47th United States Congress

The 47th 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, 1881, to March 4, 1883, during the six months of James Garfield's presidency, and the first year and a half of Chester Arthur's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census. The House had a Republican majority; the Senate was evenly divided for the first time ever, with no vice president to break ties for most of this term.

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

 * President: Chester A. Arthur (R), until September 19, 1881; vacant thereafter
 * President pro tempore: Thomas F. Bayard (D), October 10, 1881 – October 13, 1881
 * David Davis (I), from October 13, 1881
 * George F. Edmunds (R), from March 3, 1883
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: George H. Pendleton
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives
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 * Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R)
 * Republican Conference Chairman: George M. Robeson

Major events

 * March 4, 1881: James A. Garfield became President of the United States
 * September 19, 1881: President Garfield died. Vice President Chester A. Arthur became President of the United States

Major legislation

 * February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, ch. 20,
 * May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act,
 * August 2, 1882: Passenger Act of 1882,
 * August 2, 1882: Rivers and Harbors Act
 * January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, ch. 27,
 * March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)

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
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.

Alabama

 * 2. John T. Morgan (D)
 * 3. James L. Pugh (D)

Arkansas

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

California

 * 1. John F. Miller (R)
 * 3. James T. Farley (D)

Colorado

 * 2. Henry M. Teller (R), until April 17, 1882
 * George M. Chilcott (R), April 17, 1882 - January 27, 1883
 * Horace A. W. Tabor (R), from January 27, 1883
 * 3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R)

Connecticut

 * 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)
 * 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

Delaware

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

Florida

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

Georgia

 * 2. Benjamin H. Hill (D), until August 16, 1882
 * M. Pope Barrow (D), from November 15, 1882
 * 3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

Illinois

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

Indiana

 * 1. Benjamin Harrison (R)
 * 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

Iowa

 * 2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881
 * James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881
 * 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. Eugene Hale (R)
 * 2. James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881
 * William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881

Maryland

 * 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
 * 3. James B. Groome (D)

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

 * 1. Omar D. Conger (R)
 * 2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
 * 2. William Windom (R),until March 7, 1881
 * Alonzo J. Edgerton (R), March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881
 * William Windom (R), from November 15, 1881

Mississippi

 * 1. James Z. George (D)
 * 2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

Missouri

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

Nebraska

 * 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R)
 * 2. Alvin Saunders (R)

Nevada

 * 1. James G. Fair (D)
 * 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire

 * 2. Edward H. Rollins (R)
 * 3. Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

 * 1. William J. Sewell (R)
 * 2. John R. McPherson (D)

New York

 * 1. Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881
 * Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881
 * 3. Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881
 * Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from July 29, 1881

North Carolina

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

Ohio

 * 1. John Sherman (R)
 * 3. George H. Pendleton (D)

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

 * 1. John I. Mitchell (R)
 * 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

 * 1. Ambrose E. Burnside (R), until September 13, 1881
 * Nelson W. Aldrich (R), from October 5, 1881
 * 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

 * 1. Howell E. Jackson (D)
 * 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

 * 1. William Mahone (RA)
 * 2. John W. Johnston (D)

West Virginia

 * 1. Johnson N. Camden (D)
 * 2. Henry G. Davis (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Philetus Sawyer (R)
 * 3. Angus Cameron (R), from March 14, 1881





House of Representatives
Members' names 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 C. Oates (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district. Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882
 * Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district. Thomas Williams (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district. William H. Forney (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district. Joseph Wheeler (D), until June 3, 1882
 * William M. Lowe (GB), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882
 * Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Poindexter Dunn (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. James K. Jones (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. William S. Rosecrans (D)
 * 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

 * At-large. James B. Belford (R)

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. John R. Buck (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

 * At-large. Edward L. Martin (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882
 * Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. George R. Black (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Henry G. Turner (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Philip Cook (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district. Hugh Buchanan (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district. James H. Blount (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district. Judson C. Clements (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district. Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882
 * Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882
 * 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. Charles B. Farwell (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. John C. Sherwin (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882
 * Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. William Cullen (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. Lewis E. Payson (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. John H. Lewis (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. Dietrich C. Smith (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Samuel W. Moulton (D)
 * 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. Strother M. Stockslager (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district. William S. Holman (D)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district. Courtland C. Matson (D)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district. Thomas M. Browne (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district. Stanton J. Peelle (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. Robert B. F. Peirce (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882
 * Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Mark L. De Motte (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. George W. Steele (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. Walpole G. Colerick (D)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district. William H. Calkins (R)

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Moses A. McCoid (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Sewall S. Farwell (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Updegraff (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. William G. Thompson (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883
 * John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. John A. Kasson (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. William P. Hepburn (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 (D)
 * 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. John D. White (R)
 * 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. Chester B. Darrall (R)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Newton C. Blanchard (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), until March 17, 1881
 * Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881
 * 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. George W. Covington (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Robert M. McLane (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Andrew G. Chapman (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. Ambrose A. Ranney (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Leopold Morse (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Selwyn Z. Bowman (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Eben F. Stone (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. William A. Russell (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. John W. Candler (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. Henry W. Lord (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Edwin Willits (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Edward S. Lacey (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. Julius C. Burrows (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. George W. Webber (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Oliver L. Spaulding (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Roswell G. Horr (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Mark H. Dunnell (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. Horace B. Strait (R)
 * 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 H. 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 R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882
 * John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. Martin L. Clardy (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882
 * James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883
 * Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. Lowndes H. Davis (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Richard P. Bland (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. Ira Haseltine (GB)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Theron M. Rice (GB)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. Robert T. Van Horn (R)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. Nicholas Ford (GB)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Joseph H. Burrows (GB)
 * 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

 * At-large. Edward K. Valentine (R)

Nevada

 * At-large. George W. Cassidy (D)

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. Ossian Ray (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. George M. Robeson (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. J. Hart Brewer (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Miles Ross (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Henry S. Harris (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. John Hill (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. Phineas Jones (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York

 * New York's 1st congressional district. Perry Belmont (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. William E. Robinson (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. J. Hyatt Smith (I)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Archibald M. Bliss (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Benjamin Wood (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Samuel S. Cox (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. P. Henry Dugro (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Anson G. McCook (R)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Abram S. Hewitt (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881
 * Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Waldo Hutchins (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. John H. Ketcham (R)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Lewis Beach (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Thomas Cornell (R)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Michael N. Nolan (D)
 * 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. Abraham X. Parker (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. George West (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Ferris Jacobs Jr. (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881
 * Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881
 * 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), until July 29, 1881
 * James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881
 * 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. Jonathan Scoville (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Louis C. Latham (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Orlando Hubbs (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William Ruffin Cox (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Alfred M. Scales (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Clement Dowd (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. Henry L. Morey (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Emanuel Shultz (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. James M. Ritchie (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. John P. Leedom (D)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. J. Warren Keifer (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. James S. Robinson (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. John B. Rice (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. Henry S. Neal (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. George L. Converse (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. Gibson Atherton (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. George W. Geddes (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Rufus R. Dawes (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882
 * Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. William McKinley (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. Addison S. McClure (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Ezra B. Taylor (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon

 * At-large. Melvin C. George (R)

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. Daniel Ermentrout (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. A. Herr Smith (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. William Mutchler (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. Robert Klotz (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Charles N. Brumm (GB)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Samuel F. Barr (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Cornelius C. Jadwin (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. Robert J. C. Walker (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Jacob M. Campbell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Horatio G. Fisher (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Andrew G. Curtin (D)
 * 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. James Mosgrove (GB)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Samuel H. Miller (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Lewis F. Watson (R)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 4, 1881
 * Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Jonathan Chace (R)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. John S. Richardson (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881
 * Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882
 * Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882
 * 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), until June 19, 1882
 * Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. Augustus H. Pettibone (R)
 * 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. Richard Warner (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. William R. Moore (R)

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)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. Charles H. Joyce (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. James M. Tyler (R)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. George T. Garrison (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. John F. Dezendorf (R)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. George D. Wise (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 Paul (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. John S. Barbour Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Abram Fulkerson (D)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Benjamin Wilson (D)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. John B. Hoge (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 C. 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. Richard W. Guenther (R)
 * 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. Granville H. Oury (D)
 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district. Richard F. Pettigrew (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. Tranqulino Luna (R)
 * Utah Territory's at-large congressional district. John T. Caine (D)
 * Washington Territory's at-large congressional district. Thomas H. Brents (R)
 * Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district. Morton E. Post (D)



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

Senate

 * Deaths: 2
 * Resignations: 8
 * Interim appointments: 1
 * Total replacements: 8
 * Democratic: no net change
 * Republican: no net change
 * Total seats with changes: 10


 * Wisconsin (3)
 * Vacant
 * Senator Matthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress. Successor elected March 14, 1881.
 * nowrap | Angus Cameron (R)
 * March 14, 1881
 * March 14, 1881


 * Maine (2)
 * nowrap | James G. Blaine (R)
 * Resigned March 5, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of State. Successor elected March 18, 1881.
 * nowrap | William P. Frye (R)
 * March 18, 1881
 * March 18, 1881


 * Iowa (2)
 * nowrap | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)
 * Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed March 8, 1881, to continue the term. Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term.
 * nowrap | James W. McDill (R)
 * March 8, 1881
 * March 8, 1881


 * Minnesota (2)
 * nowrap | William Windom (R)
 * Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term.
 * nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)
 * March 12, 1881
 * March 12, 1881


 * New York (1)
 * nowrap | Thomas C. Platt (R)
 * Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881.
 * nowrap | Warner Miller (R)
 * July 27, 1881
 * July 27, 1881


 * New York (3)
 * nowrap | Roscoe Conkling (R)
 * Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881.
 * nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
 * August 2, 1881
 * August 2, 1881


 * Rhode Island (1)
 * nowrap | Ambrose Burnside (R)
 * Died September 13, 1881. Successor elected October 5, 1881.
 * nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
 * October 5, 1881
 * October 5, 1881


 * Minnesota (2)
 * nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)
 * Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881.
 * nowrap | William Windom (R)
 * November 15, 1881
 * November 15, 1881


 * Colorado (2)
 * nowrap | Henry M. Teller (R)
 * Resigned April 17, 1882, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed April 17, 1882.
 * nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R)
 * April 17, 1882
 * April 17, 1882


 * Georgia (2)
 * nowrap | Benjamin H. Hill (D)
 * Died August 16, 1882. Successor elected November 15, 1882.
 * nowrap | M. Pope Barrow (D)
 * November 15, 1882
 * November 15, 1882


 * Colorado (2)
 * nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R)
 * Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883.
 * nowrap | Horace Tabor (R)
 * January 27, 1883
 * }
 * }

House of Representatives

 * Deaths: 6
 * Resignations: 9
 * Contested elections: 8
 * Total replacements: 14
 * Democratic: 1 seat net gain
 * Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * Total seats with changes: 22


 * Michigan's 7th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress
 * nowrap | John T. Rich (R)
 * April 5, 1881
 * April 5, 1881


 * New York's 9th congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Rep. Fernando Wood elected but died before Congress convened
 * nowrap | John Hardy (D)
 * December 5, 1881
 * December 5, 1881


 * Maine's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | William P. Frye (R)
 * Resigned March 17, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.
 * nowrap | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)
 * September 12, 1881
 * September 12, 1881


 * New York's 11th congressional district
 * nowrap | Levi P. Morton (R)
 * Resigned March 21, 1881 to become U.S. Minister to France.
 * nowrap | Roswell P. Flower (D)
 * November 8, 1881
 * November 8, 1881


 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Michael P. O'Connor (D)
 * Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death.
 * nowrap | Samuel Dibble (D)
 * June 9, 1881
 * June 9, 1881


 * New York's 22nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Warner Miller (R)
 * Resigned July 26, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.
 * nowrap | Charles R. Skinner (R)
 * November 8, 1881
 * November 8, 1881


 * New York's 27th congressional district
 * nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
 * Resigned July 29, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.
 * nowrap | James W. Wadsworth (R)
 * November 8, 1881
 * November 8, 1881


 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
 * Resigned October 5, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. Successor elected November 22, 1881.
 * nowrap | Henry J. Spooner (R)
 * December 5, 1881
 * December 5, 1881


 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Thomas Allen (D)
 * Died April 8, 1882
 * nowrap | James H. McLean (R)
 * December 15, 1882
 * December 15, 1882


 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | James R. Chalmers (D)
 * Lost contested election April 29, 1882
 * nowrap | John R. Lynch (R)
 * April 29, 1882
 * April 29, 1882


 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Samuel Dibble (D)
 * Lost contested election May 31, 1882, during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election.
 * nowrap | Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)
 * May 31, 1882
 * May 31, 1882


 * Florida's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Jesse J. Finley (D)
 * Lost contested election June 1, 1882
 * nowrap | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)
 * June 1, 1882
 * June 1, 1882


 * Alabama's 8th congressional district
 * nowrap | Joseph Wheeler (D)
 * Lost contested election June 3, 1882
 * nowrap | William M. Lowe (GB)
 * June 3, 1882
 * June 3, 1882


 * Illinois's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert M. A. Hawk (R)
 * Died June 29, 1882
 * nowrap | Robert R. Hitt (R)
 * November 7, 1882
 * November 7, 1882


 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | George D. Tillman (D)
 * Lost contested election July 19, 1882
 * nowrap | Robert Smalls (R)
 * July 19, 1882
 * July 19, 1882


 * Alabama's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D)
 * Election contested by James Q. Smith. Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882. Shelley re-elected to fill seat.
 * nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D)
 * November 7, 1882
 * November 7, 1882


 * Alabama's 8th congressional district
 * nowrap | William M. Lowe (GB)
 * Died October 12, 1882
 * nowrap | Joseph Wheeler (D)
 * January 15, 1883
 * January 15, 1883


 * Georgia's 8th congressional district
 * nowrap | Alexander H. Stephens (D)
 * Resigned November 4, 1882 when elected Governor of Georgia.
 * nowrap | Seaborn Reese (D)
 * December 4, 1882
 * December 4, 1882


 * Ohio's 16th congressional district
 * nowrap | Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)
 * Died November 30, 1882
 * nowrap | Joseph D. Taylor (R)
 * January 2, 1883
 * January 2, 1883


 * Indiana's 9th congressional district
 * nowrap | Godlove S. Orth (R)
 * Died December 16, 1882
 * nowrap | Charles T. Doxey (R)
 * January 17, 1883
 * January 17, 1883


 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | John W. Shackelford (D)
 * Died January 18, 1883
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | Richard G. Frost (D)
 * Lost contested election March 2, 1883
 * nowrap | Gustavus Sessinghaus (R)
 * March 2, 1883
 * March 2, 1883


 * Iowa's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | Marsena E. Cutts (R)
 * Lost election contest March 3, 1883
 * nowrap | John C. Cook (D)
 * March 3, 1883
 * March 3, 1883


 * }

Senate

 * Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
 * Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)
 * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
 * Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J.R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
 * Distilled Spirit Tax Bill (Select)
 * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Warner Miller)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
 * Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
 * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select)
 * Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Windom; Ranking Member: John W. Johnston)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
 * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Jonas)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
 * Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Henry G. Davis; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Hill)
 * Ordnance and Gunnery (Select)
 * Ordnance and Projectiles (Select)
 * Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
 * Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
 * Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: James B. Groome)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas W. Ferry; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
 * Potomac River Front (Select)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds)
 * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones)
 * Railroads (Chairman: William P. Kellogg; Ranking Member: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar)
 * Revenue Collections in North Carolina (Special)
 * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: John F. Miller; Ranking Member: David Davis)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John W. Johnston; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony)
 * Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call)
 * Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton)
 * Territories (Chairman: Alvin Saunders; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
 * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
 * Whole
 * Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: James Z. George)

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: Milton G. Urner; Ranking Member: Edward L. Martin)
 * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: John T. Wait; Ranking Member: Thomas Williams)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: Edward K. Valentine; Ranking Member: William Cullen)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: William W. Crapo; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham)
 * Claims (Chairman: Richard Crowley; Ranking Member: Robert J.C. Walker)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Horatio G. Fisher; Ranking Member: Ira S. Hazeltine)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Horace F. Page; Ranking Member: Melvin C. George)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Neal; Ranking Member: John F. Dezendorf)
 * Education and Labor (Chairman: John C. Sherwin; Ranking Member: Albert S. Willis)
 * Elections (Chairman: William H. Calkins; Ranking Member: Ferris Jacobs Jr.)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William Aldrich; Ranking Member: Cornelius C. Jadwin)
 * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jay Abel Hubbell; Ranking Member: Charles B. Simonton)
 * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Edwin Willits; Ranking Member: Otho R. Singleton)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George M. Robeson; Ranking Member: Leopold Morse)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: John H. Reagan)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Nathaniel C. Deering; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Herndon)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: James B. Belford; Ranking Member: William H. Forney)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: James F. Briggs; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Russell Errett; Ranking Member: Morgan R. Wise)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles G. Williams; Ranking Member: Robert J.C. Walker)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Dudley C. Haskell; Ranking Member: David P. Richardson)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Thomas M. Browne; Ranking Member: James Wolcott Wadsworth)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Amasa Norcross)
 * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John R. Thomas; Ranking Member: Julius C. Burrows)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: James M. Campbell; Ranking Member: Jonathan Chace)
 * Memorial on Services Rendered by Carlisle P. Patterson (Select) (Chairman: John A. Kasson; Ranking Member: John D.C. Atkins)
 * Mileage (Chairman: Joseph Jorgensen; Ranking Member: Thomas R. Cobb)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Spooner)
 * Militia (Chairman: Horace B. Strait; Ranking Member: Edward K. Valentine)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: John Van Voorhis; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Young)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin W. Harris; Ranking Member: John F. Dezendorf)
 * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George C. Hazelton; Ranking Member: Charles B. Farwell)
 * Patents (Chairman: Thomas L. Young; Ranking Member: Henry J. Spooner)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Dietrich C. Smith)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry L. Morey)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Shallenberger; Ranking Member: J. Hyatt Smith)
 * Public Expenditures (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: George W. Ladd)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Pound; Ranking Member: Theron M. Rice)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Romualdo Pacheco; Ranking Member: Henry L. Muldrow)
 * Railways and Canals (Chairman: Amos Townsend; Ranking Member: J. Hart Brewer)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: William McKinley; Ranking Member: Cornelius C. Jadwin)
 * Rules (Chairman: J. Warren Keifer; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: William W. Grout)
 * War Claims (Chairman: Leonidas C. Houk; Ranking Member: Edward W. Robertson)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * American Shipbuilding (Select)
 * Budget Control
 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. William Aldrich; Vice Chairman: Rep. John E. Kenna)
 * The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sherman; Vice Chairman: Rep. George W. Geddes)
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. Henry B. Anthony; Vice Chairman: Rep. William M. Springer)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Sen. William Mahone; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Hyatt Smith)
 * State, War and Navy Department Building

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, until 1882
 * Sterling P. Rounds, from 1882

Senate

 * Secretary: John C. Burch, elected March 24, 1879, died July 28, 1881
 * Francis E. Shober, (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
 * Librarian: P. J. Pierce
 * Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
 * Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian)

House of Representatives

 * Clerk: George M. Adams, until December 5, 1881
 * Edward McPherson, from December 5, 1881
 * Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson, until December 5, 1881
 * George W. Hooker, from December 5, 1881
 * Doorkeeper: Walter P. Brownlow, elected December 5, 1881
 * Postmaster: Henry Sherwood, elected December 5, 1881
 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: J. Guilford White
 * Michael Sullivan
 * Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
 * Chaplain: William P. Harrison (Methodist), until December 5, 1881
 * Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ), from December 5, 1881