42nd United States Congress

Template:Short description Template:Infobox United States Congress The 42nd 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, 1871, to March 4, 1873, during the third and fourth 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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June 10, 1871: U.S. Marines make naval attack on the Han River forts in Korea
March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park was established as the world's first national park
November 5, 1872: 1872 United States presidential election

Major legislation

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April 20, 1871: Enforcement Act of 1871
March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park founded
May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872
May 23, 1872: Amnesty Act of 1872
June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act), ch. 255, 17 Stat. 196
February 12, 1873: Coinage Act of 1873
March 3, 1873: Timber Culture Act
March 3, 1873: Comstock Act
March 3, 1873: Salary Grab Act (so called)

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.

Senate

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House of Representatives

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Leadership

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President of the Senate Schuyler Colfax

Senate

President: Schuyler Colfax (R)
President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony (R)

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and representatives are listed by district.

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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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1872.

Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 42nd Congress in March 1871. The green stripes in Illinois represent Liberal Republican Lyman Trumbull. <templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" />

2 Democrats

1 Democrat and 1 Republican

2 Republicans

Territories

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Senate President pro tempore Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin S. Turner (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles W. Buckley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William A. Handley (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Hays (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Peter M. Dox (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph H. Sloss (D)

Arkansas

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Hanks (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Oliver P. Snyder (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Edwards (LR), until February 9, 1872

Template:Party stripe Thomas Boles (R), from February 9, 1872

California

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Sherman O. Houghton (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Aaron A. Sargent (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John M. Coghlan (R)

Connecticut

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Julius L. Strong (R), until September 7, 1872

Template:Party stripe Joseph R. Hawley (R), from December 2, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stephen W. Kellogg (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry H. Starkweather (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Barnum (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John S. Bigby (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas J. Speer (R), until August 18, 1872

Template:Party stripe Erasmus W. Beck (D), from December 2, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Dudley M. Du Bose (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William P. Price (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Pierce M. B. Young (D)

Illinois

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles B. Farwell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John F. Farnsworth (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Horatio C. Burchard (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John B. Hawley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Bradford N. Stevens (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Burton C. Cook (R), until August 26, 1871

Template:Party stripe Henry Snapp (R), from December 4, 1871

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jesse H. Moore (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James C. Robinson (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thompson W. McNeely (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward Y. Rice (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel S. Marshall (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John B. Hay (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John M. Crebs (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John L. Beveridge (R), November 7, 1871 – January 4, 1873

Indiana

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William E. Niblack (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Michael C. Kerr (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William S. Holman (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jeremiah M. Wilson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Coburn (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Mahlon D. Manson (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James N. Tyner (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John P. C. Shanks (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Williams (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jasper Packard (R)

Iowa

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George W. McCrary (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Aylett R. Cotton (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William G. Donnan (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Madison M. Walden (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Francis W. Palmer (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jackson Orr (R)

Kansas

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. David P. Lowe (R)

Kentucky

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward Crossland (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry D. McHenry (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph H. Lewis (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William B. Read (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Boyd Winchester (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William E. Arthur (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James B. Beck (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George M. Adams (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John M. Rice (D)

Louisiana

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. J. Hale Sypher (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lionel A. Sheldon (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Chester B. Darrall (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James McCleery (R), until November 5, 1871

Template:Party stripe Alexander Boarman (LR), from December 3, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Frank Morey (R)

Maine

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Lynch (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William P. Frye (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James G. Blaine (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John A. Peters (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Hambleton (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Stevenson Archer (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Swann (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Ritchie (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William M. Merrick (D)

Massachusetts

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Buffington (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Oakes Ames (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ginery Twichell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Hooper (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin F. Butler (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Nathaniel P. Banks (R) then (LR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George M. Brooks (R), until May 13, 1872

Template:Party stripe Constantine C. Esty (R), from December 2, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George F. Hoar (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William B. Washburn (R), until December 5, 1871

Template:Party stripe Alvah Crocker (R), from January 2, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry L. Dawes (R)

Michigan

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry Waldron (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William L. Stoughton (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Austin Blair (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Wilder D. Foster (R), from December 4, 1871

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Omar D. Conger (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jabez G. Sutherland (D)

Minnesota

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Mark H. Dunnell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John T. Averill (R)

Mississippi

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George E. Harris (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph L. Morphis (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry W. Barry (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George C. McKee (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Legrand W. Perce (R)

Missouri

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Erastus Wells (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (LR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James R. McCormick (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Harrison E. Havens (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel S. Burdett (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Abram Comingo (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Isaac C. Parker (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James G. Blair (LR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Andrew King (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Hosea W. Parker (D)

New Jersey

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John W. Hazelton (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel C. Forker (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John T. Bird (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Hill (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George A. Halsey (R)

New York

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Dwight Townsend (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Thomas Kinsella (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry W. Slocum (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert Roosevelt (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William R. Roberts (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel S. Cox (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Smith Ely Jr. (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Brooks (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Fernando Wood (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Clarkson N. Potter (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles St. John (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John H. Ketcham (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph H. Tuthill (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Eli Perry (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph M. Warren (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Rogers (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William A. Wheeler (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John M. Carroll (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Elizur H. Prindle (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Clinton L. Merriam (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ellis H. Roberts (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William E. Lansing (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. R. Holland Duell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John E. Seeley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Lamport (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Milo Goodrich (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. H. Boardman Smith (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Freeman Clarke (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Seth Wakeman (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Williams (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Walter L. Sessions (R)

North Carolina

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Clinton L. Cobb (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles R. Thomas (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alfred M. Waddell (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Sion H. Rogers (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Leach (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Francis E. Shober (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James C. Harper (D)

Ohio

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Aaron F. Perry (R), until July 14, 1872

Template:Party stripe Ozro J. Dodds (D), from October 9, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Job E. Stevenson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lewis D. Campbell (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John F. McKinney (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles N. Lamison (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John A. Smith (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Shellabarger (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Beatty (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles Foster (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Erasmus D. Peck (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John T. Wilson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Philadelph Van Trump (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. George W. Morgan (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James Monroe (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William P. Sprague (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Bingham (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jacob A. Ambler (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Upson (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James A. Garfield (R)

Oregon

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James H. Slater (D)

Pennsylvania

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel J. Randall (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John V. Creely (IR)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Leonard Myers (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William D. Kelley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alfred C. Harmer (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ephraim L. Acker (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Washington Townsend (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. J. Lawrence Getz (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Oliver J. Dickey (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John W. Killinger (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John B. Storm (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ulysses Mercur (R), until December 2, 1872

Template:Party stripe Frank C. Bunnell (R), from December 24, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John B. Packer (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard J. Haldeman (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin F. Meyers (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. R. Milton Speer (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry Sherwood (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Glenni W. Scofield (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel Griffith (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Henry D. Foster (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James S. Negley (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Ebenezer McJunkin (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William McClelland (D)

Rhode Island

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Benjamin T. Eames (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James M. Pendleton (R)

South Carolina

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Joseph Rainey (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert C. De Large (R), until January 24, 1873; vacant thereafter

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert B. Elliott (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alexander S. Wallace (R)

Tennessee

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Roderick R. Butler (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Horace Maynard (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Abraham E. Garrett (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John M. Bright (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Edward I. Golladay (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Robert P. Caldwell (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William W. Vaughan (D)

Texas

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William S. Herndon (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John C. Conner (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William T. Clark (R), until May 13, 1872

Template:Party stripe Dewitt C. Giddings (D), from May 13, 1872

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Hancock (D)

Vermont

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles W. Willard (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Luke P. Poland (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Worthington C. Smith (R)

Virginia

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John Critcher (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James H. Platt Jr. (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles H. Porter (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. H. Stowell (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard T. W. Duke (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John T. Harris (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Elliott M. Braxton (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William Terry (D)

West Virginia

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. John J. Davis (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. James C. McGrew (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Frank Hereford (D)

Wisconsin

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Alexander Mitchell (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Gerry W. Hazelton (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. J. Allen Barber (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Charles A. Eldredge (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Philetus Sawyer (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)

Non-voting members

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Richard C. McCormick (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Jerome B. Chaffee (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Moses K. Armstrong (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Norton P. Chipman (R), from April 21, 1871

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Samuel A. Merritt (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Clagett (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. José Manuel Gallegos (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William H. Hooper (D)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. Selucius Garfielde (R)

Template:Party stripe Template:Ushr. William T. Jones (R)

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House seats by party holding plurality in state
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Democratic	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 80+% to 100% Republican
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Democratic	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> 60+% to 80% Republican
<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Democratic	<templatestyles src="Legend/styles.css" /> Up to 60% Republican

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Speaker of the House James G. Blaine

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Replacements: 0
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Deaths: 0
Resignations: 2
Contested elections: 0
Total seats with changes: 4

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|- | Kentucky (3) | nowrap style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Garrett Davis (D) | Died September 22, 1872.
Successor appointed September 27, 1872.
Appointee was later elected January 21, 1873, to finish the term.Template:Sfn | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Willis B. Machen (D) | September 27, 1872

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House of Representatives

Replacements: 11
- Democratic: 4 seat net gain
- Republican: 5 seat net loss
- Liberal Republican: 1 seat net gain
Deaths: 3
Resignations: 6
Contested election: 4
Total seats with changes: 16

