41st United States Congress

41st United States Congress
41st United States Congress
40th ← → 42nd
	United States Capitol (1877)
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1871
Members	74 senators; 243 representatives; 9 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Schuyler Colfax (R)
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	James G. Blaine (R)
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 S. 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

March 4, 1869: Ulysses Grant became President of the United States
March 4, 1869: Carl Schurz R-Missouri became the first German American to serve in the United States Senate
May 10, 1869: Golden spike marked the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in Promontory, Utah^[1]
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 in the U.S. Congress

Major legislation

March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1, 16 Stat. 1
April 10, 1869: Judiciary Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 22, 16 Stat. 44
May 31, 1870: Enforcement 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
June 29, 1870: An Act to reorganize the Marine Hospital Service, Sess. 2, ch. 169, 16 Stat. 169
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
February 21, 1871: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, Sess. 3, ch. 62, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 41–62, 16 Stat. 419

Constitutional amendments

February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 28) to become part of the Constitution^[2]

States readmitted

January 26, 1870: Virginia rejoined the Union
February 23, 1870: 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	57	0	66	8

Begin	9	57	0	66	8
End	12	62	0	74	0
Final voting share	16.2%	83.8%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	16	55	1^[a]	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^[b]	220	23

Begin	65	149	0	0	214	29
End	67	167	5	0	239	4
Final voting share	28.0%	69.9%	2.1%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	93	144	0	2^[c]	239	2

Leadership

Senate

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

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed then by class and Representatives are listed then by district.

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Senate

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

Georgia

2. Homer V. M. Miller (D), from February 24, 1871
3. Joshua Hill (R), from February 1, 1871

Illinois

2. Richard Yates (R)
3. Lyman Trumbull (R)

Indiana

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

Iowa

2. James W. Grimes (R), until December 6, 1869
- James B. Howell (R), from January 18, 1870
3. James Harlan (R)

Kansas

2. Edmund G. Ross (R)
3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)

Kentucky

2. Thomas C. McCreery (D)
3. Garrett Davis (D)

Louisiana

2. John S. Harris (R)
3. William P. Kellogg (R)

Maine

1. Hannibal Hamlin (R)
2. William P. Fessenden (R), until September 8, 1869
- Lot M. Morrill (R), from October 30, 1869

Maryland

1. William T. Hamilton (D)
3. George Vickers (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

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

Missouri

1. Carl Schurz (R)
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

Nebraska

1. Thomas Tipton (R)
2. John M. Thayer (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

1. John P. Stockton (D)
2. Alexander G. Cattell (R)

New York

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

North Carolina

2. Joseph C. Abbott (R)
3. John Pool (R)

Ohio

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

Oregon

2. George H. Williams (R)
3. Henry W. Corbett (R)

Pennsylvania

1. John Scott (R)
3. Simon Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

1. William Sprague (R)
2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

2. Thomas J. Robertson (R)
3. Frederick A. Sawyer (R)

Tennessee

1. William G. Brownlow (R)
2. Joseph S. Fowler (R)

Texas

1. James W. Flanagan (R), from March 30, 1870
2. Morgan C. Hamilton (R), from March 31, 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

1. Arthur I. Boreman (R)
2. Waitman T. Willey (R)

Wisconsin

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

House of Representatives

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

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Connecticut

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

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

Maryland

Massachusetts

1. James Buffington (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 April 8, 1870
4. George C. McKee (R), from February 23, 1870
5. Legrand W. Perce (R), from February 23, 1870

Missouri

Nebraska

At-large. John Taffe (R)

Nevada

At-large. Thomas Fitch (R)

New Hampshire

New Jersey

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

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

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), from 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 K. Gibson (C), from January 28, 1870

West Virginia

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

|- | Virginia (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John W. Johnston (D)

|- | Mississippi (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Hiram R Revels (R)

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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

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="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=5 | Vacant | rowspan=5 style="font-size:80%" | Mississippi re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George E. Harris (R) | rowspan=5 | 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 4th | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George C. McKee (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="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="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="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Stephen A. Corker (D) |- | Georgia 6th | style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect | nowrap style="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="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="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="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="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="background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jacob Golladay (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870 | nowrap style="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="background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Manning, Jr. (D) | December 7, 1870 |- | Pennsylvania 5th | nowrap style="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 |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (1 link), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

Agriculture (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Abijah Gilbert)
Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William Sprague IV)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: Garrett Davis)
Claims (Chairman: Timothy O. Howe; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Robertson)
Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: Roscoe Conkling)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
District of Columbia (Chairman: James W. Patterson; Ranking Member: John S. Harris)
Education (Chairman: Frederick A. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Henry W. Corbett)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton)
Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Charles Sumner; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: James Harlan; Ranking Member: William A. Buckingham)
Judiciary (Chairman: Lyman Trumbull; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Rice)
Manufactures (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member: Arthur I. Boreman)
Memorial of Davis Hatch (Select)
Military Affairs and the Militia (Chairman: Henry Wilson; Ranking Member: John M. Thayer)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Edmund G. Ross)
Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
Outrages in Southern States (Select)
Pacific Railroad (Chairman: Jacob M. Howard; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
Patents (Chairman: Waitman T. Willey; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Osborn)
Pensions (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: George H. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Kellogg)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Adolphus H. Tanner)
Public Lands (Chairman: Samuel C. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) (Chairman: Henry B. Anthony; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry)
Retrenchment (Chairman: John S. Harris; Ranking Member: Carl Schurz)
Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Roscoe Conkling; Ranking Member: John Pool)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Yates; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
Rules (Select)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: James W. Nye; Ranking Member: Jacob M. Howard)
Traffic with Rebels in Texas (Select)
Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Henry L. Cake; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
Agriculture (Chairman: John T. Wilson; Ranking Member: Jacob Benton)
Appropriations (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: John B. Packer)
Claims (Chairman: William B. Washburn; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Ela)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Noah Davis)
Commerce (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member: David S. Bennett)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Burton C. Cook; Ranking Member: Charles M. Hamilton)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Samuel M. Arnell; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Burdett)
Elections (Chairman: Halbert E. Paine; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jacob H. Ela; Ranking Member: Peter W. Strader)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John Lynch; Ranking Member: Patrick Hamill)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William Moore; Ranking Member: John F. Benjamin)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Alexander H. Bailey; Ranking Member: John D. Stiles)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Clinton L. Cobb)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: John C. Churchill; Ranking Member: Truman H. Hoag)
Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Oliver H. Dockery; Ranking Member: John B. Hawley)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Banks; Ranking Member: Charles W. Willard)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Sidney Clarke; Ranking Member: John T. Deweese)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John F. Benjamin; Ranking Member: Christopher C. Bowen)
Judiciary (Chairman: John A. Bingham; Ranking Member: Ulysses Mercur)
Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel J. Morrell; Ranking Member: William H. Upson)
Mileage (Chairman: Isaac R. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: John S. Witcher)
Militia (Chairman: John P. C. Shanks; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Orange Ferriss; Ranking Member: Isaac H. Duval)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: George W. McCrary)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Logan H. Roots)
Patents (Chairman: Thomas A. Jenckes; Ranking Member: James A. Johnson)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John F. Farnsworth; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Cadwallader C. Washburn)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John Beatty)
Public Expenditures (Chairman: John Coburn)
Public Lands (Chairman: George W. Julian; Ranking Member: James J. Winans)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Ebon C. Ingersoll; Ranking Member: William F. Prosser)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Sempronius H. Boyd; Ranking Member: Alexander H. Jones)
Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Charles W. Willard; Ranking Member: Roderick R. Butler)
Rules (Select) (Chairman: Schuyler Colfax; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: James Brooks)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. John Beatty; Vice Chairman: Rep. Joseph C. Abbott)
The Library (Chairman: Rep. John A. Peters; Vice Chairman: Rep. George A. Woodward)
Printing (Chairman: Rep. Addison H. Laflin; Vice Chairman: Rep. William Mungen)
Retrenchment (Chairman: Rep. Martin Welker; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes)

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodist)
Secretary: George C. Gorham
Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown, until March 22, 1869
- 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
Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R)
Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

Notes

^ Liberal Republican
^ Independent Republican,
& Conservative Republican
^ Liberal Republican &
Independent Republican

References

^ "Ceremony at "Wedding of the Rails," May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah". World Digital Library. May 10, 1869. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
^ Huckabee, David C. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Congressional Research Service reports. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.

Bibliography

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

External links

[3] Liberal Republican

[4] Independent Republican,
& Conservative Republican

[5] Liberal Republican &
Independent Republican

[WDL-1] "Ceremony at "Wedding of the Rails," May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah". World Digital Library. May 10, 1869. Retrieved July 21, 2013.

[2] Huckabee, David C. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution" (PDF). Congressional Research Service reports. Washington D.C.: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress.

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