphJoseph N. DolphJoseph Norton Dolph was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York, he immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail and settled in Portland where he became the state's federal district attorney...
(R) - 3. John H. MitchellJohn H. MitchellJohn Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell was a controversial American lawyer and politician, who served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon on three occasions between 1872 and 1905...
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Pennsylvania
- 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. Matthew S. QuayMatthew QuayMatthew Stanley Quay was an immensely powerful Pennsylvania political boss; "kingmaker" . "Boss" Quay's political principles and actions stood in contrast to an unusually attractive personality...
(R)
Rhode Island
- 1. Nelson W. AldrichNelson W. AldrichNelson 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) - 2. Jonathan ChaceJonathan ChaceJonathan Chace was a United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Born at Fall River, Massachusetts, he son of Harvey Chace and the grandson of Oliver Chace. In 1854, he married Jane C. Moon, and they had children: Anna H., Elizabeth M. and Susan A....
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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...
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Tennessee
- 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. William B. BateWilliam B. BateWilliam Brimage Bate was the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887 and subsequently a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1887 until his death...
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Texas
- 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. John H. ReaganJohn Henninger ReaganJohn 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...
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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...
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Virginia
- 2. Harrison H. RiddlebergerHarrison H. RiddlebergerHarrison Holt Riddleberger was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from Woodstock, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate, and was U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1883 to 1889....
(RDReadjuster PartyThe Readjuster Party was a political coalition formed in Virginia in the late 1870s during the turbulent period following the American Civil War. Readjusters aspired "to break the power of wealth and established privilege" and to promote public education, a program which attracted biracial support....
) - 1. John W. DanielJohn W. DanielJohn Warwick Daniel was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates and represented Virginia in both the U.S. House and then five terms in the Senate...
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West Virginia
- 2. John E. KennaJohn E. KennaJohn Edward Kenna was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death....
(D) - 1. Charles J. FaulknerCharles James FaulknerCharles James Faulkner was a United States Senator from West Virginia and the son of Charles James Faulkner, a U.S. Representative from Virginia and West Virginia. Born on the family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Virginia , he accompanied his father, who was U.S...
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Wisconsin
- 1. Philetus SawyerPhiletus SawyerPhiletus Sawyer was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin in both houses of Congress. Sawyer County, Wisconsin, is named for him....
(R) - 3. John C. SpoonerJohn Coit SpoonerJohn Coit Spooner was a Republican politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907.-Biography:...
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.Alabama
. James T. JonesJames T. Jones
James Taylor Jones was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Richmond, Virginia, Jones moved with his father to Marengo County, Alabama, in 1834.He pursued classical studies....
(D). Hilary A. Herbert
Hilary A. Herbert
Hilary Abner Herbert was Secretary of the Navy under President Grover Cleveland. He also served as a member of the United States house of representatives from Alabama.-Biography:...
(D). William C. Oates
William C. Oates
William Calvin Oates was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War....
(D). Alexander C. Davidson
Alexander C. Davidson
Alexander Caldwell Davidson was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born near Charlotte, North Carolina, Davidson attended the public schools of Marengo County, Alabama, and graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa on July 11, 1848. He studied law in Mobile, Alabama, but never practiced...
(D). James E. Cobb
James E. Cobb
James Edward Cobb was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools, and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Georgia, in June 1856.He studied law....
(D). John H. Bankhead
John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead was a U.S. senator from the state of Alabama.-Biography:He was born on September 13, 1842. He was appointed, then elected, to serve out the remainder of the term left by the death of John Tyler Morgan, and was later re-elected twice. He served in the Senate from June 18, 1907...
(D). William H. Forney
William H. Forney
William Henry Forney was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. He was the grandson of Peter Forney and nephew of Daniel Munroe Forney and the brother of John Horace Forney.-Biography:...
(D). Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler was an American military commander and politician. He has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces: first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and later as a general in the...
(D)
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). Clifton R. Breckinridge
Clifton R. Breckinridge
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge was a Democratic alderman, congressman, diplomat, businessman and veteran of the Confederate Army and Navy. He was a member of the prominent Breckinridge family, the son of Vice President of the United States and Confederate General John C. Breckinridge and the...
(D). Thomas C. McRae
Thomas Chipman McRae
Thomas Chipman McRae was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was the 26th Governor of Arkansas from 1921 to 1925.-Biography:...
(D). John H. Rogers
John H. Rogers (Arkansas politician)
John Henry Rogers was an attorney, a federal judge and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Roxobel, North Carolina, Rogers moved to Mississippi in 1852 with his parents, Absalom and Harriet Rogers, who settled near Madison Station. His father became a wealthy planter, owning land worth...
(D). Samuel W. Peel
Samuel W. Peel
Samuel West Peel was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.Born near Batesville, Arkansas, Peel attended the common schools.He served as clerk of the circuit court of Carroll County, Arkansas from 1858 to 1860....
(D)
California
. Thomas L. ThompsonThomas Larkin Thompson
Thomas Larkin Thompson was a U.S. Representative from California, son of Robert Augustine Thompson.Born in Charleston, Virginia , Thompson attended the common schools and Buffalo Academy, Virginia .He moved to California in 1855 and settled in Sonoma County.He established the Petaluma Journal the...
(D). Marion Biggs
Marion Biggs
Marion Biggs was a United States Representative from California. He was born near Curryville, Pike County, Missouri. He attended the common schools. He moved to California in 1850. He returned to Missouri and was elected sheriff of Monroe County in 1852 and was reelected in 1854...
(D). Joseph McKenna
Joseph McKenna
Joseph McKenna was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court...
(R). William W. Morrow
William W. Morrow
William W. Morrow was a US Representative from California from 1885–1891. Born near Milton, Wayne County, Indiana, he moved with his parents to Adams County, Illinois in 1845, attended the common schools and received private instruction. He moved to Santa Rosa, California, in 1859, taught school...
(R). Charles N. Felton
Charles N. Felton
Charles Norton Felton was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from California.-External links:...
(R). William Vandever (R)
Connecticut
. Robert J. VanceRobert J. Vance
Robert Johnstone Vance was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New York City, Vance attended the common schools.He moved to New Britain, Connecticut, in 1870.He attended the high school....
(D). Carlos French
Carlos French
Carlos French was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Humphreysville, Connecticut which is now known as Seymour, Connecticut. He attended the common schools of Seymour and General Russell’s Military School, New Haven, Connecticut...
(D). Charles A. Russell (R). Miles T. Granger
Miles T. Granger
Miles Tobey Granger was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut.Born in New Marlborough, Massachusetts, Granger moved with his parents to Canaan, Connecticut, in 1819....
(D)
Delaware
. John B. PeningtonJohn B. Penington
John Brown Penington was an American lawyer and politician, from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as Attorney General of Delaware and two terms as U. S...
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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). Charles Dougherty
Charles Dougherty (Florida)
Charles Dougherty was a U.S. Democratic politician.He was born in Athens, Georgia. He moved to Florida in 1871. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Florida and served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889. He died in Daytona Beach, Florida.-References:*...
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Georgia
. Thomas M. NorwoodThomas M. Norwood
Thomas Manson Norwood was a United States Senator and Representative and from Georgia. Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Savannah...
(D). Henry G. Turner
Henry Gray Turner
Henry Gray Turner was an American politician, teacher, jurist and soldier.-Biography:Turner was born near Henderson, North Carolina...
(D). Charles F. Crisp
Charles Frederick Crisp
Charles Frederick Crisp was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a Congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he was leader of the Democratic Party in the House, as either the House Minority Leader or the Speaker of...
(D). Thomas W. Grimes
Thomas Wingfield Grimes
Thomas Wingfield Grimes was an American politician and lawyer.-Biography:Grimes was born in Columbus, Georgia...
