41st United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1869 in the United States, 1870 in the United States, 1871 in the United States

• 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
• 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

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

• March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1,
• April 10, 1869: Judiciary Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 22,
• May 31, 1870: Enforcement Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 114,
• June 22, 1870: An Act to establish the Department of Justice, Sess. 2, ch. 150,
• June 29, 1870: An Act to reorganize the Marine Hospital Service, Sess. 2, ch. 169,
• July 12, 1870: Currency Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 252,
• July 14, 1870: Funding Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 256,
• February 21, 1871: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, Sess. 3, ch. 62, ,

Constitutional amendments

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

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

House of Representatives

& Conservative Republican Independent Republican

Leadership

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Speaker: James G. Blaine (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: Robert C. Schenck and Nathaniel P. Banks
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: William E. Niblack and Samuel J. Randall

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed then by class and representatives are listed then by district. :Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 41st Congress

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.

[[List of United States senators from Alabama|Alabama]]

: 2. Willard Warner (R) : 3. George E. Spencer (R)

[[List of United States senators from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: 2. Alexander McDonald (R) : 3. Benjamin F. Rice (R)

[[List of United States senators from California|California]]

: 1. Eugene Casserly (D) : 3. Cornelius Cole (R)

[[List of United States senators from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: 1. William A. Buckingham (R) : 3. Orris S. Ferry (R)

[[List of United States senators from Delaware|Delaware]]

: 1. Thomas F. Bayard (D) : 2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)

[[List of United States senators from Florida|Florida]]

: 1. Abijah Gilbert (R) : 3. Thomas W. Osborn (R)

[[List of United States senators from Georgia|Georgia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Illinois|Illinois]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Indiana|Indiana]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Iowa|Iowa]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Kansas|Kansas]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Maine|Maine]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Maryland|Maryland]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: 1. Charles Sumner (R) : 2. Henry Wilson (R)

[[List of United States senators from Michigan|Michigan]]

: 1. Zachariah Chandler (R) : 2. Jacob M. Howard (R)

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: 1. Alexander Ramsey (R) : 2. Daniel S. Norton (R), until July 14, 1870 :: William Windom (R), July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871 :: Ozora P. Stearns (R), from January 22, 1871

[[List of United States senators from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Missouri|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

[[List of United States senators from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Nevada|Nevada]]

: 1. William M. Stewart (R) : 3. James W. Nye (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: 2. Aaron H. Cragin (R) : 3. James W. Patterson (R)

[[List of United States senators from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

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

[[List of United States senators from New York|New York]]

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

[[List of United States senators from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Ohio|Ohio]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Oregon|Oregon]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

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

[[List of United States senators from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Texas|Texas]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Vermont|Vermont]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Virginia|Virginia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

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

[[List of United States senators from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

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

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 41st Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

[[List of United States representatives from Alabama|Alabama]]

: . Alfred E. Buck (R) : . Charles W. Buckley (R) : . Robert S. Heflin (R) : . Charles Hays (R) : . Peter M. Dox (D) : . William C. Sherrod (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Arkansas|Arkansas]]

: . Logan H. Roots (R) : . Anthony A. C. Rogers (D) : . Thomas Boles (R)

[[List of United States representatives from California|California]]

: . Samuel B. Axtell (D) : . Aaron A. Sargent (R) : . James A. Johnson (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Connecticut|Connecticut]]

: . Julius L. Strong (R) : . Stephen W. Kellogg (R) : . Henry H. Starkweather (R) : . William H. Barnum (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Delaware|Delaware]]

: . Benjamin T. Biggs (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Florida|Florida]]

: . Charles M. Hamilton (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Georgia|Georgia]]

: . William W. Paine (D), from December 22, 1870 : . Richard H. Whiteley (R), from December 22, 1870 : . Marion Bethune (R), from December 22, 1870 : . Jefferson F. Long (R), from January 16, 1871 : . Stephen A. Corker (D), from January 24, 1871 : . William P. Price (D), from December 22, 1870 : . Pierce M. B. Young (D), from December 22, 1870

[[List of United States representatives from Illinois|Illinois]]

: . Norman B. Judd (R) : . John F. Farnsworth (R) : . Elihu B. Washburne (R), until March 6, 1869 :: Horatio C. Burchard (R), from December 6, 1869 : . John B. Hawley (R) : . Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) : . Burton C. Cook (R) : . Jesse H. Moore (R) : . Shelby M. Cullom (R) : . Thompson W. McNeely (D) : . Albert G. Burr (D) : . Samuel S. Marshall (D) : . John B. Hay (R) : . John M. Crebs (D) : . John A. Logan (R), until March 3, 1871

[[List of United States representatives from Indiana|Indiana]]

: . William E. Niblack (D) : . Michael C. Kerr (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . George W. Julian (R) : . John Coburn (R) : . Daniel W. Voorhees (D) : . Godlove S. Orth (R) : . James N. Tyner (R) : . John P. C. Shanks (R) : . William Williams (R) : . Jasper Packard (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Iowa|Iowa]]

: . George W. McCrary (R) : . William Smyth (R), until September 30, 1870 :: William P. Wolf (R), from December 6, 1870 : . William B. Allison (R) : . William Loughridge (R) : . Francis W. Palmer (R) : . Charles Pomeroy (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kansas|Kansas]]

: . Sidney Clarke (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Kentucky|Kentucky]]

: . Lawrence S. Trimble (D) : . William N. Sweeney (D) : . Jacob Golladay (D), until February 28, 1870 :: Joseph H. Lewis (D), from May 10, 1870 : . J. Proctor Knott (D) : . Boyd Winchester (D) : . Thomas L. Jones (D) : . James B. Beck (D) : . George M. Adams (D) : . John M. Rice (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Louisiana|Louisiana]]

: . J. Hale Sypher (R), from November 7, 1870 : . Lionel A. Sheldon (R) : . Chester B. Darrall (R) : . Joseph P. Newsham (R), from May 23, 1870 : . Frank Morey (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maine|Maine]]

: . John Lynch (R) : . Samuel P. Morrill (R) : . James G. Blaine (R) : . John A. Peters (R) : . Eugene Hale (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Maryland|Maryland]]

: . Samuel Hambleton (D) : . Stevenson Archer (D) : . Thomas Swann (D) : . Patrick Hamill (D) : . Frederick Stone (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]

: . James Buffington (R) : . Oakes Ames (R) : . Ginery Twichell (R) : . Samuel Hooper (R) : . Benjamin F. Butler (R) : . Nathaniel P. Banks (R) : . George S. Boutwell (R), until March 12, 1869 :: George M. Brooks (R), from November 2, 1869 : . George F. Hoar (R) : . William B. Washburn (R) : . Henry L. Dawes (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Michigan|Michigan]]

: . Fernando C. Beaman (R) : . William L. Stoughton (R) : . Austin Blair (R) : . Thomas W. Ferry (R), until March 3, 1871 : . Omar D. Conger (R) : . Randolph Strickland (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Minnesota|Minnesota]]

: . Morton S. Wilkinson (R) : . Eugene M. Wilson (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Mississippi|Mississippi]]

: . George E. Harris (R), from February 23, 1870 : . Joseph L. Morphis (R), from February 23, 1870 : . Henry W. Barry (R), from April 8, 1870 : . George C. McKee (R), from February 23, 1870 : . Legrand W. Perce (R), from February 23, 1870

[[List of United States representatives from Missouri|Missouri]]

: . Erastus Wells (D) : . Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (R) : . James R. McCormick (D) : . Sempronius H. Boyd (R) : . Samuel S. Burdett (R) : . Robert T. Van Horn (R) : . Joel F. Asper (R) : . John F. Benjamin (R) : . David P. Dyer (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nebraska|Nebraska]]

: . John Taffe (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Nevada|Nevada]]

: . Thomas Fitch (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]

: . Jacob H. Ela (R) : . Aaron F. Stevens (R) : . Jacob Benton (R)

[[List of United States representatives from New Jersey|New Jersey]]

: . William Moore (R) : . Charles Haight (D) : . John T. Bird (D) : . John Hill (R) : . Orestes Cleveland (D)

[[List of United States representatives from New York|New York]]

: . Henry A. Reeves (D) : . John G. Schumaker (D) : . Henry W. Slocum (D) : . John Fox (D) : . John Morrissey (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . Hervey C. Calkin (D) : . James Brooks (D) : . Fernando Wood (D) : . Clarkson N. Potter (D) : . George W. Greene (D), until February 17, 1870 :: Charles H. Van Wyck (R), from February 17, 1870 : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . John A. Griswold (D) : . Stephen L. Mayham (D) : . Adolphus H. Tanner (R) : . Orange Ferriss (R) : . William A. Wheeler (R) : . Stephen Sanford (R) : . Charles Knapp (R) : . Addison H. Laflin (R) : . Alexander H. Bailey (R) : . John C. Churchill (R) : . Dennis McCarthy (R) : . George W. Cowles (R) : . William H. Kelsey (R) : . Giles W. Hotchkiss (R) : . Hamilton Ward Sr. (R) : . Noah Davis (R), until July 15, 1870 :: Charles H. Holmes (R), from December 6, 1870 : . John Fisher (R) : . David S. Bennett (R) : . Porter Sheldon (R)

[[List of United States representatives from North Carolina|North Carolina]]

: . Clinton L. Cobb (R) : . David Heaton (R), until June 25, 1870 :: Joseph Dixon (R), from December 5, 1870 : . Oliver H. Dockery (R) : . John T. Deweese (R), until February 28, 1870 :: John Manning Jr. (D), from December 7, 1870 : . Israel G. Lash (R) : . Francis E. Shober (D) : . Alexander H. Jones (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Ohio|Ohio]]

: . Peter W. Strader (D) : . Job E. Stevenson (R) : . Robert C. Schenck (R), until January 5, 1871 : . William Lawrence (R) : . William Mungen (D) : . John A. Smith (R) : . James J. Winans (R) : . John Beatty (R) : . Edward F. Dickinson (D) : . Truman H. Hoag (D), until February 5, 1870 :: Erasmus D. Peck (R), from April 23, 1870 : . John T. Wilson (R) : . Philadelph Van Trump (D) : . George W. Morgan (D) : . Martin Welker (R) : . Eliakim H. Moore (R) : . John Bingham (R) : . Jacob A. Ambler (R) : . William H. Upson (R) : . James A. Garfield (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Oregon|Oregon]]

: . Joseph S. Smith (D)

[[List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]

: . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : . John Moffet (D), until April 9, 1869 :: Leonard Myers (R), from April 9, 1869 : . William D. Kelley (R) : . John R. Reading (D), until April 13, 1870 :: Caleb N. Taylor (R), from April 13, 1870 : . John D. Stiles (D) : . Washington Townsend (R) : . J. Lawrence Getz (D) : . Oliver J. Dickey (R) : . Henry L. Cake (R) : . Daniel M. Van Auken (D) : . George W. Woodward (D) : . Ulysses Mercur (R) : . John B. Packer (R) : . Richard J. Haldeman (D) : . John Cessna (R) : . Daniel J. Morrell (R) : . William H. Armstrong (R) : . Glenni W. Scofield (R) : . Calvin W. Gilfillan (R) : . John Covode (R), February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871 : . James S. Negley (R) : . Darwin Phelps (R) : . Joseph B. Donley (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]

: . Thomas A. Jenckes (R) : . Nathan F. Dixon Jr. (R)

[[List of United States representatives from South Carolina|South Carolina]]

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

[[List of United States representatives from Tennessee|Tennessee]]

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Horace Maynard (R) : . William B. Stokes (R) : . Lewis Tillman (R) : . William F. Prosser (R) : . Samuel M. Arnell (R) : . Isaac R. Hawkins (R) : . William J. Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Texas|Texas]]

: . George W. Whitmore (R), from March 30, 1870 : . John C. Conner (D), from March 31, 1870 : . William T. Clark (R), from March 31, 1870 : . Edward Degener (R), from March 31, 1870

[[List of United States representatives from Vermont|Vermont]]

: . Charles W. Willard (R) : . Luke P. Poland (R) : . Worthington C. Smith (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Virginia|Virginia]]

: . Richard S. Ayer (R), from January 31, 1870 : . James H. Platt Jr. (R), from January 26, 1870 : . Charles H. Porter (R), from January 26, 1870 : . George Booker (C), from January 26, 1870 : . Robert Ridgway (C), from January 27, 1870 – October 16, 1870 :: Richard T. W. Duke (C), from November 8, 1870 : . William Milnes Jr. (C), from January 27, 1870 : . Lewis McKenzie (C), from January 31, 1870 : . James K. Gibson (C), from January 28, 1870

[[List of United States representatives from West Virginia|West Virginia]]

: . Isaac H. Duval (R) : . James C. McGrew (R) : . John Witcher (R)

[[List of United States representatives from Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]

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

Non-voting members

: . Richard C. McCormick (D) : . Allen A. Bradford (R) : . Solomon L. Spink (R) : . Jacob K. Shafer (D) : . James M. Cavanaugh (D) : . J. Francisco Chaves (R) : . William H. Hooper (D) : . Selucius Garfielde (R) : . 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 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy -- |- | Virginia (1) | nowrap | John F. Lewis (R)

|- | Virginia (2) | nowrap | John W. Johnston (D)

|- | Mississippi (1) | nowrap | Adelbert Ames (R)

|- | Mississippi (2) | nowrap | Hiram R Revels (R)

|- | Texas (1) | nowrap | James W. Flanagan (R) | March 30, 1870

|- | Texas (2) | nowrap | Morgan C. Hamilton (R) | March 31, 1870

|- | Georgia (3) | nowrap | Joshua Hill (R) | February 1, 1871

|- | Georgia (2) | nowrap | Homer V. M. Miller (D) | February 28, 1871

|- | Maine (2) | nowrap | William P. Fessenden (R) | Died September 8, 1869. Successor appointed October 30, 1869. Successor was subsequently elected January 19, 1870 to finish the term. | nowrap | Lot M. Morrill (R) | October 30, 1869

|- | Iowa (2) | nowrap | James W. Grimes (R) | Resigned December 6, 1869, because of failing health. Successor elected January 18, 1870. | nowrap | James B. Howell (R) | January 18, 1870

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap | Daniel S. Norton (R) | Died July 14, 1870. Successor appointed July 15, 1870. | nowrap | William Windom (R) | July 15, 1870

|- | Missouri (3) | nowrap | Charles D. Drake (R) | Resigned December 19, 1870, after being appointed chief justice of the United States Court of Claims. Successor appointed December 19, 1870. | nowrap | Daniel T. Jewett (R) | December 19, 1870

|- | Missouri (3) | nowrap | Daniel T. Jewett (R) | Interim appointee retired. Successor elected January 20, 1871. | nowrap | Francis P. Blair Jr. (D) | January 20, 1871

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap | William Windom (R) | Successor elected January 22, 1871. | nowrap | Ozora P. Stearns (R) | January 22, 1871

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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 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy -- |- | | Vacant | nowrap | Solomon L. Hoge (R) | April 8, 1869 |- | | Vacant | nowrap | Stephen F. Nuckolls (D) | December 6, 1869 |- | | nowrap | James H. Platt Jr. (R) |- | | nowrap | Charles H. Porter (R) |- | | nowrap | George Booker (C) |- | | nowrap | Robert Ridgway (C) |- | | nowrap | William Milnes Jr. (C) |- | | nowrap | James K. Gibson (C) | January 28, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Richard S. Ayer (R) |- | | nowrap | Lewis McKenzie (C) |- | | Vacant | nowrap | John Covode (R) | February 9, 1870 |- | | nowrap | George E. Harris (R) |- | | nowrap | Joseph L. Morphis (R) |- | | nowrap | Henry W. Barry (R) |- | | nowrap | George C. McKee (R) |- | | nowrap | Legrand W. Perce (R) |- | | nowrap | George W. Whitmore (R) | March 30, 1870 |- | | nowrap | John C. Conner (D) |- | | nowrap | William T. Clark (R) |- | | nowrap | Edward Degener (R) |- | | Vacant | nowrap | Joseph P. Newsham (R) | May 23, 1870 |- | | Vacant | nowrap | Alexander S. Wallace (R) | May 27, 1870 |- | | Vacant | nowrap | J. Hale Sypher (R) | November 7, 1870 |- | | nowrap | William W. Paine (D) |- | | nowrap | Richard H. Whiteley (R) |- | | nowrap | Marion Bethune (R) |- | | nowrap | Jefferson F. Long (R) |- | | nowrap | Stephen A. Corker (D) |- | | nowrap | William P. Price (D) |- | | nowrap | Pierce M. B. Young (D) |- | | nowrap | Elihu B. Washburne (R) | nowrap | Horatio C. Burchard (R) | December 6, 1869 |- | | nowrap | George S. Boutwell (R) | nowrap | George M. Brooks (R) | November 2, 1869 |- | | nowrap | John Moffet (D) | nowrap | Leonard Myers (R) | April 9, 1869 |- | | nowrap | Benjamin F. Hopkins (R) | nowrap | David Atwood (R) | February 23, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Truman H. Hoag (D) | nowrap | Erasmus D. Peck (R) | April 23, 1870 |- | | nowrap | George W. Greene (D) | nowrap | Charles Van Wyck (R) | February 17, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) | nowrap | Joseph Rainey (R) | December 12, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Jacob Golladay (D) | nowrap | Joseph H. Lewis (D) | May 10, 1870 |- | | nowrap | John T. Deweese (R) | nowrap | John Manning Jr. (D) | December 7, 1870 |- | | nowrap | John R. Reading (D) | nowrap | Caleb N. Taylor (R) | April 13, 1870 |- | | nowrap | David Heaton (R) | nowrap | Joseph Dixon (R) | December 5, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Noah Davis (R) | nowrap | Charles H. Holmes (R) | December 6, 1870 |- | | nowrap | William Smyth (R) | nowrap | William P. Wolf (R) | December 6, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Robert Ridgway (C) | nowrap | Richard T. W. Duke (C) | November 8, 1870 |- | | nowrap | Robert C. Schenck (R) | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | | nowrap | John Covode (R) | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | | nowrap | John A. Logan (R) | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | | nowrap | Thomas W. Ferry (R) | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |}

Committees

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

[[List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress|Legislative branch agency]] directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

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

References

Bibliography

References

1. (May 10, 1869). "Ceremony at "Wedding of the Rails," May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point, Utah".
2. Huckabee, David C.. (September 30, 1997). "Ratification of Amendments to the U.S. Constitution". [[Congressional Research Service]], The [[Library of Congress]].