Forty-fifth United States Congress - State Delegations

The Forty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, including the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879. This Congress sat during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870.

Members

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.

Main article: Forty-fifth United States Congress

See also: Forty-fifth United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House election, 1876

This list is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are then shown in alphabetical order. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

Alabama

Senate

• John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Democratic
• George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• William H. Forney (1823-1894), Democratic
• William W. Garth (1828-1912), Democratic
• Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Democratic
• Goldsmith W. Hewitt (1834-1895), Democratic
• James Taylor Jones (1832-1895), Democratic
• Robert F. Ligon (1823-1901), Democratic
• Charles M. Shelley (1833-1907), Democratic
• Jeremiah N. Williams (1829-1915), Democratic

Arkansas

Senate

• Stephen W. Dorsey (1842-1916), Republican
• Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• Jordan E. Cravens (1830-1914), Democratic
• Lucien C. Gause (1836-1880), Democratic
• Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904), Democratic
• William F. Slemons (1830-1918), Democratic

California

Senate

• Newton Booth (1825-1892), Independent Republican
• Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• Horace Davis (1831-1916), Republican
• John K. Luttrell (1831-1893), Democratic
• Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899), Republican …contested elected, served until February 7, 1878.
• H.F. Page (1833-1890), Republican
• P.D. Wigginton (1839-1890), Democratic …contested elected, seated February 7, 1878.

Colorado

Senate

• Jerome B. Chaffee (1825-1886), Republican
• Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• James B. Belford (1837-1910), Republican …contested elected, served until December 13, 1877.
• Thomas M. Patterson (1839-1916), Democratic …contested election, seated December 13, 1877.

Connecticut

Senate

• William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic
• William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Democratic

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• George M. Landers (1813-1895), Democratic
• James Phelps (1822-1900), Democratic
• John T. Wait (1811-1899), Republican
• Levi Warner (1831-1911), Democratic

Delaware

Senate

• Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Democratic
• Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Democratic

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• James Wilson (1825-1899), Democratic

Florida

Senate

• Simon B. Conover (1840-1908), Republican
• Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Democratic

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (1839-1916), Republican …contested election, served until February 20, 1879.
• Robert H. Davidson (1832-1908), Democratic
• Jesse J. Finley (1812-1904), Democratic …contested election, seated February 20, 1879.

Georgia

Senate

• John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Democratic
• Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Hiram P. Bell (1827-1907), Democratic
• James H. Blount (1837-1903), Democratic
• Milton A. Candler (1837-1909), Democratic
• Philip Cook (1817-1894), Democratic
• William H. Felton (1823-1909), Independent Democratic
• William B. Fleming (1803-1886), Democratic
• Henry R. Harris (1828-1909), Democratic
• Julian Hartridge (1829-1879), Democratic
• William E. Smith (1829-1890), Democratic
• Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Democratic

Illinois

Senate

• David Davis (1815-1886), Independent
• Richard J. Oglesby (1824-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• William Aldrich (1820-1885), Republican
• Thomas A. Boyd (1830-1897), Republican
• Lorenzo Brentano (1813-1891), Republican
• Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican
• Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Republican
• John R. Eden (1826-1909), Democratic
• Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883), Republican
• Carter H. Harrison (1825-1893), Democratic
• William Hartzell (1837-1903), Democratic
• Philip C. Hayes (1833-1916), Republican
• Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Republican
• Robert M. Knapp (1831-1889), Democratic
• William Lathrop (1825-1907), Republican
• B.F. Marsh (1839-1905), Republican
• William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Democratic
• William A.J. Sparks (1828-1904), Democratic
• William M. Springer (1836-1903), Democratic
• Thomas F. Tipton (1833-1904), Republican
• Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

• Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891), Democratic
• Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican …died November 1, 1877.
• Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated November 12, 1877, subsequently elected.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• John H. Baker (1832-1915), Republican
• George A. Bicknell (1815-1891), Democratic
• Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Republican
• William H. Calkins (1842-1894), Republican
• Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Democratic
• James L. Evans (1825-1903), Republican
• Benoni S. Fuller (1825-1903), Democratic
• Andrew H. Hamilton (1834-1895), Democratic
• John Hanna (1827-1882), Republican
• Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Republican
• Milton S. Robinson (1832-1892), Republican
• Leonidas Sexton (1827-1880), Republican
• Michael D. White (1827-1917), Republican

Iowa

Senate

• William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
• Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Theodore W. Burdick (1836-1898), Republican
• Rush Clark (1834-1879), Republican
• Henry J.B. Cummings (1831-1909), Republican
• Nathaniel C. Deering (1827-1887), Republican
• Samuel A. Oliver (1833-1912), Republican
• Hiram Price (1814-1901), Republican
• Ezekiel S. Sampson (1831-1892), Republican
• William F. Sapp (1824-1890), Republican
• Joseph C. Stone (1829-1902), Republican

Kansas

Senate

• John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Republican
• Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883), Republican
• William A. Phillips (1824-1893), Republican
• Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
• Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Democratic
• Andrew R. Boone (1831-1886), Democratic
• John W. Caldwell (1837-1903), Democratic
• John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Democratic
• John B. Clarke (1833-1911), Democratic
• Milton J. Durham (1824-1911), Democratic
• J. Proctor Knott (1830-1911), Democratic
• James A. McKenzie (1840-1904), Democratic
• Thomas Turner (1821-1900), Democratic
• Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• James B. Eustis (1834-1899), Democratic …contested election, seated December 10, 1877.
• William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican …contested election, seated November 30, 1877.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• Joseph H. Acklen (1850-1938), Democratic …contested election, seated February 20, 1878.
• C.B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican …contested election, served until February 20, 1878.
• J.B. Elam (1821-1885), Democratic
• E. John Ellis (1840-1889), Democratic
• Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Democratic
• J.E. Leonard (1845-1878), Republican …died March 15, 1878.
• E.W. Robertson (1823-1887), Democratic
• John S. Young (1834-1916), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.

Maine

Senate

• James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
• Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican
• Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican
• Stephen D. Lindsey (1828-1884), Republican
• Llewellyn Powers (1836-1908), Republican
• Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Republican

Maryland

Senate

• George R. Dennis (1822-1882), Democratic
• William Pinckney Whyte (1824-1908), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• Eli J. Henkle (1828-1893), Democratic
• Daniel M. Henry (1823-1899), Democratic
• William Kimmel (1812-1886), Democratic
• Charles B. Roberts (1842-1899), Democratic
• Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Democratic
• William Walsh (1828-1892), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
• George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
• Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
• William Claflin (1818-1905), Republican
• William W. Crapo (1830-1926), Republican
• Benjamin Dean (1824-1897), Democratic …contested election, seated March 28, 1878.
• Walbridge A. Field (1833-1899), Republican ...contested election, served until March 28, 1878.
• Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907), Republican
• George B. Loring (1817-1891), Republican
• Leopold Morse (1831-1892), Democratic
• Amasa Norcross (1824-1898), Republican
• William W. Rice (1826-1896), Republican
• George D. Robinson (1834-1896), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• Isaac P. Christiancy (1812-1890), Republican
• Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Mark S. Brewer (1837-1901), Republican
• Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
• Charles C. Ellsworth (1824-1899), Republican
• Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900), Republican
• Edwin W. Keightley (1843-1926), Republican
• Jonas H. McGowan (1837-1909), Republican
• John W. Stone (1838-1922), Republican
• Alpheus S. Williams (1810-1878), Democratic …died December 20, 1878.
• Edwin Willits (1830-1896), Republican

Minnesota

Senate

• Samuel J.R. McMillan (1826-1897), Republican
• William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Republican
• J.H. Stewart (1829-1884), Republican
• Horace B. Strait (1835-1894), Republican

Mississippi

Senate

• Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898), Republican
• Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• J.R. Chalmers (1831-1898), Democratic
• Charles E. Hooker (1825-1914), Democratic
• Vannoy H. Manning (1839-1892), Democratic
• Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Democratic
• Henry L. Muldrow (1837-1905), Democratic
• O.R. Singleton (1814-1889), Democratic

Missouri

Senate

• David H. Armstrong (1812-1893), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated October 15, 1877.
• Lewis V. Bogy (1813-1877), Democratic …died September 20, 1877.
• Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Democratic
• James Shields (1810-1879), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 27, 1879.

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Democratic
• Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Democratic
• John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903), Democratic
• Nathan Cole (1825-1904), Republican
• Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909), Democratic
• Benjamin J. Franklin (1839-1898), Democratic
• John M. Glover (1822-1891), Democratic
• Robert A. Hatcher (1819-1886), Democratic
• Anthony F. Ittner (1837-1931), Republican
• Lyne S. Metcalfe (1822-1906), Republican
• Charles H. Morgan (1842-1912), Democratic
• Henry M. Pollard (1836-1904), Republican
• David Rea (1831-1901), Democratic

Nebraska

Senate

• Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897), Republican
• Alvin Saunders (1817-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Thomas J. Majors (1841-1932), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.
• Frank Welch (1835-1878), Republican …died September 4, 1878.

Nevada

Senate

• John P. Jones (1829-1912), Republican
• William Sharon (1821-1885), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Thomas Wren (1826-1904), Republican

New Hampshire

Senate

• Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), Republican
• Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), Republican
• James F. Briggs (1827-1905), Republican
• Frank Jones (1832-1902), Democratic

New Jersey

Senate

• John R. McPherson (1833-1897), Democratic
• Theodore F. Randolph (1826-1883), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• Alvah A. Clark (1840-1912), Democratic
• Augustus W. Cutler (1827-1897), Democratic
• Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830-1889), Democratic
• Thomas B. Peddie (1808-1889), Republican
• John Howard Pugh (1827-1905), Republican
• Miles Ross (1827-1903), Democratic
• Clement H. Sinnickson (1834-1919), Republican

New York

Senate

• Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
• Francis Kernan (1816-1892), Democratic

House of Representatives (33 seats)

• William J. Bacon (1803-1889), Republican
• George A. Bagley (1826-1915), Republican
• John M. Bailey (1838-1916), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1878.
• William H. Baker (1827-1911), Republican
• George M. Beebe (1836-1927), Democratic
• Charles B. Benedict (1828-1901), Democratic
• Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), Democratic
• Solomon Bundy (1823-1889), Republican
• John H. Camp (1840-1892), Republican
• Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889), Republican
• James W. Covert (1842-1910), Democratic
• Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
• Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819-1885), Republican
• Anthony Eickhoff (1827-1901), Democratic
• E. Kirke Hart (1841-1893), Democratic
• Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903), Democratic
• Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), Republican
• John N. Hungerford (1825-1883), Republican
• Amaziah B. James (1812-1883), Republican
• John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
• Elbridge G. Lapham (1814-1890), Republican
• Daniel N. Lockwood (1844-1906), Democratic
• Stephen L. Mayham (1826-1908), Democratic
• Anson G. McCook (1835-1917), Republican
• Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), Democratic
• George W. Patterson (1799-1879), Republican
• Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), Democratic
• Terence J. Quinn (1836-1878), Democratic …died June 18, 1878.
• John H. Starin (1825-1909), Republican
• Martin I. Townsend (1810-1903), Republican
• William D. Veeder (1835-1910), Democratic
• Andrew Williams (1828-1907), Republican
• Benjamin A. Willis (1840-1886), Democratic
• Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic

North Carolina

Senate

• Augustus S. Merrimon (1830-1892), Democratic
• Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), Democratic

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Curtis H. Brogden (1816-1901), Republican
• Joseph J. Davis (1828-1892), Democratic
• William M. Robbins (1828-1905), Democratic
• Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), Democratic
• Walter L. Steele (1823-1891), Democratic
• Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), Democratic
• Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), Democratic
• Jesse J. Yeates (1829-1892), Democratic

Ohio

Senate

• Stanley Matthews (1824-1889), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 16, 1877.
• John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican …resigned March 8, 1877.
• Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic

House of Representatives (20 seats)

• Henry B. Banning (1836-1881), Democratic
• Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900), Republican
• Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), Republican
• H.L. Dickey (1832-1910), Democratic
• Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829-1896), Democratic
• Ebenezer B. Finley (1833-1916), Democratic
• Charles Foster (1828-1904), Republican
• Mills Gardner (1830-1910), Republican
• James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican
• John S. Jones (1836-1903), Republican
• J. Warren Keifer (1836-1932), Republican
• William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Republican
• John A. McMahon (1833-1923), Democratic
• James Monroe (1821-1898), Republican
• Henry S. Neal (1828-1906), Republican
• Americus V. Rice (1835-1904), Democratic
• Milton Sayler (1831-1892), Democratic
• Milton I. Southard (1836-1905), Democratic
• Amos Townsend (1821-1895), Republican
• Nelson H. Van Vorhees (1822-1882), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• La Fayette Grover (1823-1911), Democratic
• John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Richard Williams (1836-1914), Republican

Pennsylvania

Senate

• J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 15, 1877.
• Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican …resigned March 12, 1877.
• William A. Wallace (1827-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (27 seats)

• Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Republican
• Samuel A. Bridges (1802-1884), Democratic
• Jacob M. Campbell (1821-1888), Republican
• Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), Democratic
• Francis D. Collins (1841-1891), Democratic
• Russell Errett (1817-1891), Republican
• I. Newton Evans (1827-1901), Republican
• Chapman Freeman (1832-1904), Republican
• Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
• William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
• Levi A. Mackey (1819-1889), Democratic
• Levi Maish (1837-1899), Democratic
• John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Republican
• Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
• Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903), Republican
• Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• James B. Reilly (1845-1924), Democratic
• William S. Shallenberger (1839-1914), Republican
• A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Republican
• William S. Stenger (1840-1918), Democratic
• John M. Thompson (1829-1903), Republican
• Jacob Turney (1825-1891), Democratic
• William Ward (1837-1895), Republican
• Lewis F. Watson (1819-1890), Republican
• Harry White (1834-1920), Republican
• Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Democratic

Rhode Island

Senate

• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
• Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Latimer W. Ballou (1812-1900), Republican
• Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), Democratic
• John J. Patterson (1830-1912), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), Democratic
• Richard H. Cain (1825-1887), Republican
• John H. Evins (1830-1884), Democratic
• Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), Republican
• Robert Smalls (1839-1915), Republican

Tennessee

Senate

• James E. Bailey (1822-1885), Democratic
• Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• J.D.C. Atkins (1825-1908), Democratic
• John M. Bright (1817-1911), Democratic
• W.P. Caldwell (1832-1903), Democratic
• George G. Dibrell (1822-1888), Democratic
• John F. House (1827-1904), Democratic
• James H. Randolph (1825-1900), Republican
• H.Y. Riddle (1834-1879), Democratic
• J.M. Thornburgh (1837-1890), Republican
• W.C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Democratic
• Hiram C. Young (1828-1899), Democratic

Texas

Senate

• Richard Coke (1829-1897), Democratic
• Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• D.B. Culberson (1830-1900), Democratic
• D.C. Giddings (1827-1903), Democratic
• R.Q. Mills (1832-1911), Democratic
• John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
• Gustave Schleicher (1823-1879), Democratic …died January 10, 1879.
• J.W. Throckmorton (1825-1894), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

• George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
• Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Dudley C. Denison (1819-1905), Republican
• George W. Hendee (1832-1906), Republican
• Charles H. Joyce (1830-1916), Republican

Virginia

Senate

• John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Democratic
• Robert E. Withers (1821-1907), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Richard Lee T. Beale (1819-1893), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 8, 1879.
• George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Democratic
• B.B. Douglas (1822-1878), Democratic …died December 22, 1878.
• John Goode, Jr. (1829-1909), Democratic
• John T. Harris (1823-1899), Democratic
• Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), Democratic
• Joseph Jorgensen (1844-1888), Republican
• Auburn L. Pridemore (1837-1900), Democratic
• John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897), Democratic
• Gilbert C. Walker (1833-1885), Democratic

West Virginia

Senate

• Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), Democratic
• Frank Hereford (1825-1891), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• John E. Kenna (1848-1893), Democratic
• Benjamin F. Martin (1828-1895), Democratic
• Benjamin Wilson (1825-1901), Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate

• Angus Cameron (1826-1897), Republican
• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904), Democratic
• Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912), Democratic
• Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Republican
• George C. Hazelton (1832-1922), Republican
• H.L. Humphrey (1830-1902), Republican
• William Pitt Lynde (1817-1885), Democratic
• Thaddeus C. Pound (1833-1914), Republican
• Charles G. Williams (1829-1892), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

• Hiram S. Stevens (1832-1893), Democratic

Dakota Territory

• Jefferson P. Kidder (1815-1883), Republican

Idaho Territory

• Stephen S. Fenn (1820-1892), Democratic

Montana Territory

• Martin Maginnis (1841-1919), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• Trinidad Romero (1835-1918), Republican

Utah Territory

• George Q. Cannon (1827-1901), Republican

Washington Territory

• Orange Jacobs (1827-1914), Republican

Wyoming Territory

• William W. Corlett (1842-1890), Republican