43rd United States Congress - political parties
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The Forty-third 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, 1873 to March 3, 1875, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
- Main article: 43rd United States Congress
- See also: 43rd United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1872
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1873 – March 26, 1873
- First session: December 1, 1873 - June 23, 1874
- Second session: December 7, 1874 - March 3, 1875 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 42nd Congress
Next congress: 44th Congress
[edit] Party summary
TOTAL members: 74 |
TOTAL members: 292 |
[edit] Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.
[edit] Democratic
- A-L
- Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
- Lewis V. Bogy (1813-1877), Missouri
- Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), California …resigned November 29, 1873.
- Henry Cooper (1827-1884), Tennessee
- Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), West Virginia
- George R. Dennis (1822-1882), Maryland
- William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Connecticut …appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1875.
- George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), Alabama
- John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Georgia
- John S. Hager (1818-1890), California …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9, 1874.
- William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Maryland
- John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Virginia
- James K. Kelly (1819-1903), Oregon
- M-Z
- Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Kentucky
- Augustus S. Merrimon (1830-1892), North Carolina
- Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Georgia
- Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina
- 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
[edit] Republican
- A-F
- James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Mississippi
- William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
- Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Mississippi …resigned January 10, 1874.
- Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
- Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), West Virginia
- George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated March 17, 1873.
- William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Tennessee
- William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Connecticut …died February 5, 1875.
- Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Kansas …resigned March 24, 1873.
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
- Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Wisconsin
- Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
- Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Arkansas
- Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
- Simon B. Conover (1840-1908), Florida
- Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), New Hampshire
- Robert Crozier (1827-1895), Kansas …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
- Stephen W. Dorsey (1842-1916), Arkansas
- George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
- Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), New York
- Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
- James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Texas
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), New Jersey
- G-L
- Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Florida
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
- James M. Harvey (1833-1894), Kansas …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1874.
- Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Nebraska
- Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Wisconsin
- John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Kansas
- John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
- John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Virginia
- John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
- M-R
- John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Oregon
- Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
- Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Maine
- Oliver H. P. T. Morton (1823-1877), Indiana
- Richard J. Oglesby (1824-1899), Illinois
- John J. Patterson (1830-1912), South Carolina
- Henry R. Pease (1835-1907), Mississippi …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1874.
- Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Indiana
- Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Minnesota
- Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), South Carolina
- S-Z
- Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), California
- 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
- Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Nebraska
- Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891), New Hampshire
- William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 1, 1874.
- J. Rodman West (1822-1898), Louisiana
- William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
- George G. Wright (1820-1896), Iowa
[edit] Liberal Republican
- Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Connecticut
- Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Texas
- Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts …died March 11, 1874.
[edit] House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.
[edit] Democratic
- A-B-C
- George M. Adams (1837-1920), Kentucky
- Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Maryland
- William E. Arthur (1825-1897), Kentucky
- Thomas S. Ashe (1812-1887), North Carolina
- John D. C. Atkins (1825-1908), Tennessee
- Henry B. Banning (1836-1881), Ohio
- William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Connecticut
- James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
- Hiram P. Bell (1827-1907), Georgia
- John Berry (1833-1879), Ohio
- Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri
- James H. Blount (1837-1903), Georgia
- Rees T. Bowen (1809-1879), Virginia
- John M. Bright (1817-1911), Tennessee
- James Brooks (1810-1873), New York …died April 30, 1873.
- John Y. Brown (1835-1904), Kentucky
- Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Missouri
- John H. Caldwell (1826-1902), Alabama
- Bernard G. Caulfield (1828-1887), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1875.
- John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903), Missouri
- Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), Pennsylvania
- Abram Comingo (1820-1889), Missouri
- Philip Cook (1817-1894), Georgia
- Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
- Thomas J. Creamer (1843-1914), New York
- Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909), Missouri
- Edward Crossland (1827-1881), Kentucky
- D-E-F
- Alexander M. Davis (1833-1889), Virginia …contested election, served until March 5, 1874.
- John J. Davis (1835-1916), West Virginia …contested election, seated January 27, 1874.
