50th United States Congress - political parties
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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 Ninth Census of the United States in 1880. 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: 50th United States Congress
- See also: 50th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1886
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- 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] Party summary
TOTAL members: 76 |
TOTAL members: 325 |
[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
- William B. Bate (1826-1905), Tennessee
- James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
- James H. Berry (1841-1913), Arkansas
- Joseph C. S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Kentucky
- Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910), New Jersey
- Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Georgia
- Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), South Carolina
- Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Florida
- Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Missouri
- Richard Coke (1829-1897), Texas
- Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Georgia
- John W. Daniel (1842-1910), Virginia
- James B. Eustis (1834-1899), Louisiana
- Charles J. Faulkner (1847-1929), West Virginia
- G-L
- James Z. George (1826-1897), Mississippi
- Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Louisiana
- Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906), Maryland
- George Gray (1840-1925), Delaware
- Wade Hampton, III (1818-1902), South Carolina
- Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Tennessee
- George Hearst (1820-1891), California
- James K. Jones (1839-1908), Arkansas
- John E. Kenna (1848-1893), West Virginia
- M-R
- John R. McPherson (1833-1897), New Jersey
- John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Alabama
- Samuel Pasco (1834-1917), Florida ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
- Henry B. Payne (1810-1896), Ohio
- James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Alabama
- Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina
- John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Texas
- S-Z
- Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
- David Turpie (1828-1909), Indiana
- Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), North Carolina
- George G. Vest (1830-1904), Missouri
- Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Indiana
- Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), Mississippi
- Ephraim K. Wilson (1821-1891), Maryland
[edit] Republican
- A-F
- Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Rhode Island
- William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
- Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), New Hampshire
- Thomas M. Bowen (1835-1906), Colorado
- J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Pennsylvania
- Jonathan Chace (1829-1917), Rhode Island
- William E. Chandler (1835-1917), New Hampshire ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 14, 1887.
- Person C. Cheney (1828-1901), New Hampshire ...appointed to fill vacancy, served until June 14, 1887.
- Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Illinois
- Cushman K. Davis (1838-1900), Minnesota
- Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
- Joseph N. Dolph (1835-1897), Oregon
- George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
- William M. Evarts (1818-1901), New York
- Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Illinois
- William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
- G-L
- Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
- Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
- Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), New York
- George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
- John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Kansas
- John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
- M-R
- Charles F. Manderson (1837-1911), Nebraska
- John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Oregon
- Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
- Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897), Nebraska
- Thomas W. Palmer (1830-1913), Michigan
- Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Connecticut
- Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Kansas
- Matthew S. Quay (1833-1904), Pennsylvania
- S-Z
- Dwight M. Sabin (1843-1902), Minnesota
- Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
- John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
- John C. Spooner (1843-1919), Wisconsin
- Leland Stanford (1824-1893), California
- William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Nevada
- Francis B. Stockbridge (1826-1894), Michigan
- Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Colorado
- James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Iowa
[edit] Readjuster Democratic
- Harrison H. Riddleberger (1844-1890), Virginia
[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 Abbott (1840-1908), Texas
- John M. Allen (1846-1917), Mississippi
- Chapman L. Anderson (1845-1924), Mississippi
- George A. Anderson (1853-1896), Illinois
- Henry Bacon (1846-1915), New York
- John H. Bankhead (1842-1920), Alabama
- George T. Barnes (1833-1901), Georgia
- Frederick G. Barry (1845-1909), Mississippi
- Perry Belmont (1851-1947), New York ...resigned December 1, 1888.
- Marion Biggs (1823-1910), California
- Newton C. Blanchard (1849-1922), Louisiana
- Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri
- Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), New York
- James H. Blount (1837-1903), Georgia
- Charles F. Booher (1848-1921), Missouri ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 25, 1889.
- Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846-1932), Arkansas
- William C. P. Breckinridge (1837-1904), Kentucky
- Lloyd S. Bryce (1851-1917), New York
- Charles R. Buckalew (1821-1899), Pennsylvania
- James N. Burnes (1827-1889), Missouri ...died January 23, 1889.
