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47th United States Congress

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1881-1883 U.S. Congress
47th United States Congress
46th ←
→ 48th
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
Members76 senators
293 representatives
8 non-voting delegates
Senate majoritySplit[1]
(Republicans controlled
the all-too important
Senate committees)
Senate PresidentChester A. Arthur (R)
(until September 19, 1881)
Vacant
(from September 19, 1881)
House majorityRepublican
(plurality; became majority in
middle of first
Congressional session)
House SpeakerJ. Warren Keifer (R)
Sessions
Special[a]: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881
Special[b]: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881
1st: December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882
2nd: December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883

The47th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of theUnited States Senate and theUnited States House of Representatives. It met inWashington, D.C. from March 4, 1881, to March 4, 1883, during the six months ofJames Garfield's presidency, and the first year and a half ofChester Arthur's presidency. The apportionment of seats in thisHouse of Representatives was based on the1870 United States census. The House had aRepublican majority; the Senate was evenly divided for the first time ever, with no vice president to break ties for most of this term.[1]

Party summary

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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

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Party
(Shading indicates party control)
Total
Democratic
(D)		Independent
(I)		Readjuster
(RA)		Republican
(R)		Vacant
End of
previous Congress		421032751
Begin371136751
March 5, 1881[c]35742
March 7, 1881[d]33724
March 8, 1881[e]34733
March 12, 1881[f]35742
March 14, 1881[g]36751
March 18, 1881[h]3711[i]37760
May 16, 1881[j]371135742
July 27, 1881[k]36751
August 2, 1881[l]371137760
September 13, 1881[m]36751
October 5, 1881[n]1[o]37760
November 15, 1881[p]
April 17, 1882[q]
August 16, 1882[r]36751
November 15, 1882[s]37760
January 27, 1883[t]
Final voting share48.7%1.3%1.3%48.7%
Beginning of the
next Congress		360238760

House of Representatives

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Party
(Shading indicates party control)
Total
Democratic
(D)		Independent
Democrat
(ID)		Independent
(I)		Greenback
(GB)		Independent
Republican
(IR)		Republican
(R)		Vacant
End of
previous Congress		146411101292912
Begin13411901462912
March 17, 1881[u]1452903
March 21, 1881[v]1442894
April 5, 1881[w]1452903
April 26, 1881[x]1332894
June 9, 1881[y]1342903
July 26, 1881[z]1442894
July 29, 1881[aa]1432885
September 12, 1881[ab]1442894
October 5, 1881[ac]1432885
November 8, 1881[ad]1351452912
December 5, 1881[ae]1361462930
April 8, 1882[af]1352921
April 29, 1882[ag]134147
May 31, 1882[ah]1331
June 1, 1882[ai]132148
June 3, 1882[aj]13110
June 29, 1882[ak]1472912
July 19, 1882[al]130148
July 20, 1882[am]1292903
October 12, 1882[an]92894
November 4, 1882[ao]1282885
November 7, 1882[ap]1291492903
November 30, 1882[aq]1482894
December 4, 1882[ar]1302903
December 15, 1882[as]1492912
December 16, 1882[at]1482903
January 2, 1883[au]1492912
January 15, 1883[av]1312921
January 17, 1883[aw]1502930
January 18, 1883[ax]1302921
March 2, 1883[ay]129151
March 3, 1883[az]130150
Final voting share44.5%0.3%0.3%3.1%0.3%51.4% 
Beginning of thenext Congress19636211173251

Leadership

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Senate

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President of the Senate
Chester A. Arthur (R)

House of Representatives

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80+% to 100% Democratic
  80+% to 100% Republican
  60+% to 80% Democratic
  60+% to 80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican

Major events

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Main articles:1881 in the United States,1882 in the United States, and1883 in the United States

Major legislation

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Main article:List of United States federal legislation in the 47th Congress

Members

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This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

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Main article:List of United States senators in the 47th Congress

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 areSenate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

