42nd United States Congress - Political Parties
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The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. This Congress sat during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
| Preceded by 41st Congress |
42nd Congress 1871 – 1873 |
Succeeded by 43rd Congress |
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[edit] Members
At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.
- Main article: Forty-second United States Congress
- See also: Forty-second United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1870
This list is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are then shown in alphabetical order. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.
[edit] Senate
[edit] Democrats
- A-Z
- Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
- Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Missouri
- Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), California
- Henry Cooper (1827-1884), Tennessee
- Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), West Virginia
- George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), Alabama ...contested election, seated January 9, 1872.
- William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Maryland
- John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Virginia
- James K. Kelly (1819-1903), Oregon
- Willis B. Machen (1810-1893), Kentucky …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Georgia …contested election, seated December 19, 1871, after Senate's refusal to seat Foster Blogett.
- Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina …contested election, seated April 24, 1872.
- Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
- John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Kentucky
- John P. Stockton (1826-1900), New Jersey
- Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Ohio
- Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Illinois
- George Vickers (1801-1879), Maryland
[edit] Republicans
- A-L
- James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Mississippi …seated December 4, 1871.
- Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Mississippi
- Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
- Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), West Virginia
- William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Tennessee
- William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Connecticut
- Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Kansas
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
- Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Wisconsin
- Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
- Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Arkansas
- Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), California
- Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
- Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Oregon
- Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), New Hampshire
- George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
- Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), New York
- Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Connecticut
- Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
- James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Texas
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), New Jersey
- Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Florida
- Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Texas …contested election, seated March 20, 1871.
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
- James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa
- Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Georgia
- Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Nebraska
- Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Wisconsin
- William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana …resigned November 1, 1872, seat remained vacant.
- John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Virginia
- John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
- M-Z
- Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
- Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Maine
- Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), Indiana
- James W. Nye (1815-1876), Nevada
- Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Florida
- James W. Patterson (1823-1893), New Hampshire
- Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Kansas
- John Pool (1826-1884), North Carolina
- Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Indiana
- Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Minnesota
- Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Arkansas
- Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), South Carolina
- Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), South Carolina
- Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Missouri
- John Scott (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
- John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
- George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Alabama
- William Sprague (1830-1915), Rhode Island
- William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Nevada
- Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts
- Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Nebraska
- Joseph R. West (1822-1898), Louisiana
- Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts …resigned March 3, 1873.
- William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
- George G. Wright (1820-1896), Iowa
[edit] Unionist
- Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Kentucky …died September 22, 1872.
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Democrats
- A-F
- Ephraim L. Acker (1827-1903), Pennsylvania
- George M. Adams (1837-1920), Kentucky
- Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Maryland
- William E. Arthur (1825-1897), Kentucky
- William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Connecticut
- Erasmus W. Beck (1833-1898), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
- Samuel N. Bell (1829-1889), New Hampshire
- Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), Delaware
- John T. Bird (1829-1911), New Jersey
- Elliott M. Braxton (1823-1891), Virginia
- John M. Bright (1817-1911), Tennessee
- James Brooks (1810-1873), New York
- Robert P. Caldwell (1821-1885), Tennessee
- Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Ohio
- John M. Carroll (1823-1901), New York
- Abram Comingo (1820-1889), Missouri
- John C. Conner (1842-1873), Texas
- Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
- John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Illinois
- John Critcher (1820-1901), Virginia
- Edward Crossland (1827-1881), Kentucky
- John J. Davis (1835-1916), West Virginia
- Ozro J. Dodds (1840-1882), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), Alabama
- Dudley M. Du Bose (1834-1883), Georgia
- Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Wisconsin
- Smith Ely, Jr. (1825-1911), New York
- Samuel C. Forker (1821-1900), New Jersey
- Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Pennsylvania
- G-L
- Abraham E. Garrett (1830-1907), Tennessee
- James L. Getz (1821-1891), Pennsylvania
- De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Texas …contested election, seated May 13, 1872.
- Edward I. Golladay (1830-1897), Tennessee
- Samuel Griffith (1816-1893), Pennsylvania
- Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Pennsylvania
- Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), Maryland
- John Hancock (1824-1893), Texas
- William A. Handley (1834-1909), Alabama
- James M. Hanks (1833-1909), Arkansas
- James C. Harper (1819-1890), North Carolina
- John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
- Frank Hereford (1825-1891), West Virginia
- William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Texas
- Ellery A. Hibbard (1826-1903), New Hampshire
- William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
- Charles W. Kendall (1828-1914), Nevada
- Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Indiana
- Andrew King (1812-1895), Missouri
- Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884), New York
- Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), Ohio
- James M. Leach (1815-1891), North Carolina
- Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), Kentucky
- M-R
- Archibald T. Macintyre (1822-1900), Georgia
- Mahlon D. Manson (1820-1895), Indiana
- Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Illinois
- William McClelland (1842-1892), Pennsylvania
- James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Missouri
- Henry D. McHenry (1826-1890), Kentucky
- John F. McKinney (1827-1903), Ohio
- Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Illinois
- William M. Merrick (1818-1889), Maryland
- Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918), Pennsylvania
- Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), Wisconsin
- George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Ohio
- Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883), Florida
- William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Indiana
- Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), New Hampshire
- Eli Perry (1799-1881), New York
- Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), New York
- William P. Price (1835-1908), Georgia
- Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
- William B. Read (1817-1880), Kentucky
- Edward Y. Rice (1820-1883), Illinois
- John M. Rice (1831-1895), Kentucky
- John Ritchie (1831-1887), Maryland
- William R. Roberts (1830-1897), New York
- James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Illinois
- John Rogers (1813-1879), New York
- Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), North Carolina …contested elected, seated May 23, 1872.
- Robert B. Roosevelt (1829-1906), New York
- S-Z
- Henry Sherwood (1813-1896), Pennsylvania
- Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), North Carolina
- James H. Slater (1826-1899), Oregon
- Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), New York
- Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), Alabama
- Robert M. Speer (1838-1890), Pennsylvania
- Bradford N. Stevens (1813-1885), Illinois
- John B. Storm (1838-1901), Pennsylvania
- Jabez G. Sutherland (1825-1902), Michigan
- Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Maryland
- William Terry (1824-1888), Virginia
- Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), New York
- Joseph H. Tuthill (1811-1877), New York
- Van Trump Philadelph (1810-1874), Ohio
- William W. Vaughan (1831-1878), Tennessee
- Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Indiana
- Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), North Carolina
- Joseph M. Warren (1813-1896), New York
- Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Missouri
- Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
- William Williams (1815-1876), New York
- Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), Kentucky
- Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York
- Pierce M. Young (1836-1896), Georgia
- Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), Ohio
[edit] Republicans
- A-B-C
- Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Massachusetts
- John T. Averill (1825-1889), Minnesota
- Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Massachusetts
- Joel A. Barber (1809-1881), Wisconsin
- Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Mississippi
- John Beatty (1828-1914), Ohio
- John L. Beveridge (1824-1910), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1871, resigned January 4, 1873.
- John S. Bigby (1832-1898), Georgia
- John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Ohio
- James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
- Austin Blair (1818-1894), Michigan
- Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Arkansas …contested election, seated February 9, 1872.
- George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Massachusetts …resigned May 13, 1872.
- Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Alabama
- James Buffinton (1817-1875), Massachusetts
- Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1873.
- Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Illinois
- Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), Missouri
- Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Massachusetts
- Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Tennessee
- William T. Clark (1831-1905), Texas …contested election, seated January 10, 1872, served until May 13, 1872,
- Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), New York
- Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), North Carolina
- John Coburn (1825-1908), Indiana
- John M. Coghlan (1835-1879), California
- Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan
- Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Illinois …resigned August 26, 1871.
- Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), Iowa
- Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14, 1872.
- D-E-F
- Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Louisiana
- Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
- Robert C. De Large (1842-1874), South Carolina …contested election, seat declared vacant January 24, 1873.
- Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Pennsylvania
- William G. Donnan (1834-1908), Iowa
- Rodolphus H. Duell (1824-1891), New York
- Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Minnesota
- Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), Rhode Island
- Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), South Carolina
- Constantine C. Esty (1824-1912), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Illinois
- Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Illinois
- Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), Missouri
- Charles Foster (1828-1904), Ohio
- Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), Michigan …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1871.
- William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
- G-H-I
- James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio
- Milo Goodrich (1814-1881), New York
- Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
- George A. Halsey (1827-1894), New Jersey
- Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
- George E. Harris (1827-1911), Mississippi
- Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), Missouri
- John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Illinois
- Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
- John B. Hay (1834-1916), Illinois
- Charles Hays (1834-1879), Alabama
- Gerry W. Hazelton (1829-1920), Wisconsin
- John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), New Jersey
- John Hill (1821-1884), New Jersey
- George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
- Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Massachusetts
- Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), California
- J-K-L
- William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
- Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Connecticut
- John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
- John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
- William H. Lamport (1811-1891), New York
- William E. Lansing (1821-1883), New York
- David P. Lowe (1823-1882), Kansas
- John Lynch (1825-1892), Maine
- M-N-O
- Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Tennessee
- James McCleery (1837-1871), Louisiana …died November 5, 1871, never having qualified.
- George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Iowa
- James C. McGrew (1813-1910), West Virginia
- Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Pennsylvania
- George C. McKee (1837-1890), Mississippi
- Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Pennsylvania …resigned December 2, 1872.
- Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), New York
- James Monroe (1821-1898), Ohio
- Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Illinois
- Frank Morey (1840-1889), Louisiana
- Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), Mississippi
- Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Pennsylvania
- James S. Negley (1826-1901), Pennsylvania
- Jackson Orr (1832-1926), Iowa
- P-Q-R
- Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Indiana
- John B. Packer (1824-1891), Pennsylvania
- Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), Iowa
- Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), Missouri
- Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), Ohio
- James M. Pendleton (1822-1889), Rhode Island
- Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), Mississippi
- Aaron F. Perry (1815-1893), Ohio …resigned 1872.
- John A. Peters (1822-1904), Maine
- James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Virginia
- Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Vermont
- Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Virginia
- Elizur H. Prindle (1829-1890), New York
- Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), South Carolina
- Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), New York
- Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893), Wisconsin
- S-T-U-V
- Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), California
- Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
- Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
- John E. Seeley (1810-1875), New York
- Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), New York
- John P. Shanks (1826-1901), Indiana
- Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Louisiana
- Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Ohio
- Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Pennsylvania
- Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888), New York
- John A. Smith (1814-1892), Ohio
- Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Vermont
- Henry Snapp (1822-1895), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1871.
- Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Arkansas
- Thomas J. Speer (1837-1872), Georgia …died August 18, 1872.
- William P. Sprague (1827-1899), Ohio
- Charles St. John (1818-1891), New York
- Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Connecticut
- Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), Ohio
- William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), Michigan
- William H. Stowell (1840-1922), Virginia
- Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Connecticut
- Jacob H. Sypher (1837-1913), Louisiana
- John Taffe (1827-1884), Nebraska
- Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), North Carolina
- Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Pennsylvania
- Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894), Alabama
- Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Massachusetts
- James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Indiana
- William H. Upson (1823-1910), Ohio
- W-X-Y-Z
- Seth Wakeman (1811-1880), New York
- Madison M. Walden (1836-1891), Iowa
- Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Michigan
- Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), South Carolina
- Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Florida
- William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Massachusetts …resigned December 5, 1871.
- William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), New York
- Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Georgia
- Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Vermont
- William Williams (1821-1896), Indiana
- Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), Indiana
- John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Ohio
[edit] Conservatives
- Richard T. Duke (1822-1898), Virginia
[edit] Independent Republicans
- John V. Creely (1839-1900), Pennsylvania
[edit] Liberal Republicans
- James G. Blair (1825-1904), Missouri
- Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1872.
- John Edwards (1805-1894), Arkansas …contested election, served until February 9, 1872.
[edit] Delegates
[edit] Democrats
- Moses K. Armstrong (1832-1906), Dakota
- José M. Gallegos (1815-1875), New Mexico …elected September 4, 1871.
- William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Utah
- Samuel A. Merritt (1827-1910), Idaho
[edit] Republicans
- Jerome B. Chaffee (1825-1886), Colorado
- Norton P. Chipman (1834-1924), District of Columbia …new representation, seated December 4, 1871.
- William H. Clagett (1838-1901), Montana …elected August 7, 1871.
- Selucius Garfielde (1822-1881), Washington
- William T. Jones (1842-1882), Wyoming
[edit] Unionists
- Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), Arizona
[edit] References
- U.S. Congress (2006). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - 2005. U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
- Biographical Directory (2006). Statistics and Lists. U.S. Senate. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
- Office of the Clerk (2006). Congressional History. U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved on May 1, 2006.
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