45th United States Congress - political parties
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The Forty-fifth 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, 1877 to March 3, 1879, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.
- Main article: 45th United States Congress
- See also: 45th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1876
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877
- First session: December 3, 1877 - June 20, 1878
- Second session: December 2, 1878 - March 3, 1879 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 44th Congress
Next congress: 46th Congress
[edit] Party summary
TOTAL members: 76 |
TOTAL members: 293 |
[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-F
- 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.
- G-L
- 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-R
- 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
- S-Z
- 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 Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908), Maryland
- Robert E. Withers (1821-1907), Virginia
[edit] Republican
- A-F
- 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
- G-L
- 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-R
- T. Stanley Matthews (1824-1889), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 16, 1877.
- Samuel J. R. 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
- S-Z
- 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 Republican
- Newton Booth (1825-1892), California
[edit] Independent
- David Davis (1815-1886), Illinois
[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
- Joseph H. Acklen (1850-1938), Louisiana …contested election, seated February 20, 1878.
- D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), South Carolina
- John 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 …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 15, 1877.
- 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 William Caldwell (1837-1903), Kentucky
- William P. Caldwell (1832-1903), Tennessee
- Milton A. Candler (1837-1909), Georgia
- John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Kentucky
- James 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
- Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909), Missouri
- David B. Culberson (1830-1900), Texas
- Augustus W. Cutler (1827-1897), New Jersey
- D-E-F
- Robert H. M. 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
- Henry L. Dickey (1832-1910), Ohio
- Beverly 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
- Joseph 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 …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 17, 1879.
- 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
- De Witt 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 …died January 8, 1879.
- 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
- Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882), Georgia …resigned March 3, 1877.
- Charles E. Hooker (1825-1914), Mississippi
- John F. House (1827-1904), Tennessee
- Eppa Hutton, II (1822-1908), Virginia
- J-K-L
- Frank Jones (1832-1902), New Hampshire
- James T. 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 P. 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
- Roger 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
- Haywood Y. Riddle (1834-1879), Tennessee
- William M. Robbins (1828-1905), North Carolina
- Charles B. Roberts (1842-1899), Maryland
- Edward 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
- Otho 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
- James W. Throckmorton (1825-1894), Texas
- Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Illinois
- John R. 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
- Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
- Peter D. Wigginton (1839-1890), California …contested elected, seated February 7, 1878.
- Alpheus S. Williams (1810-1878), Michigan …died December 20, 1878.
- James Williams (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
- H. Casey Young (1828-1899), Tennessee
- John S. Young (1834-1916), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.
[edit] Republican
- 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
- Chester 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
- Herman 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
- John 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.
- Benjamin 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
- S. Addison 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.
- Horace 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 H. 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
- Jacob 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
- Jacob 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 Democratic
- Jordan E. Cravens (1830-1914), Arkansas
- William H. Felton (1823-1909), Georgia
[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
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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