FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1877, TO MARCH 3, 1879

FIRST SESSION—October 15, 1877, to December 3, 1877 SECOND SESSION—December 3, 1877, to June 20, 1878 THIRD SESSION—December 2, 1878, to March 3, 1879 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 5, 1877, to March 17, 1877

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE —WILLIAM A. WHEELER, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—THOMAS W. FERRY, 1 of SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—GEORGE C. GORHAM, of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOHN R. FRENCH, of

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SAMUEL J. RANDALL, 2 of Pennsylvania CLERK OF THE HOUSE—GEORGE M. ADAMS, 3 of Kentucky SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOHN G. THOMPSON, of DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—CHARLES W. FIELD, of Georgia POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—JAMES M. STEUART

ALABAMA CALIFORNIA William H. Barnum, Lime Rock SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES George E. Spencer, Decatur Aaron A. Sargent, Nevada City George M. Landers, New Britain John T. Morgan, Selma Newton Booth, Sacramento James Phelps, Essex John T. Wait, Norwich REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Levi Warner, Norwalk James Taylor Jones, Demopolis Horace Davis, San Francisco Hilary A. Herbert, Montgomery H. F. Page, Placerville DELAWARE Jere N. Williams, Clayton John K. Luttrell, Santa Rosa Charles M. Shelley, 4 Selma Romualdo Pacheco, 5 San Luis Obispo SENATORS Robert F. Ligon, Tuskegee P. D. Wigginton, 6 Merced Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Birmingham Eli Saulsbury, Dover William H. Forney, Jacksonville COLORADO REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William W. Garth, Huntsville SENATORS James Williams, Kenton ARKANSAS Jerome B. Chaffee, Denver Henry M. Teller, Central City SENATORS Stephen W. Dorsey, Helena REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Augustus H. Garland, Little Rock James B. Belford, 7 Central City Simon B. Conover, Tallahassee Thomas M. Patterson, 8 Denver REPRESENTATIVES Charles W. Jones, Pensacola Lucien C. Gause, Jacksonport REPRESENTATIVES William F. Slemons, Monticello CONNECTICUT Robert H. M. Davidson, Quincy Jordan E. Cravens, Clarksville SENATORS Horatio Bisbee, Jr., 9 Jacksonville Thomas M. Gunter, Fayetteville William W. Eaton, Hartford Jesse J. Finley, 10 Jacksonville

1 Elected March 5, 1877 (special session of the Senate); 5 Served until February 7, 1878; succeeded by P. D. 8 Successfully contested the election of James B. Belford, February 26, 1878; April 17, 1878; and March 3, 1879. Wigginton who contested his election. and took his seat December 13, 1877. 2 Reelected October 15, 1877. 6 Successfully contested the election of Romualdo 9 Served until February 20, 1879; succeeded by Jesse 3 Reelected October 15, 1877. Pacheco, and took his seat February 7, 1878. J. Finley who contested his election. 4 Election unsuccessfully contested by Jeremiah 7 Served until December 13, 1877; succeeded by Thomas 10 Successfully contested the election of Horatio Bisbee, Haralson. M. Patterson who contested his election. Jr., and took his seat February 20, 1879.

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GEORGIA Milton S. Robinson, Anderson E. John Ellis, 18 SENATORS John Hanna, Indianapolis C. B. Darrall, Brashear Morton C. Hunter, Bloomington Joseph H. Acklen, 19 Pattersonville John B. Gordon, Atlanta Michael D. White, Crawfordsville J. B. Elam, 20 Mansfield Benjamin H. Hill, Atlanta William H. Calkins, Laporte J. E. Leonard, 21 Lake Providence REPRESENTATIVES James L. Evans, Noblesville John S. Young, 22 Homer Julian Hartridge, 11 Savannah Andrew H. Hamilton, Fort Wayne E. W. Robertson, 23 Baton Rouge William B. Fleming, 12 Savannah John H. Baker, Goshen William E. Smith, Albany IOWA MAINE Philip Cook, Americus SENATORS Henry R. Harris, Greenville SENATORS William B. Allison, Dubuque Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor Milton A. Candler, Atlanta James G. Blaine, Augusta James H. Blount, Macon Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa City William H. Felton, Cartersville REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville Joseph C. Stone, Burlington Thomas B. Reed, Portland Hiram P. Bell, 13 Cumming Hiram Price, Davenport William P. Frye, Lewiston Theodore W. Burdick, Decorah Stephen D. Lindsey, Norridgewock Nathaniel C. Deering, Osage Llewellyn Powers, Houlton Rush Clark, Iowa City Eugene Hale, Ellsworth SENATORS Ezekiel S. Sampson, Sigourney Richard J. Oglesby, Decatur Henry J. B. Cummings, Winterset David Davis, Bloomington William F. Sapp, Council Bluffs SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Addison Oliver, Onawa George R. Dennis, Kingston William Aldrich, Whyte, Carter H. Harrison, Chicago KANSAS Lorenzo Brentano, Chicago SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William Lathrop, Rockford John J. Ingalls, Atchison Daniel M. Henry, Cambridge Horatio C. Burchard, Freeport Preston B. Plumb, Emporia Charles B. Roberts, Westminster Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton REPRESENTATIVES William Kimmel, Baltimore Philip C. Hayes, Morris William A. Phillips, Salina , Baltimore Greenbury L. Fort, Lacon Dudley C. Haskell, Lawrence Eli J. Henkle, Brooklyn Thomas A. Boyd, Lewiston Thomas Ryan, Topeka William Walsh, Cumberland B. F. Marsh, Warsaw Robert M. Knapp, Jerseyville KENTUCKY William M. Springer, Springfield SENATORS SENATORS Thomas F. Tipton, Bloomington Thomas McCreery, Owensboro Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield Joseph G. Cannon, Danville James B. Beck, Lexington George F. Hoar, Worcester REPRESENTATIVES John R. Eden, Sullivan REPRESENTATIVES William A. J. Sparks, Carlyle Andrew R. Boone, Mayfield William W. Crapo, New Bedford James A. McKenzie, Long View William R. Morrison, Waterloo Benjamin W. Harris, East Bridgewater William Hartzell, Chester John W. Caldwell, Russellville 24 J. Proctor Knott, Lebanon Walbridge A. Field, Richard W. Townshend, Shawneetown 25 Albert S. Willis, Louisville , Boston , Boston John G. Carlisle, Covington Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Versailles Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham SENATORS Milton J. Durham, Danville George B. Loring, Salem Oliver H. P. T. Morton, 14 Indianapolis Thomas Turner, Mount Sterling Benjamin F. Butler, Lowell Daniel W. Voorhees, 15 Terre Haute John B. Clarke, Brooksville , Newton Joseph E. McDonald, Indianapolis William W. Rice, Worcester REPRESENTATIVES , Fitchburg Benoni S. Fuller, Boonville SENATORS George D. Robinson, Chicopee Thomas R. Cobb, Vincennes William Pitt Kellogg, 16 New Orleans George A. Bicknell, New Albany James B. Eustis, 17 New Orleans MICHIGAN Leonidas Sexton, Rushville REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Thomas M. Browne, Winchester Randall L. Gibson, New Orleans Thomas W. Ferry, Grand Haven

11 Died January 8, 1879. Mr. Kellogg; the report was adopted November 30, 1877; Pinchback was a final adjudication, and a resolution de- 12 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Julian took his seat the same day. In the succeeding Congress claring Mr. Eustis entitled to his seat, his term of service Hartridge, and took his seat February 17, 1879. the case was reopened upon petition of Mr. Spofford and to date from January 12, 1876; this report and resolution 13 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- a report was made in his favor, but he died August 20, were adopted December 10, 1877, and Mr. Eustis ap- resentative-elect Benjamin H. Hill in preceding Congress, 1880, before action was taken. peared, qualified, and took his seat the same day. and took his seat October 15, 1877. 17 In the preceding Congress the Committee on Privi- 18 Served until February 20, 1878; succeeded by Joseph 14 Died November 1, 1877. leges and Elections twice reported that Pinckney B. S. H. Acklen who contested his election. 15 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Oliver Pinchback was entitled to the seat upon credentials pre- 19 Successfully contested the election of C. B. Darrall, H. P. T. Morton, and took his seat November 12, 1877; sented from two elections; the committee, after these deci- and took his seat February 20, 1878. subsequently elected. sions, was instructed to pass upon credentials of James 20 Election unsuccessfully contested by George L. Smith. 16 This seat was claimed by Henry M. Spofford; March B. Eustis and held that, inasmuch as Mr. Pinchback had 21 Died March 15, 1878. 5, 1877 (in the special session of the Senate), Mr. Kellogg a clear title, there was no vacancy; the Senate refused 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of J. E. Leon- presented himself to be sworn, but objection was made to adopt the report of the committee and declared Mr. ard, and took his seat December 2, 1878. and his credentials were ordered to lie on the table; Octo- Pinchback ‘‘not entitled to the seat’’ by a vote of 32 to 23 Election unsuccessfully contested by Charles E. Nash. ber 17, 1877, the credentials of Mr. Spofford were pre- 29. March 9, 1877 (in the special session of the Senate), 24 Served until March 28, 1878; succeeded by Benjamin sented, and they, with the credentials of Mr. Kellogg, were the credentials of Mr. Eustis were taken from the files Dean who contested his election. referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; and again referred the committee reported December 1, 25 Successfully contested the election of Walbridge A. November 26, 1877, the committee reported in favor of 1877, holding that the Senate’s action in the case of Mr. Field, and took his seat March 28, 1878. FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS 199

Isaac P. Christiancy, 26 Lansing Alvin Saunders, Omaha Andrew Williams, Plattsburg 27 Zachariah Chandler, Detroit REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Amaziah B. James, Ogdensburg John H. Starin, Fultonville REPRESENTATIVES Frank Welch, 34 Norfolk Solomon Bundy, Oxford Alpheus S. Williams, 28 Detroit 35 Thomas J. Majors, Peru George A. Bagley, Watertown Edwin Willits, Monroe William J. Bacon, Utica Jonas H. McGowan, Coldwater NEVADA William H. Baker, Constantia Edwin W. Keightley, Constantine SENATORS Frank Hiscock, Syracuse John W. Stone, Grand Rapids John P. Jones, Gold Hill John H. Camp, Lyons Mark S. Brewer, Pontiac William Sharon, City Elbridge G. Lapham, Canandaigua Omar D. Conger, Port Huron REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Jeremiah W. Dwight, Dryden Charles C. Ellsworth, Greenville John N. Hungerford, Corning Jay A. Hubbell, Houghton Thomas Wren, Eureka E. Kirke Hart, Albion Charles B. Benedict, Attica MINNESOTA NEW HAMPSHIRE Daniel N. Lockwood, Buffalo SENATORS SENATORS George W. Patterson, Westerfield William Windom, Winona Bainbridge Wadleigh, Milford Samuel J. R. McMillan, St. Paul Edward H. Rollins, Concord NORTH CAROLINA SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Matt W. Ransom, Weldon Mark H. Dunnell, Owatonna Frank Jones, Portsmouth Augustus S. Merrimon, Raleigh James F. Briggs, Manchester Horace B. Strait, Shakopee REPRESENTATIVES J. H. Stewart, St. Paul Henry W. Blair, Plymouth Jesse J. Yeates, Murfreesboro MISSISSIPPI NEW JERSEY Curtis H. Brogden, Goldsboro Alfred M. Waddell, Wilmington SENATORS SENATORS Joseph J. Davis, Louisburg Blanche K. Bruce, Floreyville Theodore F. Randolph, Morristown Alfred M. Scales, Greensboro Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Oxford John R. McPherson, Jersey City Walter L. Steele, Rockingham REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES William M. Robbins, Statesville Robert B. Vance, Asheville H. L. Muldrow, Starkville Clement H. Sinnickson, Salem Van H. Manning, Holly Springs John Howard Pugh, Burlington OHIO H. D. Money, Winona Miles Ross, New Brunswick O. R. Singleton, Canton SENATORS Alvah A. Clark, Somerville 38 Charles E. Hooker, Jackson John Sherman, Mansfield Augustus W. Cutler, Morristown 39 J. R. Chalmers, 29 Vicksburg Stanley Matthews, Glendale Thomas B. Peddie, Newark Allen G. Thurman, Columbus Augustus A. Hardenbergh, Jersey City MISSOURI REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS NEW YORK Milton Sayler, 30 Henry B. Banning, Cincinnati Lewis V. Bogy, St. Louis SENATORS Mills Gardner, Washington Court 31 David H. Armstrong, St. Louis Roscoe Conkling, Utica House 32 James Shields, Carrollton Francis Kernan, Utica John A. McMahon, Dayton Francis M. Cockrell, Warrensburg REPRESENTATIVES Americus V. Rice, Ottawa REPRESENTATIVES James W. Covert, Flushing Jacob D. Cox, Toledo Anthony Ittner, St. Louis William D. Veeder, Brooklyn H. L. Dickey, Greenfield J. Warren Keifer, Springfield Nathan Cole, St. Louis Simeon B. Chittenden, Brooklyn Lyne S. Metcalfe, 33 St. Louis John S. Jones, Delaware Archibald M. Bliss, Brooklyn Charles Foster, Fostoria Robert A. Hatcher, Charleston Nicholas Muller, Richard P. Bland, Lebanon Henry S. Neal, Ironton Samuel S. Cox, New York City Thomas Ewing, Lancaster Charles H. Morgan, Lamar Anthony Eickhoff, New York City Thomas T. Crittenden, Warrensburg Milton I. Southard, Zanesville Anson G. McCook, New York City Ebenezer B. Finley, Bucyrus Benjamin J. Franklin, Kansas City Fernando Wood, New York City Nelson H. Van Vorhes, Athens David Rea, Savannah Abram S. Hewitt, New York City Lorenzo Danford, St. Clairsville Henry M. Pollard, Chillicothe Benjamin A. Willis, New York City William McKinley, Jr., Canton John B. Clark, Jr., Fayette Clarkson N. Potter, New Rochelle James Monroe, Oberlin John M. Glover, La Grange John H. Ketcham, Dover Plains James A. Garfield, Mentor Aylett H. Buckner, Mexico George M. Beebe, Monticello Amos Townsend, Cleveland Stephen L. Mayham, Schoharie NEBRASKA Terence J. Quinn, 36 Albany OREGON SENATORS John M. Bailey, 37 Albany SENATORS Algernon S. Paddock, Beatrice Martin I. Townsend, Troy John H. Mitchell, Portland

26 Resigned February 10, 1879. 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Lewis V. 37 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Terence 27 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Bogy, and took his seat January 27, 1879. J. Quinn, and took his seat December 2, 1878. Isaac P. Christiancy, and took his seat February 22, 1879. 33 Election unsuccessfully contested by Richard G. Frost. 38 Resigned March 8, 1877, having been appointed Sec- 28 Died December 20, 1878. 34 Died September 4, 1878. retary of the Treasury. 29 Election unsuccessfully contested by John R. Lynch. 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Frank 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John 30 Died September 20, 1877. Welch, and took his seat December 2, 1878. Sherman, and took his seat October 16, 1877. 31 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Lewis 36 Died June 18, 1878. V. Bogy, and took his seat October 15, 1877. 200 Biographical Directory

OREGON—Continued John H. Evins, Spartanburg Frank Hereford, Union Robert Smalls, Beaufort SENATORS—Continued REPRESENTATIVES La Fayette Grover, Salem TENNESSEE Benjamin Wilson, Wilsonburg SENATORS Benjamin F. Martin, Pruntytown REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John E. Kenna, Kanawha Richard Williams, 40 Portland James E. Bailey, Clarksville Isham G. Harris, Memphis PENNSYLVANIA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS James H. Randolph, Newport J. M. Thornburgh, Knoxville Timothy O. Howe, Green Bay Simon Cameron, 41 Harrisburg George G. Dibrell, Sparta Angus Cameron, La Crosse J. Donald Cameron, 42 Harrisburg H. Y. Riddle, Lebanon William A. Wallace, Clearfield REPRESENTATIVES John M. Bright, Fayetteville Charles G. Williams, Janesville REPRESENTATIVES John F. House, Clarksville Lucien B. Caswell, Fort Atkinson Chapman Freeman, Philadelphia W. C. Whitthorne, Columbia George C. Hazelton, Boscobel Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia J. D. C. Atkins, Paris , Samuel J. Randall, Philadelphia W. P. Caldwell, Gardner Edward S. Bragg, Fond du Lac William D. Kelley, Philadelphia Casey Young, Memphis , Oshkosh Alfred C. Harmer, Germantown H. L. Humphrey, Hudson William Ward, Chester TEXAS Thad. C. Pound, Chippewa Falls I. Newton Evans, Hatboro SENATORS Hiester Clymer, Reading Samuel B. Maxey, Paris A. Herr Smith, Lancaster Richard Coke, Waco TERRITORY OF ARIZONA Samuel A. Bridges, Allentown REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE Francis D. Collins, Scranton John H. Reagan, Palestine Hiram S. Stevens, Tucson Hendrick B. Wright, Wilkes-Barre D. B. Culberson, Jefferson James B. Reilly, Pottsville J. W. Throckmorton, McKinney TERRITORY OF DAKOTA John W. Killinger, Lebanon R. Q. Mills, Corsicana DELEGATE Edward Overton, Jr., Towanda D. C. Giddings, Brenham John I. Mitchell, Wellsboro Gustave Schleicher, 45 Cuero Jefferson P. Kidder, Vermilion Jacob M. Campbell, Johnstown William S. Stenger, Chambersburg VERMONT TERRITORY OF IDAHO Levi Maish, York SENATORS DELEGATE Levi A. Mackey, Lock Haven George F. Edmunds, Burlington Stephen S. Fenn, Mount Idaho Jacob Turney, Greensburg Justin S. Morrill, Strafford Russell Errett, Pittsburgh REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY OF MONTANA Thomas M. Bayne, Allegheny Charles H. Joyce, Rutland DELEGATE William S. Shallenberger, Rochester Dudley C. Denison, Royalton Harry White, Indiana George W. Hendee, Morrisville Martin Maginnis, Helena John M. Thompson, Butler Lewis F. Watson, Warren VIRGINIA TERRITORY OF NEW SENATORS MEXICO RHODE ISLAND John W. Johnston, Abingdon DELEGATE SENATORS Robert E. Withers, Wytheville Trinidad Romero, Las Vegas Henry B. Anthony, Providence REPRESENTATIVES Ambrose E. Burnside, Providence B. B. Douglas, 46 Ayletts TERRITORY OF UTAH REPRESENTATIVES Richard Lee T. Beale, 47 Hague DELEGATE Benjamin T. Eames, Providence John Goode, Jr., Norfolk George Q. Cannon, Salt Lake City Latimer W. Ballou, Woonsocket Gilbert C. Walker, Richmond Joseph Jorgensen, Petersburg SOUTH CAROLINA George C. Cabell, Danville TERRITORY OF John R. Tucker, Lexington WASHINGTON SENATORS John T. Harris, Harrisonburg DELEGATE John J. Patterson, Charleston Eppa Hunton, Warrenton 43 Orange Jacobs, Seattle Matthew C. Butler, Edgefield Auburn L. Pridemore, Jonesville REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY OF WYOMING Joseph H. Rainey, 44 Georgetown Richard H. Cain, Charleston SENATORS DELEGATE D. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury Henry G. Davis, Piedmont William W. Corlett, Cheyenne

40 Election unsuccessfully contested by Samuel W. sideration of Mr. Butler’s credentials; November 30, 1877, fore the Senate a letter from Mr. Corbin withdrawing McDowell. a resolution that Mr. Butler be sworn in was agreed to his claim, and no further action was taken. 41 Resigned effective March 12, 1877. by a vote of 29 to 28, the Vice President voting to break 44 Election unsuccessfully contested by John S. Richard- 42 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Simon a tie; appeared and qualified the same day. On February son. Cameron, and took his seat October 15, 1877. 4, 1879, the committee reported that Mr. Corbin was enti- 45 Died January 10, 1879, before the commencement of 43 David T. Corbin claimed this seat; his credentials, tled to the seat, and a resolution that he be sworn; the the Forty-sixth Congress, to which he had been reelected. with those of Mr. Butler, were referred to the Committee 46 Died December 22, 1878. Senate refused to consider this report February 25, 1879, 47 on Privileges and Elections; November 26, 1877, the com- and on February 28 following the Vice President laid be- Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of B. B. Doug- mittee, upon its request, was discharged from further con- las, and took his seat February 8, 1879.