43rd United States Congress

43rd United States Congress
42nd ← → 44th
United States Capitol (1869)
March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1875
Members	74 senators 292 representatives 10 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Henry Wilson (R)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	James G. Blaine (R)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1873 – March 26, 1873 1st: December 1, 1873 – June 23, 1874 2nd: December 7, 1874 – March 4, 1875

The Forty-third 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, 1873 to March 4, 1875, during the fifth and sixth years of Ulysses Grant's presidency . The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

See also: 1873 in the United States, 1874 in the United States, and 1875 in the United States

• September 18, 1873: New York stock market crash triggered the Panic of 1873, part of the Long Depression
• November 4, 1874: United States House of Representatives elections, 1874 -Democrats regained control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1860
• November 25, 1874: United States Greenback Party established as a political party, made primarily of farmers financially hurt by the Panic of 1873

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation § 43rd United States Congress

• June 23, 1874: Poland Act, 18 Stat. 253
• January 14, 1875: Specie Payment Resumption Act ch. 15, 18 Stat. 296
• March 1, 1875: Civil Rights Act of 1875, (Butler-Sumner Act) 18 Stat. 335
• March 3, 1875: Tariff of 1875
• March 3, 1875: Page Act of 1875, 18 Stat. 477

Treaties

• March 18, 1874: Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.

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.

Senate

Senators of the 43rd United States Congress

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Anti- Monopoly (AM)	Liberal Republican (LR)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	17	0	1	54	72	2
Begin	19	0	3	50	72	2
End	20		2	51	73	1
Final voting share	27.4%	0.0%	2.7%	69.9%
Beginning of next congress	28	1	0	43	72	2

House of Representatives

Before this Congress, the 1870 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 292 members.

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Independent (I)	Independent Republican (IR)	Liberal Republican (LR)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	97	0	0	1	3	141	242	1
Begin	91	6	0	0	4	189	290	2
End	95	7				199	305
Final voting share	31.1%	2.3%	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%	65.2%
Beginning of next congress	177	1	4	3	0	101	286	5

Leadership

President of the Senate
Henry Wilson

Senate

• President: Henry Wilson (R)
• President pro tempore: Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
  • Henry B. Anthony (R), elected January 25, 1875.

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.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.

Alabama

• 3. George E. Spencer (R)
• 2. George Goldthwaite (D)

Arkansas

• 2. Powell Clayton (R)
• 3. Stephen W. Dorsey (R)

California

• 1. Eugene Casserly (D), until November 29, 1873
  • John S. Hager (D), from December 23, 1873
• 3. Aaron A. Sargent (R)

Connecticut

• 3. Orris S. Ferry (LR)
• 1. William A. Buckingham (R), until February 5, 1875
  • William W. Eaton (D), from February 5, 1875

Delaware

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

Florida

• 1. Abijah Gilbert (R)
• 3. Simon B. Conover (R)

Georgia

• 2. Thomas M. Norwood (D)
• 3. John B. Gordon (D)

Illinois

• 2. John A. Logan (R)
• 3. Richard J. Oglesby (R)

Indiana

• 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)
• 1. Daniel D. Pratt (R)

Iowa

• 2. George G. Wright (R)
• 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

• 2. Alexander Caldwell (R), until March 24, 1873
  • Robert Crozier (R), November 24, 1873 - February 2, 1874
  • James M. Harvey (R), from February 8, 1874
• 3. John J. Ingalls (R)

Kentucky

• 2. John W. Stevenson (D)
• 3. Thomas C. McCreery (D)

Louisiana

• 2. J. Rodman West (R)
• 3: vacant

Maine

• 1. Hannibal Hamlin (R)
• 2. Lot M. Morrill (R)

Maryland

• 1. William T. Hamilton (D)
• 3. George R. Dennis (D)

Massachusetts

• 1. Charles Sumner (LR), until March 11, 1874
  • William B. Washburn (R), from April 17, 1874
• 2. George S. Boutwell (R), from March 17, 1873

Michigan

• 1. Zachariah Chandler (R)
• 2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Alexander Ramsey (R)
• 2. William Windom (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Adelbert Ames (R), until March 17, 1873
  • Henry R. Pease (R), from February 3, 1874
• 2. James L. Alcorn (R)

Missouri

• 1. Carl Schurz (R)
• 3. Lewis V. Bogy (D)

Nebraska

• 1. Thomas W. Tipton (R)
• 2. Phineas W. Hitchcock (R)

Nevada

• 1. William M. Stewart (R)
• 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire

• 2. Aaron H. Cragin (R)
• 3. Bainbridge Wadleigh (R)

New Jersey

• 1. John P. Stockton (D)
• 2. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)

New York

• 3. Roscoe Conkling (R)
• 1. Reuben E. Fenton (R)

North Carolina

• 2. Matt W. Ransom (D)
• 3. Augustus S. Merrimon (D)

Ohio

• 3. John Sherman (R)
• 1. Allen G. Thurman (D)

Oregon

• 2. James K. Kelly (D)
• 3. John H. Mitchell (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. John J. Patterson (R)

Tennessee

• 1. William G. Brownlow (R)
• 2. Henry Cooper (D)

Texas

• 1. James W. Flanagan (R)
• 2. Morgan C. Hamilton (LR)

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 2. John W. Johnston (D)
• 1. John F. Lewis (R)

West Virginia

• 1. Arthur I. Boreman (R)
• 2. Henry G. Davis (D)

Wisconsin

• 3. Timothy O. Howe (R)
• 1. Matthew H. Carpenter (R)

President pro tempore Matthew H. Carpenter

President pro tempore Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

(6-2 Republican)

• 1. Frederick G. Bromberg (LR)
• 2. James T. Rapier (R)
• 3. Charles Pelham (R)
• 4. Charles Hays (R)
• 5. John H. Caldwell (D)
• 6. Joseph H. Sloss (D)
• At-large. Charles C. Sheats (R)
• At-large. Alexander White (R)

Arkansas

(4 Republicans)

• 1. Asa Hodges (R)
• 2. Oliver P. Snyder (R)
• 3. William W. Wilshire (R), until June 16, 1874
  • Thomas M. Gunter (D), from June 16, 1874
• At-large. William J. Hynes (LR)

California

(3-1 Republican)

• 1. Charles Clayton (R)
• 2. Horace F. Page (R)
• 3. John K. Luttrell (D)
• 4. Sherman O. Houghton (R)

Connecticut

(3-1 Republican)

• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
• 2. Stephen W. Kellogg (R)
• 3. Henry H. Starkweather (R)
• 4. William H. Barnum (D)

Delaware

(1 Republican)

• At-large. James R. Lofland (R)

Florida

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(2 Republicans)

• At-large. Josiah T. Walls (R)
• At-large. William J. Purman (R), until January 25, 1875

Georgia

(7-2 Democratic)

• 1. Morgan Rawls (D), until March 24, 1874
  • Andrew Sloan (R), from March 24, 1874
• 2. Richard H. Whiteley (R)
• 3. Philip Cook (D)
• 4. Henry R. Harris (D)
• 5. James C. Freeman (R)
• 6. James H. Blount (D)
• 7. Pierce M. B. Young (D)
• 8. Alexander H. Stephens (D), from December 1, 1873
• 9. Hiram P. Bell (D)

Illinois

(14-5 Republican)

• 1. John B. Rice (R), until December 17, 1874
  • Bernard G. Caulfield (D), from February 1, 1875
• 2. Jasper D. Ward (R)
• 3. Charles B. Farwell (R)
• 4. Stephen A. Hurlbut (R)
• 5. Horatio C. Burchard (R)
• 6. John B. Hawley (R)
• 7. Franklin Corwin (R)
• 8. Greenbury L. Fort (R)
• 9. Granville Barrere (R)
• 10. William H. Ray (R)
• 11. Robert M. Knapp (D)
• 12. James C. Robinson (D)
• 13. John McNulta (R)
• 14. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
• 15. John R. Eden (D)
• 16. James S. Martin (R)
• 17. William R. Morrison (D)
• 18. Isaac Clements (R)
• 19. Samuel S. Marshall (D)

