46th United States Congress

The 46th 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, 1879, to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of Rutherford Hayes's presidency.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census. The Senate had a Democratic majority, while the House of Representatives had a Democratic plurality. The Democrats were still able to control the House, however, with the help of the Independent politicians who caucused with them.

Senate

 * President: William A. Wheeler (R)
 * President pro tempore: Allen G. Thurman (D)
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: William A. Wallace
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Samuel J. Randall (D)
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: John Ford House
 * Republican Conference Chairman: William P. Frye

Major events

 * Depression of 1873–79
 * March 18, 1879: Samuel J. Randall was elected in one of the most tightly fought contests for the speakership after the Civil War. Randall, who favored the protective tariff and "hard money," drew his greatest strength from northern cities and greatest opposition from the west and south. The midterm elections of 1878 had gone badly for the Democrats, with the Greenback Party making inroads in key districts.  This emboldened Randall's opponents, who rallied to the support of Joseph Blackburn from Kentucky.  In the end, Randall prevailed in the Democratic caucus to receive the nomination, with 75 votes to Blackburn's 57 and a scattering of 9 votes to three other candidates.  Blackburn, in moving to make Randall's nomination unanimous, steered his supporters away from the nomination of Hendrick B. Wright, a Democrat from Pennsylvania who was nominated by the Greenbacks.  In the eventual vote in the House to elect the Speaker, Randall prevailed with 144 votes, to 125 for James Garfield (Republican from Ohio), 13 for Wright, and one for William "Pig Iron" Kelley (Pennsylvania).
 * November 2, 1880: U.S. presidential election, 1880: James Garfield (R) defeated Winfield S. Hancock (D)
 * February 19, 1881: Kansas became the first state to prohibit alcohol.

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.


 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate
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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1884.

Alabama

 * 2. John T. Morgan (D)
 * 3. George S. Houston (D), until December 31, 1879
 * Luke Pryor (D), January 7, 1880 - November 23, 1880
 * James L. Pugh (D), from November 24, 1880

Arkansas

 * 2. Augustus Garland (D)
 * 3. James D. Walker (D)

California

 * 1. Newton Booth (AM)
 * 3. James T. Farley (D)

Colorado

 * 2. Henry M. Teller (R)
 * 3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. William W. Eaton (D)
 * 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

Delaware

 * 1. Thomas Bayard Sr. (D)
 * 2. Eli Saulsbury (D)

Florida

 * 1. Charles W. Jones (D)
 * 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

Georgia

 * 2. Benjamin Hill (D)
 * 3. John B. Gordon (D), until May 26, 1880
 * Joseph E. Brown (D), from May 26, 1880

Illinois

 * 2. David Davis (I)
 * 3. John A. Logan (R)

Indiana

 * 1. Joseph E. McDonald (D)
 * 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

Iowa

 * 2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
 * 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

 * 2. Preston B. Plumb (R)
 * 3. John J. Ingalls (R)

Kentucky

 * 2. James B. Beck (D)
 * 3. John S. Williams (D)

Louisiana

 * 2. William Pitt Kellogg (R)
 * 3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D)

Maine

 * 1. Hannibal Hamlin (R)
 * 2. James G. Blaine (R)

Maryland

 * 1. William Pinkney Whyte (D)
 * 3. James B. Groome (D)

Massachusetts

 * 1. Henry L. Dawes (R)
 * 2. George F. Hoar (R)

Michigan

 * 1. Zachariah Chandler (R), until November 1, 1879
 * Henry P. Baldwin (R), from November 17, 1879
 * 2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
 * 2. William Windom (R)

Mississippi

 * 1. Blanche Bruce (R)
 * 2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

Missouri

 * 1. Francis Cockrell (D)
 * 3. George G. Vest (D)

Nebraska

 * 1. Algernon Paddock (R)
 * 2. Alvin Saunders (R)

Nevada

 * 1. William Sharon (R)
 * 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Edward H. Rollins (R)
 * 3. Charles Bell (R), March 13, 1879 - June 18, 1879
 * Henry W. Blair (R), from June 18, 1879

New Jersey

 * 1. Theodore Randolph (D)
 * 2. John R. McPherson (D)

New York

 * 1. Francis Kernan (D)
 * 3. Roscoe Conkling (R)

North Carolina

 * 2. Matt W. Ransom (D)
 * 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D)

Ohio

 * 1. Allen G. Thurman (D)
 * 3. George H. Pendleton (D)

Oregon

 * 2. La Fayette Grover (D)
 * 3. James H. Slater (D)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. William A. Wallace (D)
 * 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Ambrose Burnside (R)
 * 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

 * 2. Matthew C. Butler (D)
 * 3. Wade Hampton III (D)

Tennessee

 * 1. James E. Bailey (D)
 * 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas

 * 1. Samuel B. Maxey (D)
 * 2. Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

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

Virginia

 * 1. Robert E. Withers (D)
 * 2. John W. Johnston (D)

West Virginia

 * 1. Frank Hereford (D)
 * 2. Henry G. Davis (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Angus Cameron (R)
 * 3. Matthew H. Carpenter (R), until February 24, 1881



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

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Thomas H. Herndon (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district. Hilary A. Herbert (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district. William J. Samford (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Charles M. Shelley (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Thomas Williams (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Burwell Lewis (D), until October 1, 1880
 * Newton N. Clements (D), from December 8, 1880
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. William H. Forney (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. William M. Lowe (GB)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Poindexter Dunn (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. William F. Slemons (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. Jordan E. Cravens (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Thomas M. Gunter (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. Horace Davis (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. Horace F. Page (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Campbell P. Berry (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Romualdo Pacheco (R)

Colorado

 * Colorado's at-large congressional district. James B. Belford (R)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. James Phelps (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. John T. Wait (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Frederick Miles (R)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Edward L. Martin (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Noble A. Hull (D), until January 22, 1881
 * Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R), from January 22, 1881

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. John C. Nicholls (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. William E. Smith (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Philip Cook (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Henry Persons (ID)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. James Blount (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. William Felton (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Alexander H. Stephens (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Emory Speer (ID)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. William Aldrich (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. George R. Davis (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. Hiram Barber Jr. (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. John C. Sherwin (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Robert M. A. Hawk (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Philip C. Hayes (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Greenbury L. Fort (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Thomas A. Boyd (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. James W. Singleton (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. William M. Springer (D)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. Adlai E. Stevenson (D)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Albert P. Forsythe (GB)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. William A. J. Sparks (D)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. William R. Morrison (D)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. John R. Thomas (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Richard W. Townshend (D)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. William Heilman (R)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Thomas R. Cobb (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district. George A. Bicknell (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. Jeptha D. New (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Thomas M. Browne (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. William R. Myers (D)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Gilbert De La Matyr (GB)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Abraham J. Hostetler (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Godlove S. Orth (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. William H. Calkins (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. Calvin Cowgill (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. Walpole G. Colerick (D)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district. John Baker (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Moses A. McCoid (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Hiram Price (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Updegraff (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. Rush Clark (R), until April 29, 1879
 * William G. Thompson (R), from December 1, 1879
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. James B. Weaver (GB)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. Edward H. Gillette (GB)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. William F. Sapp (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district. Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. John A. Anderson (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Dudley C. Haskell (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Ryan (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Oscar Turner (ID)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. James A. McKenzie (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John William Caldwell (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. J. Proctor Knott (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Albert S. Willis (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. John G. Carlisle (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Thomas Turner (D)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. Elijah C. Phister (D)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Randall L. Gibson (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. E. John Ellis (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. Joseph H. Acklen (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Joseph B. Elam (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district. J. Floyd King (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district. Edward W. Robertson (D)

Maine

 * Maine's 1st congressional district. Thomas B. Reed (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district. William P. Frye (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district. Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district. George W. Ladd (GB)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district. Thompson H. Murch (GB)

Maryland

 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Daniel M. Henry (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. William Kimmel (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Robert M. McLane (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Eli J. Henkle (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Milton G. Urner (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. William W. Crapo (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. Benjamin W. Harris (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Walbridge A. Field (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Leopold Morse (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Selwyn Z. Bowman (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. George B. Loring (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. William A. Russell (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. William Claflin (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. William W. Rice (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Amasa Norcross (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. George D. Robinson (R)

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. John Newberry (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Edwin Willits (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Jonas H. McGowan (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Julius C. Burrows (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. John W. Stone (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Mark S. Brewer (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Omar D. Conger (R), until March 3, 1881
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Roswell G. Horr (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Jay Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Mark H. Dunnell (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Henry Poehler (D)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. William D. Washburn (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Henry L. Muldrow (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. Vannoy Manning (D)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Hernando Money (D)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Otho R. Singleton (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Charles E. Hooker (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. James Chalmers (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Martin L. Clardy (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Erastus Wells (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Richard G. Frost (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Lowndes H. Davis (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard P. Bland (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. James R. Waddill (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Alfred M. Lay (D), until December 8, 1879
 * John F. Philips (D), from January 10, 1880
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Samuel L. Sawyer (ID)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Nicholas Ford (GB)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Gideon F. Rothwell (D)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. John B. Clark Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. William H. Hatch (D)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's at-large congressional district. Edward K. Valentine (R)

Nevada

 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. Rollin M. Daggett (R)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Joshua G. Hall (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. James F. Briggs (R)
 * New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district. Evarts Farr (R), until November 30, 1880
 * Ossian Ray (R), from January 8, 1881

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. George M. Robeson (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Hezekiah Smith (D)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Miles Ross (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Alvah A. Clark (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. Charles H. Voorhis (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. John L. Blake (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Lewis A. Brigham (R)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. James W. Covert (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Daniel O'Reilly (ID)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Simeon B. Chittenden (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Archibald M. Bliss (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Nicholas Muller (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Samuel S. Cox (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Edwin Einstein (R)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Anson G. McCook (R)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. Fernando Wood (D), until February 14, 1881
 * New York's 10th congressional district. James O'Brien (ID)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Levi P. Morton (R)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Waldo Hutchins (D), from November 4, 1879
 * New York's 13th congressional district. John H. Ketcham (R)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. John W. Ferdon (R)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. William Lounsbery (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. John M. Bailey (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Walter A. Wood (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. John Hammond (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Amaziah B. James (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. John H. Starin (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. David Wilber (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Warner Miller (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. Cyrus D. Prescott (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Joseph Mason (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Frank Hiscock (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. John H. Camp (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. David P. Richardson (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. John Van Voorhis (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Richard Crowley (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. Ray V. Pierce (R), until September 18, 1880
 * Jonathan Scoville (D), from November 12, 1880
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Joseph Martin (R), until January 29, 1881
 * Jesse J. Yeates (D), from January 29, 1881
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. William H. Kitchin (D)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Daniel Russell (GB)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. Joseph J. Davis (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Alfred M. Scales (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Walter L. Steele (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Robert F. Armfield (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. Benjamin Butterworth (R)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Thomas L. Young (R)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. John A. McMahon (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. J. Warren Keifer (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. William D. Hill (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Frank H. Hurd (D)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. Ebenezer B. Finley (D)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. George L. Converse (D)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Thomas Ewing Jr. (D)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Henry L. Dickey (D)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Henry S. Neal (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Adoniram J. Warner (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. Gibson Atherton (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. George W. Geddes (D)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. William McKinley (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. James Monroe (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. James A. Garfield (R), until November 8, 1880
 * Ezra B. Taylor (R), from December 13, 1880
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon

 * Oregon's at-large congressional district. John Whiteaker (D)

Pennsylvania

 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Henry H. Bingham (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Charles O'Neill (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. Samuel J. Randall (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. William D. Kelley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. William Ward (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. William Godshalk (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. Hiester Clymer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. A. Herr Smith (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Reuben Bachman (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Robert Klotz (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Hendrick B. Wright (GB)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. John Ryon (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. John W. Killinger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Edward Overton Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. John I. Mitchell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Alexander H. Coffroth (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Horatio G. Fisher (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Seth Yocum (GB)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Morgan R. Wise (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. Russell Errett (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Thomas M. Bayne (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. William S. Shallenberger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. Harry White (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Samuel Dick (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. James H. Osmer (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Latimer W. Ballou (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. John S. Richardson (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Michael P. O'Connor (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John H. Evins (D)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. George D. Tillman (D)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Robert L. Taylor (D)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. Leonidas C. Houk (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. George G. Dibrell (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. Benton McMillin (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. John M. Bright (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. John F. House (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. John D. C. Atkins (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Charles B. Simonton (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. H. Casey Young (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. John H. Reagan (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. David B. Culberson (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. Olin Wellborn (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. Roger Q. Mills (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. George W. Jones (GB)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Christopher C. Upson (D), from April 15, 1879

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Charles H. Joyce (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. James M. Tyler (R)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. Bradley Barlow (GB)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Richard Lee T. Beale (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. John Goode Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. Joseph E. Johnston (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Joseph Jorgensen (R)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. George Cabell (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. John R. Tucker (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. John T. Harris (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Eppa Hutton II (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. James Richmond (D)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Benjamin Wilson (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Benjamin F. Martin (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. Charles G. Williams (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Lucien B. Caswell (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. George Hazelton (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Peter V. Deuster (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Edward S. Bragg (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Gabriel Bouck (D)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Herman L. Humphrey (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting delegates

 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district. John G. Campbell (D)
 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district. Granville G. Bennett (R)
 * Idaho Territory's at-large congressional district. George Ainslie (D)
 * Montana Territory's at-large congressional district. Martin Maginnis (D)
 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district. Mariano S. Otero (R)
 * Utah Territory's at-large congressional district. George Q. Cannon (R)
 * Washington Territory's at-large congressional district. Thomas H. Brents (R)
 * Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district. Stephen Downey (R)

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

Senate

 * Replacements: 4
 * Democratic: no net change
 * Republican: no net change
 * Deaths: 3
 * Resignations: 1
 * Interim appointments: 2
 * Total seats with changes: 5


 * New Hampshire (3)
 * Vacant
 * Legislature had failed to elect. An interim successor was appointed March 13, 1879.
 * nowrap | Charles H. Bell (R)
 * March 13, 1879
 * March 13, 1879


 * New Hampshire (3)
 * nowrap | Charles H. Bell (R)
 * Successor elected June 18, 1879, but did not begin service until June 20, 1879, for unknown reasons.
 * nowrap | Henry W. Blair (R)
 * June 20, 1879
 * June 20, 1879


 * Michigan (1)
 * nowrap | Zachariah Chandler (R)
 * Died November 1, 1879. Successor appointed November 17, 1879, to continue the term. Appointee was elected January 19, 1881, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | Henry P. Baldwin (R)
 * November 17, 1879
 * November 17, 1879


 * Alabama (3)
 * nowrap | George S. Houston (D)
 * Died December 31, 1879. Successor appointed January 7, 1880, to continue the term.
 * nowrap | Luke Pryor (D)
 * January 7, 1880
 * January 7, 1880


 * Georgia (3)
 * nowrap | John B. Gordon (D)
 * Resigned May 26, 1880, to promote building of the Georgia Pacific Railway. Successor elected May 26, 1880.
 * nowrap | Joseph E. Brown (D)
 * May 26, 1880
 * May 26, 1880


 * Alabama (3)
 * nowrap | Luke Pryor (D)
 * Successor elected November 23, 1880.
 * nowrap | James L. Pugh (D)
 * November 24, 1880
 * November 24, 1880


 * Wisconsin (3)
 * nowrap | Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
 * Died February 24, 1881.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * }

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 8
 * Democratic: 1 seat net gain
 * Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * Deaths: 4
 * Resignations: 3
 * Contested election: 2
 * Total seats with changes: 11


 * Texas's 6th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Gustav Schleicher died during previous congress
 * nowrap | Christopher C. Upson (D)
 * April 15, 1879
 * April 15, 1879


 * New York's 12th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep.-elect Alexander Smith died during previous congress
 * nowrap | Waldo Hutchins (D)
 * November 4, 1879
 * November 4, 1879


 * Iowa's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Rush Clark (R)
 * Died April 29, 1879
 * nowrap | William G. Thompson (R)
 * October 14, 1879
 * October 14, 1879


 * Missouri's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | Alfred M. Lay (D)
 * Died December 8, 1879
 * nowrap | John F. Philips (D)
 * January 10, 1880
 * January 10, 1880


 * New York's 32nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Ray V. Pierce (R)
 * Resigned September 18, 1880
 * nowrap | Jonathan Scoville (D)
 * November 12, 1880
 * November 12, 1880


 * Alabama's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | Burwell B. Lewis (D)
 * Resigned October 1, 1880, to accept presidency of the University of Alabama
 * nowrap | Newton N. Clements (D)
 * December 8, 1880
 * December 8, 1880


 * Ohio's 19th congressional district
 * nowrap | James A. Garfield (R)
 * Resigned November 8, 1880
 * nowrap | Ezra B. Taylor (R)
 * December 13, 1880
 * December 13, 1880


 * New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Evarts W. Farr (R)
 * Died November 30, 1880. Successor elected December 28, 1880.
 * nowrap | Ossian Ray (R)
 * January 8, 1881
 * January 8, 1881


 * Florida's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Noble A. Hull (D)
 * Lost contested election January 22, 1881
 * nowrap | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)
 * January 22, 1881
 * January 22, 1881


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Joseph J. Martin (R)
 * Lost contested election January 29, 1881
 * nowrap | Jesse J. Yeates (D)
 * January 29, 1881
 * January 29, 1881


 * New York's 9th congressional district
 * nowrap | Fernando Wood (D)
 * Died February 14, 1881
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * Michigan's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | Omar D. Conger (R)
 * Resigned March 3, 1881, after being elected to the US Senate
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * }

Senate

 * Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: John W. Johnston; Ranking Member: Algernon S. Paddock)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Henry G. Davis; Ranking Member: William Windom)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Benjamin H. Hill; Ranking Member: John P. Jones)
 * Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)
 * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
 * Claims (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Samuel J.R. McMillan)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: Roscoe Conkling)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: James E. Bailey; Ranking Member: Ambrose E. Burnside)
 * Elections of 1878 (Select)
 * Emigration of Negroes from the South to North (Select)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Roscoe Conkling; Ranking Member: Robert E. Withers)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Zebulon B. Vance; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rollins)
 * Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Algernon S. Paddock)
 * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: John A. Logan)
 * Finance (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: William W. Eaton; Ranking Member: Hannibal Hamlin)
 * Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Select)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
 * Indian Territory (Select)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member: David Davis)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: La Fayette Grover; Ranking Member: Edward H. Rollins)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Theodore F. Randolph; Ranking Member: Ambrose E. Burnside)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Frank Hereford; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
 * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin F. Jonas; Ranking Member: James G. Blaine)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony)
 * Nicaraguan Claims (Select)
 * Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
 * Patents (Chairman: Francis Kernan; Ranking Member: Newton Booth)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Robert E. Withers; Ranking Member: John J. Ingalls)
 * Plueropneumonia among Animals (Select)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Samuel B. Maxey; Ranking Member: James B. Groome)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: David Davis)
 * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Joseph E. McDonald; Ranking Member: Preston B. Plumb)
 * Railroads (Chairman: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Jonas)
 * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: William A. Wallace; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Henry B. Anthony; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones)
 * Rules (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: James G. Blaine)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: George H. Pendleton; Ranking Member: David Davis)
 * Territories (Chairman: Augustus H. Garland; Ranking Member: Alvin Saunders)
 * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select) (Chairman: James B. Beck; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron)
 * Treasury Department Account Discrepancies (Select)
 * Whole

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Daniel M. Henry; Ranking Member: Thomas A. Boyd)
 * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: Lowndes H. Davis; Ranking Member: Mark S. Brewer)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Covert; Ranking Member: William H. Hatch)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: John DeWitt Clinton Atkins; Ranking Member: John H. Baker)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Aylett H. Buckner; Ranking Member: George W. Ladd)
 * Claims (Chairman: John M. Bright; Ranking Member: William J. Samford)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Alexander H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Gilbert De La Matyr)
 * Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: Peter V. Deuster)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Eppa Hunton; Ranking Member: William Heilman)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: John Goode; Ranking Member: James H. Osmer)
 * Elections (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: J. Warren Keifer)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: John E. Kenna; Ranking Member: David F. Wilber)
 * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Nicholas Muller; Ranking Member: Gilbert De La Matyr)
 * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Lowndes H. Davis)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Richard W. Townshend; Ranking Member: Walter A. Wood)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: George W. Ladd; Ranking Member: John L. Blake)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Hiester Clymer; Ranking Member: John S. Newberry)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William H. Forney; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Joseph C. S. Blackburn; Ranking Member: Harry White)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Peter V. Deuster; Ranking Member: Nicholas Ford)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Samuel S. Cox; Ranking Member: William D. Hill)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Alfred M. Scales; Ranking Member: Olin Wellborn)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Alexander H. Coffroth; Ranking Member: Robert L. Taylor)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: J. Proctor Knott; Ranking Member: Nathaniel J. Hammond)
 * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Edward W. Robertson; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Bayne)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Morgan R. Wise; Ranking Member: William M. Lowe)
 * Mileage (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Simeon B. Chittenden)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: William A.J. Sparks; Ranking Member: Harry White)
 * Militia (Chairman: Miles Ross; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Dick)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Adlai E. Stevenson; Ranking Member: John I. Mitchell)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Washington C. Whitthorne; Ranking Member: James O'Brien)
 * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Robert Milligan McLane; Ranking Member: Olin Wellborn)
 * Patents (Chairman: Robert B. Vance; Ranking Member: Hezekiah B. Smith)
 * Pensions (Chairman: John Whiteaker; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: George Washington Jones)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas M. Gunter; Ranking Member: John I. Mitchell)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Philip Cook; Ranking Member: Thompson H. Murch)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Ebenezer B. Finley; Ranking Member: Charles H. Joyce)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: George L. Converse; Ranking Member: Thomas Ryan)
 * Railways and Canals (Chairman: George C. Cabell; Ranking Member: Daniel O'Reilly)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Harris; Ranking Member: William M. Lowe)
 * Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Whiteaker; Ranking Member: George L. Converse)
 * Rules (Select) (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Henry L. Muldrow; Ranking Member: Reuben K. Bachman)
 * War Claims (Chairman: Edward S. Bragg; Ranking Member: Cyrus C. Carpenter)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: Fernando Wood; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Budget Control
 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Census (Chairman: Rep. Samuel S. Cox; Vice Chairman: Rep. Gideon F. Rothwell)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. John E. Kenna; Vice Chairman: Rep. David F. Wilber)
 * The Library (Chairman: Rep. George W. Geddes; Vice Chairman: Rep. William Claflin)
 * Printing (Chairman: Rep. Otho R. Singleton; Vice Chairman: Rep. Philip C. Hayes)

Caucuses

 * Democratic (House)
 * Democratic (Senate)

Legislative branch agency directors

 * Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
 * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
 * Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees

Senate

 * Secretary: George C. Gorham, until March 24, 1879
 * John C. Burch elected March 24, 1879
 * Librarian: P. J. Pierce
 * Sergeant at Arms: John R. French, until March 23, 1879
 * Richard J. Bright, elected March 23, 1879
 * Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterian), until March 24, 1879
 * Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian), elected March 24, 1879

House of Representatives

 * Clerk: George M. Adams
 * Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson
 * Doorkeeper: Charles W. Field
 * Postmaster: James M. Steuart
 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: J. Randolph Tucker Jr.
 * George P. Miller
 * Michael Sullivan
 * Reading Clerks:
 * Thomas S. Pettit (D)
 * Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
 * Chaplain: W.P. Harrison (Methodist)