42nd United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1871 in the United States, 1872 in the United States, 1873 in the United States

• June 10, 1871: U.S. Marines make naval attack on the Han River forts in Korea
• March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park was established as the world's first national park
• November 5, 1872: 1872 United States presidential election

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation

• April 20, 1871: Enforcement Act of 1871
• March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park founded
• May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872
• May 23, 1872: Amnesty Act of 1872
• June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act), ch. 255,
• February 12, 1873: Coinage Act of 1873
• March 3, 1873: Timber Culture Act
• March 3, 1873: Comstock Act
• March 3, 1873: Salary Grab Act (so called)

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Speaker: James G. Blaine (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: Austin Blair

Members

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

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 42nd 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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1872.

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

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

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

: 2. Powell Clayton (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 Sr. (D) : 2. Eli Saulsbury (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. Thomas M. Norwood (D), from November 14, 1871 : 3. Joshua Hill (R)

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

: 2. John A. Logan (R) : 3. Lyman Trumbull (LR)

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

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

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

: 2. George G. Wright (R) : 3. James Harlan (R)

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

: 2. Alexander Caldwell (R) : 3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)

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

: 2. John W. Stevenson (D) : 3. Garrett Davis (D), until September 22, 1872 :: Willis B. Machen (D), from September 27, 1872

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

: 2. J. Rodman West (R) : 3. William P. Kellogg (R), until November 1, 1872

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

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

[[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), until March 3, 1873

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

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

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

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

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

: 1. Adelbert Ames (R) : 2. James L. Alcorn (R), from December 1, 1871

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

: 1. Carl Schurz (R) : 3. Francis P. Blair Jr. (D)

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

: 1. Thomas Tipton (R) : 2. Phineas Hitchcock (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. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (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. Matt W. Ransom (D), from January 30, 1872 : 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. James K. Kelly (D) : 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. Henry Cooper (D)

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

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

[[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]]

: 1. John F. Lewis (R) : 2. John W. Johnston (D), from March 15, 1871

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

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

[[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 42nd Congress

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

: . Benjamin S. Turner (R) : . Charles W. Buckley (R) : . William A. Handley (D) : . Charles Hays (R) : . Peter M. Dox (D) : . Joseph H. Sloss (D)

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

: . James M. Hanks (D) : . Oliver P. Snyder (R) : . John Edwards (LR), until February 9, 1872 :: Thomas Boles (R), from February 9, 1872

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

: . Sherman O. Houghton (R) : . Aaron A. Sargent (R) : . John M. Coghlan (R)

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

: . Julius L. Strong (R), until September 7, 1872 :: Joseph R. Hawley (R), from December 2, 1872 : . 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]]

: . Josiah T. Walls (R), until January 29, 1873 :: Silas L. Niblack (D), from January 29, 1873

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

: . Archibald T. MacIntyre (D) : . Richard H. Whiteley (R) : . John S. Bigby (R) : . Thomas J. Speer (R), until August 18, 1872 :: Erasmus W. Beck (D), from December 2, 1872 : . Dudley M. Du Bose (D) : . William P. Price (D) : . Pierce M. B. Young (D)

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

: . Charles B. Farwell (R) : . John F. Farnsworth (R) : . Horatio C. Burchard (R) : . John B. Hawley (R) : . Bradford N. Stevens (D) : . Burton C. Cook (R), until August 26, 1871 :: Henry Snapp (R), from December 4, 1871 : . Jesse H. Moore (R) : . James C. Robinson (D) : . Thompson W. McNeely (D) : . Edward Y. Rice (D) : . Samuel S. Marshall (D) : . John B. Hay (R) : . John M. Crebs (D) : . John L. Beveridge (R), November 7, 1871 – January 4, 1873

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

: . William E. Niblack (D) : . Michael C. Kerr (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Jeremiah M. Wilson (R) : . John Coburn (R) : . Daniel W. Voorhees (D) : . Mahlon D. Manson (D) : . 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) : . Aylett R. Cotton (R) : . William G. Donnan (R) : . Madison M. Walden (R) : . Francis W. Palmer (R) : . Jackson Orr (R)

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

: . David P. Lowe (R)

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

: . Edward Crossland (D) : . Henry D. McHenry (D) : . Joseph H. Lewis (D) : . William B. Read (D) : . Boyd Winchester (D) : . William E. Arthur (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) : . Lionel A. Sheldon (R) : . Chester B. Darrall (R) : . James McCleery (R), until November 5, 1871 :: Alexander Boarman (LR), from December 3, 1872 : . Frank Morey (R)

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

: . John Lynch (R) : . William P. Frye (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) : . John Ritchie (D) : . William M. Merrick (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) then (LR) : . George M. Brooks (R), until May 13, 1872 :: Constantine C. Esty (R), from December 2, 1872 : . George F. Hoar (R) : . William B. Washburn (R), until December 5, 1871 :: Alvah Crocker (R), from January 2, 1872 : . Henry L. Dawes (R)

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

: . Henry Waldron (R) : . William L. Stoughton (R) : . Austin Blair (R) : . Wilder D. Foster (R), from December 4, 1871 : . Omar D. Conger (R) : . Jabez G. Sutherland (D)

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

: . Mark H. Dunnell (R) : . John T. Averill (R)

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

: . George E. Harris (R) : . Joseph L. Morphis (R) : . Henry W. Barry (R) : . George C. McKee (R) : . Legrand W. Perce (R)

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

: . Erastus Wells (D) : . Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (LR) : . James R. McCormick (D) : . Harrison E. Havens (R) : . Samuel S. Burdett (R) : . Abram Comingo (D) : . Isaac C. Parker (R) : . James G. Blair (LR) : . Andrew King (D)

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

: . John Taffe (R)

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

: . Charles W. Kendall (D)

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

: . Ellery A. Hibbard (D) : . Samuel N. Bell (D) : . Hosea W. Parker (D)

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

: . John W. Hazelton (R) : . Samuel C. Forker (D) : . John T. Bird (D) : . John Hill (R) : . George A. Halsey (R)

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

: . Dwight Townsend (D) : . Thomas Kinsella (D) : . Henry W. Slocum (D) : . Robert Roosevelt (D) : . William R. Roberts (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . Smith Ely Jr. (D) : . James Brooks (D) : . Fernando Wood (D) : . Clarkson N. Potter (D) : . Charles St. John (R) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Joseph H. Tuthill (D) : . Eli Perry (D) : . Joseph M. Warren (D) : . John Rogers (D) : . William A. Wheeler (R) : . John M. Carroll (D) : . Elizur H. Prindle (R) : . Clinton L. Merriam (R) : . Ellis H. Roberts (R) : . William E. Lansing (R) : . R. Holland Duell (R) : . John E. Seeley (R) : . William H. Lamport (R) : . Milo Goodrich (R) : . H. Boardman Smith (R) : . Freeman Clarke (R) : . Seth Wakeman (R) : . William Williams (D) : . Walter L. Sessions (R)

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

: . Clinton L. Cobb (R) : . Charles R. Thomas (R) : . Alfred M. Waddell (D) : . Sion H. Rogers (D) : . James M. Leach (D) : . Francis E. Shober (D) : . James C. Harper (D)

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

: . Aaron F. Perry (R), until July 14, 1872 :: Ozro J. Dodds (D), from October 9, 1872 : . Job E. Stevenson (R) : . Lewis D. Campbell (D) : . John F. McKinney (D) : . Charles N. Lamison (D) : . John A. Smith (R) : . Samuel Shellabarger (R) : . John Beatty (R) : . Charles Foster (R) : . Erasmus D. Peck (R) : . John T. Wilson (R) : . Philadelph Van Trump (D) : . George W. Morgan (D) : . James Monroe (R) : . William P. Sprague (R) : . John Bingham (R) : . Jacob A. Ambler (R) : . William H. Upson (R) : . James A. Garfield (R)

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

: . James H. Slater (D)

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

: . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . John V. Creely (IR) : . Leonard Myers (R) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . Ephraim L. Acker (D) : . Washington Townsend (R) : . J. Lawrence Getz (D) : . Oliver J. Dickey (R) : . John W. Killinger (R) : . John B. Storm (D) : . Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R) : . Ulysses Mercur (R), until December 2, 1872 :: Frank C. Bunnell (R), from December 24, 1872 : . John B. Packer (R) : . Richard J. Haldeman (D) : . Benjamin F. Meyers (D) : . R. Milton Speer (D) : . Henry Sherwood (D) : . Glenni W. Scofield (R) : . Samuel Griffith (D) : . Henry D. Foster (D) : . James S. Negley (R) : . Ebenezer McJunkin (R) : . William McClelland (D)

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

: . Benjamin T. Eames (R) : . James M. Pendleton (R)

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

: . Joseph Rainey (R) : . Robert C. De Large (R), until January 24, 1873; vacant thereafter : . Robert B. Elliott (R) : . Alexander S. Wallace (R)

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

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Horace Maynard (R) : . Abraham E. Garrett (D) : . John M. Bright (D) : . Edward I. Golladay (D) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : . Robert P. Caldwell (D) : . William W. Vaughan (D)

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

: . William S. Herndon (D) : . John C. Conner (D) : . William T. Clark (R), until May 13, 1872 :: Dewitt C. Giddings (D), from May 13, 1872 : . John Hancock (D)

[[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]]

: . John Critcher (D) : . James H. Platt Jr. (R) : . Charles H. Porter (R) : . William H. H. Stowell (R) : . Richard T. W. Duke (D) : . John T. Harris (D) : . Elliott M. Braxton (D) : . William Terry (D)

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

: . John J. Davis (D) : . James C. McGrew (R) : . Frank Hereford (D)

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

: . Alexander Mitchell (D) : . Gerry W. Hazelton (R) : . J. Allen Barber (R) : . Charles A. Eldredge (D) : . Philetus Sawyer (R) : . Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)

Non-voting members

: . Richard C. McCormick (D) : . Jerome B. Chaffee (R) : . Moses K. Armstrong (D) : . Norton P. Chipman (R), from April 21, 1871 : . Samuel A. Merritt (D) : . William H. Clagett (R) : . José Manuel Gallegos (D) : . William H. Hooper (D) : . Selucius Garfielde (R) : . William T. Jones (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 0
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Deaths: 0
• Resignations: 2
• Contested elections: 0
• Total seats with changes: 4 Sorted chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | Virginia (2) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Previous incumbent re-elected March 15, 1871. | nowrap | John W. Johnston (D) | March 15, 1871

|- | Georgia (2) | Vacant | Foster Blodgett presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected. Successor elected November 14, 1871. | nowrap | Thomas M. Norwood (D) | November 14, 1871

|- | Mississippi (2) | Vacant | Delayed taking seat in order to serve as Governor of Mississippi | nowrap | James L. Alcorn (R) | December 1, 1871

|- | North Carolina (2) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect. Successor elected January 30, 1872. | | Matt W. Ransom (D) | January 30, 1872

|- | Kentucky (3) | nowrap | Garrett Davis (D) | Died September 22, 1872. Successor appointed September 27, 1872. Appointee was later elected January 21, 1873, to finish the term. | | Willis B. Machen (D) | September 27, 1872

|- | Louisiana (3) | nowrap | William P. Kellogg (R) | Resigned November 1, 1872, after being elected Governor of Louisiana | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|- | Massachusetts (2) | nowrap | Henry Wilson (R) | Resigned March 3, 1873, after being elected U.S. Vice President | Vacant | Not filled this Congress

|}

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 11
  • Democratic: 4 seat net gain
  • Republican: 5 seat net loss
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election: 4
• Total seats with changes: 16 Sorted chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | | New seat | nowrap | Norton P. Chipman (R)

| | Vacant | nowrap | John L. Beveridge (R)

| | Vacant | nowrap | Wilder D. Foster (R)

| | nowrap | Burton C. Cook (R) | nowrap | Henry Snapp (R)

| | nowrap | James McCleery (R) | nowrap | Alexander Boarman (LR)

| | nowrap | William B. Washburn (R) | nowrap | Alvah Crocker (R)

| | nowrap | John Edwards (LR) | nowrap | Thomas Boles (R)

| | nowrap | George M. Brooks (R) | nowrap | Constantine C. Esty (R)

| | nowrap | William T. Clark (R) | nowrap | Dewitt C. Giddings (D)

| | nowrap | Aaron F. Perry (R) | nowrap | Ozro J. Dodds (D)

| | nowrap | Thomas J. Speer (R) | nowrap | Erasmus W. Beck (D)

| | nowrap | Julius L. Strong (R) | nowrap | Joseph R. Hawley (R)

| | nowrap | Ulysses Mercur (R) | nowrap | Frank C. Bunnell (R)

| | nowrap | John L. Beveridge (R) | Vacant

| | nowrap | Robert C. De Large (R) | Vacant

| | nowrap | Josiah T. Walls (R) | nowrap | Silas L. Niblack (D) | January 29, 1873 |}

Committees

Senate

• Agriculture (Chairman: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William Windom)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Matthew H. Carpenter; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George G. Wright; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Claims (Chairman: John Scott; Ranking Member: Arthur I. Boreman)
• Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: William A. Buckingham)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John F. Lewis; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Sawyer)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: James W. Flanagan; Ranking Member: James W. Patterson)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Norwood)
• Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Adelbert Ames)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Carl Schurz)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: Henry Wilson)
• Investigation and Retrenchment (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member; William M. Stewart)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas J. Robertson; Ranking Member: Abijah Gilbert)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: John A. Logan)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin; Ranking Member: Alexander Caldwell)
• Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Ferry)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Outrages in Southern States (Select)
• Pacific Railroad (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William P. Kellogg)
• Patents (Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: William Windom)
• Pensions (Chairman: Daniel D. Pratt; Ranking Member: Morgan C. Hamilton)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: Hannibal Hamlin)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member: Joshua Hill)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
• Public Lands (Chairman: William Sprague; Ranking Member: William Windom)
• Railroads (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Removal of Political Disabilities (Select)
• Retrenchment
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin; Ranking Member: George G. Wright)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William G. Brownlow; Ranking Member: Joshua Hill)
• Rules (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: Arthur I. Boreman; Ranking Member: Phineas W. Hitchcock)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: James Buffington; Ranking Member: Stevenson Archer)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Hays; Ranking Member: John W. Hazelton)
• Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
• Alabama Affairs (Select)
• Arkansas Affairs (Select)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: Horace Maynard; Ranking Member: Clinton L. Merriam)
• Claims (Chairman: John B. Hawley; Ranking Member: William P. Frye)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: John Critcher)
• Commerce (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: James S. Negley)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Aylett R. Cotton)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: James Monroe; Ranking Member: Robert B. Elliott)
• Elections (Chairman: Horace B. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin T. Eames)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jackson Orr; Ranking Member: George M. Adams)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: James B. Sener; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Benjamin T. Biggs)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry W. Barry; Ranking Member: William R. Roberts)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Jasper Packard; Ranking Member: John Rogers)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: J. Hale Sypher; Ranking Member: William H. Barnum)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Ephraim L. Acker)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: R. Holland Duell; Ranking Member: Fernando Wood)
• Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Clinton L. Cobb; Ranking Member: Joseph H. Rainey)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Jasper Packard)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: John T. Averill; Ranking Member: John C. Edwards)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah McLain Rusk; Ranking Member: Benjamin S. Turner)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Benjamin F. Butler; Ranking Member: Milo Goodrich)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member: John M. Rice)
• Mileage (Chairman: Hezekiah S. Bundy; Ranking Member: Edward I. Golladay)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John Coburn; Ranking Member: George E. Harris)
• Militia (Chairman: Roderick R. Butler; Ranking Member: John C. Conner)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: David P. Lowe; Ranking Member: Walter L. Sessions)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: John M. Coghlan)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: John T. Averill)
• Patents (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: Joseph M. Warren)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John B. Packer; Ranking Member: Charles H. Porter)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Jasper Packard; Ranking Member: J. Allen Barber)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James H. Platt Jr.; Ranking Member: Walter L. Sessions)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: Harrison E. Havens; Ranking Member: Thomas Kinsella)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Washington Townsend; Ranking Member: Jeremiah M. Rusk)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: George W. McCrary; Ranking Member: Charles St. John
• Reform on Civil Service (Chairman: Stephen W. Kellogg; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: John S. Bigby)
• Revolution Claims (Chairman: Alexander S. Wallace; Ranking Member: Abram Comingo)
• Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Lazarus D. Shoemaker; Ranking Member: John M. Rice)
• Rules (Select) (Chairman: James G. Blaine; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Cox)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: George C. McKee; Ranking Member: Lazarus D. Shoemaker)
• War Claims (Chairman: William Lawrence; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Horatio C. Burchard)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Chester B. Darrall; Vice Chairman: Rep. John T. Bird)
• Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Rep. Jeremiah M. Wilson; Vice Chairman: N/A)
• The Library (Chairman: Rep. William P. Frye; Vice Chairman: Rep. Lewis D. Campbell)
• Printing (Chairman: Rep. William G. Donnan; Vice Chairman: Rep. William P. Price)

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)
• Librarian: George S. Wagner, from 1871
• 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: William S. King
• Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway

Notes

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