46th United States Congress - political parties

The Forty-sixth 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 1879 to March 3 1881, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.

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

Main article: 46th United States Congress

See also: 46th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House election, 1878

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1879 - March 3 1881

• First session: March 18 1879 – July 1 1879
• Second session: December 1 1879 - June 16 1880
• Third session: December 6 1880 - March 3 1881 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 45th Congress
Next congress: 47th 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-F

• James E. Bailey (1822-1885), Tennessee
• Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
• James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
• Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Georgia …appointed to fill vacancy, seated May 26 1880, subsequently elected.
• Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), South Carolina
• Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Florida
• Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Missouri
• Richard Coke (1829-1897), Texas
• Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), West Virginia
• William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Connecticut
• James T. Farley (1829-1886), California

G-L

• Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Arkansas
• John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Georgia …resigned May 1880.
• James B. Groome (1838-1893), Maryland
• La Fayette Grover (1823-1911), Oregon
• Wade Hampton, III (1818-1902), South Carolina
• Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Tennessee
• Frank Hereford (1825-1891), West Virginia
• Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882), Georgia
• George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama …died December 31 1879.
• John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Virginia
• Benjamin F. Jonas (1834-1911), Louisiana
• Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Florida
• Francis Kernan (1816-1892), New York
• Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi

M-R

• Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Texas
• Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891), Indiana
• John R. McPherson (1833-1897), New Jersey
• John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Alabama
• George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Ohio
• Luke Pryor (1820-1900), Alabama …appointed to fill vacancy, seated January 15 1880.
• James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1880.
• Theodore F. Randolph (1826-1883), New Jersey
• Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina

S-Z

• Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
• James H. Slater (1826-1899), Oregon
• Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Ohio
• Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), North Carolina
• George G. Vest (1830-1904), Missouri
• Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Indiana
• James D. Walker (1830-1906), Arkansas
• William A. Wallace (1827-1896), Pennsylvania
• William Pinkney Whyte (1824-1908), Maryland
• John S. Williams (1818-1898), Kentucky
• Robert E. Withers (1821-1907), Virginia

Republican

A-F

• William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
• Henry P. Baldwin (1814-1892), Michigan …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1879, subsequently elected.
• Charles H. Bell (1823-1893), New Hampshire …appointed to fill vacancy in term, seated April 10 1879.
• James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
• Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy in term, seated June 20 1879.
• Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898), Mississippi
• Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881), Rhode Island
• Angus Cameron (1826-1897), Wisconsin
• J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Pennsylvania
• Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Wisconsin …died February 24 1881, remained vacant
• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan …died November 1 1879.
• Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
• George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
• Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan

G-L

• Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
• Nathaniel P. Hill (1832-1900), Colorado
• George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
• John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Kansas
• John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
• William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana
• Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), Iowa
• John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois

M-R

• Samuel J. R. McMillan (1826-1897), Minnesota
• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
• Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897), Nebraska
• Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Connecticut
• Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Kansas
• Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), New Hampshire

S-Z

• Alvin Saunders (1817-1899), Nebraska
• William Sharon (1821-1885), Nevada
• Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Colorado
• William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota

Independent Republican

• Newton Booth (1825-1892), California

Independent

• David Davis (1815-1886), Illinois

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

• Joseph H. Acklen (1850-1938), Louisiana
• D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), South Carolina
• Robert F. Armfield (1829-1898), North Carolina
• Gibson Atherton (1831-1887), Ohio
• John D. C. Atkins (1825-1908), Tennessee
• Reuben K. Bachman (1834-1911), Pennsylvania
• Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893), Virginia
• Frank E. Beltzhoover (1841-1923), Pennsylvania
• Campbell P. Berry (1834-1901), California …elected September 3 1879, seated December 1 1879.
• George A. Bicknell (1815-1891), Indiana
• Joseph C. S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Kentucky
• Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri
• Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), New York
• James H. Blount (1837-1903), Georgia
• Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904), Wisconsin
• Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912), Wisconsin
• John M. Bright (1817-1911), Tennessee
• Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Missouri
• George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Virginia
• John William Caldwell (1837-1903), Kentucky
• John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Kentucky
• James R. Chalmers (1831-1898), Mississippi
• Martin L. Clardy (1844-1914), Missouri
• Alvah A. Clark (1840-1912), New Jersey
• John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903), Missouri
• Newton N. Clements (1837-1900), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8 1880.
• Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), Pennsylvania
• Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Indiana
• Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), Pennsylvania
• Walpole G. Colerick (1845-1911), Indiana
• George L. Converse (1827-1897), Ohio
• Philip Cook (1817-1894), Georgia
• James W. Covert (1842-1910), New York
• Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
• Jordan E. Cravens (1830-1914), Arkansas
• David B. Culberson (1830-1900), Texas

D-E-F

• Robert H. M. Davidson (1832-1908), Florida
• Joseph J. Davis (1828-1892), North Carolina
• Lowndes H. Davis (1836-1920), Missouri
• Peter V. Deuster (1831-1904), Wisconsin
• George G. Dibrell (1822-1888), Tennessee
• Henry L. Dickey (1832-1910), Ohio
• Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914), Arkansas
• Joseph B. Elam (1821-1885), Louisiana
• E. John Ellis (1840-1889), Louisiana
• John H. Evins (1830-1884), South Carolina
• Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829-1896), Ohio
• Ebenezer B. Finley (1833-1916), Ohio
• William H. Forney (1823-1894), Alabama
• Richard G. Frost (1851-1900), Missouri

G-H-I

• George W. Geddes (1824-1892), Ohio
• Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Louisiana
• John Goode, Jr. (1829-1909), Virginia
• Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904), Arkansas
• Nathaniel J. Hammond (1833-1899), Georgia
• John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
• William H. Hatch (1833-1896), Missouri
• Eli J. Henkle (1828-1893), Maryland
• Daniel M. Henry (1823-1899), Maryland
• Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Alabama
• Thomas H. Herndon (1828-1883), Alabama
• William D. Hill (1833-1906), Ohio
• Charles E. Hooker (1825-1914), Mississippi
• Abraham J. Hostetler (1818-1899), Indiana
• John F. House (1827-1904), Tennessee
• Noble A. Hull (1827-1907), Florida …contested election, served until January 22 1881.
• Eppa Hutton, II (1822-1908), Virginia
• Frank H. Hurd (1840-1896), Ohio
• Waldo Hutchins (1822-1891), New York …elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representative-elect, seated December 1 1879.

J-K-L

• Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), Virginia
• John E. Kenna (1848-1893), West Virginia
• William Kimmel (1812-1886), Maryland
• J. Floyd King (1842-1915), Louisiana
• William H. Kitchin (1837-1901), North Carolina
• Robert Klotz (1819-1895), Pennsylvania
• J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Kentucky
• Alfred M. Lay (1836-1879), Missouri …died December 8 1879.
• Benjamin Le Fevre (1838-1922), Ohio
• Burwell B. Lewis (1838-1885), Alabama …resigned October 1 1880.
• William Lounsbery (1831-1905), New York

M-N-O

• Vannoy H. Manning (1839-1892), Mississippi
• Benjamin F. Martin (1828-1895), West Virginia
• Edward L. Martin (1837-1897), Delaware
• James A. McKenzie (1840-1904), Kentucky
• Robert M. McLane (1815-1898), Maryland
• John A. McMahon (1833-1923), Ohio
• Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Tennessee
• Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911), Texas
• Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Mississippi
• William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Illinois
• Leopold Morse (1831-1892), Massachusetts
• Henry L. Muldrow (1837-1905), Mississippi
• Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), New York
• William R. Myers (1836-1907), Indiana
• Jeptha D. New (1830-1892), Indiana
• John C. Nicholls (1834-1893), Georgia
• Michael P. O'Connor (1831-1881), South Carolina

P-Q-R

• James Phelps (1822-1900), Connecticut
• John F. Phillips (1834-1919), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1880.
• Elijah C. Phister (1822-1887), Kentucky
• Henry Poehler (1833-1912), Minnesota
• Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
• John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Texas
• John S. Richardson (1828-1894), South Carolina
• James B. Richmond (1842-1910), Virginia
• Edward W. Robertson (1823-1887), Louisiana
• Miles Ross (1827-1903), New Jersey
• Gideon F. Rothwell (1836-1894), Missouri
• John W. Ryon (1825-1901), Pennsylvania

S-T-U-V

• William J. Samford (1844-1901), Alabama
• Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), North Carolina
• Jonathan Scoville (1830-1891), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6 1880.
• Charles M. Shelley (1833-1907), Alabama
• Charles B. Simonton (1838-1911), Tennessee
• James W. Singleton (1811-1892), Illinois
• Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Mississippi
• William F. Slemons (1830-1918), Arkansas
• Hezekiah B. Smith (1816-1887), New Jersey
• William E. Smith (1829-1890), Georgia
• William A. J. Sparks (1828-1904), Illinois
• William M. Springer (1836-1903), Illinois
• Walter L. Steele (1823-1891), North Carolina
• Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia
• Adlai E. Stevenson (1835-1914), Illinois
• J. Frederick C. Talbott (1843-1918), Maryland
• Robert L. Taylor (1850-1912), Tennessee
• Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (1845-1909), Kentucky
• George D. Tillman (1826-1902), South Carolina
• Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Illinois
• John R. Tucker (1823-1897), Virginia
• Thomas Turner (1821-1900), Kentucky
• Christopher C. Upson (1829-1902), Texas …elected to fill vacancy due to death of representative-elect, seated June 2 1879.
• Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), North Carolina

W-X-Y-Z

• James R. Waddill (1842-1917), Missouri
• Adoniram J. Warner (1834-1910), Ohio
• Olin Wellborn (1843-1921), Texas
• Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Missouri
• John Whiteaker (1820-1902), Oregon
• Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
• Thomas Williams (1825-1903), Alabama
• Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Kentucky
• Benjamin Wilson (1825-1901), West Virginia
• Morgan R. Wise (1825-1903), Pennsylvania
• Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York …died February 13 1881, remained vacant.
• Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Pennsylvania
• Jesse J. Yeates (1829-1892), North Carolina …contested election, seated January 29 1881.
• H. Casey Young (1828-1899), Tennessee

Republican

A-B-C

• Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Rhode Island
• William Aldrich (1820-1885), Illinois
• John A. Anderson (1834-1892), Kansas
• John M. Bailey (1838-1916), New York
• John H. Baker (1832-1915), Indiana
• Latimer W. Ballou (1812-1900), Rhode Island
• Hiram Barber, Jr. (1835-1924), Illinois
• Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Pennsylvania
• James B. Belford (1837-1910), Colorado
• Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Pennsylvania
• Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (1839-1916), Florida …contested election, seated January 22 1882.
• John L. Blake (1831-1899), New Jersey
• Selwyn Z. Bowman (1840-1928), Massachusetts
• Thomas A. Boyd (1830-1897), Illinois
• Mark S. Brewer (1837-1901), Michigan
• James F. Briggs (1827-1905), New Hampshire
• Lewis A. Brigham (1831-1885), New Jersey
• Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Indiana
• Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Michigan
• Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898), Ohio
• William H. Calkins (1842-1894), Indiana
• John H. Camp (1840-1892), New York
• Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
• Cyrus C. Carpenter (1829-1898), Iowa
• Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Wisconsin
• Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889), New York
• William Claflin (1818-1905), Massachusetts
• Rush Clark (1834-1879), Iowa …died April 29 1879.
• Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan …resigned March 3 1881.
• Calvin Cowgill (1819-1903), Indiana
• William W. Crapo (1830-1926), Massachusetts
• Richard Crowley (1836-1908), New York

D-E-F

• Rollin M. Daggett (1831-1901), Nevada
• George R. Davis (1840-1899), Illinois
• Horace Davis (1831-1916), California …elected September 3 1879, seated December 1 1879.
• Nathaniel C. Deering (1827-1887), Iowa
• Samuel B. [...] (1836-1907), Pennsylvania
• Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Minnesota
• Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819-1885), New York
• Edwin Einstein (1842-1905), New York
• Russell Errett (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
• Evarts W. Farr (1840-1880), New Hampshire …died November 30 1880.
• John W. Ferdon (1826-1884), New York
• Walbridge A. Field (1833-1899), Massachusetts
• Horatio G. Fisher (1838-1890), Pennsylvania
• Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883), Illinois
• William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine

G-H-I

• James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio …resigned November 8 1880.
• William Godshalk (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
• Joshua G. Hall (1828-1898), New Hampshire
• John Hammond (1827-1889), New York
• Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
• Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907), Massachusetts
• Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883), Kansas
• Robert M. A. Hawk (1839-1882), Illinois
• Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
• Philip C. Hayes (1833-1916), Illinois
• George C. Hazelton (1832-1922), Wisconsin
• William Heilman (1824-1890), Indiana
• Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Illinois
• Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), New York
• Roswell G. Horr (1830-1896), Michigan
• Leonidas C. Houk (1836-1891), Tennessee
• Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900), Michigan
• Herman L. Humphrey (1830-1902), Wisconsin

J-K-L

• Amaziah B. James (1812-1883), New York
• Joseph Jorgensen (1844-1888), Virginia
• Charles H. Joyce (1830-1916), Vermont
• J. Warren Keifer (1836-1932), Ohio
• William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
• John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
• John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
• Elbridge G. Lapham (1814-1890), New York
• Stephen D. Lindsey (1828-1884), Maine
• George B. Loring (1817-1891), Massachusetts

M-N-O

• Benjamin F. Marsh (1839-1905), Illinois
• Joseph J. Martin (1833-1900), North Carolina …contested election, served until January 29 1881.
• Joseph Mason (1828-1914), New York
• Moses A. McCoid (1840-1904), Iowa
• Anson G. McCook (1835-1917), New York
• Jonas H. McGowan (1837-1909), Michigan
• William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Ohio
• Frederick Miles (1815-1896), Connecticut
• Warner Miller (1838-1918), New York
• John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Pennsylvania
• James Monroe (1821-1898), Ohio
• Levi P. Morton (1824-1920), New York
• Henry S. Neal (1828-1906), Ohio
• John S. Newberry (1826-1887), Michigan
• Amasa Norcross (1824-1898), Massachusetts
• Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
• Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Indiana
• James H. Osmer (1832-1912), Pennsylvania
• Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903), Pennsylvania

P-Q-R

• Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899), California …elected September 3 1879, seated December 1 1879.
• Horace F. Page (1833-1890), California …elected September 3 1879, seated December 1 1879.
• Ray V. Pierce (1840-1914), New York …resigned September 18 1880.
• Thaddeus C. Pound (1833-1914), Wisconsin
• Cyrus D. Prescott (1836-1902), New York
• Hiram Price (1814-1901), Iowa
• Ossian Ray (1835-1892), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 8]] 1881.
• Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Maine
• William W. Rice (1826-1896), Massachusetts
• David P. Richardson (1833-1904), New York
• George M. Robeson (1829-1897), New Jersey
• George D. Robinson (1834-1896), Massachusetts
• William A. Russell (1831-1899), Massachusetts
• Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Kansas

S-T-U-V

• William F. Sapp (1824-1890), Iowa
• William S. Shallenberger (1839-1914), Pennsylvania
• John C. Sherwin (1838-1904), Illinois
• A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Pennsylvania
• John H. Starin (1825-1909), New York
• John W. Stone (1838-1922), Michigan
• Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 13 1880.
• John R. Thomas (1846-1914), Illinois
• William G. Thompson (1830-1911), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1879.
• Amos Townsend (1821-1895), Ohio
• James M. Tyler (1835-1926), Vermont
• Jonathan T. Updegraff (1822-1882), Ohio
• Thomas Updegraff (1834-1910), Iowa
• Milton G. Urner (1839-1926), Maryland
• Edward K. Valentine (1843-1916), Nebraska
• Henry H. Van Aernam (1819-1894), New York
• John Van Voorhis (1826-1905), New York
• Charles H. Voorhis (1833-1896), New Jersey

W-X-Y-Z

• John T. Wait (1811-1899), Connecticut
• William Ward (1837-1895), Pennsylvania
• William D. Washburn (1831-1912), Minnesota
• Harry White (1834-1920), Pennsylvania
• David Wilber (1820-1890), New York
• Charles G. Williams (1829-1892), Wisconsin
• Edwin Willits (1830-1896), Michigan
• Walter A. Wood (1815-1892), New York
• Thomas L. Young (1832-1888), Ohio

Independent Democratic

• William H. Felton (1823-1909), Georgia
• James O'Brien (1841-1907), New York
• Daniel O'Reilly (1838-1911), New York
• Henry Persons (1834-1910), Georgia
• Samuel L. Sawyer (1813-1890), Missouri
• Emory Speer (1848-1918), Georgia
• Oscar Turner (1825-1896), Kentucky

National

• Gilbert De La Matyr (1825-1892), Indiana

National Greenback

• Bradley Barlow (1814-1889), Vermont
• Nicholas Ford (1833-1897), Missouri
• Albert P. Forsythe (1830-1906), Illinois
• Edward H. Gillette (1840-1918), Iowa
• George W. Jones (1828-1903), Texas
• George W. Ladd (1818-1892), Maine
• William M. Lowe (1842-1882), Alabama
• Thompson H. Murch (1838-1886), Maine
• Daniel L. Russell (1845-1908), North Carolina
• James B. Weaver (1833-1912), Iowa
• Seth H. Yocum (1834-1895), Pennsylvania

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists