49th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1885 in the United States, 1886 in the United States, 1887 in the United States

• March 4, 1885: Grover Cleveland became President of the United States
• November 25, 1885: Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks died

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#49th United States Congress

• January 19, 1886: Presidential Succession Act of 1886, ch. 4,
• February 3, 1887: Electoral Count Act, ch. 90,
• February 4, 1887: Interstate Commerce Act, ch. 104,
• February 8, 1887: Indian General Allotment Act ("Dawes Act"), ch. 119,
• March 2, 1887: Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887
• March 2, 1887: Hatch Act of 1887, ch. 314,
• March 3, 1887: Tucker Act, ch. 359,
• March 3, 1887: Edmunds–Tucker Act, ch. 397

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: Thomas A. Hendricks (D), until November 25, 1885; vacant thereafter
• President pro tempore: John Sherman (R), December 7, 1885 – February 26, 1887
  • John J. Ingalls (R), from February 26, 1887
• Republican Conference Chairman: George F. Edmunds
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: James B. Beck
• Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Arthur Pue Gorman

House of Representatives

• Speaker: John G. Carlisle (D)
• Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: John Randolph Tucker
• Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph Gurney Cannon

Members

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 49th 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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

[[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), until March 6, 1885 :: James H. Berry (D), from March 20, 1885 : 3. James K. Jones (D)

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

: 1. John F. Miller (R), until March 8, 1886 :: George Hearst (D), March 23 – August 4, 1886 :: Abram P. Williams (R), from August 4, 1886 : 3. Leland Stanford (R)

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

: 2. Thomas M. Bowen (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (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 (D), until March 6, 1885 :: George Gray (D), from March 18, 1885 : 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. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : 3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

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

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. John A. Logan (R), May 19, 1885 – December 26, 1886 :: Charles B. Farwell (R), from January 19, 1887

[[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. James F. Wilson (R) : 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. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

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

: 2. Randall L. Gibson (D) : 3. James B. Eustis (D)

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

: 1. Eugene Hale (R) : 2. William P. Frye (R)

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

: 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : 3. Ephraim K. Wilson II (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. Palmer (R)

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

: 1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) : 2. Dwight M. Sabin (R)

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

: 1. James Z. George (D) : 2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D), until March 6, 1885 :: Edward C. Walthall (D), from March 9, 1885

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

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

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

: 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R) : 2. Charles F. Manderson (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. Austin F. Pike (R), until October 8, 1886 :: Person C. Cheney (R), from November 24, 1886 : 3. Henry W. Blair (R), from March 5, 1885

[[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. Warner Miller (R) : 3. William M. Evarts (R)

[[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. Henry B. Payne (D)

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

: 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) : 3. John H. Mitchell (R), from November 18, 1885

[[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. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : 2. Jonathan Chace (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), until April 14, 1886 :: Washington C. Whitthorne (D), from April 16, 1886 : 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. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA)

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

: 1. Johnson N. Camden (D) : 2. John E. Kenna (D)

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

: 1. Philetus Sawyer (R) : 3. John C. Spooner (R)

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 49th Congress

The names of representatives are listed by district.

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

: . James T. Jones (D) : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : . William C. Oates (D) : . Alexander C. Davidson (D) : . Thomas W. Sadler (D) : . John M. Martin (D) : . William H. Forney (D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D)

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

: . Poindexter Dunn (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D), from December 7, 1885 : . John H. Rogers (D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D)

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

: . Barclay Henley (D) : . James A. Louttit (R) : . Joseph McKenna (R) : . William W. Morrow (R) : . Charles N. Felton (R) : . Henry H. Markham (R)

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

: . George G. Symes (R)

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

: . John R. Buck (R) : . Charles L. Mitchell (D) : . John T. Wait (R) : . Edward W. Seymour (D)

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

: . Charles B. Lore (D)

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

: . Robert H. M. Davidson (D) : . Charles Dougherty (D)

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

: . Thomas M. Norwood (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Henry R. Harris (D) : . Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : . Judson C. Clements (D) : . Seaborn Reese (D) : . Allen D. Candler (D) : . George T. Barnes (D)

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

: . Ransom W. Dunham (R) : . Frank Lawler (D) : . James H. Ward (D) : . George E. Adams (R) : . Reuben Ellwood (R), until July 1, 1885 :: Albert J. Hopkins (R), from December 7, 1885 : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Ralph Plumb (R) : . Lewis E. Payson (R) : . Nicholas E. Worthington (D) : . William H. Neece (D) : . James M. Riggs (D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Jonathan H. Rowell (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Silas Z. Landes (D) : . John R. Eden (D) : . William R. Morrison (D) : . Richard W. Townshend (D) : . John R. Thomas (R)

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

: . John J. Kleiner (D) : . Thomas R. Cobb (D) : . Jonas G. Howard (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Courtland C. Matson (D) : . Thomas M. Browne (R) : . William D. Bynum (D) : . James T. Johnston (R) : . Thomas B. Ward (D) : . William D. Owen (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . Robert Lowry (D) : . George Ford (D)

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

: . Benton J. Hall (D) : . Jeremiah H. Murphy (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . William E. Fuller (R) : . Benjamin T. Frederick (D) : . James B. Weaver (GB) : . Edwin H. Conger (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Joseph Lyman (R) : . Adoniram J. Holmes (R) : . Isaac S. Struble (R)

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

: . Edmund N. Morrill (R) : . Edward H. Funston (R) : . Bishop W. Perkins (R) : . Thomas Ryan (R) : . John A. Anderson (R) : . Lewis Hanback (R) : . Samuel R. Peters (R)

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

: . William J. Stone (D) : . Polk Laffoon (D) : . John E. Halsell (D) : . Thomas A. Robertson (D) : . Albert S. Willis (D) : . John G. Carlisle (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . William H. Wadsworth (R) : . William P. Taulbee (D) : . Frank L. Wolford (D)

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

: . Louis St. Martin (D) : . Michael Hahn (R), until March 15, 1886 :: Nathaniel D. Wallace (D), from December 9, 1886 : . Edward J. Gay (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . J. Floyd King (D) : . Alfred B. Irion (D)

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

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : . Seth L. Milliken (R) : . Charles A. Boutelle (R)

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

: . Charles H. Gibson (D) : . Frank T. Shaw (D) : . William H. Cole (D), until July 8, 1886 :: Henry W. Rusk (D), from November 2, 1886 : . John V. L. Findlay (D) : . Barnes Compton (D) : . Louis E. McComas (R)

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

: . Robert T. Davis (R) : . John D. Long (R) : . Ambrose A. Ranney (R) : . Patrick A. Collins (D) : . Edward D. Hayden (R) : . Henry B. Lovering (D) : . Eben F. Stone (R) : . Charles H. Allen (R) : . Frederick D. Ely (R) : . William W. Rice (R) : . William Whiting (R) : . Francis W. Rockwell (R)

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

: . William C. Maybury (D) : . Nathaniel B. Eldredge (D) : . James O'Donnell (R) : . Julius C. Burrows (R) : . Charles C. Comstock (D) : . Edwin B. Winans (D) : . Ezra C. Carleton (D) : . Timothy E. Tarsney (D) : . Byron M. Cutcheon (R) : . Spencer O. Fisher (D) : . Seth C. Moffatt (R)

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

: . Milo White (R) : . James B. Wakefield (R) : . Horace B. Strait (R) : . John B. Gilfillan (R) : . Knute Nelson (R)

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

: . John M. Allen (D) : . James B. Morgan (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Frederick G. Barry (D) : . Otho R. Singleton (D) : . Henry S. Van Eaton (D) : . Ethelbert Barksdale (D)

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

: . William H. Hatch (D) : . John B. Hale (D) : . Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . James N. Burnes (D) : . William Warner (R) : . John T. Heard (D) : . John E. Hutton (D) : . John J. O'Neill (D) : . John M. Glover (D) : . Martin L. Clardy (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . William J. Stone (D) : . William H. Wade (R) : . William Dawson (D)

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

: . Archibald J. Weaver (R) : . James Laird (R) : . George W. E. Dorsey (R)

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

: . William Woodburn (R)

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

: . Martin A. Haynes (R) : . Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

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

: . George Hires (R) : . James Buchanan (R) : . Robert S. Green (D), until January 17, 1887 : . James N. Pidcock (D) : . William W. Phelps (R) : . Herman Lehlbach (R) : . William McAdoo (D)

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

: . Perry Belmont (D) : . Felix Campbell (D) : . Darwin R. James (R) : . Peter P. Mahoney (D) : . Archibald M. Bliss (D) : . Nicholas Muller (D) : . John J. Adams (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D), until May 20, 1885 :: Timothy J. Campbell (D), from November 3, 1885 : . Joseph Pulitzer (D), until April 10, 1886 :: Samuel S. Cox (D), from November 2, 1886 : . Abram S. Hewitt (D), until December 30, 1886 : . Truman A. Merriman (D) : . Abraham Dowdney (D), until December 10, 1886 : . Egbert L. Viele (D) : . William G. Stahlnecker (D) : . Lewis Beach (D), until August 10, 1886 :: Henry Bacon (D), from December 6, 1886 : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . James G. Lindsley (R) : . Henry G. Burleigh (R) : . John Swinburne (R) : . George West (R) : . Frederick A. Johnson (R) : . Abraham X. Parker (R) : . John T. Spriggs (D) : . John S. Pindar (D) : . Frank Hiscock (R) : . Stephen C. Millard (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . John Arnot Jr. (D), until November 20, 1886 : . Ira Davenport (R) : . Charles S. Baker (R) : . John G. Sawyer (R) : . John M. Farquhar (R) : . John B. Weber (R) : . Walter L. Sessions (R)

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

: . Thomas G. Skinner (D) : . James E. O'Hara (R) : . Wharton J. Green (D) : . William Ruffin Cox (D) : . James W. Reid (D), until December 31, 1886 : . Risden T. Bennett (D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. H. Cowles (D) : . Thomas D. Johnston (D)

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

: . Benjamin Butterworth (R) : . Charles E. Brown (R) : . James E. Campbell (D) : . Charles M. Anderson (D) : . Benjamin Le Fevre (D) : . William D. Hill (D) : . George E. Seney (D) : . John Little (R) : . William C. Cooper (R) : . Jacob Romeis (R) : . William W. Ellsberry (D) : . Albert C. Thompson (R) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . Beriah Wilkins (D) : . George W. Geddes (D) : . Adoniram J. Warner (D) : . Isaac H. Taylor (R) : . Ezra B. Taylor (R) : . William McKinley (R) : . Martin A. Foran (D)

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

: . Binger Hermann (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) : . James B. Everhart (R) : . I. Newton Evans (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . John A. Hiestand (R) : . William H. Sowden (D) : . John B. Storm (D) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Franklin Bound (R) : . Frank C. Bunnell (R) : . William W. Brown (R) : . Jacob M. Campbell (R) : . Louis E. Atkinson (R) : . John A. Swope (D), from November 3, 1885 : . Andrew G. Curtin (D) : . Charles E. Boyle (D) : . James S. Negley (R) : . Thomas M. Bayne (R) : . Oscar L. Jackson (R) : . Alexander C. White (R) : . George W. Fleeger (R) : . William L. Scott (D) : . Edwin S. Osborne (R)

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

: . Henry J. Spooner (R) : . William A. Pirce (R), until January 25, 1887 :: Charles H. Page (D), from February 21, 1887

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

: . Samuel Dibble (D) : . George D. Tillman (D) : . D. Wyatt Aiken (D) : . William H. Perry (D) : . John J. Hemphill (D) : . George W. Dargan (D) : . Robert Smalls (R)

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

: . Augustus H. Pettibone (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R) : . John R. Neal (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Andrew J. Caldwell (D) : . John G. Ballentine (D) : . John M. Taylor (D) : . Presley T. Glass (D) : . Zachary Taylor (R)

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

: . Charles Stewart (D) : . John H. Reagan (D) : . James H. Jones (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . James W. Throckmorton (D) : . Olin Wellborn (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : . James F. Miller (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

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

: . John W. Stewart (R) : . William W. Grout (R)

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

: . Thomas Croxton (D) : . Harry Libbey (RA) : . George D. Wise (D) : . James D. Brady (R) : . George Cabell (D) : . John W. Daniel (D) : . Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) : . John S. Barbour Jr. (D) : . Connally F. Trigg (D) : . John R. Tucker (D)

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

: . Nathan Goff (R) : . William L. Wilson (D) : . Charles P. Snyder (D) : . Eustace Gibson (D)

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

: . Lucien B. Caswell (R) : . Edward S. Bragg (D) : . Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : . Isaac W. Van Schaick (R) : . Joseph Rankin (D), until January 24, 1886 :: Thomas R. Hudd (D), from March 8, 1886 : . Richard W. Guenther (R) : . Ormsby B. Thomas (R) : . William T. Price (R), until December 6, 1886 :: Hugh H. Price (R), from January 18, 1887 : . Isaac Stephenson (R)

Non-voting members

: . Curtis C. Bean (R) : . Oscar S. Gifford (R) : . John Hailey (D) : . Joseph Toole (D) : . Antonio Joseph (D) : . John T. Caine (D) : . Charles S. Voorhees (D) : . Joseph M. Carey (R)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

• Replacements: 7
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 3
• Resignations: 6
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total seats with changes: 9

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 11
  • Democratic: 2 seat net gain
  • Republican: 2 seat net loss
• Deaths: 8
• Resignations: 7
• Contested election: 1
• Total seats with changes: 16

Committees

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
• Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Warner Miller; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: John A. Logan)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Claims (Chairman: Austin F. Pike; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson)
• Coast Defenses (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
• Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J.R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
• Compensation of Members of Congress (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: Wilkinson Call)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: John C. Spooner)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Dwight M. Sabin; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
• Executive Departments Methods (Select)
• Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Fisheries (Chairman: Thomas W. Palmer; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
• Indian Traders (Select)
• Interstate Commerce (Select) (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: N/A)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: William M. Evarts)
• Library (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Charles F. Manderson)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Samuel B. Maxey; Ranking Member: Benjamin Harrison)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select) (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Johnson N. Camden)
• Patents (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: Johnson N. Camden)
• Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
• Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Joseph E. Brown)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: John E. Kenna)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Jones; Ranking Member: Samuel J.R. McMillan)
• Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
• Territories (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Palmer)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: John T. Spriggs; Ranking Member: George E. Adams)
• Admission to the Floor (Select)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: Presley T. Glass)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: James E. Campbell; Ranking Member: Truman A. Merriman)
• American Ship building (Select) (Chairman: Poindexter Dunn; Ranking Member: Charles C. Comstock)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: Joseph G. Cannon)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: James F. Miller; Ranking Member: John E. Hutton)
• Claims (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: William H. Sowden)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: William D. Bynum)
• Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Irion)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John S. Barbour; Ranking Member: John T. Heard)
• Education (Chairman: D. Wyatt Aiken; Ranking Member: Peter P. Mahoney)
• Elections (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; Ranking Member: Benton J. Hall)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William H. Neece; Ranking Member: Adoniram J. Holmes)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James B. Weaver; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Eustace Gibson; Ranking Member: Seth L. Milliken)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John M. Taylor; Ranking Member: Jonathan H. Rowell)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Seaborn Reese; Ranking Member: Zachary Taylor)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Risden T. Bennett; Ranking Member: Joseph A. Scranton)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert Lowry; Ranking Member: Michael Hahn)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Thomas A. Robertson; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Johnson)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Lewis Beach; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Pettibone)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Perry Belmont; Ranking Member: William H. Crain)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Olin Wellborn; Ranking Member: James H. Ward)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: John S. Pindar)
• Judiciary (Chairman: John R. Tucker; Ranking Member: Risden T. Bennett)
• Labor (Chairman: John J. O'Neill; Ranking Member: William H. Crain)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: J. Floyd King; Ranking Member: William Dawson)
• Manufactures (Chairman: George D. Wise; Ranking Member: John S. Pindar)
• Mileage (Chairman: John H. Rogers; Ranking Member: Ambrose A. Ranney)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Edward S. Bragg; Ranking Member: Charles M. Anderson)
• Militia (Chairman: Nicholas Muller; Ranking Member: Barnes Compton)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin L. Clardy; Ranking Member: Frederick G. Barry)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James W. Throckmorton; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
• Patents (Chairman: Charles L. Mitchell; Ranking Member: William H.H. Cowles)
• Pensions (Chairman: Nathaniel B. Eldredge; Ranking Member: John E. Hutton)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Frederick G. Barry)
• Printing (Chairman: Ethelbert Barksdale; Ranking Member: John M. Farquhar)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: John E. Halsell; Ranking Member: Robert S. Green)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Samuel Dibble; Ranking Member: Thomas D. Johnston)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Thomas Chipman McRae)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: James N. Pidcock)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: John B. Hale)
• Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Albert S. Willis; Ranking Member: John M. Glover)
• Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: William D. Hill; Ranking Member: William Dawson)
• War Claims (Chairman: George W. Geddes; Ranking Member: James W. Reid)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: William D. Kelley)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• The Library (Chairman: Otho R. Singleton; Vice Chairman: Charles O'Neill)
• Printing
• Scientific Bureaus

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: Sterling P. Rounds, until 1886
  • Thomas E. Benedict, starting 1886

Senate

• Secretary: Anson G. McCook
• Librarian: George M. Weston
• Sergeant at Arms: William P. Canady
• Chaplain: Elias D. Huntley, Methodist, until March 15, 1886
  • John G. Butler, Lutheran, elected March 15, 1886

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: John Summerfield Lindsay (Episcopalian), until December 7, 1885
  • William H. Milburn (Methodist), elected December 7, 1885
• Doorkeeper: Samuel Donelson, elected December 7, 1885
• Clerk: John B. Clark Jr.
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
• Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton
• Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: John P. Leedom

Notes

References

References

1. "THE 25th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION / Grover Cleveland / March 4, 1885". [[United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies]].