▌2.John T. Morgan (D)
▌3.James L. Pugh (D)
▌2.Augustus H. Garland (D)
▌3.James D. Walker (D)
▌1.John F. Miller (R)
▌3.James T. Farley (D)
▌2.Henry M. Teller (R), until April 17, 1882
▌George M. Chilcott (R), April 17, 1882 - January 27, 1883
▌Horace A. W. Tabor (R), from January 27, 1883
▌3.Nathaniel P. Hill (R)
▌1.Joseph R. Hawley (R)
▌3.Orville H. Platt (R)
▌1.Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D)
▌2.Eli Saulsbury (D)
▌1.Charles W. Jones (D)
▌3.Wilkinson Call (D)
▌2.Benjamin H. Hill (D), until August 16, 1882
▌M. Pope Barrow (D), from November 15, 1882
▌3.Joseph E. Brown (D)
▌2.David Davis (I)
▌3.John A. Logan (R)
▌1.Benjamin Harrison (R)
▌3.Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
▌2.Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881
▌James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881
▌3.William B. Allison (R)
▌2.Preston B. Plumb (R)
▌3.John J. Ingalls (R)
▌2.James B. Beck (D)
▌3.John S. Williams (D)
▌2.William Pitt Kellogg (R)
▌3.Benjamin F. Jonas (D)
▌1.Eugene Hale (R)
▌2.James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881
▌William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881
▌1.Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
▌3.James B. Groome (D)
▌1.Henry L. Dawes (R)
▌2.George F. Hoar (R)
▌1.Omar D. Conger (R)
▌2.Thomas W. Ferry (R)
▌1.Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
▌2.William Windom (R),until March 7, 1881
▌Alonzo J. Edgerton (R), March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881
▌William Windom (R), from November 15, 1881


▌1.James Z. George (D)
▌2.Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
▌1.Francis M. Cockrell (D)
▌3.George G. Vest (D)
▌1.Charles H. Van Wyck (R)
▌2.Alvin Saunders (R)
▌1.James G. Fair (D)
▌3.John P. Jones (R)
▌2.Edward H. Rollins (R)
▌3.Henry W. Blair (R)
▌1.William J. Sewell (R)
▌2.John R. McPherson (D)
▌1.Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881
▌Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881
▌3.Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881
▌Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from July 29, 1881
▌2.Matt W. Ransom (D)
▌3.Zebulon B. Vance (D)
▌1.John Sherman (R)
▌3.George H. Pendleton (D)
▌2.La Fayette Grover (D)
▌3.James H. Slater (D)
▌1.John I. Mitchell (R)
▌3.J. Donald Cameron (R)
▌1.Ambrose E. Burnside (R), until September 13, 1881
▌Nelson W. Aldrich (R), from October 5, 1881
▌2.Henry B. Anthony (R)
▌2.Matthew C. Butler (D)
▌3.Wade Hampton III (D)
▌1.Howell E. Jackson (D)
▌2.Isham G. Harris (D)
▌1.Samuel B. Maxey (D)
▌2.Richard Coke (D)
▌1.George F. Edmunds (R)
▌3.Justin S. Morrill (R)
▌1.William Mahone (RA)
▌2.John W. Johnston (D)
▌1.Johnson N. Camden (D)
▌2.Henry G. Davis (D)
▌1.Philetus Sawyer (R)
▌3.Angus Cameron (R), from March 14, 1881
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 47th Congress in March 1881. The green stripes in Virginia representReadjuster William Mahone, while the gray stripes in Illinois represent independent David Davis.
  2 Democrats
  1 Democrat and 1 Republican
  2 Republicans
  Territories
President pro tempore
Thomas F. Bayard (D)
President pro tempore
David Davis (I)
President pro tempore
George F. Edmunds (R)

House of Representatives

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Main article:List of United States representatives in the 47th Congress