- Edward Burnett (1849-1925), Massachusetts
- William D. Bynum (1846-1927), Indiana
- Felix Campbell (1829-1902), New York
- James E. Campbell (1843-1924), Ohio
- Timothy J. Campbell (1840-1904), New York
- Allen D. Candler (1834-1910), Georgia
- John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Kentucky
- Henry H. Carlton (1835-1905), Georgia
- Asher G. Caruth (1844-1907), Kentucky
- Thomas C. Catchings (1847-1927), Mississippi
- J. Logan Chipman (1830-1893), Michigan
- Martin L. Clardy (1844-1914), Missouri
- Judson C. Clements (1846-1917), Georgia
- James E. Cobb (1835-1903), Alabama
- W. Bourke Cockran (1854-1923), New York
- Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905), Massachusetts
- Barnes Compton (1830-1898), Maryland
- James S. Cothran (1830-1897), South Carolina
- William H. H. Cowles (1840-1901), North Carolina
- Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
- William H. Crain (1848-1896), Texas
- Charles F. Crisp (1845-1896), Georgia
- David B. Culberson (1830-1900), Texas
- Amos J. Cummings (1841-1902), New York
- D-E-F
- George W. Dargan (1841-1898), South Carolina
- Alexander C. Davidson (1826-1897), Alabama
- Robert H. M. Davidson (1832-1908), Florida
- Alexander M. Dockery (1845-1926), Missouri
- Charles Dougherty (1850-1915), Florida
- Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914), Arkansas
- William Elliott (1838-1907), South Carolina
- Benjamin A. Enloe (1848-1922), Tennessee
- Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), Pennsylvania
- Spencer O. Fisher (1843-1919), Michigan
- Ashbel P. Fitch (1848-1904), New York
- Martin A. Foran (1844-1921), Ohio
- Melbourne H. Ford (1849-1891), Michigan
- William H. Forney (1823-1894), Alabama
- Carlos French (1835-1903), Connecticut
- G-H-I
- Edward J. Gay (1816-1889), Louisiana
- Charles H. Gibson (1842-1900), Maryland
- Presley T. Glass (1824-1902), Tennessee
- John M. Glover (1852-1929), Missouri
- Miles T. Granger (1817-1895), Connecticut
- Edward W. Greenman (1840-1908), New York
- Thomas W. Grimes (1844-1905), Georgia
- Norman Hall (1829-1917), Pennsylvania
- Silas Hare (1827-1907), Texas
- William H. Hatch (1833-1896), Missouri
- Walter I. Hayes (1841-1901), Iowa
- John T. Heard (1840-1927), Missouri
- John J. Hemphill (1849-1912), South Carolina
- John S. Henderson (1846-1916), North Carolina
- Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Alabama
- Charles E. Hogg (1852-1935), West Virginia
- William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
- Charles E. Hooker (1825-1914), Mississippi
- Jonas G. Howard (1825-1911), Indiana
- Thomas R. Hudd (1835-1896), Wisconsin
- John E. Hutton (1828-1893), Missouri
- J-K-L
- Thomas D. Johnston (1840-1902), North Carolina
- James T. Jones (1832-1895), Alabama
- Nicholas T. Kane (1846-1887), New York ...died September 14, 1887.
- Constantine B. Kilgore (1835-1897), Texas
- Polk Laffoon (1844-1906), Kentucky
- Matthew D. Lagan (1829-1901), Louisiana
- Silas Z. Landes (1842-1910), Illinois
- Edward Lane (1842-1912), Illinois
- Samuel W. T. Lanham (1846-1908), Texas
- Louis C. Latham (1840-1895), North Carolina
- Frank Lawler (1842-1896), Illinois
- William H. F. Lee (1837-1891), Virginia
- John Lynch (1843-1910), Pennsylvania
- M-N-O
- John L. MacDonald (1838-1903), Minnesota
- Peter P. Mahoney (1848-1889), New York
- Levi Maish (1837-1899), Pennsylvania
- Charles H. Mansur (1835-1895), Missouri
- William H. Martin (1823-1898), Texas ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
- Courtland C. Matson (1841-1915), Indiana
- William McAdoo (1853-1930), New Jersey
- Charles W. McClammy (1839-1896), North Carolina
- James B. McCreary (1838-1918), Kentucky
- Luther F. McKinney (1841-1922), New Hampshire
- Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Tennessee
- Thomas C. McRae (1851-1929), Arkansas
- John A. McShane (1850-1923), Nebraska
- Truman A. Merriman (1839-1892), New York
- Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911), Texas
- Alexander B. Montgomery (1837-1910), Kentucky
- Littleton W. Moore (1835-1911), Texas
- James B. Morgan (1833-1892), Mississippi
- John R. Neal (1836-1889), Tennessee
- Cherubusco Newton (1848-1910), Louisiana
- Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Georgia
- William C. Oates (1835-1910), Alabama
- Charles T. O'Ferrall (1840-1905), Virginia
- John H. O'Neall (1838-1907), Indiana
- John Joseph O'Neill|John J. O'Neill]] (1846-1898), Missouri
- Joseph H. Outhwaite (1841-1907), Ohio
- P-Q-R
- Samuel W. Peel (1831-1924), Arkansas
- John B. Penington (1825-1902), Delaware
- William H. Perry (1839-1902), South Carolina
- James Phelan, Jr. (1856-1891), Tennessee
- James N. Pidcock (1836-1899), New Jersey
- Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
- Isidor Rayner (1850-1912), Maryland
- Edmund Rice (1819-1889), Minnesota
- James D. Richardson (1843-1914), Tennessee
- Edward W. Robertson (1823-1887), Louisiana ...died August 2, 1887.
- Samuel M. Robertson (1852-1911), Louisiana ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
- John H. Rogers (1845-1911), Arkansas
- Alfred Rowland (1844-1898), North Carolina
- Henry W. Rusk (1852-1926), Maryland
- John E. Russell (1834-1903), Massachusetts
- S-T-U-V
- Joseph D. Sayers (1841-1929), Texas
- William L. Scott (1828-1891), Pennsylvania
- George E. Seney (1832-1905), Ohio
- Frank T. Shaw (1841-1923), Maryland
- Benjamin F. Shively (1857-1916), Indiana
- Furnifold McLendel Simmons (1854-1940), North Carolina
- Charles P. Snyder (1847-1915), West Virginia
- William H. Sowden (1840-1907), Pennsylvania
- Francis B. Spinola (1821-1891), New York
- William M. Springer (1836-1903), Illinois
- William G. Stahlnecker (1849-1902), New York
- Charles Stewart (1836-1895), Texas
- John D. Stewart (1833-1894), Georgia
- Thomas R. Stockdale (1828-1899), Mississippi
- William J. Stone (1848-1918), Missouri
- William J. Stone (1841-1923), Kentucky
- Timothy E. Tarsney (1849-1909), Michigan
- William P. Taulbee (1851-1890), Kentucky
- Thomas L. Thompson (1838-1898), California
- George D. Tillman (1826-1902), South Carolina
- Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Illinois
- Charles Tracey (1847-1905), New York ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
- Henry G. Turner (1839-1904), Georgia
- Robert J. Vance (1854-1902), Connecticut
- W-X-Y-Z
- James P. Walker (1851-1890), Missouri
- Joseph E. Washington (1851-1915), Tennessee
- Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Alabama
- Justin R. Whiting (1847-1903), Michigan
- Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
- Beriah Wilkins (1846-1905), Ohio
- Theodore S. Wilkinson (1847-1921), Louisiana
- Thomas Wilson (1827-1910), Minnesota
- William L. Wilson (1843-1900), West Virginia
- George D. Wise (1831-1898), Virginia
- Samuel S. Yoder (1841-1921), Ohio
[edit] Republican
- A-B-C
- George E. Adams (1840-1917), Illinois
- Charles H. Allen (1848-1934), Massachusetts
- Edward P. Allen (1839-1909), Michigan
- Warren O. Arnold (1839-1910), Rhode Island
- Louis E. Atkinson (1841-1910), Pennsylvania
- Charles S. Baker (1839-1902), New York
- Jehu Baker (1822-1903), Illinois
- Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Pennsylvania
- James J. Belden (1825-1904), New York ...elected to fill vacancy, seated December 5, 1887.
- Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Pennsylvania
- Melvin M. Boothman (1846-1904), Ohio
- Franklin Bound (1829-1910), Pennsylvania
- Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), Maine
- George E. Bowden (1852-1908), Virginia
- Henry Bowen (1841-1915), Virginia
- Mark S. Brewer (1837-1901), Michigan
- John M. Brower (1845-1913), North Carolina
- Charles E. Brown (1834-1904), Ohio
- John R. Brown (1842-1927), Virginia
- Thomas H. B. Browne (1844-1892), Virginia
- Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Indiana
- Charles N. Brumm (1838-1917), Pennsylvania
- James Buchanan (1839-1900), New Jersey
- Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Pennsylvania
- Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Michigan
- Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Tennessee
- Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898), Ohio
- Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
- Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Wisconsin
- Joseph B. Cheadle (1842-1904), Indiana
- Charles B. Clark (1844-1891), Wisconsin
- William Cogswell (1838-1895), Massachusetts
- Edwin H. Conger (1843-1907), Iowa
- William C. Cooper (1832-1902), Ohio
- George W. Crouse (1832-1912), Ohio
- Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908), Michigan
- D-E-F
- John Dalzell (1845-1927), Pennsylvania
- Smedley Darlington (1827-1899), Pennsylvania
- Ira Davenport (1841-1904), New York
- Robert T. Davis (1823-1906), Massachusetts
- Milton De Lano (1844-1922), New York
- Samuel Dibble (1837-1913), South Carolina
- Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1832-1899), Maine
- George W. E. Dorsey (1842-1911), Nebraska
- Ransom W. Dunham (1838-1896), Illinois
- John M. Farquhar (1832-1918), New York
- Charles N. Felton (1832-1914), California
- Hugh F. Finley (1833-1909), Kentucky
- Thomas S. Flood (1844-1908), New York
- William E. Fuller (1846-1918), Iowa
- Edward H. Funston (1836-1911), Kansas
- G-H-I
- William E. Gaines (1844-1912), Virginia
- Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918), New Hampshire
- John H. Gear (1825-1900), Iowa
- William H. Gest (1838-1912), Illinois
- Nathan Goff (1843-1920), West Virginia
- Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), Ohio
- William W. Grout (1836-1902), Vermont
- Richard W. Guenther (1845-1913), Wisconsin
- Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
- Nils P. Haugen (1849-1931), Wisconsin ...elected to fill vacancy, seated January 4, 1888.
- Edward D. Hayden (1833-1908), Massachusetts
- David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Iowa
- Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Illinois
- Binger Hermann (1843-1926), Oregon
- John A. Hiestand (1824-1890), Pennsylvania
- George Hires (1835-1911), New Jersey
- Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), Illinois
- Adoniram J. Holmes (1842-1902), Iowa
- Albert J. Hopkins (1846-1922), Illinois
- Stephen T. Hopkins (1849-1892), New York
- Leonidas C. Houk (1836-1891), Tennessee
- Alvin P. Hovey (1821-1891), Indiana ...resigned January 17, 1889.
- W. Godfrey Hunter (1841-1917), Kentucky
- J-K-L
- Oscar L. Jackson (1840-1920), Pennsylvania
- James T. Johnston (1839-1904), Indiana
- John Kean, Jr. (1852-1914), New Jersey
- William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
- Robert P. Kennedy (1840-1918), Ohio
- Daniel Kerr (1836-1916), Iowa
- John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
- Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), Wisconsin
- William G. Laidlaw (1840-1908), New York
- James Laird (1849-1889), Nebraska
- Herman Lehlbach (1845-1904), New Jersey
- John Lind (1854-1930), Minnesota
- Henry Cabot Lodge (1850-1924), Massachusetts
- John D. Long (1838-1915), Massachusetts
- Joseph Lyman (1840-1890), Iowa
- M-N-O
- James T. Maffett (1837-1912), Pennsylvania
- William E. Mason (1850-1921), Illinois
- Louis E. McComas (1846-1907), Maryland
- Henry C. McCormick (1844-1902), Pennsylvania
- Welty McCullogh (1847-1889), Pennsylvania
- Joseph McKenna (1843-1926), California
- William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Ohio
- Seth L. Milliken (1831-1897), Maine
- Seth C. Moffatt (1841-1887), Michigan ...died December 22, 1887.
- John H. Moffitt (1843-1926), New York
- Edmund N. Morrill (1834-1909), Kansas
- William W. Morrow (1843-1929), California
- Leopold Morse (1831-1892), Massachusetts
- Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Minnesota
- Newton W. Nutting (1840-1889), New York
- James O'Donnell (1840-1915), Michigan
- Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
- Edwin S. Osborne (1839-1900), Pennsylvania
- William D. Owen (1846-1906), Indiana
- P-Q-R
- Abraham X. Parker (1831-1909), New York
- John Patton (1823-1897), Pennsylvania
- Lewis E. Payson (1840-1909), Illinois
- Bishop W. Perkins (1841-1894), Kansas
- Samuel R. Peters (1842-1910), Kansas
- William W. Phelps (1839-1894), New Jersey
- Ralph Plumb (1816-1903), Illinois
- Francis B. Posey (1848-1915), Indiana ...elected to fill vacancy, seated February 6, 1889.
- Philip S. Post (1833-1895), Illinois
- Jacob J. Pugsley (1838-1920), Ohio
- Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Maine
- Francis W. Rockwell (1844-1929), Massachusetts
- Jacob Romeis (1835-1904), Ohio
- Jonathan H. Rowell (1833-1908), Illinois
- Charles A. Russell (1852-1902), Connecticut
- Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Kansas
- S-T-U-V
- John G. Sawyer (1825-1898), New York
- Edward Scull (1818-1900), Pennsylvania
- Henry W. Seymour (1834-1906), Michigan ...elected to fill vacancy, seated March 3, 1888.
- James S. Sherman (1855-1912), New York
- Henry Smith (1838-1916), Wisconsin
- Henry J. Spooner (1839-1918), Rhode Island
- George W. Steele (1839-1922), Indiana
- Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918), Wisconsin
- John W. Stewart (1825-1915), Vermont
- Isaac S. Struble (1843-1913), Iowa
- George G. Symes (1840-1893), Colorado
- Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), Ohio
- Joseph D. Taylor (1830-1899), Ohio
- George M. Thomas (1828-1914), Kentucky
- John R. Thomas (1846-1914), Illinois
- Ormsby B. Thomas (1832-1904), Wisconsin
- Albert C. Thompson (1842-1910), Ohio
- Erastus J. Turner (1846-1933), Kansas
- William Vandever (1817-1893), California
- W-X-Y-Z
- William H. Wade (1835-1911), Missouri
- William Warner (1840-1916), Missouri
- John B. Weber (1842-1926), New York
- George West (1823-1901), New York
- James B. White (1835-1897), Indiana
- Stephen V. White (1831-1913), New York
- William Whiting (1841-1911), Massachusetts
- Charles P. Wickham (1836-1925), Ohio
- David Wilber (1820-1890), New York
- Elihu S. Williams (1835-1903), Ohio
- William Woodburn (1838-1915), Nevada
- Robert M. Yardley (1850-1902), Pennsylvania
- Jacob Yost (1853-1933), Virginia
[edit] Independent Republican
- John A. Anderson (1834-1892), Kansas
- Albert R. Anderson (1837-1898), Iowa
[edit] National Greenback
- James B. Weaver (1833-1912), Iowa
[edit] Labor
- Samuel I. Hopkins (1843-1914), Virginia
- [Henry Smith (Wisconsin)|Henry Smith]] (Wisconsin)
[edit] Independent
- John Nichols (1834-1917), North Carolina
[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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