47th United States Congress

47th United States Congress
46th ← → 48th
United States Capitol (1877)
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
Members	76 senators 293 representatives 8 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Democratic
Senate President	Chester A. Arthur (until September 19, 1881) Vacant (from September 19, 1881)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	J. Warren Keifer
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881 Special: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881 1st: December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882 2nd: December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883

The Forty-seventh 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, 1881 to March 4, 1883, during the administration of U.S. President James A. Garfield, and the first year of the administration of his successor, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican majority.

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

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Readjuster (RD)	Independent (I)	Independent Republican (IR)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	42	0	1	1	31	75	1
Begin	37	1	1	0	36	75	1
End					37	76	0
Final voting share	48.7%	1.3%	1.3%	0.0%	48.7%
Beginning of next congress	36	2	0	0	38	76	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Independent (I)	National Greenback (NG)	Independent Republican (IR)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	146	4	1	11	0	129	291	2
Begin	134	1	1	9	0	146	291	2
End	130				1	150	292	1
Final voting share	44.5%	0.3%	0.3%	3.1%	0.3%	51.4%
Beginning of next congress	196	3	6	2	1	117	325	1

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Chester A. Arthur

• President: Chester A. Arthur (R), until September 19, 1881 (succeeded to the Presidency), vacant thereafter
• President pro tempore: Thomas F. Bayard (D), October 10, 1881 – October 13, 1881
  • David Davis (I), from October 13, 1881
  • George F. Edmunds (R), from March 3, 1883

House of Representatives

• Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R)

Major events

Main articles: 1881 in the United States, 1882 in the United States, and 1883 in the United States

• March 4, 1881: James A. Garfield became President of the United States
• September 19, 1881: Chester A. Arthur became President of the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 47th Congress

• February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, ch. 20, 22 Stat. 5
• May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act, 22 Stat. 58
• August 2, 1882: Rivers and Harbors Act
• January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403
• March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)

Members

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1884.

See also: United States Senate elections, 1880

Alabama

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

Arkansas

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

California

• 3: James T. Farley (D)
• 1: John F. Miller (R)

Colorado

• 2: Henry M. Teller (R), until April 17, 1882
  • George M. Chilcott (R), April 17, 1882 - January 27, 1883
  • Horace A. W. Tabor (R), from January 27, 1883
• 3: Nathaniel P. Hill (R)

Connecticut

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

Delaware

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

Florida

• 1: Charles W. Jones (D)
• 3: Wilkinson Call (D)

Georgia

• 2: Benjamin H. Hill (D), until August 16, 1882
  • M. Pope Barrow (D), from November 15, 1882
• 3: Joseph E. Brown (D)

Illinois

• 2: David Davis (I)
• 3: John A. Logan (R)

Indiana

• 3: Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
• 1: Benjamin Harrison (R)

Iowa

• 3: William B. Allison (R)
• 2: Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881
  • James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

• 2: William Pitt Kellogg (R)
• 3: Benjamin F. Jonas (D)

Maine

• 2: James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881
  • William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881
• 1: Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

• 2: Thomas W. Ferry (R)
• 1: Omar D. Conger (R)

Minnesota

• 1: Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
• 2: William Windom (R),until March 7, 1881
  • Alonzo J. Edgerton (R), March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881
  • William Windom (R), from November 15, 1881

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Nebraska

• 2: Alvin Saunders (R)
• 1: Charles H. Van Wyck (R)

Nevada

• 3: John P. Jones (R)
• 1: James G. Fair (D)

New Hampshire

• 2: Edward H. Rollins (R)
• 3: Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

• 2: John R. McPherson (D)
• 1: William J. Sewell (R)

New York

• 3: Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881
  • Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from October 11, 1881
• 1: Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881
  • Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881

North Carolina

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

Ohio

• 3: George H. Pendleton (D)
• 1: John Sherman (R)

Oregon

• 2: La Fayette Grover (D)
• 3: James H. Slater (D)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

