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 —WILLIAM A. WHEELER, of PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—ALLEN G. THURMAN, 1 of Ohio SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—GEORGE C. GORHAM, of ; JOHN C. BURCH, 2 of Tennessee SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—JOHN R. FRENCH, of ; RICHARD J. BRIGHT, 3 of

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 POSTMASTER OF THE HOUSE—A. W. C. NOWLIN

ALABAMA Thomas M. Gunter, Fayetteville James Phelps, Essex John T. Wait, Norwich SENATORS 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 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, 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, 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.

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GEORGIA—Continued 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 , Davenport Henry Persons, Geneva , McGregor MARYLAND N. J. Hammond, Atlanta Nathaniel C. Deering, Osage SENATORS James H. Blount, Macon , 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 Cyrus C. Carpenter, Fort Dodge William Kimmel, Baltimore Robert M. McLane, Baltimore SENATORS KANSAS David Davis, Bloomington Eli J. Henkle, Brooklyn John A. Logan, 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 , 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 , 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 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, John S. Newberry, Detroit Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute SENATORS Edwin Willits, Monroe REPRESENTATIVES William Pitt Kellogg, 20 Jonas H. McGowan, Coldwater , 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 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 , 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 , Utica Thomas L. Young, Cincinnati REPRESENTATIVES , Utica John A. McMahon, Dayton Martin L. Clardy, Farmington REPRESENTATIVES J. Warren Keifer, Springfield Erastus Wells, St. Louis James W. Covert, Flushing Benjamin Le Fevre, Sidney R. Graham Frost, St. Louis Daniel O’Reilly, Brooklyn William D. Hill, Defiance Lowndes H. Davis, Jackson Simeon B. Chittenden, Brooklyn Frank H. Hurd, Toledo Richard P. Bland, Lebanon Archibald M. Bliss, Brooklyn Ebenezer B. Finley, Bucyrus James R. Waddill, Springfield Nicholas Muller, New York City George L. Converse, Columbus Alfred M. Lay, 25 Jefferson City Samuel S. Cox, New York City Thomas Ewing, Lancaster John F. Phillips, 26 Sedalia Edwin Einstein, New York City Henry L. Dickey, Greenfield Samuel L. Sawyer, Independence Anson G. McCook, New York City Henry S. Neal, Ironton Fernando Wood, 31 New York City Nicholas Ford, Rochester A. J. Warner, Marietta Gideon F. Rothwell, Moberly James O’Brien, New York City Levi P. Morton, New York City Gibson Atherton, Newark John B. Clark, Jr., Fayette Waldo Hutchins, 32 Kingsbridge George W. Geddes, Mansfield William H. Hatch, Hannibal John H. Ketcham, Dover Plains William McKinley, Jr., Canton Aylett H. Buckner, Mexico John W. Ferdon, Piermont James Monroe, Oberlin William Lounsbery, Kingston Jonathan T. Updegraff, Mount John M. Bailey, Albany Pleasant SENATORS Walter A. Wood, Hoosick Falls James A. Garfield, 38 Mentor Algernon S. Paddock, Beatrice John Hammond, Crown Point Ezra B. Taylor, 39 Warren Alvin Saunders, Omaha Amaziah B. James, Ogdensburg Amos Townsend, Cleveland REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE John H. Starin, Fultonville Edward K. Valentine, West Point David Wilber, Milford OREGON , Herkimer SENATORS Cyrus D. Prescott, Rome NEVADA La Fayette Grover, Salem Joseph Mason, 33 Hamilton SENATORS Frank Hiscock, Syracuse James H. Slater, La Grande John P. Jones, Gold Hill John H. Camp, Lyons REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE William Sharon, City Elbridge G. Lapham, Canandaigua John Whiteaker, Pleasant Hill REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE Jeremiah W. Dwight, Dryden Rollin M. Daggett, Virginia City David P. Richardson, Angelica PENNSYLVANIA John Van Voorhis, Rochester SENATORS NEW HAMPSHIRE Richard Crowley, Lockport Ray V. Pierce, 34 Buffalo William A. Wallace, Clearfield SENATORS Jonathan Scoville, 35 Salisbury J. Donald Cameron, Harrisburg Edward H. Rollins, Concord Henry Van Aernam, Franklinville REPRESENTATIVES Charles H. Bell, 27 Exeter Henry H. Bingham, Philadelphia Henry W. Blair, 28 Plymouth NORTH CAROLINA Charles O’Neill, Philadelphia REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS Samuel J. Randall, Philadelphia Joshua G. Hall, Dover Matt W. Ransom, Weldon William D. Kelley, Philadelphia

25 Died December 8, 1879. 29 Died November 30, 1880. 34 Resigned September 18, 1880. 26 Elected to fill vacancy caused by the death of Alfred 30 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Evarts W. 35 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Ray M. Lay, and took his seat January 26, 1880. Farr, and took his seat January 8, 1881. V. Pierce, and took his seat December 6, 1880. 27 Appointed to fill vacancy in term beginning March 31 Died February 13, 1881, before the commencement 36 Served until January 29, 1881; succeeded by Jesse 4, 1879; credentials presented and referred March 18, of the Forty-seventh Congress, to which he had been re- J. Yeates who contested his election. 1879; majority of Committee on Privileges and Elections elected. 37 Successfully contested the election of Joseph J. Mar- reported resolution, April 2, 1879, declaring him not enti- 32 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- tin, and took his seat January 29, 1881. tled to seat; by resolution, April 10, 1879, was declared tive-elect Alexander Smith (November 5, 1878, before the 38 Resigned November 8, 1880, having been elected entitled to seat; appeared and qualified same day. beginning of the congressional term), and took his seat President of the United States. 28 Elected to fill vacancy in term beginning March 4, December 1, 1879. 39 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James 1879, and took his seat June 20, 1879. 33 Election unsuccessfully contested by Sebastian Duffy. A. Garfield, and took his seat December 13, 1880. 204 Biographical Directory

PENNSYLVANIA—Continued L. C. Houk, Knoxville Benjamin F. Martin, Pruntytown George G. Dibrell, Sparta John E. Kenna, Kanawha REPRESENTATIVES—Continued Benton McMillin, Carthage Alfred C. Harmer, Germantown John M. Bright, Fayetteville William Ward, Chester John F. House, Clarksville SENATORS William Godshalk, New Britain W. C. Whitthorne, Columbia Angus Cameron, La Crosse , Reading J. D. C. Atkins, Paris Matthew H. Carpenter, 42 Milwaukee A. Herr Smith, Lancaster C. B. Simonton, Covington Reuben K. Bachman, Durham H. Casey Young, Memphis REPRESENTATIVES Robert Klotz, Mauch Chunk Charles G. Williams, Janesville Hendrick B. Wright, Wilkes-Barre Lucien B. Caswell, Fort Atkinson John W. Ryon, Pottsville SENATORS George C. Hazelton, Boscobel John W. Killinger, Lebanon Samuel B. Maxey, Paris Peter V. Deuster, Milwaukee Edward Overton, Jr., Towanda Richard Coke, Waco Edward S. Bragg, Fond du Lac John I. Mitchell, Wellsboro Gabriel Bouck, Oshkosh REPRESENTATIVES Alexander H. Coffroth, Somerset Herman L. Humphrey, Hudson Horatio G. Fisher, Huntingdon John H. Reagan, Palestine Thaddeus C. Pound, Chippewa Falls Frank E. Beltzhoover, Carlisle David B. Culberson, Jefferson Seth H. Yocum, 40 Bellefonte Olin Wellborn, TERRITORY OF ARIZONA R. Q. Mills, Corsicana Morgan R. Wise, Waynesburg DELEGATE Russell Errett, Pittsburgh G. W. Jones, Bastrop 41 John G. Campbell, Prescott Thomas M. Bayne, Allegheny Columbus Upson, San Antonio William S. Shallenberger, Rochester TERRITORY OF DAKOTA Harry White, Indiana VERMONT Samuel B. Dick, Meadville SENATORS DELEGATE J. H. Osmer, Franklin George F. Edmunds, Burlington G. G. Bennett, Yankton Justin S. Morrill, Strafford RHODE ISLAND REPRESENTATIVES TERRITORY OF IDAHO SENATORS Charles H. Joyce, Rutland DELEGATE Henry B. Anthony, Providence James M. Tyler, Brattleboro George Ainslie, Idaho City Ambrose E. Burnside, Providence Bradley Barlow, St. Albans TERRITORY OF REPRESENTATIVES VIRGINIA Nelson W. Aldrich, Providence DELEGATE SENATORS Latimer W. Ballou, Woonsocket Martin Maginnis, Helena John W. Johnston, Abingdon SOUTH CAROLINA Robert E. Withers, Wytheville TERRITORY OF NEW REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS MEXICO Matthew C. Butler, Edgefield R. L. T. Beale, Hague DELEGATE Wade Hampton, Columbia John Goode, Norfolk M. S. Otero, Peralta Joseph E. Johnston, Longwood REPRESENTATIVES Joseph Jorgensen, Petersburg TERRITORY OF UTAH John S. Richardson, Sumter George C. Cabell, Danville DELEGATE M. P. O’Connor, Charleston John Randolph Tucker, Lexington D. Wyatt Aiken, Cokesbury John T. Harris, Harrisonburg George Q. Cannon, Salt Lake City John H. Evins, Spartanburg Eppa Hunton, Warrenton George D. Tillman, Edgefield James B. Richmond, Estillville TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON TENNESSEE WEST VIRGINIA DELEGATE SENATORS SENATORS Thomas H. Brents, Walla Walla James E. Bailey, Clarksville Henry G. Davis, Piedmont Isham G. Harris, Memphis Frank Hereford, Union TERRITORY OF WYOMING REPRESENTATIVES REPRESENTATIVES DELEGATE R. L. Taylor, Jonesboro Benjamin Wilson, Wilsonburg S. W. Downey, Laramie City

40 Election unsuccessfully contested by Andrew G. 41 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representa- 42 Died February 24, 1881. Curtin. tive-elect Gustave Schleicher in preceding Congress, and took his seat June 2, 1879.