Names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

▌1.Thomas H. Herndon (D)
▌2.Hilary A. Herbert (D)
▌3.William C. Oates (D)
▌4.Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882
▌Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882
▌5.Thomas Williams (D)
▌6.Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
▌7.William H. Forney (D)
▌8.Joseph Wheeler (D), until June 3, 1882
▌William M. Lowe (GB), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882
▌Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883
▌1.Poindexter Dunn (D)
▌2.James K. Jones (D)
▌3.Jordan E. Cravens (D)
▌4.Thomas M. Gunter (D)
▌1.William S. Rosecrans (D)
▌2.Horace F. Page (R)
▌3.Campbell P. Berry (D)
▌4.Romualdo Pacheco (R)
▌At-large.James B. Belford (R)
▌1.John R. Buck (R)
▌2.James Phelps (D)
▌3.John T. Wait (R)
▌4.Frederick Miles (R)
▌At-large.Edward L. Martin (D)
▌1.Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
▌2.Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882
▌Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882
▌1.George R. Black (D)
▌2.Henry G. Turner (D)
▌3.Philip Cook (D)
▌4.Hugh Buchanan (D)
▌5.Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)
▌6.James H. Blount (D)
▌7.Judson C. Clements (D)
▌8.Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882
▌Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882
9.Emory Speer (ID)
▌1.William Aldrich (R)
▌2.George R. Davis (R)
▌3.Charles B. Farwell (R)
▌4.John C. Sherwin (R)
▌5.Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882
▌Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882
▌6.Thomas J. Henderson (R)
▌7.William Cullen (R)
▌8.Lewis E. Payson (R)
▌9.John H. Lewis (R)
▌10.Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
▌11.James W. Singleton (D)
▌12.William M. Springer (D)
▌13.Dietrich C. Smith (R)
▌14.Joseph G. Cannon (R)
▌15.Samuel W. Moulton (D)
▌16.William A. J. Sparks (D)
▌17.William R. Morrison (D)
▌18.John R. Thomas (R)
▌19.Richard W. Townshend (D)
▌1.William Heilman (R)
▌2.Thomas R. Cobb (D)
▌3.Strother M. Stockslager (D)
▌4.William S. Holman (D)
▌5.Courtland C. Matson (D)
▌6.Thomas M. Browne (R)
▌7.Stanton J. Peelle (R)
▌8.Robert B. F. Peirce (R)
▌9.Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882
▌Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883
▌10.Mark L. De Motte (R)
▌11.George W. Steele (R)
▌12.Walpole G. Colerick (D)
▌13.William H. Calkins (R)
▌1.Moses A. McCoid (R)
▌2.Sewall S. Farwell (R)
▌3.Thomas Updegraff (R)
▌4.Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
▌5.William G. Thompson (R)
▌6.Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883
▌John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883
▌7.John A. Kasson (R)
▌8.William P. Hepburn (R)
▌9.Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)
▌1.John A. Anderson (R)
▌2.Dudley C. Haskell (R)
▌3.Thomas Ryan (R)
▌1.Oscar Turner (D)
▌2.James A. McKenzie (D)
▌3.John William Caldwell (D)
▌4.J. Proctor Knott (D)
▌5.Albert S. Willis (D)
▌6.John G. Carlisle (D)
▌7.Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
▌8.Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D)
▌9.John D. White (R)
▌10.Elijah C. Phister (D)
▌1.Randall L. Gibson (D)
▌2.E. John Ellis (D)
▌3.Chester B. Darrall (R)
▌4.Newton C. Blanchard (D)
▌5.J. Floyd King (D)
▌6.Edward W. Robertson (D)
▌1.Thomas B. Reed (R)
▌2.William P. Frye (R), until March 17, 1881
▌Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881
▌3.Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
▌4.George W. Ladd (GB)
▌5.Thompson H. Murch (GB)
▌1.George W. Covington (D)
▌2.J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
▌3.Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D)
▌4.Robert M. McLane (D)
▌5.Andrew G. Chapman (D)
▌6.Milton G. Urner (R)
▌1.William W. Crapo (R)
▌2.Benjamin W. Harris (R)
▌3.Ambrose A. Ranney (R)
▌4.Leopold Morse (D)
▌5.Selwyn Z. Bowman (R)
▌6.Eben F. Stone (R)
▌7.William A. Russell (R)
▌8.John W. Candler (R)
▌9.William W. Rice (R)
▌10.Amasa Norcross (R)
▌11.George D. Robinson (R)
▌1.Henry W. Lord (R)
▌2.Edwin Willits (R)
▌3.Edward S. Lacey (R)
▌4.Julius C. Burrows (R)
▌5.George W. Webber (R)
▌6.Oliver L. Spaulding (R)
▌7.John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881
▌8.Roswell G. Horr (R)
▌9.Jay A. Hubbell (R)
▌1.Mark H. Dunnell (R)
▌2.Horace B. Strait (R)
▌3.William D. Washburn (R)
▌1.Henry L. Muldrow (D)
▌2.Vannoy H. Manning (D)
▌3.Hernando Money (D)
▌4.Otho R. Singleton (D)
▌5.Charles E. Hooker (D)
▌6.James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882
▌John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882
▌1.Martin L. Clardy (D)
▌2.Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882
▌James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882
▌3.Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883
▌Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883
▌4.Lowndes H. Davis (D)
▌5.Richard P. Bland (D)
▌6.Ira Haseltine (GB)
▌7.Theron M. Rice (GB)
▌8.Robert T. Van Horn (R)
▌9.Nicholas Ford (GB)
▌10.Joseph H. Burrows (GB)
▌11.John B. Clark Jr. (D)
▌12.William H. Hatch (D)
▌13.Aylett H. Buckner (D)


