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45th United States Congress The
Forty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the
United States national legislature, comprised of the
United States Senate and the
United States House of Representatives . It met in
Washington, DC from
March 4 ,
1877 to
March 3 ,
1879 , during the first two years of the administration of
U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes .
The apportionment of seats in this
House of Representatives was based on the
Eighth Census of the United States in 1870 . The Senate had a
Republican majority, and the House had a
Democratic majority.
March 4 ,
1877 â€"
March 3 ,
1879 *First session:
October 15 ,
1977 â€"
December 3 ,
1877 *First session:
December 3 ,
1877 -
June 20 ,
1878 *Second session:
December 2 ,
1878 -
March 3 ,
1879 â€" a
lame duck sessionPrevious congress:
44th Congress Next congress:
46th Congress Main article: Events of 1877 ; Events of 1878 ; Events of 1879
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List of United States federal legislation in the Forty-fifth Congress Senate *
Republicans : 40
*
Democrats : 35
*Independent: 1TOTAL members: 76
House of Representatives *
Democrats : 155
*
Republicans : 136
*Independents: 4
*Independent Democrats: 2 TOTAL members: 293, delegates: 8
Senate *
Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
**
William A. Wheeler ,
Republican of
New York *
President pro tempore :
**
Thomas W. Ferry ,
Republican of
Michigan , first elected in this Congress
March 5 ,
1877 .
House of Representatives *
Speaker of the House of Representatives :
**
Samuel J. Randall ,
Democrat of
Pennsylvania , reelected
October 15 ,
1877 .
Senate *
Democratic Caucus Chairman :
**
William Wallace ,
Democrat of
Pennsylvania .
*
Republican Conference Chairman :
**
Henry B. Anthony ,
Republican of
Rhode Island .
House of Representatives *
Democratic Caucus Chairman :
**
Hiester Clymer ,
Democrat of
Pennsylvania .
*
Republican Conference Chairman :
**
Eugene Hale ,
Republican of
Maine .
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.
See also: Forty-fifth United States Congress - State Delegations See also: Forty-fifth United States Congress - Political Parties See also: United States House election, 1876 This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.
Senate :
Alabama *
George E. Spencer (1836-1893),
Republican *
John T. Morgan (1824-1907),
Democratic :
Arkansas *
Stephen W. Dorsey (1842-1916),
Republican *
Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899),
Democratic :
California *
Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887),
Republican *
Newton Booth (1825-1892),
Independent Republican :
Colorado *
Jerome B. Chaffee (1825-1886),
Republican *
Henry M. Teller (1830-1914),
Republican :
Connecticut *
William W. Eaton (1816-1898),
Democratic *
William H. Barnum (1818-1889),
Democratic :
Delaware *
Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898),
Democratic *
Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893),
Democratic :
Florida *
Simon B. Conover (1840-1908),
Republican *
Charles W. Jones (1834-1897),
Democratic :
Georgia *
John B. Gordon (1832-1904),
Democratic *
Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882),
Democratic :
Illinois *
Richard J. Oglesby (1824-1899),
Republican *
David Davis (1815-1886),
Independent :
Indiana *
Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877),
Republican …died
November 1 ,
1877 .
*:
Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897),
Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated
November 12 ,
1877 , subsequently elected.
*
Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891),
Democratic :
Iowa *
William B. Allison (1829-1908),
Republican *
Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894),
Republican :
Kansas *
John J. Ingalls (1833-1900),
Republican *
Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891),
Republican :
Kentucky *
Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890),
Democratic *
James B. Beck (1822-1890),
Democratic :
Louisiana *
William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918),
Republican …contested election, seated
November 30 ,
1877 .
*
James B. Eustis (1834-1899),
Democratic …contested election, seated
December 10 ,
1877 .
:
Maine *
Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891),
Republican *
James G. Blaine (1830-1893),
Republican :
Maryland *
George R. Dennis (1822-1882),
Democratic *
William Pinckney Whyte (1824-1908),
Democratic :
Massachusetts *
Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903),
Republican *
George F. Hoar (1826-1904),
Republican :
Michigan *
Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896),
Republican *
Isaac P. Christiancy (1812-1890),
Republican *:
Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879),
Republican :
Minnesota *
William Windom (1827-1891),
Republican *
Samuel J.R. McMillan (1826-1897),
Republican :
Mississippi *
Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898),
Republican *
Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893),
Democratic :
Missouri *
Lewis V. Bogy (1813-1877),
Democratic …died
September 20 ,
1877 .
*:
David H. Armstrong (1812-1893),
Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated
October 15 ,
1877 .
*:
James Shields (1810-1879),
Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated
January 27 ,
1879 .
*
Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915),
Democratic :
Nebraska *
Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897),
Republican *
Alvin Saunders (1817-1899),
Republican :
Nevada *
John P. Jones (1829-1912),
Republican *
William Sharon (1821-1885),
Republican :
New Hampshire *
Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891),
Republican *
Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889),
Republican :
New Jersey *
Theodore F. Randolph (1826-1883),
Democratic *
John R. McPherson (1833-1897),
Democratic :
New York *
Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888),
Republican *
Francis Kernan (1816-1892),
Democratic :
North Carolina *
Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904),
Democratic *
Augustus S. Merrimon (1830-1892),
Democratic :
Ohio *
John Sherman (1823-1900),
Republican …resigned
March 8 ,
1877 .
*
Stanley Matthews (1824-1889),
Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated
October 16 ,
1877 .
*
Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895),
Democratic :
Oregon *
John H. Mitchell (1835-1905),
Republican *
La Fayette Grover (1823-1911),
Democratic :
Pennsylvania *
J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918),
Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated
October 15 ,
1877 .
*
Simon Cameron (1799-1889),
Republican …resigned
March 12 ,
1877 .
*
William A. Wallace (1827-1896),
Democratic :
Rhode Island *
Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884),
Republican *
Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881),
Republican :
South Carolina *
Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909),
Democratic *
John J. Patterson (1830-1912),
Republican :
Tennessee *
James E. Bailey (1822-1885),
Democratic *
Isham G. Harris (1818-1897),
Democratic :
Texas *
Richard Coke (1829-1897),
Democratic *
Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895),
Democratic :
Vermont *
George F. Edmunds (1828-1919),
Republican *
Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898),
Republican :
Virginia *
John W. Johnston (1818-1889),
Democratic *
Robert E. Withers (1821-1907),
Democratic :
West Virginia *
Henry G. Davis (1823-1916),
Democratic *
Frank Hereford (1825-1891),
Democratic :
Wisconsin *
Angus Cameron (1826-1897),
Republican *
Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883),
Republican House of Representatives :
Alabama *1.
James Taylor Jones (1832-1895),
Democratic *2.
Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919),
Democratic *3.
Jeremiah N. Williams (1829-1915),
Democratic *4.
Charles M. Shelley (1833-1907),
Democratic *5.
Robert F. Ligon (1823-1901),
Democratic *6.
Goldsmith W. Hewitt (1834-1895),
Democratic *7.
William H. Forney (1823-1894),
Democratic *8.
William W. Garth (1828-1912),
Democratic :
Arkansas *1.
Lucien C. Gause (1836-1880),
Democratic *2.
William F. Slemons (1830-1918),
Democratic *3.
Jordan E. Cravens (1830-1914),
Democratic *4.
Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904),
Democratic :
California *1.
Horace Davis (1831-1916),
Republican *2.
H.F. Page (1833-1890),
Republican *3.
John K. Luttrell (1831-1893),
Democratic *4.
Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899),
Republican …contested elected, served until
February 7 ,
1878 .
*:
P.D. Wigginton (1839-1890),
Democratic …contested elected, seated
February 7 ,
1878 .
:
Colorado *A/L.
James B. Belford (1837-1910),
Republican …contested elected, served until
December 13 ,
1877 .
*:
Thomas M. Patterson (1839-1916),
Democratic …contested election, seated
December 13 ,
1877 .
:
Connecticut *1.
George M. Landers (1813-1895),
Democratic *2.
James Phelps (1822-1900),
Democratic *3.
John T. Wait (1811-1899),
Republican *4.
Levi Warner (1831-1911),
Democratic :
Delaware *
James Wilson (1825-1899),
Democratic :
Florida *1.
Robert H. Davidson (1832-1908),
Democratic *2.
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (1839-1916),
Republican …contested election, served until
February 20 ,
1879 .
*:
Jesse J. Finley (1812-1904),
Democratic …contested election, seated
February 20 ,
1879 .
:
Georgia *9.
Hiram P. Bell (1827-1907),
Democratic *6.
James H. Blount (1837-1903),
Democratic *5.
Milton A. Candler (1837-1909),
Democratic *3.
Philip Cook (1817-1894),
Democratic *7.
William H. Felton (1823-1909),
Independent Democratic *1.
William B. Fleming (1803-1886),
Democratic *4.
Henry R. Harris (1828-1909),
Democratic *1.
Julian Hartridge (1829-1879),
Democratic *2.
William E. Smith (1829-1890),
Democratic *8.
Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883),
Democratic :
Illinois *1.
William Aldrich (1820-1885),
Republican *2.
Carter H. Harrison (1825-1893),
Democratic *3.
Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891),
Republican *4.
William Lathrop (1825-1907),
Republican *5.
Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908),
Republican *6.
Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911),
Republican *7.
Philip C. Hayes (1833-1916),
Republican *8.
Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883),
Republican *9.
Thomas A. Boyd (1830-1897),
Republican *10.
B.F. Marsh (1839-1905),
Republican *11.
Robert M. Knapp (1831-1889),
Democratic *12.
William M. Springer (1836-1903),
Democratic *13.
Thomas F. Tipton (1833-1904),
Republican *14.
Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926),
Republican *15.
John R. Eden (1826-1909),
Democratic *16.
William A.J. Sparks (1828-1904),
Democratic *17.
William R. Morrison (1824-1909),
Democratic *18.
William Hartzell (1837-1903),
Democratic *19
Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889),
Democratic :
Indiana *1.
Benoni S. Fuller (1825-1903),
Democratic *2.
Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892),
Democratic *3.
George A. Bicknell (1815-1891),
Democratic *4.
Leonidas Sexton (1827-1880),
Republican *5.
Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891),
Republican *6.
Milton S. Robinson (1832-1892),
Republican *7.
John Hanna (1827-1882),
Republican *8.
Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896),
Republican *9.
Michael D. White (1827-1917),
Republican *10.
William H. Calkins (1842-1894),
Republican *11.
James L. Evans (1825-1903),
Republican *12.
Andrew H. Hamilton (1834-1895),
Democratic *13.
John H. Baker (1832-1915),
Republican :
Iowa *1.
Joseph C. Stone (1829-1902),
Republican *2.
Hiram Price (1814-1901),
Republican *3.
Theodore W. Burdick (1836-1898),
Republican *4.
Nathaniel C. Deering (1827-1887),
Republican *5.
Rush Clark (1834-1879),
Republican *6.
Ezekiel S. Sampson (1831-1892),
Republican *7.
Henry J.B. Cummings (1831-1909),
Republican *8.
William F. Sapp (1824-1890),
Republican *9.
Samuel A. Oliver (1833-1912),
Republican :
Kansas *1.
William A. Phillips (1824-1893),
Republican *2.
Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883),
Republican *3.
Thomas Ryan (1837-1914),
Republican :
Kentucky *1.
Andrew R. Boone (1831-1886),
Democratic *2.
James A. McKenzie (1840-1904),
Democratic *3.
John W. Caldwell (1837-1903),
Democratic *4.
J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911),
Democratic *5.
Albert S. Willis (1843-1897),
Democratic *6.
John G. Carlisle (1834-1910),
Democratic *7.
Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918),
Democratic *8.
Milton J. Durham (1824-1911),
Democratic *9.
Thomas Turner (1821-1900),
Democratic *10
John B. Clarke (1833-1911),
Democratic :
Louisiana *1.
Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892),
Democratic *2.
E. John Ellis (1840-1889),
Democratic *3.
C.B. Darrall (1842-1908),
Republican …contested election, served until
February 20 ,
1878 .
*:
Joseph H. Acklen (1850-1938),
Democratic …contested election, seated
February 20 ,
1878 .
*4.
J.B. Elam (1821-1885),
Democratic *5.
J.E. Leonard (1845-1878),
Republican …died
March 15 ,
1878 .
*:
John S. Young (1834-1916),
Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated
December 2 ,
1878 .
*6.
E.W. Robertson (1823-1887),
Democratic :
Maine *1.
Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902),
Republican *2.
William P. Frye (1830-1911),
Republican *3.
Stephen D. Lindsey (1828-1884),
Republican *4.
Llewellyn Powers (1836-1908),
Republican *5.
Eugene Hale (1836-1918),
Republican :
Maryland *1.
Daniel M. Henry (1823-1899),
Democratic *2.
Charles B. Roberts (1842-1899),
Democratic *3.
William Kimmel (1812-1886),
Democratic *4.
Thomas Swann (1809-1883),
Democratic *5.
Eli J. Henkle (1828-1893),
Democratic *6.
William Walsh (1828-1892),
Democratic :
Massachusetts *1.
William W. Crapo (1830-1926),
Republican *2.
Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907),
Republican *3.
Walbridge A. Field (1833-1899),
Republican ...contested election, served until
March 28 ,
1878 .
*:
Benjamin Dean (1824-1897),
Democratic …contested election, seated
March 28 ,
1878 .
*4.
Leopold Morse (1831-1892),
Democratic *5.
Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894),
Republican *6.
George B. Loring (1817-1891),
Republican *7.
Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893),
Republican *8.
William Claflin (1818-1905),
Republican *9.
William W. Rice (1826-1896),
Republican *10.
Amasa Norcross (1824-1898),
Republican *11
George D. Robinson (1834-1896),
Republican :
Michigan *1.
Alpheus S. Williams (1810-1878),
Democratic …died
December 20 ,
1878 .
*2.
Edwin Willits (1830-1896),
Republican *3.
Jonas H. McGowan (1837-1909),
Republican *4.
Edwin W. Keightley (1843-1926),
Republican *5.
John W. Stone (1838-1922),
Republican *6.
Mark S. Brewer (1837-1901),
Republican *7.
Omar D. Conger (1818-1898),
Republican *8.
Charles C. Ellsworth (1824-1899),
Republican *9.
Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900),
Republican :
Minnesota *1.
Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904),
Republican *2.
Horace B. Strait (1835-1894),
Republican *3.
J.H. Stewart (1829-1884),
Republican :
Mississippi *1.
Henry L. Muldrow (1837-1905),
Democratic *2.
Vannoy H. Manning (1839-1892),
Democratic *3.
Hernando D. Money (1839-1912),
Democratic *4.
O.R. Singleton (1814-1889),
Democratic *5.
Charles E. Hooker (1825-1914),
Democratic *6.
J.R. Chalmers (1831-1898),
Democratic :
Missouri *1.
Anthony F. Ittner (1837-1931),
Republican *2.
Nathan Cole (1825-1904),
Republican *3.
Lyne S. Metcalfe (1822-1906),
Republican *4.
Robert A. Hatcher (1819-1886),
Democratic *5.
Richard P. Bland (1835-1899),
Democratic *6.
Charles H. Morgan (1842-1912),
Democratic *7.
Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909),
Democratic *8.
Benjamin J. Franklin (1839-1898),
Democratic *9.
David Rea (1831-1901),
Democratic *10.
Henry M. Pollard (1836-1904),
Republican *11.
John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903),
Democratic *12.
John M. Glover (1822-1891),
Democratic *13.
Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894),
Democratic :
Nebraska *A/L.
Frank Welch (1835-1878),
Republican …died
September 4 ,
1878 .
*:
Thomas J. Majors (1841-1932),
Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated
December 2 ,
1878 .
:
Nevada *A/L.
Thomas Wren (1826-1904),
Republican :
New Hampshire *1
Frank Jones (1832-1902),
Democratic *2.
James F. Briggs (1827-1905),
Republican *3.
Henry W. Blair (1834-1920),
Republican :
New Jersey *1.
Clement H. Sinnickson (1834-1919),
Republican *2.
John Howard Pugh (1827-1905),
Republican *3.
Miles Ross (1827-1903),
Democratic *4.
Alvah A. Clark (1840-1912),
Democratic *5.
Augustus W. Cutler (1827-1897),
Democratic *6.
Thomas B. Peddie (1808-1889),
Republican *7.
Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830-1889),
Democratic :
New York *1.
James W. Covert (1842-1910),
Democratic *2.
William D. Veeder (1835-1910),
Democratic *3.
Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889),
Republican *4.
Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923),
Democratic *5.
Nicholas Muller (1836-1917),
Democratic *6.
Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889),
Democratic *7.
Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901),
Democratic *8.
Anson G. McCook (1835-1917),
Republican *9.
Fernando Wood (1812-1881),
Democratic *10.
Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903),
Democratic *11.
Benjamin A. Willis (1840-1886),
Democratic *12.
Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882),
Democratic *13.
John H. Ketcham (1832-1906),
Republican *14.
George M. Beebe (1836-1927),
Democratic *15.
Stephen L. Mayham (1826-1908),
Democratic *16.
Terence J. Quinn (1836-1878),
Democratic …died
June 18 ,
1878 .
*:
John M. Bailey (1838-1916),
Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated
December 2 ,
1878 .
*17.
Martin I. Townsend (1810-1903),
Republican *18.
Andrew Williams (1828-1907),
Republican *19.
Amaziah B. James (1812-1883),
Republican *20.
John H. Starin (1825-1909),
Republican *21.
Solomon Bundy (1823-1889),
Republican *22.
George A. Bagley (1826-1915),
Republican *23.
William J. Bacon (1803-1889),
Republican *24.
William H. Baker (1827-1911),
Republican *25.
Frank Hiscock (1834-1914),
Republican *26.
John H. Camp (1840-1892),
Republican *27.
Elbridge G. Lapham (1814-1890),
Republican *28.
Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819-1885),
Republican *29.
John N. Hungerford (1825-1883),
Republican *30.
E. Kirke Hart (1841-1893),
Democratic *31.
Charles B. Benedict (1828-1901),
Democratic *32.
Daniel N. Lockwood (1844-1906),
Democratic *33.
George W. Patterson (1799-1879),
Republican :
North Carolina *1.
Jesse J. Yeates (1829-1892),
Democratic *2.
Curtis H. Brogden (1816-1901),
Republican *3.
Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912),
Democratic *4.
Joseph J. Davis (1828-1892),
Democratic *5.
Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892),
Democratic *6.
Walter L. Steele (1823-1891),
Democratic *7.
William M. Robbins (1828-1905),
Democratic *8.
Robert B. Vance (1828-1899),
Democratic :
Ohio *1.
Milton Sayler (1831-1892),
Democratic *2.
Henry B. Banning (1836-1881),
Democratic *3.
Mills Gardner (1830-1910),
Republican *4.
John A. McMahon (1833-1923),
Democratic *5.
Americus V. Rice (1835-1904),
Democratic *6.
Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900),
Republican *7.
H.L. Dickey (1832-1910),
Democratic *8.
J. Warren Keifer (1836-1932),
Republican *9.
John S. Jones (1836-1903),
Republican *10.
Charles Foster (1828-1904),
Republican *11.
Henry S. Neal (1828-1906),
Republican *12.
Thomas Ewing (1829-1896),
Democratic *13.
Milton I. Southard (1836-1905),
Democratic *14.
Ebenezer B. Finley (1833-1916),
Democratic *15.
Nelson H. Van Vorhees (1822-1882),
Republican *16.
Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899),
Republican *17.
William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901),
Republican *18.
James Monroe (1821-1898),
Republican *19.
James A. Garfield (1831-1881),
Republican *20.
Amos Townsend (1821-1895),
Republican :
Oregon *A/L.
Richard Williams (1836-1914),
Republican :
Pennsylvania *1.
Chapman Freeman (1832-1904),
Republican *2.
Charles O'Neill (1821-1893),
Republican *3.
Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890),
Democratic *4.
William D. Kelley (1814-1890),
Republican *5.
Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900),
Republican *6.
William Ward (1837-1895),
Republican *7.
I. Newton Evans (1827-1901),
Republican *8.
Hiester Clymer (1827-1884),
Democratic *9.
A. Herr Smith (1815-1894),
Republican *10.
Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884),
Democratic *11.
Francis D. Collins (1841-1891),
Democratic *12.
Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881),
Democratic *13.
James B. Reilly (1845-1924),
Democratic *14.
John W. Killinger (1824-1896),
Republican *15.
Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903),
Republican *16.
John I. Mitchell (1838-1907),
Republican *17.
Jacob M. Campbell (1821-1888),
Republican *18.
William S. Stenger (1840-1918),
Democratic *19.
Levi Maish (1837-1899),
Democratic *20.
Levi A. Mackey (1819-1889),
Democratic *21.
Jacob Turney (1825-1891),
Democratic *22.
Russell Errett (1817-1891),
Republican *23.
Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894),
Republican *24.
William S. Shallenberger (1839-1914),
Republican *25.
Harry White (1834-1920),
Republican *26.
John M. Thompson (1829-1903),
Republican *27.
Lewis F. Watson (1819-1890),
Republican :
Rhode Island *1.
Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901),
Republican *2.
Latimer W. Ballou (1812-1900),
Republican :
South Carolina *1.
Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887),
Republican *2.
Richard H. Cain (1825-1887),
Republican *3.
D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887),
Democratic *4.
John H. Evins (1830-1884),
Democratic *5.
Robert Smalls (1839-1915),
Republican :
Tennessee *1.
James H. Randolph (1825-1900),
Republican *2.
J.M. Thornburgh (1837-1890),
Republican *3.
George G. Dibrell (1822-1888),
Democratic *4.
H.Y. Riddle (1834-1879),
Democratic *5.
John M. Bright (1817-1911),
Democratic *6.
John F. House (1827-1904),
Democratic *7.
W.C. Whitthorne (1825-1891),
Democratic *8.
J.D.C. Atkins (1825-1908),
Democratic *9.
W.P. Caldwell (1832-1903),
Democratic *10.
Hiram C. Young (1828-1899),
Democratic :
Texas *1.
John H. Reagan (1818-1905),
Democratic *2.
D.B. Culberson (1830-1900),
Democratic *3.
J.W. Throckmorton (1825-1894),
Democratic *4.
R.Q. Mills (1832-1911),
Democratic *5.
D.C. Giddings (1827-1903),
Democratic *6.
Gustave Schleicher (1823-1879),
Democratic …died
January 10 ,
1879 .
:
Vermont *1.
Charles H. Joyce (1830-1916),
Republican *2.
Dudley C. Denison (1819-1905),
Republican *3.
George W. Hendee (1832-1906),
Republican :
Virginia *1.
Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893),
Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated
February 8 ,
1879 .
*:
B.B. Douglas (1822-1878),
Democratic …died
December 22 ,
1878 .
*2.
John Goode, Jr. (1829-1909),
Democratic *3.
Gilbert C. Walker (1833-1885),
Democratic *4.
Joseph Jorgensen (1844-1888),
Republican *5.
George C. Cabell (1836-1906),
Democratic *6.
John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897),
Democratic *7.
John T. Harris (1823-1899),
Democratic *8.
Eppa Hunton (1822-1908),
Democratic *9.
Auburn L. Pridemore (1837-1900),
Democratic :
West Virginia *1.
Benjamin Wilson (1825-1901),
Democratic *2.
Benjamin F. Martin (1828-1895),
Democratic *3.
John E. Kenna (1848-1893),
Democratic :
Wisconsin *1.
Charles G. Williams (1829-1892),
Republican *2.
Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919),
Republican *3.
George C. Hazelton (1832-1922),
Republican *4.
William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885),
Democratic *5.
Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912),
Democratic *6.
Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904),
Democratic *7.
H.L. Humphrey (1830-1902),
Republican *8.
Thaddeus C. Pound (1833-1914),
Republican Delegates :
Arizona Territory *
Hiram S. Stevens (1832-1893),
Democratic :
Dakota Territory *
Jefferson P. Kidder (1815-1883),
Republican :
Idaho Territory *
Stephen S. Fenn (1820-1892),
Democratic :
Montana Territory *
Martin Maginnis (1841-1919),
Democratic :
New Mexico Territory *
Trinidad Romero (1835-1918),
Republican :
Utah Territory *
George Q. Cannon (1827-1901),
Republican :
Washington Territory *
Orange Jacobs (1827-1914),
Republican :
Wyoming Territory *
William W. Corlett (1842-1890),
Republican Senate *
Secretary of the Senate :
**
George C. Gorham of
Massachusetts elected
June 4 ,
1868 .
*
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate :
**
John R. French of
New Hampshire , elected
March 22 ,
1869 .
*
Chaplain of the Senate **
The Rev. Byron Sunderland ,
Presbyterian , elected
December 8 ,
1873 .
House of Representatives *
Clerk of the House :
**
George M. Adams of
Kentucky , elected
October 15 ,
1877 .
*
Sergeant at Arms of the House :
**
John G. Thompson of
Ohio , elected
October 15 ,
1877 .
*
Doorkeeper of the House :
**
John W. Polk of
Missouri , elected
October 15 ,
1877 .
*
Postmaster of the House :
**
James M. Steuart of
Virginia , elected
October 15 ,
1877 .
*
Clerk at the Speaker's Table :
**
William H. Scudder **
J. Randolph Tucker, Jr. *
Chaplain of the House **
The Rev. John Poise ,
Methodist , elected
October 15 ,
1877 .
**
The Rev. W.P. Harrison ,
Methodist , elected
December 3 ,
1877 .
Other *
Architect of the Capitol :
**
Edward Clark , appointed
August 30 ,
1865 .