- David M. De Witt (1837-1912), New York
- Milton J. Durham (1824-1911), Kentucky
- John R. Eden (1826-1909), Illinois
- Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Wisconsin
- William E. Finck (1822-1901), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
- G-H-I
- De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Texas
- John M. Glover (1822-1891), Missouri
- Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904), Arkansas …contested election, seated February 4, 1874.
- Robert Hamilton (1809-1878), New Jersey
- John Hancock (1824-1893), Texas
- Henry R. Harris (1828-1909), Georgia
- John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
- Robert A. Hatcher (1819-1886), Missouri
- Frank Hereford (1825-1891), West Virginia
- William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Texas
- William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
- Eppa Hutton, II (1822-1908), Virginia
- J-K-L
- Hugh J. Jewett (1817-1898), Ohio …resigned June 23, 1874.
- Charles W. Kendall (1828-1914), Nevada
- Robert M. Knapp (1831-1889), Illinois
- Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi
- Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), Ohio
- Effingham Lawrence (1820-1878), Louisiana …contested election, seated March 3, 1875.
- James M. Leach (1815-1891), North Carolina
- John K. Luttrell (1831-1893), California
- M-N-O
- John A. Magee (1827-1903), Pennsylvania
- Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Illinois
- William P. McLean (1836-1925), Texas
- Charles W. Milliken (1827-1915), Kentucky
- Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911), Texas
- Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), Wisconsin
- William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Illinois
- Lawrence T. Neal (1844-1905), Ohio
- James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), Oregon …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
- William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Indiana
- William J. O'Brien (1836-1905), Maryland
- P-Q-R
- Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), New Hampshire
- Eli Perry (1799-1881), New York
- Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), New York
- Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
- Morgan Rawls (1829-1906), Georgia …contested election, served until March 24, 1874.
- William B. Read (1817-1880), Kentucky
- William M. Robbins (1828-1905), North Carolina
- William R. Roberts (1830-1897), New York
- James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Illinois
- S-T-U-V
- Milton Sayler (1831-1892), Ohio
- Richard Schell (1810-1879), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
- John G. Schumaker (1826-1905), New York
- Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), Alabama
- Milton I. Southard (1836-1905), Ohio
- R. Milton Speer (1838-1890), Pennsylvania
- Elisha D. Standiford (1831-1887), Kentucky
- Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy from death of representative-elect, seated December 1, 1873.
- William H. Stone (1828-1901), Missouri
- John B. Storm (1838-1901), Pennsylvania
- Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Maryland
- Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), North Carolina
- W-X-Y-Z
- Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), North Carolina
- Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Missouri
- Thomas Whitehead (1825-1901), Virginia
- John O. Whitehouse (1817-1881), New York
- Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
- Asa H. Willie (1829-1899), Texas
- Ephraim K. Wilson (1821-1891), Maryland
- Simeon K. Wolfe (1824-1888), Indiana
- Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York
- John D. Young (1823-1910), Kentucky
- Pierce M. B. Young (1836-1896), Georgia
[edit] Republican
- A-B-C
- William J. Albert (1816-1879), Maryland
- Charles Albright (1830-1880), Pennsylvania
- John T. Averill (1825-1889), Minnesota
- J. Allen Barber (1809-1881), Wisconsin
- Granville Barrere (1829-1889), Illinois
- Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Mississippi
- Lyman K. Bass (1836-1889), New York
- Josiah W. Begole (1815-1896), Michigan
- James S. Biery (1839-1904), Pennsylvania
- James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
- Nathan B. Bradley (1831-1906), Michigan
- James Buffinton (1817-1875), Massachusetts
- Hezekiah S. Bundy (1817-1895), Ohio
- Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Illinois
- John H. Burleigh (1822-1877), Maine
- Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Michigan
- Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Massachusetts
- Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Tennessee
- Richard H. Cain (1825-1887), South Carolina
- Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
- Lewis C. Carpenter (1836-1908), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
- Thomas J. Cason (1828-1901), Indiana
- John Cessna (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
- Amos Clark, Jr. (1828-1912), New Jersey
- Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), New York
- Charles Clayton (1825-1885), California
- Isaac Clements (1837-1909), Illinois
- Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), North Carolina
- Stephen A. Cobb (1833-1878), Kansas
- John Coburn (1825-1908), Indiana
- Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan
- Franklin Corwin (1818-1879), Illinois
- Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), Iowa
- Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Massachusetts
- Philip S. Crooke (1810-1881), New York
- Lorenzo Crounse (1834-1909), Nebraska
- William Crutchfield (1824-1890), Tennessee
- Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Pennsylvania
- D-E-F
- Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), Ohio
- Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Louisiana
- Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
- Samuel A. Dobbins (1814-1886), New Jersey
- William G. Donnan (1834-1908), Iowa
- R. Holland 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 …resigned November 1, 1874.
- Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Illinois
- Moses W. Field (1828-1889), Michigan
- Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883), Illinois
- Charles Foster (1828-1904), Ohio
- Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), Michigan …died September 20, 1873, before Congress assembled.
- James C. Freeman (1820-1885), Georgia
- William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
- G-H-I
- James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio
- Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Massachusetts
- Lewis B. Gunckel (1826-1903), Ohio
- John M. Hagans (1838-1900), West Virginia …contested election, seated January 27, 1874.
- Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
- Robert S. Hale (1822-1881), New York
- Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
- Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907), Massachusetts
- Horace H. Harrison (1829-1885), Tennessee
- Henry H. Hathorn (1813-1887), New York
- Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), Missouri
- John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Illinois
- Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
- Charles Hays (1834-1879), Alabama
- Gerry W. Hazelton (1829-1920), Wisconsin
- John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), New Jersey
- George W. Hendee (1832-1906), Vermont
- Samuel F. Hersey (1812-1875), Maine …died February 3, 1875.
- Ebenezer R. Hoar (1816-1895), Massachusetts
- George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
- Asa Hodges (1822-1900), Arkansas
- Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Massachusetts
- George G. Hoskins (1824-1893), New York
- Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), California
- Albert R. Howe (1840-1884), Mississippi
- Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900), Michigan
- Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Indiana
- Stephen A. Hurlbut (1815-1882), Illinois
- Ira B. Hyde (1838-1926), Missouri
- J-K-L
- John A. Kasson (1822-1910), Iowa
- William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
- Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Connecticut
- John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
- William H. Lamport (1811-1891), New York
- William E. Lansing (1821-1883), New York
- William Lawrence (1819-1899), Ohio
- John D. Lawson (1816-1896), New York
- Barbour Lewis (1818-1893), Tennessee
- James R. Lofland (1823-1894), Delaware
- William Loughridge (1827-1889), Iowa
- David P. Lowe (1823-1882), Kansas
- Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (1845-1905), Maryland
- John R. Lynch (1847-1939), Mississippi
- M-N-O
- Clinton D. MacDougall (1839-1914), New York
- James S. Martin (1826-1907), Illinois
- Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Tennessee
- George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Iowa
- Alexander S. McDill (1822-1875), Wisconsin
- James W. McDill (1834-1894), Iowa
- Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Pennsylvania …resigned January 1, 1875.
- George C. McKee (1837-1890), Mississippi
- John McNulta (1837-1900), Illinois
- David B. Mellish (1831-1874), New York …died May 23, 1874.
- Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), New York
- James Monroe (1821-1898), Ohio
- William S. Moore (1822-1877), Pennsylvania
- Frank Morey (1840-1889), Louisiana
- Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Pennsylvania
- James S. Negley (1826-1901), Pennsylvania
- Jason Niles (1814-1894), Mississippi
- David A. Nunn (1833-1918), Tennessee
- Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
- Jackson Orr (1832-1926), Iowa
- Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Indiana
- P-Q-R
- Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Indiana
- John B. Packer (1824-1891), Pennsylvania
- Horace F. Page (1833-1890), California
- Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), Missouri
- Richard C. Parsons (1826-1899), Ohio
- Charles Pelham (1835-1908), Alabama
- James M. Pendleton (1822-1889), Rhode Island
- William W. Phelps (1839-1894), New Jersey
- William A. Phillips (1824-1893), Kansas
- Henry L. Pierce (1825-1896), Massachusetts
- Austin F. Pike (1819-1886), New Hampshire
- James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Virginia
- Thomas C. Platt (1833-1910), New York
- Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Vermont
- Henry O. Pratt (1838-1931), Iowa
- William J. Purman (1840-1928), Florida
- Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), South Carolina
- Alonzo J. Ransier (1834-1882), South Carolina
- James T. Rapier (1837-1883), Alabama
- William H. Ray (1812-1881), Illinois
- John B. Rice (1809-1874), Illinois …died December 17, 1874.
- Hiram L. Richmond (1810-1885), Pennsylvania
- Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), New York
- James W. Robinson (1826-1898), Ohio
- Sobieski Ross (1828-1877), Pennsylvania
- Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893), Wisconsin
- S-T-U-V
- Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
- Henry B. Sayler (1836-1900), Indiana
- Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
- Henry J. Scudder (1825-1886), New York
- Isaac W. Scudder (1816-1881), New Jersey
- James B. Sener (1837-1903), Virginia
- Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), New York
- John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Indiana
- Charles C. Sheats (1839-1904), Alabama
- Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Louisiana
- Isaac R. Sherwood (1835-1925), Ohio
- Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Pennsylvania
- Andrew Sloan (1845-1883), Georgia …contested election, seated March 24, 1874.
- William B. Small (1817-1878), New Hampshire
- James S. Smart (1842-1903), New York
- A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Pennsylvania
- George L. Smith (1837-1884), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1873.
- H. Boardman Smith (1826-1888), New York
- J. Ambler Smith (1847-1892), Virginia
- John Q. Smith (1824-1901), Ohio
- William A. Smith (1828-1888), North Carolina
- Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Arkansas
- William P. Sprague (1827-1899), Ohio
- Charles St. John (1818-1891), New York
- Edwin O. Stanard (1832-1914), Missouri
- Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Connecticut
- Charles A. Stevens (1816-1892), Massachusetts
- William H. H. Stowell (1840-1922), Virginia
- Horace B. Strait (1835-1894), Minnesota
- James D. Strawbridge (1824-1890), Pennsylvania
- J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Louisiana …contested election, served until March 3, 1875.
- Alexander W. Taylor (1815-1893), Pennsylvania
- Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), North Carolina
- Christopher Y. Thomas (1818-1879), Virginia …contested election, seated March 5, 1874.
- John M. Thompson (1829-1903), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 5, 1875.
- Jacob M. Thornburgh (1837-1890), Tennessee
- Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
- Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Pennsylvania
- Lyman Tremain (1819-1878), New York
- James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Indiana
- W-X-Y-Z
- Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Michigan
- Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), South Carolina
- Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Florida
- Jasper D. Ward (1829-1902), Illinois
- Marcus L. Ward (1812-1884), New Jersey
- William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), New York
- Alexander White (1816-1893), Alabama
- Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Georgia
- William Whiting (1813-1873), Massachusetts
- David Wilber (1820-1890), New York
- Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Vermont
- George Willard (1824-1901), Michigan
- Charles G. Williams (1829-1892), Wisconsin
- John M. S. Williams (1818-1886), Massachusetts
- William Williams (1821-1896), Indiana
- William B. Williams (1826-1905), Michigan …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
- William W. Wilshire (1830-1888), Arkansas …contested election, seated from February 18, 1874 until June 16, 1874.
- James Wilson (1835-1920), Iowa
- Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), Indiana
- Joseph G. Wilson (1826-1873), Oregon …died July 2, 1873, before Congress assembled.
- Stewart L. Woodford (1835-1913), New York ...resigned July 1, 1874.
- Laurin D. Woodworth (1837-1897), Ohio
[edit] Independent Republican
- Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
[edit] Liberal Republican
- Frederick G. Bromberg (1837-1930), Alabama
- William J. Hynes (1843-1915), Arkansas
- George A. Sheridan (1840-1896), Louisiana …contested election, seated March 3, 1875.
[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
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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