41st United States Congress

The 41st 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, 1869, to March 4, 1871, during the first two years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

 * March 4, 1869: Ulysses Grant became President of the United States
 * March 4, 1869: Carl Schurz R-Missouri became the first German American to serve in the United States Senate
 * May 10, 1869: Golden spike marked the completion of the First transcontinental railroad in Promontory, Utah
 * December 10, 1869: Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote, one of the first such laws in the world
 * February 12, 1870: Utah Territory gave women the right to vote
 * February 25, 1870: Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American in the U.S. Congress

Major legislation

 * March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1,
 * April 10, 1869: Judiciary Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 22,
 * May 31, 1870: Enforcement Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 114,
 * June 22, 1870: An Act to establish the Department of Justice, Sess. 2, ch. 150,
 * June 29, 1870: An Act to reorganize the Marine Hospital Service, Sess. 2, ch. 169,
 * July 12, 1870: Currency Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 252,
 * July 14, 1870: Funding Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 256,
 * February 21, 1871: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, Sess. 3, ch. 62, ,

Constitutional amendments

 * February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 28) to become part of the Constitution

States readmitted

 * January 26, 1870: Virginia rejoined the Union
 * February 23, 1870: Mississippi rejoined the Union
 * March 30, 1870: Texas rejoined the Union
 * July 15, 1870: Georgia rejoined the Union, the last former Confederate state to be readmitted

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.

During this Congress, Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia were readmitted to representation.

Senate

 * President: Schuyler Colfax (R)
 * President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony (R)

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: James G. Blaine (R)
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Robert C. Schenck and Nathaniel P. Banks
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: William E. Niblack and Samuel J. Randall

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed then by class and representatives are listed then by district.
 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate
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, facing re-election in 1874; "Class 2" meant their term ended in this Congress, facing re-election in 1870; and "Class 3" meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1872.

Alabama

 * 2. Willard Warner (R)
 * 3. George E. Spencer (R)

Arkansas

 * 2. Alexander McDonald (R)
 * 3. Benjamin F. Rice (R)

California

 * 1. Eugene Casserly (D)
 * 3. Cornelius Cole (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. William A. Buckingham (R)
 * 3. Orris S. Ferry (R)

Delaware

 * 1. Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D)
 * 2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D)

Florida

 * 1. Abijah Gilbert (R)
 * 3. Thomas W. Osborn (R)

Georgia

 * 2. Homer V. M. Miller (D), from February 24, 1871
 * 3. Joshua Hill (R), from February 1, 1871

Illinois

 * 2. Richard Yates (R)
 * 3. Lyman Trumbull (R)

Indiana

 * 1. Daniel D. Pratt (R)
 * 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)

Iowa

 * 2. James W. Grimes (R), until December 6, 1869
 * James B. Howell (R), from January 18, 1870
 * 3. James Harlan (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Edmund G. Ross (R)
 * 3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. Thomas C. McCreery (D)
 * 3. Garrett Davis (D)

Louisiana

 * 2. John S. Harris (R)
 * 3. William P. Kellogg (R)

Maine

 * 1. Hannibal Hamlin (R)
 * 2. William P. Fessenden (R), until September 8, 1869
 * Lot M. Morrill (R), from October 30, 1869

Maryland

 * 1. William T. Hamilton (D)
 * 3. George Vickers (D)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Charles Sumner (R)
 * 2. Henry Wilson (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Zachariah Chandler (R)
 * 2. Jacob M. Howard (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Alexander Ramsey (R)
 * 2. Daniel S. Norton (R), until July 13, 1870
 * William Windom (R), July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871
 * Ozora P. Stearns (R), from January 22, 1871

Mississippi

 * 1. Adelbert Ames (R), from February 23, 1870
 * 2. Hiram R. Revels (R), from February 23, 1870

Missouri

 * 1. Carl Schurz (R)
 * 3. Charles D. Drake (R), until December 19, 1870
 * Daniel T. Jewett (R), December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871
 * Francis P. Blair Jr. (D), from January 20, 1871

Nebraska

 * 1. Thomas Tipton (R)
 * 2. John M. Thayer (R)

Nevada

 * 1. William M. Stewart (R)
 * 3. James W. Nye (R)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Aaron H. Cragin (R)
 * 3. James W. Patterson (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. John P. Stockton (D)
 * 2. Alexander G. Cattell (R)

New York

 * 1. Reuben E. Fenton (R)
 * 3. Roscoe Conkling (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. Joseph C. Abbott (R)
 * 3. John Pool (R)

Ohio

 * 1. Allen G. Thurman (D)
 * 3. John Sherman (R)

Oregon

 * 2. George H. Williams (R)
 * 3. Henry W. Corbett (R)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. John Scott (R)
 * 3. Simon Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. William Sprague IV (R)
 * 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

 * 2. Thomas J. Robertson (R)
 * 3. Frederick A. Sawyer (R)

Tennessee

 * 1. William G. Brownlow (R)
 * 2. Joseph S. Fowler (R)

Texas

 * 1. James W. Flanagan (R), from March 30, 1870
 * 2. Morgan C. Hamilton (R), from March 31, 1870

Vermont

 * 1. George F. Edmunds (R)
 * 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

 * 2. John W. Johnston (D), from January 26, 1870
 * 1. John F. Lewis (R), from January 26, 1870

West Virginia

 * 1. Arthur I. Boreman (R)
 * 2. Waitman T. Willey (R)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
 * 3. Timothy O. Howe (R)





House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Alfred E. Buck (R)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. Charles W. Buckley (R)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. Robert S. Heflin (R)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Charles Hays (R)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Peter M. Dox (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. William C. Sherrod (D)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Logan H. Roots (R)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. Anthony A. C. Rogers (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Boles (R)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Samuel B. Axtell (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Aaron A. Sargent (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. James A. Johnson (D)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Julius L. Strong (R)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Stephen W. Kellogg (R)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. Henry H. Starkweather (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. William H. Barnum (D)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Benjamin T. Biggs (D)

Florida

 * Florida's at-large congressional district. Charles M. Hamilton (R)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. William W. Paine (D), from December 22, 1870
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Richard H. Whiteley (R), from December 22, 1870
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Marion Bethune (R), from December 22, 1870
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Jefferson F. Long (R), from January 16, 1871
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Stephen A. Corker (D), from January 24, 1871
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. William P. Price (D), from December 22, 1870
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Pierce M. B. Young (D), from December 22, 1870

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Norman B. Judd (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. John F. Farnsworth (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Elihu B. Washburne (R), until March 6, 1869
 * Horatio C. Burchard (R), from December 6, 1869
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. John B. Hawley (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Ebon C. Ingersoll (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Burton C. Cook (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Jesse H. Moore (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Thompson W. McNeely (D)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Albert G. Burr (D)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. Samuel S. Marshall (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. John B. Hay (R)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. John M. Crebs (D)
 * Illinois's at-large congressional district. John A. Logan (R), until March 3, 1871

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. William E. Niblack (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Michael C. Kerr (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. William S. Holman (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. George W. Julian (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. John Coburn (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Godlove S. Orth (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. James N. Tyner (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. John P. C. Shanks (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. William Williams (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Jasper Packard (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. George W. McCrary (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. William Smyth (R), until September 30, 1870
 * William P. Wolf (R), from December 6, 1870
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. William B. Allison (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. William Loughridge (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Francis W. Palmer (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Charles Pomeroy (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Sidney Clarke (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Lawrence S. Trimble (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. William N. Sweeney (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Jacob Golladay (D), until February 28, 1870
 * Joseph H. Lewis (D), from May 10, 1870
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. J. Proctor Knott (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Boyd Winchester (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Thomas L. Jones (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. James B. Beck (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. George M. Adams (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. John M. Rice (D)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. J. Hale Sypher (R), from November 7, 1870
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. Lionel A. Sheldon (R)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Chester B. Darrall (R)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Joseph P. Newsham (R), from May 23, 1870
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. Frank Morey (R)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. John Lynch (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. Samuel P. Morrill (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. James G. Blaine (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. John A. Peters (R)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Samuel Hambleton (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Stevenson Archer (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Swann (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Patrick Hamill (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Frederick Stone (D)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. James Buffington (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Oakes Ames (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Ginery Twichell (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Samuel Hooper (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Benjamin F. Butler (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Nathaniel P. Banks (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. George S. Boutwell (R), until March 12, 1869
 * George M. Brooks (R), from November 2, 1869
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. George F. Hoar (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. William B. Washburn (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. Fernando C. Beaman (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. William L. Stoughton (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Austin Blair (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Thomas W. Ferry (R), until March 3, 1871
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Omar D. Conger (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Randolph Strickland (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Morton S. Wilkinson (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Eugene M. Wilson (D)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. George E. Harris (R), from February 23, 1870
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Joseph L. Morphis (R), from February 23, 1870
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Henry W. Barry (R), from April 8, 1870
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. George C. McKee (R), from February 23, 1870
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Legrand W. Perce (R), from February 23, 1870

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Erastus Wells (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (R)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. James R. McCormick (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Sempronius H. Boyd (R)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Samuel S. Burdett (R)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. Robert T. Van Horn (R)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Joel F. Asper (R)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. John F. Benjamin (R)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. David P. Dyer (R)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's at-large congressional district. John Taffe (R)

Nevada

 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. Thomas Fitch (R)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Jacob H. Ela (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Aaron F. Stevens (R)
 * New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district. Jacob Benton (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. William Moore (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Charles Haight (D)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. John T. Bird (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. John Hill (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Orestes Cleveland (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Henry A. Reeves (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. John G. Schumaker (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Henry W. Slocum (D)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. John Fox (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. John Morrissey (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Samuel S. Cox (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Hervey C. Calkin (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. James Brooks (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Fernando Wood (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Clarkson N. Potter (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. George W. Greene (D), until February 17, 1870
 * Charles H. Van Wyck (R), from February 17, 1870
 * New York's 12th congressional district. John H. Ketcham (R)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. John A. Griswold (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Stephen L. Mayham (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Adolphus H. Tanner (R)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Orange Ferriss (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. William A. Wheeler (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Stephen Sanford (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Charles Knapp (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Addison H. Laflin (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Alexander H. Bailey (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. John C. Churchill (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Dennis McCarthy (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. George W. Cowles (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. William H. Kelsey (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Giles W. Hotchkiss (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Hamilton Ward Sr. (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Noah Davis (R), until July 15, 1870
 * Charles H. Holmes (R), from December 6, 1870
 * New York's 29th congressional district. John Fisher (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. David S. Bennett (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Porter Sheldon (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Clinton L. Cobb (R)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. David Heaton (R), until June 25, 1870
 * Joseph Dixon (R), from December 5, 1870
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Oliver H. Dockery (R)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. John T. Deweese (R), until February 28, 1870
 * John Manning Jr. (D), from December 7, 1870
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Israel G. Lash (R)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Francis E. Shober (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Alexander H. Jones (R)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Peter W. Strader (D)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Job E. Stevenson (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Robert C. Schenck (R), until January 5, 1871
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. William Lawrence (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. William Mungen (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. John A. Smith (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. James J. Winans (R)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. John Beatty (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. Edward F. Dickinson (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Truman H. Hoag (D), until February 5, 1870
 * Erasmus D. Peck (R), from April 23, 1870
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. John T. Wilson (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Philadelph Van Trump (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. George W. Morgan (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Martin Welker (R)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Eliakim H. Moore (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. John Bingham (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. Jacob A. Ambler (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. William H. Upson (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. James A. Garfield (R)

Oregon

 * Oregon's at-large congressional district. Joseph S. Smith (D)