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Committees

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Senate

Agriculture (Chairman: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William Windom)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Matthew H. Carpenter; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George G. Wright; Ranking Member: N/A)
Claims (Chairman: John Scott; Ranking Member: Arthur I. Boreman)
Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: William A. Buckingham)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
District of Columbia (Chairman: John F. Lewis; Ranking Member: Frederick A. Sawyer)
Education and Labor (Chairman: James W. Flanagan; Ranking Member: James W. Patterson)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Norwood)
Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Adelbert Ames)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Carl Schurz)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: Henry Wilson)
Investigation and Retrenchment (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member; William M. Stewart)
Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Frederick T. Frelinghuysen)
Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas J. Robertson; Ranking Member: Abijah Gilbert)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: John A. Logan)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin; Ranking Member: Alexander Caldwell)
Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Ferry)
Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
Outrages in Southern States (Select)
Pacific Railroad (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William P. Kellogg)
Patents (Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: William Windom)
Pensions (Chairman: Daniel D. Pratt; Ranking Member: Morgan C. Hamilton)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: Hannibal Hamlin)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Allen G. Thurman; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member: Joshua Hill)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
Public Lands (Chairman: William Sprague; Ranking Member: William Windom)
Railroads (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: N/A)
Removal of Political Disabilities (Select)
Retrenchment
Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Hannibal Hamlin; Ranking Member: George G. Wright)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William G. Brownlow; Ranking Member: Joshua Hill)
Rules (Select)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Territories (Chairman: Arthur I. Boreman; Ranking Member: Phineas W. Hitchcock)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select)
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House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: James Buffington; Ranking Member: Stevenson Archer)
Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Hays; Ranking Member: John W. Hazelton)
Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
Alabama Affairs (Select)
Arkansas Affairs (Select)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: Horace Maynard; Ranking Member: Clinton L. Merriam)
Claims (Chairman: John B. Hawley; Ranking Member: William P. Frye)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: John Critcher)
Commerce (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: James S. Negley)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Aylett R. Cotton)
Education and Labor (Chairman: James Monroe; Ranking Member: Robert B. Elliott)
Elections (Chairman: Horace B. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin T. Eames)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jackson Orr; Ranking Member: George M. Adams)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: James B. Sener; Ranking Member: N/A)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Benjamin T. Biggs)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry W. Barry; Ranking Member: William R. Roberts)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Jasper Packard; Ranking Member: John Rogers)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: J. Hale Sypher; Ranking Member: William H. Barnum)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Ephraim L. Acker)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: R. Holland Duell; Ranking Member: Fernando Wood)
Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Clinton L. Cobb; Ranking Member: Joseph H. Rainey)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Jasper Packard)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: John T. Averill; Ranking Member: John C. Edwards)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Jeremiah McLain Rusk; Ranking Member: Benjamin S. Turner)
Judiciary (Chairman: Benjamin F. Butler; Ranking Member: Milo Goodrich)
Manufactures (Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member: John M. Rice)
Mileage (Chairman: Hezekiah S. Bundy; Ranking Member: Edward I. Golladay)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John Coburn; Ranking Member: George E. Harris)
Militia (Chairman: Roderick R. Butler; Ranking Member: John C. Conner)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: David P. Lowe; Ranking Member: Walter L. Sessions)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: John M. Coghlan)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: John T. Averill)
Patents (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: Joseph M. Warren)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John B. Packer; Ranking Member: Charles H. Porter)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Jasper Packard; Ranking Member: J. Allen Barber)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: James H. Platt Jr.; Ranking Member: Walter L. Sessions)
Public Expenditures (Chairman: Harrison E. Havens; Ranking Member: Thomas Kinsella)
Public Lands (Chairman: Washington Townsend; Ranking Member: Jeremiah M. Rusk)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: George W. McCrary; Ranking Member: Charles St. John
Reform on Civil Service (Chairman: Stephen W. Kellogg; Ranking Member: N/A)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: John S. Bigby)
Revolution Claims (Chairman: Alexander S. Wallace; Ranking Member: Abram Comingo)
Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Lazarus D. Shoemaker; Ranking Member: John M. Rice)
Rules (Select) (Chairman: James G. Blaine; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Cox)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: George C. McKee; Ranking Member: Lazarus D. Shoemaker)
War Claims (Chairman: William Lawrence; Ranking Member: N/A)
Ways and Means (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Horatio C. Burchard)
Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Chester B. Darrall; Vice Chairman: Rep. John T. Bird)
Inquire into the Affairs of the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman: Rep. Jeremiah M. Wilson; Vice Chairman: N/A)
The Library (Chairman: Rep. William P. Frye; Vice Chairman: Rep. Lewis D. Campbell)
Printing (Chairman: Rep. William G. Donnan; Vice Chairman: Rep. William P. Price)

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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

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