• 2: Henry B. Anthony (R)
• 1: Ambrose E. Burnside (R), until September 13, 1881
  • Nelson W. Aldrich (R), from October 5, 1881

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

• 1: Samuel B. Maxey (D)
• 2: Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

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

Virginia

• 2: John W. Johnston (D)
• 1: William Mahone (RD)

West Virginia

• 2: Henry G. Davis (D)
• 1: Johnson N. Camden (D)

Wisconsin

• 1: Philetus Sawyer (R)
• 3: Angus Cameron (R), from March 14, 1881

President pro tempore
Thomas F. Bayard

President pro tempore
David Davis

President pro tempore
George F. Edmunds

House of Representatives

Members' names are preceded by their district numbers.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 1880

Alabama

• 1. Thomas H. Herndon (D)
• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (D)
• 3. William C. Oates (D)
• 4. Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882
  • Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882
• 5. Thomas Williams (D)
• 6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
• 7. William H. Forney (D)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (D) until June 3, 1882
  • William M. Lowe (NG), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882
  • Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (D)
• 2. James K. Jones (D)
• 3. Jordan E. Cravens (D)
• 4. Thomas M. Gunter (D)

California

• 1. William S. Rosecrans (D)
• 2. Horace F. Page (R)
• 3. Campbell P. Berry (D)
• 4. Romualdo Pacheco (R)

Colorado

• At-large. James B. Belford (R)

Connecticut

• 1. John R. Buck (R)
• 2. James Phelps (D)
• 3. John T. Wait (R)
• 4. Frederick Miles (R)

Delaware

• At-large. Edward L. Martin (D)

Florida

• 1. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
• 2. Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882
  • Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882

Georgia

• 1. George R. Black (D)
• 2. Henry G. Turner (D)
• 3. Philip Cook (D)
• 4. Hugh Buchanan (D)
• 5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)
• 6. James H. Blount (D)
• 7. Judson C. Clements (D)
• 8. Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882
  • Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882
• 9. Emory Speer (ID)

Illinois

• 1. William Aldrich (R)
• 2. George R. Davis (R)
• 3. Charles B. Farwell (R)
• 4. John C. Sherwin (R)
• 5. Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882
  • Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882
• 6. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
• 7. William Cullen (R)
• 8. Lewis E. Payson (R)
• 9. John H. Lewis (R)
• 10. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
• 11. James W. Singleton (D)
• 12. William M. Springer (D)
• 13. Dietrich C. Smith (R)
• 14. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
• 15. Samuel W. Moulton (D)
• 16. William A. J. Sparks (D)
• 17. William R. Morrison (D)
• 18. John R. Thomas (R)
• 19. Richard W. Townshend (D)

Indiana

• 1. William Heilman (R)
• 2. Thomas R. Cobb (D)
• 3. Strother M. Stockslager (D)
• 4. William S. Holman (D)
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (D)
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (R)
• 7. Stanton J. Peelle (R)
• 8. Robert B. F. Peirce (R)
• 9. Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882
  • Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883
• 10. Mark L. De Motte (R)
• 11. George W. Steele (R)
• 12. Walpole G. Colerick (D)
• 13. William H. Calkins (R)

Iowa

• 1. Moses A. McCoid (R)
• 2. Sewall S. Farwell (R)
• 3. Thomas Updegraff (R)
• 4. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
• 5. William G. Thompson (R)
• 6. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883
  • John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883
• 7. John A. Kasson (R)
• 8. William P. Hepburn (R)
• 9. Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)

Kansas

• 1. John A. Anderson (R)
• 2. Dudley C. Haskell (R)
• 3. Thomas Ryan (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Oscar Turner (D)
• 2. James A. McKenzie (D)
• 3. John William Caldwell (D)
• 4. J. Proctor Knott (D)
• 5. Albert S. Willis (D)
• 6. John G. Carlisle (D)
• 7. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
• 8. Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (D)
• 9. John D. White (R)
• 10. Elijah C. Phister (D)

