50th United States Congress

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Contents 1 Dates of sessions 2 Major events 3 Major legislation 4 Party summary 4.1 Senate 4.2 House of Representatives 5 Leadership 5.1 Senate 5.2 House of Representatives 6 Members 6.1 Senate 6.2 House of Representatives 6.3 Territorial Delegates 7 Changes in membership 7.1 Senate 7.2 House of Representatives 8 Officers 8.1 Senate 8.2 House of Representatives 8.3 Other 9 References 10 External links

The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

[edit] Dates of sessions

March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1889

• First session: December 5, 1887 - October 20, 1888
• Second session: December 3, 1888 - March 3, 1889 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 49th Congress
Next congress: 51st Congress

[edit] Major events

Main article: Events of 1887; Events of 1888; Events of 1889

[edit] Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 50th Congress

[edit] 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.

[edit] Senate

• Democratic: 37
• Republican: 39 (majority)

TOTAL members: 76

[edit] House of Representatives

• Democratic: 167 (majority)
• Republican: 152
• Independent Republican: 2
• Labor: 2
• National Greenback: 1
• Independent: 1

TOTAL members: 325

[edit] Leadership

[edit] Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • vacant
• President pro tempore of the Senate:
  • John J. Ingalls, Republican of Kansas, elected in this Congress December 5, 1887.

[edit] House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House
  • John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, reelected December 5, 1887.

[edit] Members

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

See also: 50th United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: 50th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1886

[edit] Senate

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

Alabama

• 2. John T. Morgan (Dem.)
• 3. James L. Pugh (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 3. James K. Jones (Dem.)
• 2. James H. Berry (Dem.)

California

• 3. Leland Stanford (Rep.)
• 1. George Hearst (Dem.)

Colorado

• 2. Thomas M. Bowen (Rep.)
• 3. Henry M. Teller (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 3. Orville H. Platt (Rep.)
• 1. Joseph R. Hawley (Rep.)

Delaware

• 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (Dem.)
• 1. George Gray (Dem.)

Florida

• 3. Wilkinson Call (Dem.)
• 1. Samuel Pasco (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.

Georgia

• 3. Joseph E. Brown (Dem.)
• 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (Dem.)

Illinois

• 2. Shelby M. Cullom (Rep.)
• 3. Charles B. Farwell (Rep.)

Indiana

• 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (Dem.)
• 1. David Turpie (Dem.)

Iowa

• 3. William B. Allison (Rep.)
• 2. James F. Wilson (Rep.)

Kansas

• 3. John J. Ingalls (Rep.)
• 2. Preston B. Plumb (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 2. James B. Beck (Dem.)
• 3. Joseph C.S. Blackburn (Dem.)

Louisiana

• 2. Randall L. Gibson (Dem.)
• 3. James B. Eustis (Dem.)

Maine

• 1. Eugene Hale (Rep.)
• 2. William P. Frye (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. Arthur P. Gorman (Dem.)
• 3. Ephraim K. Wilson (Dem.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Henry L. Dawes (Rep.)
• 2. George F. Hoar (Rep.)

Michigan

• 2. Thomas W. Palmer (Rep.)
• 1. Francis B. Stockbridge (Rep.)

Minnesota

• 2. Dwight M. Sabin (Rep.)
• 1. Cushman K. Davis (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. James Z. George (Dem.)
• 2. Edward C. Walthall (Dem.)

Missouri

• 1. Francis M. Cockrell (Dem.)
• 3. George G. Vest (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 2. Charles F. Manderson (Rep.)
• 1. Algernon S. Paddock (Rep.)

Nevada

• 3. John P. Jones (Rep.)
• 1. William M. Stewart (Rep.)

New Hampshire

• 3. Henry W. Blair (Rep.)
• 2. Person C. Cheney (Rep.) ...appointed to fill vacancy, served until June 14, 1887.

  William E. Chandler (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 14, 1887.

New Jersey

• 2. John R. McPherson (Dem.)
• 1. Rufus Blodgett (Dem.)

New York

• 3. William M. Evarts (Rep.)
• 1. Frank Hiscock (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 2. Matt W. Ransom (Dem.)
• 3. Zebulon B. Vance (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. John Sherman (Rep.)
• 3. Henry B. Payne (Dem.)

Oregon

• 2. Joseph N. Dolph (Rep.)
• 3. John H. Mitchell (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 3. J. Donald Cameron (Rep.)
• 1. Matthew S. Quay (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (Rep.)
• 2. Jonathan Chace (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 2. Matthew C. Butler (Dem.)
• 3. Wade Hampton, III (Dem.)

Tennessee

• 2. Isham G. Harris (Dem.)
• 1. William B. Bate (Dem.)

Texas

• 2. Richard Coke (Dem.)
• 1. John H. Reagan (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. George F. Edmunds (Rep.)
• 3. Justin S. Morrill (Rep.)

Virginia

• 2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (Readjuster Dem.)
• 1. John W. Daniel (Dem.)

West Virginia

• 2. John E. Kenna (Dem.)
• 1. Charles J. Faulkner (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Philetus Sawyer (Rep.)
• 3. John C. Spooner (Rep.)

[edit] House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

Alabama

• 1. James T. Jones (Dem.)
• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (Dem.)
• 3. William C. Oates (Dem.)
• 4. Alexander C. Davidson (Dem.)
• 5. James E. Cobb (Dem.)
• 6. John H. Bankhead (Dem.)
• 7. William H. Forney (Dem.)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (Dem.)

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (Dem.)
• 2. Clifton R. Breckinridge (Dem.)
• 3. Thomas C. McRae (Dem.)
• 4. John H. Rogers (Dem.)
• 5. Samuel W. Peel (Dem.)

California

• 1. Thomas L. Thompson (Dem.)
• 2. Marion Biggs (Dem.)
• 3. Joseph McKenna (Rep.)
• 4. William W. Morrow (Rep.)
• 5. Charles N. Felton (Rep.)
• 6. William Vandever (Rep.)

Colorado

• A/L. George G. Symes (Rep.)

Connecticut

• 1. Robert J. Vance (Dem.)
• 2. Carlos French (Dem.)
• 3. Charles A. Russell (Rep.)
• 4. Miles T. Granger (Dem.)

Delaware

• A/L. John B. Penington (Dem.)

Florida

• 1. Robert H.M. Davidson (Dem.)
• 2. Charles Dougherty (Dem.)

Georgia

• 1. Thomas M. Norwood (Dem.)
• 2. Henry G. Turner (Dem.)
• 3. Charles F. Crisp (Dem.)
• 4. Thomas W. Grimes (Dem.)
• 5. John D. Stewart (Dem.)
• 6. James H. Blount (Dem.)
• 7. Judson C. Clements (Dem.)
• 8. Henry H. Carlton (Dem.)
• 9. Allen D. Candler (Dem.)
• 10. George T. Barnes (Dem.)

Illinois

• 1. Ransom W. Dunham (Rep.)
• 2. Frank Lawler (Dem.)
• 3. William E. Mason (Rep.)
• 4. George E. Adams (Rep.)
• 5. Albert J. Hopkins (Rep.)
• 6. Robert R. Hitt (Rep.)
• 7. Thomas J. Henderson (Rep.)
• 8. Ralph Plumb (Rep.)
• 9. Lewis E. Payson (Rep.)
• 10. Philip S. Post (Rep.)
• 11. William H. Gest (Rep.)
• 12. George A. Anderson (Dem.)
• 13. William M. Springer (Dem.)
• 14. Jonathan H. Rowell (Rep.)
• 15. Joseph G. Cannon (Rep.)
• 16. Silas Z. Landes (Dem.)
• 17. Edward Lane (Dem.)
• 18. Jehu Baker (Rep.)
• 19. Richard W. Townshend (Dem.)
• 20. John R. Thomas (Rep.)

Indiana

• 1. Alvin P. Hovey (Rep.) ...resigned January 17, 1889.

  Francis B. Posey (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6, 1889.

• 2. John H. O'Neall (Dem.)
• 3. Jonas G. Howard (Dem.)
• 4. William S. Holman (Dem.)
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (Dem.)
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (Rep.)
• 7. William D. Bynum (Dem.)
• 8. James T. Johnston (Rep.)
• 9. Joseph B. Cheadle (Rep.)
• 10. William D. Owen (Rep.)
• 11. George W. Steele (Rep.)
• 12. James B. White (Rep.)
• 13. Benjamin F. Shively (Dem.)

Iowa

• 1. John H. Gear (Rep.)
• 2. Walter I. Hayes (Dem.)
• 3. David B. Henderson (Rep.)
• 4. William E. Fuller (Rep.)
• 5. Daniel Kerr (Rep.)
• 6. James B. Weaver (National Greenback)
• 7. Edwin H. Conger (Rep.)
• 8. Albert R. Anderson (Independent Rep.)
• 9. Joseph Lyman (Rep.)
• 10. Adoniram J. Holmes (Rep.)
• 11. Isaac S. Struble (Rep.)

Kansas

• 1. Edmund N. Morrill (Rep.)
• 2. Edward H. Funston (Rep.)
• 3. Bishop W. Perkins (Rep.)
• 4. Thomas Ryan (Rep.)
• 5. John A. Anderson (Independent Rep.)
• 6. Erastus J. Turner (Rep.)
• 7. Samuel R. Peters (Rep.)

Kentucky

• 1. William J. Stone (Dem.)
• 2. Polk Laffoon (Dem.)
• 3. Whiteside G. Hunter (Rep.)
• 4. Alexander B. Montgomery (Dem.)
• 5. Asher G. Caruth (Dem.)
• 6. John G. Carlisle (Dem.)
• 7. William C.P. Breckinridge (Dem.)
• 8. James B. McCreary (Dem.)
• 9. George M. Thomas (Rep.)
• 10. William P. Taulbee (Dem.)
• 11. Hugh F. Finley (Rep.)

Louisiana

• 1. Theodore S. Wilkinson (Dem.)
• 2. Matthew D. Lagan (Dem.)
• 3. Edward J. Gay (Dem.)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (Dem.)
• 5. Cherubusco Newton (Dem.)
• 6. Edward W. Robertson (Dem.) ...died August 2, 1887.

  Samuel M. Robertson (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (Rep.)
• 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (Rep.)
• 3. Seth L. Milliken (Rep.)
• 4. Charles A. Boutelle (Rep.)

Maryland

• 1. Charles H. Gibson (Dem.)
• 2. Frank T. Shaw (Dem.)
• 3. Harry W. Rusk (Dem.)
• 4. Isidor Rayner (Dem.)
• 5. Barnes Compton (Dem.)
• 6. Louis E. McComas (Rep.)

Massachusetts

• 1. Robert T. Davis (Rep.)
• 2. John Davis Long (Rep.)
• 3. Leopold Morse (Dem.)
• 4. Patrick A. Collins (Dem.)
• 5. Edward D. Hayden (Rep.)
• 6. Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep.)
• 7. William Cogswell (Rep.)
• 8. Charles H. Allen (Rep.)
• 9. Edward Burnett (Dem.)
• 10. John E. Russell (Dem.)
• 11. William Whiting (Rep.)
• 12. Francis W. Rockwell (Rep.)

Michigan

• 1. John L. Chipman (Dem.)
• 2. Edward P. Allen (Rep.)
• 3. James O'Donnell (Rep.)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (Rep.)
• 5. Melbourne H. Ford (Dem.)
• 6. Mark S. Brewer (Rep.)
• 7. Justin R. Whiting (Dem.)
• 8. Timothy E. Tarsney (Dem.)
• 9. Byron M. Cutcheon (Rep.)
• 10. Spencer O. Fisher (Dem.)
• 11. Seth C. Moffatt (Rep.) ...died December 22, 1887.

  Henry W. Seymour (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 3, 1888.

Minnesota

• 1. Thomas Wilson (Dem.)
• 2. John Lind (Rep.)
• 3. John L. MacDonald (Dem.)
• 4. Edmund Rice (Dem.)
• 5. Knute Nelson (Rep.)

Mississippi

• 1. John M. Allen (Dem.)
• 2. James B. Morgan (Dem.)
• 3. Thomas C. Catchings (Dem.)
• 4. Frederick G. Barry (Dem.)
• 5. Chapman L. Anderson (Dem.)
• 6. Thomas R. Stockdale (Dem.)
• 7. Charles E. Hooker (Dem.)

Missouri

• 1. William H. Hatch (Dem.)
• 2. Charles H. Mansur (Dem.)
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (Dem.)
• 4. James N. Burnes (Dem.) ...died January 23, 1889.

  Charles F. Booher (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 25, 1889.

• 5. William Warner (Rep.)
• 6. John T. Heard (Dem.)
• 7. John E. Hutton (Dem.)
• 8. John J. O'Neill (Dem.)
• 9. John M. Glover (Dem.)
• 10. Martin L. Clardy (Dem.)
• 11. Richard P. Bland (Dem.)
• 12. William J. Stone (Dem.)
• 13. William H. Wade (Rep.)
• 14. James P. Walker (Dem.)

Nebraska

• 1. John A. McShane (Dem.)
• 2. James Laird (Rep.)
• 3. George W.E. Dorsey (Rep.)

Nevada

• A/L. William Woodburn (Rep.)

New Hampshire

• 1. Luther F. McKinney (Dem.)
• 2. Jacob H. Gallinger (Rep.)

New Jersey

• 1. George Hires (Rep.)
• 2. James Buchanan (Rep.)
• 3. John Kean (Rep.)
• 4. James N. Pidcock (Dem.)
• 5. William W. Phelps (Rep.)
• 6. Herman Lehlbach (Rep.)
• 7. William McAdoo (Dem.)

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (Dem.) ...resigned December 1, 1888.
• 2. Felix Campbell (Dem.)
• 3. Stephen V. White (Rep.)
• 4. Peter P. Mahoney (Dem.)
• 5. Archibald M. Bliss (Dem.)
• 6. Amos J. Cummings (Dem.)
• 7. Lloyd S. Bryce (Dem.)
• 8. Timothy J. Campbell (Dem.)
• 9. Samuel S. Cox (Dem.)
• 10. Francis B. Spinola (Dem.)
• 11. Truman A. Merriman (Dem.)
• 12. William B. Cockran (Dem.)
• 13. Ashbel P. Fitch (Dem.)
• 14. William G. Stahlnecker (Dem.)
• 15. Henry Bacon (Dem.)
• 16. John H. Ketcham (Rep.)
• 17. Stephen T. Hopkins (Rep.)
• 18. Edward W. Greenman (Dem.)
• 19. Nicholas T. Kane (Dem.) ...died September 14, 1887.

  Charles Tracey (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.

• 20. George West (Rep.)
• 21. John H. Moffitt (Rep.)
• 22. Abraham X. Parker (Rep.)
• 23. James S. Sherman (Rep.)
• 24. David Wilber (Rep.)
• 25. James J. Belden (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
• 26. Milton De Lano (Rep.)
• 27. Newton W. Nutting (Rep.)
• 28. Thomas S. Flood (Rep.)
• 29. Ira Davenport (Rep.)
• 30. Charles S. Baker (Rep.)
• 31. John G. Sawyer (Rep.)
• 32. John M. Farquhar (Rep.)
• 33. John B. Weber (Rep.)
• 34. William G. Laidlaw (Rep.)

North Carolina

• 1. Louis C. Latham (Dem.)
• 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (Dem.)
• 3. Charles W. McClammy (Dem.)
• 4. John Nichols (Independent)
• 5. John M. Brower (Rep.)
• 6. Alfred Rowland (Dem.)
• 7. John S. Henderson (Dem.)
• 8. William H.H. Cowles (Dem.)
• 9. Thomas D. Johnston (Dem.)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Butterworth (Rep.)
• 2. Charles E. Brown (Rep.)
• 3. Elihu S. Williams (Rep.)
• 4. Samuel S. Yoder (Dem.)
• 5. George E. Seney (Dem.)
• 6. Melvin M. Boothman (Rep.)
• 7. James E. Campbell (Dem.)
• 8. Robert P. Kennedy (Rep.)
• 9. William C. Cooper (Rep.)
• 10. Jacob Romeis (Rep.)
• 11. Albert C. Thompson (Rep.)
• 12. Jacob J. Pugsley (Rep.)
• 13. Joseph H. Outhwaite (Dem.)
• 14. Charles P. Wickham (Rep.)
• 15. Charles H. Grosvenor (Rep.)
• 16. Beriah Wilkins (Dem.)
• 17. Joseph D. Taylor (Rep.)
• 18. William McKinley, Jr. (Rep.)
• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (Rep.)
• 20. George W. Crouse (Rep.)
• 21. Martin A. Foran (Dem.)

Oregon

• A/L. Binger Hermann (Rep.)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (Rep.)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (Rep.)
• 3. Samuel J. Randall (Dem.)
• 4. William D. Kelley (Rep.)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (Rep.)
• 6. Smedley Darlington (Rep.)
• 7. Robert M. Yardley (Rep.)
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (Dem.)
• 9. John A. Hiestand (Rep.)
• 10. William H. Sowden (Dem.)
• 11. Charles R. Buckalew (Dem.)
• 12. John Lynch (Dem.)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (Rep.)
• 14. Franklin Bound (Rep.)
• 15. Frank C. Bunnell (Rep.)
• 16. Henry C. McCormick (Rep.)
• 17. Edward Scull (Rep.)
• 18. Louis E. Atkinson (Rep.)
• 19. Levi Maish (Dem.)
• 20. John Patton (Rep.)
• 21. Welty McCullogh (Rep.)
• 22. John Dalzell (Rep.)
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (Rep.)
• 24. Oscar L. Jackson (Rep.)
• 25. James T. Maffett (Rep.)
• 26. Norman Hall (Dem.)
• 27. William Lawrence Scott (Dem.)
• A/L. Edwin S. Osborne (Rep.)

Rhode Island

• 1. Henry J. Spooner (Rep.)
• 2. Warren O. Arnold (Rep.)

South Carolina

• 1. Samuel Dibble (Dem.)
• 2. George D. Tillman (Dem.)
• 3. James S. Cothran (Dem.)
• 4. William H. Perry (Dem.)
• 5. John J. Hemphill (Dem.)
• 6. George W. Dargan (Dem.)
• 7. William Elliott (Dem.)

Tennessee

• 1. Roderick R. Butler (Rep.)
• 2. Leonidas C. Houk (Rep.)
• 3. John R. Neal (Dem.)
• 4. Benton McMillin (Dem.)
• 5. James D. Richardson (Dem.)
• 6. Joseph E. Washington (Dem.)
• 7. Washington C. Whitthorne (Dem.)
• 8. Benjamin A. Enloe (Dem.)
• 9. Presley T. Glass (Dem.)
• 10. James Phelan, Jr. (Dem.)

Texas

• 1. Charles Stewart (Dem.)
• 2. William H. Martin (Dem.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
• 3. Constantine B. Kilgore (Dem.)
• 4. David B. Culberson (Dem.)
• 5. Silas Hare (Dem.)
• 6. Joseph Abbott (Dem.)
• 7. William H. Crain (Dem.)
• 8. Littleton W. Moore (Dem.)
• 9. Roger Q. Mills (Dem.)
• 10. Joseph D. Sayers (Dem.)
• 11. Samuel W.T. Lanham (Dem.)

Vermont

• 1. John W. Stewart (Rep.)
• 2. William W. Grout (Rep.)

Virginia

• 1. Thomas H.B. Browne (Rep.)
• 2. George E. Bowden (Rep.)
• 3. George D. Wise (Dem.)
• 4. William E. Gaines (Rep.)
• 5. John Robert Brown (Rep.)
• 6. Samuel I. Hopkins (Labor)
• 7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (Dem.)
• 8. William H.F. Lee (Dem.)
• 9. Henry Bowen (Rep.)
• 10. Jacob Yost (Rep.)

West Virginia

• 1. Nathan Goff, Jr. (Rep.)
• 2. William L. Wilson (Dem.)
• 3. Charles P. Snyder (Dem.)
• 4. Charles E. Hogg (Dem.)

Wisconsin

• 1. Lucien B. Caswell (Rep.)
• 2. Richard W. Guenther (Rep.)
• 3. Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Rep.)
• 4. Henry Smith (Labor)
• 5. Thomas R. Hudd (Dem.)
• 6. Charles B. Clark (Rep.)
• 7. Ormsby B. Thomas (Rep.)
• 8. Nils P. Haugen (Rep.) ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 4, 1888.
• 9. Isaac Stephenson (Rep.)

[edit] Territorial Delegates

Arizona Territory

• A/L. Marcus A. Smith (Dem.)

Dakota Territory

• A/L. Oscar S. Gifford (Rep.)

Idaho Territory

• A/L. Fred T. Dubois (Rep.)

Montana Territory

• A/L. Joseph K. Toole (Dem.)

New Mexico Territory

• A/L. Antonio Joseph (Dem.)

Utah Territory

• A/L. John T. Caine (Dem.)

Washington Territory

• A/L. Charles S. Voorhees (Dem.)

Wyoming Territory

• A/L. Joseph M. Carey (Rep.)

[edit] Changes in membership

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

See also: 50th United States Congress - Membership Changes

[edit] Senate

• replacements: 1
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
  • Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss

• deaths:
• resignations:
• vacancy:
• Total seats with changes:

[edit] House of Representatives

• replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change

• deaths:
• resignations:
• contested election:
• Total seats with changes:

[edit] Officers

[edit] Senate

• Secretary of the Senate:
  • Anson G. McCook of New York, elected December 18, 1883
• Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
  • William P. Canady of North Carolina, elected December 18, 1883
• Chaplain of the Senate
  • The Rev. John G. Butler Lutheran, elected March 15, 1886

[edit] House of Representatives

• Clerk of the House:
  • John B. Clark, Jr. of Missouri, elected December 5, 1887
• Sergeant at Arms of the House:
  • John P. Leedom of Ohio, elected December 5, 1887
• Doorkeeper of the House:
  • Alvin B. Hurt of Mississippi, elected December 5, 1887
• Postmaster of the House:
  • Lycurgus Dalton of Indiana, elected December 5, 1887
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
  • Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
• Chaplain of the House
  • The Rev. William H. Milburn Methodist, elected December 5, 1887

[edit] Other

• Architect of the Capitol:
  • Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865

[edit] References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 

[edit] External links

• Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [2]
• U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [3]
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [4]

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