The Forty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, including the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1887. This Congress sat during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880.

Dates of Sessions

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March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887

• Special session: March 4, 1885 to April 2, 1885 — Called by President Grover Cleveland
• First session: December 7, 1885 - August 5, 1886
• Second session: December 6, 1886 - March 3, 1887 — a lame duck session.

Major events

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Main article: Events of 1885; Events of 1886; Events of 1887

Major legislation

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''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the Forty-ninth Congress

Party summary

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Senate

• Republicans: 42
• Democrats: 39

TOTAL members: 76

House of Representatives

• Democrats: 182
• Republicans: 141
• Independent Democratic: 1
• National Party: 1

TOTAL members: 325, delegates: 8

Officers

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Senate

• Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
  • Thomas A. Hendricks, Democratic of Indiana, died November 25, 1885, remained vacant.
• President Pro Tempore:
  • John Sherman, Republican of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885, resigned February 26, 1887.
  • John J. Ingalls, Republican of Kansas, elected February 26, 1887.

House of Representatives

• Speaker:
  • John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, reelected December 7, 1885.

Party Leadership

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Senate

• Democratic Caucus Chairman:
  • James B. Beck, Democratic of Kentucky
• Republican Conference Chairman:
  • George F. Edmunds, Republican of Vermont

House of Representatives

• Democratic Caucus Chairman:
  • J. Randolph Tucker, Democrat of Virginia.
• Republican Conference Chairman:
  • Joseph G. Cannon, Republican of Illinois.

Members

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At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.

See also: Forty-ninth United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: Forty-ninth United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1884

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

Senate

Alabama

• John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Democratic
• James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Democratic

Arkansas

• Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1885.

  James H. Berry (1841-1913), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 25, 1885.

• James K. Jones (1839-1908), Democratic

California

• J.F. Miller (1831-1886), Republican …died March 8, 1886.

  George Hearst (1820-1891), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 9, 1886.

  Abram P. Williams (1832-1911), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• Leland Stanford (1824-1893), Republican

Colorado

• Thomas M. Bowen (1835-1906), Republican
• Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Republican

Connecticut

• Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Republican
• Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Republican

Delaware

• Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1885.

  George Gray (1840-1925), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 19, 1885.

• Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Democratic

Florida

• Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Democratic
• Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Democratic

Georgia

• Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Democratic
• Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Democratic

Illinois

• John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican …died December 26, 1886.

  Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 25, 1887.

• Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Republican

Indiana

• Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
• Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), Republican

Iowa

• William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
• James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican

Kansas

• John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Republican
• Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Republican

Kentucky

• James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
• Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Democratic

Louisiana

• Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Democratic
• James B. Eustis (1834-1899), Democratic

Maine

• Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican
• William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican

Maryland

• Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906), Democratic
• Ephraim K. Wilson (1821-1891), Democratic

Massachusetts

• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
• George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican

Michigan

• Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
• Thomas W. Palmer (1830-1913), Republican

Minnesota

• Samuel J.R. McMillan (1826-1897), Republican
• Dwight M. Sabin (1843-1902), Republican

Mississippi

• Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic …resigned March 6, 1885.

  Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated March 12, 1885, subsequently elected.

• James Z. George (1826-1897), Democratic

Missouri

• Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Democratic
• George G. Vest (1830-1904), Democratic

Nebraska

• Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Republican
• Charles F. Manderson (1837-1911), Republican

Nevada

• John P. Jones (1829-1912), Republican
• James G. Fair (1831-1894), Democratic

New Hampshire

• Austin F. Pike (1819-1886), Republican …died October 8, 1886.

  Person C. Cheney (1828-1901), Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1886.

• Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1885, subsequently elected.

New Jersey

• John R. McPherson (1833-1897), Democratic
• William J. Sewell (1835-1901), Republican

New York

• Warner Miller (1838-1918), Republican
• William M. Evarts (1818-1901), Republican

North Carolina

• Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), Democratic
• Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), Democratic

Ohio

• John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
• Henry B. Payne (1810-1896), Democratic

Oregon

• Joseph N. Dolph (1835-1897), Republican
• John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 17, 1885.

