41st United States Congress

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The Forty-first 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, 1869 to March 3, 1871, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871

• First session: March 4, 1869 –April 10, 1869
• Special session of the Senate: April 12, 1869 –April 22, 1869
• Second session: December 6, 1869 - July 15, 1870
• Third session: December 5, 1870 - March 3, 1871
• Previous congress: 40th Congress
  
• Next congress: 42nd Congress

Party summary

Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia were readmitted to representation in this Congress.

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 Democratic (D): 12 Republican (R): 62 (majority) TOTAL members: 74

House of Representatives Democratic (D): 67 Republican (R): 171 (majority) Conservative (Virginia) (C): 5 TOTAL members: 243

Leadership

Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island, first elected March 23, 1869.

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, elected March 4, 1869.

Major events

Events of 1869, 1870 and 1871

• March 4, 1869 -- Ulysses S. Grant became President of the United States

Major legislation

List of United States federal legislation in the 41st Congress

• March 18, 1869 -- Public Credit Act of 1869
• May 31, 1870 -- Force Act of 1870
• July 14, 1870 -- Currency Act of 1870
• July 14, 1870 -- Funding Act of 1870

Membership highlights by chamber

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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 numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1874; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.

Alabama 3: George E. Spencer (R) 2: Willard Warner (R) Arkansas 2: Alexander McDonald (R) 3: Benjamin F. Rice (R) California 3: Cornelius Cole (R) 1: Eugene Casserly (D) Connecticut 3: Orris S. Ferry (R) 1: William A. Buckingham (R) Delaware 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (D) 1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D) Florida 3: Thomas W. Osborn (R) 1: Abijah Gilbert (R) Georgia 3: Joshua Hill (R) 2: Homer V. M. Miller (D) Illinois 3: Lyman Trumbull (R) 2: Richard Yates (R) Indiana 3: Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R) 1: Daniel D. Pratt (R) Iowa 2: James W. Grimes (R) James B. Howell (R) 3: James Harlan (R) Kansas 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) 2: Edmund G. Ross (R) Kentucky 3: Garrett Davis (D) 2: Thomas C. McCreery (D) Louisiana 2: John S. Harris (R) 3: William Pitt Kellogg (R)

Maine 2: William Pitt Fessenden (R) Lot M. Morrill (R) 1: Hannibal Hamlin (R) Maryland 3: George Vickers (D) 1: William T. Hamilton (D) Massachusetts 1: Charles Sumner (R) 2: Henry Wilson (R) Michigan 1: Zachariah Chandler (R) 2: Jacob M. Howard (R) Minnesota 1: Alexander Ramsey (R) 2: Daniel S. Norton (R) William Windom (R) Ozora P. Stearns (R) Mississippi 2: Hiram R. Revels (R) 1: Adelbert Ames (R) Missouri 3: Charles D. Drake (R) Daniel T. Jewett (R) Francis P. Blair, Jr. (D) 1: Carl Schurz (R) Nebraska 2: John M. Thayer (R) 1: Thomas W. Tipton (R) Nevada 1: William M. Stewart (R) 3: James W. Nye (R) New Hampshire 2: Aaron H. Cragin (R) 3: James W. Patterson (R) New Jersey 2: Alexander G. Cattell (R) 1: John P. Stockton (D)

New York 3: Roscoe Conkling (R) 1: Reuben E. Fenton (R) North Carolina 2: Joseph C. Abbott (R) 3: John Pool (R) Ohio 3: John Sherman (R) 1: Allen G. Thurman (D) Oregon 2: George H. Williams (R) 3: Henry W. Corbett (R) Pennsylvania 3: Simon Cameron (R) 1: John Scott (R) Rhode Island 2: Henry B. Anthony (R) 1: William Sprague (R) South Carolina 2: Thomas J. Robertson (R) 3: Frederick A. Sawyer (R) Tennessee 2: Joseph S. Fowler (R) 1: William G. Brownlow (R) Texas 2: Morgan C. Hamilton (R) 1: James W. Flanagan (R) Vermont 1: George F. Edmunds (R) 3: Justin S. Morrill (R) Virginia 2: John W. Johnston (D) 1: John F. Lewis (R) West Virginia 2: Waitman T. Willey (R) 1: Arthur I. Boreman (R) Wisconsin 3: Timothy O. Howe (R) 1: Matthew H. Carpenter (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama 1: Alfred E. Buck (R) 2: Charles W. Buckley (R) 3: Robert S. Heflin (R) 4: Charles Hays (R) 5: Peter M. Dox (D) 6: William C. Sherrod (D) Arkansas 1: Logan H. Roots (R) 2: Anthony A. C. Rogers (D) 3: Thomas Boles (R) California 1: Samuel B. Axtell (D) 2: Aaron A. Sargent (R) 3: James A. Johnson (D) Connecticut 1: Julius L. Strong (R) 2: Stephen W. Kellogg (R) 3: Henry H. Starkweather (R) 4: William H. Barnum (D) Delaware A/L: Benjamin T. Biggs (D) Florida A/L: Charles M. Hamilton (R) Georgia 1: William W. Paine (D) 2: Richard H. Whiteley (R) 3: Marion Bethune (R) 4: Jefferson F. Long (R) 5: Stephen A. Corker (D) 6: William P. Price (D) 7: Pierce M. B. Young (D) Illinois 1: Norman B. Judd (R) 2: John F. Farnsworth (R) 3: Elihu B. Washburne (R) Horatio C. Burchard (R) 4: John B. Hawley (R) 5: Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) 6: Burton C. Cook (R) 7: Jesse H. Moore (R) 8: Shelby M. Cullom (R) 9: Thompson W. McNeely (D) 10: Albert G. Burr (D) 11: Samuel S. Marshall (D) 12: John B. Hay (R) 13: John M. Crebs (D) A/L: John A. Logan (R) Indiana 1: William E. Niblack (D) 2: Michael C. Kerr (D) 3: William S. Holman (D) 4: George W. Julian (R) 5: John Coburn (R) 6: Daniel W. Voorhees (D) 7: Godlove S. Orth (R) 8: James N. Tyner (R) 9: John P. C. Shanks (R) 10: William Williams (R) 11: Jasper Packard (R) Iowa 1: George W. McCrary (R) 2: William Smyth (R) William P. Wolf (R) 3: William B. Allison (R) 4: William Loughridge (R) 5: Francis W. Palmer (R) 6: Charles Pomeroy (R) Kansas A/L: Sidney Clarke (R) Kentucky 1: Lawrence S. Trimble (D) 2: William N. Sweeney (D) 3: Jacob S. Golladay (D) Joseph H. Lewis (D) 4: J. Proctor Knott (D) 5: Boyd Winchester (D) 6: Thomas L. Jones (D) 7: James B. Beck (D) 8: George M. Adams (D) 9: John M. Rice (D) Louisiana 1: J. Hale Sypher (R) 2: Lionel A. Sheldon (R) 3: Chester B. Darrall (R) 4: Joseph P. Newsham (R) 5: Frank Morey (R) Maine 1: John Lynch (R) 2: Samuel P. Morrill (R) 3: James G. Blaine (R) 4: John A. Peters (R) 5: Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland 1: Samuel Hambleton (D) 2: Stevenson Archer (D) 3: Thomas Swann (D) 4: Patrick Hamill (D) 5: Frederick Stone (D) Massachusetts 1: James Buffinton (R) 2: Oakes Ames (R) 3: Ginery Twichell (R) 4: Samuel Hooper (R) 5: Benjamin F. Butler (R) 6: Nathaniel P. Banks (R) 7: George S. Boutwell (R) George M. Brooks (R) 8: George F. Hoar (R) 9: William B. Washburn (R) 10: Henry L. Dawes (R) Michigan 1: Fernando C. Beaman (R) 2: William L. Stoughton (R) 3: Austin Blair (R) 4: Thomas W. Ferry (R) 5: Omar D. Conger (R) 6: Randolph Strickland (R) Minnesota 1: Morton S. Wilkinson (R) 2: Eugene M. Wilson (D) Mississippi 1: George E. Harris (R) 2: Joseph L. Morphis (R) 3: Henry W. Barry (R) 4: George C. McKee (R) 5: Legrand W. Perce (R) Missouri 1: Erastus Wells (D) 2: Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (R) 3: James R. McCormick (D) 4: Sempronius H. Boyd (R) 5: Samuel S. Burdett (R) 6: Robert T. Van Horn (R) 7: Joel F. Asper (R) 8: John F. Benjamin (R) 9: David P. Dyer (R) Nebraska A/L: John Taffe (R) Nevada A/L: Thomas Fitch (R) New Hampshire 1: Jacob H. Ela (R) 2: Aaron F. Stevens (R) 3: Jacob Benton (R) New Jersey 1: William Moore (R) 2: Charles Haight (D) 3: John T. Bird (D) 4: John Hill (R) 5: Orestes Cleveland (D) New York 1: Henry A. Reeves (D) 2: John G. Schumaker (D) 3: Henry W. Slocum (D) 4: John Fox (D) 5: John Morrissey (D) 6: Samuel S. Cox (D) 7: Hervey C. Calkin (D) 8: James Brooks (D) 9: Fernando Wood (D) 10: Clarkson N. Potter (D) 11: George W. Greene (D) Charles H. Van Wyck (R) 12: John H. Ketcham (R) 13: John A. Griswold (D) 14: Stephen L. Mayham (D) 15: Adolphus H. Tanner (R) 16: Orange Ferriss (R) 17: William A. Wheeler (R) 18: Stephen Sanford (R) 19: Charles Knapp (R) 20: Addison H. Laflin (R) 21: Alexander H. Bailey (R) 22: John C. Churchill (R) 23: Dennis McCarthy (R) 24: George W. Cowles (R) 25: William H. Kelsey (R) 26: Giles W. Hotchkiss (R) 27: Hamilton Ward, Sr. (R) 28: Noah Davis (R) Charles H. Holmes (R) 29: John Fisher (R) 30: David S. Bennett (R) 31: Porter Sheldon (R) North Carolina 1: Clinton L. Cobb (R) 2: David Heaton (R) Joseph Dixon (R) 3: Oliver H. Dockery (R) 4: John T. Deweese (R) John Manning, Jr. (D) 5: Israel G. Lash (R) 6: Francis E. Shober (D) 7: Alexander H. Jones (R)

Ohio 1: Peter W. Strader (D) 2: Job E. Stevenson (R) 3: Robert C. Schenck (R) 4: William Lawrence (R) 5: William Mungen (D) 6: John A. Smith (R) 7: James J. Winans (R) 8: John Beatty (R) 9: Edward F. Dickinson (D) 10: Truman H. Hoag (D) Erasmus D. Peck (R) 11: John T. Wilson (R) 12: Philadelph Van Trump (D) 13: George W. Morgan (D) 14: Martin Welker (R) 15: Eliakim H. Moore (R) 16: John A. Bingham (R) 17: Jacob A. Ambler (R) 18: William H. Upson (R) 19: James A. Garfield (R) Oregon A/L: Joseph S. Smith (D) Pennsylvania 1: Samuel J. Randall (D) 2: Charles O'Neill (R) 3: John Moffet (D) Leonard Myers (R) 4: William D. Kelley (R) 5: John R. Reading (D) Caleb N. Taylor (R) 6: John D. Stiles (D) 7: Washington Townsend (R) 8: J. Lawrence Getz (D) 9: Oliver J. Dickey (R) 10: Henry L. Cake (R) 11: Daniel M. Van Auken (D) 12: George W. Woodward (D) 13: Ulysses Mercur (R) 14: John B. Packer (R) 15: Richard J. Haldeman (D) 16: John Cessna (R) 17: Daniel J. Morrell (R) 18: William H. Armstrong (R) 19: Glenni W. Scofield (R) 20: Calvin W. Gilfillan (R) 21: John Covode (R) 22: James S. Negley (R) 23: Darwin Phelps (R) 24: Joseph B. Donley (R) Rhode Island 1: Thomas A. Jenckes (R) 2: Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R) South Carolina 1: B. Frank Whittemore (R) Joseph H. Rainey (R) 2: Christopher C. Bowen (R) 3: Solomon L. Hoge (R) 4: Alexander S. Wallace (R) Tennessee 1: Roderick R. Butler (R) 2: Horace Maynard (R) 3: William B. Stokes (R) 4: Lewis Tillman (R) 5: William F. Prosser (R) 6: Samuel M. Arnell (R) 7: Isaac R. Hawkins (R) 8: William J. Smith (R) Texas 1: George W. Whitmore (R) 2: John C. Conner (D) 3: William T. Clark (R) 4: Edward Degener (R) Vermont 1: Charles W. Willard (R) 2: Luke P. Poland (R) 3: Worthington C. Smith (R) Virginia 1: Richard S. Ayer (R) 2: James H. Platt, Jr. (R) 3: Charles H. Porter (R) 4: George W. Booker (C) 5: Robert Ridgway (C) Richard T. W. Duke (C) 6: William Milnes, Jr. (C) 7: Lewis McKenzie (C) 8: James King Gibson (C) West Virginia 1: Isaac H. Duval (R) 2: James C. McGrew (R) 3: John S. Witcher (R) Wisconsin 1: Halbert E. Paine (R) 2: Benjamin F. Hopkins (R) David Atwood (R) 3: Amasa Cobb (R) 4: Charles A. Eldredge (D) 5: Philetus Sawyer (R) 6: Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Delegates

Arizona Territory A/L: Richard C. McCormick (D) ColoradoTerritory A/L: Allen A. Bradford (R) Dakota Territory A/L: Solomon L. Spink (R)

Idaho Territory A/L: Jacob K. Shafer (D) Montana Territory A/L: James M. Cavanaugh (D) New Mexico Territory A/L: J. Francisco Chaves (R)

Utah Territory A/L: William H. Hooper (D) Washington Territory A/L: Selucius Garfielde (R) Wyoming Territory A/L: Stephen F. Nuckolls (D)

Membership detail by state

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1874; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1870; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

Senate

• 3: George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican
• 2: Willard Warner (1826-1906), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Alfred E. Buck (1832-1902), Republican …elected August 3, 1869.
• 2: Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Republican …elected August 3, 1869.
• 3: Robert S. Heflin (1815-1901), Republican …elected August 3, 1869.
• 4: Charles Hays (1834-1879), Republican …elected August 3, 1869.
• 5: Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), Democratic …elected August 3, 1869.
• 6: William C. Sherrod (1835-1919), Democratic …elected August 3, 1869.

Arkansas

Senate

• 2: Alexander McDonald (1832-1903), Republican
• 3: Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Logan H. Roots (1841-1893), Republican
• 2: Anthony A. C. Rogers (1821-1899), Democratic
• 3: Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Republican

California

Senate

• 3: Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican
• 1: Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Samuel B. Axtell (1819-1891), Democratic
• 2: Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican
• 3: James A. Johnson (1829-1896), Democratic

Connecticut

Senate

• 3: Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican
• 1: William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Republican …elected April 5, 1869.
• 2: Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Republican …elected April 5, 1869.
• 3: Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Republican …elected April 5, 1869.
• 4: William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic …elected April 5, 1869.

Delaware

Senate

• 2: Willard Saulsbury, Sr. (1820-1892), Democratic
• 1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), Democratic

Florida

Senate

• 3: Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Republican
• 1: Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Charles M. Hamilton (1840-1875), Republican

Georgia

Senate

• 3: Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 1, 1871.
• 2: Homer V. M. Miller (1814-1896), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated February 24, 1871.

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: William W. Paine (1817-1882), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 23, 1871.
• 2: Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 9, 1871.
• 3: Marion Bethune (1816-1895), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.
• 4: Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.
• 5: Stephen A. Corker (1830-1879), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 24, 1871.
• 6: William P. Price (1835-1908), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.
• 7: Pierce M. B. Young (1836-1896), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 16, 1871.

Illinois

Senate

• 3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican
• 2: Richard Yates (1815-1873), Republican

House of Representatives (14 seats)

• 1: Norman B. Judd (1815-1878), Republican
• 2: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
• 3: Elihu B. Washburne (1816-1887), Republican ...resigned March 6, 1869.

  Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1869.

• 4: John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Republican
• 5: Ebon C. Ingersoll (1831-1879), Republican
• 6: Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican
• 7: Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Republican
• 8: Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican
• 9: Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Democratic
• 10: Albert G. Burr (1829-1882), Democratic
• 11: Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
• 12: John B. Hay (1834-1916), Republican
• 13: John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Democratic
• A/L: John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican

Indiana

Senate

• 3: Oliver H. P. T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican
• 1: Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• 1: William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
• 2: Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Democratic
• 3: William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• 4: George W. Julian (1817-1899), Republican
• 5: John Coburn (1825-1908), Republican
• 6: Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
• 7: Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Republican
• 8: James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 4, 1869.
• 9: John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican
• 10: William Williams (1821-1896), Republican
• 11: Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Republican

Iowa

Senate

• 2: James W. Grimes (1816-1872), Republican ...resigned December 6, 1869.

  James B. Howell (1816-1880), Republican ...elected to vacancy, seated January 26, 1870.

• 3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Republican
• 2: William Smyth (1824-1870), Republican ...died September 30, 1870.

  William P. Wolf (1833-1896), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1870.

• 3: William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
• 4: William Loughridge (1827-1889), Republican
• 5: Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), Republican
• 6: Charles Pomeroy (1825-1891), Republican

Kansas

Senate

• 3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
• 2: Edmund G. Ross (1826-1907), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Sidney Clarke (1831-1909), Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• 3: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Democratic
• 2: Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Lawrence S. Trimble (1825-1904), Democratic
• 2: William N. Sweeney (1832-1895), Democratic
• 3: Jacob S. Golladay (1819-1887), Democratic ...resigned February 28, 1870

  Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated May 10, 1870.

• 4: J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Democratic
• 5: Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), Democratic
• 6: Thomas L. Jones (1819-1887), Democratic
• 7: James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
• 8: George M. Adams (1837-1920), Democratic
• 9: John M. Rice (1831-1895), Democratic ...contested election, seated March 5, 1869.

Louisiana

Senate

• 2: John S. Harris (1825-1906), Republican
• 3: William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Republican ...seat declared vacant, subsequently elected, seated December 5, 1870.
• 2: Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Republican …contested election, seated April 8]], [[1869.
• 3: Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican …contested election, seated July 6]], [[1870.
• 4: Joseph P. Newsham (1837-1919), Republican ...contested election of Michael Ryan, seated May 23, 1870.
• 5: Frank Morey (1840-1889), Republican ...seat declared vacant, subsequently elected, seated December 6, 1870.

Maine

Senate

• 2: William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869), Republican ...died September 9, 1869.

  Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1869, subsequently elected.

• 1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: John Lynch (1825-1892), Republican
• 2: Samuel P. Morrill (1816-1892), Republican
• 3: James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
• 4: John A. Peters (1822-1904), Republican
• 5: Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican

Maryland

Senate

• 3: George Vickers (1801-1879), Democratic
• 1: William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), Democratic
• 2: Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Democratic
• 3: Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Democratic
• 4: Patrick Hamill (1817-1895), Democratic
• 5: Frederick Stone (1820-1899), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

• 1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
• 2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• 1: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
• 2: Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican
• 3: Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Republican
• 4: Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
• 5: Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
• 6: Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
• 7: George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Republican ...resigned March 12, 1869.

  George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1869.

• 8: George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
• 9: William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican
• 10: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• 1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• 2: Jacob M. Howard (1805-1871), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Fernando C. Beaman (1814-1882), Republican
• 2: William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), Republican
• 3: Austin Blair (1818-1894), Republican
• 4: Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican
• 5: Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
• 6: Randolph Strickland (1823-1880), Republican

Minnesota

Senate

• 1: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
• 2: Daniel S. Norton (1829-1870), Democratic ...died July 13, 1870.

  William Windom (1827-1891), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, July 15, 1870.

  Ozora P. Stearns (1831-1896), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 23, 1871.

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Morton S. Wilkinson (1819-1894), Republican
• 2: Eugene M. Wilson (1833-1890), Democratic

Mississippi

Senate

• 2: Hiram R. Revels (1827-1901), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 25, 1870.
• 1: Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Republican ...readmitted state, seated April 1, 1870.

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: George E. Harris (1827-1911), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.
• 2: Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.
• 3: Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Republican ...readmitted state, seated April 8, 1870.
• 4: George C. McKee (1837-1890), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.
• 5: Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), Republican ...readmitted state, seated February 23, 1870.

Missouri

Senate

• 3: Charles D. Drake (1811-1892), Republican ...resigned December 19, 1870.

  Daniel T. Jewett (1807-1906), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 22, 1870.

  Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Democratic ...elected to vacancy, seated January 25, 1871.

• 1: Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• 1: Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Democratic
• 2: Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), Republican
• 3: James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Democratic
• 4: Sempronius H. Boyd (1828-1894), Republican
• 5: Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), Republican
• 6: Robert T. Van Horn (1824-1916), Republican
• 7: Joel F. Asper (1822-1872), Republican
• 8: John F. Benjamin (1817-1877), Republican
• 9: David P. Dyer (1838-1924), Republican

Nebraska

Senate

• 2: John M. Thayer (1820-1906), Republican
• 1: Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: John Taffe (1827-1884), Republican

Nevada

Senate

• 1: William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
• 3: James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Thomas Fitch (1838-1923), Republican

New Hampshire

Senate

• 2: Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
• 3: James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Jacob H. Ela (1820-1884), Republican
• 2: Aaron F. Stevens (1819-1887), Republican
• 3: Jacob Benton (1814-1892), Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• 2: Alexander G. Cattell (1816-1894), Republican
• 1: John P. Stockton (1826-1900), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• 1: William Moore (1810-1878), Republican
• 2: Charles Haight (1838-1891), Democratic
• 3: John T. Bird (1829-1911), Democratic
• 4: John Hill (1821-1884), Republican
• 5: Orestes Cleveland (1829-1896), Democratic

New York

Senate

• 3: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
• 1: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

House of Representatives (31 seats)

• 1: Henry A. Reeves (1832-1916), Democratic
• 2: John G. Schumaker (1826-1905), Democratic
• 3: Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), Democratic
• 4: John Fox (1835-1914), Democratic
• 5: John Morrissey (1831-1878), Democratic
• 6: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
• 7: Hervey C. Calkin (1828-1913), Democratic
• 8: James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic
• 9: Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
• 10: Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), Democratic
• 11: George W. Greene (1831-1895), Democratic …contested election, served until February 17, 1870.

  Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican ...contested election, seated February 17, 1870.

• 12: John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
• 13: John A. Griswold (1822-1902), Democratic
• 14: Stephen L. Mayham (1826-1908), Democratic
• 15: Adolphus H. Tanner (1833-1882), Republican
• 16: Orange Ferriss (1814-1894), Republican
• 17: William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican
• 18: Stephen Sanford (1826-1913), Republican
• 19: Charles Knapp (1797-1880), Republican
• 20: Addison H. Laflin (1823-1878), Republican
• 21: Alexander H. Bailey (1817-1874), Republican
• 22: John C. Churchill (1821-1905), Republican
• 23: Dennis McCarthy (1814-1886), Republican
• 24: George W. Cowles (1823-1901), Republican
• 25: William H. Kelsey (1812-1879), Republican
• 26: Giles W. Hotchkiss (1815-1878), Republican
• 27: Hamilton Ward, Sr. (1829-1898), Republican
• 28: Noah Davis (1818-1902), Republican ...resigned July 15, 1870.

  Charles H. Holmes (1827-1874), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1870.

• 29: John Fisher (1806-1882), Republican
• 30: David S. Bennett (1811-1894), Republican
• 31: Porter Sheldon (1831-1908), Republican

North Carolina

Senate

• 2: Joseph C. Abbott (1825-1881), Republican
• 3: John Pool (1826-1884), Republican

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• 1: Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), Republican
• 2: David Heaton (1823-1870), Republican ...died June 25, 1870.

  Joseph Dixon (1828-1883), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1870.

• 3: Oliver H. Dockery (1830-1906), Republican
• 4: John T. Deweese (1835-1906), Republican ...resigned February 28, 1870

  John Manning, Jr. (1830-1899), Democratic ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1870.

• 5: Israel G. Lash (1810-1878), Republican
• 6: Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), Democratic
• 7: Alexander H. Jones (1822-1901), Republican

Ohio

Senate

• 3: John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
• 1: Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• 1: Peter W. Strader (1818-1881), Democratic
• 2: Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), Republican
• 3: Robert C. Schenck (1809-1890), Republican ...resigned January 5, 1871.
• 4: William Lawrence (1819-1899), Republican
• 5: William Mungen (1821-1887), Democratic
• 6: John A. Smith (1814-1892), Republican
• 7: James J. Winans (1818-1879), Republican
• 8: John Beatty (1828-1914), Republican
• 9: Edward F. Dickinson (1829-1891), Democratic
• 10: Truman H. Hoag (1816-1870), Democratic ...died February 5, 1870.

  Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated April 23, 1870.

• 11: John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Republican
• 12: Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874), Democratic
• 13: George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Democratic
• 14: Martin Welker (1819-1902), Republican
• 15: Eliakim H. Moore (1812-1900), Republican
• 16: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican
• 17: Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), Republican
• 18: William H. Upson (1823-1910), Republican
• 19: James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• 2: George H. Williams (1823-1910), Republican
• 3: Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• A/L: Joseph S. Smith (1824-1884), Democratic

Pennsylvania

Senate

• 3: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
• 1: John Scott (1824-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (24 seats)

• 1: Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• 2: Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
• 3: John Moffet (1831-1884), Democratic …contested election, served until April 9, 1869.

  Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican ...contested election, seated April 9, 1869.

• 4: William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• 5: John R. Reading (1826-1886), Democratic …contested election, served until April 13, 1870.

  Caleb N. Taylor (1813-1887), Republican ...contested election, seated April 13, 1870.

• 6: John D. Stiles (1822-1896), Democratic
• 7: Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Republican
• 8: J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Democratic
• 9: Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Republican
• 10: Henry L. Cake (1827-1899), Republican
• 11: Daniel M. Van Auken (1826-1908), Democratic
• 12: George W. Woodward (1809-1875), Democratic
• 13: Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican
• 14: John B. Packer (1824-1891), Republican
• 15: Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Democratic
• 16: John Cessna (1821-1893), Republican
• 17: Daniel J. Morrell (1821-1885), Republican
• 18: William H. Armstrong (1824-1919), Republican
• 19: Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
• 20: Calvin W. Gilfillan (1832-1901), Republican
• 21: John Covode (1808-1871), Republican ...contested election, seated February 9, 1870, died January 11, 1871.
• 22: James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
• 23: Darwin Phelps (1807-1879), Republican
• 24: Joseph B. Donley (1838-1917), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• 2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
• 1: William Sprague (1830-1915), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• 1: Thomas A. Jenckes (1818-1875), Republican
• 2: Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (1812-1881), Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• 2: Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), Republican
• 3: Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: B. Frank Whittemore (1824-1894), Republican ...resigned February 24, 1870, subsequently reelected, but was not seated.

  Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1870.

• 2: Christopher C. Bowen (1832-1880), Republican
• 3: Solomon L. Hoge (1836-1909), Republican ...contested election of J.P. Reed, seated April 8, 1869.
• 4: Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), Republican ...contested election of William D. Simpson, seated May 27, 1870.

Tennessee

Senate

• 2: Joseph S. Fowler (1820-1902), Republican
• 1: William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Republican
• 2: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Republican
• 3: William B. Stokes (1814-1897), Republican
• 4: Lewis Tillman (1816-1886), Republican
• 5: William F. Prosser (1834-1911), Republican
• 6: Samuel M. Arnell (1833-1903), Republican
• 7: Isaac R. Hawkins (1818-1880), Republican
• 8: William J. Smith (1823-1913), Republican

Texas

Senate

• 2: Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 1: James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• 1: George W. Whitmore (1824-1876), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 2: John C. Conner (1842-1873), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 3: William T. Clark (1831-1905), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.
• 4: Edward Degener (1809-1890), Republican ...readmitted state, seated March 31, 1870.

Vermont

Senate

• 1: George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
• 3: Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Republican
• 2: Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican
• 3: Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Republican

Virginia

Senate

• 2: John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Democratic ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 1: John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• 1: Richard S. Ayer (1829-1896), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 31, 1870.
• 2: James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 3: Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Republican ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 4: George W. Booker (1821-1883), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated February 1, 1870.
• 5: Robert Ridgway (1823-1870), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870, subsequently died October 16, 1870.

  Richard T. W. Duke (1822-1898), Conservative ...elected to fill vacancy, November 8, 1870.

• 6: William Milnes, Jr. (1827-1889), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 27, 1870.
• 7: Lewis McKenzie (1810-1895), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 31, 1870.
• 8: James King Gibson (1812-1879), Conservative ...readmitted state, seated January 28, 1870.

West Virginia

Senate

• 2: Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), Republican
• 1: Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• 1: Isaac H. Duval (1824-1902), Republican
• 2: James C. McGrew (1813-1910), Republican
• 3: John S. Witcher (1839-1906), Republican

Wisconsin

Senate

• 3: Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican
• 1: Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• 1: Halbert E. Paine (1826-1905), Republican
• 2: Benjamin F. Hopkins (1829-1870), Republican ...died January 1, 1870.

  David Atwood (1815-1889), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 23, 1870.

• 3: Amasa Cobb (1823-1905), Republican
• 4: Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic
• 5: Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
• 6: Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818-1882), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L: Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), Democratic

Colorado Territory

• A/L: Allen A. Bradford (1815-1888), Republican

Dakota Territory

• A/L: Solomon L. Spink (1831-1881), Republican

Idaho Territory

• A/L: Jacob K. Shafer (1823-1876), Democratic

Montana Territory

• A/L: James M. Cavanaugh (1823-1879), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• A/L: J. Francisco Chaves (1833-1904), Republican

Utah Territory

• A/L: William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

Washington Territory

• A/L: Selucius Garfielde (1822-1881), Republican

Wyoming Territory

• A/L: Stephen F. Nuckolls (1825-1879), Democratic

Membership detail by Chamber/Party

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-F Thomas F. Bayard, Sr., Delaware Francis P. Blair, Jr., Missouri Eugene Casserly, California Garrett Davis, Kentucky

G-O William T. Hamilton, Maryland John W. Johnston, Virginia Thomas C. McCreery, Kentucky Homer V. M. Miller, Georgia Daniel S. Norton, Minnesota

P-Z Willard Saulsbury, Sr., Delaware John P. Stockton, New Jersey Allen G. Thurman, Ohio George Vickers, Maryland

Republican

A-F Joseph C. Abbott, North Carolina Adelbert Ames, Mississippi Henry B. Anthony, Rhode Island Arthur I. Boreman, West Virginia William G. Brownlow, Tennessee William A. Buckingham, Connecticut Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania Matthew H. Carpenter, Wisconsin Alexander G. Cattell, New Jersey Zachariah Chandler, Michigan Cornelius Cole, California Roscoe Conkling, New York Henry W. Corbett, Oregon Aaron H. Cragin, New Hampshire Charles D. Drake, Missouri George F. Edmunds, Vermont Reuben E. Fenton, New York Orris S. Ferry, Connecticut William Pitt Fessenden, Maine James W. Flanagan, Texas Joseph S. Fowler, Tennessee

G-O Abijah Gilbert, Florida James W. Grimes, Iowa Morgan C. Hamilton, Texas Hannibal Hamlin, Maine James Harlan, Iowa John S. Harris, Louisiana Joshua Hill, Georgia Jacob M. Howard, Michigan Timothy O. Howe, Wisconsin James B. Howell, Iowa Daniel T. Jewett, Missouri William Pitt Kellogg, Louisiana John F. Lewis, Virginia Alexander McDonald, Arkansas Justin S. Morrill, Vermont Lot M. Morrill, Maine Oliver H. P. T. Morton, Indiana James W. Nye, Nevada Thomas W. Osborn, Florida

