FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1883, TO MARCH 3, 1885

FIRST SESSION—December 3, 1883, to July 7, 1884 SECOND SESSION—December 1, 1884, to March 3, 1885

VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 1 PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—GEORGE F. EDMUNDS, 2 of Vermont SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—FRANCIS E. SHOBER (CHIEF CLERK), of North Carolina; ANSON G. MCCOOK, 3 of SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—RICHARD J. BRIGHT, of ; WILLIAM P. CANADAY, 4 of North Carolina

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—JOHN G. CARLISLE, 5 of CLERK OF THE HOUSE—EDWARD MCPHERSON, of ; JOHN B. CLARK, JR., 6 of Missouri SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—GEORGE W. HOOKER, of Vermont; JOHN P. LEEDOM, 7 of Ohio DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—JAMES W. WINTERSMITH, of POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—LYCURGUS DALTON

ALABAMA Charles L. Mitchell, New Haven SENATORS SENATORS John T. Wait, Norwich Edward W. Seymour, Litchfield John T. Morgan, Selma James T. Farley, Jackson James L. Pugh, Eufaula John F. Miller, DELAWARE REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Thomas H. Herndon, 8 Mobile William S. Rosecrans, San Francisco Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington James T. Jones, 9 Demopolis James H. Budd, Stocken Eli Saulsbury, Dover Hilary A. Herbert, Montgomery Barclay Henley, Santa Rosa William C. Oates, Abbeville Pleasant B. Tulley, Gilroy REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Charles M. Shelley, 10 Selma At Large–Charles A. Sumner, San Charles B. Lore, Wilmington George H. Craig, 11 Selma Francisco Thomas Williams, Wetumpka At Large–John R. Glascock, Oakland Goldsmith W. Hewitt, Birmingham SENATORS William H. Forney, Jacksonville COLORADO Charles W. Jones, Pensacola Luke Pryor, Athens SENATORS Wilkinson Call, Jacksonville Nathaniel P. Hill, Denver REPRESENTATIVES Thomas M. Bowen, Del Norte SENATORS Robert H. M. Davidson, Quincy REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Augustus H. Garland, Little Rock Horatio Bisbee, Jr., Jacksonville James B. Belford, Central City James D. Walker, Fayetteville REPRESENTATIVES CONNECTICUT SENATORS Poindexter Dunn, Forest City SENATORS James K. Jones, 12 Washington Joseph E. Brown, John H. Rogers, Fort Smith Orville H. Platt, West Meriden Alfred H. Colquitt, Atlanta Samuel W. Peel, Bentonville Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford REPRESENTATIVES At Large–Clifton R. Breckinridge, Pine REPRESENTATIVES John C. Nicholls, Blackshear Bluff William W. Eaton, Hartford Henry G. Turner, Quitman

1 Chester A. Arthur became President on the death of 6 Elected December 4, 1883. 11 Successfully contested the election of Charles M. Shel- James A. Garfield in preceding Congress; Vice Presidency 7 Elected December 4, 1883. ley, and took his seat January 9, 1885. remained vacant until March 4, 1885. 8 Died March 28, 1883, before Congress assembled. 12 Reelected to the Forty-ninth Congress, but tendered 2 Reelected January 14, 1884. 9 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Thomas H. his resignation February 19, 1885, having been elected 3 Elected December 18, 1883. Herndon, and took his seat December 3, 1883. Senator. 4 Elected December 18, 1883. 10 Served until January 9, 1885; succeeded by George 5 Elected December 3, 1883. H. Craig who contested his election.

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Charles F. Crisp, Americus James F. Wilson, Fairfield William P. Kellogg, New Orleans Hugh Buchanan, Newnan REPRESENTATIVES Newton C. Blanchard, Shreveport Nathaniel J. Hammond, Atlanta Moses A. McCoid, Fairfield J. Floyd King, Vidalia 26 James H. Blount, Macon Jeremiah H. Murphy, Davenport Edward T. Lewis, Opelousas Judson C. Clements, La Fayette David B. Henderson, Dubuque Seaborn Reese, Sparta Luman H. Weller, Nashua Allen D. Candler, Gainesville James Wilson, 17 Traer SENATORS At Large–Thomas Hardeman, Macon Benjamin T. Frederick, 18 Eugene Hale, Ellsworth ILLINOIS Marshalltown William P. Frye, Lewiston Marsena E. Cutts, 19 Oskaloosa SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES AT LARGE John C. Cook, 20 Newton John A. Logan, 21 Thomas B. Reed, Portland John A. Kasson, Des Moines Nelson Dingley, Jr., Lewiston Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield Hiram Y. Smith, 22 Des Moines REPRESENTATIVES Charles A. Boutelle, Bangor William P. Hepburn, Clarinda Seth L. Milliken, Belfast Ransom W. Dunham, Chicago William H. M. Pusey, Council Bluffs John F. Finerty, Chicago Adoniram J. Holmes, Boone MARYLAND George R. Davis, Chicago Isaac S. Struble, Le Mars George E. Adams, Chicago SENATORS Reuben Ellwood, Sycamore KANSAS James B. Groome, Elkton Robert R. Hitt, Mount Morris SENATORS Arthur Pue Gorman, Laurel Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton REPRESENTATIVES William Cullen, Ottawa John J. Ingalls, Atchison George W. Covington, Snow Hill Lewis E. Payson, Pontiac Preston B. Plumb, Emporia Nicholas E. Worthington, Peoria REPRESENTATIVES J. Frederick C. Talbott, Towsontown William H. Neece, Macomb John A. Anderson, Fetter S. Hoblitzell, Baltimore James M. Riggs, Winchester Dudley C. Haskell, 23 Lawrence John V. L. Findlay, Baltimore William M. Springer, Springfield Edward H. Funston, 24 Iola Hart B. Holton, Powhatan Jonthan H. Rowell, Bloomington Thomas Ryan, Topeka Louis E. McComas, Hagerstown Joseph G. Cannon, Danville At Large–Edmund N. Morrill, Aaron Shaw, Olney Hiawatha MASSACHUSETTS Samuel W. Moulton, Shelbyville At Large–Lewis Hanback, Osborne SENATORS William R. Morrison, Waterloo At Large–Samuel R. Peters, 25 Newton Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield Richard W. Townshend, Shawneetown At Large–Bishop W. Perkins, Oswego George F. Hoar, Worcester John R. Thomas, Metropolis REPRESENTATIVES KENTUCKY INDIANA Robert T. Davis, Fall River SENATORS John D. Long, Hingham SENATORS James B. Beck, Lexington Ambrose A. Ranney, Boston Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute John S. Williams, Mount Sterling Patrick A. Collins, Boston , Indianapolis REPRESENTATIVES Leopold Morse, Boston REPRESENTATIVES Oscar Turner, Oscar Henry B. Lovering, Lynn John J. Kleiner, Evansville James F. Clay, Henderson Eben F. Stone, Newburyport Thomas R. Cobb, Vincennes John E. Halsell, Bowling Green William A. Russell, Lawrence Strother M. Stockslager, Corydon Thomas A. Robertson, Elizabethtown Theodore Lyman, Brookline William S. Holman, Aurora Albert S. Willis, Louisville William W. Rice, Worcester Courtland C. Matson, Greencastle John G. Carlisle, Covington William Whiting, Holyoke Thomas M. Browne, Winchester Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Versailles George D. Robinson, 27 Chicopee 13 Stanton J. Peelle, Indianapolis Philip B. Thompson, Jr., Harrodsburg Francis W. Rockwell, 28 Pittsfield 14 William E. English, Indianapolis William W. Culbertson, Ashland John E. Lamb, Terre Haute John D. White, Manchester Thomas B. Ward, La Fayette Frank L. Wolford, Columbia SENATORS Thomas J. Wood, Crown Point Omar D. Conger, Port Huron George W. Steele, Marion LOUISIANA Robert Lowry, Fort Wayne Thomas W. Palmer, Detroit William H. Calkins, 15 Laporte SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin F. Shively, 16 South Bend Benjamin F. Jonas, New Orleans William C. Maybury, Detroit Randall L. Gibson, New Orleans Nathaniel B. Eldredge, Adrian IOWA REPRESENTATIVES Edward S. Lacey, Charlotte SENATORS Carleton Hunt, New Orleans George L. Yaple, Mendon William B. Allison, Dubuque E. John Ellis, New Orleans Julius Houseman, Grand Rapids

13 Served until May 22, 1884; succeeded by William E. 18 Successfully contested the election of James Wilson, 24 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Dudley C. English who contested his election. and took his seat March 3, 1885. Haskell, and took his seat March 21, 1884. 14 Successfully contested the election of Stanton J. 19 Died August 31, 1883, before Congress assembled. 25 Election unsuccessfully contested by Samuel N. Wood. Peelle, and took his seat May 22, 1884. 20 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Marsena 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 15 Resigned October 20, 1884. E. Cutts, and took his seat December 3, 1883. tive-elect Andrew S. Herron (November 27, 1882, before 16 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Wil- 21 Resigned July 13, 1884. the beginning of the congressional term), and took his liam H. Calkins, and took his seat December 1, 1884. 22 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of John seat December 3, 1883. 17 Served until March 3, 1885 (closing day of the Con- 27 Resigned January 7, 1884. A. Kasson, and took his seat December 2, 1884. 28 gress); succeeded by Benjamin T. Frederick who contested 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of George his election. Died December 16, 1883. D. Robinson, and took his seat January 26, 1884. 212 Biographical Directory

MICHIGAN—Continued Charles F. Manderson, Omaha Frederick A. Johnson, Glens Falls Abraham X. Parker, Potsdam REPRESENTATIVES—Continued REPRESENTATIVES Edward Wemple, Fultonville Archibald J. Weaver, Falls City Edwin B. Winans, Hamburg George W. Ray, Chenango James Laird, Hastings Ezra C. Carleton, Port Huron Charles R. Skinner, Watertown Edward K. Valentine, West Point Roswell G. Horr, East Saginaw J. Thomas Springgs, Utica Byron M. Cutcheon, Manistee NEVADA Newton W. Nutting, Oswego Herschel H. Hatch, Bay City Frank Hiscock, Syracuse Edward Breitung, Negaunee SENATORS Sereno E. Payne, Auburn John P. Jones, Gold Hill James W. Wadsworth, Geneseo MINNESOTA James G. Fair, City Stephen C. Millard, Binghamton SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John Arnot, Elmira Halbert S. Greenleaf, Rochester George W. Cassidy, Eureka Samuel J. R. McMillan, St. Paul Robert S. Stevens, Attica Dwight M. Sabin, Stillwater William F. Rogers, Buffalo REPRESENTATIVES NEW HAMPSHIRE Francis B. Brewer, Westfield Milo White, Chatfield SENATORS At Large–Henry W. Slocum, Brooklyn James B. Wakefield, Blue Earth City Henry W. Blair, Manchester Horace B. Strait, Shakopee Austin F. Pike, Franklin NORTH CAROLINA William D. Washburn, Minneapolis REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Knute Nelson, Alexandria Martin A. Haynes, Lake Village Matt W. Ransom, Weldon Ossian Ray, Lancaster Zebulon B. Vance, Charlotte MISSISSIPPI REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Walter F. Pool, 30 Elizabeth 31 Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Oxford SENATORS Thomas G. Skinner, Hertford James Z. George, Jackson James E. O’Hara, Enfield John R. McPherson, Jersey City Wharton J. Green, Fayetteville REPRESENTATIVES William J. Sewell, Camden William R. Cox, Raleigh Henry L. Muldrow, Starkville REPRESENTATIVES Alfred M. Scales, 32 Greensboro 29 James R. Chalmers, Sardis Thomas M. Ferrell, Glassboro James W. Reid, 33 Wentworth Elza Jeffords, Mayersville John Hart Brewer, Trenton Clement Dowd, Charlotte Hernando D. Money, Winona John Kean, Jr., Elizabeth Tyre York, Trap Hill Otho R. Singleton, Forest Benjamin F. Howey, Columbia Robert B. Vance, Asheville Henry S. Van Eaton, Woodville William Walter Phelps, Englewood At Large–Risden T. Bennett, Ethelbert Barksdale, Jackson William H. F. Fiedler, Newark Wadesboro William McAdoo, Jersey City MISSOURI OHIO SENATORS NEW YORK SENATORS Francis M. Cockrell, Warrensburg SENATORS George H. Pendleton, , Mansfield George G. Vest, Kansas City Warner Miller, Herkimer REPRESENTATIVES Elbridge G. Lapham, Canandaigua REPRESENTATIVES John F. Follett, Cincinnati William H. Hatch, Hannibal REPRESENTATIVES Armstead M. Alexander, Paris Isaac M. Jordan, Cincinnati Perry Belmont, Babylon Robert M. Murray, Piqua Alexander M. Dockery, Gallatin William E. Robinson, Brooklyn James N. Burnes, St. Joseph Benjamin Le Fevre, Maplewood Darwin R. James, Brooklyn George E. Seney, Tiffin Alexander Graves, Lexington Felix Campbell, Brooklyn John Cosgrove, Boonville William D. Hill, Defiance Nicholas Muller, 34 Aylett H. Buckner, Mexico Henry L. Morey, Hamilton Samuel S. Cox, New York City James E. Campbell, 35 Hamilton John J. O’Neill, St. Louis William Dorsheimer, New York City James O. Broadhead, St. Louis J. Warren Keifer, Springfield John J. Adams, New York City 36 Martin L. Clardy, Farmington James S. Robinson, Kenton John Hardy, New York City Frank H. Hurd, Toledo Richard P. Bland, Lebanon Abram S. Hewitt, New York City John W. McCormick, Gallipolis Charles H. Morgan, Lamar Orlando B. Potter, New York City Alphonso Hart, Hillsboro Robert W. Fyan, Marshfield Waldo Hutchins, Kingsbridge George L. Converse, Columbus Lowndes H. Davis, Jackson John H. Ketcham, Dover Plains George W. Geddes, Mansfield Lewis Beach, Cornwall Adoniram J. Warner, Marietta NEBRASKA John H. Bagley, Jr., Catskill Beriah Wilkins, Urichsville SENATORS Thomas J. Van Alstyne, Albany Joseph D. Taylor, 37 Cambridge Charles H. Van Wyck, Nebraska City Henry G. Burleigh, Whitehall William McKinley, Jr., 38 Canton

29 Credentials of election regularly issued to Vannoy H. adopted by the House June 25, 1884, and took his seat 34 Served until June 20, 1884; succeeded by James E. Manning were not filed with Clerk of the House, but were the same day. Campbell who contested his election. presented on December 3, 1883, and referred, with papers 30 Died August 25, 1883, before Congress assembled. 35 Successfully contested the election of Henry L. Morey, of contest by James R. Chalmers, to the Committee on 31 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Walter F. and took his seat June 20, 1884. Elections for report as to the prima facie right of one Pool, and took his seat December 19, 1883. 36 Resigned January 12, 1885. of the contestants; the committee was discharged from 32 Resigned December 30, 1884, to become governor of 37 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- further consideration of the question of prima facie right North Carolina. tive-elect Jonathan T. Updegraff in preceding Congress. on February 15, 1884, and on June 20, 1884, reported 33 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Alfred 38 Served until May 27, 1884; succeeded by Jonathan a resolution declaring Chalmers duly elected, which was M. Scales, and took his seat January 28, 1885. H. Wallace who contested his election. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS 213

Jonathan H. Wallace, 39 New Lisbon , 45 Providence Luke P. Poland, St. Johnsbury Ezra B. Taylor, Warren Nathan F. Dixon, 46 Westerly David R. Paige, Akron VIRGINIA Martin A. Foran, Cleveland SOUTH CAROLINA SENATORS SENATORS William Mahone, Petersburg OREGON Matthew C. Butler, Edgefield Harrison H. Riddleberger, Woodstock SENATORS Wade Hampton, Columbia REPRESENTATIVES James H. Slater, La Grande REPRESENTATIVES Robert M. Mayo, 51 Hague Joseph N. Dolph, Portland Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg George T. Garrison, 52 Accomac REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE George D. Tillman, Clarks Hill Harry Libbey, Old Point Comfort Melvin C. George, Portland D. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury George D. Wise, Richmond John H. Evins, 47 Spartanburg Benjamin S. Hooper, Farmville PENNSYLVANIA John Bratton, 48 White Oak George C. Cabell, Danville John J. Hemphill, Chester SENATORS John Randalph Tucker, Lexington George W. Dargan, Darlington John Paul, 53 Harrisonburg J. Donald Cameron, Harrisburg 49 Edmund W. M. Mackey, Berkeley Charles T. O’Ferrall, 54 Harrisonburg John I. Mitchell, Wellsboro 50 Robert Smalls, Beaufort John S. Barbour, Alexandria REPRESENTATIVES Henry Bowen, Tazewell Henry H. Bingham, Philadelphia TENNESSEE At Large–John S. Wise, Richmond Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia SENATORS Samuel J. Randall, Philadelphia Isham G. Harris, Memphis William D. Kelley, Philadelphia Howell E. Jackson, Nashville SENATORS Alfred C. Harmer, Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES Johnson N. Camden, Parkersburg James B. Everhart, West Chester Augustus H. Pettibone, Greeneville John E. Kenna, Kanawha I. Newton Evans, Hatboro Leonidas C. Houk, Knoxville REPRESENTATIVES Daniel Ermentrout, Reading George G. Dibrell, Sparta Nathan Goff, Jr., Clarksburg A. Herr Smith, Lancaster Benton McMillin, Carthage William L. Wilson, Charles Town William Mutchler, Easton Richard Warner, Lewisburg Charles P. Snyder, 55 Charleston John B. Storm, Stroudsburg Andrew J. Caldwell, Nashville , Huntington Daniel W. Connolly, Scranton John G. Ballentine, Pulaski Charles N. Brumm, Minersville John M. Taylor, Lexington Samuel F. Barr, Harrisburg Rice A. Pierce, Union City George A. Post, Susquehanna Casey Young, Memphis SENATORS William W. Brown, Bradford Angus Cameron, La Crosse Jacob M. Campbell, Johnstown TEXAS , Oshkosh Louis E. Atkinson, Mifflintown SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William A. Duncan, 40 Gettysburg Samuel B. Maxey, Paris , Janesville John A. Swope, 41 Gettysburg Richard Coke, Waco Daniel H. Sumner, Waukesha Andrew G. Curtin, Bellefonte REPRESENTATIVES Burr W. Jones, Madison Charles E. Boyle, Uniontown Charles Stewart, Houston Peter V. Deuster, James H. Hopkins, Pittsburgh John H. Reagan, Palestine , Manitowoc Thomas M. Bayne, Allegheny James H. Jones, Henderson Richard W. Guenther, Oshkosh George V. Lawrence, Monongahela David B. Culberson, Jefferson Gilbert M. Woodward, La Crosse John D. Patton, Indiana James W. Throckmorton, McKinney William T. Price, Black River Falls Samuel H. Miller, Mercer Olin Wellborn, , Marinette Samuel M. Brainerd, Erie Thomas P. Ochiltree, Galveston At Large–Mortimer F. Elliott, James F. Miller, Gonzales TERRITORY OF ARIZONA Wellsboro Roger Q. Mills, Corsicana DELEGATE John Hancock, Austin Granville H. Oury, Florence RHODE ISLAND Samuel W. T. Lanham, Weatherford SENATORS TERRITORY OF DAKOTA Henry B. Anthony, 42 Providence VERMONT DELEGATE William P. Sheffield, 43 Newport SENATORS John B. Raymond, Fargo Jonathan Chace, 44 Providence George F. Edmunds, Burlington Nelson W. Aldrich, Providence Justin S. Morrill, Strafford TERRITORY OF IDAHO REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE Henry J. Spooner, Providence John W. Stewart, Middlebury Theodore F. Singiser, Boise City

39 Successfully contested the election of William McKin- 45 Resigned January 26, 1885, having been elected Sen- 52 Successfully contested the election of Robert M. Mayo, ley, Jr., and took his seat May 27, 1884. ator. and took his seat March 20, 1884. 40 Died November 14, 1884, before the commencement 46 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Jona- 53 Resigned September 5, 1883, before Congress assem- of the Forty-ninth Congress, to which he had been re- than Chace, and took his seat February 12, 1885. bled; succeeded by Charles T. O’Ferrall who contested his elected. 47 Died October 20, 1884. election. 41 48 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of John H. 54 Successfully contested the election of John Paul, and A. Duncan, and took his seat January 5, 1885. Evins, and took his seat December 8, 1884. 42 49 took his seat May 5, 1884. Died September 2, 1884. Died January 27, 1884. 55 43 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry 50 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Edmund Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- B. Anthony, and took his seat December 2, 1884. W. M. Mackey, and took his seat March 31, 1884. resentative-elect John E. Kenna in preceding Congress, 44 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Henry B. 51 Served until March 20, 1884; succeeded by George and took his seat December 3, 1883. Anthony, and took his seat January 26, 1885. T. Garrison who contested his election. 214 Biographical Directory

TERRITORY OF MONTANA Francisco A. Manzanares, 58 Las Vegas TERRITORY OF DELEGATE WASHINGTON Martin Maginnis, 56 Helena TERRITORY OF UTAH DELEGATE Thomas H. Brents, Walla Walla TERRITORY OF NEW DELEGATE MEXICO John T. Caine, Salt Lake City TERRITORY OF WYOMING DELEGATE DELEGATE Tranquilino Luna, 57 Los Lunas Morton E. Post, Cheyenne

56 Election unsuccessfully contested by A. C. Botkin. 57 Served until March 5, 1884; succeeded by Francisco 58 Successfully contested the election of Tranquilino A. Manzanares who contested his election. Luna, and took his seat March 5, 1884.