41st United States Congress

41st United States Congress
40th ← → 42nd
United States Capitol (1869)
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
Members	74 senators 243 representatives 9 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Schuyler Colfax
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	James G. Blaine
Sessions
1st: March 4, 1869 – April 10, 1869 2nd: December 6, 1869 – July 15, 1870 3rd: December 5, 1870 – March 4, 1871

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 4, 1871, during the first two years of Ulysses Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1869 in the United States, 1870 in the United States, and 1871 in the United States

• March 4, 1869: Ulysses Grant became President of the United States
• May 10, 1869: Golden spike marked the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Promontory, Utah
• December 10, 1869: Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote, one of the first such laws in the world
• February 12, 1870: Utah Territory gave women the right to vote
• February 25, 1870: Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 41st United States Congress

• March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1, 16 Stat. 1
• May 31, 1870: Force Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140
• June 22, 1870: An Act to establish the Department of Justice, Sess. 2, ch. 150, 16 Stat. 162
• July 12, 1870: Currency Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 252, 16 Stat. 251
• July 14, 1870: Funding Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 256, 16 Stat. 272

Constitutional amendment

• February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment ratified

States readmitted

• January 26, 1870: Virginia rejoined the Union
• February 23: Mississippi rejoined the Union
• March 30, 1870: Texas rejoined the Union
• July 15, 1870: Georgia rejoined the Union, the last former Confederate state to be readmitted

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.

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

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)			Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Other
End of previous congress	9	55	0	64	10
Begin	9	57	0	66	8
End	12	62		74	0
Final voting share	16.2%	83.8%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	16	55	1	72	2

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Conservative (C)	Other
End of previous congress	45	170	2	3	220	23
Begin	65	150	0	0	215	28
End	67	169	5		241	1
Final voting share	27.8%	70.1%	2.1%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	93	144	0	2	239	2

Leadership

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President of the Senate
Schuyler Colfax

Senate

• President (R): Schuyler Colfax
• President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: James G. Blaine (R)

Members

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

Senate

President pro tempore
Henry B. Anthony

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.

See also: United States Senate elections, 1868

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), from February 1, 1871
• 2. Homer V. M. Miller (D), from February 24, 1871

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), until December 6, 1869
  • James B. Howell (R), from January 18, 1870
• 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), until September 8, 1869
  • Lot M. Morrill (R), from October 30, 1869
• 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), until July 13, 1870
  • William Windom (R), July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871
  • Ozora P. Stearns (R), from January 22, 1871

Mississippi

• 2. Hiram R. Revels (R), from February 23, 1870
• 1. Adelbert Ames (R), from February 23, 1870

Missouri

• 3. Charles D. Drake (R), until December 19, 1870
  • Daniel T. Jewett (R), December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871
  • Francis P. Blair, Jr. (D), from January 20, 1871
• 1. Carl Schurz (R)

Nebraska

• 2. John M. Thayer (R)
• 1. Thomas 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 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), from March 31, 1870
• 1. James W. Flanagan (R), from March 30, 1870

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 2. John W. Johnston (D), from January 26, 1870
• 1. John F. Lewis (R), from January 26, 1870

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

Speaker of the House, James G. Blaine

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1868

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

• At-large. Benjamin T. Biggs (D)

Florida

• At-large. Charles M. Hamilton (R)

Georgia

• 1. William W. Paine (D), from December 22, 1870
• 2. Richard H. Whiteley (R), from December 22, 1870
• 3. Marion Bethune (R), from December 22, 1870
• 4. Jefferson F. Long (R), from January 16, 1871
• 5. Stephen A. Corker (D), from January 24, 1871
• 6. William P. Price (D), from December 22, 1870
• 7. Pierce M. B. Young (D), from December 22, 1870

Illinois

• 1. Norman B. Judd (R)
• 2. John F. Farnsworth (R)
• 3. Elihu B. Washburne (R), until March 6, 1869
  • Horatio C. Burchard (R), from December 6, 1869
• 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)
• At-large. John A. Logan (R), until March 3, 1871

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), until September 30, 1870
  • William P. Wolf (R), from December 6, 1870
• 3. William B. Allison (R)
• 4. William Loughridge (R)
• 5. Francis W. Palmer (R)
• 6. Charles Pomeroy (R)

Kansas

• At-large. Sidney Clarke (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Lawrence S. Trimble (D)
• 2. William N. Sweeney (D)
• 3. Jacob Golladay (D), until February 28, 1870
  • Joseph H. Lewis (D), from May 10, 1870
• 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), from November 7, 1870
• 2. Lionel A. Sheldon (R)
• 3. Chester B. Darrall (R)
• 4. Joseph P. Newsham (R), from May 23, 1870
• 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), until March 12, 1869
  • George M. Brooks (R), from November 2, 1869
• 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), until March 3, 1871
• 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), from February 23, 1870
• 2. Joseph L. Morphis (R), from February 23, 1870
• 3. Henry W. Barry (R), from February 23, 1870
• 4. George C. McKee (R)
• 5. Legrand W. Perce (R), from February 23, 1870

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

• At-large. John Taffe (R)

Nevada

• At-large. 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), until February 17, 1870
  • Charles H. Van Wyck (R), from February 17, 1870
• 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), until July 15, 1870
  • Charles H. Holmes (R), from December 6, 1870
• 29. John Fisher (R)
• 30. David S. Bennett (R)
• 31. Porter Sheldon (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Clinton L. Cobb (R)
• 2. David Heaton (R), until June 25, 1870
  • Joseph Dixon (R), from December 5, 1870
• 3. Oliver H. Dockery (R)
• 4. John T. Deweese (R), until February 28, 1870
  • John Manning, Jr. (D), from December 7, 1870
• 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), until January 5, 1871
• 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), until February 5, 1870
  • Erasmus D. Peck (R), from April 23, 1870
• 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 Bingham (R)
• 17. Jacob A. Ambler (R)
• 18. William H. Upson (R)
• 19. James A. Garfield (R)

Oregon

• At-large. Joseph S. Smith (D)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Samuel J. Randall (D)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (R)
• 3. John Moffet (D), until April 9, 1869
  • Leonard Myers (R), from April 9, 1869
• 4. William D. Kelley (R)
• 5. John R. Reading (D), until April 13, 1870
  • Caleb N. Taylor (R), from April 13, 1870
• 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), February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871
• 22. James S. Negley (R)
• 23. Darwin Phelps (R)
• 24. Joseph B. Donley (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Thomas Jenckes (R)
• 2. Nathan F. Dixon, Jr. (R)

South Carolina

• 1. B. Frank Whittemore (R), until February 24, 1870
  • Joseph Rainey (R), from December 12, 1870
• 2. Christopher C. Bowen (R)
• 3. Solomon L. Hoge (R), from April 8, 1869
• 4. Alexander S. Wallace (R), from May 27, 1870

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), from March 30, 1870
• 2. John C. Conner (D), from March 31, 1870
• 3. William T. Clark (R), from March 31, 1870
• 4. Edward Degener (R), from March 31, 1870

Vermont

• 1. Charles W. Willard (R)
• 2. Luke P. Poland (R)
• 3. Worthington C. Smith (R)

Virginia

• 1. Richard S. Ayer (R), from January 31, 1870
• 2. James H. Platt, Jr. (R), from January 26, 1870
• 3. Charles H. Porter (R), from January 26, 1870
• 4. George Booker (C), from January 26, 1870
• 5. Robert Ridgway (C), January 27, 1870 – October 16, 1870
  • Richard T. W. Duke (C), from November 8, 1870
• 6. William Milnes, Jr. (C), from January 27, 1870
• 7. Lewis McKenzie (C), from January 31, 1870
• 8. James King Gibson (C), from January 28, 1870

West Virginia

• 1. Isaac H. Duval (R)
• 2. James C. McGrew (R)
• 3. John Witcher (R)

Wisconsin

• 1. Halbert E. Paine (R)
• 2. Benjamin F. Hopkins (R), until January 1, 1870
  • David Atwood (R), from February 23, 1870
• 3. Amasa Cobb (R)
• 4. Charles A. Eldredge (D)
• 5. Philetus Sawyer (R)
• 6. Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Non-voting members

• Arizona Territory. Richard C. McCormick (D)
• Colorado Territory. Allen A. Bradford (R)
• Dakota Territory. Solomon L. Spink (R)
• Idaho Territory. Jacob K. Shafer (D)
• Montana Territory. James M. Cavanaugh (D)
• New Mexico Territory. J. Francisco Chaves (R)
• Utah Territory. William H. Hooper (D)
• Washington Territory. Selucius Garfielde (R)
• Wyoming Territory. Stephen F. Nuckolls (D), from December 6, 1869

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 6
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 2
• resignations:2
• interim appointments: 2
• seats of newly re-admitted states: 8
• Total seats with changes: 14

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

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House of Representatives

• replacements: 14
  • Democratic: 3 seat net loss
  • Republican: 3 seat net gain
  • Conservative Party of Virginia: no net change
• deaths: 6
• resignations: 6
• contested election: 8
• seats of newly re-admitted states: 17
• Total seats with changes: 44

