47th United States Congress

47th United States Congress
46th ← → 48th
United States Capitol (1877)
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
Members	76 senators 293 representatives 8 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Split
Senate President	Chester A. Arthur (R) until September 19, 1881 Vacant from September 19, 1881
House majority	Republican
House Speaker	J. Warren Keifer (R)
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881 Special: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881 1st: December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882 2nd: December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883

The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1881, to March 4, 1883, during the first and only year of James Garfield's presidency, and the first two years of his successor, Chester Arthur's tenure. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The House had a Republican majority; the Senate was evenly divided.

Party summary

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

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Readjuster (RA)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)	Other
End of previous congress	42	0	31	1	1	75	1
Begin	37	1	36	1	0	75	1
End			37			76	0
Final voting share	48.7%	1.3%	48.7%	1.3%	0.0%
Beginning of next congress	36	2	38	0	0	76	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Independent (I)	Greenback (G)	Independent Republican (IR)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	146	4	1	11	0	129	291	2
Begin	134	1	1	9	0	146	291	2
End	130				1	150	292	1
Final voting share	44.5%	0.3%	0.3%	3.1%	0.3%	51.4%
Beginning of next congress	196	3	6	2	1	117	325	1

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Chester A. Arthur (R)

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

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

• Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R)
• Republican Conference Chair: George M. Robeson

Major events

Main articles: 1881 in the United States, 1882 in the United States, and 1883 in the United States

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

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 47th Congress

• February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, ch. 20, 22 Stat. 5
• May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act, 22 Stat. 58
• August 2, 1882: Passenger Act of 1882, 22 Stat. 186
• August 2, 1882: Rivers and Harbors Act
• January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403
• March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)

Members

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

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election.

Alabama

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

Arkansas

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

California

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

Colorado

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

Connecticut

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

Delaware

• 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D)
• 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (D)

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Illinois

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

Indiana

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

Iowa

• 2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881
  • James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881
• 3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

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

Maine

• 1. Eugene Hale (R)
• 2. James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881
  • William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881

Maryland

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

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

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

Minnesota

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

Nebraska

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

Nevada

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

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

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

New York

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

North Carolina

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

Ohio

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

Oregon

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

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

West Virginia

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

Wisconsin

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

President pro tempore
Thomas F. Bayard (D)

President pro tempore
David Davis (I)

President pro tempore
George F. Edmunds (R)

House of Representatives

Members' names are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

• 1. Thomas H. Herndon (D)
• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (D)
• 3. William C. Oates (D)
• 4. Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882
  • Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882
• 5. Thomas Williams (D)
• 6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
• 7. William H. Forney (D)
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (D), until June 3, 1882
  • William M. Lowe (G), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882
  • Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (D)
• 2. James K. Jones (D)
• 3. Jordan E. Cravens (D)
• 4. Thomas M. Gunter (D)

California

• 1. William S. Rosecrans (D)
• 2. Horace F. Page (R)
• 3. Campbell P. Berry (D)
• 4. Romualdo Pacheco (R)

Colorado

• At-large. James B. Belford (R)

Connecticut

• 1. John R. Buck (R)
• 2. James Phelps (D)
• 3. John T. Wait (R)
• 4. Frederick Miles (R)

Delaware

• At-large. Edward L. Martin (D)

Florida

• 1. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
• 2. Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882
  • Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882

Georgia

• 1. George R. Black (D)
• 2. Henry G. Turner (D)
• 3. Philip Cook (D)
• 4. Hugh Buchanan (D)
• 5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)
• 6. James H. Blount (D)
• 7. Judson C. Clements (D)
• 8. Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882
  • Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882
• 9. Emory Speer (ID)

Illinois

• 1. William Aldrich (R)
• 2. George R. Davis (R)
• 3. Charles B. Farwell (R)
• 4. John C. Sherwin (R)
• 5. Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882
  • Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882
• 6. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
• 7. William Cullen (R)
• 8. Lewis E. Payson (R)
• 9. John H. Lewis (R)
• 10. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
• 11. James W. Singleton (D)
• 12. William M. Springer (D)
• 13. Dietrich C. Smith (R)
• 14. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
• 15. Samuel W. Moulton (D)
• 16. William A. J. Sparks (D)
• 17. William R. Morrison (D)
• 18. John R. Thomas (R)
• 19. Richard W. Townshend (D)

Indiana

• 1. William Heilman (R)
• 2. Thomas R. Cobb (D)
• 3. Strother M. Stockslager (D)
• 4. William S. Holman (D)
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (D)
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (R)
• 7. Stanton J. Peelle (R)
• 8. Robert B. F. Peirce (R)
• 9. Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882
  • Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883
• 10. Mark L. De Motte (R)
• 11. George W. Steele (R)
• 12. Walpole G. Colerick (D)
• 13. William H. Calkins (R)

Iowa

• 1. Moses A. McCoid (R)
• 2. Sewall S. Farwell (R)
• 3. Thomas Updegraff (R)
• 4. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
• 5. William G. Thompson (R)
• 6. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883
  • John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883
• 7. John A. Kasson (R)
• 8. William P. Hepburn (R)
• 9. Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)

Kansas

• 1. John A. Anderson (R)
• 2. Dudley C. Haskell (R)
• 3. Thomas Ryan (R)

Kentucky

• 1. Oscar Turner (D)
• 2. James A. McKenzie (D)
• 3. John William Caldwell (D)
• 4. J. Proctor Knott (D)
• 5. Albert S. Willis (D)
• 6. John G. Carlisle (D)
• 7. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
• 8. Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (D)
• 9. John D. White (R)
• 10. Elijah C. Phister (D)

Louisiana

• 1. Randall L. Gibson (D)
• 2. E. John Ellis (D)
• 3. Chester B. Darrall (R)
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (D)
• 5. J. Floyd King (D)
• 6. Edward W. Robertson (D)

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (R)
• 2. William P. Frye (R), until March 17, 1881
  • Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881
• 3. Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
• 4. George W. Ladd (G)
• 5. Thompson H. Murch (G)

Maryland

• 1. George W. Covington (D)
• 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
• 3. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D)
• 4. Robert M. McLane (D)
• 5. Andrew G. Chapman (D)
• 6. Milton G. Urner (R)

Massachusetts

• 1. William W. Crapo (R)
• 2. Benjamin W. Harris (R)
• 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (R)
• 4. Leopold Morse (D)
• 5. Selwyn Z. Bowman (R)
• 6. Eben F. Stone (R)
• 7. William A. Russell (R)
• 8. John W. Candler (R)
• 9. William W. Rice (R)
• 10. Amasa Norcross (R)
• 11. George D. Robinson (R)

Michigan

• 1. Henry W. Lord (R)
• 2. Edwin Willits (R)
• 3. Edward S. Lacey (R)
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (R)
• 5. George W. Webber (R)
• 6. Oliver L. Spaulding (R)
• 7. John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881
• 8. Roswell G. Horr (R)
• 9. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

• 1. Mark H. Dunnell (R)
• 2. Horace B. Strait (R)
• 3. William D. Washburn (R)

Mississippi

• 1. Henry L. Muldrow (D)
• 2. Vannoy H. Manning (D)
• 3. Hernando D. Money (D)
• 4. Otho R. Singleton (D)
• 5. Charles E. Hooker (D)
• 6. James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882
  • John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882

Missouri

• 1. Martin L. Clardy (D)
• 2. Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882
  • James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882
• 3. Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883
  • Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883
• 4. Lowndes H. Davis (D)
• 5. Richard P. Bland (D)
• 6. Ira Hazeltine (G)
• 7. Theron M. Rice (G)
• 8. Robert T. Van Horn (R)
• 9. Nicholas Ford (G)
• 10. Joseph H. Burrows (G)
• 11. John B. Clark, Jr. (D)
• 12. William H. Hatch (D)
• 13. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska

• At-large. Edward K. Valentine (R)

Nevada

• At-large. George W. Cassidy (D)

New Hampshire

• 1. Joshua G. Hall (R)
• 2. James F. Briggs (R)
• 3. Ossian Ray (R)

New Jersey

• 1. George M. Robeson (R)
• 2. J. Hart Brewer (R)
• 3. Miles Ross (D)
• 4. Henry S. Harris (D)
• 5. John Hill (R)
• 6. Phineas Jones (R)
• 7. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (D)
• 2. William E. Robinson (D)
• 3. J. Hyatt Smith (I)
• 4. Archibald M. Bliss (D)
• 5. Benjamin Wood (D)
• 6. Samuel S. Cox (D)
• 7. P. Henry Dugro (D)
• 8. Anson G. McCook (R)
• 9. John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881
• 10. Abram S. Hewitt (D)
• 11. Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881
  • Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881
• 12. Waldo Hutchins (D)
• 13. John H. Ketcham (R)
• 14. Lewis Beach (D)
• 15. Thomas Cornell (R)
• 16. Michael N. Nolan (D)
• 17. Walter A. Wood (R)
• 18. John Hammond (R)
• 19. Abraham X. Parker (R)
• 20. George West (R)
• 21. Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (R)
• 22. Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881
  • Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881
• 23. Cyrus D. Prescott (R)
• 24. Joseph Mason (R)
• 25. Frank Hiscock (R)
• 26. John H. Camp (R)
• 27. Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until July 29, 1881
  • James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881
• 28. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
• 29. David P. Richardson (R)
• 30. John Van Voorhis (R)
• 31. Richard Crowley (R)
• 32. Jonathan Scoville (D)
• 33. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina

• 1. Louis C. Latham (D)
• 2. Orlando Hubbs (R)
• 3. John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883
• 4. William Ruffin Cox (D)
• 5. Alfred M. Scales (D)
• 6. Clement Dowd (D)
• 7. Robert F. Armfield (D)
• 8. Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Butterworth (R)
• 2. Thomas L. Young (R)
• 3. Henry L. Morey (R)
• 4. Emanuel Shultz (R)
• 5. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
• 6. James M. Ritchie (R)
• 7. John P. Leedom (D)
• 8. J. Warren Keifer (R)
• 9. James S. Robinson (R)
• 10. John B. Rice (R)
• 11. Henry S. Neal (R)
• 12. George L. Converse (D)
• 13. Gibson Atherton (D)
• 14. George W. Geddes (D)
• 15. Rufus R. Dawes (R)
• 16. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882
  • Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883
• 17. William McKinley, Jr. (R)
• 18. Addison S. McClure (R)
• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (R)
• 20. Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon

• At-large. Melvin C. George (R)

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (R)
• 2. Charles O'Neill (R)
• 3. Samuel J. Randall (D)
• 4. William D. Kelley (R)
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (R)
• 6. William Ward (R)
• 7. William Godshalk (R)
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (D)
• 9. A. Herr Smith (R)
• 10. William Mutchler (D)
• 11. Robert Klotz (D)
• 12. Joseph A. Scranton (R)
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (GB)
• 14. Samuel F. Barr (R)
• 15. Cornelius C. Jadwin (R)
• 16. Robert J. C. Walker (R)
• 17. Jacob M. Campbell (R)
• 18. Horatio G. Fisher (R)
• 19. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)
• 20. Andrew G. Curtin (D)
• 21. Morgan R. Wise (D)
• 22. Russell Errett (R)
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (R)
• 24. William S. Shallenberger (R)
• 25. James Mosgrove (G)
• 26. Samuel H. Miller (R)
• 27. Lewis F. Watson (R)

Rhode Island

• 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 4, 1881
  • Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881
• 2. Jonathan Chace (R)

South Carolina

• 1. John S. Richardson (D)
• 2. Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881
  • Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882
  • Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882
• 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
• 4. John H. Evins (D)
• 5. George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882
  • Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882

Tennessee

• 1. Augustus H. Pettibone (R)
• 2. Leonidas C. Houk (R)
• 3. George G. Dibrell (D)
• 4. Benton McMillin (D)
• 5. Richard Warner (D)
• 6. John F. House (D)
• 7. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
• 8. John D. C. Atkins (D)
• 9. Charles B. Simonton (D)
• 10. William R. Moore (R)

Texas

• 1. John H. Reagan (D)
• 2. David B. Culberson (D)
• 3. Olin Wellborn (D)
• 4. Roger Q. Mills (D)
• 5. George W. Jones (G)
• 6. Christopher C. Upson (D)

Vermont

• 1. Charles H. Joyce (R)
• 2. James M. Tyler (R)
• 3. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

• 1. George T. Garrison (D)
• 2. John F. Dezendorf (R)
• 3. George D. Wise (D)
• 4. Joseph Jorgensen (R)
• 5. George C. Cabell (D)
• 6. John R. Tucker (D)
• 7. John Paul (D)
• 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (D)
• 9. Abram Fulkerson (D)

West Virginia

• 1. Benjamin Wilson (D)
• 2. John B. Hoge (D)
• 3. John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin

• 1. Charles G. Williams (R)
• 2. Lucien B. Caswell (R)
• 3. George C. Hazelton (R)
• 4. Peter V. Deuster (D)
• 5. Edward S. Bragg (D)
• 6. Richard W. Guenther (R)
• 7. Herman L. Humphrey (R)
• 8. Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting delegates

• Arizona Territory. Granville H. Oury (D)
• Dakota Territory. Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
• Idaho Territory. George Ainslie (D)
• Montana Territory. Martin Maginnis (D)
• New Mexico Territory. Tranqulino Luna (R)
• Utah Territory. John T. Caine (D)
• Washington Territory. Thomas H. Brents (R)
• Wyoming Territory. Morton E. Post (D)

Speaker of the House
J. Warren Keifer

Changes in membership

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

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate

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

|- | Wisconsin (3) | Vacant | Senator Matthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress.
Successor elected March 14, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Angus Cameron (R) | March 14, 1881

|- | Maine (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James G. Blaine (R) | Resigned March 5, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected March 18, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William P. Frye (R) | March 15, 1881

|- | Iowa (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R) | Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Successor appointed March 8, 1881, to continue the term.
Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James W. McDill (R) | March 8, 1881

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Windom (R) | Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) | March 12, 1881

|- | New York (1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Thomas C. Platt (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.
Successor elected October 11, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Warner Miller (R) | July 27, 1881

|- | New York (3) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Roscoe Conkling (R) | Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.
Successor elected October 11, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | August 2, 1881

|- | Rhode Island (1) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Ambrose Burnside (R) | Died September 13, 1881.
Successor elected October 5, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | October 5, 1881

|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William Windom (R) | November 15, 1881

|- | Colorado (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry M. Teller (R) | Resigned April 17, 1882, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Successor appointed April 17, 1882. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George M. Chilcott (R) | April 17, 1882

|- | Georgia (2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Benjamin H. Hill (D) | Died August 16, 1882.
Successor elected November 15, 1882. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | M. Pope Barrow (D) | November 15, 1882

|- | Colorado (2) | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | George M. Chilcott (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Horace Tabor (R) | January 27, 1883 |}

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

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

|- | Michigan 7 | Vacant | Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John T. Rich (R) | April 5, 1881

|- | New York 9 | Vacant | Rep. Fernando Wood resigned during previous congress | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John Hardy (D) | December 5, 1881

|- | Maine 2 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | William P. Frye (R) | Resigned March 17, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) | September 12, 1881

|- | New York 11 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Levi P. Morton (R) | Resigned March 21, 1881 to become U.S. Minister to France. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Roswell P. Flower (D) | November 8, 1881

|- | South Carolina 2 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Michael P. O'Connor (D) | Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel Dibble (D) | June 9, 1881

|- | New York 22 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Warner Miller (R) | Resigned July 26, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles R. Skinner (R) | November 8, 1881

|- | New York 27 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Elbridge G. Lapham (R) | Resigned July 29, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James W. Wadsworth (R) | November 8, 1881

|- | Rhode Island 1 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Nelson W. Aldrich (R) | Resigned October 5, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.
Successor elected November 22, 1881. | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Henry J. Spooner (R) | December 5, 1881

|- | Missouri 2 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Thomas Allen (D) | Died April 8, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | James H. McLean (R) | December 15, 1882

|- | Mississippi 6 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | James R. Chalmers (D) | Lost contested election April 29, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | John R. Lynch (R) | April 29, 1882

|- | South Carolina 2 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Samuel Dibble (D) | Lost contested election May 31, 1882, during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election. | nowrap style="background:#fc5b5b" | Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR) | May 31, 1882

|- | Florida 2 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Jesse J. Finley (D) | Lost contested election June 1, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R) | June 1, 1882

|- | Alabama 8 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph Wheeler (D) | Lost contested election June 3, 1882 | nowrap style="background:#66F500" | William M. Lowe (G) | June 3, 1882

|- | Illinois 5 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert M. A. Hawk (R) | Died June 29, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert R. Hitt (R) | November 7, 1882

|- | South Carolina 5 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | George D. Tillman (D) | Lost contested election July 19, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Robert Smalls (R) | July 19, 1882

|- | Alabama 4 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles M. Shelley (D) | Election contested by James Q. Smith.
Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882.
Shelley re-elected to fill seat. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Charles M. Shelley (D) | November 7, 1882

|- | Alabama 8 | nowrap style="background:#66F500" | William M. Lowe (G) | Died October 12, 1882 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Joseph Wheeler (D) | January 15, 1883

|- | Georgia 8 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Alexander H. Stephens (D) | Resigned November 4, 1882 when elected Governor of Georgia. | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Seaborn Reese (D) | December 4, 1882

|- | Ohio 16 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Jonathan T. Updegraff (R) | Died November 30, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Joseph D. Taylor (R) | January 2, 1883

|- | Indiana 9 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Godlove S. Orth (R) | Died December 16, 1882 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Charles T. Doxey (R) | January 17, 1883

|- | North Carolina 3 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John W. Shackelford (D) | Died January 18, 1883 | Vacant | Not filled this term

|- | Missouri 3 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | Richard G. Frost (D) | Lost contested election March 2, 1883 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Gustavus Sessinghaus (R) | March 2, 1883

|- | Iowa 6 | nowrap style="background-color:#FFB6B6" | Marsena E. Cutts (R) | Lost election contest March 3, 1883 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF" | John C. Cook (D) | March 3, 1883

|}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (4 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees)
• Agriculture (Chairman: William Mahone)
• Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones)
• Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley)
• Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron)
• Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J.R. McMillan)
• Distilled Spirit Tax Bill (Select)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell)
• Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select)
• Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Windom)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes)
• Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Omar D. Conger)
• Memorial on Services Rendered by Carlisle P. Patterson
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill)
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron)
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Henry G. Davis)
• Ordnance and Gunnery (Select)
• Ordnance and Projectiles (Select)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt)
• Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas W. Ferry)
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard)
• Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb)
• Railroads (Chairman: William P. Kellogg)
• Revenue Collections in North Carolina (Special)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: John F. Miller)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John W. Johnston)
• Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye)
• Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale)
• Territories (Chairman: Alvin Saunders)
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison)
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham)

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Milton G. Urner)
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: John T. Wait)
• Agriculture (Chairman: Edward K. Valentine)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Frank Hiscock)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: William W. Crapo)
• Claims (Chairman: Richard Crowley)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Horatio G. Fisher)
• Commerce (Chairman: Horace F. Page)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Neal)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: John C. Sherwin)
• Elections (Chairman: William H. Calkins)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William Aldrich)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jay Abel Hubbell)
• Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Edwin Willits)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George M. Robeson)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Nathaniel C. Deering)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: James B. Belford)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: James F. Briggs)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Russell Errett)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles G. Williams)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Dudley C. Haskell)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Thomas M. Browne)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed)
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John R. Thomas)
• Manufactures (Chairman: James M. Campbell)
• Mileage (Chairman: Joseph Jorgensen)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson)
• Militia (Chairman: Horace B. Strait)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: John Van Voorhis)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin W. Harris)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George C. Hazelton)
• Patents (Chairman: Thomas L. Young)
• Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Shallenberger)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Pound)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Romualdo Pacheco)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Amos Townsend)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: William McKinley)
• Rules (Chairman: J. Warren Keifer)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows)
• War Claims (Chairman: Leonidas C. Houk)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: William D. Kelley)
• Whole

Joint committees

• American Shipbuilding (Select)
• Budget Control
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• State, War and Navy Department Building

Caucuses

• Democratic (House)
• Democratic (Senate)

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees (until 1882), Sterling P. Rounds (starting 1882)

Senate

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

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Edward McPherson
• Sergeant at Arms: George W. Hooker
• Doorkeeper: Walter P. Brownlow
• Postmaster: Henry Sherwood
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: J. Guilford White
  • Michael Sullivan
• Reading Clerks: [data missing]
• Chaplain: Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ)

See also

• United States elections, 1880 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • 1880 United States presidential election
  • United States Senate elections, 1880
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1880
• United States elections, 1882 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1882
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1882

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

External links

• The Great Senate Deadlock of 1881
• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 1st Session.
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision).
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision).
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).