45th United States Congress - Political Parties
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The Forty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, including the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879. This Congress sat during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870.
| Preceded by 44th Congress |
45th Congress 1877 – 1879 |
Succeeded by 46th 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-fifth United States Congress
- See also: Forty-fifth United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1876
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-L
- David H. Armstrong (1812-1893), Missouri …appointed to fill vacancy, seated October 15, 1877.
- James E. Bailey (1822-1885), Tennessee
- William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Connecticut
- Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
- James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
- Lewis V. Bogy (1813-1877), Missouri …died September 20, 1877.
- Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), South Carolina
- Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Missouri
- Richard Coke (1829-1897), Texas
- Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), West Virginia
- George R. Dennis (1822-1882), Maryland
- William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Connecticut
- James B. Eustis (1834-1899), Louisiana …contested election, seated December 10, 1877.
- Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Arkansas
- John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Georgia
- La Fayette Grover (1823-1911), Oregon
- Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Tennessee
- Frank Hereford (1825-1891), West Virginia
- Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882), Georgia
- John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Virginia
- Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Florida
- Francis Kernan (1816-1892), New York
- Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi
- M-Z
- Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Texas
- Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Kentucky
- Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891), Indiana
- John R. McPherson (1833-1897), New Jersey
- Augustus S. Merrimon (1830-1892), North Carolina
- John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Alabama
- Theodore F. Randolph (1826-1883), New Jersey
- Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina
- Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
- James Shields (1810-1879), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 27, 1879.
- Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Ohio
- Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Indiana …appointed to fill vacancy, seated November 12, 1877, subsequently elected.
- William A. Wallace (1827-1896), Pennsylvania
- William Pinckney Whyte (1824-1908), Maryland
- Robert E. Withers (1821-1907), Virginia
[edit] Republicans
- A-L
- William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
- Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
- James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
- Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898), Mississippi
- Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881), Rhode Island
- Angus Cameron (1826-1897), Wisconsin
- J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 15, 1877.
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania …resigned March 12, 1877.
- Jerome B. Chaffee (1825-1886), Colorado
- Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
- Isaac P. Christiancy (1812-1890), Michigan
- Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
- Simon B. Conover (1840-1908), Florida
- Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
- Stephen W. Dorsey (1842-1916), Arkansas
- George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
- Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
- George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
- Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Wisconsin
- John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Kansas
- John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
- William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana …contested election, seated November 30, 1877.
- Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), Iowa
- M-Z
- Stanley Matthews (1824-1889), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 16, 1877.
- Samuel James Renwick McMillan (1826-1897), Minnesota
- John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Oregon
- Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
- Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), Indiana …died November 1, 1877.
- Richard J. Oglesby (1824-1899), Illinois
- Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897), Nebraska
- John J. Patterson (1830-1912), South Carolina
- Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Kansas
- Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), New Hampshire
- Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), California
- Alvin Saunders (1817-1899), Nebraska
- William Sharon (1821-1885), Nevada
- John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio …resigned March 8, 1877.
- George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Alabama
- Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Colorado
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891), New Hampshire
- William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
[edit] Independent Republicans
- Newton Booth (1825-1892), California
[edit] Independents
- David Davis (1815-1886), Illinois
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Democrats
- A-B-C
- Joseph H. Acklen (1850-1938), Louisiana …contested election, seated February 20, 1878.
- D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), South Carolina
- J.D.C. Atkins (1825-1908), Tennessee
- Henry B. Banning (1836-1881), Ohio
- Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893), Virginia …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 8, 1879.
- George M. Beebe (1836-1927), New York
- Hiram P. Bell (1827-1907), Georgia
- Charles B. Benedict (1828-1901), New York
- George A. Bicknell (1815-1891), Indiana
- Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Kentucky
- Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri
- Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), New York
- James H. Blount (1837-1903), Georgia
- Andrew R. Boone (1831-1886), Kentucky
- Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904), Wisconsin
- Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912), Wisconsin
- Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Pennsylvania
- John M. Bright (1817-1911), Tennessee
- Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Missouri
- George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Virginia
- John W. Caldwell (1837-1903), Kentucky
- W.P. Caldwell (1832-1903), Tennessee
- Milton A. Candler (1837-1909), Georgia
- John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Kentucky
- J.R. Chalmers (1831-1898), Mississippi
- Alvah A. Clark (1840-1912), New Jersey
- John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903), Missouri
- John B. Clarke (1833-1911), Kentucky
- Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), Pennsylvania
- Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Indiana
- Francis D. Collins (1841-1891), Pennsylvania
- Philip Cook (1817-1894), Georgia
- James W. Covert (1842-1910), New York
- Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
- Jordan E. Cravens (1830-1914), Arkansas
- Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909), Missouri
- D.B. Culberson (1830-1900), Texas
- Augustus W. Cutler (1827-1897), New Jersey
- D-E-F
- Robert H. Davidson (1832-1908), Florida
- Joseph J. Davis (1828-1892), North Carolina
- Benjamin Dean (1824-1897), Massachusetts …contested election, seated March 28, 1878.
- George G. Dibrell (1822-1888), Tennessee
- H.L. Dickey (1832-1910), Ohio
- B.B. Douglas (1822-1878), Virginia …died December 22, 1878.
- Milton J. Durham (1824-1911), Kentucky
- John R. Eden (1826-1909), Illinois
- Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901), New York
- J.B. Elam (1821-1885), Louisiana
- E. John Ellis (1840-1889), Louisiana
- John H. Evins (1830-1884), South Carolina
- Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829-1896), Ohio
- Ebenezer B. Finley (1833-1916), Ohio
- Jesse J. Finley (1812-1904), Florida …contested election, seated February 20, 1879.
- William B. Fleming (1803-1886), Georgia
- William H. Forney (1823-1894), Alabama
- Benjamin J. Franklin (1839-1898), Missouri
- Benoni S. Fuller (1825-1903), Indiana
- G-H-I
- William W. Garth (1828-1912), Alabama
- Lucien C. Gause (1836-1880), Arkansas
- Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Louisiana
- D.C. Giddings (1827-1903), Texas
- John M. Glover (1822-1891), Missouri
- John Goode, Jr. (1829-1909), Virginia
- Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904), Arkansas
- Andrew H. Hamilton (1834-1895), Indiana
- Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830-1889), New Jersey
- Henry R. Harris (1828-1909), Georgia
- John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
- Carter H. Harrison (1825-1893), Illinois
- E. Kirke Hart (1841-1893), New York
- Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), Georgia
- William Hartzell (1837-1903), Illinois
- Robert A. Hatcher (1819-1886), Missouri
- Eli J. Henkle (1828-1893), Maryland
- Daniel M. Henry (1823-1899), Maryland
- Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Alabama
- Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903), New York
- Goldsmith W. Hewitt (1834-1895), Alabama
- Charles E. Hooker (1825-1914), Mississippi
- John F. House (1827-1904), Tennessee
- Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), Virginia
- J-K-L
- Frank Jones (1832-1902), New Hampshire
- James Taylor Jones (1832-1895), Alabama
- John E. Kenna (1848-1893), West Virginia
- William Kimmel (1812-1886), Maryland
- Robert M. Knapp (1831-1889), Illinois
- J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Kentucky
- George M. Landers (1813-1895), Connecticut
- Robert F. Ligon (1823-1901), Alabama
- Daniel N. Lockwood (1844-1906), New York
- John K. Luttrell (1831-1893), California
- William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885), Wisconsin
- M-N-O
- Levi A. Mackey (1819-1889), Pennsylvania
- Levi Maish (1837-1899), Pennsylvania
- Vannoy H. Manning (1839-1892), Mississippi
- Benjamin F. Martin (1828-1895), West Virginia
- Stephen L. Mayham (1826-1908), New York
- James A. McKenzie (1840-1904), Kentucky
- John A. McMahon (1833-1923), Ohio
- R.Q. Mills (1832-1911), Texas
- Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Mississippi
- Charles H. Morgan (1842-1912), Missouri
- William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Illinois
- Leopold Morse (1831-1892), Massachusetts
- Henry L. Muldrow (1837-1905), Mississippi
- Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), New York
- P-Q-R
- Thomas M. Patterson (1839-1916), Colorado …contested election, seated December 13, 1877.
- James Phelps (1822-1900), Connecticut
- Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), New York
- Auburn L. Pridemore (1837-1900), Virginia
- Terence J. Quinn (1836-1878), New York …died June 18, 1878.
- Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
- David Rea (1831-1901), Missouri
- John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Texas
- James B. Reilly (1845-1924), Pennsylvania
- Americus V. Rice (1835-1904), Ohio
- H.Y. Riddle (1834-1879), Tennessee
- William M. Robbins (1828-1905), North Carolina
- Charles B. Roberts (1842-1899), Maryland
- E.W. Robertson (1823-1887), Louisiana
- Miles Ross (1827-1903), New Jersey
- S-T-U-V
- Milton Sayler (1831-1892), Ohio
- Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), North Carolina
- Gustave Schleicher (1823-1879), Texas …died January 10, 1879.
- Charles M. Shelley (1833-1907), Alabama
- O.R. Singleton (1814-1889), Mississippi
- William F. Slemons (1830-1918), Arkansas
- William E. Smith (1829-1890), Georgia
- Milton I. Southard (1836-1905), Ohio
- William A.J. Sparks (1828-1904), Illinois
- William M. Springer (1836-1903), Illinois
- Walter L. Steele (1823-1891), North Carolina
- William S. Stenger (1840-1918), Pennsylvania
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia
- Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Maryland
- J.W. Throckmorton (1825-1894), Texas
- Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Illinois
- John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897), Virginia
- Thomas Turner (1821-1900), Kentucky
- Jacob Turney (1825-1891), Pennsylvania
- Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), North Carolina
- William D. Veeder (1835-1910), New York
- W-X-Y-Z
- Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), North Carolina
- Gilbert C. Walker (1833-1885), Virginia
- William Walsh (1828-1892), Maryland
- Levi Warner (1831-1911), Connecticut
- W.C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
- P.D. Wigginton (1839-1890), California …contested elected, seated February 7, 1878.
- Alpheus S. Williams (1810-1878), Michigan …died December 20, 1878.
- James Wilson (1825-1899), Delaware
- Jeremiah N. Williams (1829-1915), Alabama
- Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Kentucky
- Benjamin A. Willis (1840-1886), New York
- Benjamin Wilson (1825-1901), West Virginia
- Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York
- Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Pennsylvania
- Jesse J. Yeates (1829-1892), North Carolina
- Hiram C. Young (1828-1899), Tennessee
- John S. Young (1834-1916), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.
[edit] Republicans
- A-B-C
- William Aldrich (1820-1885), Illinois
- William J. Bacon (1803-1889), New York
- George A. Bagley (1826-1915), New York
- John M. Bailey (1838-1916), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.
- John H. Baker (1832-1915), Indiana
- William H. Baker (1827-1911), New York
- Latimer W. Ballou (1812-1900), Rhode Island
- Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Massachusetts
- Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Pennsylvania
- James B. Belford (1837-1910), Colorado …contested elected, served until December 13, 1877.
- Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (1839-1916), Florida …contested election, served until February 20, 1879.
- Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), New Hampshire
- Thomas A. Boyd (1830-1897), Illinois
- Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891), Illinois
- Mark S. Brewer (1837-1901), Michigan
- James F. Briggs (1827-1905), New Hampshire
- Curtis H. Brogden (1816-1901), North Carolina
- Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Indiana
- Solomon Bundy (1823-1889), New York
- Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Illinois
- Theodore W. Burdick (1836-1898), Iowa
- Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Massachusetts
- Richard H. Cain (1825-1887), South Carolina
- William H. Calkins (1842-1894), Indiana
- John H. Camp (1840-1892), New York
- Jacob M. Campbell (1821-1888), Pennsylvania
- Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
- Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Wisconsin
- Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889), New York
- William Claflin (1818-1905), Massachusetts
- Rush Clark (1834-1879), Iowa
- Nathan Cole (1825-1904), Missouri
- Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan
- Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900), Ohio
- William W. Crapo (1830-1926), Massachusetts
- Henry J.B. Cummings (1831-1909), Iowa
- D-E-F
- Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), Ohio
- C.B. Darrall (1842-1908), Louisiana …contested election, served until February 20, 1878.
- Horace Davis (1831-1916), California
- Nathaniel C. Deering (1827-1887), Iowa
- Dudley C. Denison (1819-1905), Vermont
- Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Minnesota
- Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819-1885), New York
- Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), Rhode Island
- Charles C. Ellsworth (1824-1899), Michigan
- Russell Errett (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
- I. Newton Evans (1827-1901), Pennsylvania
- James L. Evans (1825-1903), Indiana
- Walbridge A. Field (1833-1899), Massachusetts ...contested election, served until March 28, 1878.
- Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883), Illinois
- Charles Foster (1828-1904), Ohio
- Chapman Freeman (1832-1904), Pennsylvania
- William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
- G-H-I
- Mills Gardner (1830-1910), Ohio
- James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio
- Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
- John Hanna (1827-1882), Indiana
- Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
- Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907), Massachusetts
- Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883), Kansas
- Philip C. Hayes (1833-1916), Illinois
- George C. Hazelton (1832-1922), Wisconsin
- George W. Hendee (1832-1906), Vermont
- Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Illinois
- Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), New York
- Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900), Michigan
- H.L. Humphrey (1830-1902), Wisconsin
- John N. Hungerford (1825-1883), New York
- Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Indiana
- Anthony F. Ittner (1837-1931), Missouri
- J-K-L
- Amaziah B. James (1812-1883), New York
- John S. Jones (1836-1903), Ohio
- Joseph Jorgensen (1844-1888), Virginia
- Charles H. Joyce (1830-1916), Vermont
- J. Warren Keifer (1836-1932), Ohio
- Edwin W. Keightley (1843-1926), Michigan
- William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
- John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
- John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
- Elbridge G. Lapham (1814-1890), New York
- William Lathrop (1825-1907), Illinois
- J.E. Leonard (1845-1878), Louisiana …died March 15, 1878.
- Stephen D. Lindsey (1828-1884), Maine
- George B. Loring (1817-1891), Massachusetts
- M-N-O
- Thomas J. Majors (1841-1932), Nebraska …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.
- B.F. Marsh (1839-1905), Illinois
- Anson G. McCook (1835-1917), New York
- Jonas H. McGowan (1837-1909), Michigan
- William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Ohio
- Lyne S. Metcalfe (1822-1906), Missouri
- John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Pennsylvania
- James Monroe (1821-1898), Ohio
- Henry S. Neal (1828-1906), Ohio
- Amasa Norcross (1824-1898), Massachusetts
- Samuel A. Oliver (1833-1912), Iowa
- Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
- Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903), Pennsylvania
- P-Q-R
- Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899), California …contested elected, served until February 7, 1878.
- H.F. Page (1833-1890), California
- George W. Patterson (1799-1879), New York
- Thomas B. Peddie (1808-1889), New Jersey
- William A. Phillips (1824-1893), Kansas
- Henry M. Pollard (1836-1904), Missouri
- Thaddeus C. Pound (1833-1914), Wisconsin
- Llewellyn Powers (1836-1908), Maine
- Hiram Price (1814-1901), Iowa
- John Howard Pugh (1827-1905), New Jersey
- Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), South Carolina
- James H. Randolph (1825-1900), Tennessee
- Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Maine
- William W. Rice (1826-1896), Massachusetts
- George D. Robinson (1834-1896), Massachusetts
- Milton S. Robinson (1832-1892), Indiana
- Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Kansas
- S-T-U-V
- Ezekiel S. Sampson (1831-1892), Iowa
- William F. Sapp (1824-1890), Iowa
- Leonidas Sexton (1827-1880), Indiana
- William S. Shallenberger (1839-1914), Pennsylvania
- Clement H. Sinnickson (1834-1919), New Jersey
- Robert Smalls (1839-1915), South Carolina
- A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Pennsylvania
- John H. Starin (1825-1909), New York
- J.H. Stewart (1829-1884), Minnesota
- John W. Stone (1838-1922), Michigan
- Joseph C. Stone (1829-1902), Iowa
- Horace B. Strait (1835-1894), Minnesota
- John M. Thompson (1829-1903), Pennsylvania
- J.M. Thornburgh (1837-1890), Tennessee
- Thomas F. Tipton (1833-1904), Illinois
- Amos Townsend (1821-1895), Ohio
- Martin I. Townsend (1810-1903), New York
- Nelson H. Van Vorhees (1822-1882), Ohio
- W-X-Y-Z
- John T. Wait (1811-1899), Connecticut
- William Ward (1837-1895), Pennsylvania
- Lewis F. Watson (1819-1890), Pennsylvania
- Frank Welch (1835-1878), Nebraska …died September 4, 1878.
- Harry White (1834-1920), Pennsylvania
- Michael D. White (1827-1917), Indiana
- Andrew Williams (1828-1907), New York
- Charles G. Williams (1829-1892), Wisconsin
- Richard Williams (1836-1914), Oregon
- Edwin Willits (1830-1896), Michigan
- Thomas Wren (1826-1904), Nevada
[edit] Independent Democrats
- William H. Felton (1823-1909), Georgia
[edit] Delegates
[edit] Democrats
- Stephen S. Fenn (1820-1892), Idaho Territory
- Martin Maginnis (1841-1919), Montana Territory
- Hiram S. Stevens (1832-1893), Arizona Territory
[edit] Republicans
- George Q. Cannon (1827-1901), Utah Territory
- William W. Corlett (1842-1890), Wyoming Territory
- Orange Jacobs (1827-1914), Washington Territory
- Jefferson P. Kidder (1815-1883), Dakota Territory
- Trinidad Romero (1835-1918), New Mexico Territory
[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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