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | South Carolina 3rd | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with J.P. Reed. Reed was never seated. House declared Hoge entitled to seat. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Solomon L. Hoge (R) | April 8, 1869 |- | Wyoming Territory At-large | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Territory organized in previous congress and remained vacant until December 6, 1869 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Stephen F. Nuckolls (D) | December 6, 1869 |- | Virginia 2nd | rowspan=8 | Vacant | rowspan=8 style="font-size:80%" | Virginia re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James H. Platt, Jr. (R) | rowspan=3 | January 26, 1870 |- | Virginia 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles H. Porter (R) |- | Virginia 4th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | George Booker (C) |- | Virginia 5th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | Robert Ridgway (C) | rowspan=2 | January 27, 1870 |- | Virginia 6th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | William Milnes, Jr. (C) |- | Virginia 8th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | James K. Gibson (C) | January 28, 1870 |- | Virginia 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Richard S. Ayer (R) | rowspan=2 | January 31, 1870 |- | Virginia 7th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | Lewis McKenzie (C) |- | Pennsylvania 21st | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Henry D. Foster. House declared neither was entitled to seat. House then declared Covode duly elected February 9, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Covode (R) | February 9, 1870 |- | Mississippi 1st | rowspan=4 | Vacant | rowspan=4 style="font-size:80%" | Mississippi re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George E. Harris (R) | rowspan=4 | February 23, 1870 |- | Mississippi 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph L. Morphis (R) |- | Mississippi 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry W. Barry (R) |- | Mississippi 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Legrand W. Perce (R) |- | Texas 1st | rowspan=4 | Vacant | rowspan=4 style="font-size:80%" | Texas re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George W. Whitmore (R) | March 30, 1870 |- | Texas 2nd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John C. Conner (D) | rowspan=3 | March 31, 1870 |- | Texas 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William T. Clark (R) |- | Texas 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Edward Degener (R) |- | Louisiana 4th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Michael Ryan. House declared neither was entitled to seat. Elected to seat thus caused | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph P. Newsham (R) | May 23, 1870 |- | South Carolina 4th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with William D. Simpson. Simpson was never seated. House declared Wallace entitled to seat. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alexander S. Wallace (R) | May 27, 1870 |- | Louisiana 1st | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Louis St. Martin. House declared neither was entitled to seat. Elected to seat thus caused | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | J. Hale Sypher (R) | November 7, 1870 |- | Georgia 1st | rowspan=7 | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Joseph W. Clift not entitled to seat | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William W. Paine (D) | rowspan=7 | December 22, 1870 |- | Georgia 2nd | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Nelson Tift not entitled to seat | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Richard H. Whiteley (R) |- | Georgia 3rd | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring William P. Edwards not entitled to seat | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Marion Bethune (R) |- | Georgia 4th | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Samuel F. Gove not entitled to seat | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jefferson F. Long (R) |- | Georgia 5th | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Charles H. Prince not entitled to seat | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Stephen A. Corker (D) |- | Georgia 6th | style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | William P. Price (D) |- | Georgia 7th | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Pierce M. B. Young not entitled to seat. He was subsequently elected to fill the vacancy thus caused | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Pierce M. B. Young (D) |- | Illinois 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Elihu B. Washburne (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 6, 1869 after being appointed United States Secretary of State | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Horatio C. Burchard (R) | December 6, 1869 |- | Massachusetts 7th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George S. Boutwell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 12, 1869 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George M. Brooks (R) | November 2, 1869 |- | Pennsylvania 3rd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Moffet (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election April 9, 1869 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Leonard Myers (R) | April 9, 1869 |- | Wisconsin 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Benjamin F. Hopkins (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | David Atwood (R) | February 23, 1870 |- | Ohio 10th | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Truman H. Hoag (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 5, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Erasmus D. Peck (R) | April 23, 1870 |- | New York 11th | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George W. Greene (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election February 17, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles Van Wyck (R) | February 17, 1870 |- | South Carolina 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 24, 1870 pending an investigation of certain appointments to the US Military and Naval Academies | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph Rainey (R) | December 12, 1870 |- | Kentucky 3rd | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jacob Golladay (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph H. Lewis (D) | May 10, 1870 |- | North Carolina 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John T. Deweese (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870 pending an investigation of certain appointments to the US Military and Naval Academies | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Manning, Jr. (D) | December 7, 1870 |- | Pennsylvania 5th | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John R. Reading (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election April 13, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Caleb N. Taylor (R) | April 13, 1870 |- | North Carolina 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | David Heaton (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 25, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph Dixon (R) | December 5, 1870 |- | New York 28th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Noah Davis (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 15, 1870 before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles H. Holmes (R) | December 6, 1870 |- | Iowa 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Smyth (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 30, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William P. Wolf (R) | December 6, 1870 |- | Virginia 5th | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | Robert Ridgway (C) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 16, 1870 | nowrap style="background:#FF8C00" | Richard T. W. Duke (C) | November 8, 1870 |- | Ohio 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert C. Schenck (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1871 after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | Pennsylvania 21st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John Covode (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1871 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | Illinois At-large | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John A. Logan (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871 after being elected to the US Senate for the following term | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | Michigan 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas W. Ferry (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871 after being elected to the US Senate for the following term | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |}

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark

Senate

• Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodist)
• Secretary: George C. Gorham
• Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown
  • John R. French, elected March 22, 1869

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: John G. Butler (Presbyterian)
• Clerk: Edward McPherson
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: John M. Barclay
• Doorkeeper: Otis S. Buxton
• Postmaster: William S. King
• Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

Bibliography

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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