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FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1879, TO MARCH 3, 1881 FIRST SESSION—March 18, 1879, to July 1, 1879 SECOND SESSION—December 1, 1879, to June 16, 1880 THIRD SESSION—December 6, 1880, to March 3, 1881 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—WILLIAM A. WHEELER, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—ALLEN G. THURMAN, 1 of Ohio SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—GEORGE C. GORHAM, of Massachusetts; JOHN C. BURCH, 2 of Tennessee SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOHN R. FRENCH, of New Hampshire; RICHARD J. BRIGHT, 3 of Indiana SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SAMUEL J. RANDALL, 4 of Pennsylvania CLERK OF THE HOUSE—GEORGE M. ADAMS, 5 of Kentucky SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE HOUSE—JOHN G. THOMPSON, of Ohio DOORKEEPER OF THE HOUSE—CHARLES W. FIELD, of Georgia POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—A. W. C. NOWLIN ALABAMA Thomas M. Gunter, Fayetteville James Phelps, Essex John T. Wait, Norwich SENATORS CALIFORNIA John T. Morgan, Selma Frederick Miles, Chapinville SENATORS George S. Houston, 6 Athens Luke Pryor, 7 Athens Newton Booth, San Francisco DELAWARE James L. Pugh, 8 Eufaula James T. Farley, Jackson SENATORS 12 REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington Thomas H. Herndon, Mobile Horace Davis, San Francisco Eli Saulsbury, Dover Hilary A. Herbert, Montgomery Horace F. Page, Placerville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Campbell P. Berry, Wheatland William J. Samford, Opelika Edward L. Martin, Seaford Charles M. Shelley, Selma Romualdo Pacheco, San Luis Obispo Thomas Williams, Wetumpka FLORIDA 9 COLORADO Burwell B. Lewis, Tuscaloosa SENATORS Newton N. Clements, 10 Tuscaloosa SENATORS Charles W. Jones, Pensacola William H. Forney, Jacksonville Henry M. Teller, Central City William M. Lowe, Huntsville Nathaniel P. Hill, Denver Wilkinson Call, Jacksonville REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVES ARKANSAS James B. Belford, Central City Robert H. M. Davidson, Quincy SENATORS Noble A. Hull, 13 Sanford Augustus H. Garland, Little Rock CONNECTICUT Horatio Bisbee, Jr., 14 Jacksonville James D. Walker, Fayetteville SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES William W. Eaton, Hartford GEORGIA Poindexter Dunn, Forest City Orville H. Platt, West Meriden SENATORS William F. Slemons, 11 Monticello REPRESENTATIVES Benjamin H. Hill, Atlanta Jordan E. Cravens, Clarksville Joseph R. Hawley, Hartford John B. Gordon, 15 Atlanta 1 Elected April 15, 1879; April 7, 1880; and May 6, 1880. 8 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of George S. 13 Served until January 22, 1881; succeeded by Horatio 2 Elected March 24, 1879. Houston, and took his seat December 6, 1880. Bisbee, Jr., who contested his election. 3 Elected March 23, 1879. 9 Resigned October 1, 1880. 14 Successfully contested the election of Noble A. Hull, 4 Reelected March 18, 1879. 10 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of and took his seat January 22, 1881. 5 Reelected March 18, 1879. Burwell B. Lewis, and took his seat December 8, 1880. 15 Resigned in May 1880. 6 Died December 31, 1879. 11 Election unsuccessfully contested by John M. Bradley. 7 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of George 12 Elected September 3, 1879; took their seats December S. Houston, and took his seat January 15, 1880. 1, 1879. [ 201 ] 202 Biographical Directory GEORGIA—Continued IOWA James G. Blaine, Augusta REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS—Continued SENATORS Thomas B. Reed, Portland Joseph E. Brown, 16 Atlanta William B. Allison, Dubuque Samuel J. Kirkwood, Iowa City William P. Frye, Lewiston REPRESENTATIVES Stephen D. Lindsey, Norridgewock John C. Nicholls, Blackshear REPRESENTATIVES George W. Ladd, Bangor William E. Smith, Albany Moses A. McCoid, Fairfield Thompson H. Murch, Rockland Philip Cook, Americus Hiram Price, Davenport Henry Persons, Geneva Thomas Updegraff, McGregor MARYLAND N. J. Hammond, Atlanta Nathaniel C. Deering, Osage SENATORS James H. Blount, Macon Rush Clark, 18 Iowa City William Pinkney Whyte, Baltimore William H. Felton, Cartersville William G. Thompson, 19 Marion James B. Groome, Elkton Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordville James B. Weaver, Bloomfield REPRESENTATIVES Emory Speer, Athens Edward H. Gillette, Des Moines Daniel M. Henry, Cambridge William F. Sapp, Council Bluffs J. Frederick C. Talbott, Towsontown ILLINOIS Cyrus C. Carpenter, Fort Dodge William Kimmel, Baltimore Robert M. McLane, Baltimore SENATORS KANSAS David Davis, Bloomington Eli J. Henkle, Brooklyn John A. Logan, Chicago SENATORS Milton G. Urner, Frederick John J. Ingalls, Atchison REPRESENTATIVES Preston B. Plumb, Emporia MASSACHUSETTS William Aldrich, Chicago SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES George R. Davis, Chicago Henry L. Dawes, Pittsfield Hiram Barber, Chicago John A. Anderson, Manhattan Dudley C. Haskell, Lawrence George F. Hoar, Worcester John C. Sherwin, Aurora REPRESENTATIVES Robert M. A. Hawk, Mount Carroll Thomas Ryan, Topeka William W. Crapo, New Bedford Thomas J. Henderson, Princeton Benjamin W. Harris, East Bridgewater Philip C. Hayes, Morris KENTUCKY Walbridge A. Field, Boston Greenbury L. Fort, Lacon SENATORS Leopold Morse, Boston Thomas A. Boyd, Lewiston James B. Beck, Lexington Selwyn Z. Bowman, Somerville Benjamin F. Marsh, Warsaw John S. Williams, Mount Sterling George B. Loring, 21 Salem James W. Singleton, Quincy REPRESENTATIVES William A. Russell, Lawrence William M. Springer, Springfield Oscar Turner, Oscar William Claflin, Newton Adlai E. Stevenson, Bloomington William W. Rice, Worcester Joseph G. Cannon, Danville James A. McKenzie, Long View John W. Caldwell, Russellville Amasa Norcross, Fitchburg Albert P. Forsythe, Isabel George D. Robinson, Chicopee William A. J. Sparks, Carlyle J. Proctor Knott, Lebanon William R. Morrison, Waterloo Albert S. Willis, Louisville John G. Carlisle, Covington MICHIGAN John R. Thomas, Metropolis SENATORS Richard W. Townshend, Shawneetown Joseph C. S. Blackburn, Versailles Philip B. Thompson, Jr., Harrodsburg Thomas W. Ferry, Grand Haven Zachariah Chandler, 22 Detroit INDIANA Thomas Turner, Mount Sterling Elijah C. Phister, Maysville Henry P. Baldwin, 23 Detroit SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Joseph E. McDonald, Indianapolis LOUISIANA John S. Newberry, Detroit Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute SENATORS Edwin Willits, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES William Pitt Kellogg, 20 New Orleans Jonas H. McGowan, Coldwater William Heilman, Evansville Benjamin F. Jonas, New Orleans Julius C. Burrows, Kalamazoo Thomas R. Cobb, Vincennes John W. Stone, Grand Rapids REPRESENTATIVES George A. Bicknell, New Albany Mark S. Brewer, Pontiac Jeptha D. New, Vernon Randall L. Gibson, New Orleans Omar D. Conger, 24 Port Huron Thomas M. Browne, Winchester E. John Ellis, New Orleans Roswell G. Horr, East Saginaw William R. Myers, Anderson Joseph H. Acklen, Franklin Jay A. Hubbell, Houghton Gilbert De La Matyr, Indianapolis J. B. Elam, Mansfield Abram J. Hostetler, Bedford J. Floyd King, Vidalia MINNESOTA Godlove S. Orth, 17 La Fayette E. W. Robertson, Baton Rouge SENATORS William H. Calkins, Laporte William Windom, Winona Calvin Cowgill, Wabash MAINE Samuel J. R. McMillan, St. Paul Walpole G. Colerick, Fort Wayne SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES John H. Baker, Goshen Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor Mark H. Dunnell, Owatonna 16 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of (August 20, 1880), contestant for this seat in the preceding 23 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of Zachariah John B. Gordon, and took his seat May 26, 1880; subse- Congress, were presented December 7, 1880; inasmuch Chandler, and took his seat December 3, 1879; subse- quently elected. as the Senate had taken no action upon the report that quently elected. 17 Election unsuccessfully contested by James McCabe. was favorable to Mr. Spofford, no action was taken upon 24 Resigned March 3, 1881, before the commencement 18 Died April 29, 1879. Mr. Manning’s credentials beyond referring them to the of the Forty-seventh Congress to which he had been re- 19 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Rush committee. elected, having been elected Senator. Clark, and took his seat December 1, 1879. 21 Election unsuccessfully contested by E. Moody Boyn- 20 The credentials of Thomas C. Manning, appointed to ton. fill vacancy caused by the death of Henry M. Spofford 22 Died November 1, 1879. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS 203 Henry Poehler, Henderson James F. Briggs, Manchester Zebulon B. Vance, Charlotte 29 William D. Washburn, Minneapolis Evarts W. Farr, Littleton REPRESENTATIVES 30 Ossian Ray, Lancaster 36 MISSISSIPPI Joseph J. Martin, Williamston NEW JERSEY Jesse J. Yeates, 37 Murfreesboro SENATORS W. H. Kitchin, Scotland Neck SENATORS Blanche K. Bruce, Floreyville Daniel L. Russell, Wilmington Lucius Q. C. Lamar, Oxford Theodore F. Randolph, Morristown Joseph J. Davis, Louisburg John R. McPherson, Jersey City REPRESENTATIVES Alfred M. Scales, Greensborough REPRESENTATIVES H. L. Muldrow, Starkville Walter L. Steele, Rockingham Van H. Manning, Holly Springs George M. Robeson, Camden R. F. Armfield, Statesville H. D. Money, Winona Hezekiah B. Smith, Smithville Robert B. Vance, Asheville Miles Ross, New Brunswick O. R. Singleton, Canton Alvah A. Clark, Somerville OHIO C. E. Hooker, Jackson Charles H. Voorhis, Hackensack J. R. Chalmers, Vicksburg John L. Blake, Orange SENATORS Lewis A. Brigham, Jersey City Allen G. Thurman, Columbus MISSOURI George H. Pendleton, Cincinnati SENATORS NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVES Francis M. Cockrell, Warrensburg SENATORS Benjamin Butterworth, Cincinnati George G. Vest, Kansas City Roscoe Conkling, Utica Thomas L. Young, Cincinnati REPRESENTATIVES Francis Kernan, Utica John A. McMahon, Dayton Martin L. Clardy, Farmington REPRESENTATIVES J. Warren Keifer, Springfield Erastus