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Samuel J. Randall (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Charles O'Neill (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. John Moffet (D), until April 9, 1869
 * Leonard Myers (R), from April 9, 1869
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. William D. Kelley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. John R. Reading (D), until April 13, 1870
 * Caleb N. Taylor (R), from April 13, 1870
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. John D. Stiles (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. Washington Townsend (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. J. Lawrence Getz (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. Oliver J. Dickey (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Henry L. Cake (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Daniel M. Van Auken (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. George W. Woodward (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Ulysses Mercur (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. John B. Packer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Richard J. Haldeman (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. John Cessna (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Daniel J. Morrell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. William H. Armstrong (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Glenni W. Scofield (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Calvin W. Gilfillan (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. John Covode (R), February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. James S. Negley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Darwin Phelps (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. Joseph B. Donley (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Thomas A. Jenckes (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Nathan F. Dixon Jr. (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. B. Frank Whittemore (R), until February 24, 1870
 * Joseph Rainey (R), from December 12, 1870
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Christopher C. Bowen (R)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Solomon L. Hoge (R), from April 8, 1869
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. Alexander S. Wallace (R), from May 27, 1870

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Roderick R. Butler (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Horace Maynard (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. William B. Stokes (R)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Lewis Tillman (R)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. William F. Prosser (R)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Samuel M. Arnell (R)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Isaac R. Hawkins (R)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. William J. Smith (R)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. George W. Whitmore (R), from March 30, 1870
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. John C. Conner (D), from March 31, 1870
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. William T. Clark (R), from March 31, 1870
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Edward Degener (R), from March 31, 1870

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Charles W. Willard (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Luke P. Poland (R)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. Worthington C. Smith (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Richard S. Ayer (R), from January 31, 1870
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. James H. Platt Jr. (R), from January 26, 1870
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Charles H. Porter (R), from January 26, 1870
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. George Booker (C), from January 26, 1870
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. Robert Ridgway (C), from January 27, 1870 – October 16, 1870
 * Richard T. W. Duke (C), from November 8, 1870
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. William Milnes Jr. (C), from January 27, 1870
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Lewis McKenzie (C), from January 31, 1870
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. James K. Gibson (C), from January 28, 1870

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Isaac H. Duval (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. James C. McGrew (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John Witcher (R)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Halbert E. Paine (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Benjamin F. Hopkins (R), until January 1, 1870
 * David Atwood (R), from February 23, 1870
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Amasa Cobb (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Charles A. Eldredge (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Philetus Sawyer (R)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Cadwallader C. Washburn (R)

Non-voting members

 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district. Richard C. McCormick (D)
 * Colorado Territory's at-large congressional district. Allen A. Bradford (R)
 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district. Solomon L. Spink (R)
 * Idaho Territory's at-large congressional district. Jacob K. Shafer (D)
 * Montana Territory's at-large congressional district. James M. Cavanaugh (D)
 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district. J. Francisco Chaves (R)
 * Utah Territory's at-large congressional district. William H. Hooper (D)
 * Washington Territory's at-large congressional district. Selucius Garfielde (R)
 * Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district. Stephen F. Nuckolls (D), from December 6, 1869

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

Senate

 * Replacements: 6
 * Democratic: 1 seat net gain
 * Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * Deaths: 2
 * Resignations:2
 * Interim appointments: 2
 * Seats of newly re-admitted states: 8
 * Total seats with changes: 14


 * Virginia (1)
 * rowspan=2 | Vacant
 * rowspan=2 | Virginia re-admitted to the Union
 * nowrap | John F. Lewis (R)
 * rowspan=2 | January 26, 1870
 * rowspan=2 | January 26, 1870


 * Virginia (2)
 * nowrap | John W. Johnston (D)
 * nowrap | John W. Johnston (D)


 * Mississippi (1)
 * rowspan=2 | Vacant
 * rowspan=2 | Mississippi re-admitted to the Union
 * nowrap | Adelbert Ames (R)
 * rowspan=2 | February 23, 1870
 * rowspan=2 | February 23, 1870


 * Mississippi (2)
 * nowrap | Hiram R Revels (R)
 * nowrap | Hiram R Revels (R)


 * Texas (1)
 * rowspan=2 | Vacant
 * rowspan=2 | Texas re-admitted to the Union
 * nowrap | James W. Flanagan (R)
 * March 30, 1870
 * March 30, 1870


 * Texas (2)
 * nowrap | Morgan C. Hamilton (R)
 * March 31, 1870
 * March 31, 1870