Indiana

(10-3 Republican)

• 1. William E. Niblack (D)
• 2. Simeon K. Wolfe (D)
• 3. William S. Holman (D)
• 4. Jeremiah M. Wilson (R)
• 5. John Coburn (R)
• 6. Morton C. Hunter (R)
• 7. Thomas J. Cason (R)
• 8. James N. Tyner (R)
• 9. John P. C. Shanks (R)
• 10. Henry B. Sayler (R)
• At-large. Jasper Packard (R)
• At-large. Godlove S. Orth (R)
• At-large. William Williams (R)

Iowa

(9 Republicans)

• 1. George W. McCrary (R)
• 2. Aylett R. Cotton (R)
• 3. William G. Donnan (R)
• 4. Henry O. Pratt (R)
• 5. James Wilson (R)
• 6. William Loughridge (R)
• 7. John A. Kasson (R)
• 8. James W. McDill (R)
• 9. Jackson Orr (R)

Kansas

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
(3 Republicans)

• At-large. Stephen A. Cobb (R)
• At-large. David P. Lowe (R)
• At-large. William A. Phillips (R)

Kentucky

(10 Democrats)

• 1. Edward Crossland (D)
• 2. John Y. Brown (D)
• 3. Charles W. Milliken (D)
• 4. William B. Read (D)
• 5. Elisha D. Standiford (D)
• 6. William E. Arthur (D)
• 7. James B. Beck (D)
• 8. Milton J. Durham (D)
• 9. George M. Adams (D)
• 10. John D. Young (D)

Louisiana

(6 Republicans)

• 1. J. Hale Sypher (R), until March 3, 1875
  • Effingham Lawrence (D), from March 3, 1875
• 2. Lionel A. Sheldon (R)
• 3. Chester B. Darrall (R)
• 4. George L. Smith (R), from November 24, 1873
• 5. Frank Morey (R)
• At-large. George A. Sheridan (LR)

Maine

(5 Republicans)

• 1. John H. Burleigh (R)
• 2. William P. Frye (R)
• 3. James G. Blaine (R)
• 4. Samuel F. Hersey (R), until February 3, 1875
• 5. Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland

(4-2 Democratic)

• 1. Ephraim K. Wilson (D)
• 2. Stevenson Archer (D)
• 3. William J. O'Brien (D)
• 4. Thomas Swann (D)
• 5. William J. Albert (R)
• 6. Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (R)

Massachusetts

(11 Republicans)

• 1. James Buffington (R)
• 2. Benjamin W. Harris (R)
• 3. William Whiting (R), until June 29, 1873
  • Henry L. Pierce (R), from December 1, 1873
• 4. Samuel Hooper (R)
• 5. Daniel W. Gooch (R)
• 6. Benjamin F. Butler (R)
• 7. Ebenezer R. Hoar (R)
• 8. John M. S. Williams (R)
• 9. George F. Hoar (R)
• 10. Alvah Crocker (R), until December 26, 1874
  • Charles A. Stevens (R), from January 27, 1875
• 11. Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan

(9 Republicans)

• 1. Moses W. Field (R)
• 2. Henry Waldron (R)
• 3. George Willard (R)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (R)
• 5. Wilder D. Foster (R), until September 20, 1873
  • William B. Williams (R), from December 1, 1873
• 6. Josiah W. Begole (R)
• 7. Omar D. Conger (R)
• 8. Nathan B. Bradley (R)
• 9. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

(3 Republicans)

• 1. Mark H. Dunnell (R)
• 2. Horace B. Strait (R)
• 3. John T. Averill (R)

Mississippi

(5-1 Republican)

• 1. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
• 2. Albert R. Howe (R)
• 3. Henry W. Barry (R)
• 4. Jason Niles (R)
• 5. George C. McKee (R)
• 6. John R. Lynch (R)

Missouri

(9-4 Democratic)

• 1. Edwin O. Stanard (R)
• 2. Erastus Wells (D)
• 3. William H. Stone (D)
• 4. Robert A. Hatcher (D)
• 5. Richard P. Bland (D)
• 6. Harrison E. Havens (R)
• 7. Thomas T. Crittenden (D)
• 8. Abram Comingo (D)
• 9. Isaac C. Parker (R)
• 10. Ira B. Hyde (R)
• 11. John B. Clark, Jr. (D)
• 12. John M. Glover (D)
• 13. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Lorenzo Crounse (R)

Nevada

(1 Democrat)

• At-large. Charles W. Kendall (D)

New Hampshire

(2-1 Republican)

• 1. William B. Small (R)
• 2. Austin F. Pike (R)
• 3. Hosea W. Parker (D)

New Jersey

(6-1 Republican)

• 1. John W. Hazelton (R)
• 2. Samuel A. Dobbins (R)
• 3. Amos Clark, Jr. (R)
• 4. Robert Hamilton (D)
• 5. William W. Phelps (R)
• 6. Marcus L. Ward (R)
• 7. Isaac W. Scudder (R)

New York

(24-9 Republican)

• 1. Henry J. Scudder (R)
• 2. John G. Schumaker (D)
• 3. Stewart L. Woodford (R), until July 1, 1874
  • Simeon B. Chittenden (IR), from November 3, 1874
• 4. Philip S. Crooke (R)
• 5. William R. Roberts (D)
• 6. James Brooks (D), until April 30, 1873
  • Samuel S. Cox (D), from November 4, 1873
• 7. Thomas J. Creamer (D)
• 8. John D. Lawson (R)
• 9. David B. Mellish (R), until May 23, 1874
  • Richard Schell (D), from December 7, 1874
• 10. Fernando Wood (D)
• 11. Clarkson N. Potter (D)
• 12. Charles St. John (R)
• 13. John O. Whitehouse (D)
• 14. David M. De Witt (D)
• 15. Eli Perry (D)
• 16. James S. Smart (R)
• 17. Robert S. Hale (R)
• 18. William A. Wheeler (R)
• 19. Henry H. Hathorn (R)
• 20. David Wilber (R)
• 21. Clinton L. Merriam (R)
• 22. Ellis H. Roberts (R)
• 23. William E. Lansing (R)
• 24. R. Holland Duell (R)
• 25. Clinton D. MacDougall (R)
• 26. William H. Lamport (R)
• 27. Thomas C. Platt (R)
• 28. H. Boardman Smith (R)
• 29. Freeman Clarke (R)
• 30. George G. Hoskins (R)
• 31. Lyman K. Bass (R)
• 32. Walter L. Sessions (R)
• At-large. Lyman Tremain (R)

North Carolina

(5-3 Democratic)

• 1. Clinton L. Cobb (R)
• 2. Charles R. Thomas (R)
• 3. Alfred M. Waddell (D)
• 4. William A. Smith (R)
• 5. James M. Leach (D)
• 6. Thomas S. Ashe (D)
• 7. William M. Robbins (D)
• 8. Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio

(14-6 Republican)

• 1. Milton Sayler (D)
• 2. Henry B. Banning (LR)
• 3. John Q. Smith (R)
• 4. Lewis B. Gunckel (R)
• 5. Charles N. Lamison (D)
• 6. Isaac R. Sherwood (R)
• 7. Lawrence T. Neal (D)
• 8. William Lawrence (R)
• 9. James W. Robinson (R)
• 10. Charles Foster (R)
• 11. Hezekiah S. Bundy (R)
• 12. Hugh J. Jewett (D), until June 23, 1874
  • William E. Finck (D), from December 7, 1874
• 13. Milton I. Southard (D)
• 14. John Berry (D)
• 15. William P. Sprague (R)
• 16. Lorenzo Danford (R)
• 17. Laurin D. Woodworth (R)
• 18. James Monroe (R)
• 19. James A. Garfield (R)
• 20. Richard C. Parsons (R)

Oregon

(1 Republican)

• At-large. Joseph G. Wilson (R), until July 2, 1873
  • James W. Nesmith (D), from December 1, 1873

Pennsylvania

(22-5 Republican)

• 1. Samuel J. Randall (D)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (R)
• 3. Leonard Myers (R)
• 4. William D. Kelley (R)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
• 6. James S. Biery (R)
• 7. Washington Townsend (R)
• 8. Hiester Clymer (D)
• 9. A. Herr Smith (R)
• 10. John W. Killinger (R)
• 11. John B. Storm (D)
• 12. Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R)
• 13. James D. Strawbridge (R)
• 14. John B. Packer (R)
• 15. John A. Magee (D)
• 16. John Cessna (R)
• 17. R. Milton Speer (D)
• 18. Sobieski Ross (R)
• 19. Carlton B. Curtis (R)
• 20. Hiram L. Richmond (R)
• 21. Alexander W. Taylor (R)
• 22. James S. Negley (R)
• 23. Ebenezer McJunkin (R), until ????
  • John M. Thompson (R), from ?????
• 24. William S. Moore (R)
• At-large. Charles Albright (R)
• At-large. Glenni W. Scofield (R)
• At-large. Lemuel Todd (R)

Rhode Island

(2 Republicans)

• 1. Benjamin T. Eames (R)
• 2. James M. Pendleton (R)

South Carolina

(5 Republicans)

• 1. Joseph H. Rainey (R)
• 2. Alonzo J. Ransier (R)
• 3. Robert B. Elliott (R), until November 1, 1874
  • Lewis C. Carpenter (R), from November 3, 1874
• 4. Alexander S. Wallace (R)
• At-large. Richard H. Cain (R)

Tennessee

(7-3 Republican)

• 1. Roderick R. Butler (R)
• 2. Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)
• 3. William Crutchfield (R)
• 4. John M. Bright (D)
• 5. Horace H. Harrison (R)
• 6. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
• 7. John D. C. Atkins (D)
• 8. David A. Nunn (R)
• 9. Barbour Lewis (R)
• At-large. Horace Maynard (R)

Texas

(6 Democrats)

• 1. William S. Herndon (D)
• 2. William P. McLean (D)
• 3. De Witt C. Giddings (D)
• 4. John Hancock (D)
• At-large. Roger Q. Mills (D)
• At-large. Asa H. Willie (D)

Vermont

(3 Republicans)

• 1. Charles W. Willard (R)
• 2. Luke P. Poland (R)
• 3. George W. Hendee (R)

Virginia

(5-4 Democratic)

• 1. James B. Sener (R)
• 2. James H. Platt, Jr. (R)
• 3. J. Ambler Smith (R)
• 4. William H. H. Stowell (R)
• 5. Alexander M. Davis (D), until March 5, 1874
  • Christopher Y. Thomas (R), from March 5, 1874
• 6. Thomas Whitehead (D)
• 7. John T. Harris (D)
• 8. Eppa Hutton, II (D)
• 9. Rees T. Bowen (D)

West Virginia

(2-1 Democratic)

• 1. John J. Davis (ID)
• 2. John M. Hagans (R)
• 3. Frank Hereford (D)

Wisconsin

(6-2 Republican)

• 1. Charles G. Williams (R)
• 2. Gerry W. Hazelton (R)
• 3. J. Allen Barber (R)
• 4. Alexander Mitchell (D)
• 5. Charles A. Eldredge (D)
• 6. Philetus Sawyer (R)
• 7. Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)
• 8. Alexander S. McDill (R)

Non-voting members

(5-4 Democratic, 1 Unionist)

• Arizona Territory. Richard C. McCormick (U)
• Colorado Territory. Jerome B. Chaffee (R)
• Dakota Territory. Moses K. Armstrong (D)
• District of Columbia. Norton P. Chipman (R)
• Idaho Territory. John Hailey (D)
• Montana Territory. Martin Maginnis (D)
• New Mexico Territory. Stephen B. Elkins (R)
• Utah Territory. George Q. Cannon (R)
• Washington Territory. Obadiah B. McFadden (D)
• Wyoming Territory. William R. Steele (D)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Speaker James G. Blaine

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• replacements: 5
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
• deaths: 3
• resignations: 3
• interim appointments: 1
• vacancy: 1
• Total seats with changes: 7

