FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1873, TO MARCH 3, 1875

FIRST SESSION—December 1, 1873, to June 23, 1874 SECOND SESSION—December 7, 1874, to March 3, 1875 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—March 4, 1873, to March 26, 1873

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—HENRY WILSON, of Massachusetts PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—MATTHEW H. CARPENTER, 1 of Wisconsin; HENRY B. ANTHONY, 2 of Rhode Island SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—GEORGE C. GORHAM, of California SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOHN R. FRENCH, of New Hampshire

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JAMES G. BLAINE, 3 of Maine CLERK OF THE HOUSE—EDWARD MCPHERSON, 4 of Pennsylvania SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—NATHANIEL G. ORDWAY, of New Hampshire DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—OTIS S. BUXTON, of New York POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—HENRY SHERWOOD

ALABAMA Stephen W. Dorsey, Helena CONNECTICUT REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS SENATORS 6 George E. Spencer, 5 Decatur Asa Hodges, Marion 7 Orris S. Ferry, Norwalk George T. Goldthwaite, Montgomery Oliver P. Snyder, Pine Buff 12 8 William A. Buckingham, Norwich William W. Wilshire, Little Rock William W. Eaton, 13 Hartford REPRESENTATIVES Thomas M. Gunter, 9 Fayetteville Frederick G. Bromberg, Mobile At Large–William J. Hynes, Little REPRESENTATIVES James T. Rapier, Montgomery Rock Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford Charles Pelham, Talladega Stephen W. Kellogg, Waterbury Charles Hays, Eutaw CALIFORNIA Henry H. Starkweather, Norwich John H. Caldwell, Jacksonville SENATORS William H. Barnum, Lime Rock Joseph H. Sloss, Tuscumbia 10 At Large–Alexander White, Selma Eugene Casserly, San Francisco 11 At Large–Christopher C. Sheats, John S. Hager, San Francisco DELAWARE Aaron A. Sargent, Nevada City Decatur SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington ARKANSAS Charles Clayton, San Francisco Eli Saulsbury, Dover Horace F. Page, Placerville SENATORS John K. Luttrell, Santa Rosa REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Powell Clayton, Little Rock Sherman O. Houghton, San Jose James R. Lofland, Milford

1 Elected March 12, 1873, and March 26, 1873 (special April 20, 1874, the committee, upon its motion, was dis- on recommendation of the committee he was seated on session of the Senate); December 11, 1873; December 23, charged from further consideration thereof. February 18, 1874; served until June 16, 1874, when the 1874. 6 Credentials as Member-elect, together with notice of House decided that Mr. Gunter was entitled to the seat. 2 Elected January 25, 1875, and February 15, 1875. contest by Lucien C. Gause, were presented and referred 9 Successfully contested the election of William W. 3 Reelected December 1, 1873. to Committee on Elections on December 2, 1873; the Wilshire, and took his seat June 16, 1874. 4 Reelected December 1, 1873. House adopted resolution reported by committee that Mr. 10 5 Resigned November 29, 1873. Appeared on March 6, 1873, to take oath of office, Hodges was entitled prima facie to the seat without preju- 11 having presented credentials in the preceding Congress; dice to the right of Mr. Gause to contest; took his seat Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Eugene objection was made, as a memorial was on file from February 4, 1874; the Committee reported unfavorably Casserly, and took his seat February 9, 1874. Francis W. Sykes, claiming the seat; on March 7, 1873, on the contest. 12 Died February 5, 1875. a motion to refer the credentials and memorial to the 7 Election unsuccessfully contested by Marcus L. Bell. 13 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of William Committee on Privileges and Elections was not agreed 8 Credentials as Member-elect, together with notice of A. Buckingham, and took his seat February 5, 1875. to, and Mr. Spencer was permitted to qualify; December contest by Thomas M. Gunter, were presented and re- 8, 1873, the memorial of Mr. Sykes was referred, and ferred to Committee on Elections on December 2, 1873;

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FLORIDA Daniel D. Pratt, Logansport William E. Arthur, Covington SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES James B. Beck, Lexington Abijah Gilbert, St. Augustine William E. Niblack, Vincennes Milton J. Durham, Danville Simon B. Conover, Tallahassee Simeon K. Wolfe, New Albany George M. Adams, Barbourville John D. Young, 25 Owingsville REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE William S. Holman, Aurora Jeremiah M. Wilson, Connersville Josiah T. Walls, Gainesville LOUISIANA William J. Purman, 14 Tallahassee John Coburn, Indianapolis Morton C. Hunter, Bloomington SENATORS GEORGIA Thomas J. Cason, Lebanon J. Rodman West, New Orleans SENATORS James N. Tyner, Peru Vacant, 26 New Orleans 21 Thomas M. Norwood, Savannah John P. C. Shanks, Portland REPRESENTATIVES 27 John B. Gordon, Atlanta Henry B. Sayler, Huntington J. Hale Sypher, 28 New Orleans REPRESENTATIVES Jasper Packard, Laporte Effingham Lawrence, 29 New Orleans Morgan Rawls, 15 Guyton At Large–William Williams, Warsaw Lionel A. Sheldon, 30 New Orleans Andrew Sloan, 16 Savannah At Large–Godlove S. Orth, La Fayette Chester B. Darrall, Brashear 31 Richard H. Whiteley, Bainbridge IOWA George L. Smith, Shreveport Philip Cook, Americus Frank Morey, Monroe Henry R. Harris, 17 Greenville SENATORS At Large–George A. Sheridan, 32 Lake James C. Freeman, Griffin George G. Wright, Des Moines Providence James H. Blount, Macon William B. Allison, Dubuque Pierce M. B. Young, Cartersville REPRESENTATIVES MAINE Alexander H. Stephens, 18 George W. McCrary, Keokuk SENATORS Crawfordville Aylett R. Cotton, Lyons Hiram P. Bell, Cumming Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor William G. Donnan, Independence Lot M. Morrill, Augusta Henry O. Pratt, Charles City ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVES James Wilson, Traer SENATORS William Loughridge, Oskaloosa John H. Burleigh, South Berwick John A. Logan, Chicago John A. Kasson, Des Moines William P. Frye, Lewiston Richard J. Oglesby, Decatur James W. McDill, Afton James G. Blaine, Augusta 33 REPRESENTATIVES Jackson Orr, Boone Samuel Hersey, Bangor John B. Rice, 19 Chicago Eugene Hale, Ellsworth Bernard G. Caulfield, 20 Chicago KANSAS Jasper D. Ward, Chicago SENATORS MARYLAND Charles B. Farwell, Chicago 22 SENATORS Stephen A. Hurlbut, Belvidere Alexander Caldwell, Leavenworth 23 William T. Hamilton, Hagerstown Horatio C. Burchard, Freeport Robert Crozier, Leavenworth 24 George R. Dennis, Kingston John B. Hawley, Rock Island James M. Harvey, Vinton Franklin Corwin, Peru John J. Ingalls, Atchison REPRESENTATIVES Greenbury L. Fort, Lacon REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE Ephraim K. Wilson, Snow Hill Granville Barrere, Canton David P. Lowe, Fort Scott Stevenson Archer, Bel Air William H. Ray, Rushville Stephen A. Cobb, Wyandotte William J. O’Brien, Baltimore Robert M. Knapp, Jerseyville William A. Phillips, Salina Thomas Swann, Baltimore James C. Robinson, Springfield William J. Albert, Baltimore John McNulta, Bloomington KENTUCKY Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., Cumberland Joseph G. Cannon, Tuscola SENATORS John R. Eden, Sullivan John W. Stevenson, Covington MASSACHUSETTS James S. Martin, Salem SENATORS William R. Morrison, Waterloo Thomas C. McCreery, Owensboro 34 Isaac Clements, Carbondale REPRESENTATIVES Charles Sumner, Boston 35 Samuel S. Marshall, McLeansboro Edward Crossland, Mayfield William B. Washburn, Greenfield 36 John Young Brown, Henderson George S. Boutwell, Groton INDIANA Charles W. Milliken, Franklin REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS William B. Read, Hodgensville James Buffinton, Fall River Oliver H. P. T. Morton, Indianapolis Elisha D. Standiford, Louisville Benjamin W. Harris, East Bridgewater

14 Resigned January 25, 1875. 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Alex- 30 Randall L. Gibson filed a contest, but no further ac- 15 Served until March 24, 1874; succeeded by Andrew ander Caldwell, and took his seat February 12, 1874. tion was taken. Sloan who contested his election. 25 Election unsuccessfully contested by John M. Burns. 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 16 Successfully contested the election of Morgan Rawls, 26 Pinckney B. S. Pinchback and William L. McMillen tive-elect Samuel Peters before the beginning of the con- and took his seat March 24, 1874. were claimants for the seat and the contest continued gressional term, and took his seat December 3, 1873; E. 17 Election unsuccessfully contested by M. Bethune. throughout the Congress without settlement. 18 C. Davidson filed a contest under the original election, Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 27 A dual government existed in Louisiana at this time, tive-elect Ambrose R. Wright (December 21, 1872, before but no further action was taken. and certificates of election for Representative at large and 32 the beginning of the congressional term), and took his Took his seat March 3, 1875, after an unsuccessful seat December 1, 1873. for the first, second, and fourth districts signed by acting contest by Pinckney B. S. Pinchback. 19 Died December 17, 1874. Governor Pinchback were presented by Messrs. Pinchback, 33 Died February 3, 1875, before the commencement of 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John B. Lawrence, Gibson, and Davidson, respectively; credentials, the Forty-fourth Congress, to which he had been reelected. Rice, and took his seat February 1, 1875. signed by Governor Warmoth, were also presented by 34 Died March 11, 1874. 21 Election unsuccessfully contested by John E. Neff. Messrs. Sheridan, Sypher, Sheldon, and Smith, and the 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Charles 22 Resigned March 24, 1873, while a resolution was three last named were seated pending contests. Sumner, and took his seat May 1, 1874. pending and under discussion declaring he ‘‘was not duly 28 Served until March 3, 1875; succeeded by Effingham 36 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Henry and legally elected.’’ Lawrence who contested his election. Wilson in preceding Congress, and took his seat March 29 23 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Al- Successfully contested the election of J. Hale Sypher, 17, 1873. exander Caldwell, and took his seat December 1, 1873. and took his seat March 3, 1875. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS 189

William Whiting, 37 Boston Robert A. Hatcher, New Madrid William R. Roberts, New York City Henry L. Pierce, 38 Boston Richard P. Bland, Lebanon James Brooks, 48 New York City Samuel Hooper, 39 Boston Harrison E. Havens, Springfield Samuel S. Cox, 49 New York City Daniel W. Gooch, Melrose Thomas T. Crittenden, Warrensburg Thomas J. Creamer, New York City Benjamin F. Butler, Lowell Abram Comingo, Independence John D. Lawson, N ew York City E. Rockwood Hoar, Concord Isaac C. Parker, St. Joseph David B. Mellish, 50 New York City John M. S. Williams, Cambridge Ira B. Hyde, Princeton Richard Schell, 51 New York City George F. Hoar, Worcester John B. Clark, Jr., Fayette Fernando Wood, New York City Alvah Crocker, 40 Fitchburg John M. Glover, La Grange Clarkson N. Potter, New Rochelle Charles A. Stevens, 41 Ware Aylett H. Buckner, Mexico Charles St. John, Port Jervis Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield John O. Whitehouse, Poughkeepsie NEBRASKA David M. De Witt, Kingston MICHIGAN SENATORS Eli Perry, Albany SENATORS Thomas W. Tipton, Brownville James S. Smart, Cambridge Zachariah Chandler, Detroit Phineas W. Hitchcock, Omaha Robert S. Hale, Elizabethtown William A. Wheeler, Malone Thomas W. Ferry, Grand Haven REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES Henry H. Hathorn, Saratoga Springs Lorenzo Crounse, Fort Calhoun David Wilber, Milford Moses W. Field, Detroit Clinton L. Merriam, Locust Grove Henry Waldron, Hillsdale NEVADA Ellis H. Roberts, Utica George Willard, Battle Creek SENATORS William E. Lansing, Chittenango Julius C. Burrows, Kalamazoo William M. Stewart, Virginia City 42 R. Holland Duell, Cortland Wilder D. Foster, Grand Rapids John P. Jones, Gold Hill 43 Clinton D. MacDougall, Auburn William B. Williams, Allegan William H. Lamport, Canandaigua Josiah W. Begole, Flint REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles W. Kendall, Hamilton Thomas C. Platt, Owego Omar D. Conger, Port Huron H. Boardman Smith, Elmira Nathan B. Bradley, Bay City NEW HAMPSHIRE Freeman Clarke, Rochester Jay A. Hubbell, Houghton George G. Hoskins, Attica SENATORS MINNESOTA Lyman K. Bass, Buffalo Aaron H. Cragin, Lebanon Walter L. Sessions, Panama SENATORS Bainbridge Wadleigh, Milford At Large–Lyman Tremain, Albany Alexander Ramsey, St. Paul REPRESENTATIVES William Windom, Winoma William B. Small, New Market NORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVES Austin F. Pike, Franklin SENATORS Mark H. Dunnell, Owatonna Hosea W. Parker, Claremont Matt W. Ransom, Weldon Horace B. Strait, Shakopee Augustus S. Merrimon, Raleigh NEW JERSEY John T. Averill, St. Paul REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS MISSISSIPPI Clinton L. Cobb, Elizabeth City John P. Stockton, Trenton Charles R. Thomas, New Bern SENATORS Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Newark Alfred M. Waddell, Wilmington Adelbert Ames, 44 Natchez REPRESENTATIVES William A. Smith, Princeton Henry R. Pease, 45 Jackson John W. Hazelton, Mullica Hill James M. Leach, Lexington James L. Alcorn, Friars Point Samuel A. Dobbins, Mount Holly Thomas S. Ashe, Wadesboro REPRESENTATIVES Amos Clark, Jr., Elizabeth William M. Robbins, Statesville Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Oxford Robert Hamilton, Newton Robert B. Vance, Asheville Albert R. Howe, Sardis William Walter Phelps, Englewood Henry W. Barry, Columbus Marcus L. Ward, Newark OHIO Jason Niles, Kosciusko Isaac W. Scudder, Jersey City SENATORS George C. McKee, Vicksburg John Sherman, Mansfield John R. Lynch, Natchez NEW YORK Allen G. Thurman, Columbus SENATORS MISSOURI REPRESENTATIVES Roscoe Conkling, Utica Milton Sayler, Cincinnati SENATORS Reuben E. Fenton, Jamestown Henry B. Banning, Cincinnati Carl Schurz, St. Louis REPRESENTATIVES John Q. Smith, Oakland Lewis V. Bogy, St. Louis Henry J. Scudder, New York City Lewis B. Gunckel, Dayton REPRESENTATIVES John G. Schumaker, Brooklyn Charles N. Lamison, Lima Edwin O. Stanard, St. Louis Stewart L. Woodford, 46 Brooklyn Isaac R. Sherwood, Bryan Erastus Wells, St. Louis Simeon B. Chittenden, 47 Brooklyn Lawrence T. Neal, Chillicothe William H. Stone, St. Louis Philip S. Crooke, Flatbrush William Lawrence, Bellefontaine

37 Died June 29, 1873, before Congress assembled. 43 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Wilder D. 47 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Stew- 38 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of William Foster, and took his seat December 1, 1873. art L. Woodford, and took his seat December 7, 1874. Whiting, and took his seat December 1, 1873. 44 Resigned January 10, 1874, having been elected gov- 48 Died April 30, 1873. 39 Died February 13, 1875. ernor. 49 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of James 40 Died December 26, 1874. 45 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Adel- Brooks, and took his seat December 1, 1873. 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Alvah bert Ames, and took his seat February 12, 1874. 50 Died May 23, 1874. 51 Crocker, and took his seat January 27, 1875. 46 Resigned July 1, 1874. Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of David B. 42 Died September 20, 1873, before Congress assembled. Mellish, and took his seat December 7, 1874. 190 Biographical Directory

OHIO—Continued RHODE ISLAND VIRGINIA REPRESENTATIVES—Continued SENATORS SENATORS John W. Johnston, Abingdon James W. Robinson, Marysville Henry B. Anthony, Providence John F. Lewis, Port Republic Charles Foster, Fostoria William Sprague, Providence Hezekiah S. Bundy, Wellston REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Hugh J. Jewett, 52 Columbus Benjamin T. Eames, Providence James B. Sener, Fredericksburg William E. Finck, 53 Somerset James M. Pendleton, Westerly James H. Platt, Jr., Norfolk Milton I. Southard, Zanesville J. Ambler Smith, Richmond John Berry, Upper Sandusky SOUTH CAROLINA William H. H. Stowell, Burkeville 60 William P. Sprague, McConnellsville SENATORS Alexander M. Davis, Independence Lorenzo Danford, St. Clairsville Christopher Y. Thomas, 61 Martinsville Thomas J. Robertson, Columbia Thomas Whitehead, Amherst Laurin D. Woodworth, Youngstown John J. Patterson, Columbia James Monroe, Oberlin John T. Harris, Harrisonburg James A. Garfield, Hiram REPRESENTATIVES Eppa Hunton, Warrenton Richard C. Parsons, Cleveland Joseph H. Rainey, Georgetown Rees T. Bowen, Maiden Spring Alonzo J. Ransier, Charleston OREGON Robert B. Elliott, 58 Columbia WEST VIRGINIA 59 SENATORS Lewis C. Carpenter, Columbia SENATORS James K. Kelly, Portland Alexander S. Wallace, Yorkville Arthur I. Boreman, Parkersburg John H. Mitchell, Portland At Large–Richard H. Cain, Columbia Henry G. Davis, Piedmont REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES TENNESSEE 62 Joseph G. Wilson, 54 The Dalles John J. Davis, Clarksburg SENATORS 63 James W. Nesmith, 55 Rickreall J. Marshall Hagans, Morgantown William G. Brownlow, Knoxville Frank Hereford, Union PENNSYLVANIA Henry Cooper, Nashville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES WISCONSIN SENATORS Simon Cameron, Harrisburg Roderick R. Butler, Taylorsville John Scott, Huntingdon Jacob M. Thornburgh, Knoxville Timothy O. Howe, Green Bay Matthew H. Carpenter, Milwaukee REPRESENTATIVES William Crutchfield, Chattanooga REPRESENTATIVES Samuel J. Randall, Philadelphia John M. Bright, Fayetteville Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia Horace H. Harrison, Nashville Charles G. Williams, Janesville Leonard Myers, Philadelphia Washington C. Whitthorne, Columbia Gerry W. Hazelton, Columbus William D. Kelley, Philadelphia John D. C. Atkins, Paris J. Allen Barber, Lancaster Alfred C. Harmer, Germantown David A. Nunn, Brownsville Alexander Mitchell, Milwaukee James S. Biery, Allentown Barbour Lewis, Memphis Charles A. Eldridge, Fond du Lac Washington Townsend, West Chester At Large–Horace Maynard, Knoxville Philetus Sawyer, Oshkosh Hiester Clymer, Reading Jeremiah M. Rusk, Viroqua A. Herr Smith, Lancaster TEXAS Alexander S. McDill, Plover SENATORS John W. Killinger, Lebanon TERRITORY OF ARIZONA John B. Storm, Stroudsburg Morgan C. Hamilton, Austin DELEGATE Lazarus D. Shoemaker, Wilkes-Barre James W. Flanagan, Flanagans Mills Richard C. McCormick, Tucson James D. Strawbridge, Danville REPRESENTATIVES John B. Packer, Sunbury William S. Herndon, Tyler John A. Magee, New Bloomfield TERRITORY OF COLORADO William P. McLean, Mount Pleasant DELEGATE John Cessna, Bedford D. C. Giddings, Brenham Jerome B. Chaffee, Denver R. Milton Speer, Huntingdon John Hancock, Austin Sobieski Ross, Coudersport At Large–Roger Q. Mills, Corsicana TERRITORY OF DAKOTA Carlton B. Curtis, Erie At Large–Asa H. Willie, Galveston Hiram L. Richmond, Meadville DELEGATE Alexander W. Taylor, Indiana VERMONT Moses K. Armstrong, Yankton James S. Negley, Pittsburgh SENATORS 64 Ebenezer McJunkin, 56 Butler DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA John M. Thompson, 57 Butler George F. Edmunds, Burlington DELEGATE William S. Moore, Washington Justin S. Morrill, Strafford Norton P. Chipman, 65 Washington At Large–Lemuel Todd, Carlisle REPRESENTATIVES At Large–Charles Albright, Mauch Charles W. Willard, Montpelier TERRITORY OF IDAHO Chunk Luke P. Poland, St. Johnsbury DELEGATE At Large–Glenni W. Scofield, Warren George W. Hendee, Morrisville John Hailey, Boise City

52 Resigned June 23, 1874. 58 Resigned effective November 1, 1874. 63 Election unsuccessfully contested by Benjamin F. Mar- 53 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hugh 59 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Robert tin, and took his seat January 27, 1874. J. Jewett, and took his seat December 7, 1874. B. Elliott, and took his seat December 7, 1874. 64 Territorial form of government withdrawn and a gov- 54 Died July 2, 1873, before Congress assembled. 60 Served until March 5, 1874; succeeded by Christopher ernment administered by a board of three commissioners, 55 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Joseph G. Y. Thomas who contested his election. appointed by the President, by and with the advice and Wilson, and took his seat December 1, 1873. 61 Successfully contested the election of Alexander M. consent of the Senate, established by act of June 20, 1874. 56 Resigned January 1, 1875. Davis, and took his seat March 5, 1874. 65 57 62 Served until March 3, 1875, under the provisions of Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ebe- Election unsuccessfully contested by Benjamin Wilson, the act of June 20, 1874. nezer McJunkin, and took his seat January 5, 1875. and took his seat January 27, 1874. FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS 191

TERRITORY OF MONTANA TERRITORY OF UTAH TERRITORY OF WYOMING DELEGATE DELEGATE Martin Maginnis, Helena George Q. Cannon, 66 Salt Lake City DELEGATE William R. Steele, Cheyenne TERRITORY OF NEW TERRITORY OF MEXICO WASHINGTON DELEGATE DELEGATE Stephen B. Elkins, Santa Fe Obadiah B. McFadden, Olympia

66 Election unsuccessfully contested by George R. Max- well.