 * Georgia (3)
 * rowspan=2 | Vacant
 * rowspan=2 | Georgia re-admitted to the Union
 * nowrap | Joshua Hill (R)
 * February 1, 1871
 * February 1, 1871


 * Georgia (2)
 * nowrap | Homer V. M. Miller (D)
 * February 28, 1871
 * February 28, 1871


 * Maine (2)
 * nowrap | William P. Fessenden (R)
 * Died September 8, 1869. Successor appointed October 30, 1869. Successor was subsequently elected January 19, 1870 to finish the term.
 * nowrap | Lot M. Morrill (R)
 * October 30, 1869
 * October 30, 1869


 * Iowa (2)
 * nowrap | James W. Grimes (R)
 * Resigned December 6, 1869, because of failing health. Successor elected January 18, 1870.
 * nowrap | James B. Howell (R)
 * January 18, 1870
 * January 18, 1870


 * Minnesota (2)
 * nowrap | Daniel S. Norton (R)
 * Died July 13, 1870. Successor appointed July 15, 1870.
 * nowrap | William Windom (R)
 * July 15, 1870
 * July 15, 1870


 * Missouri (3)
 * nowrap | Charles D. Drake (R)
 * Resigned December 19, 1870, after being appointed chief justice of the United States Court of Claims. Successor appointed December 19, 1870.
 * nowrap | Daniel T. Jewett (R)
 * December 19, 1870
 * December 19, 1870


 * Missouri (3)
 * nowrap | Daniel T. Jewett (R)
 * Interim appointee retired. Successor elected January 20, 1871.
 * nowrap | Francis P. Blair Jr. (D)
 * January 20, 1871
 * January 20, 1871


 * Minnesota (2)
 * nowrap | William Windom (R)
 * Successor elected January 22, 1871.
 * nowrap | Ozora P. Stearns (R)
 * January 22, 1871
 * January 22, 1871


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 14
 * Democratic: 3 seat net loss
 * Republican: 3 seat net gain
 * Conservative Party of Virginia: no net change
 * Deaths: 6
 * Resignations: 6
 * Contested election: 8
 * Seats of newly re-admitted states: 17
 * Total seats with changes: 44


 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with J.P. Reed. Reed was never seated. House declared Hoge entitled to seat.
 * nowrap | Solomon L. Hoge (R)
 * April 8, 1869
 * Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Territory organized in previous congress and remained vacant until December 6, 1869
 * nowrap | Stephen F. Nuckolls (D)
 * December 6, 1869
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district
 * rowspan=8 | Vacant
 * rowspan=8 style="font-size:80%" | Virginia re-admitted into the Union
 * nowrap | James H. Platt Jr. (R)
 * rowspan=3 | January 26, 1870
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Charles H. Porter (R)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | George Booker (C)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert Ridgway (C)
 * rowspan=2 | January 27, 1870
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | William Milnes Jr. (C)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district
 * nowrap | James K. Gibson (C)
 * January 28, 1870
 * Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Richard S. Ayer (R)
 * rowspan=2 | January 31, 1870
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | Lewis McKenzie (C)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Henry D. Foster. House declared neither was entitled to seat. House then declared Covode duly elected February 9, 1870
 * nowrap | John Covode (R)
 * February 9, 1870
 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district
 * rowspan=5 | Vacant
 * rowspan=5 style="font-size:80%" | Mississippi re-admitted into the Union
 * nowrap | George E. Harris (R)
 * rowspan=5 | February 23, 1870
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Joseph L. Morphis (R)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Henry W. Barry (R)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | George C. McKee (R)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Legrand W. Perce (R)
 * Texas's 1st congressional district
 * rowspan=4 | Vacant
 * rowspan=4 style="font-size:80%" | Texas re-admitted into the Union
 * nowrap | George W. Whitmore (R)
 * March 30, 1870
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | John C. Conner (D)
 * rowspan=3 | March 31, 1870
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | William T. Clark (R)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Edward Degener (R)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Michael Ryan. House declared neither was entitled to seat. Elected to seat thus caused
 * nowrap | Joseph P. Newsham (R)
 * May 23, 1870
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with William D. Simpson. Simpson was never seated. House declared Wallace entitled to seat.
 * nowrap | Alexander S. Wallace (R)
 * May 27, 1870
 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district
 * Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Louis St. Martin. House declared neither was entitled to seat. Elected to seat thus caused
 * nowrap | J. Hale Sypher (R)
 * November 7, 1870
 * Georgia's 1st congressional district
 * rowspan=7 | Vacant
 * style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Joseph W. Clift not entitled to seat
 * nowrap | William W. Paine (D)
 * rowspan=7 | December 22, 1870
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district
 * style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Nelson Tift not entitled to seat
 * nowrap | Richard H. Whiteley (R)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district
 * style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring William P. Edwards not entitled to seat
 * nowrap | Marion Bethune (R)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district
 * style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Samuel F. Gove not entitled to seat
 * nowrap | Jefferson F. Long (R)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district
 * style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Charles H. Prince not entitled to seat
 * nowrap | Stephen A. Corker (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district
 * style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect
 * nowrap | William P. Price (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district
 * style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Pierce M. B. Young not entitled to seat. He was subsequently elected to fill the vacancy thus caused
 * nowrap | Pierce M. B. Young (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Elihu B. Washburne (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 6, 1869, after being appointed United States Secretary of State
 * nowrap | Horatio C. Burchard (R)
 * December 6, 1869
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | George S. Boutwell (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 12, 1869, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * nowrap | George M. Brooks (R)
 * November 2, 1869
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | John Moffet (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election April 9, 1869
 * nowrap | Leonard Myers (R)
 * April 9, 1869
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Benjamin F. Hopkins (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1870
 * nowrap | David Atwood (R)
 * February 23, 1870
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district
 * nowrap | Truman H. Hoag (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died February 5, 1870
 * nowrap | Erasmus D. Peck (R)
 * April 23, 1870
 * New York's 11th congressional district
 * nowrap | George W. Greene (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election February 17, 1870
 * nowrap | Charles Van Wyck (R)
 * February 17, 1870
 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Benjamin F. Whittemore (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 24, 1870, pending an investigation of certain appointments to the US Military and Naval Academies
 * nowrap | Joseph Rainey (R)
 * December 12, 1870
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Jacob Golladay (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870
 * nowrap | Joseph H. Lewis (D)
 * May 10, 1870
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | John T. Deweese (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870, pending an investigation of certain appointments to the US Military and Naval Academies
 * nowrap | John Manning Jr. (D)
 * December 7, 1870
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | John R. Reading (D)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election April 13, 1870
 * nowrap | Caleb N. Taylor (R)
 * April 13, 1870
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | David Heaton (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died June 25, 1870
 * nowrap | Joseph Dixon (R)
 * December 5, 1870
 * New York's 28th congressional district
 * nowrap | Noah Davis (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 15, 1870, before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
 * nowrap | Charles H. Holmes (R)
 * December 6, 1870
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | William Smyth (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 30, 1870
 * nowrap | William P. Wolf (R)
 * December 6, 1870
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert Ridgway (C)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died October 16, 1870
 * nowrap | Richard T. W. Duke (C)
 * November 8, 1870
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert C. Schenck (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1871, after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
 * nowrap | John Covode (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1871
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Illinois's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap | John A. Logan (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Thomas W. Ferry (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * }
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | David Heaton (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died June 25, 1870
 * nowrap | Joseph Dixon (R)
 * December 5, 1870
 * New York's 28th congressional district
 * nowrap | Noah Davis (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 15, 1870, before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
 * nowrap | Charles H. Holmes (R)
 * December 6, 1870
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | William Smyth (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died September 30, 1870
 * nowrap | William P. Wolf (R)
 * December 6, 1870
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert Ridgway (C)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died October 16, 1870
 * nowrap | Richard T. W. Duke (C)
 * November 8, 1870
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert C. Schenck (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1871, after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
 * nowrap | John Covode (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1871
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Illinois's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap | John A. Logan (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Thomas W. Ferry (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * }
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Thomas W. Ferry (R)
 * style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this Congress
 * }
 * }

Senate

 * Agriculture (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Abijah Gilbert)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William Sprague IV)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: Garrett Davis)
 * Claims (Chairman: Timothy O. Howe; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Robertson)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: Roscoe Conkling)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: James W. Patterson; Ranking Member: John S. Harris)
 * Education (Chairman: Frederick A. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Henry W. Corbett)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton)
 * Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: Charles Sumner; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: James Harlan; Ranking Member: William A. Buckingham)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Lyman Trumbull; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Rice)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member: Arthur I. Boreman)
 * Memorial of Davis Hatch (Select)
 * Military Affairs and the Militia (Chairman: Henry Wilson; Ranking Member: John M. Thayer)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Edmund G. Ross)
 * Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
 * Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
 * Outrages in Southern States (Select)
 * Pacific Railroad (Chairman: Jacob M. Howard; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
 * Patents (Chairman: Waitman T. Willey; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Osborn)
 * Pensions (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: George H. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Kellogg)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Adolphus H. Tanner)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Samuel C. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
 * Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) (Chairman: Henry B. Anthony; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry)
 * Retrenchment (Chairman: John S. Harris; Ranking Member: Carl Schurz)
 * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Roscoe Conkling; Ranking Member: John Pool)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Yates; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
 * Rules (Select)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Territories (Chairman: James W. Nye; Ranking Member: Jacob M. Howard)
 * Traffic with Rebels in Texas (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Henry L. Cake; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: John T. Wilson; Ranking Member: Jacob Benton)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: John B. Packer)
 * Claims (Chairman: William B. Washburn; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Ela)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Noah Davis)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member: David S. Bennett)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Burton C. Cook; Ranking Member: Charles M. Hamilton)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: Samuel M. Arnell; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Burdett)
 * Elections (Chairman: Halbert E. Paine; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
 * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jacob H. Ela; Ranking Member: Peter W. Strader)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John Lynch; Ranking Member: Patrick Hamill)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William Moore; Ranking Member: John F. Benjamin)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Alexander H. Bailey; Ranking Member: John D. Stiles)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Clinton L. Cobb)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: John C. Churchill; Ranking Member: Truman H. Hoag)
 * Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Oliver H. Dockery; Ranking Member: John B. Hawley)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Banks; Ranking Member: Charles W. Willard)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Sidney Clarke; Ranking Member: John T. Deweese)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John F. Benjamin; Ranking Member: Christopher C. Bowen)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: John A. Bingham; Ranking Member: Ulysses Mercur)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel J. Morrell; Ranking Member: William H. Upson)
 * Mileage (Chairman: Isaac R. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: John S. Witcher)
 * Militia (Chairman: John P. C. Shanks; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Orange Ferriss; Ranking Member: Isaac H. Duval)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: George W. McCrary)
 * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Logan H. Roots)
 * Patents (Chairman: Thomas A. Jenckes; Ranking Member: James A. Johnson)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John F. Farnsworth; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Cadwallader C. Washburn)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John Beatty)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: John Coburn)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: George W. Julian; Ranking Member: James J. Winans)
 * Railways and Canals (Chairman: Ebon C. Ingersoll; Ranking Member: William F. Prosser)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Sempronius H. Boyd; Ranking Member: Alexander H. Jones)
 * Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Charles W. Willard; Ranking Member: Roderick R. Butler)
 * Rules (Select) (Chairman: Schuyler Colfax; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: James Brooks)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. John Beatty; Vice Chairman: Rep. Joseph C. Abbott)
 * The Library (Chairman: Rep. John A. Peters; Vice Chairman: Rep. George A. Woodward)
 * Printing (Chairman: Rep. Addison H. Laflin; Vice Chairman: Rep. William Mungen)
 * Retrenchment (Chairman: Rep. Martin Welker; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes)

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
 * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Senate

 * Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodist)
 * Secretary: George C. Gorham
 * Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown, until March 22, 1869
 * John R. French, elected March 22, 1869

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: John G. Butler (Presbyterian)
 * Clerk: Edward McPherson
 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: John M. Barclay
 * Doorkeeper: Otis S. Buxton
 * Postmaster: William S. King
 * Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway