48th United States Congress - political parties

The Forty-eighth 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 1883 to March 3 1885, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

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

Main article: 48th United States Congress
See also: 48th United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House election, 1882

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

Dates of sessions

March 4 1883 - March 3 1885

  • First session: December 3 1883 - July 7 1884
  • Second session: December 1 1884 - March 3 1885 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 47th Congress
Next congress: 49th Congress

Party summary

Senate
  • Democratic: 36
  • Republican: 38 (majority)
  • Readjuster: 2

TOTAL members: 76
House of Representatives
  • Democratic: 196 (majority)
  • Republican: 117
  • Readjuster: 4
  • Independent Democratic: 3
  • National Greenback: 2
  • Independent Republican: 1
  • Independent: 2

TOTAL members: 325

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
  • Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
  • James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
  • Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Georgia
  • Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), South Carolina
  • Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Florida
  • Johnson N. Camden (1828-1908), West Virginia
  • Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Missouri
  • Richard Coke (1829-1897), Texas
  • Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Georgia
  • James G. Fair (1831-1894), Nevada
  • James T. Farley (1829-1886), California
G-L
  • Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Arkansas
  • James Z. George (1826-1897), Mississippi
  • Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Louisiana
  • Arthur Pue Gorman (1839-1906), Maryland
  • James B. Groome (1838-1893), Maryland
  • Wade Hampton, III (1818-1902), South Carolina
  • Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Tennessee
  • Howell E. Jackson (1832-1895), Tennessee
  • Benjamin F. Jonas (1834-1911), Louisiana
  • Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Florida
  • John E. Kenna (1848-1893), West Virginia
  • Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi
M-R
  • Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Texas
  • John R. McPherson (1833-1897), New Jersey
  • John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Alabama
  • George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Ohio
  • James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Alabama
  • Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina
S-Z
  • Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
  • James H. Slater (1826-1899), Oregon
  • 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
  • John S. Williams (1818-1898), Kentucky

Republican

A-F
  • Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Rhode Island
  • William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
  • Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island …died September 2 1884.
  • Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), New Hampshire
  • Thomas M. Bowen (1835-1906), Colorado
  • Angus Cameron (1826-1897), Wisconsin
  • J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Pennsylvania
  • Jonathan Chace (1829-1917), Rhode Island …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1885.
  • Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan
  • Shelby M. Cullom (1829-1914), Illinois
  • Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
  • Joseph N. Dolph (1835-1897), Oregon
  • George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
  • William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
G-L
  • Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Maine
  • Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), Indiana
  • Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
  • Nathaniel P. Hill (1832-1900), Colorado
  • George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
  • John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Kansas
  • John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
  • Elbridge G. Lapham (1814-1890), New York
  • John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
M-R
  • Charles F. Manderson (1837-1911), Nebraska
  • Samuel J. R. McMillan (1826-1897), Minnesota
  • John F. Miller (1831-1886), California
  • Warner Miller (1838-1918), New York
  • John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Pennsylvania
  • Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
  • Thomas W. Palmer (1830-1913), Michigan
  • Austin F. Pike (1819-1886), New Hampshire
  • Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Connecticut
  • Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Kansas
S-Z
  • Dwight M. Sabin (1843-1902), Minnesota
  • Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Wisconsin
  • William J. Sewell (1835-1901), New Jersey
  • William P. Sheffield (1820-1907), Rhode Island …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1884.
  • John Sherman (1823-1900), Ohio
  • Charles H. Van Wyck (1824-1895), Nebraska
  • James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Iowa

Readjuster Democratic

  • William Mahone (1826-1895), Virginia
  • Harrison H. Riddleberger (1844-1890), Virginia

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
  • John J. Adams (1848-1919), New York
  • D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), South Carolina
  • Armstead M. Alexander (1834-1892), Missouri
  • John Arnot, Jr. (1831-1886), New York
  • John H. Bagley, Jr. (1832-1902), New York
  • John G. Ballentine (1825-1915), Tennessee
  • John S. Barbour, Jr. (1820-1892), Virginia
  • Ethelbert Barksdale (1824-1893), Mississippi
  • Lewis Beach (1835-1886), New York
  • Perry Belmont (1851-1947), New York
  • Risden T. Bennett (1840-1913), North Carolina
  • Joseph C. S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Kentucky
  • Newton C. Blanchard (1849-1922), Louisiana
  • Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri
  • James H. Blount (1837-1903), Georgia
  • Charles E. Boyle (1836-1888), Pennsylvania
  • John Bratton (1831-1898), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8 1884.
  • Clifton R. Breckinridge (1846-1932), Arkansas
  • James O. Broadhead (1819-1898), Missouri
  • Hugh Buchanan (1823-1890), Georgia
  • Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Missouri
  • James H. Budd (1851-1908), California
  • James N. Burnes (1827-1889), Missouri
  • George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Virginia
  • Andrew J. Caldwell (1837-1906), Tennessee
  • Felix Campbell (1829-1902), New York
  • James E. Campbell (1843-1924), Ohio …contested election, seated June 20 1884.
  • Allen D. Candler (1834-1910), Georgia
  • Ezra C. Carleton (1838-1911), Michigan
  • John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Kentucky
  • George W. Cassidy (1836-1892), Nevada
  • Martin L. Clardy (1844-1914), Missouri
  • James F. Clay (1840-1921), Kentucky
  • Judson C. Clements (1846-1917), Georgia
  • Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Indiana
  • Patrick A. Collins (1844-1905), Massachusetts
  • Daniel W. Connolly (1847-1894), Pennsylvania
  • George L. Converse (1827-1897), Ohio
  • John C. Cook (1846-1920), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1883.
  • John Cosgrove (1839-1925), Missouri
  • George W. Covington (1838-1911), Maryland
  • Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
  • William R. Cox (1831-1919), North Carolina
  • Charles F. Crisp (1845-1896), Georgia
  • David B. Culberson (1830-1900), Texas
  • Andrew G. Curtin (1817-1894), Pennsylvania
D-E-F
  • George W. Dargan (1841-1898), South Carolina
  • Robert H. M. Davidson (1832-1908), Florida
  • Lowndes H. Davis (1836-1920), Missouri
  • Peter V. Deuster (1831-1904), Wisconsin
  • Samuel Dibble (1837-1913), South Carolina
  • George G. Dibrell (1822-1888), Tennessee
  • Alexander M. Dockery (1845-1926), Missouri
  • William Dorsheimer (1832-1888), New York
  • Clement Dowd (1832-1898), North Carolina
  • William A. Duncan (1836-1884), Pennsylvania …died November 14 1884.
  • Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914), Arkansas
  • William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Connecticut
  • Nathaniel B. Eldredge (1813-1893), Michigan
  • Mortimer F. Elliott (1839-1920), Pennsylvania
  • E. John Ellis (1840-1889), Louisiana
  • William E. English (1850-1926), Indiana …contested election, seated May 22 1884.
  • Daniel Ermentrout (1837-1899), Pennsylvania
  • John H. Evins (1830-1884), South Carolina …died October 24 1884.
  • Thomas M. Ferrell (1844-1916), New Jersey
  • William H. F. Fiedler (1847-1919), New Jersey
  • John V. L. Findlay (1839-1907), Maryland
  • John F. Follett (1831-1902), Ohio
  • Martin A. Foran (1844-1921), Ohio
  • William H. Forney (1823-1894), Alabama
  • Benjamin T. Frederick (1834-1903), Iowa …contested election, seated March 3 1885.
  • Robert W. Fyan (1835-1896), Missouri
G-H-I
  • George T. Garrison (1835-1889), Virginia …contested election, seated March 20 1884.
  • George W. Geddes (1824-1892), Ohio
  • Eustace Gibson (1842-1900), West Virginia
  • John R. Glascock (1845-1913), California
  • Alexander Graves (1844-1916), Missouri
  • Wharton J. Green (1831-1910), North Carolina
  • Halbert S. Greenleaf (1827-1906), New York
  • John E. Halsell (1826-1899), Kentucky
  • Nathaniel J. Hammond (1833-1899), Georgia
  • John Hancock (1824-1893), Texas
  • Thomas Hardeman, Jr. (1825-1891), Georgia
  • John Hardy (1835-1913), New York
  • William H. Hatch (1833-1896), Missouri
  • John J. Hemphill (1849-1912), South Carolina
  • Barclay Henley (1843-1914), California
  • Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Alabama
  • Thomas H. Herndon (1828-1883), Alabama …died March 28 1883, before Congress assembled.
  • Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903), New York
  • Goldsmith W. Hewitt (1834-1895), Alabama
  • William D. Hill (1833-1906), Ohio
  • Fetter S. Hoblitzell (1838-1900), Maryland
  • William S. Holman (1822-1897), Indiana
  • James H. Hopkins (1832-1904), Pennsylvania
  • Julius Houseman (1832-1891), Michigan
  • Carleton Hunt (1836-1921), Louisiana
  • Frank H. Hurd (1840-1896), Ohio
  • Waldo Hutchins (1822-1891), New York
J-K-L
  • Burr W. Jones (1846-1935), Wisconsin
  • James H. Jones (1830-1904), Texas
  • James K. Jones (1839-1908), Arkansas …resigned February 19 1885, remained vacant.
  • James T. Jones (1832-1895), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1883.
  • Isaac M. Jordan (1835-1890), Ohio
  • J. Floyd King (1842-1915), Louisiana
  • John J. Kleiner (1845-1911), Indiana
  • John E. Lamb (1852-1914), Indiana
  • Samuel W. T. Lanham (1846-1908), Texas
  • Benjamin Le Fevre (1838-1922), Ohio
  • Edward T. Lewis (1834-1927), Louisiana …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect Andrew S. Horron, seated December 3, 1883]].
  • Charles B. Lore (1831-1911), Delaware
  • Henry B. Lovering (1841-1911), Massachusetts
  • Robert Lowry (1824-1904), Indiana
M-N-O
  • Courtland C. Matson (1841-1915), Indiana
  • William C. Maybury (1848-1909), Michigan
  • William McAdoo (1853-1930), New Jersey
  • Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Tennessee
  • James Francis Miller (1830-1902), Texas
  • Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911), Texas
  • Charles L. Mitchell (1844-1890), Connecticut
  • Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Mississippi
  • Charles H. Morgan (1842-1912), Missouri
  • William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Illinois
  • Leopold Morse (1831-1892), Massachusetts
  • Samuel W. Moulton (1821-1905), Illinois
  • Henry L. Muldrow (1837-1905), Mississippi
  • Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), New York
  • Jeremiah H. Murphy (1835-1893), Iowa
  • Robert M. Murray (1841-1913), Ohio
  • William Mutchler (1831-1893), Pennsylvania
  • William H. Neece (1831-1909), Illinois
  • John C. Nicholls (1834-1893), Georgia
  • William C. Oates (1835-1910), Alabama
  • Charles T. O'Ferrall (1840-1905), Virginia …contested election, seated May 5 1884.
  • John J. O'Neill (1846-1898), Missouri
P-Q-R
  • David R. Paige (1844-1901), Ohio
  • John D. Patton (1829-1904), Pennsylvania
  • John Paul (1839-1901), Virginia …resigned September 5 1883, before Congress assemebled.
  • Samuel W. Peel (1831-1924), Arkansas
  • Rice A. Pierce (1848-1936), Tennessee
  • George A. Post (1854-1925), Pennsylvania
  • Orlando B. Potter (1823-1894), New York
  • Luke Pryor (1820-1900), Alabama
  • William H. M. Pusey (1826-1900), Iowa
  • Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
  • Joseph Rankin (1833-1886), Wisconsin
  • John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Texas
  • Seaborn Reese (1846-1907), Georgia
  • James W. Reid (1849-1902), North Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 28 1885.
  • James M. Riggs (1839-1933), Illinois
  • Thomas A. Robertson (1848-1892), Kentucky
  • William E. Robinson (1814-1892), New York
  • John H. Rogers (1845-1911), Arkansas
  • William F. Rogers (1820-1899), New York
  • William S. Rosecrans (1819-1898), California
S-T-U-V
  • Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), North Carolina …resigned November 30 1884.
  • George E. Seney (1832-1905), Ohio
  • Edward W. Seymour (1832-1892), Connecticut
  • Aaron Shaw (1811-1887), Illinois
  • Charles M. Shelley (1833-1907), Alabama …contested election, served until January 9 1885.
  • Otho R. Singleton (1814-1889), Mississippi
  • Thomas G. Skinner (1842-1907), North Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 19 1883.
  • Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), New York
  • Charles P. Snyder (1847-1915), West Virginia …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, seated December 3 1883.
  • John T. Spriggs (1825-1888), New York
  • William M. Springer (1836-1903), Illinois
  • Robert S. Stevens (1824-1893), New York
  • Charles Stewart (1836-1895), Texas
  • Strother M. Stockslager (1842-1930), Indiana
  • John B. Storm (1838-1901), Pennsylvania
  • Charles A. Sumner (1835-1903), California
  • Daniel H. Sumner (1837-1903), Wisconsin
  • John A. Swope (1827-1910), Pennsylvania …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 5 1885.
  • J. Frederick C. Talbott (1843-1918), Maryland
  • John M. Taylor (1838-1911), Tennessee
  • Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (1845-1909), Kentucky
  • James W. Throckmorton (1825-1894), Texas
  • George D. Tillman (1826-1902), South Carolina
  • Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Illinois
  • John R. Tucker (1823-1897), Virginia
  • Pleasant B. Tully (1829-1897), California
  • Henry G. Turner (1839-1904), Georgia
  • Thomas J. Van Alstyne (1827-1903), New York
  • Henry S. Van Eaton (1826-1898), Mississippi
  • Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), North Carolina
W-X-Y-Z
  • Jonathan H. Wallace (1824-1892), Ohio …contested election, seated May 27 1884.
  • Thomas B. Ward (1835-1892), Indiana
  • Adoniram J. Warner (1834-1910), Ohio
  • Richard Warner (1835-1915), Tennessee
  • Olin Wellborn (1843-1921), Texas
  • Edward Wemple (1843-1920), New York
  • Beriah Wilkins (1846-1905), Ohio
  • Thomas Williams (1825-1903), Alabama
  • Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Kentucky
  • William L. Wilson (1843-1900), West Virginia
  • Edwin B. Winans (1826-1894), Michigan
  • John Winans (1831-1907), Wisconsin
  • George D. Wise (1831-1898), Virginia
  • Frank L. Wolford (1817-1895), Kentucky
  • Thomas Jefferson Wood (1844-1908), Indiana
  • Gilbert M. Woodward (1835-1913), Wisconsin
  • Nicholas E. Worthington (1836-1916), Illinois
  • George L. Yaple (1851-1939), Michigan
  • H. Casey Young (1828-1899), Tennessee

Republican

A-B-C
  • George E. Adams (1840-1917), Illinois
  • John A. Anderson (1834-1892), Kansas
  • Louis E. Atkinson (1841-1910), Pennsylvania
  • Samuel F. Barr (1829-1919), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Pennsylvania
  • James B. Belford (1837-1910), Colorado
  • Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Pennsylvania
  • Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (1839-1916), Florida
  • Charles A. Boutelle (1839-1901), Maine
  • Samuel M. Brainerd (1842-1898), Pennsylvania
  • Edward Breitung (1831-1887), Michigan
  • Francis B. Brewer (1820-1892), New York
  • J. Hart Brewer (1844-1900), New Jersey
  • William W. Brown (1836-1926), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Indiana
  • Charles N. Brumm (1838-1917), Pennsylvania
  • Henry G. Burleigh (1832-1900), New York
  • William H. Calkins (1842-1894), Indiana …resigned October 20 1884.
  • Jacob M. Campbell (1821-1888), Pennsylvania
  • Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
  • Jonathan Chace (1829-1917), Rhode Island …resigned January 26 1885.
  • George H. Craig (1845-1923), Alabama …contested election, seated January 9 1885.
  • William W. Culbertson (1835-1911), Kentucky
  • William Cullen (1826-1914), Illinois
  • Byron M. Cutcheon (1836-1908), Michigan
  • Marsena E. Cutts (1833-1883), Iowa …died August 31 1883, before Congress assembled.
D-E-F
  • George R. Davis (1840-1899), Illinois
  • Robert T. Davis (1823-1906), Massachusetts
  • Nelson Dingley, Jr. (1832-1899), Maine
  • Nathan F. Dixon, III (1847-1897), Rhode Island …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12 1885.
  • Ransom W. Dunham (1838-1896), Illinois
  • Reuben Ellwood (1821-1885), Illinois
  • I. Newton Evans (1827-1901), Pennsylvania
  • James B. Everhart (1821-1888), Pennsylvania
  • Edward H. Funston (1836-1911), Kansas …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 21 1884.
G-H-I
  • Melvin C. George (1849-1933), Oregon
  • Nathan Goff (1843-1920), West Virginia
  • Richard W. Guenther (1845-1913), Wisconsin
  • Lewis Hanback (1839-1897), Kansas
  • Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
  • Alphonso Hart (1830-1910), Ohio
  • Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883), Kansas …died December 16 1883.
  • Herschel H. Hatch (1837-1920), Michigan
  • Martin A. Haynes (1842-1919), New Hampshire
  • David B. Henderson (1840-1906), Iowa
  • Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Illinois
  • William P. Hepburn (1833-1916), Iowa
  • Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), New York
  • Robert R. Hitt (1834-1906), Illinois
  • Adoniram J. Holmes (1842-1902), Iowa
  • Hart B. Holton (1835-1907), Maryland
  • Roswell G. Horr (1830-1896), Michigan
  • Leonidas C. Houk (1836-1891), Tennessee
  • Benjamin F. Howey (1828-1895), New Jersey
J-K-L
  • Darwin R. James (1834-1908), New York
  • Elza Jeffords (1826-1885), Mississippi
  • Frederick A. Johnson (1833-1893), New York
  • John A. Kasson (1822-1910), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1883.
  • John Kean, Jr. (1852-1914), New Jersey
  • J. Warren Keifer (1836-1932), Ohio
  • William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
  • William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana
  • John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
  • Edward S. Lacey (1835-1916), Michigan
  • James Laird (1849-1889), Nebraska
  • George V. Lawrence (1818-1904), Pennsylvania
  • John D. Long (1838-1915), Massachusetts
M-N-O
  • Moses A. McCoid (1840-1904), Iowa
  • Louis E. McComas (1846-1907), Maryland
  • John W. McCormick (1831-1917), Ohio
  • William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Ohio …contested election, served until May 27 1884.
  • Stephen C. Millard (1841-1914), New York
  • Samuel H. Miller (1840-1918), Pennsylvania
  • Seth L. Milliken (1831-1897), Maine
  • Henry L. Morey (1841-1902), Ohio …contested election, served until June 20 1884.
  • Edmund N. Morrill (1834-1909), Kansas
  • Knute Nelson (1843-1923), Minnesota
  • Newton W. Nutting (1840-1889), New York
  • James E. O'Hara (1844-1905), North Carolina
  • Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
P-Q-R
  • Abraham X. Parker (1831-1909), New York
  • Sereno E. Payne (1843-1914), New York
  • Lewis E. Payson (1840-1909), Illinois
  • Stanton J. Peelle (1843-1928), Indiana …contested election, served until May 22 1884.
  • Bishop W. Perkins (1841-1894), Kansas
  • Samuel R. Peters (1842-1910), Kansas
  • Augustus H. Pettibone (1835-1918), Tennessee
  • William W. Phelps (1839-1894), New Jersey
  • Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Vermont
  • Walter F. Pool (1850-1883), North Carolina …died August 25 1883, before Congress assembled.
  • William T. Price (1824-1886), Wisconsin
  • Ambrose A. Ranney (1821-1899), Massachusetts
  • George W. Ray (1844-1925), New York
  • Ossian Ray (1835-1892), New Hampshire
  • Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Maine
  • William W. Rice (1826-1896), Massachusetts
  • George D. Robinson (1834-1896), Massachusetts …resigned January 7 1884.
  • James S. Robinson (1827-1892), Ohio …resigned January 12 1885, remained vacant.
  • Francis W. Rockwell (1844-1929), Massachusetts …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26 1884.
  • Jonathan H. Rowell (1833-1908), Illinois
  • William A. Russell (1831-1899), Massachusetts
  • Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Kansas
S-T-U-V
  • Charles R. Skinner (1844-1928), New York
  • Robert Smalls (1839-1915), South Carolina …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 31 1884.
  • A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Pennsylvania
  • Hiram Y. Smith (1843-1894), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1884.
  • Henry J. Spooner (1839-1918), Rhode Island
  • George W. Steele (1839-1922), Indiana
  • Isaac Stephenson (1829-1918), Wisconsin
  • John W. Stewart (1825-1915), Vermont
  • Eben F. Stone (1822-1895), Massachusetts
  • Horace B. Strait (1835-1894), Minnesota
  • Isaac S. Struble (1843-1913), Iowa
  • Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), Ohio
  • Joseph D. Taylor (1830-1899), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect Jonathan T. Updegraff, seated December 3 1883.
  • John R. Thomas (1846-1914), Illinois
  • Edward K. Valentine (1843-1916), Nebraska
W-X-Y-Z
  • James W. Wadsworth (1846-1926), New York
  • John T. Wait (1811-1899), Connecticut
  • James B. Wakefield (1825-1910), Minnesota
  • William D. Washburn (1831-1912), Minnesota
  • Archibald J. Weaver (1843-1887), Nebraska
  • John D. White (1849-1920), Kentucky
  • Milo White (1830-1913), Minnesota
  • William Whiting (1841-1911), Massachusetts
  • James Wilson (1835-1920), Iowa …contested election, served until March 3 1885.

Independent Democratic

  • John F. Finerty (1846-1908), Illinois
  • Oscar Turner (1825-1896), Kentucky
  • Tyre York (1836-1916), North Carolina

Independent Republican

  • Theodore Lyman (1833-1897), Massachusetts
  • Edmund W. M. Mackey (1846-1884), South Carolina …died January 27 1884.

Anti-Monopolist

  • Benjamin F. Shively (1857-1916), Indiana …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1 1884.

National Greenback

  • Luman H. Weller (1833-1914), Iowa

Readjuster Democratic

  • Henry Bowen (1841-1915), Virginia
  • Benjamin S. Hooper (1835-1898), Virginia
  • Harry Libbey (1843-1913), Virginia
  • Robert M. Mayo (1836-1896), Virginia …contested election, served until March 20 1884.
  • John S. Wise (1846-1913), Virginia

Independent

  • James R. Chalmers (1831-1898), Mississippi …contested election, seated June 25 1884.
  • Thomas P. Ochiltree (1837-1902), Texas