41st United States Congress
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox United States Congress The 41st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1869, to March 4, 1871, during the first two years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1860 United States census. Both chambers had a Republican majority. Template:TOClimit
Major events
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- March 4, 1869: Ulysses Grant became President of the United States
- March 4, 1869: Carl Schurz R-Missouri became the first German American to serve in the United States Senate
- May 10, 1869: Golden spike marked the completion of the First transcontinental railroad in Promontory, Utah[1]
- December 10, 1869: Wyoming Territory gave women the right to vote, one of the first such laws in the world
- February 12, 1870: Utah Territory gave women the right to vote
- February 25, 1870: Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American in the U.S. Congress
Major legislation
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- March 18, 1869: Public Credit Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 1, 16 Stat. 1
- April 10, 1869: Judiciary Act of 1869, Sess. 1, ch. 22, 16 Stat. 44
- May 31, 1870: Enforcement Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 114, 16 Stat. 140
- June 22, 1870: An Act to establish the Department of Justice, Sess. 2, ch. 150, 16 Stat. 162
- June 29, 1870: An Act to reorganize the Marine Hospital Service, Sess. 2, ch. 169, 16 Stat. 169
- July 12, 1870: Currency Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 252, 16 Stat. 251
- July 14, 1870: Funding Act of 1870, Sess. 2, ch. 256, 16 Stat. 272
- February 21, 1871: District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871, Sess. 3, ch. 62, Pub. L. Template:Trim/Template:Trim Template:Trim–Template:Trim, 16 Stat. 419
Constitutional amendments
- February 3, 1870: Fifteenth Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 28) to become part of the Constitution[2]
States readmitted
- January 26, 1870: Virginia rejoined the Union
- February 23, 1870: Mississippi rejoined the Union
- March 30, 1870: Texas rejoined the Union
- July 15, 1870: Georgia rejoined the Union, the last former Confederate state to be readmitted
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
During this Congress, Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia were readmitted to representation.
Senate
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House of Representatives
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Leadership
Schuyler Colfax
Senate
House of Representatives
- Speaker: James G. Blaine (R)
- Republican Conference Chairman: Robert C. Schenck and Nathaniel P. Banks
- Democratic Caucus Chairman: William E. Niblack and Samuel J. Randall
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed then by class and representatives are listed then by district.
Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, "Class 1" meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1874; "Class 2" meant their term ended in this Congress, facing re-election in 1870; and "Class 3" meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1872.
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- Replacements: 6
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
- Deaths: 2
- Resignations:2
- Interim appointments: 2
- Seats of newly re-admitted states: 8
- Total seats with changes: 14
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:Ordinal US Congress change |- | Virginia (1) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Virginia re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John F. Lewis (R) | rowspan=2 | January 26, 1870
|- | Virginia (2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John W. Johnston (D)
|- | Mississippi (1) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Mississippi re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Adelbert Ames (R) | rowspan=2 | February 23, 1870
|- | Mississippi (2) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Hiram R Revels (R)
|- | Texas (1) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Texas re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James W. Flanagan (R) | March 30, 1870
|- | Texas (2) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Morgan C. Hamilton (R) | March 31, 1870
|- | Georgia (3) | rowspan=2 | Vacant | rowspan=2 | Georgia re-admitted to the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joshua Hill (R) | February 1, 1871
|- | Georgia (2) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Homer V. M. Miller (D) | February 28, 1871
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| Maine (2)
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Fessenden (R)
| Died September 8, 1869.
Successor appointed October 30, 1869.
Successor was subsequently elected January 19, 1870 to finish the term.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Lot M. Morrill (R)
| October 30, 1869
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| Iowa (2)
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James W. Grimes (R)
| Resigned December 6, 1869, because of failing health.
Successor elected January 18, 1870.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | James B. Howell (R)
| January 18, 1870
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| Minnesota (2)
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daniel S. Norton (R)
| Died July 14, 1870.
Successor appointed July 15, 1870.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Windom (R)
| July 15, 1870
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| Missouri (3)
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles D. Drake (R)
| Resigned December 19, 1870, after being appointed chief justice of the United States Court of Claims.
Successor appointed December 19, 1870.
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daniel T. Jewett (R)
| December 19, 1870
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| Missouri (3)
| nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Daniel T. Jewett (R)
| Interim appointee retired.
Successor elected January 20, 1871.
| nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Francis P. Blair Jr. (D)
| January 20, 1871
|- | Minnesota (2) | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Windom (R) | Successor elected January 22, 1871. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Ozora P. Stearns (R) | January 22, 1871
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House of Representatives
- Replacements: 14
- Democratic: 3 seat net loss
- Republican: 3 seat net gain
- Conservative Party of Virginia: no net change
- Deaths: 6
- Resignations: 6
- Contested election: 8
- Seats of newly re-admitted states: 17
- Total seats with changes: 44
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Porter (R) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | George Booker (C) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | Robert Ridgway (C) | rowspan=2 | January 27, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | William Milnes Jr. (C) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | James K. Gibson (C) | January 28, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard S. Ayer (R) | rowspan=2 | January 31, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | Lewis McKenzie (C) |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Henry D. Foster. House declared neither was entitled to seat. House then declared Covode duly elected February 9, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Covode (R) | February 9, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=5 | Vacant | rowspan=5 style="font-size:80%" | Mississippi re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George E. Harris (R) | rowspan=5 | February 23, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph L. Morphis (R) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Henry W. Barry (R) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George C. McKee (R) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Legrand W. Perce (R) |- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=4 | Vacant | rowspan=4 style="font-size:80%" | Texas re-admitted into the Union | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George W. Whitmore (R) | March 30, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John C. Conner (D) | rowspan=3 | March 31, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William T. Clark (R) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Edward Degener (R) |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Michael Ryan. House declared neither was entitled to seat. Elected to seat thus caused | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph P. Newsham (R) | May 23, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with William D. Simpson. Simpson was never seated. House declared Wallace entitled to seat. | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Alexander S. Wallace (R) | May 27, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Contested election with Louis St. Martin. House declared neither was entitled to seat. Elected to seat thus caused | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | J. Hale Sypher (R) | November 7, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | rowspan=7 | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Joseph W. Clift not entitled to seat | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William W. Paine (D) | rowspan=7 | December 22, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Nelson Tift not entitled to seat | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Richard H. Whiteley (R) |- | Template:Ushr | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring William P. Edwards not entitled to seat | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Marion Bethune (R) |- | Template:Ushr | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Samuel F. Gove not entitled to seat | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jefferson F. Long (R) |- | Template:Ushr | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Charles H. Prince not entitled to seat | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Stephen A. Corker (D) |- | Template:Ushr | style="font-size:80%" | Failure to elect | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Price (D) |- | Template:Ushr | style="font-size:80%" | Vacancy caused by House declaring Pierce M. B. Young not entitled to seat. He was subsequently elected to fill the vacancy thus caused | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Pierce M. B. Young (D) |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Elihu B. Washburne (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 6, 1869, after being appointed United States Secretary of State | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Horatio C. Burchard (R) | December 6, 1869 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George S. Boutwell (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 12, 1869, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Treasury | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | George M. Brooks (R) | November 2, 1869 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Moffet (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election April 9, 1869 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Leonard Myers (R) | April 9, 1869 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin F. Hopkins (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 1, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Atwood (R) | February 23, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Truman H. Hoag (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died February 5, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Erasmus D. Peck (R) | April 23, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | George W. Greene (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election February 17, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles Van Wyck (R) | February 17, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Benjamin F. Whittemore (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 24, 1870, pending an investigation of certain appointments to the US Military and Naval Academies | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph Rainey (R) | December 12, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jacob Golladay (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870 | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph H. Lewis (D) | May 10, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John T. Deweese (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned February 28, 1870, pending an investigation of certain appointments to the US Military and Naval Academies | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Manning Jr. (D) | December 7, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | John R. Reading (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election April 13, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Caleb N. Taylor (R) | April 13, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | David Heaton (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died June 25, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Joseph Dixon (R) | December 5, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Noah Davis (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned July 15, 1870, before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Charles H. Holmes (R) | December 6, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William Smyth (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died September 30, 1870 | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | William P. Wolf (R) | December 6, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | Robert Ridgway (C) | style="font-size:80%" | Died October 16, 1870 | nowrap Template:Party shading/Conservative | Richard T. W. Duke (C) | November 8, 1870 |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Robert C. Schenck (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 5, 1871, after being appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Covode (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Died January 11, 1871 | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John A. Logan (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |- | Template:Ushr | nowrap style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Thomas W. Ferry (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned at end of congress March 3, 1871, after being elected to the US Senate for the following term | Vacant | Not filled this Congress |}