P-Z James W. Patterson, New Hampshire Samuel C. Pomeroy, Kansas John Pool, North Carolina Daniel D. Pratt, Indiana Alexander Ramsey, Minnesota Hiram R. Revels, Mississippi Benjamin F. Rice, Arkansas Thomas J. Robertson, South Carolina Edmund G. Ross, Kansas Frederick A. Sawyer, South Carolina Carl Schurz, Missouri John Scott, Pennsylvania John Sherman, Ohio George E. Spencer, Alabama William Sprague, Rhode Island Ozora P. Stearns, Minnesota William M. Stewart, Nevada Charles Sumner, Massachusetts John M. Thayer, Nebraska Thomas W. Tipton, Nebraska Lyman Trumbull, Illinois Willard Warner, Alabama Waitman T. Willey, West Virginia George H. Williams, Oregon Henry Wilson, Massachusetts William Windom, Minnesota Richard Yates, Illinois

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C George M. Adams, Kentucky Stevenson Archer, Maryland Samuel B. Axtell, California William H. Barnum, Connecticut James B. Beck, Kentucky Benjamin T. Biggs, Delaware John T. Bird, New Jersey James Brooks, New York Albert G. Burr, Illinois Hervey C. Calkin, New York Orestes Cleveland, New Jersey John C. Conner, Texas Stephen A. Corker, Georgia Samuel S. Cox, New York John M. Crebs, Illinois D-E-F Edward F. Dickinson, Ohio Peter M. Dox, Alabama Charles A. Eldredge, Wisconsin John Fox, New York

G-H-I J. Lawrence Getz, Pennsylvania Jacob S. Golladay, Kentucky George W. Greene, New York John A. Griswold, New York Charles Haight, New Jersey Richard J. Haldeman, Pennsylvania Samuel Hambleton, Maryland Patrick Hamill, Maryland Truman H. Hoag, Ohio William S. Holman, Indiana J-K-L James A. Johnson, California Thomas L. Jones, Kentucky Michael C. Kerr, Indiana J. Proctor Knott, Kentucky Joseph H. Lewis, Kentucky M-N-O John Manning, Jr., North Carolina Samuel S. Marshall, Illinois Stephen L. Mayham, New York James R. McCormick, Missouri Thompson W. McNeely, Illinois John Moffet, Pennsylvania George W. Morgan, Ohio John Morrissey, New York William Mungen, Ohio William E. Niblack, Indiana

P-Q-R William W. Paine, Georgia Clarkson N. Potter, New York William P. Price, Georgia Samuel J. Randall, Pennsylvania John R. Reading, Pennsylvania Henry A. Reeves, New York John M. Rice, Kentucky Anthony A. C. Rogers, Arkansas S-T-U-V John G. Schumaker, New York William C. Sherrod, Alabama Francis E. Shober, North Carolina Henry W. Slocum, New York Joseph S. Smith, Oregon John D. Stiles, Pennsylvania Frederick Stone, Maryland Peter W. Strader, Ohio Thomas Swann, Maryland William N. Sweeney, Kentucky Lawrence S. Trimble, Kentucky Daniel M. Van Auken, Pennsylvania Philadelph Van Trump, Ohio Daniel W. Voorhees, Indiana W-X-Y-Z Erastus Wells, Missouri Eugene M. Wilson, Minnesota Boyd Winchester, Kentucky Fernando Wood, New York George W. Woodward, Pennsylvania Pierce M. B. Young, Georgia

Republican

A-B-C William B. Allison, Iowa Jacob A. Ambler, Ohio Oakes Ames, Massachusetts William H. Armstrong, Pennsylvania Samuel M. Arnell, Tennessee Joel F. Asper, Missouri David Atwood, Wisconsin Richard S. Ayer, Virginia Alexander H. Bailey, New York Nathaniel P. Banks, Massachusetts Henry W. Barry, Mississippi Fernando C. Beaman, Michigan John Beatty, Ohio John F. Benjamin, Missouri David S. Bennett, New York Jacob Benton, New Hampshire Marion Bethune, Georgia John A. Bingham, Ohio James G. Blaine, Maine Austin Blair, Michigan Thomas Boles, Arkansas George S. Boutwell, Massachusetts Christopher C. Bowen, South Carolina Sempronius H. Boyd, Missouri George M. Brooks, Massachusetts Alfred E. Buck, Alabama Charles W. Buckley, Alabama James Buffinton, Massachusetts Horatio C. Burchard, Illinois Samuel S. Burdett, Missouri Benjamin F. Butler, Massachusetts Roderick R. Butler, Tennessee Henry L. Cake, Pennsylvania John Cessna, Pennsylvania John C. Churchill, New York William T. Clark, Texas Sidney Clarke, Kansas Amasa Cobb, Wisconsin Clinton L. Cobb, North Carolina John Coburn, Indiana Omar D. Conger, Michigan Burton C. Cook, Illinois John Covode, Pennsylvania George W. Cowles, New York Shelby M. Cullom, Illinois D-E-F Chester B. Darrall, Louisiana Noah Davis, New York Henry L. Dawes, Massachusetts Edward Degener, Texas John T. Deweese, North Carolina . Oliver J. Dickey, Pennsylvania Joseph Dixon, North Carolina Nathan F. Dixon, Jr., Rhode Island Oliver H. Dockery, North Carolina Joseph B. Donley, Pennsylvania Isaac H. Duval, West Virginia David P. Dyer, Missouri Jacob H. Ela, New Hampshire John F. Farnsworth, Illinois Orange Ferriss, New York Thomas W. Ferry, Michigan Gustavus A. Finkelnburg, Missouri John Fisher, New York Thomas Fitch, Nevada

G-H-I James A. Garfield, Ohio Calvin W. Gilfillan, Pennsylvania Eugene Hale, Maine Charles M. Hamilton, Florida George E. Harris, Mississippi Isaac R. Hawkins, Tennessee John B. Hawley, Illinois John B. Hay, Illinois Charles Hays, Alabama David Heaton, North Carolina Robert S. Heflin, Alabama John Hill, New Jersey George F. Hoar, Massachusetts Solomon L. Hoge, South Carolina Charles H. Holmes, New York Samuel Hooper, Massachusetts Benjamin F. Hopkins, Wisconsin Giles W. Hotchkiss, New York Ebon C. Ingersoll, Illinois J-K-L Thomas A. Jenckes, Rhode Island Alexander H. Jones, North Carolina Norman B. Judd, Illinois George W. Julian, Indiana William D. Kelley, Pennsylvania Stephen W. Kellogg, Connecticut William H. Kelsey, New York John H. Ketcham, New York Charles Knapp, New York Addison H. Laflin, New York Israel G. Lash, North Carolina William Lawrence, Ohio John A. Logan, Illinois Jefferson F. Long, Georgia William Loughridge, Iowa John Lynch, Maine M-N-O Horace Maynard, Tennessee Dennis McCarthy, New York George W. McCrary, Iowa James C. McGrew, West Virginia George C. McKee, Mississippi Ulysses Mercur, Pennsylvania Eliakim H. Moore, Ohio Jesse H. Moore, Illinois William Moore, New Jersey Frank Morey, Louisiana Joseph L. Morphis, Mississippi Daniel J. Morrell, Pennsylvania Samuel P. Morrill, Maine Leonard Myers, Pennsylvania James S. Negley, Pennsylvania Joseph P. Newsham, Louisiana Charles O'Neill, Pennsylvania Godlove S. Orth, Indiana

P-Q-R Jasper Packard, Indiana John B. Packer, Pennsylvania Halbert E. Paine, Wisconsin Francis W. Palmer, Iowa Erasmus D. Peck, Ohio Legrand W. Perce, Mississippi John A. Peters, Maine Darwin Phelps, Pennsylvania James H. Platt, Jr., Virginia Luke P. Poland, Vermont Charles Pomeroy, Iowa Charles H. Porter, Virginia William F. Prosser, Tennessee Joseph H. Rainey, South Carolina Logan H. Roots, Arkansas S-T-U-V Stephen Sanford, New York Aaron A. Sargent, California Philetus Sawyer, Wisconsin Robert C. Schenck, Ohio Glenni W. Scofield, Pennsylvania John P. C. Shanks, Indiana Lionel A. Sheldon, Louisiana Porter Sheldon, New York John A. Smith, Ohio William J. Smith, Tennessee Worthington C. Smith, Vermont William Smyth, Iowa Henry H. Starkweather, Connecticut Aaron F. Stevens, New Hampshire Job E. Stevenson, Ohio William B. Stokes, Tennessee William L. Stoughton, Michigan Randolph Strickland, Michigan Julius L. Strong, Connecticut J. Hale Sypher, Louisiana John Taffe, Nebraska Adolphus H. Tanner, New York Caleb N. Taylor, Pennsylvania Lewis Tillman, Tennessee Washington Townsend, Pennsylvania Ginery Twichell, Massachusetts James N. Tyner, Indiana William H. Upson, Ohio Robert T. Van Horn, Missouri Charles H. Van Wyck, New York W-X-Y-Z Alexander S. Wallace, South Carolina Hamilton Ward, Sr., New York Cadwallader C. Washburn, Wisconsin William B. Washburn, Massachusetts Elihu B. Washburne, Illinois Martin Welker, Ohio William A. Wheeler, New York Richard H. Whiteley, Georgia George W. Whitmore, Texas B. Frank Whittemore, South Carolina Morton S. Wilkinson, Minnesota Charles W. Willard, Vermont William Williams, Indiana John T. Wilson, Ohio James J. Winans, Ohio John S. Witcher, West Virginia William P. Wolf, Iowa

Conservative (Virginia)

A-F George W. Booker, Virginia Richard T. W. Duke, Virginia

G-O James King Gibson, Virginia Lewis McKenzie, Virginia * William Milnes, Jr., Virginia

P-Z Robert Ridgway, Virginia

Changes in membership

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

Senate replacements: 4 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change deaths: 2 resignations:2 interim appointments: 2 Total seats with changes: 4

House of Representatives replacements: 12 Democratic: 1 seat net loss Republican: 1 seat net gain deaths: 5 resignations: 8 contested election: 11 Total seats with changes: 24

Officers

Senate Secretary of the Senate: George C. Gorham of Massachusetts elected June 4, 1868 Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: George T. Brown of Illinois, elected July 6, 1861 John R. French of New Hampshire, elected March 22, 1869 Chaplain of the Senate The Rev. John P. Newman, Methodist, elected March 8, 1869 Other Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865

House of Representatives Clerk of the House: Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, elected March 5, 1869 Sergeant at Arms of the House: Nehemiah G. Ordway of New Hampshire, elected March 5, 1869 Doorkeeper of the House: Otis S. Buxton of New York, elected March 5, 1869 Postmaster of the House: William S. King of Minnesota, elected March 5, 1869 Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: John M. Barclay Chaplain of the House The Rev. John G. Butler, Presbyterian, elected March 4, 1869

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
• Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists