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The Forty-third 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, 1873 to March 3, 1875 during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875
 * Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1873 - March 26, 1873
 * First session: December 1, 1873 - June 23, 1874
 * Second session: December 7, 1874 - March 3, 1875
 * Previous congress: 42nd Congress - general
 * Next congress: 44th Congress - general

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.

Leadership

 * Senate


 * Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
 * Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * Matthew H. Carpenter, Republican of Wisconsin, first elected March 12, 1873.
 * Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island, first elected in this Congress January 25, 1875.
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, elected March 4, 1873.

Major events
Events of 1873, 1874 and 1875

Major legislation
List of United States federal legislation in the 43rd Congress
 * June 23, 1874 -- Poland Act
 * January 14, 1875 -- Specie Payment Resumption Act
 * March 1, 1875 -- Civil Rights Act of 1875
 * March 3, 1875 -- Tariff of 1875
 * March 3, 1875 -- Page Act of 1875

Membership highlights by chamber
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.
 * ''See also: Category:United States Senators
 * ''See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state

House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
 * ''See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
 * ''See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state

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 * Alabama
 * Alabama


 * Alabama's 1st congressional district: Frederick G. Bromberg (LR)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district: James T. Rapier (R)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district: Charles Pelham (R)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district: Charles Hays (R)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district: John H. Caldwell (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district: Joseph H. Sloss (D)
 * Alabama's at-large congressional district: Charles C. Sheats (R)
 * Alabama's at-large congressional district: Alexander White (R)


 * Arkansas


 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district: Asa Hodges (R)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district: Oliver P. Snyder (R)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district: William W. Wilshire (R)
 * Thomas M. Gunter (D)
 * Arkansas's at-large congressional district: William J. Hynes (LR)


 * California


 * California's 1st congressional district: Charles Clayton (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district: Horace F. Page (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district: John K. Luttrell (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district: Sherman O. Houghton (R)


 * Connecticut


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


 * Delaware


 * Delaware's at-large congressional district: James R. Lofland (R)


 * Florida


 * Florida's at-large congressional district: Josiah T. Walls (R)
 * Florida's at-large congressional district: William J. Purman (R)


 * Georgia


 * Georgia's 1st congressional district: Morgan Rawls (D)
 * Andrew Sloan (R)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district: Richard H. Whiteley (R)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district: Philip Cook (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district: Henry R. Harris (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district: James C. Freeman (R)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district: James H. Blount (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district: Pierce M. B. Young (D)
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district: Alexander H. Stephens (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district: Hiram P. Bell (D)


 * Illinois


 * Illinois's 1st congressional district: John B. Rice (R)
 * Bernard G. Caulfield (D)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district: Jasper D. Ward (R)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district: Charles B. Farwell (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district: Stephen A. Hurlbut (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district: Horatio C. Burchard (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district: John B. Hawley (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district: Franklin Corwin (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district: Greenbury L. Fort (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district: Granville Barrere (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district: William H. Ray (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district: Robert M. Knapp (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district: James C. Robinson (D)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district: John McNulta (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district: Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district: John R. Eden (D)
 * Illinois's 16th congressional district: James S. Martin (R)
 * Illinois's 17th congressional district: William R. Morrison (D)
 * Illinois's 18th congressional district: Isaac Clements (R)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district: Samuel S. Marshall (D)


 * Indiana


 * Indiana's 1st congressional district: William E. Niblack (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district: Simeon K. Wolfe (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district: William S. Holman (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district: Jeremiah M. Wilson (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district: John Coburn (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district: Morton C. Hunter (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district: Thomas J. Cason (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district: James N. Tyner (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district: John P. C. Shanks (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district: Henry B. Sayler (R)
 * Indiana's at-large congressional district: Jasper Packard (R)
 * Indiana's at-large congressional district: Godlove S. Orth (R)
 * Indiana's at-large congressional district: William Williams (R)


 * Iowa


 * Iowa's 1st congressional district: George W. McCrary (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district: Aylett R. Cotton (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district: William G. Donnan (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district: Henry O. Pratt (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district: James Wilson (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district: William Loughridge (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district: John A. Kasson (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district: James W. McDill (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district: Jackson Orr (R)


 * Kansas


 * Kansas's at-large congressional district: Stephen A. Cobb (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district: David P. Lowe (R)
 * Kansas's at-large congressional district: William A. Phillips (R)


 * Kentucky


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district: Edward Crossland (D)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district: John Y. Brown (D)
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district: Charles W. Milliken (D)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district: William B. Read (D)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district: Elisha D. Standiford (D)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district: William E. Arthur (D)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district: James B. Beck (D)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district: Milton J. Durham (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district: George M. Adams (D)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district: John D. Young (D)


 * Louisiana


 * Louisiana's 1st congressional district: J. Hale Sypher (R)
 * Effingham Lawrence (D)
 * Louisiana's 2nd congressional district: Lionel A. Sheldon (R)
 * Louisiana's 3rd congressional district: Chester B. Darrall (R)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district: George L. Smith (R)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district: Frank Morey (R)
 * Louisiana's at-large congressional district: George A. Sheridan (LR)


 * Maine


 * Maine's 1st congressional district: John H. Burleigh (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district: William P. Frye (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district: James G. Blaine (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district: Samuel F. Hersey (R)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district: Eugene Hale (R)
 * Maryland
 * Maryland


 * Maryland's 1st congressional district: Ephraim K. Wilson (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district: Stevenson Archer (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district: William J. O'Brien (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Thomas Swann (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district: William J. Albert (R)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district: Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (R)


 * Massachusetts


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: James Buffinton (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Benjamin W. Harris (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: William Whiting (R)
 * Henry L. Pierce (R)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district: Samuel Hooper (R)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district: Daniel W. Gooch (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district: Benjamin F. Butler (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district: Ebenezer R. Hoar (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district: John M. S. Williams (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: George F. Hoar (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district: Alvah Crocker (R)
 * Charles A. Stevens (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district: Henry L. Dawes (R)


 * Michigan


 * Michigan's 1st congressional district: Moses W. Field (R)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district: Henry Waldron (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district: George Willard (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district: Julius C. Burrows (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district: Wilder D. Foster (R)
 * William B. Williams (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district: Josiah W. Begole (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district: Omar D. Conger (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district: Nathan B. Bradley (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: John T. Averill (R)


 * Mississippi


 * Mississippi's 1st congressional district: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
 * Mississippi's 2nd congressional district: Albert R. Howe (R)
 * Mississippi's 3rd congressional district: Henry W. Barry (R)
 * Mississippi's 4th congressional district: Jason Niles (R)
 * Mississippi's 5th congressional district: George C. McKee (R)
 * Mississippi's 6th congressional district: John R. Lynch (R)


 * Missouri


 * Missouri's 1st congressional district: Edwin O. Stanard (R)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district: Erastus Wells (D)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district: William H. Stone (D)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district: Robert A. Hatcher (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district: Richard P. Bland (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district: Harrison E. Havens (R)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district: Thomas T. Crittenden (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district: Abram Comingo (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district: Isaac C. Parker (R)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district: Ira B. Hyde (R)
 * Missouri's 11th congressional district: John B. Clark, Jr. (D)
 * Missouri's 12th congressional district: John M. Glover (D)
 * Missouri's 13th congressional district: Aylett H. Buckner (D)


 * Nebraska


 * Nebraska's at-large congressional district: Lorenzo Crounse (R)


 * Nevada


 * Nevada's at-large congressional district: Charles W. Kendall (D)


 * New Hampshire


 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district: William B. Small (R)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district: Austin F. Pike (R)
 * New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district: Hosea W. Parker (D)


 * New Jersey


 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district: John W. Hazelton (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district: Samuel A. Dobbins (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district: Amos Clark, Jr. (R)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district: Robert Hamilton (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district: William W. Phelps (R)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district: Marcus L. Ward (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district: Isaac W. Scudder (R)


 * New York


 * New York's 1st congressional district: Henry J. Scudder (R)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district: John G. Schumaker (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Stewart L. Woodford (R)
 * Simeon B. Chittenden (IR)
 * New York's 4th congressional district: Philip S. Crooke (R)
 * New York's 5th congressional district: William R. Roberts (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district: James Brooks (D)
 * Samuel S. Cox (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district: Thomas J. Creamer (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: John D. Lawson (R)
 * New York's 9th congressional district: David B. Mellish (R)
 * Richard Schell (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district: Fernando Wood (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district: Clarkson N. Potter (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district: Charles St. John (R)
 * New York's 13th congressional district: John O. Whitehouse (D)
 * New York's 14th congressional district: David M. De Witt (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district: Eli Perry (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district: James S. Smart (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Robert S. Hale (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district: William A. Wheeler (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district: Henry H. Hathorn (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district: David Wilber (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district: Clinton L. Merriam (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: Ellis H. Roberts (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: William E. Lansing (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district: R. Holland Duell (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district: Clinton D. MacDougall (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district: William H. Lamport (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district: Thomas C. Platt (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district: H. Boardman Smith (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district: Freeman Clarke (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district: George G. Hoskins (R)
 * New York's 31st congressional district: Lyman K. Bass (R)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district: Walter L. Sessions (R)
 * New York's at-large congressional district: Lyman Tremain (R)


 * North Carolina


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district: Clinton L. Cobb (R)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Charles R. Thomas (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district: Alfred M. Waddell (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district: William A. Smith (R)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district: James M. Leach (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district: Thomas S. Ashe (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district: William M. Robbins (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district: Robert B. Vance (D)
 * Ohio
 * Ohio


 * Ohio's 1st congressional district: Milton Sayler (D)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district: Henry B. Banning (LR)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district: John Q. Smith (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district: Lewis B. Gunckel (R)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district: Charles N. Lamison (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district: Isaac R. Sherwood (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district: Lawrence T. Neal (D)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district: William Lawrence (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district: James W. Robinson (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district: Charles Foster (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district: Hezekiah S. Bundy (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district: Hugh J. Jewett (D)
 * William E. Finck (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district: Milton I. Southard (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district: John Berry (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district: William P. Sprague (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district: Lorenzo Danford (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district: Laurin D. Woodworth (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district: James Monroe (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district: James A. Garfield (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district: Richard C. Parsons (R)


 * Oregon


 * Oregon's at-large congressional district: Joseph G. Wilson (R)
 * James W. Nesmith (D)


 * Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district: Samuel J. Randall (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district: Charles O'Neill (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district: Leonard Myers (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district: William D. Kelley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district: Alfred C. Harmer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district: James S. Biery (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district: Washington Townsend (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district: Hiester Clymer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district: A. Herr Smith (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district: John W. Killinger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district: John B. Storm (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district: Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district: James D. Strawbridge (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district: John B. Packer (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district: John A. Magee (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district: John Cessna (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district: R. Milton Speer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district: Sobieski Ross (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district: Carlton B. Curtis (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district: Hiram L. Richmond (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district: Alexander W. Taylor (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district: James S. Negley (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district: Ebenezer McJunkin (R)
 * John M. Thompson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district: William S. Moore (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district: Charles Albright (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district: Glenni W. Scofield (R)
 * Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district: Lemuel Todd (R)


 * Rhode Island


 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district: Benjamin T. Eames (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district: James M. Pendleton (R)


 * South Carolina


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district: Joseph H. Rainey (R)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Alonzo J. Ransier (R)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district: Robert B. Elliott (R)
 * Lewis C. Carpenter (R)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district: Alexander S. Wallace (R)
 * South Carolina's at-large congressional district: Richard H. Cain (R)


 * Tennessee


 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district: Roderick R. Butler (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district: Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district: William Crutchfield (R)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district: John M. Bright (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district: Horace H. Harrison (R)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district: Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district: John D. C. Atkins (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district: David A. Nunn (R)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district: Barbour Lewis (R)
 * Tennessee's at-large congressional district: Horace Maynard (R)


 * Texas


 * Texas's 1st congressional district: William S. Herndon (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district: William P. McLean (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district: De Witt C. Giddings (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district: John Hancock (D)
 * Texas's at-large congressional district: Roger Q. Mills (D)
 * Texas's at-large congressional district: Asa H. Willie (D)


 * Vermont


 * Vermont's 1st congressional district: Charles W. Willard (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district: Luke P. Poland (R)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district: George W. Hendee (R)


 * Virginia


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district: James B. Sener (R)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district: James H. Platt, Jr. (R)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district: J. Ambler Smith (R)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district: William H. H. Stowell (R)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district: Alexander M. Davis (D)
 * Christopher Y. Thomas (R)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district: Thomas Whitehead (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district: John T. Harris (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district: Eppa Hutton, II (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district: Rees T. Bowen (D)


 * West Virginia


 * West Virginia's 1st congressional district: John J. Davis (ID)
 * West Virginia's 2nd congressional district: John M. Hagans (R)
 * West Virginia's 3rd congressional district: Frank Hereford (D)


 * Wisconsin


 * Wisconsin's 1st congressional district: Charles G. Williams (R)
 * Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district: Gerry W. Hazelton (R)
 * Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district: J. Allen Barber (R)
 * Wisconsin's 4th congressional district: Alexander Mitchell (D)
 * Wisconsin's 5th congressional district: Charles A. Eldredge (D)
 * Wisconsin's 6th congressional district: Philetus Sawyer (R)
 * Wisconsin's 7th congressional district: Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)
 * Wisconsin's 8th congressional district: Alexander S. McDill (R)

Delegates

 * Arizona Territory


 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district: Richard C. McCormick (U)


 * Colorado Territory


 * Colorado Territory's at-large congressional district: Jerome B. Chaffee (R)


 * Dakota Territory


 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district: Moses K. Armstrong (D)


 * District of Columbia


 * District of Columbia's at-large congressional district: Norton P. Chipman (R)


 * Idaho Territory


 * Idaho Territory's at-large congressional district: John Hailey (D)


 * Montana Territory


 * Montana Territory's at-large congressional district: Martin Maginnis (D)


 * New Mexico Territory


 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district: Stephen B. Elkins (R)


 * Utah Territory


 * Utah Territory's at-large congressional district: George Q. Cannon (R)


 * Washington Territory


 * Washington Territory's at-large congressional district: Obadiah B. McFadden (D)


 * Wyoming Territory


 * Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district: William R. Steele (D)
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Membership detail by Chamber/Party
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

House of Representatives
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

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