Committees
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Senate
- Agriculture (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Abijah Gilbert)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William Sprague IV)
- Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: Garrett Davis)
- Claims (Chairman: Timothy O. Howe; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Robertson)
- Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: Roscoe Conkling)
- Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: James W. Patterson; Ranking Member: John S. Harris)
- Education (Chairman: Frederick A. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Henry W. Corbett)
- Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton)
- Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
- Foreign Relations (Chairman: Charles Sumner; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: James Harlan; Ranking Member: William A. Buckingham)
- Judiciary (Chairman: Lyman Trumbull; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Rice)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member: Arthur I. Boreman)
- Memorial of Davis Hatch (Select)
- Military Affairs and the Militia (Chairman: Henry Wilson; Ranking Member: John M. Thayer)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Edmund G. Ross)
- Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
- Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
- Outrages in Southern States (Select)
- Pacific Railroad (Chairman: Jacob M. Howard; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
- Patents (Chairman: Waitman T. Willey; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Osborn)
- Pensions (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: George H. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Kellogg)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Adolphus H. Tanner)
- Public Lands (Chairman: Samuel C. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
- Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) (Chairman: Henry B. Anthony; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry)
- Retrenchment (Chairman: John S. Harris; Ranking Member: Carl Schurz)
- Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Roscoe Conkling; Ranking Member: John Pool)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Yates; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
- Rules (Select)
- Tariff Regulation (Select)
- Territories (Chairman: James W. Nye; Ranking Member: Jacob M. Howard)
- Traffic with Rebels in Texas (Select)
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Accounts (Chairman: Henry L. Cake; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
- Agriculture (Chairman: John T. Wilson; Ranking Member: Jacob Benton)
- Appropriations (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
- Banking and Currency (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: John B. Packer)
- Claims (Chairman: William B. Washburn; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Ela)
- Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Noah Davis)
- Commerce (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member: David S. Bennett)
- District of Columbia (Chairman: Burton C. Cook; Ranking Member: Charles M. Hamilton)
- Education and Labor (Chairman: Samuel M. Arnell; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Burdett)
- Elections (Chairman: Halbert E. Paine; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
- Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jacob H. Ela; Ranking Member: Peter W. Strader)
- Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John Lynch; Ranking Member: Patrick Hamill)
- Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William Moore; Ranking Member: John F. Benjamin)
- Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Alexander H. Bailey; Ranking Member: John D. Stiles)
- Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
- Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Clinton L. Cobb)
- Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: John C. Churchill; Ranking Member: Truman H. Hoag)
- Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Oliver H. Dockery; Ranking Member: John B. Hawley)
- Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Banks; Ranking Member: Charles W. Willard)
- Indian Affairs (Chairman: Sidney Clarke; Ranking Member: John T. Deweese)
- Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John F. Benjamin; Ranking Member: Christopher C. Bowen)
- Judiciary (Chairman: John A. Bingham; Ranking Member: Ulysses Mercur)
- Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel J. Morrell; Ranking Member: William H. Upson)
- Mileage (Chairman: Isaac R. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
- Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: John S. Witcher)
- Militia (Chairman: John P. C. Shanks; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
- Mines and Mining (Chairman: Orange Ferriss; Ranking Member: Isaac H. Duval)
- Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: George W. McCrary)
- Pacific Railroads (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Logan H. Roots)
- Patents (Chairman: Thomas A. Jenckes; Ranking Member: James A. Johnson)
- Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John F. Farnsworth; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner)
- Private Land Claims (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Cadwallader C. Washburn)
- Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John Beatty)
- Public Expenditures (Chairman: John Coburn)
- Public Lands (Chairman: George W. Julian; Ranking Member: James J. Winans)
- Railways and Canals (Chairman: Ebon C. Ingersoll; Ranking Member: William F. Prosser)
- Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
- Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Sempronius H. Boyd; Ranking Member: Alexander H. Jones)
- Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Charles W. Willard; Ranking Member: Roderick R. Butler)
- Rules (Select) (Chairman: Schuyler Colfax; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield)
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Territories (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
- Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: James Brooks)
- Whole
Joint committees
- Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
- Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. John Beatty; Vice Chairman: Rep. Joseph C. Abbott)
- The Library (Chairman: Rep. John A. Peters; Vice Chairman: Rep. George A. Woodward)
- Printing (Chairman: Rep. Addison H. Laflin; Vice Chairman: Rep. William Mungen)
- Retrenchment (Chairman: Rep. Martin Welker; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes)
Caucuses
- Democratic (House)
- Democratic (Senate)
Employees
Legislative branch agency directors
Senate
- Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodist)
- Secretary: George C. Gorham
- Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown, until March 22, 1869
- John R. French, elected March 22, 1869
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: John G. Butler (Presbyterian)
- Clerk: Edward McPherson
- Clerk at the Speaker's Table: John M. Barclay
- Doorkeeper: Otis S. Buxton
- Postmaster: William S. King
- Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R)
- Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway
See also
- 1868 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress)
- 1870 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
Notes
References
Bibliography
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External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: House History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".