▌At-large.Edward K. Valentine (R)
▌At-large.George W. Cassidy (D)
▌1.Joshua G. Hall (R)
▌2.James F. Briggs (R)
▌3.Ossian Ray (R)
▌1.George M. Robeson (R)
▌2.J. Hart Brewer (R)
▌3.Miles Ross (D)
▌4.Henry S. Harris (D)
▌5.John Hill (R)
▌6.Phineas Jones (R)
▌7.Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)
▌1.Perry Belmont (D)
▌2.William E. Robinson (D)
▌3.J. Hyatt Smith (I)
▌4.Archibald M. Bliss (D)
▌5.Benjamin Wood (D)
▌6.Samuel S. Cox (D)
▌7.P. Henry Dugro (D)
▌8.Anson G. McCook (R)
▌9.John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881
▌10.Abram S. Hewitt (D)
▌11.Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881
▌Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881
▌12.Waldo Hutchins (D)
▌13.John H. Ketcham (R)
▌14.Lewis Beach (D)
▌15.Thomas Cornell (R)
▌16.Michael N. Nolan (D)
▌17.Walter A. Wood (R)
▌18.John Hammond (R)
▌19.Abraham X. Parker (R)
▌20.George West (R)
▌21.Ferris Jacobs Jr. (R)
▌22.Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881
▌Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881
▌23.Cyrus D. Prescott (R)
▌24.Joseph Mason (R)
▌25.Frank Hiscock (R)
▌26.John H. Camp (R)
▌27.Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until July 29, 1881
▌James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881
▌28.Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
▌29.David P. Richardson (R)
▌30.John Van Voorhis (R)
▌31.Richard Crowley (R)
▌32.Jonathan Scoville (D)
▌33.Henry H. Van Aernam (R)
▌1.Louis C. Latham (D)
▌2.Orlando Hubbs (R)
▌3.John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883
▌4.William Ruffin Cox (D)
▌5.Alfred M. Scales (D)
▌6.Clement Dowd (D)
▌7.Robert F. Armfield (D)
▌8.Robert B. Vance (D)
▌1.Benjamin Butterworth (R)
▌2.Thomas L. Young (R)
▌3.Henry L. Morey (R)
▌4.Emanuel Shultz (R)
▌5.Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
▌6.James M. Ritchie (R)
▌7.John P. Leedom (D)
▌8.J. Warren Keifer (R)
▌9.James S. Robinson (R)
▌10.John B. Rice (R)
▌11.Henry S. Neal (R)
▌12.George L. Converse (D)
▌13.Gibson Atherton (D)
▌14.George W. Geddes (D)
▌15.Rufus R. Dawes (R)
▌16.Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882
▌Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883
▌17.William McKinley (R)
▌18.Addison S. McClure (R)
▌19.Ezra B. Taylor (R)
▌20.Amos Townsend (R)
▌At-large.Melvin C. George (R)
▌1.Henry H. Bingham (R)
▌2.Charles O'Neill (R)
▌3.Samuel J. Randall (D)
▌4.William D. Kelley (R)
▌5.Alfred C. Harmer (R)
▌6.William Ward (R)
▌7.William Godshalk (R)
▌8.Daniel Ermentrout (D)
▌9.A. Herr Smith (R)
▌10.William Mutchler (D)
▌11.Robert Klotz (D)
▌12.Joseph A. Scranton (R)
▌13.Charles N. Brumm (GB)
▌14.Samuel F. Barr (R)
▌15.Cornelius C. Jadwin (R)
▌16.Robert J. C. Walker (R)
▌17.Jacob M. Campbell (R)
▌18.Horatio G. Fisher (R)
▌19.Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
▌20.Andrew G. Curtin (D)
▌21.Morgan R. Wise (D)
▌22.Russell Errett (R)
▌23.Thomas M. Bayne (R)
▌24.William S. Shallenberger (R)
▌25.James Mosgrove (GB)
▌26.Samuel H. Miller (R)
▌27.Lewis F. Watson (R)
▌1.Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 4, 1881
▌Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881
▌2.Jonathan Chace (R)
▌1.John S. Richardson (D)
▌2.Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881
▌Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882
▌Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882
▌3.D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
▌4.John H. Evins (D)
▌5.George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882
▌Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882
▌1.Augustus H. Pettibone (R)
▌2.Leonidas C. Houk (R)
▌3.George G. Dibrell (D)
▌4.Benton McMillin (D)
▌5.Richard Warner (D)
▌6.John F. House (D)
▌7.Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
▌8.John D. C. Atkins (D)
▌9.Charles B. Simonton (D)
▌10.William R. Moore (R)
▌1.John H. Reagan (D)
▌2.David B. Culberson (D)
▌3.Olin Wellborn (D)
▌4.Roger Q. Mills (D)
▌5.George W. Jones (GB)
▌6.Christopher C. Upson (D)
▌1.Charles H. Joyce (R)
▌2.James M. Tyler (R)
▌3.William W. Grout (R)
▌1.George T. Garrison (D)
▌2.John F. Dezendorf (R)
▌3.George D. Wise (D)
▌4.Joseph Jorgensen (R)
▌5.George Cabell (D)
▌6.John R. Tucker (D)
▌7.John Paul (RA)
▌8.John S. Barbour Jr. (D)
▌9.Abram Fulkerson (RA)
▌1.Benjamin Wilson (D)
▌2.John B. Hoge (D)
▌3.John E. Kenna (D)
▌1.Charles G. Williams (R)
▌2.Lucien B. Caswell (R)
▌3.George C. Hazelton (R)
▌4.Peter V. Deuster (D)
▌5.Edward S. Bragg (D)
▌6.Richard W. Guenther (R)
▌7.Herman L. Humphrey (R)
▌8.Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting delegates

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▌Arizona Territory.Granville H. Oury (D)
▌Dakota Territory.Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
▌Idaho Territory.George Ainslie (D)
▌Montana Territory.Martin Maginnis (D)
▌New Mexico Territory.Tranqulino Luna (R)
▌Utah Territory.John T. Caine (D)
▌Washington Territory.Thomas H. Brents (R)
▌Wyoming Territory.Morton E. Post (D)
Speaker of the House
J. Warren Keifer

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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See also:List of special elections to the United States Senate
  • Deaths: 2
  • Resignations: 8
  • Interim appointments: 1
  • Total replacements: 8
  • Total seats with changes: 10
Senate changes
State
(class)		Vacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation[ba]
Wisconsin (3)VacantSenatorMatthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress.
Successor elected March 14, 1881.		Angus Cameron (R)March 14, 1881
Maine (2)James G. Blaine (R)Resigned March 5, 1881, to becomeU.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected March 18, 1881.		William P. Frye (R)March 18, 1881
Iowa (2)Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)Resigned March 7, 1881, to becomeU.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Successor appointed March 8, 1881, to continue the term.
Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term.		James W. McDill (R)March 8, 1881
Minnesota (2)William Windom (R)Resigned March 7, 1881, to becomeU.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term.		Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)March 12, 1881
New York (1)Thomas C. Platt (R)Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.
Successor elected October 11, 1881.		Warner Miller (R)July 27, 1881
New York (3)Roscoe Conkling (R)Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.
Successor elected October 11, 1881.		Elbridge G. Lapham (R)August 2, 1881
Rhode Island (1)Ambrose Burnside (R)Died September 13, 1881.
Successor elected October 5, 1881.		Nelson W. Aldrich (R)October 5, 1881
Minnesota (2)Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881.William Windom (R)November 15, 1881
Colorado (2)Henry M. Teller (R)Resigned April 17, 1882, to becomeU.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Successor appointed April 17, 1882.		George M. Chilcott (R)April 17, 1882
Georgia (2)Benjamin H. Hill (D)Died August 16, 1882.
Successor elected November 15, 1882.		M. Pope Barrow (D)November 15, 1882
Colorado (2)George M. Chilcott (R)Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883.Horace Tabor (R)January 27, 1883

House of Representatives

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  • Deaths: 6
  • Resignations: 9
  • Contested elections: 8
  • Total replacements: 14
  • Total seats with changes: 22
House changes
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate of successor's
formal installation[ba]
Michigan 7VacantRep.Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congressJohn T. Rich (R)April 5, 1881
New York 9VacantRep.Fernando Wood elected but died before Congress convenedJohn Hardy (D)December 5, 1881
Maine 2William P. Frye (R)Resigned March 17, 1881 whenelected U.S. Senator.Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)September 12, 1881
New York 11Levi P. Morton (R)Resigned March 21, 1881 to becomeU.S. Minister to France.Roswell P. Flower (D)November 8, 1881
South Carolina 2Michael P. O'Connor (D)Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death.Samuel Dibble (D)June 9, 1881
New York 22Warner Miller (R)Resigned July 26, 1881 whenelected U.S. Senator.Charles R. Skinner (R)November 8, 1881
New York 27Elbridge G. Lapham (R)Resigned July 29, 1881 whenelected U.S. Senator.James W. Wadsworth (R)November 8, 1881
Rhode Island 1Nelson W. Aldrich (R)Resigned October 5, 1881 whenelected U.S. Senator.
Successorelected November 22, 1881.		Henry J. Spooner (R)December 5, 1881
Missouri 2Thomas Allen (D)Died April 8, 1882James H. McLean (R)December 15, 1882
Mississippi 6James R. Chalmers (D)Lost contested election April 29, 1882John R. Lynch (R)April 29, 1882
South Carolina 2Samuel Dibble (D)Lost contested election May 31, 1882, during an election originally contested withMichael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election.Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)May 31, 1882
Florida 2Jesse J. Finley (D)Lost contested election June 1, 1882Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)June 1, 1882
Alabama 8Joseph Wheeler (D)Lost contested election June 3, 1882William M. Lowe (GB)June 3, 1882
Illinois 5Robert M. A. Hawk (R)Died June 29, 1882Robert R. Hitt (R)November 7, 1882
South Carolina 5George D. Tillman (D)Lost contested election July 19, 1882Robert Smalls (R)July 19, 1882
Alabama 4Charles M. Shelley (D)Election contested byJames Q. Smith.
Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882.
Shelleyre-elected to fill seat.		Charles M. Shelley (D)November 7, 1882
Alabama 8William M. Lowe (GB)Died October 12, 1882Joseph Wheeler (D)January 15, 1883
Georgia 8Alexander H. Stephens (D)Resigned November 4, 1882 when electedGovernor of Georgia.Seaborn Reese (D)December 4, 1882
Ohio 16Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)Died November 30, 1882Joseph D. Taylor (R)January 2, 1883
Indiana 9Godlove S. Orth (R)Died December 16, 1882Charles T. Doxey (R)January 17, 1883
North Carolina 3John W. Shackelford (D)Died January 18, 1883VacantNot filled this term
Missouri 3Richard G. Frost (D)Lost contested election March 2, 1883Gustavus Sessinghaus (R)March 2, 1883
Iowa 6Marsena E. Cutts (R)Lost election contest March 3, 1883John C. Cook (D)March 3, 1883

Committees

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Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Joint committees

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Caucuses

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Employees

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Legislative branch agency directors

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Senate

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House of Representatives

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Special session of the Senate.
  2. ^Special session of the Senate.
  3. ^InMaine:James G. Blaine (R) resigned to becomeSecretary of State.
  4. ^InIowa:Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) resigned to becomeSecretary of the Interior. InMinnesota:William Windom (R) resigned to becomeSecretary of the Treasury.
  5. ^InIowa:James W. McDill (R) was appointed to finishSamuel J. Kirkwood's term.
  6. ^InMinnesota:Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) was appointed to finishWilliam Windom's term.
  7. ^InWisconsin:Angus Cameron (R) was elected to finish the term ofMatthew H. Carpenter (R), who had died the previous month.
  8. ^InMaine:William P. Frye (R) was elected to finishJames G. Blaine's term.
  9. ^William Mahone caucused with Republicans beginning on March 14, 1881. Vice PresidentChester A. Arthur (R) held the tie-breaking vote.
  10. ^InNew York:Roscoe Conkling (R) andThomas C. Platt (R) resigned as a protest against federal patronage appointments made in New York.
  11. ^InNew York:Warner Miller (R) was elected to finish the term ofThomas C. Platt (R).
  12. ^InNew York:Elbridge G. Lapham (R) was elected to finish the term ofRoscoe Conkling (R).
  13. ^InRhode Island:Ambrose Burnside (R) died.
  14. ^InRhode Island:Nelson W. Aldrich (R) was elected to finishAmbrose Burnside's term. With Arthur having assumed the Presidency afterJames A. Garfield's assassination, there was no tie-breaking vote. IndependentDavid Davis was electedpresident pro tempore and both parties agreed to perpetuate the organizational status quo. Leadership of the Senate committees remained in Republican hands, while the Democrats continued to control the offices of Secretary and Sergeant at Arms.
  15. ^IndependentDavid Davis did not caucus with the Republicans, but was electedpresident pro tempore in a compromise that allowed Republican control of the committees.
  16. ^InMinnesota:William Windom (R) was elected to succeed interim appointeeAlonzo J. Edgerton (R).
  17. ^InColorado:Henry M. Teller (R) resigned to becomeSecretary of the Interior. His successor,George M. Chilcott (R), was seated the same day.
  18. ^InGeorgia:Benjamin Harvey Hill (D) died.
  19. ^InGeorgia:Middleton P. Barrow (D) was elected to finish the term ofBenjamin Harvey Hill (D).
  20. ^InColorado:Horace Tabor (R) was elected to succeed interim appointeeGeorge M. Chilcott (R).
  21. ^InMaine's 2nd district:William P. Frye (R) resigned when he was elected to theU.S. Senate.
  22. ^InNew York's 11th district:Levi P. Morton (R) resigned when he was appointedU.S. Minister to France.
  23. ^InMichigan's 7th district:John Treadway Rich (R) was elected to replaceOmar D. Conger (R). Conger had been reelected in 1880 but did not take his seat because he had been elected to theU.S. Senate.
  24. ^InSouth Carolina's 2nd district:Michael P. O'Connor (D) died. He had been seated at the opening of Congress, but his election was still being contested when he died.
  25. ^InSouth Carolina's 2nd district:Samuel Dibble (D) was elected to fill the vacancy created by the death ofMichael P. O'Connor (D). The seat was the subject of an election contest, which was eventually resolved in favor of the Republican,Edmund W. M. Mackey, meaning that this vacancy never properly existed.
  26. ^InNew York's 22nd district:Warner Miller (R) resigned when he was elected to theU.S. Senate.
  27. ^InNew York's 27th district:Elbridge G. Lapham (R) resigned when he was elected to theU.S. Senate.
  28. ^InMaine's 2nd district:Samuel Dibble (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenWilliam P. Frye (R) resigned to enter theU.S. Senate.
  29. ^InRhode Island's 1st district:Nelson W. Aldrich (R) resigned when he was elected to theU.S. Senate.
  30. ^InNew York's 11th district:Roswell P. Flower (D) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenLevi P. Morton (R) resigned to becomeU.S. Minister to France. InNew York's 22nd district:Charles R. Skinner (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenWarner Miller (R) resigned to enter theU.S. Senate. InNew York's 27th district:James Wolcott Wadsworth (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenElbridge G. Lapham (R) resigned to enter theU.S. Senate.
  31. ^InNew York's 9th district:John Hardy (D) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenFernando Wood (D) died before Congress convened. InRhode Island's 1st district:Charles R. Skinner (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenNelson W. Aldrich (R) resigned to enter theU.S. Senate.
  32. ^InMissouri's 2nd district:Thomas Allen (D) died.
  33. ^InMississippi's 6th district:James Ronald Chalmers (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,John R. Lynch (R).
  34. ^InSouth Carolina's 2nd district:Samuel Dibble (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR).
  35. ^InFlorida's 2nd district:Jesse J. Finley (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R).
  36. ^InAlabama's 8th district:Joseph Wheeler (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,William M. Lowe (G).
  37. ^InIllinois's 5th district:Robert M. A. Hawk (R) died.
  38. ^InSouth Carolina's 5th district:George D. Tillman (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,Robert Smalls (R).
  39. ^InSouth Carolina's 5th district:Charles M. Shelley (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now declared vacant and called for a new election.
  40. ^InAlabama's 8th district:William M. Lowe (G) died.
  41. ^InGeorgia's 8th district:Alexander H. Stephens (D) resigned when he was electedGovernor of Georgia.
  42. ^InIllinois's 5th district:Robert R. Hitt (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenRobert M. A. Hawk (R) died. InSouth Carolina's 5th district:Charles M. Shelley (D) was elected to fill the vacancy created when the house voided his previous election.
  43. ^InOhio's 16th district:Jonathan T. Updegraff (R) died.
  44. ^InGeorgia's 8th district:Seaborn Reese (D) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenAlexander H. Stephens (D) was electedGovernor of Georgia.
  45. ^InMissouri's 2nd district:James Henry McLean (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenThomas Allen (D) died.
  46. ^InIndiana's 9th district:Godlove Stein Orth (R) died.
  47. ^InOhio's 16th district:Joseph D. Taylor (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenJonathan T. Updegraff (R) died.
  48. ^InAlabama's 8th district:Joseph Wheeler (D) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenWilliam M. Lowe (G) died.
  49. ^InIndiana's 9th district:Charles T. Doxey (R) was elected to fill the vacancy created whenGodlove Stein Orth (R) died.
  50. ^InNorth Carolina's 3rd district:John Williams Shackelford (D) died.
  51. ^InMissouri's 3rd district:Richard Graham Frost (D) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,Gustavus Sessinghaus] (R).
  52. ^InIowa's 6th district:Marsena E. Cutts (R) had been seated pending the resolution of an election dispute, which the House now decided in favor of his opponent,John C. Cook] (D).
  53. ^ab When seated or oath administered, not necessarily when service began.

References

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  1. ^ab"The Great Senate Deadlock of 1881".Senate.gov. US Senate. Retrieved1 July 2014.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989).The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982).The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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