Louisiana

• 1. Randall L. Gibson (D)
• 2. E. John Ellis (D)
• 3. Chester B. Darrall (R)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (D)
• 5. J. Floyd King (D)
• 6. Edward W. Robertson (D)

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (R)
• 2. William P. Frye (R), until March 18, 1881
  • Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881
• 3. Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
• 4. George W. Ladd (NG)
• 5. Thompson H. Murch (NG)

Maryland

• 1. George W. Covington (D)
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
• 3. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D)
• 4. Robert M. McLane (D)
• 5. Andrew G. Chapman (D)
• 6. Milton G. Urner (R)

Massachusetts

• 1. William W. Crapo (R)
• 2. Benjamin W. Harris (R)
• 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (R)
• 4. Leopold Morse (D)
• 5. Selwyn Z. Bowman (R)
• 6. Eben F. Stone (R)
• 7. William A. Russell (R)
• 8. John W. Candler (R)
• 9. William W. Rice (R)
• 10. Amasa Norcross (R)
• 11. George D. Robinson (R)

Michigan

• 1. Henry W. Lord (R)
• 2. Edwin Willits (R)
• 3. Edward S. Lacey (R)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (R)
• 5. George W. Webber (R)
• 6. Oliver L. Spaulding (R)
• 7. John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881
• 8. Roswell G. Horr (R)
• 9. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Mark H. Dunnell (R)
• 2. Horace B. Strait (R)
• 3. William D. Washburn (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Henry L. Muldrow (D)
• 2. Vannoy H. Manning (D)
• 3. Hernando D. Money (D)
• 4. Otho R. Singleton (D)
• 5. Charles E. Hooker (D)
• 6. James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882
  • John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882

Missouri

• 1. Martin L. Clardy (D)
• 2. Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882
  • James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882
• 3. Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883
  • Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883
• 4. Lowndes H. Davis (D)
• 5. Richard P. Bland (D)
• 6. Ira S. Hazeltine (NG)
• 7. Theron M. Rice (NG)
• 8. Robert T. Van Horn (R)
• 9. Nicholas Ford (NG)
• 10. Joseph H. Burrows (NG)
• 11. John B. Clark, Jr. (D)
• 12. William H. Hatch (D)
• 13. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska

• At-large. Edward K. Valentine (R)

Nevada

• At-large. George W. Cassidy (D)

New Hampshire

• 1. Joshua G. Hall (R)
• 2. James F. Briggs (R)
• 3. Ossian Ray (R)

New Jersey

• 1. George M. Robeson (R)
• 2. J. Hart Brewer (R)
• 3. Miles Ross (D)
• 4. Henry S. Harris (D)
• 5. John Hill (R)
• 6. Phineas Jones (R)
• 7. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (D)
• 2. William E. Robinson (D)
• 3. J. Hyatt Smith (I)
• 4. Archibald M. Bliss (D)
• 5. Benjamin Wood (D)
• 6. Samuel S. Cox (D)
• 7. P. Henry Dugro (D)
• 8. Anson G. McCook (R)
• 9. John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881
• 10. Abram S. Hewitt (D)
• 11. Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881
  • Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881
• 12. Waldo Hutchins (D)
• 13. John H. Ketcham (R)
• 14. Lewis Beach (D)
• 15. Thomas Cornell (R)
• 16. Michael N. Nolan (D)
• 17. Walter A. Wood (R)
• 18. John Hammond (R)
• 19. Abraham X. Parker (R)
• 20. George West (R)
• 21. Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (R)
• 22. Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881
  • Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881
• 23. Cyrus D. Prescott (R)
• 24. Joseph Mason (R)
• 25. Frank Hiscock (R)
• 26. John H. Camp (R)
• 27. Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until August 2, 1881
  • James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881
• 28. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
• 29. David P. Richardson (R)
• 30. John Van Voorhis (R)
• 31. Richard Crowley (R)
• 32. Jonathan Scoville (D)
• 33. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Louis C. Latham (D)
• 2. Orlando Hubbs (R)
• 3. John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883
• 4. William Ruffin Cox (D)
• 5. Alfred M. Scales (D)
• 6. Clement Dowd (D)
• 7. Robert F. Armfield (D)
• 8. Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Butterworth (R)
• 2. Thomas L. Young (R)
• 3. Henry L. Morey (R)
• 4. Emanuel Shultz (R)
• 5. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
• 6. James M. Ritchie (R)
• 7. John P. Leedom (D)
• 8. J. Warren Keifer (R)
• 9. James S. Robinson (R)
• 10. John B. Rice (R)
• 11. Henry S. Neal (R)
• 12. George L. Converse (D)
• 13. Gibson Atherton (D)
• 14. George W. Geddes (D)
• 15. Rufus R. Dawes (R)
• 16. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882
  • Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883
• 17. William McKinley, Jr. (R)
• 18. Addison S. McClure (R)
• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (R)
• 20. Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon

• At-large. Melvin C. George (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (R)
• 3. Samuel J. Randall (D)
• 4. William D. Kelley (R)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
• 6. William Ward (R)
• 7. William Godshalk (R)
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (D)
• 9. A. Herr Smith (R)
• 10. William Mutchler (D)
• 11. Robert Klotz (D)
• 12. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (GB)
• 14. Samuel F. Barr (R)
• 15. Cornelius C. Jadwin (R)
• 16. Robert J. C. Walker (R)
• 17. Jacob M. Campbell (R)
• 18. Horatio G. Fisher (R)
• 19. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
• 20. Andrew G. Curtin (D)
• 21. Morgan R. Wise (D)
• 22. Russell Errett (R)
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (R)
• 24. William S. Shallenberger (R)
• 25. James Mosgrove (NG)
• 26. Samuel H. Miller (R)
• 27. Lewis F. Watson (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 5, 1881
  • Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881
• 2. Jonathan Chace (R)

South Carolina

• 1. John S. Richardson (D)
• 2. Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881
  • Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 - May 31, 1882
  • Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882
• 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
• 4. John H. Evins (D)
• 5. George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882
  • Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882

Tennessee

• 1. Augustus H. Pettibone (R)
• 2. Leonidas C. Houk (R)
• 3. George G. Dibrell (D)
• 4. Benton McMillin (D)
• 5. Richard Warner (D)
• 6. John F. House (D)
• 7. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
• 8. John D. C. Atkins (D)
• 9. Charles B. Simonton (D)
• 10. William R. Moore (R)

Texas

• 1. John H. Reagan (D)
• 2. David B. Culberson (D)
• 3. Olin Wellborn (D)
• 4. Roger Q. Mills (D)
• 5. George W. Jones (NG)
• 6. Christopher C. Upson (D)

Vermont

• 1. Charles H. Joyce (R)
• 2. James M. Tyler (R)
• 3. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

• 1. George T. Garrison (D)
• 2. John F. Dezendorf (R)
• 3. George D. Wise (D)
• 4. Joseph Jorgensen (R)
• 5. George C. Cabell (D)
• 6. John R. Tucker (D)
• 7. John Paul (D)
• 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (D)
• 9. Abram Fulkerson (D)

West Virginia

• 1. Benjamin Wilson (D)
• 2. John B. Hoge (D)
• 3. John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Charles G. Williams (R)
• 2. Lucien B. Caswell (R)
• 3. George C. Hazelton (R)
• 4. Peter V. Deuster (D)
• 5. Edward S. Bragg (D)
• 6. Richard W. Guenther (R)
• 7. Herman L. Humphrey (R)
• 8. Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting delegates

• Arizona Territory. Granville H. Oury (D)
• Dakota Territory. Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
• Idaho Territory. George Ainslie (D)
• Montana Territory. Martin Maginnis (D)
• New Mexico Territory. Tranqulino Luna (R)
• Utah Territory. John T. Caine (D)
• Washington Territory. Thomas H. Brents (R)
• Wyoming Territory. Morton E. Post (D)

Speaker of the House
J. Warren Keifer

Changes in membership

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

Senate

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

• Deaths: 2
• Resignations: 8
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Total seats with changes: 10

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House of Representatives

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

• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 9
• Contested elections: 8
• Total replacements: 14
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Total seats with changes: 22

Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | Michigan 7th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John T. Rich (R) | April 5, 1881 |- | New York 9th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Fernando Wood resigned during previous congress | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Hardy (D) | December 5, 1881 |- | Maine 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William P. Frye (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Resigned March 17, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) | September 12, 1881 |- | New York 11th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Levi P. Morton (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Resigned March 21, 1881 after being appointed Minister to France | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Roswell P. Flower (D) | November 8, 1881 |- | South Carolina 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Michael P. O'Connor (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Died April 26, 1881 during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel Dibble (D) | June 9, 1881 |- | New York 22nd | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Warner Miller (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Resigned July 26, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles R. Skinner (R) | November 8, 1881 |- | New York 27th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Resigned August 2, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James W. Wadsworth (R) | November 8, 1881 |- | Rhode Island 1st | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Resigned October 5, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry J. Spooner (R) | December 5, 1881 |- | Missouri 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas Allen (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Died April 8, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James H. McLean (R) | December 15, 1882 |- | Mississippi 6th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | James R. Chalmers (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost contested election April 29, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John R. Lynch (R) | April 29, 1882 |- | South Carolina 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel Dibble (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost contested election May 31, 1882 during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR) | May 31, 1882 |- | Florida 2nd | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jesse J. Finley (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost contested election June 1, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R) | June 1, 1882 |- | Alabama 8th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph Wheeler (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost contested election June 3, 1882 | nowrap style="background:#66F500" | William M. Lowe (GB) | June 3, 1882 |- | Illinois 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert M. A. Hawk (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Died June 29, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert R. Hitt (R) | November 7, 1882 |- | South Carolina 5th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | George D. Tillman (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost contested election July 19, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert Smalls (R) | July 19, 1882 |- | Alabama 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles M. Shelley (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Election contested by James Q. Smith. Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882. Shelley re-elected to fill seat. | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles M. Shelley (D) | November 7, 1882 |- | Alabama 8th | nowrap style="background:#66F500" | William M. Lowe (GB) | style="font-size:80%" |Died October 12, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph Wheeler (D) | January 15, 1883 |- | Georgia 8th | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alexander H. Stephens (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Resigned November 4, 1882 after being elected Governor of Georgia | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Seaborn Reese (D) | December 4, 1882 |- | Ohio 16th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jonathan T. Updegraff (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Died November 30, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph D. Taylor (R) | January 2, 1883 |- | Indiana 9th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Godlove S. Orth (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Died December 16, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles T. Doxey (R) | January 17, 1883 |- | North Carolina 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John W. Shackelford (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 18, 1883 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Missouri 3rd | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard G. Frost (D) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost contested election March 2, 1883 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Gustavus Sessinghaus (R) | March 2, 1883 |- | Iowa 6th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Marsena E. Cutts (R) | style="font-size:80%" |Lost election contest March 3, 1883 | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John C. Cook (D) | March 3, 1883 |}

Employees

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

Senate

• Secretary: John C. Burch, elected March 24, 1879, died July 28, 1881
  • Francis E. Shober, (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
• Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
• Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian)

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Edward McPherson
• Sergeant at Arms: George W. Hooker
• Doorkeeper: Walter P. Brownlow
• Postmaster: Henry Sherwood
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: J. Guilford White
  • Michael Sullivan
• Chaplain: Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ)

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

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists