48th United States Congress

48th United States Congress
47th 
 49th

March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885
Senate President Vacant
Senate Pres. pro tem George F. Edmunds (R)
House Speaker John G. Carlisle (D)
Members 76 Senators
325 Representatives
8 Non-voting members
Senate Majority Republican
House Majority Democratic
Sessions
1st: December 3, 1883 – July 7, 1884
2nd: December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885

The Forty-Eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1883, to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The apportionment of seats in the 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.

Major events

Washington Monument (seen here in 2006) was completed December 6, 1884.

Major legislation

Territories organized

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.

Senate

Party
(shading shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Independent
(I)
Readjuster
(RA)
Republican
(R)
End of the previous congress 37 1 1 37 76 0
Begin 36 0 2 37 75 1
End 38 760
Final voting share 47.4% 0.0% 2.6% 50.0%
Beginning of the next congress 34 0 2 37 73 3

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
  80.1-100% Democratic
  80.1-100% Republican
  60.1-80% Democratic
  60.1-80% Republican
  Up to 60% Democratic
  Up to 60% Republican

TOTAL members: 325

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Senators are listed by their states and Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

West Virginia

Wisconsin

President pro tempore
George F. Edmunds

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Non-voting members

Speaker of the House
John G. Carlisle

Changes in membership

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

Senate

State
(class)
Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation
New Hampshire (2) Vacant Legislature had failed to elect.
Senator elected August 2, 1883.
Austin F. Pike (R) August 2, 1883
Rhode Island (2) Henry B. Anthony (R) Incumbent died September 2, 1884.
Successor appointed November 19, 1884.
William P. Sheffield (R) November 19, 1884
Rhode Island (2) William P. Sheffield (R) Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 20, 1885. Jonathan Chace (R) January 20, 1885

House of Representatives

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
Mississippi 2nd Vacant Chalmers took seat after an election contest with Van H. Manning who challenged his election James R. Chalmers (I) June 25, 1884
West Virginia 3rd John E. Kenna (D) Resigned March 4, 1883, after being elected to the U.S. Senate Charles P. Snyder (D) May 15, 1883
Alabama 1st Thomas H. Herndon (D) Died March 28, 1883 James T. Jones (D) December 3, 1883
Virginia 7th John Paul (D) Resigned September 5, 1883, after being appointed judge of the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia. The House election was subsequently contested. Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) May 5, 1884
Kansas 2nd Dudley C. Haskell (R) Died December 16, 1883 Edward H. Funston (R) March 21, 1884
North Carolina 1st Walter F. Pool (R) Died August 25, 1883 Thomas G. Skinner (D) November 20, 1883
Massachusetts 12th George D. Robinson (R) Resigned January 7, 1884, after being elected Governor of Massachusetts Francis W. Rockwell (R) January 17, 1884
South Carolina 7th Edmund W. M. Mackey (R) Died January 27, 1884 Robert Smalls (R) March 18, 1884
New Mexico Territory At-large Tranquilino Luna (R) Lost contested election March 5, 1884 Francisco A. Manzanares (D) March 5, 1884
Virginia 1st Robert M. Mayo (Readjuster) Lost contested election March 20, 1884 George T. Garrison (D) March 20, 1884
Indiana 7th Stanton J. Peelle (R) Lost contested election May 22, 1884 William E. English (D) May 22, 1884
Ohio 18th William McKinley (R) Lost contested election May 27, 1884 Jonathan H. Wallace (D) May 27, 1884
Ohio 7th Henry L. Morey (R) Lost contested election June 20, 1884 James E. Campbell (D) June 20, 1884
Iowa 7th John A. Kasson (R) Resigned July 13, 1884, after being appointed Minister to Germany Hiram Y. Smith (R) December 2, 1884
Indiana 13th William H. Calkins (R) Resigned October 20, 1884 Benjamin F. Shively (Anti-Monopoly) December 1, 1884
South Carolina 4th John H. Evins (D) Died October 20, 1884 John Bratton (D) December 8, 1884
Pennsylvania 19th William A. Duncan (D) Died November 14, 1884 John A. Swope (D) December 23, 1884
North Carolina 5th Alfred M. Scales (D) Resigned December 30, 1884, after being elected Governor of North Carolina James W. Reid (D) January 28, 1885
Alabama 4th Charles M. Shelley (D) Lost contested election January 9, 1885 George H. Craig (R) January 9, 1885
Ohio 9th James S. Robinson (R) Resigned January 12, 1885, after becoming Ohio Secretary of State Vacant Not filled this term
Rhode Island 2nd Jonathan Chace (R) Resigned January 26, 1885, after being elected to the U.S. Senate Nathan F. Dixon III (R) February 12, 1885
Arkansas 2nd James K. Jones (D) Resigned February 19, 1885, after being elected to the U.S. Senate Vacant Not filled this term
Iowa 5th James Wilson (R) Lost contested election March 3, 1885 Benjamin T. Frederick (D) March 3, 1885
Iowa 6th Marsena E. Cutts (R) Lost contested election March 3, 1885 John C. Cook (D) March 3, 1885

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (4 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

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