(D). John D. Stewart
John D. Stewart
John David Stewart was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.Born near Fayetteville, Georgia, Stewart attended the common schools and Marshall College, Griffin, Georgia.He taught school two years in Griffin, Georgia....
(D). James H. Blount
James Henderson Blount
James Henderson Blount was an American statesman, soldier and congressman from Georgia. He opposed the annexation of Hawaii in 1893 in his investigation into the alleged American involvement in the political revolution in the Kingdom of Hawai'i...
(D). Judson C. Clements
Judson C. Clements
Judson Claudius Clements was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. For a quarter century a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Clements served one year as its chairman. Clements had served as a member of the Confederate States Army.-Early life:Judson Clements was the son of Dr. Adam...
(D). Henry H. Carlton
Henry Hull Carlton
Henry Hull Carlton was an American politician, medical doctor, journalist and soldier.-Biography:Carlton was born in Athens, Georgia in 1835...
(D). Allen D. Candler
Allen D. Candler
Allen Daniel Candler was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and the 56th Governor of Georgia.-Biography:...
(D). George T. Barnes
George Thomas Barnes
George Thomas Barnes was a Georgia state legislator, military officer, and United States Representative.-Biography:...
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Illinois
. Ransom W. DunhamRansom W. Dunham
Ransom Williams Dunham was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Savoy, Massachusetts, Dunham attended the common schools and the high school in Springfield, engaged as a clerk for a life insurance company 1855-1857. He moved to Chicago in 1857. He became a grain and provision commission...
(R). Frank Lawler
Frank Lawler
Frank Lawler was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Rochester, New York, Lawler attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in 1854. He was a news agent on a railroad for several years and also a brakeman. He learned the trade of shipbuilder...
(D). William E. Mason
William E. Mason
William Ernest Mason was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois.Mason was born in Franklinville, New York. His family moved to Bentonsport, Iowa when he was 8. He attended Birmingham College. After graduating, he taught at Bentonsport Academy, which he had previously attended...
(R). George E. Adams
George E. Adams
George Everett Adams was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Keene, New Hampshire, Adams moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, in 1853.He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire....
(R). Albert J. Hopkins
Albert J. Hopkins
Albert Jarvis Hopkins was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois.Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He was elected to fill out the congressional term of Reuben Ellwood in 1885 and was re-elected in his own right for eight...
(R). Robert R. Hitt
Robert R. Hitt
Robert Roberts Hitt was an Assistant Secretary of State and later a member of the United States House of Representatives....
(R). Thomas J. Henderson
Thomas J. Henderson (politician)
Thomas Jefferson Henderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Brownsville, Tennessee, Henderson moved with his parents to Illinois at the age of eleven. He served as clerk of the Board of Commissioners of Stark County, Illinois from 1847 to 1849. and as clerk of the court of Stark...
(R). Ralph Plumb
Ralph Plumb
Ralph Plumb was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Busti, New York, Plumb attended the common schools.He engaged in mercantile pursuits.He moved to Ohio....
(R). Lewis E. Payson
Lewis E. Payson
Lewis Edwin Payson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Payson moved with his parents to Illinois in 1852.He attended the common schools and Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois....
(R). Philip S. Post
Philip S. Post
Philip Sidney Post was an American diplomat, politician, and decorated Army officer. He served as a United States Representative from Illinois for eight years, from 1887 to 1895. During the American Civil War, he was a Union Army general and earned the Medal of Honor.-Biography:Born in Florida,...
(R). William H. Gest
William H. Gest
William Harrison Gest was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Gest moved with his parents to Rock Island in 1842.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1860....
(R). George A. Anderson
George A. Anderson
George Alburtus Anderson was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Botetourt County, Virginia, Anderson moved to Illinois in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Hancock County.He attended the common schools....
(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). Jonathan H. Rowell
Jonathan H. Rowell
Jonathan Harvey Rowell was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, Rowell attended Rock Creek School.He graduated from Eureka College, Illinois....
(R). Joseph G. Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon
Joseph Gurney Cannon was a United States politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and historians generally consider him to be the most dominant Speaker in United States history, with such...
(R). Silas Z. Landes
Silas Z. Landes
Silas Zephaniah Landes was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Augusta County, Virginia, Landes attended the public schools.He studied law....
(D). Edward Lane
Edward Lane
Edward Lane was a representative from Illinois; born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 27, 1842; moved to Illinois in May 1858 with his parents, who settled in Hillsboro, Montgomery County; attended the common schools and was graduated from Hillsboro Academy; taught school for several years; studied law;...
(D). Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker
Jehu Baker was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829....
(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). 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)
Indiana
. Alvin P. HoveyAlvin P. Hovey
Alvin Peterson Hovey was a Union general during the American Civil War, an Indiana Supreme Court justice, congressman, and the 21st Governor of Indiana from 1889 to 1891. During the war he played an important role in several battles and uncovered a secret plot for an uprising in Indiana...
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- Francis B. PoseyFrancis B. PoseyFrancis Blackburn Posey was a political figure in Indiana.He served in the U.S. Congress from January 29, 1889, to March 3, 1889. He was elected to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Alan P. Hovey, who had been elected Governor of Indiana. Posey was defeated for re-election to the...
(R). John H. O'NeallJohn H. O'NeallJohn Henry O'Neall was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Newberry, South Carolina, O'Neall was left an orphan when eight years of age and was reared by his grandfather, who resided in Daviess County, Indiana....
(D). Jonas G. HowardJonas G. HowardJonas George Howard was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born on a farm near New Albany, Indiana, Howard attended private school, Indiana Asbury College , Greencastle, Indiana, and Louisville Law School.He was graduated from the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1851.He was...
(D). William S. HolmanWilliam S. HolmanWilliam Steele Holman was a lawyer, judge and politician from Dearborn County, Indiana. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a U.S. Representative from 1859 to 1865, 1867 to 1877, 1881 to 1895, and 1897, spanning sixteen Congresses...
(D). Courtland C. MatsonCourtland C. MatsonCourtland Cushing Matson was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Brookville, Indiana, Matson was graduated from Indiana Asbury University in 1862....
(D). Thomas M. BrowneThomas M. BrowneThomas 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 D. BynumWilliam D. BynumWilliam Dallas Bynum was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Bynum was born near Newberry, Indiana. Although he lived for some time in Washington D.C., he was a lifelong Hoosier...
(D). James T. JohnstonJames T. JohnstonJames Thomas Johnston was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.-Biography:Born near Greencastle, Indiana, Johnston attended the common schools.He studied law....
(R). Joseph B. CheadleJoseph B. CheadleJoseph Bonaparte Cheadle was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Perrysville, Indiana, Cheadle attended the common schools....
(R). William D. OwenWilliam D. OwenWilliam Dale Owen was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Bloomington, Indiana, Owen attended Indiana University at Bloomington in 1865 and entered upon the study of law...
(R). George W. Steele (R). James B. White (R). Benjamin F. ShivelyBenjamin F. ShivelyBenjamin Franklin Shively was a United States Representative and Senator from Indiana. Born near Osceola, Indiana, attended the common schools and the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso. He taught school from 1874 to 1880, engaged in journalism from 1880 to 1884, and was secretary of the...
(D)
- Francis B. Posey
Iowa
. John H. GearJohn H. Gear
John Henry Gear was the 11th Governor of Iowa, United States Representative, and Senator.-Biography:Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Galena, Illinois in 1836, to Fort Snelling, Iowa, in 1838, and to Burlington in 1843, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits...
(R). Walter I. Hayes
Walter I. Hayes
Walter Ingalls Hayes was a four-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district during the Gilded Age....
(D). David B. Henderson
David B. Henderson
David Bremner Henderson , a ten-term Republican Congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1903...
(R). William E. Fuller
William E. Fuller
William Elijah Fuller , was an attorney, and a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district in northeastern Iowa during the 1880s....
(R). Daniel Kerr
Daniel Kerr (politician)
Daniel Kerr was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district in the 1880s, who later switched parties....
(R). James B. Weaver (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...
). Edwin H. Conger
Edwin H. Conger
Edwin Hurd Conger was an Civil War soldier, lawyer, banker, Iowa congressman, and United States diplomat. As the United States' minister to China during the Boxer Rebellion, Conger, his family, and other western diplomatic legations were under siege in Beijing until rescued by the China Relief...
(R). Albert R. Anderson
Albert R. Anderson
Albert Raney Anderson was a one-term U.S. Representative from Iowa's 8th congressional district in southwestern Iowa...
(IR). Joseph Lyman
Joseph Lyman
Joseph Lyman was a Civil War soldier, lawyer, and judge. In the 1880s, he was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in southwestern Iowa.-Biography:...
(R). Adoniram J. Holmes
Adoniram J. Holmes
Adoniram Judson Holmes a Republican, was the first U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district.-Biography:Born in Wooster, Ohio, Holmes moved with his parents to Palmyra, Wisconsin, in 1853...
(R). Isaac S. Struble
Isaac S. Struble
Isaac S. Struble was a four-term Republican Representative of Iowa's 11th congressional district. Serving from 1883 to 1891, the Plymouth County resident was a noted congressional opponent of plural marriage in Utah.The member of a politically-active family, Isaac's six brothers included John T....
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Kansas
. Edmund N. MorrillEdmund Needham Morrill
Edmund Needham Morrill was a U.S. Congressman from Kansas and the 13th Governor of Kansas.Edmund Needham Morrill was born in Westbrook, Maine to Rufus and Mary Morrill. He attended the common schools at Westbrook Academy and learned the trade of tanning from his father. At the age of 23, he moved...
(R). Edward H. Funston
Edward H. Funston
Edward Hogue Funston was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.-Biography:Funston was born near New Carlisle, Ohio and attended the country schools, Linden Hill Academy in Carlisle, and Marietta College....
(R). Bishop W. Perkins
Bishop W. Perkins
Bishop Walden Perkins was a United States Representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College . He prospected for gold through California and New Mexico from 1860 to 1862 and served four years in the Union Army during the Civil War as...
(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). John A. Anderson
John Alexander Anderson
John Alexander Anderson was a six-term U.S. Congressman from Kansas , and the second President of Kansas State Agricultural College ....
(IR). Erastus J. Turner
Erastus J. Turner
Erastus Johnson Turner was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Lockport, Pennsylvania, Turner attended college in Henry, Illinois, in 1859 and 1860.He moved to Bloomfield, Iowa, in 1860....
(R). Samuel R. Peters
Samuel R. Peters
Samuel Ritter Peters was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.Born in Walnut Township, near Circleville, Ohio, Peters attended the common schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware....
(R)
Kentucky
. William J. StoneWilliam Johnson Stone
William Johnson Stone was an US Representative from Kentucky.He was born in Kuttawa, Caldwell County, Kentucky on June 26, 1841. He attended the common schools and Q.M. Tyler’s Collegiate Institute in Cadiz, Trigg County. Stone studied law. During the American Civil War he served as captain in...
(D). Polk Laffoon
Polk Laffoon
James Knox Polk Laffoon was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Madisonville, Kentucky, Laffoon attended the local schools. In September 1861, during the Civil War, he enlisted the Confederate States Army in Company F, 8th Kentucky Infantry, at the age of 17...
(D). W. Godfrey Hunter
W. Godfrey Hunter
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Belfast, Ireland, Hunter completed preparatory studies.Immigrated to the United States in 1858 and settled in New Castle, Pennsylvania....
(R). Alexander B. Montgomery
Alexander B. Montgomery
Alexander Brooks Montgomery was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Tip Top, Kentucky, Montgomery attended the common and private schools. He was graduated from Georgetown College in 1859 and from the Louisville Law School in 1861. He engaged in agricultural pursuits in Hardin County,...
(D). Asher G. Caruth
Asher G. Caruth
Asher Graham Caruth was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.-Early life and family:Asher G. Caruth was born in Scottsville, Kentucky on February 7, 1844...
(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). William C. P. Breckinridge
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a Member of the Masonic Lodge, and a Member of the Knights Templar. He was the first cousin of Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge.He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from...
(D). James B. McCreary
James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary was a lawyer and politician from the US state of Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor...
(D). George M. Thomas
George M. Thomas
George Morgan Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Born near Poplar Flat, Kentucky, Thomas was educated in the common schools.He taught school two years.He was school commissioner from 1850 to 1859....
(R). William P. Taulbee
William P. Taulbee
William Preston Taulbee was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.Taulbee was a son of William Harrison Taulbee and his wife, Mary Ann Wilson...
(D). Hugh F. Finley
Hugh F. Finley
Hugh Franklin Finley was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Charles Finley.Born at Tyes Ferry, Kentucky, Finley attended the common schools. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Williamsburg, Kentucky...
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Louisiana
. Theodore S. WilkinsonTheodore Stark Wilkinson (politician)
Theodore Stark Wilkinson was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served two terms as a Democrat....
(D). Matthew D. Lagan
Matthew D. Lagan
Matthew Diamond Lagan was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 1887 to 1889 and 1891 to 1893. He was a Democrat....
(D). Edward J. Gay
Edward James Gay (1816-1889)
Edward J. Gay was a financier and member of United States Congress. He was born at Liberty, Bedford County, Virginia, in the United States. Gay is grandfather of Edward James Gay, who also served in the U.S. Congress....
(D). Newton C. Blanchard
Newton C. Blanchard
Newton Crain Blanchard was a United States Representative, Senator, and the 33rd Governor of Louisiana. Born in Rapides Parish, he completed academic studies, studied law in Alexandria, Louisiana in 1868, and graduated from the Tulane University Law School in 1870...
(D). Cherubusco Newton
Cherubusco Newton
Cherubusco Newton was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.Born in Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, Newton attended private schools in Bastrop, Louisiana, and the Louisiana State University, then at Alexandria, Louisiana.He taught school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1870...
(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...
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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). Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Nelson Dingley, Jr.
Nelson Dingley, Jr., also known as Edward Nelson Dingley, Jr., was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine....
(R). Seth L. Milliken
Seth L. Milliken
Seth Llewellyn Milliken was a U.S. Representative from Maine.Born in Montville, Maine, Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville College.He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1856....
(R). Charles A. Boutelle
Charles A. Boutelle
Charles A. Boutelle was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress from the 4th Congressional District of Maine. He remains the second longest-serving U.S...
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Maryland
. Charles H. Gibson (D). Frank T. ShawFrank Thomas Shaw
Frank Thomas Shaw was an American politician.Shaw was born in Woodsboro, Maryland, and attended the common schools. He graduated from the medical department of the University of Maryland, Baltimore in 1864 and practiced medicine in Uniontown, Maryland, until November 1873...
(D). Henry W. Rusk
Harry Welles Rusk
Harry Welles Rusk was a U.S. Representative from the third district of Maryland. He was also the president of the Kennard Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland. This was the first company to commercially sell Ouija boards in 1890.Rusk was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and attended private school...
(D). Isidor Rayner
Isidor Rayner
Isidor Rayner was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905-1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and 1891 to 1895....
(D). Barnes Compton
Barnes Compton
Barnes Compton was a wealthy planter who became a politician at the state level before the Civil War. He was appointed as Maryland State Treasurer, serving 1872-1885. He was elected to the US House of Representatives from the fifth congressional district of Maryland...
(D). Louis E. McComas
Louis E. McComas
Louis Emory McComas , a Republican, was a member of the U.S. Congress from the sixth district of Maryland from 1883 to 1891, and a member of the United States Senate from 1899 to 1905, each time representing the State of Maryland. His granddaughter, Katharine Byron, and great-grandson, Goodloe...
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Massachusetts
. Robert T. DavisRobert T. Davis
Robert Thompson Davis was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.Born in County Down, Ireland on August 28, 1823; died in Fall River, Massachusetts, October 29, 1906. Davis is interred in the Oak Grove Cemetery....
(R). John D. Long
John Davis Long
John Davis Long was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 32nd Governor of Massachusetts between 1880 and 1883. He later served as the Secretary of the Navy from 1897 to 1902....
(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). Patrick A. Collins (D). Edward D. Hayden
Edward D. Hayden
Edward Daniel Hayden was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Hayden attended the Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1854....
(R). Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot Lodge
Henry Cabot "Slim" Lodge was an American Republican Senator and historian from Massachusetts. He had the role of Senate Majority leader. He is best known for his positions on Meek policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles...
(R). William Cogswell
William Cogswell
William Cogswell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was awarded the honorary grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers.-Biography:...
(R). Charles H. Allen
Charles Herbert Allen
Charles Herbert Allen was an American politician and businessman. His positions included serving in the United States House of Representatives and as governor of Puerto Rico.-Early life:...
(R). Edward Burnett
Edward Burnett
Edward Burnett was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Burnett attended St. Paul's School.He was graduated from St...
(D). John E. Russell
John E. Russell
John Edwards Russell was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.Born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, Russell was instructed by private tutors....
(D). William Whiting
William Whiting II (politician)
William Whiting was an American businessman and politician from Holyoke, Massachusetts. Whiting descended from an English family who first settled in Lynn, Massachusetts 1636....
(R). Francis W. Rockwell
Francis W. Rockwell
Francis Williams Rockwell was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, his father was Julius Rockwell, also a member of Congress....
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Michigan
. J. Logan ChipmanJohn Logan Chipman
John Logan Chipman was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan, serving as United States Representative to Congress....
(D). Edward P. Allen
Edward P. Allen
Edward Payson Allen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Allen was born in Sharon Township, Michigan and attended the district and select schools. He graduated from the State normal school in 1864...
(R). James O'Donnell
James O'Donnell (politician)
James O’Donnell was a politician from the U.S. State of Michigan.-Biography:O’Donnell was born in Norwalk, Connecticut and moved to Jackson, Michigan with his parents in 1848. He pursued preparatory studies and learned the printing trade...
(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). Melbourne H. Ford
Melbourne H. Ford
Melbourne Haddock Ford was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Ford was born in Salem, Michigan and moved to Lansing with his parents in 1859. He attended the common schools and the Michigan State College of Agriculture at East Lansing...
(D). 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). Justin R. Whiting
Justin Rice Whiting
Justin Rice Whiting was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Whiting was born in Bath, New York, and moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. Clair, Michigan. He attended the public schools and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor from 1863 to 1865. He worked as a...
(D). Timothy E. Tarsney
Timothy E. Tarsney
Timothy Edward Tarsney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Tarsney was born in Ransom, Michigan and attended the common and high schools. He worked on the Government roads in Tennessee until the close of the Civil War...
(D). Byron M. Cutcheon
Byron M. Cutcheon
-See also:*List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F-References:...
(R). Spencer O. Fisher
Spencer O. Fisher
Spencer Oliver Fisher , was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Fisher was born in Camden, Michigan, where he attended the public schools. He also attended Albion College and Hillsdale College. He engaged in lumbering and banking in West Bay City, where he was mayor, 1881-1884...
(D). Seth C. Moffatt
Seth C. Moffatt
Seth Crittenden Moffatt was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Moffatt was born in Battle Creek, Michigan, attended the common schools, and graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1863. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Traverse...
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- Henry W. SeymourHenry W. SeymourHenry William Seymour was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Seymour was born in Brockport, New York and attended the public schools, Brockport Collegiate Institute, and Canandaigua Academy. He graduated from Williams College of Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1855...
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- Henry W. Seymour
Minnesota
. Thomas WilsonThomas Wilson (Minnesota)
Thomas Wilson was an American lawyer, Minnesota congressman and state legislator, associate justice and the 2nd chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court....
(D). John Lind
John Lind (politician)
John Lind was an American politician.-Background:Lind was born in Kånna, Kronoberg County in the Swedish province of Småland and emigrated to the United States with his parents when he was thirteen years old. He served in the Spanish-American War in 1898...
(R). John L. MacDonald
John L. MacDonald
John Lewis MacDonald was a Representative from Minnesota; born in Glasgow, Scotland, February 22, 1838; immigrated to Nova Scotia, Canada, with his parents, who later, in 1847, settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; moved to Minnesota in 1855 and settled in Scott County; studied law; was admitted to...
(D). Edmund Rice (D). Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson
Knute Nelson was an Norwegian American politician. A Republican, he served in the Wisconsin Legislature and Minnesota Legislature, in the U.S. House of Representatives, as the 12th Governor of Minnesota, and as a U.S...
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Mississippi
. John M. AllenJohn Mills Allen
John Mills Allen was a Representative from Mississippi; born in Tishomingo County, Miss., July 8, 1846; he attended the common schools during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army and served throughout the war...
(D). James B. Morgan
James B. Morgan
James Bright Morgan was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.He was born near Fayetteville, Tennessee and moved with his parents to De Soto County, Mississippi in 1840, settling in Hernando...
(D). Thomas C. Catchings
Thomas C. Catchings
Thomas Clendinen Catchings was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.-Biography:Born near Brownsville, Mississippi, Catchings was tutored at home....
(D). Frederick G. Barry
Frederick G. Barry
Frederick George Barry was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born in Woodbury, Tennessee, Barry received a limited education.He served as a private in Company E, Eighth Confederate Cavalry, Col. William B...
(D). Chapman L. Anderson
Chapman L. Anderson
Chapman Levy Anderson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near Macon, Mississippi, Anderson attended the common schools in Jackson, Mississippi, and the University of Mississippi at Oxford....
(D). Thomas R. Stockdale
T. R. Stockdale
Thomas Ringland Stockdale was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.Born near West Union Church, Pennsylvania, Stockdale graduated from Jefferson College , Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1856.He moved to Pike County, Mississippi, in 1857 and taught school.He graduated from the University of...
(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....
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Missouri
. William H. HatchWilliam H. Hatch
William Henry Hatch was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.-Biography:Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Hatch attended the schools of Lexington, Kentucky, where he studied law....
(D). Charles H. Mansur
Charles H. Mansur
Charles Harley Mansur was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mansur attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts....
(D). Alexander M. Dockery
Alexander Monroe Dockery
Alexander Monroe Dockery was a United States Representative and the 30th Governor of Missouri....
(D). James N. Burnes
James N. Burnes
James Nelson Burnes was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Marion County, Indiana, Burnes moved with his parents to Platte County, Missouri, in 1837.He attended the common schools....
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- Charles F. BooherCharles F. BooherCharles Ferris Booher was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born on a farm near East Groveland, New York, Booher attended the common schools and the Geneseo Academy, Geneseo, New York.He taught school and studied law....
(D). William WarnerWilliam Warner (Missouri)William Warner was an American lawyer and politician from Kansas City, Missouri. He represented Missouri in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was mayor of Kansas City in 1871-72....
(R). John T. HeardJohn T. HeardJohn Taddeus Heard was a Democrat Representative representing Missouri from March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895.Heard was born in Georgetown, Missouri in Pettis County, Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri in 1860. He was admitted to the bar in 1862 and practiced law in Sedalia, Missouri...
(D). John E. HuttonJohn E. HuttonJohn Edward Hutton was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born in Polk County, Tennessee, Hutton moved with his parents to Troy, Missouri, in 1831.He attended the common schools....
(D). John J. O'Neill (D). John M. Glover (D). Martin L. ClardyMartin L. ClardyMartin Linn Clardy was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri.-Biography:...
(D). Richard P. BlandRichard P. BlandRichard 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). William J. StoneWilliam J. StoneWilliam Joel Stone was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S...
(D). William H. WadeWilliam H. WadeWilliam Henry Wade was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Springfield, Ohio, Wade attended the common schools, Grove Academy, and Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(R). James P. WalkerJames P. WalkerJames Peter Walker was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.Born near Memphis, Tennessee, Walker attended the public schools and the boys' college at Durhamville, Tennessee....
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- Charles F. Booher
Nebraska
. John A. McShaneJohn A. McShane
John Albert McShane was a Nebraska Democratic politician. He was the first Democrat to be elected to the Nebraska congressional delegation....
(D). James Laird
James Laird (politician)
James Laird was a Nebraska Republican politician.Laird was born in Fowlerville, New York and moved with his parents to Hillsdale County, Michigan. He attended Adrian College and served in the Sixteenth Regiment of the Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil...
(R). George W. E. Dorsey
George Washington Emery Dorsey
George Washington Emery Dorsey was a Representative to the United States Congress from Nebraska.-Biography:...
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New Hampshire
. Luther F. McKinneyLuther F. McKinney
Luther Franklin McKinney was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.Born in Newark, Ohio, McKinney attended common and private schools. He taught school for a while, and when the Civil War began, he enlisted in Company D, First Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, serving from August 5, 1861, until...
(D). Jacob H. Gallinger
Jacob Harold Gallinger
Jacob Harold Gallinger , was a United States Senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913.-Biography:...
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New Jersey
. George HiresGeorge Hires
George Hires was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889....
(R). James Buchanan
James Buchanan (New Jersey)
James Buchanan was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1893....
(R). John Kean, Jr. (R). James N. Pidcock
James N. Pidcock
James Nelson Pidcock was an American Democratic Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889. He was a cousin of Alvah A...
(D). William W. Phelps
William Walter Phelps
William Walter Phelps , the son of John Jay Phelps, a successful New York City merchant and financier, was born in Dundaff, Pennsylvania. During his successful banking career in Manhattan, he settled in Teaneck, New Jersey, across the Hudson River...
(R). Herman Lehlbach
Herman Lehlbach
Herman Lehlbach was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1889. He was uncle of Frederick R...
(R). William McAdoo
William McAdoo (New Jersey)
William McAdoo was an American Democratic Party politician who represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1883 to 1891, and served as New York City Police Commissioner in 1904 and 1905.-Biography:McAdoo was born in Ramelton, County Donegal,...
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New York
. Perry BelmontPerry Belmont
Perry Belmont was an American politician and diplomat.-Biography:He was born on December 28, 1851 in New York City to August Belmont. His brothers were Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont and August Belmont, Jr....
(D), resigned December 1, 1888, vacant to end. Felix Campbell
Felix Campbell
Felix Campbell was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the common schools and became a manufacturer of iron pipe and a consulting engineer...
(D). Stephen V. White
Stephen V. White
Stephen Van Culen White was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Chatham County, North Carolina, White moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled near Otterville, Illinois....
(R). Peter P. Mahoney
Peter P. Mahoney
Peter Paul Mahoney , of Brooklyn, New York, was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1889. He was a Democrat....
(D). 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). Amos J. Cummings
Amos J. Cummings
Amos Jay Cummings was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
(D). Lloyd S. Bryce
Lloyd Bryce
Lloyd Stephens Bryce was a U.S. Representative from New York.His father, Joseph Smith Bryce, graduated from West Point in 1829, third in his class . J. S. Bryce was a Union Major in the Civil War, engaged in the defense of Washington D...
(D). Timothy J. Campbell
Timothy J. Campbell
Timothy John Campbell , of New York City, born in County Cavan, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1889 and 1891 to 1895. He was a Democrat.Campbell earned a touch of immortality of an attributed nature...
(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). Francis B. Spinola
Francis Barretto Spinola
Francis Barretto Spinola was the first Portuguese American to be elected to the United States House of Representatives, serving as a representative from New York from 1887 to 1891...
(D). Truman A. Merriman
Truman A. Merriman
Truman Adams Merriman was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Auburn, New York, Merriman attended the Auburn Academy and was graduated from Hobart College, Geneva, New York, in 1861....
(D). W. Bourke Cockran
William Bourke Cockran
William Bourke Cockran , commonly known as Bourke Cockran, was a United States Representative from New York and a noted political orator.-Biography:...
(D). Ashbel P. Fitch
Ashbel P. Fitch
Ashbel Parmelee Fitch was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Mooers, New York, Fitch attended the public schools of New York, Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, the Universities of Jena and Berlin, Germany, and Columbia Law School in New York City...
(D). William G. Stahlnecker
William G. Stahlnecker
William Griggs Stahlnecker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Auburn, New York, Stahlnecker moved with his parents to Brooklyn and later to New York City....
(D). Henry Bacon
Henry Bacon (New York)
Henry Bacon was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bacon attended the Mount Pleasant Academy in Sing Sing, the Episcopal Academy in Cheshire, Connecticut, and was graduated from Union College in 1865.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced...
(D). John H. Ketcham
John H. Ketcham
John Henry Ketcham was a United States Representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R). Stephen T. Hopkins
Stephen T. Hopkins
Stephen Tyng Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Hopkins attended the Anthon Grammar School in New York City.He was an iron merchant and broker.He moved to Catskill, New York....
(R). Edward W. Greenman
Edward W. Greenman
Edward Whitford Greenman was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Berlin, New York, Greenman attended the common schools and De Ruyter Academy, Alfred, New York....
(D). Nicholas T. Kane
Nicholas T. Kane
Nicholas Thomas Kane was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in County Waterford, Ireland, Kane immigrated to the United States when a boy and settled near Albany, New York.He attended the common schools...
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- Charles TraceyCharles TraceyCharles Tracey was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in Albany, New York, Tracey was graduated from The Albany Academy in 1866.He served in the Papal Zouaves at Rome, Italy, portions of the years 1867-1870....
(D). George WestGeorge WestGeorge West was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Bradninch, England, West attended the common schools. West immigrated to the United States in February 1849 and settled at Ballston Spa, New York...
(R). John H. MoffittJohn H. MoffittJohn Henry Moffitt was a United States Representative from New York and the recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Civil War.-Biography:...
(R). Abraham X. ParkerAbraham X. ParkerAbraham X. Parker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Granville, Vermont, Parker attended the St. Lawrence Academy and the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in Albany, New York, in 1854 and in 1856 commenced practice in Potsdam, New York. He served as member of the New...
(R). James S. ShermanJames S. ShermanJames Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States . He was a member of the Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families.-Early life:...
(R). David WilberDavid WilberDavid Wilber was a United States Representative from New York and father of congressman David F. Wilber ....
(R). James J. BeldenJames J. BeldenJames Jerome Belden was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fabius, New York, Belden attended the common schools.He engaged in the banking business at Syracuse, New York, in 1880....
(R), from November 8, 1887. Milton De LanoMilton De LanoMilton De Lano was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Wampsville, he attended the common schools and settled in Canastota, New York, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for eight years. He was town clerk of Lenox from 1867 to 1869 and sheriff of Madison County from 1873 to...
(R). Newton W. NuttingNewton W. NuttingNewton Wright Nutting was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in West Monroe, New York, Nutting pursued an academic course.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and practiced in Oswego, New York....
(R). Thomas S. FloodThomas S. FloodThomas Schmeck Flood was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Lodi, New York, Flood attended the common schools and Elmira Free Academy.He studied medicine, but did not practice.He engaged in the drug business....
(R). Ira DavenportIra Davenport (New York)Ira Davenport was an American politician.-Life:...
(R). Charles S. BakerCharles S. BakerCharles Simeon Baker was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Churchville, New York, Baker attended the common schools, Cary Collegiate Institute of Oakfield, and the New York Seminary at Lima....
(R). John G. SawyerJohn G. SawyerJohn Gilbert Sawyer was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Brandon, Vermont, Sawyer attended the common schools and Millville Academy.He moved to Albion, New York, in 1845....
(R). John M. FarquharJohn M. FarquharJohn McCreath Farquhar was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...
(R). John B. WeberJohn B. WeberJohn Baptiste Weber was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Early life:John Weber was born at his parents cottage on Oak Street in Buffalo, New York. His parents, Philippe Jacob Weber and Mary Anne Weber , had emigrated to the United States in 1833 from Leutenheim, Alsace and settled in Buffalo...
(R). William G. LaidlawWilliam G. Laidlaw.William Grant Laidlaw was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Laidlaw immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his parents, who settled in Franklinville, New York....
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- Charles Tracey
North Carolina
. Louis C. LathamLouis C. Latham
Louis Charles Latham was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing North Carolina. Latham graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1859 and later attended the Harvard Law School...
(D). Furnifold McLendel Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1901 and 1931. He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance from 1913 - 1919...
(D). Charles W. McClammy
Charles W. McClammy
Charles Washington McClammy was a Democratic representative elected from North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district....
(D). John Nichols
John Nichols (politician)
John Nichols was a U.S. Congressman from the state of North Carolina between 1887 and 1889.-Biography:Nichols was born near Eagle Rock in Wake County, North Carolina...
(I
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
). John M. Brower
John M. Brower
John Morehead Brower was a Representative from North Carolina.-Biography:...
(R). Alfred Rowland
Alfred Rowland
Alfred Rowland was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, Rowland attended the common schools....
(D). John S. Henderson
John S. Henderson
John Steele Henderson was a Representative for North Carolina in the United States House of Representatives.-Biography:...
(D). William H. H. Cowles (D). Thomas D. Johnston
Thomas D. Johnston
Thomas Dillard Johnston was a Representative from North Carolina.Born in Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, April 1, 1840; attended the common schools and Col...
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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). Charles E. Brown
Charles Elwood Brown
Charles Elwood Brown was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Brown attended the common schools and Greenfield Academy, and was graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1854....
(R). Elihu S. Williams
Elihu S. Williams
Elihu Stephen Williams was a farmer, lawyer, soldier, and politician who became a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.-Biography:...
(R). Samuel S. Yoder
Samuel S. Yoder
Samuel S. Yoder was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Ohio, Yoder attended the common schools, Wooster University, and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor...
(D). George E. Seney
George E. Seney
George Ebbert Seney was a nineteenth century politician, lawyer and judge from Ohio.-Biography:Born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, he was grandson of Joshua Seney, and was also descended from colonial Governor of Maryland Francis Nicholson. Seney moved to Tiffin, Ohio with his parents in 1832...
(D). Melvin M. Boothman
Melvin M. Boothman
Melvin Morella Boothman was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born near Bryan, Ohio, Boothman attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....
(R). James E. Campbell
James E. Campbell
James Edwin Campbell was a Democratic politician from Ohio. He served as the 38th Governor of Ohio.Campbell was born in Middletown, Ohio where he attended the public schools and then Miami University. He served in the Union Army as a member of the Mississippi River Squadron during the Civil War...
(D). Robert P. Kennedy
Robert P. Kennedy
Robert Patterson Kennedy was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R). William C. Cooper
William C. Cooper
William Craig Cooper was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Cooper attended the public schools and Mount Vernon Academy.He studied law....
(R). Jacob Romeis
Jacob Romeis
Jacob Romeis was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Weisenbach, Bavaria, Germany, Romeis attended the village schools....
(R). Albert C. Thompson
Albert C. Thompson
Albert Clifton Thompson was a lawyer, soldier, judge, and three-term U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:...
(R). Jacob J. Pugsley
Jacob J. Pugsley
Jacob Joseph Pugsley was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Dutchess County, New York, Pugsley moved to Ohio with his parents in 1839.He graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.He studied law....
(R). Joseph H. Outhwaite
Joseph H. Outhwaite
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Outhwaite attended the public schools of Zanesville, Ohio.He taught in the high school of that city 1862-1864....
(D). Charles P. Wickham
Charles Preston Wickham
Charles Preston Wickham was a 19th century congressman and judge from Norwalk, Huron County, Ohio.Wickham attended the public schools, the Norwalk Academy, and the Cincinnati Law School...
(R). Charles H. Grosvenor
Charles H. Grosvenor
Charles Henry Grosvenor was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R). Beriah Wilkins
Beriah Wilkins
Beriah Wilkins was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Born near Richwood, Ohio, Wilkins attended the common schools of Marysville, Ohio. During the American Civil War, he enlisted as a private in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, May 2, 1864, and...
(D). Joseph D. Taylor
Joseph D. Taylor
Joseph Danner Taylor was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.-Biography:Joseph D. Taylor was born in Goshen Township, in Clermont County, Ohio...
(R). William McKinley, Jr.
William McKinley
William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...
(R). 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). George W. Crouse
George W. Crouse
George Washington Crouse was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Tallmadge, Ohio, Crouse attended the common schools.He taught school for five years.He moved to Akron, Ohio....
(R). Martin A. Foran
Martin A. Foran
Martin Ambrose Foran was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.Born in Choconut Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, Foran attended the public schools and St...
(D)
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). Smedley Darlington
Smedley Darlington
Smedley Darlington was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Robert M. Yardley
Robert Morris Yardley
Robert Morris Yardley was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania....
(R). Daniel Ermentrout
Daniel Ermentrout
Daniel Ermentrout was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Daniel Ermentrout was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. He attended Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Elmwood Institute in Norristown, Pennsylvania...
(D). John A. Hiestand
John Andrew Hiestand
John Andrew Hiestand was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John A. Hiestand was born in East Donegal Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, an academy in Marietta, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania...
(R). William H. Sowden
William Henry Sowden
William Henry Sowden was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(D). Charles R. Buckalew
Charles R. Buckalew
Charles Rollin Buckalew was an American lawyer and Democratic party politician from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. He served in the state senate and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and Senate. He was a graduate of Harford Academy, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, where he studied law...
(D). John Lynch
John Lynch (Pennsylvania)
John Lynch was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.John Lynch was born in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1856, he moved to Pennsylvania with his parents, who settled in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and Wyoming Seminary in...
(D). Charles N. Brumm
Charles N. Brumm
Charles Napoleon Brumm was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life and education:...
(R). Franklin Bound
Franklin Bound
Franklin Bound was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Franklin Bound was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and old Milton Academy. He studied law at Easton, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced...
(R). Frank C. Bunnell
Frank Charles Bunnell
Frank Charles Bunnell was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Frank C. Bunnell was born in Washington Township, Pennsylvania...
(R). Henry C. McCormick
Henry Clay McCormick
Henry Clay McCormick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Henry C. McCormick was born in Washington Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and Dickinson Seminary in Williamsport, Pennsylvania...
(R). Edward Scull
Edward Scull
Edward Scull was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Edward Scull was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He moved to Somerset, Pennsylvania, in...
(R). Louis E. Atkinson
Louis E. Atkinson
Louis Evans Atkinson was a physician, attorney, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). Levi Maish
Levi Maish
Levi Maish was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Early life:...
(D). John Patton
John Patton (1823-1897)
John Patton was a U.S. Representative from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He was the father of Charles Emory Patton, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania , and John Patton Jr., a U.S. Senator from Michigan , and the uncle of William Irvin Swoope, also a U.S...
(R). Welty McCullogh
Welty McCullogh
Welty McCullogh was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R). John Dalzell
John Dalzell
John Dalzell was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.-Biography:John Dalzell was born in New York City. He moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1847....
(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). Oscar L. Jackson
Oscar Lawrence Jackson
Oscar Lawrence Jackson was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and the commander of an Ohio infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
(R). James T. Maffett
James Thompson Maffett
James Thompson Maffett was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.James T.Maffett was born in Clarion Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, Rimersburg Academy, and Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania...
(R). Norman Hall
Norman Hall
Norman Hall was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Norman Hall was born on the Muncy Farms, near Halls Station, Pennsylvania. He was graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1847. He was engaged in the iron business.Hall was elected...
(D). William L. Scott
William Lawrence Scott
William Lawrence Scott was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. His body is buried at Erie Cemetery.-Family:...
(D). Edwin S. Osborne
Edwin Sylvanus Osborne
Edwin Sylvanus Osborne was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(R)
Rhode Island
. Henry J. SpoonerHenry J. Spooner
Henry Joshua Spooner , was a United States Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Spooner attended the common schools and graduated from Brown University in 1860. During his undergraduate career Spooner became a member of Theta Delta Chi...
(R). Warren O. Arnold
Warren O. Arnold
Warren Otis Arnold was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.Born in Coventry, Rhode Island, Arnold attended the common schools.He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Coventry from 1857 to 1864....
(R)
South Carolina
. Samuel DibbleSamuel Dibble
Samuel Dibble was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Samuel Dibble was born in Charleston, South Carolina, son of Philander Virgil and Frances Ann Dibble. Young Dibble pursued an academic course in Bethel, Connecticut , and Charleston, South Carolina...
(D). 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). James S. Cothran
James S. Cothran
James Sproull Cothran was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for one term from 1887 to 1891.-Biography:...
(D). William H. Perry
William H. Perry
William Hayne Perry was a United States Representative from South Carolina. He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, where he attended Greenville Academy, and graduated from Furman University at Greenville in 1857...
(D). John J. Hemphill
John J. Hemphill
John James Hemphill was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, cousin of William Huggins Brawley, nephew of John Hemphill and great-uncle of Robert Witherspoon Hemphill....
(D). George W. Dargan
George W. Dargan
George William Dargan was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, great-grandson of Lemuel Benton.Born at "Sleepy Hollow," near Darlington, South Carolina, Dargan attended the schools of his native county and the South Carolina Military Academy.He served in the Confederate States Army...
(D). William Elliott
William Elliott (politician)
William Elliott was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, Elliott attended Beaufort College and Harvard University....
(D)
Tennessee
. Roderick R. ButlerRoderick R. Butler
Roderick Randum Butler was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 1st congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(R). Leonidas C. Houk
Leonidas C. Houk
Leonidas Campbell Houk was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee...
(R). John R. Neal
John R. Neal
John Randolph Neal was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 3rd congressional district.-Biography:...
(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). James D. Richardson
James D. Richardson
James Daniel Richardson was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee. Richardson represented Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. He was among the earliest U.S...
(D). Joseph E. Washington
Joseph E. Washington
Joseph Edwin Washington was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.-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). Benjamin A. Enloe
Benjamin A. Enloe
Benjamin Augustine Enloe was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 8th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(D). Presley T. Glass
Presley T. Glass
Presley Thornton Glass was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th congressional district of Tennessee.-Biography:...
(D). James Phelan, Jr.
James Phelan, Jr.
James Phelan, Jr. was a United States Congressman from Tennessee.-Biography:...
(D)
Texas
. Charles StewartCharles Stewart (Texas politician)
Charles Stewart was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Biography:Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Stewart moved to Texas in 1845 with his parents, who settled in Galveston. He attended the common schools, and later studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced the practice of law in...
(D). John H. Reagan
John Henninger Reagan
John Henninger Reagan , was a leading 19th century American politician from the U.S. state of Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. He served in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis as...
, until March 4, 1887
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- William H. MartinWilliam H. MartinWilliam Harrison "Howdy" Martin was a Texas State Senator, U.S. Representative from Texas and veteran of the Confederate States Army who served under Robert E. Lee.-Biography:...
(D), from November 4, 1887. Constantine B. KilgoreConstantine B. KilgoreConstantine Buckley Kilgore was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Newnan, Georgia, Kilgore moved with his parents to Rusk County, Texas, in 1846.He received a common-school and academic training.He studied law....
(D). David B. CulbersonDavid B. CulbersonDavid Browning Culberson was a Confederate soldier, a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.-Early years:...
(D). Silas HareSilas HareSilas Hare was a U.S. Representative from Texas.-Early years:Silas Hare Sr. was born in Ross County, Ohio, to Jacob and Elizabeth Freshour Hare on November 13, 1827, and lived the first fourteen years of his life with his grandfather Daniel Hare...
(D). Joseph AbbottJoseph Abbott (Texas politician)Joseph "Jo" Abbott was a member of the Confederate States Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas.-Biography:...
(D). William H. CrainWilliam H. CrainWilliam Henry Crain was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Galveston, Texas, Crain attended the Christian Brothers' School, New York City, until the age of fourteen, and was graduated from St. Francis Xavier's College, New York City, in 1867. He returned to Texas and lived on a ranch for...
(D). Littleton W. MooreLittleton W. MooreLittleton Wilde Moore was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Marion County, Alabama, Moore moved with his parents to Mississippi in 1836.He was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1855....
(D). Roger Q. MillsRoger Q. MillsRoger Quarles Mills was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Background:...
(D). Joseph D. SayersJoseph D. SayersJoseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.- Early years :...
(D). Samuel W. T. LanhamS.W.T. LanhamSamuel Willis Tucker Lanham , was the 23rd Governor of Texas from January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to winning election as Governor, he served two periods in the U.S. House of Representatives...
(D)
- William H. Martin
Vermont
. John W. StewartJohn Wolcott Stewart
John Wolcott Stewart was an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. He served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and as the 33rd Governor of Vermont before serving in the United States House of Representatives and briefly in the United States Senate.Born in Middlebury,...
(R). William W. Grout
William W. Grout
William Wallace Grout was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.-Biography:Born in Compton, Province of Quebec, Grout pursued an academic course and graduated from the Poughkeepsie Law School in 1857....
(R)
Virginia
. Thomas H. B. BrowneThomas H. B. Browne
Thomas Henry Bayly Browne was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia's 1st congressional district . He was born in Drummondtown, Accomack County, Virginia. During the American Civil War he served in the Confederate Army. After the war he became an attorney...
(R). George E. Bowden
George E. Bowden
George Edwin Bowden was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, nephew of Lemuel Jackson Bowden.Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Bowden attended a private school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar but never practiced....
(R). George D. Wise
George D. Wise
George Douglas Wise was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, cousin of John Sergeant Wise and Richard Alsop Wise and nephew of Henry Alexander Wise....
(D). William E. Gaines
William E. Gaines
William Embre Gaines was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Charlotte Court House, Virginia, Gaines attended the common schools....
(R). John R. Brown
John Robert Brown (Virginia politician)
John Robert Brown was a United States Representative from Virginia.-Biography:Born near Snow Creek, Virginia, he attended private schools in Franklin and Henry Counties and entered the Confederate Army in 1861 as a private in Company D, Twenty-fourth Regiment of Virginia Volunteers...
(R). Samuel I. Hopkins
Samuel I. Hopkins
Samuel Isaac Hopkins was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.Born near Owensville, Maryland, Hopkins moved to Anne Arundel County with his parents, who settled near Annapolis. He attended the common schools and graduated from Owensville Academy...
(L). Charles T. O'Ferrall (D). William H. F. Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee , known as Rooney Lee or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a member of the U.S. Congress.-Early life:Lee was born at Arlington House in...
(D). Henry Bowen
Henry Bowen
Henry Bowen was a Virginia lawyer and politician from Tazewell County, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives.- Family and early life :...
(R). Jacob Yost
Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman)
Jacob Yost was an American politician who represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1887–1889 and 1897-1899....
(R)
West Virginia
. Nathan GoffNathan Goff, Jr.
Nathan Goff, Jr. was a member of the United States Congress from West Virginia, who also served briefly as United States Secretary of the Navy during the Rutherford B. Hayes administration, and as a United States federal judge.-Biography:Goff was born at The Waldomore in Clarksburg, Harrison...
(R). William L. Wilson
William Lyne Wilson
William Lyne Wilson was a Bourbon Democrat politician and lawyer from West Virginia.-Biography:Born in Charles Town, Virginia , Wilson attended Charles Town Academy, graduated from Columbian College in 1860 and subsequently studied at the University of Virginia...
(D). Charles P. Snyder
Charles P. Snyder
Charles Philip Snyder was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia. He was born on June 9, 1847 in Charleston, West Virginia in Kanawha County, which was then in Virginia. He served as a United States Representative in the 48th, 49th, and 50th United States Congresses. He died August...
(D). Charles E. Hogg
Charles E. Hogg
Charles Edgar Hogg, the father of Robert Lynn Hogg, was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia. He was born on a farm near Point Pleasant, Mason County, Virginia on December 21, 1852. He was elected in 1886 to the 50th United States Congress. He died in Point Pleasant, West...
(D)
Wisconsin
. Lucien B. CaswellLucien 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). Richard W. Guenther
Richard W. Guenther
Richard William Guenther was a Prussian-born 19th century politician and pharmacist in Wisconsin.Born in Potsdam, Province of Brandenburg, Guenther received a college education and graduated from the Royal Pharmacy in Potsdam. He immigrated to the United States in 1866, settling in New York City,...
(R). Robert M. La Follette
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette, Sr. , was an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin...
(R). Henry Smith
Henry Smith (Wisconsin)
Henry Smith was a millwright and politician who was elected a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1887 - 1889 as a member of the Union Labor Party. He also served as a Socialist member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1878...
(L). Thomas R. Hudd
Thomas R. Hudd
Thomas Richard Hudd was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Buffalo, New York, Hudd moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois, in 1842 and to Appleton, Wisconsin, in 1853....
(D). Charles B. Clark
Charles B. Clark
Charles Benjamin Clark was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.Born in Theresa, New York, Clark attended the common schools.He moved to Wisconsin in 1855 with his widowed mother, who settled in Neenah, Wisconsin....
(R). Ormsby B. Thomas
Ormsby B. Thomas
Ormsby Brunson Thomas was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.-Early life:Thomas was born in Sandgate, Vermont, and he moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1836. He attended the common schools and Burr Seminary, Manchester, Vermont. He was graduated from the State and National Law School in...
(R). Nils P. Haugen
Nils P. Haugen
Nils Pederson Haugen was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement and a national expert on tax reform.-Background:...
(R). Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Wisconsin as both a United States Representative and a United States Senator....
(R)
Non-voting members
. Marcus A. SmithMarcus A. Smith
Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith was an American Democratic politician, and one of the first two Senators from Arizona, the other being Henry F. Ashurst. He died in Washington, D.C...
(D). Oscar S. Gifford
Oscar S. Gifford
Oscar Sherman Gifford was an American lawyer of Canton, South Dakota. He served six years in the United States House of Representatives, first as the non-voting delegate from the Dakota Territory, then as a full member of the House from South Dakota.Oscar was born in Watertown, Jefferson County,...
(R). Fred T. Dubois
Fred Dubois
Fred Thomas Dubois was a controversial American politician who served two terms in the United States Senate from Idaho. He was best-known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to disenfranchise Mormon voters....
(R). Joseph K. Toole
Joseph Toole
Joseph Kemp Toole was an American politician from Montana.He attended public school in St. Joseph, Missouri, and the Western Military Institute in New Castle, Kentucky. He moved to Helena, Montana in 1870; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Helena...
(D). Antonio Joseph (D). John T. Caine
John Thomas Caine
John Thomas Caine was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives from the Territory of Utah.Born in the parish of Patrick, Isle of Man, Caine attended the common schools in Douglas, Isle of Man....
(D). Charles S. Voorhees (D). Joseph M. Carey
Joseph M. Carey
Joseph Maull Carey was a lawyer, rancher, judge, and politician, who spent most of his political career in Wyoming before and after it achieved statehood.-Biography:...
(R)
Senate
- replacements: 1
- 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 - Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
- Democratic
- deaths: 0
- resignations: 1
- interim appointments: 1
- Total seats with changes: 2
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...
: 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: 4
- resignations: 5
- contested election: 0
- Total seats with changes: 9
Administrative officers
- Architect of the CapitolArchitect of the CapitolThe Architect of the Capitol is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, and also the head of that agency. The Architect of the Capitol is in the legislative branch and is responsible to the United States...
: Edward ClarkEdward Clark (architect)Edward Clark was an American architect who served as Architect of the Capitol from 1865 to 1902.Edward Clark was Thomas U. Walter's student, chief assistant, and successor. Prior to working with Walter, he had received training in freehand and mechanical drawing as well as engineering...
Senate
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States SenateThe Chaplain of the United States Senate opens each session of the United States Senate with a prayer, and provides and coordinates religious programs and pastoral care support for Senators, their staffs, and their families. The Chaplain is appointed by a majority vote of the members of the Senate...
: John G. Butler (LutheranLutheranismLutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...
) - SecretarySecretary of the United States SenateThe Secretary of the Senate is an elected officer of the United States Senate. The Secretary supervises an extensive array of offices and services to expedite the day-to-day operations of that body...
: Anson G. McCookAnson G. McCookAnson 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... - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States SenateThe Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is the law enforcer for the United States Senate. One of the chief roles of the Sergeant is to hold the gavel used at every session...
: William P. Canady
House of Representatives
- ChaplainChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the...
: William H. Milburn (MethodistMethodismMethodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
) - ClerkClerk of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Clerk of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the United States House of Representatives, whose primary duty is to act as the chief record-keeper for the House....
: John B. Clark, Jr. - DoorkeeperDoorkeeper of the United States House of RepresentativesAn appointed officer of the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1995, the Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives was chosen by a resolution at the opening of each United States Congress. The Office of the Doorkeeper was based on precedent from the Continental...
: Alvin B. Hurt - Clerk at the Speaker’s TableParliamentarian of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S...
: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield - PostmasterPostmaster of the United States House of RepresentativesThe Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives was an employee of the United States Congress from 1834 to 1993.Before the creation of the office of Postmaster, mail duties were handled by workers in the office of the Doorkeeper, who were paid additional compensation...
: Lycurgus Dalton - Sergeant at ArmsSergeant at Arms of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives Sergeant at Arms is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities. The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the chamber...
: John P. LeedomJohn P. LeedomFor the Texas state senator from Dallas, see John N. Leedom.John Peter Leedom was a U.S. Representative from Ohio....