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The Forty-fifth 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, 1877 to March 3, 1879 during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.

The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions
March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879 Previous congress: 44th Congress - general Next congress: 46th Congress - general
 * Special session of the Senate: March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877
 * First session: October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877
 * First session: December 3, 1877 - June 20, 1878
 * Second session: December 2 1878 - March 3, 1879 — a lame duck session

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):
 * William A. Wheeler, of New York
 * President pro tempore of the Senate:
 * Thomas W. Ferry, Republican of Michigan, first elected in this Congress March 5, 1877.
 * House of Representatives


 * Speaker of the House
 * Samuel J. Randall, Democratic of Pennsylvania, reelected October 15, 1877.

Major events

 * Main article: Events of 1876; Events of 1877; Events of 1879


 * March 4, 1877 — Rutherford B. Hayes became President of the United States

Major legislation

 * ''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 45th Congress


 * February 28, 1878 — Bland-Allison Act (Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), Sess. 2, ch. 20,
 * April 29, 1878 — National Quarantine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 66,
 * June 3, 1878 — Timber and Stone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 151,
 * June 18, 1878 — Posse Comitatus Act, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15,

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 began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term ended 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: James T. Jones (D)
 * Alabama's 2nd congressional district: Hilary A. Herbert (D)
 * Alabama's 3rd congressional district: Jeremiah N. Williams (D)
 * Alabama's 4th congressional district: Charles M. Shelley (D)
 * Alabama's 5th congressional district: Robert F. Ligon (D)
 * Alabama's 6th congressional district: Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
 * Alabama's 7th congressional district: William H. Forney (D)
 * Alabama's 8th congressional district: William W. Garth (D)
 * Arkansas


 * Arkansas's 1st congressional district: Lucien C. Gause (D)
 * Arkansas's 2nd congressional district: William F. Slemons (D)
 * Arkansas's 3rd congressional district: Jordan E. Cravens (ID)
 * Arkansas's 4th congressional district: Thomas M. Gunter (D)
 * California


 * California's 1st congressional district: Horace Davis (R)
 * California's 2nd congressional district: Horace F. Page (R)
 * California's 3rd congressional district: John K. Luttrell (D)
 * California's 4th congressional district: Romualdo Pacheco (R)
 * Peter D. Wigginton (D)
 * Colorado


 * Colorado's at-large congressional district: James B. Belford (R)
 * Thomas M. Patterson (D)
 * Connecticut


 * Connecticut's 1st congressional district: George M. Landers (D)
 * Connecticut's 2nd congressional district: James Phelps (D)
 * Connecticut's 3rd congressional district: John T. Wait (R)
 * Connecticut's 4th congressional district: Levi Warner (D)
 * Delaware


 * Delaware's at-large congressional district: James Williams (D)
 * Florida


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


 * Georgia's 1st congressional district: Julian Hartridge (D)
 * William B. Fleming (D)
 * Georgia's 2nd congressional district: William E. Smith (D)
 * Georgia's 3rd congressional district: Philip Cook (D)
 * Georgia's 4th congressional district: Henry R. Harris (D)
 * Georgia's 5th congressional district: Milton A. Candler (D)
 * Georgia's 6th congressional district: James H. Blount (D)
 * Georgia's 7th congressional district: William H. Felton (ID
 * Georgia's 8th congressional district: Alexander H. Stephens (D)
 * Georgia's 9th congressional district: Benjamin H. Hill (D)
 * Hiram P. Bell (D)
 * Illinois


 * Illinois's 1st congressional district: William Aldrich (R)
 * Illinois's 2nd congressional district: Carter H. Harrison (D)
 * Illinois's 3rd congressional district: Lorenzo Brentano (R)
 * Illinois's 4th congressional district: William Lathrop (R)
 * Illinois's 5th congressional district: Horatio C. Burchard (R)
 * Illinois's 6th congressional district: Thomas J. Henderson (R)
 * Illinois's 7th congressional district: Philip C. Hayes (R)
 * Illinois's 8th congressional district: Greenbury L. Fort (R)
 * Illinois's 9th congressional district: Thomas A. Boyd (R)
 * Illinois's 10th congressional district: Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
 * Illinois's 11th congressional district: Robert M. Knapp (D)
 * Illinois's 12th congressional district: William M. Springer (D)
 * Illinois's 13th congressional district: Thomas F. Tipton (R)
 * Illinois's 14th congressional district: Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 * Illinois's 15th congressional district: John R. Eden (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: William Hartzell (D)
 * Illinois's 19th congressional district: Richard W. Townshend (D)
 * Indiana


 * Indiana's 1st congressional district: Benoni S. Fuller (D)
 * Indiana's 2nd congressional district: Thomas R. Cobb (D)
 * Indiana's 3rd congressional district: George A. Bicknell (D)
 * Indiana's 4th congressional district: Leonidas Sexton (R)
 * Indiana's 5th congressional district: Thomas M. Browne (R)
 * Indiana's 6th congressional district: Milton S. Robinson (R)
 * Indiana's 7th congressional district: John Hanna (R)
 * Indiana's 8th congressional district: Morton C. Hunter (R)
 * Indiana's 9th congressional district: Michael D. White (R)
 * Indiana's 10th congressional district: William H. Calkins (R)
 * Indiana's 11th congressional district: James L. Evans (R)
 * Indiana's 12th congressional district: Andrew H. Hamilton (D)
 * Indiana's 13th congressional district: John H. Baker (R)
 * Iowa


 * Iowa's 1st congressional district: Joseph C. Stone (R)
 * Iowa's 2nd congressional district: Hiram Price (R)
 * Iowa's 3rd congressional district: Theodore W. Burdick (R)
 * Iowa's 4th congressional district: Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
 * Iowa's 5th congressional district: Rush Clark (R)
 * Iowa's 6th congressional district: Ezekiel S. Sampson (R)
 * Iowa's 7th congressional district: Henry J. B. Cummings (R)
 * Iowa's 8th congressional district: William F. Sapp (R)
 * Iowa's 9th congressional district: S. Addison Oliver (R)
 * Kansas


 * Kansas's 1st congressional district: William A. Phillips (R)
 * Kansas's 2nd congressional district: Dudley C. Haskell (R)
 * Kansas's 3rd congressional district: Thomas Ryan (R)
 * Kentucky


 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district: Andrew R. Boone (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: Milton J. Durham (D)
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district: Thomas Turner (D)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district: John B. Clarke (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)
 * Joseph H. Acklen (D)
 * Louisiana's 4th congressional district: Joseph B. Elam (D)
 * Louisiana's 5th congressional district: John E. Leonard (R)
 * John S. Young (D)
 * Louisiana's 6th congressional district: Edward W. Robertson (D)
 * Maine
 * Maine


 * Maine's 1st congressional district: Thomas B. Reed (R)
 * Maine's 2nd congressional district: William P. Frye (R)
 * Maine's 3rd congressional district: Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
 * Maine's 4th congressional district: Llewellyn Powers (R)
 * Maine's 5th congressional district: Eugene Hale (R)
 * Maryland


 * Maryland's 1st congressional district: Daniel M. Henry (D)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district: Charles B. Roberts (D)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district: William Kimmel (D)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district: Thomas Swann (D)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district: Eli J. Henkle (D)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district: William Walsh (D)
 * Massachusetts


 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district: William W. Crapo (R)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district: Benjamin W. Harris (R)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district: Walbridge A. Field (R)
 * Benjamin Dean (D)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district: Leopold Morse (D)
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district: Nathaniel P. Banks (R)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district: George B. Loring (R)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district: Benjamin F. Butler (R)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district: William Claflin (R)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district: William W. Rice (R)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district: Amasa Norcross (R)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district: George D. Robinson (R)
 * Michigan


 * Michigan's 1st congressional district: Alpheus S. Williams (D)
 * Michigan's 2nd congressional district: Edwin Willits (R)
 * Michigan's 3rd congressional district: Jonas H. McGowan (R)
 * Michigan's 4th congressional district: Edwin W. Keightley (R)
 * Michigan's 5th congressional district: John W. Stone (R)
 * Michigan's 6th congressional district: Mark S. Brewer (R)
 * Michigan's 7th congressional district: Omar D. Conger (R)
 * Michigan's 8th congressional district: Charles C. Ellsworth (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: Jacob H. Stewart (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 D. 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)
 * Missouri


 * Missouri's 1st congressional district: Anthony F. Ittner (R)
 * Missouri's 2nd congressional district: Nathan Cole (R)
 * Missouri's 3rd congressional district: Lyne S. Metcalfe (R)
 * Missouri's 4th congressional district: Robert A. Hatcher (D)
 * Missouri's 5th congressional district: Richard P. Bland (D)
 * Missouri's 6th congressional district: Charles H. Morgan (D)
 * Missouri's 7th congressional district: Thomas T. Crittenden (D)
 * Missouri's 8th congressional district: Benjamin J. Franklin (D)
 * Missouri's 9th congressional district: David Rea (D)
 * Missouri's 10th congressional district: Henry M. Pollard (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: Frank Welch (R)
 * Thomas J. Majors (R)
 * Nevada


 * Nevada's at-large congressional district: Thomas Wren (R)
 * New Hampshire


 * New Hampshire's 1st congressional district: Frank Jones (D)
 * New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district: James F. Briggs (R)
 * New Hampshire's 3rd congressional district: Henry W. Blair (R)
 * New Jersey


 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district: Clement H. Sinnickson (R)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district: John H. Pugh (R)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district: Miles Ross (D)
 * New Jersey's 4th congressional district: Alvah A. Clark (D)
 * New Jersey's 5th congressional district: Augustus W. Cutler (D)
 * New Jersey's 6th congressional district: Thomas B. Peddie (R)
 * New Jersey's 7th congressional district: Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)
 * New York


 * New York's 1st congressional district: James W. Covert (D)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district: William D. Veeder (D)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district: Simeon B. Chittenden (R)
 * New York's 4th congressional district: Archibald M. Bliss (D)
 * New York's 5th congressional district: Nicholas Muller (D)
 * New York's 6th congressional district: Samuel S. Cox (D)
 * New York's 7th congressional district: Anthony Eickhoff (D)
 * New York's 8th congressional district: Anson G. McCook (R)
 * New York's 9th congressional district: Fernando Wood (D)
 * New York's 10th congressional district: Abram S. Hewitt (D)
 * New York's 11th congressional district: Benjamin A. Willis (D)
 * New York's 12th congressional district: Clarkson N. Potter (D)
 * New York's 13th congressional district: John H. Ketcham (R)
 * New York's 14th congressional district: George M. Beebe (D)
 * New York's 15th congressional district: Stephen L. Mayham (D)
 * New York's 16th congressional district: Terence J. Quinn (D)
 * John M. Bailey (R)
 * New York's 17th congressional district: Martin I. Townsend (R)
 * New York's 18th congressional district: Andrew Williams (R)
 * New York's 19th congressional district: Amaziah B. James (R)
 * New York's 20th congressional district: John H. Starin (R)
 * New York's 21st congressional district: Solomon Bundy (R)
 * New York's 22nd congressional district: George A. Bagley (R)
 * New York's 23rd congressional district: William J. Bacon (R)
 * New York's 24th congressional district: William H. Baker (R)
 * New York's 25th congressional district: Frank Hiscock (R)
 * New York's 26th congressional district: John H. Camp (R)
 * New York's 27th congressional district: Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
 * New York's 28th congressional district: Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
 * New York's 29th congressional district: John N. Hungerford (R)
 * New York's 30th congressional district: E. Kirke Hart (D)
 * New York's 31st congressional district: Charles B. Benedict (D)
 * New York's 32nd congressional district: Daniel N. Lockwood (D)
 * New York's 33rd congressional district: George W. Patterson (R)
 * North Carolina
 * North Carolina


 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district: Jesse J. Yeates (D)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Curtis H. Brogden (R)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district: Alfred M. Waddell (D)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district: Joseph J. Davis (D)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district: Alfred M. Scales (D)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district: Walter L. Steele (D)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district: William M. Robbins (D)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district: Robert B. Vance (D)
 * Ohio


 * Ohio's 1st congressional district: Milton Sayler (D)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district: Henry B. Banning (D)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district: Mills Gardner (R)
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district: John A. McMahon (D)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district: Americus V. Rice (D)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district: Jacob D. Cox (R)
 * Ohio's 7th congressional district: Henry L. Dickey (D)
 * Ohio's 8th congressional district: J. Warren Keifer (R)
 * Ohio's 9th congressional district: John S. Jones (R)
 * Ohio's 10th congressional district: Charles Foster (R)
 * Ohio's 11th congressional district: Henry S. Neal (R)
 * Ohio's 12th congressional district: Thomas Ewing, Jr. (D)
 * Ohio's 13th congressional district: Milton I. Southard (D)
 * Ohio's 14th congressional district: Ebenezer B. Finley (D)
 * Ohio's 15th congressional district: Nelson H. Van Vorhes (R)
 * Ohio's 16th congressional district: Lorenzo Danford (R)
 * Ohio's 17th congressional district: William McKinley, Jr. (R)
 * Ohio's 18th congressional district: James Monroe (R)
 * Ohio's 19th congressional district: James A. Garfield (R)
 * Ohio's 20th congressional district: Amos Townsend (R)
 * Oregon


 * Oregon's at-large congressional district: Richard Williams (R)
 * Pennsylvania


 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district: Chapman Freeman (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: I. Newton Evans (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district: Hiester Clymer (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district: A. Herr Smith (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district: Samuel A. Bridges (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district: Francis D. Collins (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district: Hendrick B. Wright (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district: James B. Reilly (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district: John W. Killinger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district: Edward Overton, Jr. (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district: John I. Mitchell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district: Jacob M. Campbell (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district: William S. Stenger (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district: Levi Maish (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 20th congressional district: Levi A. Mackey (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district: Jacob Turney (D)
 * Pennsylvania's 22nd congressional district: Russell Errett (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 23rd congressional district: Thomas M. Bayne (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 24th congressional district: William S. Shallenberger (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district: Harry White (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district: John M. Thompson (R)
 * Pennsylvania's 27th congressional district: Lewis F. Watson (R)
 * Rhode Island


 * Rhode Island's 1st congressional district: Benjamin T. Eames (R)
 * Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district: Latimer W. Ballou (R)
 * South Carolina


 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district: Joseph H. Rainey (R)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district: Richard H. Cain (R)
 * 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: Robert Smalls (R)
 * Tennessee


 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district: James H. Randolph (R)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district: Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district: George G. Dibrell (D)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district: Haywood Y. Riddle (D)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district: John M. Bright (D)
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district: John F. House (D)
 * Tennessee's 7th congressional district: Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
 * Tennessee's 8th congressional district: John D. C. Atkins (D)
 * Tennessee's 9th congressional district: William P. Caldwell (D)
 * Tennessee's 10th congressional district: H. Casey Young (D)
 * Texas


 * Texas's 1st congressional district: John H. Reagan (D)
 * Texas's 2nd congressional district: David B. Culberson (D)
 * Texas's 3rd congressional district: James W. Throckmorton (D)
 * Texas's 4th congressional district: Roger Q. Mills (D)
 * Texas's 5th congressional district: De Witt C. Giddings (D)
 * Texas's 6th congressional district: Gustave Schleicher (D)
 * Vermont


 * Vermont's 1st congressional district: Charles H. Joyce (R)
 * Vermont's 2nd congressional district: Dudley C. Denison (R)
 * Vermont's 3rd congressional district: George W. Hendee (R)
 * Virginia


 * Virginia's 1st congressional district: Beverly B. Douglas (D)
 * Richard Lee T. Beale (D)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district: John Goode, Jr. (D)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district: Gilbert C. Walker (D)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district: Joseph Jorgensen (R)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district: George C. Cabell (D)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district: John R. Tucker (D)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district: John T. Harris (D)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district: Eppa Hutton, II (D)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district: Auburn L. Pridemore (D)
 * West Virginia


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


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

Delegates

 * Arizona Territory


 * Arizona Territory's at-large congressional district: Hiram S. Stevens (D)
 * Dakota Territory


 * Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district: Jefferson P. Kidder (R)
 * Idaho Territory


 * Idaho Territory's at-large congressional district: Stephen S. Fenn (D)
 * Montana Territory


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


 * New Mexico Territory's at-large congressional district: Trinidad Romero (R)
 * Utah Territory


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


 * Washington Territory's at-large congressional district: Orange Jacobs (R)
 * Wyoming Territory


 * Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district: William W. Corlett (R)
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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.