42nd United States Congress - political parties

The Forty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4 1871 to March 3 1873, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by political party.

Main article: 42nd United States Congress

See also: 42nd United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1870

The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.

Dates of sessions

March 4 1871 - March 3 1873

• First session: March 4 1871 – April 20 1871
• Second session: December 4 1871 - June 10 1872
• Third session: December 2 1872 - March 3 1873 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 41st Congress
Next congress: 43rd Congress

Party summary

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.

Democratic

A-L

• Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
• Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Missouri
• Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), California
• Henry Cooper (1827-1884), Tennessee
• Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Kentucky …died September 22 1872.
• Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), West Virginia
• George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), Alabama ...contested election, seated January 9 1872.
• William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Maryland
• John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Virginia
• James K. Kelly (1819-1903), Oregon

M-Z

• Willis B. Machen (1810-1893), Kentucky …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
• Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Georgia …contested election, seated December 19 1871, after Senate's refusal to seat Foster Blogett.
• Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina …contested election, seated April 24 1872.
• Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
• John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Kentucky
• John P. Stockton (1826-1900), New Jersey
• Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Ohio
• George Vickers (1801-1879), Maryland

Republican

A-F

• James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Mississippi …seated December 4 1871.
• Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Mississippi
• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
• Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), West Virginia
• William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Tennessee
• William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Connecticut
• Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Kansas
• Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Pennsylvania
• Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Wisconsin
• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan
• Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Arkansas
• Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), California
• Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
• Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Oregon
• Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), New Hampshire
• George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
• Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), New York
• Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Connecticut
• Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
• James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Texas
• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), New Jersey

G-L

• Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Florida
• Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Texas …contested election, seated March 20 1871.
• Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
• James Harlan (1820-1899), Iowa
• Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Georgia
• Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Nebraska
• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Wisconsin
• William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana …resigned November 1 1872, seat remained vacant.
• John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Virginia
• John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois

M-R

• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
• Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Maine
• Oliver H. P. T. Morton (1823-1877), Indiana
• James W. Nye (1815-1876), Nevada
• Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Florida
• James W. Patterson (1823-1893), New Hampshire
• Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Kansas
• John Pool (1826-1884), North Carolina
• Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Indiana
• Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Minnesota
• Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Arkansas
• Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), South Carolina

S-Z

• Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), South Carolina
• John Scott (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
• John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
• George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Alabama
• William Sprague (1830-1915), Rhode Island
• William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Nevada
• Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Massachusetts
• Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Nebraska
• Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Illinois
• J. Rodman West (1822-1898), Louisiana
• Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Massachusetts …resigned March 3 1873.
• William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota
• George G. Wright (1820-1896), Iowa

Liberal Republican

• Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Missouri

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.

Democratic

A-B-C

• Ephraim L. Acker (1827-1903), Pennsylvania
• George M. Adams (1837-1920), Kentucky
• Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Maryland
• William E. Arthur (1825-1897), Kentucky
• William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Connecticut
• Erasmus W. Beck (1833-1898), Georgia …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
• James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
• Samuel N. Bell (1829-1889), New Hampshire
• Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), Delaware
• John T. Bird (1829-1911), New Jersey
• Elliott M. Braxton (1823-1891), Virginia
• John M. Bright (1817-1911), Tennessee
• James Brooks (1810-1873), New York
• Robert P. Caldwell (1821-1885), Tennessee
• Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Ohio
• John M. Carroll (1823-1901), New York
• Abram Comingo (1820-1889), Missouri
• John C. Conner (1842-1873), Texas
• Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
• John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Illinois
• John Critcher (1820-1901), Virginia
• Edward Crossland (1827-1881), Kentucky

D-E-F

• John J. Davis (1835-1916), West Virginia
• Ozro J. Dodds (1840-1882), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
• Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), Alabama
• Dudley M. Du Bose (1834-1883), Georgia
• Richard T. W. Duke (1822-1898), Virginia
• Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Wisconsin
• Smith Ely, Jr. (1825-1911), New York
• Samuel C. Forker (1821-1900), New Jersey
• Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Pennsylvania

G-H-I

• Abraham E. Garrett (1830-1907), Tennessee
• J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Pennsylvania
• De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Texas …contested election, seated May 13 1872.
• Edward I. Golladay (1830-1897), Tennessee
• Samuel Griffith (1816-1893), Pennsylvania
• Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Pennsylvania
• Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), Maryland
• John Hancock (1824-1893), Texas
• William A. Handley (1834-1909), Alabama
• James M. Hanks (1833-1909), Arkansas
• James C. Harper (1819-1890), North Carolina
• John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
• Frank Hereford (1825-1891), West Virginia
• William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Texas
• Ellery A. Hibbard (1826-1903), New Hampshire
• William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana

J-K-L

• Charles W. Kendall (1828-1914), Nevada
• Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Indiana
• Andrew King (1812-1895), Missouri
• Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884), New York
• Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), Ohio
• James M. Leach (1815-1891), North Carolina
• Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), Kentucky

M-N-O

• Archibald T. MacIntyre (1822-1900), Georgia
• Mahlon D. Manson (1820-1895), Indiana
• Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Illinois
• William McClelland (1842-1892), Pennsylvania
• James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Missouri
• Henry D. McHenry (1826-1890), Kentucky
• John F. McKinney (1827-1903), Ohio
• Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Illinois
• William M. Merrick (1818-1889), Maryland
• Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918), Pennsylvania
• Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), Wisconsin
• George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Ohio
• Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883), Florida …contested election, seated January 29 1873.
• William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Indiana

P-Q-R

• Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), New Hampshire
• Eli Perry (1799-1881), New York
• Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), New York
• William P. Price (1835-1908), Georgia
• Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
• William B. Read (1817-1880), Kentucky
• Edward Y. Rice (1820-1883), Illinois
• John M. Rice (1831-1895), Kentucky
• John Ritchie (1831-1887), Maryland
• William R. Roberts (1830-1897), New York
• James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Illinois
• John Rogers (1813-1879), New York
• Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), North Carolina …contested elected, seated May 23 1872.
• Robert B. Roosevelt (1829-1906), New York

S-T-U-V

• Henry Sherwood (1813-1896), Pennsylvania
• Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), North Carolina
• James H. Slater (1826-1899), Oregon
• Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), New York
• Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), Alabama
• R. Milton Speer (1838-1890), Pennsylvania
• Bradford N. Stevens (1813-1885), Illinois
• John B. Storm (1838-1901), Pennsylvania
• Jabez G. Sutherland (1825-1902), Michigan
• Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Maryland
• William Terry (1824-1888), Virginia
• Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), New York
• Joseph H. Tuthill (1811-1877), New York
• Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874), Ohio
• William W. Vaughan (1831-1878), Tennessee
• Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Indiana

W-X-Y-Z

• Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), North Carolina
• Joseph M. Warren (1813-1896), New York
• Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Missouri
• Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
• William Williams (1815-1876), New York
• Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), Kentucky
• Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York
• Pierce M. B. Young (1836-1896), Georgia

Republican

A-B-C

• Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), Ohio
• Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Massachusetts
• John T. Averill (1825-1889), Minnesota
• Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Massachusetts
• J. Allen Barber (1809-1881), Wisconsin
• Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Mississippi
• John Beatty (1828-1914), Ohio
• John L. Beveridge (1824-1910), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy from resignation of representative-elect, seated December 4 1871, resigned January 4 1873.
• John S. Bigby (1832-1898), Georgia
• John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Ohio
• James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
• Austin Blair (1818-1894), Michigan
• Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Arkansas …contested election, seated February 9 1872.
• George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Massachusetts …resigned May 13 1872.
• Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Alabama
• James Buffinton (1817-1875), Massachusetts
• Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7 1873.
• Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Illinois
• Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), Missouri
• Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Massachusetts
• Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Tennessee
• William T. Clark (1831-1905), Texas …contested election, seated January 10 1872, served until May 13 1872,
• Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), New York
• Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), North Carolina
• John Coburn (1825-1908), Indiana
• John M. Coghlan (1835-1879), California
• Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan
• Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Illinois …resigned August 26 1871.
• Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), Iowa
• Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14 1872.

D-E-F

• Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Louisiana
• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
• Robert C. De Large (1842-1874), South Carolina …contested election, seat declared vacant January 24 1873.
• Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Pennsylvania
• William G. Donnan (1834-1908), Iowa
• R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), New York
• Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Minnesota
• Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), Rhode Island
• Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), South Carolina
• Constantine C. Esty (1824-1912), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
• John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Illinois
• Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Illinois
• Charles Foster (1828-1904), Ohio
• Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), Michigan …elected to fill vacancy from resignation of representative-elect, seated December 4 1871.
• William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine

G-H-I

• James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio
• Milo Goodrich (1814-1881), New York
• Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
• George A. Halsey (1827-1894), New Jersey
• Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
• George E. Harris (1827-1911), Mississippi
• Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), Missouri
• John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Illinois
• Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
• John B. Hay (1834-1916), Illinois
• Charles Hays (1834-1879), Alabama
• Gerry W. Hazelton (1829-1920), Wisconsin
• John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), New Jersey
• John Hill (1821-1884), New Jersey
• George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
• Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Massachusetts
• Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), California

J-K-L

• William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
• Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Connecticut
• John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
• John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
• William H. Lamport (1811-1891), New York
• William E. Lansing (1821-1883), New York
• David P. Lowe (1823-1882), Kansas
• John Lynch (1825-1892), Maine

M-N-O

• Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Tennessee
• James McCleery (1837-1871), Louisiana …died November 5 1871, never having qualified.
• George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Iowa
• James C. McGrew (1813-1910), West Virginia
• Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Pennsylvania
• George C. McKee (1837-1890), Mississippi
• Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Pennsylvania …resigned December 2 1872.
• Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), New York
• James Monroe (1821-1898), Ohio
• Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Illinois
• Frank Morey (1840-1889), Louisiana
• Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), Mississippi
• Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Pennsylvania
• James S. Negley (1826-1901), Pennsylvania
• Jackson Orr (1832-1926), Iowa

P-Q-R

• Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Indiana
• John B. Packer (1824-1891), Pennsylvania
• Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), Iowa
• Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), Missouri
• Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), Ohio
• James M. Pendleton (1822-1889), Rhode Island
• Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), Mississippi
• Aaron F. Perry (1815-1893), Ohio …resigned 1872.
• John A. Peters (1822-1904), Maine
• James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Virginia
• Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Vermont
• Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Virginia
• Elizur H. Prindle (1829-1890), New York
• Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), South Carolina
• Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), New York
• Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893), Wisconsin

S-T-U-V

• Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), California
• Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
• Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
• John E. Seeley (1810-1875), New York
• Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), New York
• John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Indiana
• Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Louisiana
• Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Ohio
• Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Pennsylvania
• H. Boardman Smith (1826-1888), New York
• John A. Smith (1814-1892), Ohio
• Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Vermont
• Henry Snapp (1822-1895), Illinois …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1871.
• Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Arkansas
• Thomas J. Speer (1837-1872), Georgia …died August 18 1872.
• William P. Sprague (1827-1899), Ohio
• Charles St. John (1818-1891), New York
• Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Connecticut
• Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), Ohio
• William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), Michigan
• William H. H. Stowell (1840-1922), Virginia
• Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Connecticut …died September 7 1872.
• J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Louisiana
• John Taffe (1827-1884), Nebraska
• Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), North Carolina
• Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Pennsylvania
• Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894), Alabama
• Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Massachusetts
• James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Indiana
• William H. Upson (1823-1910), Ohio

W-X-Y-Z

• Seth Wakeman (1811-1880), New York
• Madison M. Walden (1836-1891), Iowa
• Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Michigan
• Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), South Carolina
• Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Florida …contested election, served until January 29 1873.
• William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Massachusetts …resigned December 5 1871.
• William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), New York
• Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Georgia
• Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Vermont
• William Williams (1821-1896), Indiana
• Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), Indiana
• John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Ohio

Independent Republican

• John V. Creely (1839-1900), Pennsylvania

Liberal Republican

• James G. Blair (1825-1904), Missouri
• Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1872.
• John Edwards (1805-1894), Arkansas …contested election, served until February 9 1872.
• Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), Missouri

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