48th United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 6.3 Delegates 7 Changes in membership 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Officers 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 8.3 Other 9 References 10 External links

The Forty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885

• First session: December 3, 1883 - July 7, 1884
• Second session: December 1, 1884 - March 3, 1885 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 47th Congress
Next congress: 49th Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1883; Events of 1884; Events of 1885

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 486th Congress

[edit] Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

[edit] Senate

• Democratic: 36
• Republican: 38 (majority)
• Readjuster: 2

TOTAL members: 76

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic: 196 (majority)
• Republican: 117
• Readjuster: 4
• Independent Democratic: 3
• National Greenback: 2
• Independent Republican: 1
• Independent: 2

TOTAL members: 325

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • vacant
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • George F. Edmunds, Republican of Vermont, first elected in this Congress December 3, 1883.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • John G. Carlisle, Democrat of Kentucky, elected December 3, 1883.

[edit] Members

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

See also: 48th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 48th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1882

[edit] Senate

At this time, 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 the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1884.

Alabama

• 2. John T. Morgan (Dem.)
• 3. James L. Pugh (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 2. Augustus H. Garland (Dem.)
• 3. James D. Walker (Dem.)

California

• 3. James T. Farley (Dem.)
• 1. John F. Miller (Rep.)

Colorado

• 3. Nathaniel P. Hill (Rep.)
• 2. Thomas M. Bowen (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 3. Orville H. Platt (Rep.)
• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (Rep.)

Delaware

• 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (Dem.)
• 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Charles W. Jones (Dem.)
• 3. Wilkinson Call (Dem.)

Georgia

• 3. Joseph E. Brown (Dem.)
• 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (Dem.)

Illinois

• 3. John A. Logan (Rep.)
• 2. Shelby M. Cullom (Rep.)

Indiana

• 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (Dem.)
• 1. Benjamin Harrison (Rep.)

Iowa

• 3. William B. Allison (Rep.)
• 2. James F. Wilson (Rep.)

Kansas

• 3. John J. Ingalls (Rep.)
• 2. Preston B. Plumb (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 2. James B. Beck (Dem.)
• 3. John S. Williams (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 3. Benjamin F. Jonas (Dem.)
• 2. Randall L. Gibson (Dem.)

Maine

• 1. Eugene Hale (Rep.)
• 2. William P. Frye (Rep.)

Maryland

• 3. James B. Groome (Dem.)
• 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (Dem.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry L. Dawes (Rep.)
• 2. George F. Hoar (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. Omar D. Conger (Rep.)
• 2. Thomas W. Palmer (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Samuel James Renwick McMillan (Rep.)
• 2. Dwight M. Sabin (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 2. Lucius Q.C. Lamar (Dem.)
• 1. James Z. George (Dem.)

Missouri

• 1. Francis M. Cockrell (Dem.)
• 3. George G. Vest (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (Rep.)
• 2. Charles F. Manderson (Rep.)

Nevada

• 3. John P. Jones (Rep.)
• 1. James G. Fair (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 3. Henry W. Blair (Rep.)
• 2. Austin F. Pike (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 2. John R. McPherson (Dem.)
• 1. William J. Sewell (Rep.)

New York

• 1. Warner Miller (Rep.)
• 3. Elbridge G. Lapham (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 2. Matt W. Ransom (Dem.)
• 3. Zebulon B. Vance (Dem.)

Ohio

• 3. George H. Pendleton (Dem.)
• 1. John Sherman (Rep.)

Oregon

• 3. James H. Slater (Dem.)
• 2. Joseph N. Dolph (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 3. J. Donald Cameron (Rep.)
• 1. John I. Mitchell (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 2. Henry B. Anthony (Rep.) …died September 2, 1884.

  William P. Sheffield (Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1884.

  Jonathan Chace (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26, 1885.

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 2. Matthew C. Butler (Dem.)
• 3. Wade Hampton, III (Dem.)

Tennessee

• 2. Isham G. Harris (Dem.)
• 1. Howell E. Jackson (Dem.)

Texas

• 1. Samuel B. Maxey (Dem.)
• 2. Richard Coke (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. George F. Edmunds (Rep.)
• 3. Justin S. Morrill (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. William Mahone '(Readjuster Dem.)
• 2. Harrison H. Riddleberger '(Readjuster Dem.)

West Virginia

• 1. Johnson N. Camden (Dem.)
• 2. John E. Kenna (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Philetus Sawyer (Rep.)
• 3. Angus Cameron (Rep.)

[edit] 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. Thomas H. Herndon (Dem.) …died March 28, 1883, before Congress assembled.

  James T. Jones (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1883.

• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (Dem.)
• 3. William C. Oates (Dem.)
• 4. Charles M. Shelley (Dem.) …contested election, served until January 9, 1885.

  George H. Craig (Rep.) …contested election, seated January 9, 1885.

• 5. Thomas Williams (Dem.)
• 6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (Dem.)
• 7. William H. Forney (Dem.)
• 8. Luke Pryor (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (Dem.)
• 2. James K. Jones (Dem.) …resigned February 19, 1885, remained vacant.
• 3. John H. Rogers (Dem.)
• 4. Samuel W. Peel (Dem.)
• A/L. Clifton R. Breckinridge (Dem.)

California

• 1. W.S. Rosecrans (Dem.)
• 2. James H. Budd (Dem.)
• 3. Barclay Henley (Dem.)
• 4. Pleasant B. Tully (Dem.)
• A/L. Charles A. Sumner (Dem.)
• A/L. John R. Glascock (Dem.)

Colorado

• A/L. James B. Belford (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 1. William W. Eaton (Dem.)
• 2. Charles L. Mitchell (Dem.)
• 3. John T. Wait (Rep.)
• 4. Edward W. Seymour (Dem.)

Delaware

• A/L. Charles B. Lore (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Robert H. Davidson (Dem.)
• 2. Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (Rep.)

Georgia

• 1. John C. Nicholls (Dem.)
• 2. Henry G. Turner (Dem.)
• 3. Charles F. Crisp (Dem.)
• 4. Hugh Buchanan (Dem.)
• 5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (Dem.)
• 6. James H. Blount (Dem.)
• 7. Judson C. Clements (Dem.)
• 8. Seaborn Reese (Dem.)
• 9. Allen D. Candler (Dem.)
• A/L. Thomas Hardeman, Jr. (Dem.)

Illinois

• 1. Ransom W. Dunham (Rep.)
• 2. John F. Finerty (Independent Dem.)
• 3. George R. Davis (Rep.)
• 4. George E. Adams (Rep.)
• 5. Reuben Ellwood (Rep.)
• 6. Robert R. Hitt (Rep.)
• 7. Thomas J. Henderson (Rep.)
• 8. William Cullen (Rep.)
• 9. Lewis E. Payson (Rep.)
• 10. Nicholas E. Worthington (Dem.)
• 11. William H. Neece (Dem.)
• 12. James M. Riggs (Dem.)
• 13. William M. Springer (Dem.)
• 14. Jonathan H. Rowell (Rep.)
• 15. Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.)
• 16. Aaron Shaw (Dem.)
• 17. Samuel W. Moulton (Dem.)
• 18. William R. Morrison (Dem.)
• 19. Richard W. Townshend (Dem.)
• 20. John R. Thomas (Rep.)

Indiana

• 1. John J. Kleiner (Dem.)
• 2. Thomas R. Cobb (Dem.)
• 3. Strother M. Stockslager (Dem.)
• 4. William S. Holman (Dem.)
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (Dem.)
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (Rep.)
• 7. Stanton J. Peelle (Rep.) …contested election, served until May 22, 1884.

  William E. English (Dem.) …contested election, seated May 22, 1884.

• 8. John E. Lamb (Dem.)
• 9. Thomas B. Ward (Dem.)
• 10. Thomas J. Wood (Dem.)
• 11. George W. Steele (Rep.)
• 12. Robert Lowry (Dem.)
• 13. William H. Calkins (Rep.) …resigned October 20, 1884.

  Benjamin F. Shively (Anti-Monopolist) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1884.

Iowa

• 1. Moses A. McCoid (Rep.)
• 2. Jeremiah H. Murphy (Dem.)
• 3. David B. Henderson (Rep.)
• 4. Luman H. Weller (National Greenback
• 5. James Wilson (Rep.) …contested election, served until March 3, 1885.

  Benjamin T. Frederick (Dem.) …contested election, seated March 3, 1885.

• 6. Marsena E. Cutts (Rep.) …died August 31, 1883, before Congress assembled.

  John C. Cook (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1883.

• 7. John A. Kasson (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1883.

  Hiram Y. Smith (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1884.

• 8. William P. Hepburn (Rep.)
• 9. William H.M. Pusey (Dem.)
• 10. Adoniram J. Holmes (Rep.)
• 11. Isaac S. Struble (Rep.)

Kansas

• 1. John A. Anderson (Rep.)
• 2. Edward H. Funston (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 21, 1884.

  Dudley C. Haskell (Rep.) …died December 16, 1883.

• 3. Thomas Ryan (Rep.)
• A/L. Edmund N. Morrill (Rep.)
• A/L. Lewis Hanback (Rep.)
• A/L. Samuel R. Peters (Rep.)
• A/L. Bishop W. Perkins (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 1. Oscar Turner Independent Dem.
• 2. James F. Clay (Dem.)
• 3. John E. Halsell (Dem.)
• 4. Thomas A. Robertson (Dem.)
• 5. Albert S. Willis (Dem.)
• 6. John G. Carlisle (Dem.)
• 7. Joseph C.S. Blackburn (Dem.)
• 8. Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (Dem.)
• 9. William W. Culbertson (Rep.)
• 10. John D. White (Rep.)
• 11. Frank L. Wolford (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 1. Carleton Hunt (Dem.)
• 2. E. John Ellis (Dem.)
• 3. William Pitt Kellogg (Rep.)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (Dem.)
• 5. J. Floyd King (Dem.)
• 6. Edward T. Lewis (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect Andrew S. Horron, seated December 3, 1883]].

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (Rep.)
• 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (Rep.)
• 3. Charles A. Boutelle (Rep.)
• 4. Seth L. Milliken (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. George W. Covington (Dem.)
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (Dem.)
• 3. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (Dem.)
• 4. John V. Findlay (Dem.)
• 5. Hart B. Holton (Rep.)
• 6. Louis E. McComas (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Robert T. Davis (Rep.)
• 2. John D. Long (Rep.)
• 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (Rep.)
• 4. Patrick A. Collins (Dem.)
• 5. Leopold Morse (Dem.)
• 6. Henry B. Lovering (Dem.)
• 7. Eben F. Stone (Rep.)
• 8. William A. Russell (Rep.)
• 9. Theodore Lyman (Independent Rep.)
• 10. William W. Rice (Rep.)
• 11. William Whiting (Rep.)
• 12. George D. Robinson (Rep.) …resigned January 7, 1884.

  Francis W. Rockwell (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26, 1884.

Michigan

• 1. William C. Maybury (Dem.)
• 2. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (Dem.)
• 3. Edward S. Lacey (Rep.)
• 4. George L. Yaple (Dem.)
• 5. Julius Houseman (Dem.)
• 6. Edwin B. Winans (Dem.)
• 7. Ezra C. Carleton (Dem.)
• 8. Roswell G. Horr (Rep.)
• 9. Byron M. Cutcheon (Rep.)
• 10. Herschel H. Hatch (Rep.)
• 11. Edward Breitung (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 1. Milo White (Rep.)
• 2. James Wakefield (Rep.)
• 3. Horace B. Strait (Rep.)
• 4. William D. Washburn (Rep.)
• 5. Knute Nelson (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. Henry L. Muldrow (Dem.)
• 2. James R. Chalmers (Independent) …contested election, seated June 25, 1884.
• 3. Elza Jeffords (Rep.)
• 4. Hernando D. Money (Dem.)
• 5. Otho R. Singleton (Dem.)
• 6. Henry S. Van Eaton (Dem.)
• 7. Ethelbert Barksdale (Dem.)

Missouri

• 1. William H. Hatch (Dem.)
• 2. Armstead M. Alexander (Dem.)
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (Dem.)
• 4. James N. Burnes (Dem.)
• 5. Alexander Graves (Dem.)
• 6. John Cosgrove (Dem.)
• 7. Aylett H. Buckner (Dem.)
• 8. John J. O'Neill (Dem.)
• 9. James O. Broadhead (Dem.)
• 10. Martin L. Clardy (Dem.)
• 11. Richard P. Bland (Dem.)
• 12. Charles H. Morgan (Dem.)
• 13. Robert W. Fyan (Dem.)
• 14. Lowndes H. Davis (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 1. Archibald J. Weaver (Rep.)
• 2. James Laird (Rep.)
• 3. Edward K. Valentine (Rep.)

Nevada

• A/L. George W. Cassidy (Dem.)

New Hampshire

• 1. Martin A. Haynes (Rep.)
• 2. Ossian Ray (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 1. Thomas M. Ferrell (Dem.)
• 2. John Hart Brewer (Rep.)
• 3. John Kean, Jr. (Rep.)
• 4. Benjamin F. Howey (Rep.)
• 5. William Walter Phelps (Rep.)
• 6. William H. Fiedler (Dem.)
• 7. William McAdoo (Dem.)

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (Dem.)
• 2. William E. Robinson (Dem.)
• 3. Darwin R. James (Rep.)
• 4. Felix Campbell (Dem.)
• 5. Nicholas Muller (Dem.)
• 6. Samuel S. Cox (Dem.)
• 7. William Dorsheimer (Dem.)
• 8. John J. Adams (Dem.)
• 9. John Hardy (Dem.)
• 10. Abram S. Hewitt (Dem.)
• 11. Orlando B. Potter (Dem.)
• 12. Waldo Hutchins (Dem.)
• 13. John H. Ketcham (Rep.)
• 14. Lewis Beach (Dem.)
• 15. John H. Bagley, Jr. (Dem.)
• 16. Thomas J. Van Alstyne (Dem.)
• 17. Henry G. Burleigh (Rep.)
• 18. Frederick A. Johnson (Rep.)
• 19. Abraham X. Parker (Rep.)
• 20. Edward Wemple (Dem.)
• 21. George W. Ray (Rep.)
• 22. Charles R. Skinner (Rep.)
• 23. J. Thomas Spriggs (Dem.)
• 24. Newton W. Nutting (Rep.)
• 25. Frank Hiscock (Rep.)
• 26. Sereno E. Payne (Rep.)
• 27. James W. Wadsworth (Rep.)
• 28. Stephen C. Millard (Rep.)
• 29. John Arnot, Jr. (Dem.)
• 30. Halbert S. Greenleaf (Dem.)
• 31. Robert S. Stevens (Dem.)
• 32. William F. Rogers (Dem.)
• 33. Francis B. Brewer (Rep.)
• A/L. Henry W. Slocum (Dem.)

North Carolina

• 1. Walter F. Pool (Rep.) …died August 25, 1883, before Congress assembled.

  Thomas G. Skinner (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19, 1883.

• 2. James E. O'Hara (Rep.)
• 3. Wharton J. Green (Dem.)
• 4. William R. Cox (Dem.)
• 5. Alfred M. Scales (Dem.) …resigned November 30, 1884.

  James W. Reid (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 28, 1885.

• 6. Clement Dowd (Dem.)
• 7. Tyre York '(Independent Dem.)
• 8. Robert B. Vance (Dem.)
• A/L. Risden T. Bennett (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. John F. Follett (Dem.)
• 2. Isaac M. Jordan (Dem.)
• 3. Robert M. Murray (Dem.)
• 4. Benjamin Le Fevre (Dem.)
• 5. George E. Seney (Dem.)
• 6. William D. Hill (Dem.)
• 7. Henry L. Morey (Rep.) …contested election, served until June 20, 1884.

  James E. Campbell (Dem.) …contested election, seated June 20, 1884.

• 8. J. Warren Keifer (Rep.)
• 9. James S. Robinson (Rep.) …resigned January 12, 1885, remained vacant.
• 10. Frank H. Hurd (Dem.)
• 11. John W. McCormick (Rep.)
• 12. Alphonso Hart (Rep.)
• 13. George L. Converse (Dem.)
• 14. George W. Geddes (Dem.)
• 15. Adoniram J. Warner (Dem.)
• 16. Beriah Wilkins (Dem.)
• 17. Joseph D. Taylor (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect Jonathan T. Updegraff, seated December 3, 1883.
• 18. William McKinley, Jr. (Rep.) …contested election, served until May 27, 1884.

  Jonathan H. Wallace (Dem.) …contested election, seated May 27, 1884.

• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (Rep.)
• 20. David R. Paige (Dem.)
• 21. Martin A. Foran (Dem.)

Oregon

• A/L. Melvin C. George (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (Rep.)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (Rep.)
• 3. Samuel J. Randall (Dem.)
• 4. William D. Kelley (Rep.)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (Rep.)
• 6. James B. Everhart (Rep.)
• 7. I. Newton Evans (Rep.)
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (Dem.)
• 9. A. Herr Smith (Rep.)
• 10. William Mutchler (Dem.)
• 11. John B. Storm (Dem.)
• 12. Daniel W. Connolly (Dem.)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (Rep.)
• 14. Samuel F. Barr (Rep.)
• 15. George A. Post (Dem.)
• 16. William W. Brown (Rep.)
• 17. Jacob M. Campbell (Rep.)
• 18. Louis E. Atkinson (Rep.)
• 19. William A. Duncan (Dem.) …died November 14, 1884.

  John A. Swope (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 5, 1885.

• 20. Andrew G. Curtin (Dem.)
• 21. Charles E. Boyle (Dem.)
• 22. James H. Hopkins (Dem.)
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (Rep.)
• 24. George V.E. Lawrence (Rep.)
• 25. John D. Patton (Dem.)
• 26. Samuel H. Miller (Rep.)
• 27. Samuel M. Brainerd (Rep.)
• A/L. Mortimer F. Elliott (Dem.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Henry J. Spooner (Rep.)
• 2. Jonathan Chace (Rep.) …resigned January 26, 1885.

  Nathan F. Dixon (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1885.

South Carolina

• 1. Samuel Dibble (Dem.)
• 2. George D. Tillman (Dem.)
• 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (Dem.)
• 4. John H. Evins (Dem.) …died October 24, 1884.

  John Bratton (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1884.

• 5. John J. Hemphill (Dem.)
• 6. George W. Dargan (Dem.)
• 7. Edmund W. Mackey (Independent Rep.) …died January 27, 1884.

  Robert Smalls (Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 31, 1884.

Tennessee

• 1. Augustus H. Pettibone (Rep.)
• 2. Leonidas C. Houk (Rep.)
• 3. George G. Dibrell (Dem.)
• 4. Benton McMillin (Dem.)
• 5. Richard Warner (Dem.)
• 6. Andrew J. Caldwell (Dem.)
• 7. John G. Ballentine (Dem.)
• 8. John M. Taylor (Dem.)
• 9. Rice A. Pierce (Dem.)
• 10. Hiram C. Young (Dem.)

Texas

• 1. Charles Stewart (Dem.)
• 2. John H. Reagan (Dem.)
• 3. James H. Jones (Dem.)
• 4. David B. Culberson (Dem.)
• 5. James W. Throckmorton (Dem.)
• 6. Olin Wellborn (Dem.)
• 7. Thomas P. Ochiltree (Independent)
• 8. James F. Miller (Dem.)
• 9. Roger Q. Mills (Dem.)
• 10. John Hancock (Dem.)
• 11. Samuel W.T. Lanham (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. John W. Stewart (Rep.)
• 2. Luke P. Poland (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. Robert M. Mayo (Readjuster Dem.) …contested election, served until March 20, 1884.

  George T. Garrison (Dem.) …contested election, seated March 20, 1884.

• 2. Harry Libbey (Readjuster Dem.)
• 3. George D. Wise (Dem.)
• 4. Benjamin S. Hooper (Readjuster Dem.)
• 5. George C. Cabell (Dem.)
• 6. John Randolph Tucker (Dem.)
• 7. John Paul (Dem.) …resigned September 5, 1883, before Congress assemebled.

  Charles T. O'Ferrall (Dem.) …contested election, seated May 5, 1884.

• 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (Dem.)
• 9. Henry Bowen (Readjuster Dem.)
• A/L. John S. Wise (Readjuster Dem.)

West Virginia

• 1. Nathan Goff (Rep.)
• 2. William L. Wilson (Dem.)
• 3. Charles P. Snyder (Dem.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 3, 1883.
• 4. Eustace Gibson (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. John Winans (Dem.)
• 2. Daniel H. Sumner (Dem.)
• 3. Burr W. Jones (Dem.)
• 4. Peter V. Deuster (Dem.)
• 5. Joseph Rankin (Dem.)
• 6. Richard W. Guenther (Rep.)
• 7. Gilbert M. Woodward (Dem.)
• 8. William T. Price (Rep.)
• 9. Isaac Stephenson (Rep.)

[edit] Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L. Granville H. Oury (Dem.)

Dakota Territory

• A/L. John B. Raymond (Rep.)

Idaho Territory

• A/L. Theodore F. Singiser (Rep.)

Montana Territory

• A/L. Martin Maginnis (Dem.)

New Mexico Territory

• A/L. Tranquilino Luna (Rep.) …contested election, served until March 5, 1884.

  Francisco A. Manzanares (Dem.) …contested election, seated March 5, 1884.

Utah Territory

• A/L. John T. Caine (Dem.)

Washington Territory

• A/L. Thomas H. Brents (Rep.)

Wyoming Territory

• A/L. Morton E. Post (Dem.)

[edit] Changes in membership

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

See also: 48th United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

• replacements: 1
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss

• deaths:
• resignations:
• vacancy:
• Total seats with changes:

[edit] House of Representatives

• replacements: 15
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • National Greenback: 1 seat net gain

• deaths:
• resignations:
• contested election:
• Total seats with changes:

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • Francis E. Shober of North Carolina (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
  • Anson G. McCook of New York, elected December 18, 1883
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • Richard J. Bright of Indiana, elected March 23, 1879
  • William P. Canady of North Carolina, elected December 18, 1883
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. Elia D. Huntley Methodist, elected December 18, 1883

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • John B. Clark, Jr. of Missouri, elected December 4, 1883
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • John P. Leedom of Ohio, elected December 4, 1883
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • James G. Wintersmith of Texas, elected December 4, 1883
• Postmaster of the House:
  • Lycurgus Dalton of Indiana, elected December 4, 1883
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. John S. Lindsay ’’Episcopalian’’, elected December 3, 1883

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865

[edit] 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. 

[edit] External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [2]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [3]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [4]

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