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 UNITED STATES—WILLIAM A. WHEELER, of New York PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—THOMAS W. FERRY, 1 of Michigan 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—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 Ohio 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 FLORIDA 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. [ 197 ] 198 Biographical Directory GEORGIA Milton S. Robinson, Anderson E. John Ellis, New Orleans 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 ILLINOIS 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 MARYLAND David Davis, Bloomington William F. Sapp, Council Bluffs SENATORS REPRESENTATIVES Addison Oliver, Onawa George R. Dennis, Kingston William Aldrich, Chicago William Pinkney Whyte, Baltimore 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 Thomas Swann, 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 MASSACHUSETTS 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, Boston Richard W. Townshend, Shawneetown 25 Albert S. Willis, Louisville Benjamin Dean, Boston Leopold Morse, Boston INDIANA 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 William Claflin, Newton Joseph E. McDonald, Indianapolis William W. Rice, Worcester REPRESENTATIVES LOUISIANA Amasa Norcross, 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,