Pennsylvania

• J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Republican
• John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Republican

Rhode Island

• Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Republican
• Jonathan Chace (1829-1917), Republican

South Carolina

• Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), Democratic
• Wade Hampton (1818-1902), Democratic

Tennessee

• Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic
• Howell E. Jackson (1832-1895), Democratic …resigned April 14, 1886.

  Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated April 26, 1886, subsequently elected.

Texas

• Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Democratic
• Richard Coke (1829-1897), Democratic

Vermont

• George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

Virginia

• William Mahone (1826-1895), Readjuster
• Harrison H. Riddleberger (1844-1890), Readjuster

West Virginia

• Johnson N. Camden (1828-1908), Democratic
• John E. Kenna (1848-1893), Democratic

Wisconsin

• Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
• John C. Spooner (1843-1919), Republican

House of Representatives

Alabama

• 1. James T. Jones (1832-1895), Democratic
• 2. Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Democratic
• 3. William C. Oates (1835-1910), Democratic
• 4. Alexander C. Davidson (1826-1897), Democratic
• 5. Thomas W. Sadler (1831-1896), Democratic
• 6. John M. Martin (1837-1898), Democratic
• 7. William H. Forney (1823-1894), Democratic
• 8. Joseph Wheeler (1836-1906), Democratic

Arkansas

• 1. Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914), Democratic
• 2. C.R. Breckinridge (1846-1932), Democratic
• 3. Thomas C. McRae (1851-1929), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1885.
• 4. John H. Rogers (1845-1911), Democratic
• 5. Samuel W. Peel (1831-1924), Democratic

California

• 1. Barclay Henley (1843-1914), Democratic
• 2. J.A. Louttit (1848-1906), Republican
• 3. Joseph McKenna (1843-1926), Republican
• 4. W.W. Morrow (1843-1929), Republican
• 5. Charles N. Felton (1832-1914), Republican
• 6. H.H. Markham (1840-1923), Republican

Colorado

• A/L. George G. Symes (1840-1893), Republican

Connecticut

• 1. John R. Buck (1835-1917), Republican
• 2. Charles L. Mitchell (1844-1890), Democratic
• 3. John T. Wait (1811-1899), Republican
• 4. Edward W. Seymour (1832-1892), Democratic

Delaware

• A/L. Charles B. Lore (1831-1911), Democratic

Florida

• 1. Robert H.M. Davidson (1832-1908), Democratic
• 2. Charles Dougherty (1850-1915), Democratic

Georgia

• 1. Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Democratic
• 2. Henry G. Turner (1839-1904), Democratic
• 3. Charles F. Crisp (1845-1896), Democratic
• 4. Henry R. Harris (1828-1909), Democratic
• 5. N.J. Hammond (1833-1899), Democratic
• 6. James H. Blount (1837-1903), Democratic
• 7. Judson C. Clements (1846-1917), Democratic
• 8. Seaborn Reese (1846-1907), Democratic
• 9. Allen D. Candler (1834-1910), Democratic
• 10. George T. Barnes (1833-1901), Democratic

Illinois

• 1. Ransom W. Dunham (1838-1896), Republican
• 2. Frank Lawler (1842-1896), Democratic
• 3. Thomas B. Ward (1835-1892), Democratic
• 4. George E. Adams (1840-1917), Republican
• 5. Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885), Republican …died July 1, 1885, before Congress assembled.

  A.J. Hopkins (1846-1922), Republican

• 6. Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), Republican
• 7. Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Republican
• 8. Ralph Plumb (1816-1903), Republican
• 9. Lewis E. Payson (1840-1909), Republican
• 10. Nicholas E. Worthington (1836-1916), Democratic
• 11. William H. Neece (1831-1909), Democratic
• 12. James M. Riggs (1839-1933), Democratic
• 13. William M. Springer (1836-1903), Democratic
• 14. Jonathan H. Rowell (1833-1908), Republican
• 15. John R. Thomas (1846-1914), Republican
• 16. Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Republican
• 17. Silas Z. Landes (1842-1910), Democratic
• 18. John R. Eden (1826-1909), Democratic
• 19. William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Democratic
• 20. Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Democratic

Indiana

• 1. John J. Kleiner (1845-1911), Democratic
• 2. Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Democratic
• 3. Jonas G. Howard (1825-1911), Democratic
• 4. William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• 5. Courtland C. Matson (1841-1915), Democratic
• 6. Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Republican
• 7. William D. Bynum (1846-1927), Democratic
• 8. James T. Johnston (1839-1904), Republican
• 9. Thomas B. Ward (1853-1916), Democratic
• 10. William D. Owen (1846-1906), Republican
• 11. George W. Steele (1839-1922), Republican
• 12. Robert Lowry (1824-1904), Democratic
• 13. George Ford (1846-1917), Democratic

Iowa

• 1. B.J. Hall (1835-1894), Democratic
• 2. J.H. Murphy (1835-1893), Democratic
• 3. David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Republican
• 4. William E. Fuller (1846-1918), Republican
• 5. Benjamin T. Frederick (1834-1903), Democratic
• 6. J.B. Weaver (1833-1912), Greenbacker
• 7. Edwin H. Conger (1843-1907), Republican
• 8. William P. Hepburn (1833-1916), Republican
• 9. Joseph Lyman (1840-1890), Republican
• 10. Adoniram J. Holmes (1842-1902), Republican
• 11. Isaac S. Struble (1843-1913), Republican

Kansas

• 1. E.N. Morrill (1834-1909), Republican
• 2. E.H. Funston (1836-1911), Republican
• 3. Bishop W. Perkins (1841-1894), Republican
• 4. Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Republican
• 5. John A. Anderson (1834-1892), Republican
• 6. Lewis Hanback (1839-1897), Republican
• 7. Samuel R. Peters (1842-1910), Republican

Kentucky

• 1. William J. Stone (1841-1923), Democratic
• 2. Polk Laffoon (1844-1906), Democratic
• 3. John E. Halsell (1826-1899), Democratic
• 4. Thomas A. Robertson (1848-1892), Democratic
• 5. Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Democratic
• 6. John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Democratic
• 7. William C.P. Breckinridge (1837-1904), Democratic
• 8. James B. McCreary (1838-1918), Democratic
• 9. W.H. Wadsworth (1821-1893), Republican
• 10. W.P. Taulbee (1851-1890), Democratic
• 11. Frank L. Wolford (1817-1895), Democratic

Louisiana

• 1. Louis St. Martin (1820-1893), Democratic
• 2. Michael Hahn (1830-1886), Republican …died March 15, 1886.

  Nathaniel D. Wallace (1845-1894), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 9, 1886.

• 3. Edward J. Gay (1816-1889), Democratic
• 4. Newton C. Blanchard (1849-1922), Democratic
• 5. J. Floyd King (1842-1915), Democratic
• 6. Alfred B. Irion (1833-1903), Democratic

Maine

• 1. Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Republican
• 2. Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1832-1899), Republican
• 3. Seth L. Milliken (1831-1897), Republican
• 4. Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), Republican

Maryland

• 1. Charles H. Gibson (1842-1900), Democratic
• 2. Frank T. Shaw (1841-1923), Democratic
• 3. William H. Cole (1837-1886), Democratic …died July 8, 1886.

  Harry W. Rusk (1852-1926), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 4. John V. Findlay (1839-1907), Democratic
• 5. Barnes Compton (1830-1898), Democratic
• 6. Louis E. McComas (1846-1907), Republican

Massachusetts

• 1. Robert T. Davis (1823-1906), Republican
• 2. John D. Long (1838-1915), Republican
• 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (1821-1899), Republican
• 4. Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905), Democratic
• 5. Edward D. Hayden (1833-1908), Republican
• 6. Henry B. Lovering (1841-1911), Democratic
• 7. Eben F. Stone (1822-1895), Republican
• 8. Charles H. Allen (1848-1934), Republican
• 9. Frederick D. Ely (1838-1921), Republican
• 10. William W. Rice (1826-1896), Republican
• 11. William Whiting (1841-1911), Republican
• 12. Francis W. Rockwell (1844-1929), Republican

Michigan

• 1. William C. Maybury (1848-1909), Democratic
• 2. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (1813-1893), Democratic
• 3. James O'Donnell (1840-1915), Republican
• 4. Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Republican
• 5. Charles C. Comstock (1818-1900), Democratic
• 6. Edwin B. Winans (1826-1894), Democratic
• 7. Ezra C. Carleton (1838-1911), Democratic
• 8. Timothy E. Tarsney (1849-1909), Democratic
• 9. Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908), Republican
• 10. Spencer O. Fisher (1843-1919), Democratic
• 11. Seth C. Moffatt (1841-1887), Republican

Minnesota

• 1. Milo White (1830-1913), Republican
• 2. J.B. Wakefield (1825-1910), Republican
• 3. H.B. Strait (1835-1894), Republican
• 4. John B. Gilfillan (1835-1924), Republican
• 5. Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Republican

Mississippi

• 1. John M. Allen (1846-1917), Democratic
• 2. J.B. Morgan (1833-1892), Democratic
• 3. T.C. Catchings (1847-1927), Democratic
• 4. F.G. Barry (1845-1909), Democratic
• 5. O.R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic
• 6. H.S. Van Eaton (1826-1898), Democratic
• 7. Ethelbert Barksdale (1824-1893), Democratic

Missouri

• 1. William H. Hatch (1833-1896), Democratic
• 2. John B. Hale (1831-1905), Democratic
• 3. Alexander M. Dockery (1845-1926), Democratic
• 4. James N. Burnes (1827-1889), Democratic
• 5. William Warner (1840-1916), Republican
• 6. John T. Heard (1840-1927), Democratic
• 7. John E. Hutton (1828-1893), Democratic
• 8. John J. O'Neill (1846-1898), Democratic
• 9. John M. Glover (1852-1929), Democratic
• 10. Martin L. Clardy (1844-1914), Democratic
• 11. Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Democratic
• 12. William J. Stone (1848-1918), Democratic
• 13. William H. Wade (1835-1911), Republican
• 14. William Dawson (1848-1929), Democratic

Nebraska

• 1. Archibald J. Weaver (1843-1887), Republican
• 2. James Laird (1849-1889), Republican
• 3. George W.E. Dorsey (1842-1911), Republican

Nevada

• A/L. William Woodburn (1838-1915), Republican

New Hampshire

• 1. Martin A. Haynes (1842-1919), Republican
• 2. Jacob H. Gallinger (1837-1918), Republican

New Jersey

• 1. George Hires (1835-1911), Republican
• 2. James Buchanan (1839-1900), Republican
• 3. Robert S. Green (1831-1895), Democratic …resigned January 17, 1887.
• 4. James N. Pidcock (1836-1899), Democratic
• 5. William W. Phelps (1839-1894), Republican
• 6. Herman Lehlbach (1845-1904), Republican
• 7. William McAdoo (1853-1930), Democratic

New York

• 1. Perry Belmont (1851-1947), Democratic
• 2. Felix Campbell (1829-1902), Democratic
• 3. Darwin R. James (1834-1908), Republican
• 4. Peter P. Mahoney (1848-1889), Democratic
• 5. Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), Democratic
• 6. Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), Democratic
• 7. John J. Adams (1848-1919), Democratic
• 8. Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic …resigned May 20, 1885.

  Timothy J. Campbell (1840-1904), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1885.

• 9. Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911), Democratic …resigned April 10, 1886.

  Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 10. Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903), Democratic …resigned December 30, 1886.
• 11. Truman A. Merriman (1839-1892), Democratic
• 12. Abraham Dowdney (1841-1886), Democratic …died December 10, 1886, seat remained vacant.
• 13. Egbert L. Viele (1825-1902), Democratic
• 14. William G. Stahlnecker (1849-1902), Democratic
• 15. Lewis Beach (1835-1886), Democratic …died August 10, 1886.

  Henry Bacon (1846-1915), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1886.

• 16. John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
• 17. James G. Lindsley (1819-1898), Republican
• 18. Henry G. Burleigh (1832-1900), Republican
• 19. John Swinburne (1820-1889), Republican
• 20. George West (1823-1901), Republican
• 21. Frederick A. Johnson (1833-1893), Republican
• 22. Abraham X. Parker (1831-1909), Republican
• 23. J. Thomas Spriggs (1825-1888), Democratic
• 24. John S. Pindar (1835-1907), Democratic
• 25. Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), Republican
• 26. Stephen C. Millard (1841-1914), Republican
• 27. Sereno E. Payne (1843-1914), Republican
• 28. John Arnot, Jr. (1831-1886), Democratic …died November 20, 1886, seat remained vacant.
• 29. Ira Davenport (1841-1904), Republican
• 30. Charles S. Baker (1839-1902), Republican
• 31. John G. Sawyer (1825-1898), Republican
• 32. John M. Farquhar (1832-1918), Republican
• 33. John B. Weber (1842-1926), Republican
• 34. Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), Republican

North Carolina

• 1. Thomas G. Skinner (1842-1907), Democratic
• 2. James E. O'Hara (1844-1905), Republican
• 3. Wharton J. Green (1831-1910), Democratic
• 4. William R. Cox (1831-1919), Democratic
• 5. James W. Reid (1849-1902), Democratic …resigned December 31, 1886.
• 6. Risden T. Bennett (1840-1913), Democratic
• 7. John S. Henderson (1846-1916), Democratic
• 8. William H.H. Cowles (1840-1901), Democratic
• 9. Thomas D. Johnston (1840-1902), Democratic

Ohio

• 1. Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898), Republican
• 2. Charles E. Brown (1834-1904), Republican
• 3. James E. Campbell (1843-1924), Democratic
• 4. Charles M. Anderson (1845-1908), Democratic
• 5. Benjamin Le Fevre (1838-1922), Democratic
• 6. William D. Hill (1833-1906), Democratic
• 7. George E. Seney (1832-1905), Democratic
• 8. John Little (1837-1900), Republican
• 9. William C. Cooper (1832-1902), Republican
• 10. Jacob Romeis (1835-1904), Republican
• 11. W.W. Ellsberry (1833-1894), Democratic
• 12. Albert C. Thompson (1842-1910), Republican
• 13. Joseph H. Outhwaite (1841-1907), Democratic
• 14. Charles H. Grosvenor (1833-1917), Republican
• 15. Beriah Wilkins (1846-1905), Democratic
• 16. George W. Geddes (1824-1892), Democratic
• 17. A.J. Warner (1834-1910), Democratic
• 18. Isaac H. Taylor (1840-1936), Republican
• 19. Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), Republican
• 20. William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Republican
• 21. Martin A. Foran (1844-1921), Democratic

Oregon

• A/L. Binger Hermann (1843-1926), Republican

Pennsylvania

• 1. Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Republican
• 2. Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
• 3. Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• 4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• 5. Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
• 6. James B. Everhart (1821-1888), Republican
• 7. I. Newton Evans (1827-1901), Republican
• 8. Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), Democratic
• 9. John A. Hiestand (1824-1890), Republican
• 10. William H. Sowden (1840-1907), Democratic
• 11. John B. Storm (1838-1901), Democratic
• 12. Joseph A. Scranton (1838-1908), Republican
• 13. Charles N. Brumm (1838-1917), Republican
• 14. Franklin Bound (1829-1910), Republican
• 15. Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Republican
• 16. William W. Brown (1836-1926), Republican
• 17. Jacob M. Campbell (1821-1888), Republican
• 18. Louis E. Atkinson (1841-1910), Republican
• 19. John A. Swope (1827-1910), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 7, 1885.
• 20. Andrew G. Curtin (1817-1894), Democratic
• 21. Charles E. Boyle (1836-1888), Democratic
• 22. James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
• 23. Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Republican
• 24. Oscar L. Jackson (1840-1920), Republican
• 25. Alexander C. White (1833-1906), Republican
• 26. George W. Fleeger (1839-1894), Republican
• 28. William L. Scott (1828-1891), Democratic
• A/L. Edwin S. Osborne (1839-1900), Republican

Rhode Island

• 1. Henry J. Spooner (1839-1918), Republican
• 2. William A. Pirce (1824-1891), Republican …contested election, served until January 25, 1887.

  Charles H. Page (1843-1912), Democratic …contested election, seated February 25, 1887.

South Carolina

• 1. Samuel Dibble (1837-1913), Democratic
• 2. George D. Tillman (1826-1902), Democratic
• 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), Democratic
• 4. William H. Perry (1839-1902), Democratic
• 5. John J. Hemphill (1849-1912), Democratic
• 6. George W. Dargan (1841-1898), Democratic
• 7. Robert Smalls (1839-1915), Republican

Tennessee

• 1. A.H. Pettibone (1835-1918), Republican
• 2. L.C. Houk (1836-1891), Republican
• 3. John R. Neal (1836-1889), Democratic
• 4. Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Democratic
• 5. James D. Richardson (1843-1914), Democratic
• 6. A.J. Caldwell (1837-1906), Democratic
• 7. J.G. Ballentine (1825-1915), Democratic
• 8. John M. Taylor (1838-1911), Democratic
• 9. P.T. Glass (1824-1902), Democratic
• 10. Zachary Taylor (1849-1921), Republican

Texas

• 1. Charles Stewart (1836-1895), Democratic
• 2. J.H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
• 3. J.H. Jones (1830-1904), Democratic
• 4. D.B. Culberson (1830-1900), Democratic
• 5. J.W. Throckmorton (1825-1894), Democratic
• 6. Olin Wellborn (1843-1921), Democratic
• 7. W.H. Crain (1848-1896), Democratic
• 8. James F. Miller (1830-1902), Democratic
• 9. R.Q. Mills (1832-1911), Democratic
• 10. J.D. Sayers (1841-1929), Democratic
• 11. S.W.T. Lanham (1846-1908), Democratic

Vermont

• 1. John W. Stewart (1825-1915), Republican
• 2. William W. Grout (1836-1902), Republican

Virginia

• 1. Thomas Croxton (1822-1903), Democratic
• 2. Harry Libbey (1843-1913), Readjuster
• 3. George D. Wise (1831-1898), Democratic
• 4. James D. Brady (1843-1900), Republican
• 5. George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Democratic
• 6. John W. Daniel (1842-1910), Democratic
• 7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (1840-1905), Democratic
• 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (1820-1892), Democratic
• 9. C.F. Trigg (1847-1907), Democratic
• 10. J. Randolph Tucker (1823-1897), Democratic

West Virginia

• 1. Nathan Goff (1843-1920), Republican
• 2. William L. Wilson (1843-1900), Democratic
• 3. Charles P. Snyder (1847-1915), Democratic
• 4. Eustace Gibson (1842-1900), Democratic

Wisconsin

• 1. Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Republican
• 2. Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912), Democratic
• 3. Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), Republican
• 4. Isaac W. Van Schaick (1817-1901), Republican
• 5. Joseph Rankin (1833-1886), Democratic …died January 24, 1886.
• 5. Thomas R. Hudd (1835-1896), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 8, 1886.
• 6. Richard W. Guenther (1845-1913), Republican
• 7. Ormsby B. Thomas (1832-1904), Republican
• 8. William T. Price (1824-1886), Republican …died December 6, 1886.
• 8. Hugh H. Price (1859-1904), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 2, 1887.
• 9. Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

• Curtis C. Bean (1828-1904), Republican

Dakota Territory

• Oscar S. Gifford (1842-1913), Republican

Idaho Territory

• John Hailey (1835-1921), Democratic

Montana Territory

• Joseph K. Toole (1851-1929), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• Antonio Joseph (1846-1910), Democratic

Utah Territory

• John T. Caine (1829-1911), Democratic

Washington Territory

• Charles S. Voorhees (1853-1909), Democratic

Wyoming Territory

• Joseph M. Carey (1845-1924), Republican

Membership Changes

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Senate

House of Representatives

Employees

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Senate

• Secretary:
  • Anson C. McCook of Ohio
• Sergeant at Arms:
  • William P. Canaday of North Carolina
• Chaplain:
  • Elia DeWitt Huntley, Methodist.
  • John George Butler, Lutheran, elected March 15, 1886.

House of Representatives

• Clerk:
  • John B. Clark, Jr. of Missouri, reelected December 7, 1885.
• Sergeant at Arms:
  • John P. Leedom of Ohio, reeleected December 7, 1885.
• Doorkeeper:
  • Samuel Donaldson of Tennessee, elected December 7, 1885.
• Postmaster:
  • Lycurgus Dalton of Indiana, reelected December 7, 1885.
• Chaplain:
  • William Henry Milburn, Methodist, elected December 7, 1885.

References

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