47th United States Congress

47th United States Congress
	46th ← → 48th
	United States Capitol (1877)
March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883
Senate President	Chester A. Arthur (R) ; until September 19, 1881 ; Vacant ; from September 19, 1881
Senate President pro tem	Thomas F. Bayard (D); David Davis (I); George F. Edmunds (R)
House Speaker	J. Warren Keifer (R)
Members	76 senators; 293 members of the House; 8 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Split[1]
House Majority	Republican
Sessions
	Special: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881; Special: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881; 1st: December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882; 2nd: December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883

The Forty-seventh 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, 1881, to March 4, 1883, during the first and only year of James Garfield's presidency, and the first two years of his successor, Chester Arthur's tenure. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The House had a Republican majority; the Senate was evenly divided.[1]

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

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Readjuster (RA)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)	Other
End of previous congress	42	0	31	1	1[lower-alpha 1]	75	1

Begin	37	1	36	1	0	75	1
End	37	1	37	1	0	76	0
Final voting share	48.7%	1.3%	48.7%	1.3%	0.0%

Beginning of next congress	36	2	38	0	0	76	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Independent (I)	Greenback (G)	Independent Republican (IR)	Republican (R)
End of previous congress	146	4	1	11	0	129	291	2

Begin	134	1	1	9	0	146	291	2
End	130	1	1	9	1	150	292	1
Final voting share	44.5%	0.3%	0.3%	3.1%	0.3%	51.4%

Beginning of next congress	196	3	6	2	1	117	325	1

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Chester A. Arthur (R)

President: Chester A. Arthur (R), until September 19, 1881; vacant thereafter
President pro tempore: Thomas F. Bayard (D), October 10, 1881 – October 13, 1881
- David Davis (I), from October 13, 1881
- George F. Edmunds (R), from March 3, 1883
Democratic Caucus Chairman: George H. Pendleton
Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80+% to 100% Democratic	80+% to 100% Republican
60+% to 80% Democratic	60+% to 80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R)
Republican Conference Chairman: George M. Robeson

Major events

March 4, 1881: James A. Garfield became President of the United States
September 19, 1881: President Garfield died. Vice President Chester A. Arthur became President of the United States

Major legislation

February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, ch. 20, 22 Stat. 5
May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act, 22 Stat. 58
August 2, 1882: Passenger Act of 1882, 22 Stat. 186
August 2, 1882: Rivers and Harbors Act
January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403
March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, 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.

Alabama

2. John T. Morgan (D)
3. James L. Pugh (D)

Arkansas

2. Augustus H. Garland (D)
3. James D. Walker (D)

California

1. John F. Miller (R)
3. James T. Farley (D)

Colorado

2. Henry M. Teller (R), until April 17, 1882
- George M. Chilcott (R), April 17, 1882 - January 27, 1883
- Horace A. W. Tabor (R), from January 27, 1883
3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R)

Georgia

2. Benjamin H. Hill (D), until August 16, 1882
- M. Pope Barrow (D), from November 15, 1882
3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

Illinois

2. David Davis (I)
3. John A. Logan (R)

Indiana

1. Benjamin Harrison (R)
3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

Iowa

2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881
- James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881
3. William B. Allison (R)

Kansas

2. Preston B. Plumb (R)
3. John J. Ingalls (R)

Kentucky

2. James B. Beck (D)
3. John S. Williams (D)

Louisiana

2. William Pitt Kellogg (R)
3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D)

Maine

1. Eugene Hale (R)
2. James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881
- William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881

Maryland

1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
3. James B. Groome (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry L. Dawes (R)
2. George F. Hoar (R)

Michigan

1. Omar D. Conger (R)
2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Minnesota

1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
2. William Windom (R),until March 7, 1881
- Alonzo J. Edgerton (R), March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881
- William Windom (R), from November 15, 1881

Mississippi

1. James Z. George (D)
2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

Missouri

1. Francis M. Cockrell (D)
3. George G. Vest (D)

Nebraska

1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R)
2. Alvin Saunders (R)

Nevada

1. James G. Fair (D)
3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire

2. Edward H. Rollins (R)
3. Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

1. William J. Sewell (R)
2. John R. McPherson (D)

New York

1. Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881
- Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881
3. Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881
- Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from July 29, 1881

North Carolina

2. Matt W. Ransom (D)
3. Zebulon B. Vance (D)

Ohio

1. John Sherman (R)
3. George H. Pendleton (D)

Oregon

2. La Fayette Grover (D)
3. James H. Slater (D)

Pennsylvania

1. John I. Mitchell (R)
3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island

1. Ambrose E. Burnside (R), until September 13, 1881
- Nelson W. Aldrich (R), from October 5, 1881
2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

South Carolina

2. Matthew C. Butler (D)
3. Wade Hampton, III (D)

Tennessee

1. Howell E. Jackson (D)
2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas

1. Samuel B. Maxey (D)
2. Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

1. George F. Edmunds (R)
3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

1. William Mahone (RA)
2. John W. Johnston (D)

West Virginia

1. Johnson N. Camden (D)
2. Henry G. Davis (D)

Wisconsin

1. Philetus Sawyer (R)
3. Angus Cameron (R), from March 14, 1881

President pro tempore
Thomas F. Bayard (D)

President pro tempore
David Davis (I)

President pro tempore
George F. Edmunds (R)

House of Representatives

Members' names are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

1. Thomas H. Herndon (D)
2. Hilary A. Herbert (D)
3. William C. Oates (D)
4. Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882
- Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882
5. Thomas Williams (D)
6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
7. William H. Forney (D)
8. Joseph Wheeler (D), until June 3, 1882
- William M. Lowe (G), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882
- Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883

Arkansas

California

Colorado

At-large. James B. Belford (R)

Connecticut

Delaware

At-large. Edward L. Martin (D)

Florida

1. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
2. Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882
- Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882

Georgia

1. George R. Black (D)
2. Henry G. Turner (D)
3. Philip Cook (D)
4. Hugh Buchanan (D)
5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)
6. James H. Blount (D)
7. Judson C. Clements (D)
8. Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882
- Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882
9. Emory Speer (ID)

Illinois

1. William Aldrich (R)
2. George R. Davis (R)
3. Charles B. Farwell (R)
4. John C. Sherwin (R)
5. Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882
- Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882
6. Thomas J. Henderson (R)
7. William Cullen (R)
8. Lewis E. Payson (R)
9. John H. Lewis (R)
10. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
11. James W. Singleton (D)
12. William M. Springer (D)
13. Dietrich C. Smith (R)
14. Joseph G. Cannon (R)
15. Samuel W. Moulton (D)
16. William A. J. Sparks (D)
17. William R. Morrison (D)
18. John R. Thomas (R)
19. Richard W. Townshend (D)

Indiana

1. William Heilman (R)
2. Thomas R. Cobb (D)
3. Strother M. Stockslager (D)
4. William S. Holman (D)
5. Courtland C. Matson (D)
6. Thomas M. Browne (R)
7. Stanton J. Peelle (R)
8. Robert B. F. Peirce (R)
9. Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882
- Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883
10. Mark L. De Motte (R)
11. George W. Steele (R)
12. Walpole G. Colerick (D)
13. William H. Calkins (R)

Iowa

1. Moses A. McCoid (R)
2. Sewall S. Farwell (R)
3. Thomas Updegraff (R)
4. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
5. William G. Thompson (R)
6. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883
- John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883
7. John A. Kasson (R)
8. William P. Hepburn (R)
9. Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)

Kansas

Kentucky

1. Oscar Turner (D)
2. James A. McKenzie (D)
3. John William Caldwell (D)
4. J. Proctor Knott (D)
5. Albert S. Willis (D)
6. John G. Carlisle (D)
7. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
8. Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (D)
9. John D. White (R)
10. Elijah C. Phister (D)

Louisiana

Maine

1. Thomas B. Reed (R)
2. William P. Frye (R), until March 17, 1881
- Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881
3. Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
4. George W. Ladd (G)
5. Thompson H. Murch (G)

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

1. Henry W. Lord (R)
2. Edwin Willits (R)
3. Edward S. Lacey (R)
4. Julius C. Burrows (R)
5. George W. Webber (R)
6. Oliver L. Spaulding (R)
7. John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881
8. Roswell G. Horr (R)
9. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

Mississippi

1. Henry L. Muldrow (D)
2. Vannoy H. Manning (D)
3. Hernando D. Money (D)
4. Otho R. Singleton (D)
5. Charles E. Hooker (D)
6. James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882
- John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882

Missouri

1. Martin L. Clardy (D)
2. Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882
- James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882
3. Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883
- Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883
4. Lowndes H. Davis (D)
5. Richard P. Bland (D)
6. Ira Hazeltine (G)
7. Theron M. Rice (G)
8. Robert T. Van Horn (R)
9. Nicholas Ford (G)
10. Joseph H. Burrows (G)
11. John B. Clark, Jr. (D)
12. William H. Hatch (D)
13. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska

At-large. Edward K. Valentine (R)

Nevada

At-large. George W. Cassidy (D)

New Hampshire

1. Joshua G. Hall (R)
2. James F. Briggs (R)
3. Ossian Ray (R)

New Jersey

1. George M. Robeson (R)
2. J. Hart Brewer (R)
3. Miles Ross (D)
4. Henry S. Harris (D)
5. John Hill (R)
6. Phineas Jones (R)
7. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York

1. Perry Belmont (D)
2. William E. Robinson (D)
3. J. Hyatt Smith (I)
4. Archibald M. Bliss (D)
5. Benjamin Wood (D)
6. Samuel S. Cox (D)
7. P. Henry Dugro (D)
8. Anson G. McCook (R)
9. John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881
10. Abram S. Hewitt (D)
11. Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881
- Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881
12. Waldo Hutchins (D)
13. John H. Ketcham (R)
14. Lewis Beach (D)
15. Thomas Cornell (R)
16. Michael N. Nolan (D)
17. Walter A. Wood (R)
18. John Hammond (R)
19. Abraham X. Parker (R)
20. George West (R)
21. Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (R)
22. Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881
- Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881
23. Cyrus D. Prescott (R)
24. Joseph Mason (R)
25. Frank Hiscock (R)
26. John H. Camp (R)
27. Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until July 29, 1881
- James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881
28. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
29. David P. Richardson (R)
30. John Van Voorhis (R)
31. Richard Crowley (R)
32. Jonathan Scoville (D)
33. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

North Carolina

1. Louis C. Latham (D)
2. Orlando Hubbs (R)
3. John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883
4. William Ruffin Cox (D)
5. Alfred M. Scales (D)
6. Clement Dowd (D)
7. Robert F. Armfield (D)
8. Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio

1. Benjamin Butterworth (R)
2. Thomas L. Young (R)
3. Henry L. Morey (R)
4. Emanuel Shultz (R)
5. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)
6. James M. Ritchie (R)
7. John P. Leedom (D)
8. J. Warren Keifer (R)
9. James S. Robinson (R)
10. John B. Rice (R)
11. Henry S. Neal (R)
12. George L. Converse (D)
13. Gibson Atherton (D)
14. George W. Geddes (D)
15. Rufus R. Dawes (R)
16. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882
- Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883
17. William McKinley, Jr. (R)
18. Addison S. McClure (R)
19. Ezra B. Taylor (R)
20. Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon

At-large. Melvin C. George (R)

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 4, 1881
- Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881
2. Jonathan Chace (R)

South Carolina

1. John S. Richardson (D)
2. Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881
- Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882
- Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882
3. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
4. John H. Evins (D)
5. George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882
- Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

1. Charles H. Joyce (R)
2. James M. Tyler (R)
3. William W. Grout (R)

Virginia

1. George T. Garrison (D)
2. John F. Dezendorf (R)
3. George D. Wise (D)
4. Joseph Jorgensen (R)
5. George C. Cabell (D)
6. John R. Tucker (D)
7. John Paul (D)
8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (D)
9. Abram Fulkerson (D)

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Non-voting delegates

Arizona Territory. Granville H. Oury (D)
Dakota Territory. Richard F. Pettigrew (R)
Idaho Territory. George Ainslie (D)
Montana Territory. Martin Maginnis (D)
New Mexico Territory. Tranqulino Luna (R)
Utah Territory. John T. Caine (D)
Washington Territory. Thomas H. Brents (R)
Wyoming Territory. Morton E. Post (D)

Speaker of the House
J. Warren Keifer

Changes in membership

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

Senate

Deaths: 2
Resignations: 8
Interim appointments: 1
Total replacements: 8
- Democratic: no net change
- Republican: no net change
Total seats with changes: 10

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 2]
Wisconsin (3)	Vacant	Senator Matthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress. Successor elected March 14, 1881.	Angus Cameron (R)	March 14, 1881
Maine (2)	James G. Blaine (R)	Resigned March 5, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of State. Successor elected March 18, 1881.	William P. Frye (R)	March 15, 1881
Iowa (2)	Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)	Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed March 8, 1881, to continue the term. Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term.	James W. McDill (R)	March 8, 1881
Minnesota (2)	William Windom (R)	Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term.	Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)	March 12, 1881
New York (1)	Thomas C. Platt (R)	Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881.	Warner Miller (R)	July 27, 1881
New York (3)	Roscoe Conkling (R)	Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881.	Elbridge G. Lapham (R)	August 2, 1881
Rhode Island (1)	Ambrose Burnside (R)	Died September 13, 1881. Successor elected October 5, 1881.	Nelson W. Aldrich (R)	October 5, 1881
Minnesota (2)	Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)	Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881.	William Windom (R)	November 15, 1881
Colorado (2)	Henry M. Teller (R)	Resigned April 17, 1882, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed April 17, 1882.	George M. Chilcott (R)	April 17, 1882
Georgia (2)	Benjamin H. Hill (D)	Died August 16, 1882. Successor elected November 15, 1882.	M. Pope Barrow (D)	November 15, 1882
Colorado (2)	George M. Chilcott (R)	Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883.	Horace Tabor (R)	January 27, 1883

House of Representatives

Deaths: 6
Resignations: 9
Contested elections: 8
Total replacements: 14
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss
Total seats with changes: 22

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation[lower-alpha 2]
Michigan 7	Vacant	Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress	John T. Rich (R)	April 5, 1881
New York 9	Vacant	Rep. Fernando Wood resigned during previous congress	John Hardy (D)	December 5, 1881
Maine 2	William P. Frye (R)	Resigned March 17, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.	Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)	September 12, 1881
New York 11	Levi P. Morton (R)	Resigned March 21, 1881 to become U.S. Minister to France.	Roswell P. Flower (D)	November 8, 1881
South Carolina 2	Michael P. O'Connor (D)	Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death.	Samuel Dibble (D)	June 9, 1881
New York 22	Warner Miller (R)	Resigned July 26, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.	Charles R. Skinner (R)	November 8, 1881
New York 27	Elbridge G. Lapham (R)	Resigned July 29, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.	James W. Wadsworth (R)	November 8, 1881
Rhode Island 1	Nelson W. Aldrich (R)	Resigned October 5, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator. Successor elected November 22, 1881.	Henry J. Spooner (R)	December 5, 1881
Missouri 2	Thomas Allen (D)	Died April 8, 1882	James H. McLean (R)	December 15, 1882
Mississippi 6	James R. Chalmers (D)	Lost contested election April 29, 1882	John R. Lynch (R)	April 29, 1882
South Carolina 2	Samuel Dibble (D)	Lost contested election May 31, 1882, during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election.	Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)	May 31, 1882
Florida 2	Jesse J. Finley (D)	Lost contested election June 1, 1882	Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)	June 1, 1882
Alabama 8	Joseph Wheeler (D)	Lost contested election June 3, 1882	William M. Lowe (G)	June 3, 1882
Illinois 5	Robert M. A. Hawk (R)	Died June 29, 1882	Robert R. Hitt (R)	November 7, 1882
South Carolina 5	George D. Tillman (D)	Lost contested election July 19, 1882	Robert Smalls (R)	July 19, 1882
Alabama 4	Charles M. Shelley (D)	Election contested by James Q. Smith. Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882. Shelley re-elected to fill seat.	Charles M. Shelley (D)	November 7, 1882
Alabama 8	William M. Lowe (G)	Died October 12, 1882	Joseph Wheeler (D)	January 15, 1883
Georgia 8	Alexander H. Stephens (D)	Resigned November 4, 1882 when elected Governor of Georgia.	Seaborn Reese (D)	December 4, 1882
Ohio 16	Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)	Died November 30, 1882	Joseph D. Taylor (R)	January 2, 1883
Indiana 9	Godlove S. Orth (R)	Died December 16, 1882	Charles T. Doxey (R)	January 17, 1883
North Carolina 3	John W. Shackelford (D)	Died January 18, 1883	Vacant	Not filled this term
Missouri 3	Richard G. Frost (D)	Lost contested election March 2, 1883	Gustavus Sessinghaus (R)	March 2, 1883
Iowa 6	Marsena E. Cutts (R)	Lost election contest March 3, 1883	John C. Cook (D)	March 3, 1883

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click on the link (4 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, 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.

Senate

Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: N/A)
Agriculture (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry G. Davis)
Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance)
Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)
Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J.R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom)
Distilled Spirit Tax Bill (Select)
Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris)
Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: Warner Miller)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh)
Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select)
Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard)
Foreign Relations (Chairman: William Windom; Ranking Member: John W. Johnston)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland)
Manufactures (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)
Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Jonas)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson)
Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Henry G. Davis; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Hill)
Ordnance and Gunnery (Select)
Ordnance and Projectiles (Select)
Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Richard Coke)
Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: James B. Groome)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Thomas W. Ferry; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey)
Potomac River Front (Select)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds)
Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury)
Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones)
Railroads (Chairman: William P. Kellogg; Ranking Member: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar)
Revenue Collections in North Carolina (Special)
Revision of the Laws (Chairman: John F. Miller; Ranking Member: David Davis)
Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: John W. Johnston; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony)
Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Wilkinson Call)
Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)
Tariff Regulation (Select)
Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton)
Territories (Chairman: Alvin Saunders; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler)
Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck)
Whole
Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: James Z. George)

House of Representatives

Accounts (Chairman: Milton G. Urner; Ranking Member: Edward L. Martin)
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: John T. Wait; Ranking Member: Thomas Williams)
Agriculture (Chairman: Edward K. Valentine; Ranking Member: William Cullen)
Appropriations (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham)
Banking and Currency (Chairman: William W. Crapo; Ranking Member: John H. Ketcham)
Claims (Chairman: Richard Crowley; Ranking Member: Robert J.C. Walker)
Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Horatio G. Fisher; Ranking Member: Ira S. Hazeltine)
Commerce (Chairman: Horace F. Page; Ranking Member: Melvin C. George)
District of Columbia (Chairman: Henry S. Neal; Ranking Member: John F. Dezendorf)
Education and Labor (Chairman: John C. Sherwin; Ranking Member: Albert S. Willis)
Elections (Chairman: William H. Calkins; Ranking Member: Ferris Jacobs, Jr.)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William Aldrich; Ranking Member: Cornelius C. Jadwin)
Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jay Abel Hubbell; Ranking Member: Charles B. Simonton)
Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Edwin Willits; Ranking Member: Otho R. Singleton)
Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: George M. Robeson; Ranking Member: Leopold Morse)
Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: John H. Reagan)
Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Nathaniel C. Deering; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Herndon)
Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: James B. Belford; Ranking Member: William H. Forney)
Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: James F. Briggs; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Russell Errett; Ranking Member: Morgan R. Wise)
Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Charles G. Williams; Ranking Member: Robert J.C. Walker)
Indian Affairs (Chairman: Dudley C. Haskell; Ranking Member: David P. Richardson)
Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Thomas M. Browne; Ranking Member: James Wolcott Wadsworth)
Judiciary (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Amasa Norcross)
Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: John R. Thomas; Ranking Member: Julius C. Burrows)
Manufactures (Chairman: James M. Campbell; Ranking Member: Jonathan Chace)
Memorial on Services Rendered by Carlisle P. Patterson (Select) (Chairman: John A. Kasson; Ranking Member: John D.C. Atkins)
Mileage (Chairman: Joseph Jorgensen; Ranking Member: Thomas R. Cobb)
Military Affairs (Chairman: Thomas J. Henderson; Ranking Member: Henry J. Spooner)
Militia (Chairman: Horace B. Strait; Ranking Member: Edward K. Valentine)
Mines and Mining (Chairman: John Van Voorhis; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Young)
Naval Affairs (Chairman: Benjamin W. Harris; Ranking Member: John F. Dezendorf)
Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George C. Hazelton; Ranking Member: Charles B. Farwell)
Patents (Chairman: Thomas L. Young; Ranking Member: Henry J. Spooner)
Pensions (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Dietrich C. Smith)
Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry L. Morey)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William S. Shallenberger; Ranking Member: J. Hyatt Smith)
Public Expenditures (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: George W. Ladd)
Public Lands (Chairman: Thaddeus C. Pound; Ranking Member: Theron M. Rice)
Private Land Claims (Chairman: Romualdo Pacheco; Ranking Member: Henry L. Muldrow)
Railways and Canals (Chairman: Amos Townsend; Ranking Member: J. Hart Brewer)
Revision of Laws (Chairman: William McKinley; Ranking Member: Cornelius C. Jadwin)
Rules (Chairman: J. Warren Keifer; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn)
Standards of Official Conduct
Territories (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: William W. Grout)
War Claims (Chairman: Leonidas C. Houk; Ranking Member: Edward W. Robertson)
Ways and Means (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Russell Errett)
Whole

Joint committees

American Shipbuilding (Select)
Budget Control
Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. William Aldrich; Vice Chairman: Rep. John E. Kenna)
The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sherman; Vice Chairman: Rep. George W. Geddes)
Printing (Chairman: Sen. Henry B. Anthony; Vice Chairman: Rep. William M. Springer)
Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Sen. William Mahone; Vice Chairman: Rep. J. Hyatt Smith)
State, War and Navy Department Building

Caucuses

Democratic (House)
Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees, until 1882
- Sterling P. Rounds, from 1882

Senate

Secretary: John C. Burch, elected March 24, 1879, died July 28, 1881
- Francis E. Shober, (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
Librarian: P. J. Pierce
Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian)

House of Representatives

Clerk: George M. Adams, until December 5, 1881
- Edward McPherson, from December 5, 1881
Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson, until December 5, 1881
- George W. Hooker, from December 5, 1881
Doorkeeper: Walter P. Brownlow, elected December 5, 1881
Postmaster: Henry Sherwood, elected December 5, 1881
Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: J. Guilford White
- Michael Sullivan
Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and Neill S. Brown, Jr. (R)
Chaplain: William P. Harrison (Methodist), until December 5, 1881
- Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ), from December 5, 1881

Notes

Anti-Monopoly
This is the date the member was seated or an oath administered, not necessarily the same date her/his service began.

References

"The Great Senate Deadlock of 1881". Senate.gov. US Senate. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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[2] Anti-Monopoly

[SuccessorInstallation-3] This is the date the member was seated or an oath administered, not necessarily the same date her/his service began.

[Deadlock-1] "The Great Senate Deadlock of 1881". Senate.gov. US Senate. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

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