48th United States Congress

The 48th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1883, to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of Chester A. Arthur's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events



 * September 5, 1883: Mary F. Hoyt became the first woman appointed to the U.S. federal civil service (and the second person appointed by examination (in which she came top) instituted under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act) when she became a clerk in the Bank Redemption Agency of the Department of the Treasury.
 * October 15, 1883: The Supreme Court of the United States declared part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, as the Court allowed private individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race.
 * November 18, 1883: U.S. and Canadian railroads instituted 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.
 * August 10, 1884: An earthquake measuring 5.5 (based on the felt area) affected a very large portion of the eastern United States. The shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Chimneys were toppled in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Property damage was severe in Jamaica and Amityville in New York.
 * October 6, 1884: The United States Naval War College was established in Newport, Rhode Island.
 * October 22, 1884: International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C., fixed the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian.
 * November 4, 1884: 1884 United States presidential election: Democratic Governor of New York Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms.
 * December 6: 1884: The Washington Monument was completed.

Territories organized

 * May 17, 1884: District of Alaska was organized.

Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

House of Representatives
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Senate

 * President: Vacant. Chester Arthur (R), the most recent Senate president, had become U.S. president on the death of his predecessor September 19, 1881, leaving the office vacant through the end of this Congress.
 * President pro tempore: George F. Edmunds (R)
 * Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: George H. Pendleton

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: John G. Carlisle (D)
 * Democratic Caucus Chairman: George W. Geddes
 * Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph Gurney Cannon
 * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: William Rosecrans

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state.
 * Skip to House of Representatives, below

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

Alabama

 * 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. Thomas M. Bowen (R)
 * 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. Alfred H. Colquitt (D)
 * 3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

Illinois

 * 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
 * 3. John A. Logan (R)

Indiana

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

Iowa

 * 2. James F. Wilson (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. Randall L. Gibson (D)
 * 3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D)

Maine

 * 1. Eugene Hale (R)
 * 2. William P. Frye (R)

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. Palmer (R)

Minnesota

 * 1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
 * 2. Dwight M. Sabin (R)

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Nebraska

 * 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R)
 * 2. Charles F. Manderson (R)

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

 * 2. Austin F. Pike (R), from August 2, 1883
 * 3. Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

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

New York

 * 1. Warner Miller (R)
 * 3. Elbridge G. Lapham (R)

North Carolina

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

Ohio

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

Oregon

 * 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R)
 * 3. James H. Slater (D)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

 * 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
 * 2. Henry B. Anthony (R), until September 2, 1884
 * William P. Sheffield (R), November 19, 1884 – January 20, 1885
 * Jonathan Chace (R), from January 20, 1885

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. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA)

West Virginia

 * 1. Johnson N. Camden (D)
 * 2. John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin

 * 1. Philetus Sawyer (R)
 * 3. Angus Cameron (R)





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

Alabama

 * Alabama's 1st congressional district. Thomas H. Herndon (D), until March 28, 1883
 * James T. Jones (D), from December 3, 1883
 * 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 January 9, 1885
 * George H. Craig (R), from January 9, 1885
 * 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. Luke Pryor (D)

Arkansas

 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district. Poindexter Dunn (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district. James K. Jones (D), until February 19, 1885
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district. John H. Rogers (D)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Samuel W. Peel (D)
 * Arkansas's at-large congressional district. Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)

California

 * California's 1st congressional district. William S. Rosecrans (D)
 * California's 2nd congressional district. James H. Budd (D)
 * California's 3rd congressional district. Barclay Henley (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district. Pleasant B. Tully (D)
 * California's at-large congressional district. John R. Glascock (D)
 * California's at-large congressional district. Charles A. Sumner (D)

Colorado

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

Connecticut

 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district. William W. Eaton (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Charles L. Mitchell (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district. John T. Wait (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district. Edward W. Seymour (D)

Delaware

 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Charles B. Lore (D)

Florida

 * Florida's 1st congressional district. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
 * Florida's 2nd congressional district. Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)

Georgia

 * Georgia's 1st congressional district. John C. Nicholls (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district. Henry G. Turner (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district. Charles F. Crisp (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. Seaborn Reese (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district. Allen D. Candler (D)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Thomas Hardeman Jr. (D)

Illinois

 * Illinois's 1st congressional district. Ransom W. Dunham (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district. John F. Finerty (ID)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district. George R. Davis (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district. George E. Adams (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district. Reuben Ellwood (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district. Robert R. Hitt (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district. William Cullen (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district. Lewis E. Payson (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district. Nicholas E. Worthington (D)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district. William H. Neece (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district. James M. Riggs (D)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district. William M. Springer (D)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district. Jonathan H. Rowell (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district. Aaron Shaw (D)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district. Samuel W. Moulton (D)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district. William R. Morrison (D)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district. Richard W. Townshend (D)
 * Illinois's 20th congressional district. John R. Thomas (R)

Indiana

 * Indiana's 1st congressional district. John J. Kleiner (D)
 * 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), until May 22, 1884
 * William E. English (D), from May 22, 1884
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district. John E. Lamb (D)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district. Thomas B. Ward (D)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district. Thomas J. Wood (D)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district. George W. Steele (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district. Robert Lowry (D)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district. William H. Calkins (R), until October 20, 1884
 * Benjamin F. Shively (AM), from December 1, 1884

Iowa

 * Iowa's 1st congressional district. Moses A. McCoid (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Jeremiah H. Murphy (D)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district. David B. Henderson (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district. Luman H. Weller (GB)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district. James Wilson (R), until March 3, 1885
 * Benjamin T. Frederick (D), from March 3, 1885
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until September 1, 1883
 * John C. Cook (D), from October 9, 1883
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district. John A. Kasson (R), until July 13, 1884
 * Hiram Y. Smith (R), from December 2, 1884
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district. William P. Hepburn (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district. William H. M. Pusey (D)
 * Iowa's 10th congressional district. Adoniram J. Holmes (R)
 * Iowa's 11th congressional district. Isaac S. Struble (R)

Kansas

 * Kansas's 1st congressional district. John A. Anderson (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district. Dudley C. Haskell (R), until December 16, 1883
 * Edward H. Funston (R), from March 21, 1884
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district. Thomas Ryan (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Lewis Hanback (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Edmund N. Morrill (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Bishop W. Perkins (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district. Samuel R. Peters (R)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. Oscar Turner (ID)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. James F. Clay (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. John E. Halsell (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Thomas A. Robertson (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. William W. Culbertson (R)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. John D. White (R)
 * Kentucky's 11th congressional district. Frank L. Wolford (D)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district. Carleton Hunt (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. E. John Ellis (D)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district. William Pitt Kellogg (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 T. Lewis (D)

Maine

 * Maine's at-large congressional district. Charles A. Boutelle (R)
 * Maine's at-large congressional district. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)
 * Maine's at-large congressional district. Seth L. Milliken (R)
 * Maine's at-large congressional district. Thomas B. Reed (R)

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. John V. L. Findlay (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Hart B. Holton (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Louis E. McComas (R)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Robert T. Davis (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. John D. Long (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Ambrose A. Ranney (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. Patrick A. Collins (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Leopold Morse (D)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Henry B. Lovering (D)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. Eben F. Stone (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. William A. Russell (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Theodore Lyman (IR)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. William W. Rice (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. William Whiting (R)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. George D. Robinson (R), until January 7, 1884
 * Francis W. Rockwell (R), from January 17, 1884

Michigan

 * Michigan's 1st congressional district. William C. Maybury (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (D)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district. Edward S. Lacey (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district. George L. Yaple (D)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district. Julius Houseman (D)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district. Edwin B. Winans (D)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district. Ezra C. Carleton (D)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district. Roswell G. Horr (R)
 * Michigan's 9th congressional district. Byron M. Cutcheon (R)
 * Michigan's 10th congressional district. Herschel H. Hatch (R)
 * Michigan's 11th congressional district. Edward Breitung (R)

Minnesota

 * Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Milo White (R)
 * Minnesota's 2nd congressional district. James B. Wakefield (R)
 * Minnesota's 3rd congressional district. Horace B. Strait (R)
 * Minnesota's 4th congressional district. William D. Washburn (R)
 * Minnesota's 5th congressional district. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district. Henry L. Muldrow (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district. James R. Chalmers (I), from June 25, 1884
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district. Elza Jeffords (R)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district. Hernando D. Money (D)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district. Otho R. Singleton (D)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district. Henry S. Van Eaton (D)
 * Mississippi's 7th congressional district. Ethelbert Barksdale (D)

Missouri

 * Missouri's 1st congressional district. William H. Hatch (D)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district. Armstead M. Alexander (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district. Alexander M. Dockery (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district. James N. Burnes (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district. Alexander Graves (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district. John Cosgrove (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district. Aylett H. Buckner (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district. John J. O'Neill (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district. James O. Broadhead (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district. Martin L. Clardy (D)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district. Richard P. Bland (D)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district. Charles H. Morgan (D)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district. Robert W. Fyan (D)
 * Missouri's 14th congressional district. Lowndes H. Davis (D)

Nebraska

 * Nebraska's 1st congressional district. Archibald J. Weaver (R)
 * Nebraska's 2nd congressional district. James Laird (R)
 * Nebraska's 3rd congressional district. Edward K. Valentine (R)

Nevada

 * Nevada's at-large congressional district. George W. Cassidy (D)

New Hampshire

 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Martin A. Haynes (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district. Ossian Ray (R)

New Jersey

 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Thomas M. Ferrell (D)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. J. Hart Brewer (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. John Kean Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district. Benjamin F. Howey (R)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district. William W. Phelps (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district. William H. F. Fiedler (D)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district. William McAdoo (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. Darwin R. James (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Felix Campbell (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. William Dorsheimer (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. John J. Adams (D)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. John Hardy (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Abram S. Hewitt (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. Orlando B. Potter (D)
 * 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. John H. Bagley Jr. (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Thomas J. Van Alstyne (D)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. Henry G. Burleigh (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Frederick A. Johnson (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. Abraham X. Parker (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Edward Wemple (D)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. George W. Ray (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district. Charles R. Skinner (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district. John T. Spriggs (D)
 * New York's 24th congressional district. Newton W. Nutting (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district. Frank Hiscock (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district. Sereno E. Payne (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district. James W. Wadsworth (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district. Stephen C. Millard (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district. John Arnot Jr. (D)
 * New York's 30th congressional district. Halbert S. Greenleaf (D)
 * New York's 31st congressional district. Robert S. Stevens (D)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district. William F. Rogers (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district. Francis B. Brewer (R)
 * New York's at-large congressional district. Henry W. Slocum (D)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. Walter F. Pool (R), until August 25, 1883
 * Thomas G. Skinner (D), from November 20, 1883
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. James E. O'Hara (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Wharton J. Green (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William Ruffin Cox (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. Alfred M. Scales (D), until December 30, 1884
 * James W. Reid (D), from January 28, 1885
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Clement Dowd (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. Tyre York (ID)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Robert B. Vance (D)
 * North Carolina's at-large congressional district. Risden T. Bennett (D)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. John F. Follett (D)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. Isaac M. Jordan (D)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. Robert M. Murray (D)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. George E. Seney (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. William D. Hill (D)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district. Henry L. Morey (R), until June 20, 1884
 * James E. Campbell (D), from June 20, 1884
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district. J. Warren Keifer (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district. James S. Robinson (R), until January 12, 1885
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district. Frank H. Hurd (D)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district. John W. McCormick (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district. Alphonso Hart (R)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district. George L. Converse (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district. George W. Geddes (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district. Adoniram J. Warner (D)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district. Beriah Wilkins (D)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district. Joseph D. Taylor (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district. William McKinley (R), until May 27, 1884
 * Jonathan H. Wallace (D), from May 27, 1884
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district. Ezra B. Taylor (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district. David R. Paige (D)
 * Ohio's 21st congressional district. Martin A. Foran (D)

Oregon

 * Oregon's at-large congressional district. 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. James B. Everhart (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. I. Newton Evans (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. John B. Storm (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Daniel W. Connolly (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Charles N. Brumm (GB)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Samuel F. Barr (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. George A. Post (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district. William W. Brown (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district. Jacob M. Campbell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. Louis E. Atkinson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district. William A. Duncan (D), until November 14, 1884
 * John A. Swope (D), from December 23, 1884
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district. Andrew G. Curtin (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district. Charles E. Boyle (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district. James H. Hopkins (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district. Thomas M. Bayne (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district. George V. Lawrence (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district. John D. Patton (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district. Samuel H. Miller (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district. Samuel M. Brainerd (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district. Mortimer F. Elliott (D)

Rhode Island

 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district. Henry J. Spooner (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district. Jonathan Chace (R), until January 26, 1885
 * Nathan F. Dixon III (R), from February 12, 1885

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Samuel Dibble (D)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. George D. Tillman (D)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John H. Evins (D), until October 20, 1884
 * John Bratton (D), from December 8, 1884
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. John J. Hemphill (D)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. George W. Dargan (D)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Edmund W. M. Mackey (R), until January 27, 1884
 * Robert Smalls (R), from March 18, 1884

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. Andrew J. Caldwell (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district. John G. Ballentine (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district. John M. Taylor (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district. Rice A. Pierce (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district. H. Casey Young (D)

Texas

 * Texas's 1st congressional district. Charles Stewart (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district. John H. Reagan (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district. James H. Jones (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district. David B. Culberson (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district. James W. Throckmorton (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district. Olin Wellborn (D)
 * Texas's 7th congressional district. Thomas P. Ochiltree (I)
 * Texas's 8th congressional district. James F. Miller (D)
 * Texas's 9th congressional district. Roger Q. Mills (D)
 * Texas's 10th congressional district. John Hancock (D)
 * Texas's 11th congressional district. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

Vermont

 * Vermont's 1st congressional district. John W. Stewart (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district. Luke P. Poland (R)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. Robert M. Mayo (RA), until March 20, 1884
 * George T. Garrison (D), from March 20, 1884
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Harry Libbey (RA)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. George D. Wise (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. Benjamin S. Hooper (RA)
 * 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), until September 5, 1883
 * Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), from May 5, 1884
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. John S. Barbour Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. Henry Bowen (RA)
 * Virginia's at-large congressional district. John S. Wise (RA)

West Virginia

 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district. Nathan Goff (R)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. William L. Wilson (D)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John E. Kenna (D), until March 4, 1883
 * Charles P. Snyder (D), from May 15, 1883
 * West Virginia's 4th congressional district. Eustace Gibson (D)

Wisconsin

 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district. John Winans (D)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district. Daniel H. Sumner (D)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district. Burr W. Jones (D)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district. Peter V. Deuster (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. Joseph Rankin (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district. Richard W. Guenther (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district. Gilbert M. Woodward (D)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district. William T. Price (R)
 * Wisconsin's 9th congressional district. Isaac Stephenson (R)

Non-voting members

 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district. Granville H. Oury (D)
 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district. John B. Raymond (R)
 * Idaho Territory's at-large congressional district. Theodore F. Singiser (R)
 * Montana Territory's at-large congressional district. Martin Maginnis (D)
 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district. Tranqulino Luna (R), until March 5, 1884
 * Francisco A. Manzanares (D), from March 5, 1884
 * 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 the first session of this Congress.

Senate

 * Replacements: 1
 * Democratic: no net change
 * Republican: 1 seat net gain
 * Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * Deaths: 1
 * Resignations: 0
 * Interim appointment: 1
 * Late election: 1
 * Total seats with changes: 3


 * New Hampshire (2)
 * nowrap | Vacant
 * Legislature had failed to elect. Senator elected August 2, 1883.
 * nowrap | Austin F. Pike (R)
 * August 2, 1883
 * August 2, 1883


 * Rhode Island (2)
 * nowrap | Henry B. Anthony (R)
 * Incumbent died September 2, 1884. Successor appointed November 19, 1884.
 * nowrap | William P. Sheffield (R)
 * November 19, 1884
 * November 19, 1884


 * Rhode Island (2)
 * nowrap | William P. Sheffield (R)
 * Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 20, 1885.
 * nowrap | Jonathan Chace (R)
 * January 20, 1885
 * January 20, 1885

House of Representatives

 * Replacements: 15
 * Democratic: 1 seat net gain
 * Republican: 1 seat net loss
 * National Greenback: 1 seat net gain
 * Deaths: 9
 * Resignations: 9
 * Contested election: 8
 * Total seats with changes: 25


 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district
 * Vacant
 * Chalmers took seat after an election contest with Van H. Manning who challenged his election
 * nowrap | James R. Chalmers (I)
 * June 25, 1884
 * June 25, 1884


 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district
 * nowrap | John E. Kenna (D)
 * Resigned March 4, 1883, when elected U.S. Senator.
 * nowrap | Charles P. Snyder (D)
 * May 15, 1883
 * May 15, 1883


 * Alabama's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Thomas H. Herndon (D)
 * Died March 28, 1883.
 * nowrap | James T. Jones (D)
 * December 3, 1883
 * December 3, 1883


 * Iowa's 6th congressional district
 * nowrap | Marsena E. Cutts (R)
 * Died September 1, 1883.
 * nowrap | John C. Cook (D)
 * October 9, 1883
 * October 9, 1883


 * Virginia's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | John Paul (D)
 * Resigned September 5, 1883, to become judge of the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia. The House election was subsequently contested.
 * nowrap | Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)
 * May 5, 1884
 * May 5, 1884


 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Dudley C. Haskell (R)
 * Died December 16, 1883.
 * nowrap | Edward H. Funston (R)
 * March 21, 1884
 * March 21, 1884


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Walter F. Pool (R)
 * Died August 25, 1883.
 * nowrap | Thomas G. Skinner (D)
 * November 20, 1883
 * November 20, 1883


 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district
 * nowrap | George D. Robinson (R)
 * Resigned January 7, 1884, when elected Governor of Massachusetts.
 * nowrap | Francis W. Rockwell (R)
 * January 17, 1884
 * January 17, 1884


 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | Edmund W. M. Mackey (R)
 * Died January 27, 1884.
 * nowrap | Robert Smalls (R)
 * March 18, 1884
 * March 18, 1884


 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district
 * nowrap | Tranquilino Luna (R)
 * Lost contested election March 5, 1884.
 * nowrap | Francisco A. Manzanares (D)
 * March 5, 1884
 * March 5, 1884


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district
 * nowrap | Robert M. Mayo (RA)
 * Lost contested election March 20, 1884.
 * nowrap | George T. Garrison (D)
 * March 20, 1884
 * March 20, 1884


 * Indiana's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | Stanton J. Peelle (R)
 * Lost contested election May 22, 1884.
 * nowrap | William E. English (D)
 * May 22, 1884
 * May 22, 1884


 * Ohio's 18th congressional district
 * nowrap | William McKinley (R)
 * Lost contested election May 27, 1884.
 * nowrap | Jonathan H. Wallace (D)
 * May 27, 1884
 * May 27, 1884


 * Ohio's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | Henry L. Morey (R)
 * Lost contested election June 20, 1884.
 * nowrap | James E. Campbell (D)
 * June 20, 1884
 * June 20, 1884


 * Iowa's 7th congressional district
 * nowrap | John A. Kasson (R)
 * Resigned July 13, 1884, to become U.S. Minister to Germany.
 * nowrap | Hiram Y. Smith (R)
 * December 2, 1884
 * December 2, 1884


 * Indiana's 13th congressional district
 * nowrap | William H. Calkins (R)
 * Resigned October 20, 1884.
 * | Benjamin F. Shively (AM)
 * December 1, 1884
 * December 1, 1884


 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | John H. Evins (D)
 * Died October 20, 1884.
 * nowrap | John Bratton (D)
 * December 8, 1884
 * December 8, 1884


 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district
 * nowrap | William A. Duncan (D)
 * Died November 14, 1884.
 * nowrap | John A. Swope (D)
 * December 23, 1884
 * December 23, 1884


 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | Alfred M. Scales (D)
 * Resigned December 30, 1884, when elected Governor of North Carolina.
 * nowrap | James W. Reid (D)
 * January 28, 1885
 * January 28, 1885


 * Alabama's 4th congressional district
 * nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D)
 * Lost contested election January 9, 1885.
 * nowrap | George H. Craig (R)
 * January 9, 1885
 * January 9, 1885


 * Ohio's 9th congressional district
 * nowrap | James S. Robinson (R)
 * Resigned January 12, 1885, to become Ohio Secretary of State.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | Jonathan Chace (R)
 * Resigned January 26, 1885, when elected U.S. Senator.
 * nowrap | Nathan F. Dixon III (R)
 * February 12, 1885
 * February 12, 1885


 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district
 * nowrap | James K. Jones (D)
 * Resigned February 19, 1885, when elected U.S. Senator.
 * Vacant
 * Not filled this term
 * Not filled this term


 * Iowa's 5th congressional district
 * nowrap | James Wilson (R)
 * Lost contested election March 3, 1885.
 * nowrap | Benjamin T. Frederick (D)
 * March 3, 1885
 * March 3, 1885

Senate

 * Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill)
 * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Warner Miller; Ranking Member: James Z. George)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
 * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
 * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: James D. Walker)
 * Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson)
 * Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J. R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
 * 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: Richard Coke)
 * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt)
 * Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: William J. Sewell)
 * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select) (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III)
 * Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
 * Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
 * Fisheries (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
 * Foreign Relations (Chairman: John F. Miller; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland)
 * Library (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: John S. Williams)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III)
 * 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: Samuel B. Maxey; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Hill)
 * Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
 * Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
 * Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: James H. Slater)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
 * Potomac River Front (Select)
 * Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds)
 * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: James H. Slater)
 * Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II)
 * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton)
 * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Jones; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony then Samuel J.R. McMillan)
 * Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
 * Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)
 * Steel Producing Capacity of the United States (Select)
 * Tariff Regulation (Select)
 * Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton)
 * Territories (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
 * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: James T. Farley)
 * Whole
 * Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Henry W. Blair)

House of Representatives

 * Accounts (Chairman: George W. Covington; Ranking Member: J. Hart Brewer)
 * Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: John D. Patton)
 * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: William D. Cox; Ranking Member: N/A)
 * American Ship building (Select)
 * Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: J. Warren Keifer)
 * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Aylett H. Buckner; Ranking Member: George L. Yaple)
 * Boynton Investigation (Select)
 * Claims (Chairman: Benton McMillin; Ranking Member: Charles P. Snyder)
 * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Pleasant B. Tully)
 * Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: Ethelbert Barksdale)
 * District of Columbia (Chairman: John S. Barbour; Ranking Member: Samuel F. Barr)
 * Education (Chairman: D. Wyatt Aiken; Ranking Member: John Winans)
 * Elections (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; Ranking Member: John J. Adams)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William H. Neece; Ranking Member: Adoniram J. Holmes)
 * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Casey Young; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm)
 * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Henry Bowen)
 * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leopold Morse; Ranking Member: Leonidas C. Houk)
 * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Charles H. Morgan; Ranking Member: Stanton J. Peelle)
 * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Thomas Hardeman; Ranking Member: Samuel F. Barr)
 * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Lowndes H. Davis; Ranking Member: Edward S. Lacey)
 * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Philip B. Thompson; Ranking Member: Robert M. Mayo)
 * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Perry Belmont; Ranking Member: Alfred C. Harmer)
 * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Andrew G. Curtin; Ranking Member: John E. Lamb)
 * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Olin Wellborn; Ranking Member: Thomas G. Skinner)
 * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: John H. Bagley Jr.)
 * Judiciary (Chairman: John R. Tucker; Ranking Member: William C. Maybury)
 * Labor (Chairman: James H. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Henry B. Lovering)
 * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: J. Floyd King; Ranking Member: Barclay Henley)
 * Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Bagley Jr.; Ranking Member: Robert M. Murray)
 * Mileage (Chairman: Samuel W. Moulton; Ranking Member: Ambrose A. Ranney)
 * Military Affairs (Chairman: William S. Rosecrans; Ranking Member: William A. Duncan)
 * Militia (Chairman: Nicholas Muller; Ranking Member: John G. Ballentine)
 * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Richard Warner; Ranking Member: Robert S. Stevens)
 * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Samuel S. Cox; Ranking Member: William McAdoo)
 * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George W. Cassidy; Ranking Member: George A. Post)
 * Patents (Chairman: Robert B. Vance; Ranking Member: John Winans)
 * Pensions (Chairman: Goldsmith W. Hewitt; Ranking Member: Frank L. Wolford)
 * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: David R. Paige)
 * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry L. Muldrow; Ranking Member: Robert Lowry)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Strother M. Stockslager; Ranking Member: Nicholas E. Worthington)
 * Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Henry S. Van Eaton)
 * Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: Edward Wemple)
 * Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: John J. Hemphill)
 * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Albert S. Willis; Ranking Member: Julius Houseman)
 * Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: J. Warren Keifer)
 * Standards of Official Conduct
 * Territories (Chairman: Luke Pryor; Ranking Member: Martin A. Foran)
 * War Claims (Chairman: George W. Geddes; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Ferrell)
 * Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: William D. Kelley)
 * Whole

Joint committees

 * Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
 * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. William J. Sewell; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred H. Colquitt)
 * The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sherman; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel W. Voorhees)
 * Printing (Chairman: Sen. Henry B. Anthony then Joseph R. Hawley; Vice Chairman: Rep. Arthur P. Gorman)
 * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Sen. William Mahone; Vice Chairman: Rep. Charles W. Jones)
 * Scientific Bureaus

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: Sterling P. Rounds

Senate

 * Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian), to December 18, 1883
 * Elias D. Huntley (Methodist), from December 18, 1883
 * Librarian: P. J. Pierce, to 1884
 * George M. Weston, from 1884
 * Secretary: Francis E. Shober (Acting), to December 18, 1883
 * Anson G. McCook, from December 18, 1883
 * Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright, to December 18, 1883
 * William P. Canady, from December 18, 1883

House of Representatives

 * Chaplain: Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ), until December 3, 1883
 * John S. Lindsay (Episcopalian), elected December 3, 1883
 * Clerk: John B. Clark Jr., elected December 3, 1883
 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield
 * Doorkeeper: James G. Wintersmith, elected December 3, 1883
 * Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton, elected December 3, 1883
 * Reading Clerks: T.O. Walker (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R)
 * Sergeant at Arms: George W. Hooker, until December 4, 1883
 * John P. Leedom, until December 4, 1883