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

|- | Massachusetts (2) | Vacant | Henry Wilson resigned in previous congress after becoming Vice President of the United States.
Successor elected March 17, 1873. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George S. Boutwell (R) | March 17, 1873

|- | Mississippi (1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Adelbert Ames (R) | Resigned March 17, 1873 after being elected Governor of Mississippi.
Successor elected February 3, 1874. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry R. Pease (R) | February 3, 1874

|- | Kansas (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alexander Caldwell (R) | Resigned March 24, 1873.
Successor appointed November 24, 1873. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert Crozier (R) | November 24, 1873

|- | California (1) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Eugene Casserly (D) | Resigned November 29, 1873.
Successor elected December 23, 1873. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John S. Hager (D) | December 23, 1873

|- | Kansas (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert Crozier (R) | Interim appointee retired when successor elected February 2, 1874. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James M. Harvey (R) | February 2, 1874

|- | Massachusetts (1) | nowrap style="background:#FF69B4" | Charles Sumner (LR) | Died March 11, 1874.
Successor elected April 17, 1874. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William B. Washburn (R) | April 17, 1874

|- | Connecticut (1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William A. Buckingham (R) | Died February 5, 1875.
Successor appointed February 5, 1875, having already been elected to the next tern. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William W. Eaton (D) | February 5, 1875

|}

House of Representatives

• replacements: 15
  • Democratic: 3 seat net gain
  • Republican: 4 seat net loss
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain
• deaths: 8
• resignations: 5
• contested election: 4
• Total seats with changes: 19

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

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Louisiana 4th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Samuel Peters died before taking seat | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George L. Smith (R) | November 24, 1873 |- | Georgia 8th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before taking seat | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alexander H. Stephens (D) | December 1, 1873 |- | Pennsylvania 23rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ebenezer McJunkin (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned some time during this congress | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John M. Thompson (R) | ?????? |- | New York 6th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Brooks (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died April 30, 1873 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel S. Cox (D) | November 4, 1873 |- | Massachusetts 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Whiting (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 29, 1873 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry L. Pierce (R) | December 1, 1873 |- | Oregon At-large | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph G. Wilson (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died July 2, 1873 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | James Nesmith (D) | December 1, 1873 |- | Michigan 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Wilder D. Foster (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 20, 1873 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William B. Williams (R) | December 1, 1873 |- | Virginia 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alexander Davis (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election March 5, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Christopher Thomas (R) | March 5, 1874 |- | Georgia 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Morgan Rawls (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election March 24, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Andrew Sloan (R) | March 24, 1874 |- | New York 9th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | David B. Mellish (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died May 23, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard Schell (D) | December 7, 1874 |- | Arkansas 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William W. Wilshire (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election June 16, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas M. Gunter (D) | June 16, 1874 |- | Ohio 12th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Hugh J. Jewett (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 23, 1874 after becoming President of the Erie Railroad | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | William E. Finck (D) | December 7, 1874 |- | New York 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Stewart L. Woodford (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 1, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Simeon B. Chittenden (IR) | November 3, 1874 |- | South Carolina 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert B. Elliott (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned November 1, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Lewis C. Carpenter (R) | November 3, 1874 |- | Illinois 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John B. Rice (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 17, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Bernard G. Caulfield (D) | February 1, 1875 |- | Massachusetts 10th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alvah Crocker (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died December 26, 1874 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles A. Stevens (R) | January 27, 1875 |- | Florida At-large | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William J. Purman (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 25, 1875 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Maine 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel F. Hersey (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 3, 1875 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Louisiana 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | J. Hale Sypher (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election March 3, 1875 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Effingham Lawrence (D) | March 3, 1875 |}

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark

Senate

• Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodist)
  • Byron Sunderland (Presbyterian), elected December 8, 1873
• Secretary: George C. Gorham
• Sergeant at Arms: John R. French

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: Henry Sherwood
• Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

See also

• United States elections, 1872 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1872
  • United States Senate elections, 1872 and 1873
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1872
• United States elections, 1874 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1874 and 1875
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1874

References

• 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
• Congressional Directory for the 43rd Congress, 1st Session.
• Congressional Directory for the 43rd Congress, 2nd Session.