47th United States Congress

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: Chester A. Arthur (R), until September 19, 1881; 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
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: George H. Pendleton
• Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

• Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: George M. Robeson

Major events

Main article: 1881 in the United States, 1882 in the United States, 1883 in the United States

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

Major legislation

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

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

Members

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

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Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 47th 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[List of United States senators from Colorado|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)

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

: 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (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. Charles W. Jones (D) : 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[List of United States senators from Minnesota|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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

: 1. Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881 :: Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881 : 3. Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881 :: Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from July 29, 1881

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[[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. William Mahone (RA) : 2. John W. Johnston (D)

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

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

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

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

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House of Representatives

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

Names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

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

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

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

: . Poindexter Dunn (D) : . James K. Jones (D) : . Jordan E. Cravens (D) : . Thomas M. Gunter (D)

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

: . William S. Rosecrans (D) : . Horace F. Page (R) : . Campbell P. Berry (D) : . Romualdo Pacheco (R)

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

: . James B. Belford (R)

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

: . John R. Buck (R) : . James Phelps (D) : . John T. Wait (R) : . Frederick Miles (R)

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

: . Edward L. Martin (D)

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

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

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

: . George R. Black (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D) : . Philip Cook (D) : . Hugh Buchanan (D) : . Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : . Judson C. Clements (D) : . Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882 :: Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882 : . Emory Speer (ID)

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

: . William Aldrich (R) : . George R. Davis (R) : . Charles B. Farwell (R) : . John C. Sherwin (R) : . Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882 :: Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882 : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . William Cullen (R) : . Lewis E. Payson (R) : . John H. Lewis (R) : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . James W. Singleton (D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Dietrich C. Smith (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Samuel W. Moulton (D) : . William A. J. Sparks (D) : . William R. Morrison (D) : . John R. Thomas (R) : . Richard W. Townshend (D)

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

: . William Heilman (R) : . Thomas R. Cobb (D) : . Strother M. Stockslager (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Courtland C. Matson (D) : . Thomas M. Browne (R) : . Stanton J. Peelle (R) : . Robert B. F. Peirce (R) : . Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882 :: Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883 : . Mark L. De Motte (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . Walpole G. Colerick (D) : . William H. Calkins (R)

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

: . Moses A. McCoid (R) : . Sewall S. Farwell (R) : . Thomas Updegraff (R) : . Nathaniel C. Deering (R) : . William G. Thompson (R) : . Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883 :: John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883 : . John A. Kasson (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)

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

: . John A. Anderson (R) : . Dudley C. Haskell (R) : . Thomas Ryan (R)

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

: . Oscar Turner (D) : . James A. McKenzie (D) : . John William Caldwell (D) : . J. Proctor Knott (D) : . Albert S. Willis (D) : . John G. Carlisle (D) : . Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) : . Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D) : . John D. White (R) : . Elijah C. Phister (D)

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

: . Randall L. Gibson (D) : . E. John Ellis (D) : . Chester B. Darrall (R) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . J. Floyd King (D) : . Edward W. Robertson (D)

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

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . William P. Frye (R), until March 17, 1881 :: Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881 : . Stephen D. Lindsey (R) : . George W. Ladd (GB) : . Thompson H. Murch (GB)

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

: . George W. Covington (D) : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D) : . Robert M. McLane (D) : . Andrew G. Chapman (D) : . Milton G. Urner (R)

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

: . William W. Crapo (R) : . Benjamin W. Harris (R) : . Ambrose A. Ranney (R) : . Leopold Morse (D) : . Selwyn Z. Bowman (R) : . Eben F. Stone (R) : . William A. Russell (R) : . John W. Candler (R) : . William W. Rice (R) : . Amasa Norcross (R) : . George D. Robinson (R)

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

: . Henry W. Lord (R) : . Edwin Willits (R) : . Edward S. Lacey (R) : . Julius C. Burrows (R) : . George W. Webber (R) : . Oliver L. Spaulding (R) : . John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881 : . Roswell G. Horr (R) : . Jay A. Hubbell (R)

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

: . Mark H. Dunnell (R) : . Horace B. Strait (R) : . William D. Washburn (R)

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

: . Henry L. Muldrow (D) : . Vannoy H. Manning (D) : . Hernando Money (D) : . Otho R. Singleton (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (D) : . James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882 :: John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882

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

: . Martin L. Clardy (D) : . Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882 :: James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882 : . Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883 :: Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883 : . Lowndes H. Davis (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . Ira Haseltine (GB) : . Theron M. Rice (GB) : . Robert T. Van Horn (R) : . Nicholas Ford (GB) : . Joseph H. Burrows (GB) : . John B. Clark Jr. (D) : . William H. Hatch (D) : . Aylett H. Buckner (D)

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

: . Edward K. Valentine (R)

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

: . George W. Cassidy (D)

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

: . Joshua G. Hall (R) : . James F. Briggs (R) : . Ossian Ray (R)

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

: . George M. Robeson (R) : . J. Hart Brewer (R) : . Miles Ross (D) : . Henry S. Harris (D) : . John Hill (R) : . Phineas Jones (R) : . Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

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

: . Perry Belmont (D) : . William E. Robinson (D) : . J. Hyatt Smith (I) : . Archibald M. Bliss (D) : . Benjamin Wood (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . P. Henry Dugro (D) : . Anson G. McCook (R) : . John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881 : . Abram S. Hewitt (D) : . Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881 :: Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881 : . Waldo Hutchins (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Lewis Beach (D) : . Thomas Cornell (R) : . Michael N. Nolan (D) : . Walter A. Wood (R) : . John Hammond (R) : . Abraham X. Parker (R) : . George West (R) : . Ferris Jacobs Jr. (R) : . Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881 :: Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881 : . Cyrus D. Prescott (R) : . Joseph Mason (R) : . Frank Hiscock (R) : . John H. Camp (R) : . Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until July 29, 1881 :: James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881 : . Jeremiah W. Dwight (R) : . David P. Richardson (R) : . John Van Voorhis (R) : . Richard Crowley (R) : . Jonathan Scoville (D) : . Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

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

: . Louis C. Latham (D) : . Orlando Hubbs (R) : . John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883 : . William Ruffin Cox (D) : . Alfred M. Scales (D) : . Clement Dowd (D) : . Robert F. Armfield (D) : . Robert B. Vance (D)

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

: . Benjamin Butterworth (R) : . Thomas L. Young (R) : . Henry L. Morey (R) : . Emanuel Shultz (R) : . Benjamin Le Fevre (D) : . James M. Ritchie (R) : . John P. Leedom (D) : . J. Warren Keifer (R) : . James S. Robinson (R) : . John B. Rice (R) : . Henry S. Neal (R) : . George L. Converse (D) : . Gibson Atherton (D) : . George W. Geddes (D) : . Rufus R. Dawes (R) : . Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882 :: Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883 : . William McKinley (R) : . Addison S. McClure (R) : . Ezra B. Taylor (R) : . Amos Townsend (R)

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

: . Melvin C. George (R)

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

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . William Ward (R) : . William Godshalk (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . A. Herr Smith (R) : . William Mutchler (D) : . Robert Klotz (D) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : . Charles N. Brumm (GB) : . Samuel F. Barr (R) : . Cornelius C. Jadwin (R) : . Robert J. C. Walker (R) : . Jacob M. Campbell (R) : . Horatio G. Fisher (R) : . Frank E. Beltzhoover (D) : . Andrew G. Curtin (D) : . Morgan R. Wise (D) : . Russell Errett (R) : . Thomas M. Bayne (R) : . William S. Shallenberger (R) : . James Mosgrove (GB) : . Samuel H. Miller (R) : . Lewis F. Watson (R)

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

: . Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 4, 1881 :: Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881 : . Jonathan Chace (R)

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

: . John S. Richardson (D) : . 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 : . D. Wyatt Aiken (D) : . John H. Evins (D) : . George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882 :: Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882

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

: . Augustus H. Pettibone (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R) : . George G. Dibrell (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . Richard Warner (D) : . John F. House (D) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : . John D. C. Atkins (D) : . Charles B. Simonton (D) : . William R. Moore (R)

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

: . John H. Reagan (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Olin Wellborn (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . George W. Jones (GB) : . Christopher C. Upson (D)

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

: . Charles H. Joyce (R) : . James M. Tyler (R) : . William W. Grout (R)

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

: . George T. Garrison (D) : . John F. Dezendorf (R) : . George D. Wise (D) : . Joseph Jorgensen (R) : . George Cabell (D) : . John R. Tucker (D) : . John Paul (RA) : . John S. Barbour Jr. (D) : . Abram Fulkerson (RA)

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

: . Benjamin Wilson (D) : . John B. Hoge (D) : . John E. Kenna (D)

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

: . Charles G. Williams (R) : . Lucien B. Caswell (R) : . George C. Hazelton (R) : . Peter V. Deuster (D) : . Edward S. Bragg (D) : . Richard W. Guenther (R) : . Herman L. Humphrey (R) : . Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting delegates

: . Granville H. Oury (D) : . Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : . George Ainslie (D) : . Martin Maginnis (D) : . Tranqulino Luna (R) : . John T. Caine (D) : . Thomas H. Brents (R) : . Morton E. Post (D)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Deaths: 2
• Resignations: 8
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Total seats with changes: 10 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | Wisconsin (3) | Vacant | Senator Matthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress. Successor elected March 14, 1881. | nowrap | Angus Cameron (R) | March 14, 1881

|- | Maine (2) | nowrap | James G. Blaine (R) | Resigned March 5, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of State. Successor elected March 18, 1881. | nowrap | William P. Frye (R) | March 18, 1881

|- | Iowa (2) | nowrap | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) | Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed March 8, 1881, to continue the term. Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term. | nowrap | James W. McDill (R) | March 8, 1881

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap | William Windom (R) | Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term. | nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) | March 12, 1881

|- | New York (1) | nowrap | Thomas C. Platt (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881. | nowrap | Warner Miller (R) | July 27, 1881

|- | New York (3) | nowrap | Roscoe Conkling (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881. | nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | August 2, 1881

|- | Rhode Island (1) | nowrap | Ambrose Burnside (R) | Died September 13, 1881. Successor elected October 5, 1881. | nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | October 5, 1881

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881. | nowrap | William Windom (R) | November 15, 1881

|- | Colorado (2) | nowrap | Henry M. Teller (R) | Resigned April 17, 1882, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed April 17, 1882. | nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R) | April 17, 1882

|- | Georgia (2) | nowrap | Benjamin H. Hill (D) | Died August 16, 1882. Successor elected November 15, 1882. | nowrap | M. Pope Barrow (D) | November 15, 1882

|- | Colorado (2) | nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883. | nowrap | Horace Tabor (R) | January 27, 1883 |}

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 Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress | nowrap | John T. Rich (R) | April 5, 1881

|- | | Vacant | Rep. Fernando Wood elected but died before Congress convened | nowrap | John Hardy (D) | December 5, 1881

|- | | nowrap | William P. Frye (R) | Resigned March 17, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) | September 12, 1881

|- | | nowrap | Levi P. Morton (R) | Resigned March 21, 1881 to become U.S. Minister to France. | nowrap | Roswell P. Flower (D) | November 8, 1881

|- | | nowrap | Michael P. O'Connor (D) | Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death. | nowrap | Samuel Dibble (D) | June 9, 1881

|- | | nowrap | Warner Miller (R) | Resigned July 26, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap | Charles R. Skinner (R) | November 8, 1881

|- | | nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | Resigned July 29, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap | James W. Wadsworth (R) | November 8, 1881

|- | | nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | Resigned October 5, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. Successor elected November 22, 1881. | nowrap | Henry J. Spooner (R) | December 5, 1881

|- | | nowrap | Thomas Allen (D) | Died April 8, 1882 | nowrap | James H. McLean (R) | December 15, 1882

|- | | nowrap | James R. Chalmers (D) | Lost contested election April 29, 1882 | nowrap | John R. Lynch (R) | April 29, 1882

|- | | nowrap | Samuel Dibble (D) | 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 | Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR) | May 31, 1882

|- | | nowrap | Jesse J. Finley (D) | Lost contested election June 1, 1882 | nowrap | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R) | June 1, 1882

|- | | nowrap | Joseph Wheeler (D) | Lost contested election June 3, 1882 | nowrap | William M. Lowe (GB) | June 3, 1882

|- | | nowrap | Robert M. A. Hawk (R) | Died June 29, 1882 | nowrap | Robert R. Hitt (R) | November 7, 1882

|- | | nowrap | George D. Tillman (D) | Lost contested election July 19, 1882 | nowrap | Robert Smalls (R) | July 19, 1882

|- | | nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D) | Election contested by James Q. Smith. Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882. Shelley re-elected to fill seat. | nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D) | November 7, 1882

|- | | nowrap | William M. Lowe (GB) | Died October 12, 1882 | nowrap | Joseph Wheeler (D) | January 15, 1883

|- | | nowrap | Alexander H. Stephens (D) | Resigned November 4, 1882 when elected Governor of Georgia. | nowrap | Seaborn Reese (D) | December 4, 1882

|- | | nowrap | Jonathan T. Updegraff (R) | Died November 30, 1882 | nowrap | Joseph D. Taylor (R) | January 2, 1883

|- | | nowrap | Godlove S. Orth (R) | Died December 16, 1882 | nowrap | Charles T. Doxey (R) | January 17, 1883

|- | | nowrap | John W. Shackelford (D) | Died January 18, 1883 | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | | nowrap | Richard G. Frost (D) | Lost contested election March 2, 1883 | nowrap | Gustavus Sessinghaus (R) | March 2, 1883

|- | | nowrap | Marsena E. Cutts (R) | Lost election contest March 3, 1883 | nowrap | John C. Cook (D) | March 3, 1883

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Committees

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
• Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
• Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
• Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J.R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
• Distilled Spirit Tax Bill (Select)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Warner Miller)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
• Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Windom; Ranking Member: John W. Johnston)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Jonas)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Henry G. Davis; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Hill)
• Ordnance and Gunnery (Select)
• Ordnance and Projectiles (Select)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
• Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: James B. Groome)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas W. Ferry; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones)
• Railroads (Chairman: William P. Kellogg; Ranking Member: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar)
• Revenue Collections in North Carolina (Special)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: John F. Miller; Ranking Member: David Davis)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John W. Johnston; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony)
• Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call)
• Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton)
• Territories (Chairman: Alvin Saunders; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: James Z. George)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Milton G. Urner; Ranking Member: Edward L. Martin)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: John T. Wait; Ranking Member: Thomas Williams)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Edward K. Valentine; Ranking Member: William Cullen)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: William W. Crapo; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham)
• Claims (Chairman: Richard Crowley; Ranking Member: Robert J.C. Walker)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Horatio G. Fisher; Ranking Member: Ira S. Hazeltine)
• Commerce (Chairman: Horace F. Page; Ranking Member: Melvin C. George)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Neal; Ranking Member: John F. Dezendorf)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: John C. Sherwin; Ranking Member: Albert S. Willis)
• Elections (Chairman: William H. Calkins; Ranking Member: Ferris Jacobs Jr.)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William Aldrich; Ranking Member: Cornelius C. Jadwin)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jay Abel Hubbell; Ranking Member: Charles B. Simonton)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Edwin Willits; Ranking Member: Otho R. Singleton)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George M. Robeson; Ranking Member: Leopold Morse)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: John H. Reagan)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Nathaniel C. Deering; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Herndon)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: James B. Belford; Ranking Member: William H. Forney)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: James F. Briggs; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Russell Errett; Ranking Member: Morgan R. Wise)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles G. Williams; Ranking Member: Robert J.C. Walker)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Dudley C. Haskell; Ranking Member: David P. Richardson)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Thomas M. Browne; Ranking Member: James Wolcott Wadsworth)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Amasa Norcross)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John R. Thomas; Ranking Member: Julius C. Burrows)
• Manufactures (Chairman: James M. Campbell; Ranking Member: Jonathan Chace)
• Memorial on Services Rendered by Carlisle P. Patterson (Select) (Chairman: John A. Kasson; Ranking Member: John D.C. Atkins)
• Mileage (Chairman: Joseph Jorgensen; Ranking Member: Thomas R. Cobb)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Spooner)
• Militia (Chairman: Horace B. Strait; Ranking Member: Edward K. Valentine)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: John Van Voorhis; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Young)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin W. Harris; Ranking Member: John F. Dezendorf)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George C. Hazelton; Ranking Member: Charles B. Farwell)
• Patents (Chairman: Thomas L. Young; Ranking Member: Henry J. Spooner)
• Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Dietrich C. Smith)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry L. Morey)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Shallenberger; Ranking Member: J. Hyatt Smith)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: George W. Ladd)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Pound; Ranking Member: Theron M. Rice)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Romualdo Pacheco; Ranking Member: Henry L. Muldrow)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Amos Townsend; Ranking Member: J. Hart Brewer)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William McKinley; Ranking Member: Cornelius C. Jadwin)
• Rules (Chairman: J. Warren Keifer; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: William W. Grout)
• War Claims (Chairman: Leonidas C. Houk; Ranking Member: Edward W. Robertson)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
• Whole

Joint committees

• American Shipbuilding (Select)
• Budget Control
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. William Aldrich; Vice Chairman: Rep. John E. Kenna)
• The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sherman; Vice Chairman: Rep. George W. Geddes)
• Printing (Chairman: Sen. Henry B. Anthony; Vice Chairman: Rep. William M. Springer)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Sen. William Mahone; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Hyatt Smith)
• State, War and Navy Department Building

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
• Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees, until 1882
  • Sterling P. Rounds, from 1882

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Clerk: George M. Adams, until December 5, 1881
  • Edward McPherson, from December 5, 1881
• Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson, until December 5, 1881
  • George W. Hooker, from December 5, 1881
• Doorkeeper: Walter P. Brownlow, elected December 5, 1881
• Postmaster: Henry Sherwood, elected December 5, 1881
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: J. Guilford White
  • Michael Sullivan
• Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
• Chaplain: William P. Harrison (Methodist), until December 5, 1881
  • Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ), from December 5, 1881

Notes

References

References

1. "The Great Senate Deadlock of 1881". US Senate.