FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS MARCH 4, 1869, TO MARCH 3, 1871 FIRST SESSION—March 4, 1869, to April 10, 1869 SECOND SESSION—December 6, 1869, to July 15, 1870 THIRD SESSION—December 5, 1870, to March 3, 1871 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE SENATE—April 12, 1869, to April 22, 1869 VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—SCHUYLER COLFAX, of Indiana PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE—HENRY B. ANTHONY, 1 of Rhode Island SECRETARY OF THE SENATE—GEORGE C. GORHAM, of California SERGEANT AT ARMS OF THE SENATE—GEORGE T. BROWN, of Illinois; JOHN R. FRENCH, 2 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—WILLIAM S. KING ALABAMA CALIFORNIA Thomas F. Bayard, Wilmington SENATORS SENATORS REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE George E. Spencer, Decatur Cornelius Cole, San Francisco Willard Warner, Montgomery Eugene Casserly, San Francisco Benjamin T. Biggs, Summit Bridge REPRESENTATIVES 5 REPRESENTATIVES Samuel B. Axtell, San Francisco Alfred E. Buck, Mobile Aaron A. Sargent, Nevada City FLORIDA Charles W. Buckley, Montgomery James A. Johnson, Downiesville Robert S. Heflin, Opelika SENATORS Charles Hays, Eutaw CONNECTICUT Thomas W. Osborn, Pensacola Peter M. Dox, Huntsville SENATORS Abijah Gilbert, St. Augustine William C. Sherrod, Courtland Orris S. Ferry, Norwalk William A. Buckingham, Norwich REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE ARKANSAS REPRESENTATIVES 6 Charles M. Hamilton, Jacksonville SENATORS Julius L. Strong, Hartford Alexander McDonald, Little Rock Stephen W. Kellogg, Waterbury Henry H. Starkweather, Norwich 7 Benjamin F. Rice, Little Rock William H. Barnum, Lime Rock GEORGIA REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS 8 Logan H. Roots, Duvalls Bluff DELAWARE Anthony A. C. Rogers, Pine Bluff SENATORS Joshua Hill, 9 Madison Thomas Boles, Dardanelle Willard Saulsbury, Georgetown 1 Elected March 23, 1869; April 9, 1869; May 28, 1870; of the Senate, were referred again to the Committee on 23, 1871, resolving that Messrs. Hill and Miller were duly July 1, 1870; July 14, 1870. the Judiciary March 9, 1869; they were reported back elected; that Mr. Hill should be permitted to take his 2 Elected March 22, 1869. without recommendation and ordered to lie on the table seat, but that Mr. Miller was disqualified by reason of 3 Elected March 4, 1869. March 17, 1869; they were again referred to the committee his service in the Confederate Army; this report was 4 Reelected March 5, 1869. February 14, 1870. A new election was held in Georgia, adopted February 1, 1871. A joint resolution prescribing 5 Elected August 3, 1869. and on July 15, 1870, the credentials of Richard H. a qualification oath for Mr. Miller was approved February 6 Elected April 5, 1869. Whiteley and Henry P. Farrow were presented and or- 7 24, 1871; took his seat the same day. Formally readmitted to representation by act of July dered to lie on the table, but were subsequently referred; 9 15, 1870. on the same day of their presentation the act was ap- Took his seat under the resolution of February 1, 1871, 8 The credentials of Mr. Hill and Mr. Miller, presented proved readmitting Georgia to representation in Congress. on that day; term to expire March 3, 1873. in the Fortieth Congress and undisposed of on the files The committee reported upon all the credentials January [ 178 ] FORTY-FIRST CONGRESS 179 Homer V. M. Miller, 10 Rome Jasper Packard, Laporte William Pitt Kellogg, New Orleans REPRESENTATIVES 11 REPRESENTATIVES 30 William W. Paine, 12 Savannah IOWA J. Hale Sypher, 31 New Orleans 13 32 Richard H. Whiteley, Bainbridge SENATORS Lionel A. Sheldon, New Orleans Marion Bethune, 14 Talbotton 33 James W. Grimes, 22 Burlington C. B. Darnell, Brashear Jefferson F. Long, 15 Macon 34 James B. Howell, 23 Keokuk Joseph P. Newsham, St. Francisville Stephen A. Corker, 16 Waynesboro 35 James Harlan, Mount Pleasant Frank Morey, Monroe William P. Price, 14 Dahlonega Pierce M. B. Young, 14 Cartersville REPRESENTATIVES MAINE George W. McCrary, Keokuk SENATORS ILLINOIS William Smyth, 24 Marion William Pitt Fessenden, 36 Portland SENATORS William P. Wolf, 25 Tipton Lot M. Morrill, 37 Augusta Lyman Trumbull, Chicago William B. Allison, Dubuque Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor Richard Yates, Jacksonville William Loughridge, Oskaloosa REPRESENTATIVES Frank W. Palmer, Des Moines REPRESENTATIVES Norman B. Judd, Chicago Charles Pomeroy, Fort Dodge John Lynch, Portland John F. Farnsworth, St. Charles Samuel P. Morrill, Farmington Elihu B. Washburne, 17 Galena KANSAS James G. Blaine, Augusta Horatio C. Burchard, 18 Freeport John A. Peters, Bangor SENATORS John B. Hawley, Rock Island Eugene Hale, Ellsworth Ebon C. Ingersoll, Peoria Samuel C. Pomeroy, Atchison Burton C. Cook, Ottawa Edmund G. Ross, Lawrence MARYLAND Jesse H. Moore, Decatur REPRESENTATIVE AT LARGE SENATORS Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield Sidney Clarke, Lawrence George Vickers, Chestertown Thompson W. McNeely, Petersburg William T. Hamilton, Hagerstown Albert G. Burr, Carrollton KENTUCKY REPRESENTATIVES Samuel S. Marshall, McLeansboro John B. Hays, Belleville SENATORS Samuel Hambleton, Easton Stevenson Archer, Bel Air John M. Crebs, Carmi Garrett Davis, Paris Thomas Swann, Baltimore At Large–John A. Logan, 19 Carbondale Thomas C. McCreery, Owensboro Patrick Hamill, Oakland INDIANA REPRESENTATIVES Frederick Stone, Port Tobacco SENATORS Lawrence S. Trimble, Paducah William N. Sweeney, Owensboro MASSACHUSETTS Oliver H. P. T. Morton, Indianapolis J. S. Golladay, 26 Allensville Daniel D. Pratt, Logansport SENATORS Joseph H. Lewis, 27 Glasgow REPRESENTATIVES Charles Sumner, Boston J. Proctor Knott, Lebanon Henry Wilson, Natick William E. Niblack, Vincennes Boyd Winchester, Louisville Michael C. Kerr, New Albany Thomas L. Jones, Newport REPRESENTATIVES William S. Holman, Aurora James B. Beck, Lexington James Buffinton, Fall River George W. Julian, 20 Centerville George M. Adams, 28 Barbourville Oakes Ames, North Easton John Coburn, Indianapolis John M. Rice, 29 Louisa Ginery Twichell, Brookline Daniel W. Voorhees, Terre Haute Samuel Hooper, Boston Godlove S. Orth, La Fayette LOUISIANA Benjamin F. Butler, Lowell James N. Tyner, 21 Peru Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham John P. C. Shanks, Jay Court House SENATORS George S. Boutwell, 38 Groton William Williams, Warsaw John S. Harris, Vidalia George M. Brooks, 39 Concord 10 Qualified under the terms of the joint resolution ap- 21 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep- were contested, and the Members-elect were not sworn proved February 24, 1871, and took his seat on that date; resentative-elect Daniel D. Pratt (January 27, 1869), be- pending the contests. term to expire March 3, 1871. fore the beginning of the congressional term, who had 31 Contested the election of Louis St. Martin; committee 11 Pierce M. B. Young, Nelson Tift, W. P. Edwards, J. been elected Senator, and took his seat March 4, 1869. reported in favor of seating Mr. Sypher, and House adopt- W. Clift, Samuel F. Gove, and C. H. Prince presented 22 Resigned December 6, 1869. ed the report by a vote of 78 to 73, moved to reconsider credentials alleging their election as Representatives, 23 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of James by a vote of 86 to 79, then adopted a substitute resolution April 20, 1868, the same election in which they were elect- W. Grimes, and took his seat January 26, 1870. declaring the seat vacant by a vote of 96 to 68 (April ed to the Fortieth Congress; by resolution of January 28, 24 Died September 30, 1870. 20, 1870); subsequently elected, and took his seat Decem- 1870, the House declared they were not entitled to seats. 25 Elected to fill vacancy caused by death of William ber 5, 1870. 32 Pierce M. B. Young subsequently presented credentials Smyth, and took his seat December 6, 1870. Election unsuccessfully contested by Caleb S. Hunt, 26 and took his seat April 8, 1869. under a later election and was seated. Resigned February 28, 1870; the governor of Kentucky 33 12 Qualified under act of July 11, 1868, and took his peremptorily refused to accept the resignation and re- Election unsuccessfully contested by Adolphe Bailey, seat January 23, 1871. quested its withdrawal; the request was complied with; and took his seat July 6, 1870. 34 Successfully contested the election of Michael Ryan 13 on March 7, 1870, a resolution was presented in the House Qualified under act of July 11, 1868, and took his (who had not been permitted to qualify), and took his seat February 9, 1871; election unsuccessfully contested as a question of privilege, citing these facts and granting seat May 23, 1870. by Nelson Tift. him the right to resume his seat; the House refused to 35 Frank Morey, G. W. McCranie, and P. J. Kennedy 14 Qualified under act of July 11, 1868, and took his entertain it. 27 each presented credentials claiming to be the Member- seat January 16, 1871. Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of J. S. elect from the fifth congressional district; by resolution 15 Qualified under act of July 2, 1862, and took his seat Golladay, and took his seat May 10, 1870. of April 28, 1870, it was declared there was no lawful January 16, 1871. 28 Election unsuccessfully contested by Sidney M. election in the district. Morey presented credentials under 16 Qualified under act of July 11, 1868, and took his Barnes. a subsequent election, and took his seat December 6, 1870. seat January 24, 1871; election unsuccessfully contested 29 Seated by resolution of March 5, 1869; election unsuc- 36 Died September 9, 1869. by Thomas P. Beard. cessfully contested by John T. Zeigler. 37 Appointed to fill vacancy caused by death of William 17 Resigned March 6, 1869. 30 The governor of Louisiana having officially declared Pitt Fessenden, and took his seat December 6, 1869; sub- 18 Elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Elihu that the election held in the State of Louisiana on Novem- sequently elected.