1873-1875 U.S. Congress
The 43rd 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, 1873, to March 4, 1875, during the fifth and sixth years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency .
The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census .
Both chambers had a Republican majority. This is the last time Republicans held a 2/3 majority in the Senate.
June 22, 1874: Revised Statutes of the United States
June 23, 1874: Poland Act , 18 Stat. 253
January 14, 1875: Specie Payment Resumption Act ch. 15, 18 Stat. 296
March 1, 1875: Civil Rights Act of 1875 , (Butler-Sumner Act) 18 Stat. 335
March 3, 1875: Tariff of 1875
March 3, 1875: Page Act of 1875 , 18 Stat. 477
March 18, 1874: Hawaii signed a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trading rights.
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.
Senators of the 43rd United States Congress
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Before this Congress, the 1870 United States Census and resulting reapportionment changed the size of the House to 292 members.
President of the SenateHenry Wilson
House of Representatives [ edit ]
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class and Members of the House by district.
Skip to House of Representatives , below
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 ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1874; class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1876; and class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1878.
▌ 2. George Goldthwaite (D)
▌ 3. George E. Spencer (R)
▌ 2. Powell Clayton (R)
▌ 3. Stephen W. Dorsey (R)
▌ 1. Eugene Casserly (D), until November 29, 1873
▌ John S. Hager (D), from December 23, 1873
▌ 3. Aaron A. Sargent (R)
▌ 1. William A. Buckingham (R), until February 5, 1875
▌ William W. Eaton (D), from February 5, 1875
▌ 3. Orris S. Ferry (LR)
▌ 1. Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D)
▌ 2. Eli Saulsbury (D)
▌ 1. Abijah Gilbert (R)
▌ 3. Simon B. Conover (R)
▌ 2. Thomas M. Norwood (D)
▌ 3. John B. Gordon (D)
▌ 2. John A. Logan (R)
▌ 3. Richard J. Oglesby (R)
▌ 1. Daniel D. Pratt (R)
▌ 3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R)
▌ 2. George G. Wright (R)
▌ 3. William B. Allison (R)
▌ 2. Alexander Caldwell (R), until March 24, 1873
▌ Robert Crozier (R), November 24, 1873 - February 12, 1874
▌ James M. Harvey (R), from February 12, 1874
▌ 3. John J. Ingalls (R)
▌ 2. John W. Stevenson (D)
▌ 3. Thomas C. McCreery (D)
▌ 2. J. Rodman West (R)
3: vacant
▌ 1. Hannibal Hamlin (R)
▌ 2. Lot M. Morrill (R)
▌ 1. William T. Hamilton (D)
▌ 3. George R. Dennis (D)
▌ 1. Charles Sumner (LR), until March 11, 1874
▌ William B. Washburn (R), from April 17, 1874
▌ 2. George S. Boutwell (R), from March 17, 1873
▌ 1. Zachariah Chandler (R)
▌ 2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)
▌ 1. Alexander Ramsey (R)
▌ 2. William Windom (R)
▌ 1. Adelbert Ames (R), until January 10, 1874
▌ Henry R. Pease (R), from February 3, 1874
▌ 2. James L. Alcorn (R)
▌ 1. Carl Schurz (R)
▌ 3. Lewis V. Bogy (D)
▌ 1. Thomas Tipton (R)
▌ 2. Phineas Hitchcock (R)
▌ 1. William M. Stewart (R)
▌ 3. John P. Jones (R)
▌ 2. Aaron H. Cragin (R)
▌ 3. Bainbridge Wadleigh (R)
▌ 1. John P. Stockton (D)
▌ 2. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (R)
▌ 1. Reuben E. Fenton (R)
▌ 3. Roscoe Conkling (R)
▌ 2. Matt W. Ransom (D)
▌ 3. Augustus S. Merrimon (D)
▌ 1. Allen G. Thurman (D)
▌ 3. John Sherman (R)
▌ 2. James K. Kelly (D)
▌ 3. John H. Mitchell (R)
▌ 1. John Scott (R)
▌ 3. Simon Cameron (R)
▌ 1. William Sprague IV (R)
▌ 2. Henry B. Anthony (R)
▌ 2. Thomas J. Robertson (R)
▌ 3. John J. Patterson (R)
▌ 1. William G. Brownlow (R)
▌ 2. Henry Cooper (D)
▌ 1. James W. Flanagan (R)
▌ 2. Morgan C. Hamilton (LR )
▌ 1. George F. Edmunds (R)
▌ 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)
▌ 1. John F. Lewis (R)
▌ 2. John W. Johnston (D)
▌ 1. Arthur I. Boreman (R)
▌ 2. Henry G. Davis (D)
▌ 1. Matthew H. Carpenter (R)
▌ 3. Timothy O. Howe (R)
Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 43rd Congress in March 1873. The green stripes represent Liberal Republicans . One of Louisiana's seats was never filled. 2 Democrats
1 Democrat and 1 Republican
2 Republicans
Territories
President pro tempore Matthew H. Carpenter
President pro tempore Henry B. Anthony
House of Representatives [ edit ]
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
▌ 1 . Frederick G. Bromberg (LR)
▌ 2 . James T. Rapier (R)
▌ 3 . Charles Pelham (R)
▌ 4 . Charles Hays (R)
▌ 5 . John H. Caldwell (D)
▌ 6 . Joseph H. Sloss (D)
▌ At-large . Charles C. Sheats (R)
▌ At-large . Alexander White (R)
▌ 1 . Asa Hodges (R)
▌ 2 . Oliver P. Snyder (R)
▌ 3 . William W. Wilshire (R), until June 16, 1874
▌ Thomas M. Gunter (D), from June 16, 1874
▌ At-large . William J. Hynes (LR)
▌ 1 . Charles Clayton (R)
▌ 2 . Horace F. Page (R)
▌ 3 . John K. Luttrell (D)
▌ 4 . Sherman O. Houghton (R)
▌ 1 . Joseph R. Hawley (R)
▌ 2 . Stephen W. Kellogg (R)
▌ 3 . Henry H. Starkweather (R)
▌ 4 . William H. Barnum (D)
▌ At-large . James R. Lofland (R)
▌ At-large . Josiah T. Walls (R)
▌ At-large . William J. Purman (R), until January 25, 1875
▌ 1 . Morgan Rawls (D), until March 24, 1874
▌ Andrew Sloan (R), from March 24, 1874
▌ 2 . Richard H. Whiteley (R)
▌ 3 . Philip Cook (D)
▌ 4 . Henry R. Harris (D)
▌ 5 . James C. Freeman (R)
▌ 6 . James H. Blount (D)
▌ 7 . Pierce M. B. Young (D)
▌ 8 . Alexander H. Stephens (D), from December 1, 1873
▌ 9 . Hiram P. Bell (D)
▌ 1 . John B. Rice (R), until December 17, 1874
▌ Bernard G. Caulfield (D), from February 1, 1875
▌ 2 . Jasper D. Ward (R)
▌ 3 . Charles B. Farwell (R)
▌ 4 . Stephen A. Hurlbut (R)
▌ 5 . Horatio C. Burchard (R)
▌ 6 . John B. Hawley (R)
▌ 7 . Franklin Corwin (R)
▌ 8 . Greenbury L. Fort (R)
▌ 9 . Granville Barrere (R)
▌ 10 . William H. Ray (R)
▌ 11 . Robert M. Knapp (D)
▌ 12 . James C. Robinson (D)
▌ 13 . John McNulta (R)
▌ 14 . Joseph G. Cannon (R)
▌ 15 . John R. Eden (D)
▌ 16 . James S. Martin (R)
▌ 17 . William R. Morrison (D)
▌ 18 . Isaac Clements (R)
▌ 19 . Samuel S. Marshall (D)
▌ 1 . William E. Niblack (D)
▌ 2 . Simeon K. Wolfe (D)
▌ 3 . William S. Holman (D)
▌ 4 . Jeremiah M. Wilson (R)
▌ 5 . John Coburn (R)
▌ 6 . Morton C. Hunter (R)
▌ 7 . Thomas J. Cason (R)
▌ 8 . James N. Tyner (R)
▌ 9 . John P. C. Shanks (R)
▌ 10 . Henry B. Sayler (R)
▌ At-large . Jasper Packard (R)
▌ At-large . Godlove S. Orth (R)
▌ At-large . William Williams (R)
▌ 1 . George W. McCrary (R)
▌ 2 . Aylett R. Cotton (R)
▌ 3 . William G. Donnan (R)
▌ 4 . Henry O. Pratt (R)
▌ 5 . James Wilson (R)
▌ 6 . William Loughridge (R)
▌ 7 . John A. Kasson (R)
▌ 8 . James W. McDill (R)
▌ 9 . Jackson Orr (R)
▌ At-large . Stephen A. Cobb (R)
▌ At-large . David P. Lowe (R)
▌ At-large . William A. Phillips (R)
▌ 1 . Edward Crossland (D)
▌ 2 . John Y. Brown (D)
▌ 3 . Charles W. Milliken (D)
▌ 4 . William B. Read (D)
▌ 5 . Elisha D. Standiford (D)
▌ 6 . William E. Arthur (D)
▌ 7 . James B. Beck (D)
▌ 8 . Milton J. Durham (D)
▌ 9 . George M. Adams (D)
▌ 10 . John D. Young (D)
▌ 1 . J. Hale Sypher (R), until March 3, 1875
▌ Effingham Lawrence (D), from March 3, 1875
▌ 2 . Lionel A. Sheldon (R)
▌ 3 . Chester B. Darrall (R)
▌ 4 . George L. Smith (R), from November 24, 1873
▌ 5 . Frank Morey (R)
▌ At-large . George A. Sheridan (LR) from March 3, 1875
▌ 1 . John H. Burleigh (R)
▌ 2 . William P. Frye (R)
▌ 3 . James G. Blaine (R)
▌ 4 . Samuel F. Hersey (R), until February 3, 1875
▌ 5 . Eugene Hale (R)
▌ 1 . Ephraim K. Wilson II (D)
▌ 2 . Stevenson Archer (D)
▌ 3 . William J. O'Brien (D)
▌ 4 . Thomas Swann (D)
▌ 5 . William Albert (R)
▌ 6 . Lloyd Lowndes Jr. (R)
▌ 1 . James Buffington (R)
▌ 2 . Benjamin W. Harris (R)
▌ 3 . William Whiting (R), until June 29, 1873
▌ Henry L. Pierce (R), from December 1, 1873
▌ 4 . Samuel Hooper (R)
▌ 5 . Daniel W. Gooch (R)
▌ 6 . Benjamin F. Butler (R)
▌ 7 . Ebenezer R. Hoar (R)
▌ 8 . John M. S. Williams (R)
▌ 9 . George F. Hoar (R)
▌ 10 . Alvah Crocker (R), until December 26, 1874
▌ Charles A. Stevens (R), from January 27, 1875
▌ 11 . Henry L. Dawes (R)
▌ 1 . Moses W. Field (R)
▌ 2 . Henry Waldron (R)
▌ 3 . George Willard (R)
▌ 4 . Julius C. Burrows (R)
▌ 5 . Wilder D. Foster (R), until September 20, 1873
▌ William B. Williams (R), from December 1, 1873
▌ 6 . Josiah Begole (R)
▌ 7 . Omar D. Conger (R)
▌ 8 . Nathan B. Bradley (R)
▌ 9 . Jay A. Hubbell (R)
▌ 1 . Mark H. Dunnell (R)
▌ 2 . Horace B. Strait (R)
▌ 3 . John T. Averill (R)
▌ 1 . Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
▌ 2 . Albert R. Howe (R)
▌ 3 . Henry W. Barry (R)
▌ 4 . Jason Niles (R)
▌ 5 . George C. McKee (R)
▌ 6 . John R. Lynch (R)
▌ 1 . Edwin O. Stanard (R)
▌ 2 . Erastus Wells (D)
▌ 3 . William H. Stone (D)
▌ 4 . Robert A. Hatcher (D)
▌ 5 . Richard P. Bland (D)
▌ 6 . Harrison E. Havens (R)
▌ 7 . Thomas T. Crittenden (D)
▌ 8 . Abram Comingo (D)
▌ 9 . Isaac C. Parker (R)
▌ 10 . Ira B. Hyde (R)
▌ 11 . John B. Clark Jr. (D)
▌ 12 . John M. Glover (D)
▌ 13 . Aylett H. Buckner (D)
▌ At-large . Lorenzo Crounse (R)
▌ At-large . Charles W. Kendall (D)
▌ 1 . William B. Small (R)
▌ 2 . Austin F. Pike (R)
▌ 3 . Hosea W. Parker (D)
▌ 1 . John W. Hazelton (R)
▌ 2 . Samuel A. Dobbins (R)
▌ 3 . Amos Clark Jr. (R)
▌ 4 . Robert Hamilton (D)
▌ 5 . William W. Phelps (R)
▌ 6 . Marcus L. Ward (R)
▌ 7 . Isaac W. Scudder (R)
▌ 1 . Henry J. Scudder (R)
▌ 2 . John G. Schumaker (D)
▌ 3 . Stewart L. Woodford (R), until July 1, 1874
▌ Simeon B. Chittenden (IR), from November 3, 1874
▌ 4 . Philip S. Crooke (R)
▌ 5 . William R. Roberts (D)
▌ 6 . James Brooks (D), until April 30, 1873
▌ Samuel S. Cox (D), from November 4, 1873
▌ 7 . Thomas J. Creamer (D)
▌ 8 . John D. Lawson (R)
▌ 9 . David B. Mellish (R), until May 23, 1874
▌ Richard Schell (D), from December 7, 1874
▌ 10 . Fernando Wood (D)
▌ 11 . Clarkson N. Potter (D)
▌ 12 . Charles St. John (R)
▌ 13 . John O. Whitehouse (D)
▌ 14 . David M. De Witt (D)
▌ 15 . Eli Perry (D)
▌ 16 . James S. Smart (R)
▌ 17 . Robert S. Hale (R)
▌ 18 . William A. Wheeler (R)
▌ 19 . Henry H. Hathorn (R)
▌ 20 . David Wilber (R)
▌ 21 . Clinton L. Merriam (R)
▌ 22 . Ellis H. Roberts (R)
▌ 23 . William E. Lansing (R)
▌ 24 . R. Holland Duell (R)
▌ 25 . Clinton D. MacDougall (R)
▌ 26 . William H. Lamport (R)
▌ 27 . Thomas C. Platt (R)
▌ 28 . H. Boardman Smith (R)
▌ 29 . Freeman Clarke (R)
▌ 30 . George G. Hoskins (R)
▌ 31 . Lyman K. Bass (R)
▌ 32 . Walter L. Sessions (R)
▌ At-large . Lyman Tremain (R)
▌ 1 . Clinton L. Cobb (R)
▌ 2 . Charles R. Thomas (R)
▌ 3 . Alfred M. Waddell (D)
▌ 4 . William A. Smith (R)
▌ 5 . James M. Leach (D)
▌ 6 . Thomas S. Ashe (D)
▌ 7 . William M. Robbins (D)
▌ 8 . Robert B. Vance (D)
▌ 1 . Milton Sayler (D)
▌ 2 . Henry B. Banning (LR )
▌ 3 . John Q. Smith (R)
▌ 4 . Lewis B. Gunckel (R)
▌ 5 . Charles N. Lamison (D)
▌ 6 . Isaac R. Sherwood (R)
▌ 7 . Lawrence T. Neal (D)
▌ 8 . William Lawrence (R)
▌ 9 . James W. Robinson (R)
▌ 10 . Charles Foster (R)
▌ 11 . Hezekiah S. Bundy (R)
▌ 12 . Hugh J. Jewett (D), until June 23, 1874
▌ William E. Finck (D), from December 7, 1874
▌ 13 . Milton I. Southard (D)
▌ 14 . John Berry (D)
▌ 15 . William P. Sprague (R)
▌ 16 . Lorenzo Danford (R)
▌ 17 . Laurin D. Woodworth (R)
▌ 18 . James Monroe (R)
▌ 19 . James A. Garfield (R)
▌ 20 . Richard C. Parsons (R)
▌ At-large . Joseph G. Wilson (R), until July 2, 1873
▌ James W. Nesmith (D), from December 1, 1873
▌ 1 . Samuel J. Randall (D)
▌ 2 . Charles O'Neill (R)
▌ 3 . Leonard Myers (R)
▌ 4 . William D. Kelley (R)
▌ 5 . Alfred C. Harmer (R)
▌ 6 . James S. Biery (R)
▌ 7 . Washington Townsend (R)
▌ 8 . Hiester Clymer (D)
▌ 9 . A. Herr Smith (R)
▌ 10 . John W. Killinger (R)
▌ 11 . John B. Storm (D)
▌ 12 . Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R)
▌ 13 . James D. Strawbridge (R)
▌ 14 . John B. Packer (R)
▌ 15 . John A. Magee (D)
▌ 16 . John Cessna (R)
▌ 17 . R. Milton Speer (D)
▌ 18 . Sobieski Ross (R)
▌ 19 . Carlton B. Curtis (R)
▌ 20 . Hiram L. Richmond (R)
▌ 21 . Alexander W. Taylor (R)
▌ 22 . James S. Negley (R)
▌ 23 . Ebenezer McJunkin (R), until January 1, 1875
▌ John M. Thompson (R), from January 5, 1875
▌ 24 . William S. Moore (R)
▌ At-large . Charles Albright (R)
▌ At-large . Glenni W. Scofield (R)
▌ At-large . Lemuel Todd (R)
▌ 1 . Benjamin T. Eames (R)
▌ 2 . James M. Pendleton (R)
▌ 1 . Joseph Rainey (R)
▌ 2 . Alonzo J. Ransier (R)
▌ 3 . Robert B. Elliott (R), until November 1, 1874
▌ Lewis C. Carpenter (R), from November 3, 1874
▌ 4 . Alexander S. Wallace (R)
▌ At-large . Richard H. Cain (R)
▌ 1 . Roderick R. Butler (R)
▌ 2 . Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)
▌ 3 . William Crutchfield (R)
▌ 4 . John M. Bright (D)
▌ 5 . Horace Harrison (R)
▌ 6 . Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
▌ 7 . John D. C. Atkins (D)
▌ 8 . David A. Nunn (R)
▌ 9 . Barbour Lewis (R)
▌ At-large . Horace Maynard (R)
▌ 1 . William S. Herndon (D)
▌ 2 . William P. McLean (D)
▌ 3 . De Witt C. Giddings (D)
▌ 4 . John Hancock (D)
▌ At-large . Roger Q. Mills (D)
▌ At-large . Asa H. Willie (D)
▌ 1 . Charles W. Willard (R)
▌ 2 . Luke P. Poland (R)
▌ 3 . George W. Hendee (R)
▌ 1 . James B. Sener (R)
▌ 2 . James H. Platt Jr. (R)
▌ 3 . J. Ambler Smith (R)
▌ 4 . William H. H. Stowell (R)
▌ 5 . Alexander Davis (D), until March 5, 1874
▌ Christopher Thomas (R), from March 5, 1874
▌ 6 . Thomas Whitehead (D)
▌ 7 . John T. Harris (D)
▌ 8 . Eppa Hunton, II (D)
▌ 9 . Rees Bowen (D)
▌ 1 . John J. Davis (ID)
▌ 2 . John Hagans (R)
▌ 3 . Frank Hereford (D)
▌ 1 . Charles G. Williams (R)
▌ 2 . Gerry W. Hazelton (R)
▌ 3 . J. Allen Barber (R)
▌ 4 . Alexander Mitchell (D)
▌ 5 . Charles A. Eldredge (D)
▌ 6 . Philetus Sawyer (R)
▌ 7 . Jeremiah M. Rusk (R)
▌ 8 . Alexander S. McDill (R)
▌ Arizona Territory . Richard C. McCormick (NU)
▌ Colorado Territory . Jerome B. Chaffee (R)
▌ Dakota Territory . Moses K. Armstrong (D)
▌ District of Columbia . Norton P. Chipman (R)
▌ Idaho Territory . John Hailey (D)
▌ Montana Territory . Martin Maginnis (D)
▌ New Mexico Territory . Stephen B. Elkins (R)
▌ Utah Territory . George Q. Cannon (R)
▌ Washington Territory . Obadiah B. McFadden (D)
▌ Wyoming Territory . William R. Steele (D)
House seats by party holding plurality in state 80+% Democratic
80+% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic
60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic
Up to 60% Republican
Speaker James G. Blaine
Changes in membership [ edit ]
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Replacements: 5
Deaths: 3
Resignations: 3
Interim appointments: 1
Vacancy: 1
Total seats with changes: 7
Senate changes
State (class)
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[ b]
Massachusetts (2)
Vacant
Henry Wilson resigned in previous congress after becoming Vice President of the United States . Successor elected March 17, 1873.
George S. Boutwell (R)
March 17, 1873
Mississippi (1)
Adelbert Ames (R)
Resigned March 17, 1873, after being elected Governor of Mississippi . Successor elected February 3, 1874.
Henry R. Pease (R)
February 3, 1874
Kansas (2)
Alexander Caldwell (R)
Resigned March 24, 1873. Successor appointed November 24, 1873.
Robert Crozier (R)
November 24, 1873
California (1)
Eugene Casserly (D)
Resigned November 29, 1873. Successor elected December 23, 1873.
John S. Hager (D)
December 23, 1873
Kansas (2)
Robert Crozier (R)
Interim appointee retired when successor elected February 2, 1874.
James M. Harvey (R)
February 2, 1874
Massachusetts (1)
Charles Sumner (LR)
Died March 11, 1874. Successor elected April 17, 1874.
William B. Washburn (R)
April 17, 1874
Connecticut (1)
William A. Buckingham (R)
Died February 5, 1875. Successor appointed February 5, 1875, having already been elected to the next tern.
William W. Eaton (D)
February 5, 1875
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Replacements: 15
Deaths: 8
Resignations: 5
Contested election: 4
Total seats with changes: 19
House changes
District
Vacated by
Reason for change
Successor
Date of successor's formal installation[ b]
Louisiana 4th
Vacant
Rep-elect Samuel Peters died before taking seat
George L. Smith (R)
November 24, 1873
Georgia 8th
Vacant
Rep-elect Ambrose R. Wright died before taking seat
Alexander H. Stephens (D)
December 1, 1873
New York 6th
James Brooks (D)
Died April 30, 1873
Samuel S. Cox (D)
November 4, 1873
Massachusetts 3rd
William Whiting (R)
Died June 29, 1873
Henry L. Pierce (R)
December 1, 1873
Oregon At-large
Joseph G. Wilson (R)
Died July 2, 1873
James Nesmith (D)
December 1, 1873
Michigan 5th
Wilder D. Foster (R)
Died September 20, 1873
William B. Williams (R)
December 1, 1873
Virginia 5th
Alexander Davis (D)
Lost contested election March 5, 1874
Christopher Thomas (R)
March 5, 1874
Georgia 1st
Morgan Rawls (D)
Lost contested election March 24, 1874
Andrew Sloan (R)
March 24, 1874
New York 9th
David B. Mellish (R)
Died May 23, 1874
Richard Schell (D)
December 7, 1874
Arkansas 3rd
William W. Wilshire (R)
Lost contested election June 16, 1874
Thomas M. Gunter (D)
June 16, 1874
Ohio 12th
Hugh J. Jewett (D)
Resigned June 23, 1874, after becoming President of the Erie Railroad
William E. Finck (D)
December 7, 1874
New York 3rd
Stewart L. Woodford (R)
Resigned July 1, 1874
Simeon B. Chittenden (IR)
November 3, 1874
South Carolina 3rd
Robert B. Elliott (R)
Resigned November 1, 1874
Lewis C. Carpenter (R)
November 3, 1874
Illinois 1st
John B. Rice (R)
Died December 17, 1874
Bernard G. Caulfield (D)
February 1, 1875
Massachusetts 10th
Alvah Crocker (R)
Died December 26, 1874
Charles A. Stevens (R)
January 27, 1875
Pennsylvania 23rd
Ebenezer McJunkin (R)
Resigned January 1, 1875
John M. Thompson (R)
January 5, 1875
Florida At-large
William J. Purman (R)
Resigned January 25, 1875
Vacant
Not filled this term
Maine 4th
Samuel F. Hersey (R)
Died February 3, 1875
Vacant
Not filled this term
Louisiana 1st
J. Hale Sypher (R)
Lost contested election March 3, 1875
Effingham Lawrence (D)
March 3, 1875
Louisiana At-Large
Vacant
Contested election originally won by Pinckney Pinchback
George A.Sheridan (R)
March 3, 1875
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
House of Representatives [ edit ]
House of Representatives [ edit ]
^ Special session of the Senate.
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