Forty-third United States Congress - State Delegations

The Forty-third United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875. This Congress sat during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870.

This article supplements the main article with a list of the members by state delegation.

Members

At this time members of the Senate were elected by the legislatures of the various states 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-third United States Congress

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

See also: United States House election, 1872

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

Alabama

Senate

• George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), Democratic
• George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Frederick G. Bromberg (1837-1930), Liberal Republican
• John H. Caldwell (1826-1902), Democratic
• Charles Hays (1834-1879), Republican
• Charles Pelham (1835-1908), Republican
• James T. Rapier (1837-1883), Republican
• Charles C. Sheats (1839-1904), Republican
• Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), Democratic
• Alexander White (1816-1893), Republican

Arkansas

Senate

• Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Republican
• Stephen W. Dorsey (1842-1916), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904), Democratic …contested election, seated February 4, 1874.
• Asa Hodges (1822-1900), Republican
• William J. Hynes (1843-1915), Liberal Republican
• Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Republican
• William W. Wilshire (1830-1888), Republican …contested election, seated from February 18, 1874 until June 16, 1874.

California

Senate

• Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), Democratic …resigned November 29, 1873.
• John S. Hager (1818-1890), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 9, 1874.
• Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• Charles Clayton (1825-1885), Republican
• Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), Republican
• John K. Luttrell (1831-1893), Democratic
• Horace F. Page (1833-1890), Republican

Connecticut

Senate

• William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Republican …died February 5, 1875.
• William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated February 5, 1875.
• Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Liberal Republican

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic
• Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Republican
• Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Republican
• Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Republican

Delaware

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• James R. Lofland (1823-1894), Republican

Florida

Senate

• Simon B. Conover (1840-1908), Republican
• Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• William J. Purman (1840-1928), Republican
• Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Republican

Georgia

Senate

• John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Democratic
• Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Hiram P. Bell (1827-1907), Democratic
• James H. Blount (1837-1903), Democratic
• Philip Cook (1817-1894), Democratic
• James C. Freeman (1820-1885), Republican
• Henry R. Harris (1828-1909), Democratic
• Morgan Rawls (1829-1906), Democratic …contested election, served until March 24, 1874.
• Andrew Sloan (1845-1883), Republican …contested election, seated March 24, 1874.
• Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Democratic
• Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Republican
• Pierce M. Young (1836-1896), Democratic

Illinois

Senate

• John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican
• Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican

House of Representatives (19 seats)

• Granville Barrere (1829-1889), Republican
• Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican
• Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Republican
• Thomas J. Cason (1828-1901), Republican
• Bernard G. Caulfield (1828-1887), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 1, 1875.
• Isaac Clements (1837-1909), Republican
• John Coburn (1825-1908), Republican
• Franklin Corwin (1818-1879), Republican
• John R. Eden (1826-1909), Democratic
• Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Republican
• Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883), Republican
• John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Republican
• William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
• Morton C. Hunter (1825-1896), Republican
• Stephen A. Hurlbut (1815-1882), Republican
• Robert M. Knapp (1831-1889), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

• Richard J. Oglesby (1824-1899), Republican
• Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
• James S. Martin (1826-1907), Republican
• John McNulta (1837-1900), Republican
• William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Democratic
• William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
• Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Republican
• Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Republican
• William H. Ray (1812-1881), Republican
• John B. Rice (1809-1874), Republican …died December 17, 1874.
• James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
• Henry B. Sayler (1836-1900), Republican
• John P. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican
• James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Republican
• Jasper D. Ward (1829-1902), Republican
• William Williams (1821-1896), Republican
• Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), Republican
• Simeon K. Wolfe (1824-1888), Democratic

Iowa

Senate

• William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
• George G. Wright (1820-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), Republican
• William G. Donnan (1834-1908), Republican
• John A. Kasson (1822-1910), Republican
• William Loughridge (1827-1889), Republican
• George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Republican
• James W. McDill (1834-1894), Republican
• Jackson Orr (1832-1926), Republican
• Henry O. Pratt (1838-1931), Republican
• James Wilson (1835-1920), Republican

Kansas

Senate

• Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Republican …resigned March 24, 1873.
• Robert Crozier (1827-1895), Republican …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
• James M. Harvey (1833-1894), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1874.
• John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Stephen A. Cobb (1833-1878), Republican
• David P. Lowe (1823-1882), Republican
• William A. Phillips (1824-1893), Republican

Kentucky

Senate

• Thomas C. McCreery (1816-1890), Democratic
• John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• George M. Adams (1837-1920), Democratic
• William E. Arthur (1825-1897), Democratic
• James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
• John Y. Brown (1835-1904), Democratic
• Edward Crossland (1827-1881), Democratic
• Milton J. Durham (1824-1911), Democratic
• Charles W. Milliken (1827-1915), Democratic
• William B. Read (1817-1880), Democratic
• Elisha D. Standiford (1831-1887), Democratic
• John D. Young (1823-1910), Democratic

Louisiana

Senate

• Joseph R. West (1822-1898), Republican
• vacant

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican
• Effingham Lawrence (1820-1878), Democratic …contested election, seated March 3, 1875.
• Frank Morey (1840-1889), Republican
• Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Republican
• George A. Sheridan (1840-1896), Liberal Republican …contested election, seated March 3, 1875.
• George L. Smith (1837-1884), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1873.
• Jacob H. Sypher (1837-1913), Republican …contested election, served until March 3, 1875.

Maine

Senate

• Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican
• Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
• John H. Burleigh (1822-1877), Republican
• William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican
• Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican
• Samuel F. Hersey (1812-1875), Republican …died February 3, 1875.

Maryland

Senate

• George R. Dennis (1822-1882), Democratic
• William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• William J. Albert (1816-1879), Republican
• Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Democratic
• Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (1845-1905), Republican
• William J. O'Brien (1836-1905), Democratic
• Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Democratic
• Ephraim K. Wilson (1821-1891), Democratic

Massachusetts

Senate

• George S. Boutwell (1818-1905), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated March 17, 1873.
• Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Liberal Republican …died March 11, 1874.
• William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated May 1, 1874.

House of Representatives (11 seats)

• James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
• Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
• Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Republican
• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
• Daniel W. Gooch (1820-1891), Republican
• Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907), Republican
• E. Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895), Republican
• George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
• Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
• Henry L. Pierce (1825-1896), Republican
• Charles A. Stevens (1816-1892), Republican
• William Whiting (1813-1873), Republican
• John M. Williams (1818-1886), Republican

Michigan

Senate

• Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
• Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Josiah W. Begole (1815-1896), Republican
• Nathan B. Bradley (1831-1906), Republican
• Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Republican
• Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
• Moses W. Field (1828-1889), Republican
• Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), Republican …died September 20, 1873, before Congress assembled.
• Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900), Republican
• Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
• George Willard (1824-1901), Republican
• William B. Williams (1826-1905), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.

Minnesota

Senate

• Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
• William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• John T. Averill (1825-1889), Republican
• Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Republican
• Horace B. Strait (1835-1894), Republican

Mississippi

Senate

• James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Republican
• Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Republican …resigned January 10, 1874.
• Henry R. Pease (1835-1907), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 12, 1874.

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Republican
• Albert R. Howe (1840-1884), Republican
• Lucius Q. Lamar (1825-1893), Democratic
• John R. Lynch (1847-1939), Republican
• George C. McKee (1837-1890), Republican
• Jason Niles (1814-1894), Republican

Missouri

Senate

• Lewis V. Bogy (1813-1877), Democratic
• Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Republican

House of Representatives (13 seats)

• Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Democratic
• Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Democratic
• John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903), Democratic
• Abram Comingo (1820-1889), Democratic
• Thomas T. Crittenden (1832-1909), Democratic
• John M. Glover (1822-1891), Democratic
• Robert A. Hatcher (1819-1886), Democratic
• Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), Republican
• Ira B. Hyde (1838-1926), Republican
• Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), Republican
• Edwin O. Stanard (1832-1914), Republican
• William H. Stone (1828-1901), Democratic
• Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Democratic

Nebraska

Senate

• Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Republican
• Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Lorenzo Crounse (1834-1909), Republican

Nevada

Senate

• John P. Jones (1829-1912), Republican
• William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Charles W. Kendall (1828-1914), Democratic

New Hampshire

Senate

• Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
• Bainbridge Wadleigh (1831-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), Democratic
• Austin F. Pike (1819-1886), Republican
• William B. Small (1817-1878), Republican

New Jersey

Senate

• Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), Republican
• John P. Stockton (1826-1900), Democratic

House of Representatives (7 seats)

• Amos Clark, Jr. (1828-1912), Republican
• Samuel A. Dobbins (1814-1886), Republican
• Robert Hamilton (1809-1878), Democratic
• John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), Republican
• William W. Phelps (1839-1894), Republican
• Isaac W. Scudder (1816-1881), Republican
• Marcus L. Ward (1812-1884), Republican

New York

Senate

• Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
• Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

House of Representatives (33 seats)

• Lyman K. Bass (1836-1889), Republican
• James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic …died April 30, 1873.
• Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889), Independent Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
• Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), Republican
• Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
• Thomas J. Creamer (1843-1914), Democratic
• Philip S. Crooke (1810-1881), Republican
• David M. De Witt (1837-1912), Democratic
• Rodolphus H. Duell (1824-1891), Republican
• Robert S. Hale (1822-1881), Republican
• Henry H. Hathorn (1813-1887), Republican
• George G. Hoskins (1824-1893), Republican
• William H. Lamport (1811-1891), Republican
• William E. Lansing (1821-1883), Republican
• John D. Lawson (1816-1896), Republican
• Clinton D. MacDougall (1839-1914), Republican
• David B. Mellish (1831-1874), Republican …died May 23, 1874.
• Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), Republican
• Eli Perry (1799-1881), Democratic
• Thomas C. Platt (1833-1910), Republican
• Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), Democratic
• Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), Republican
• William R. Roberts (1830-1897), Democratic
• Richard Schell (1810-1879), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
• John G. Schumaker (1826-1905), Democratic
• Henry J. Scudder (1825-1886), Republican
• Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), Republican
• James S. Smart (1842-1903), Republican
• Horace B. Smith (1826-1888), Republican
• Charles St. John (1818-1891), Republican
• Lyman Tremain (1819-1878), Republican
• William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican
• John O. Whitehouse (1817-1881), Democratic
• David Wilber (1820-1890), Republican
• Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
• Stewart L. Woodford (1835-1913), Republican ...resigned July 1, 1874.

North Carolina

Senate

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

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Thomas S. Ashe (1812-1887), Democratic
• Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), Republican
• James M. Leach (1815-1891), Democratic
• William M. Robbins (1828-1905), Democratic
• William A. Smith (1828-1888), Republican
• Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), Republican
• Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), Democratic
• Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), Democratic

Ohio

Senate

• John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
• Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic

House of Representatives (20 seats)

• Henry B. Banning (1836-1881), Democratic
• John Berry (1833-1879), Democratic
• Hezekiah S. Bundy (1817-1895), Republican
• Lorenzo Danford (1829-1899), Republican
• William E. Finck (1822-1901), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
• Charles Foster (1828-1904), Republican
• James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican
• Lewis B. Gunckel (1826-1903), Republican
• Hugh J. Jewett (1817-1898), Democratic …resigned June 23, 1874.
• Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), Democratic
• William Lawrence (1819-1899), Republican
• James Monroe (1821-1898), Republican
• Lawrence T. Neal (1844-1905), Democratic
• Richard C. Parsons (1826-1899), Republican
• James W. Robinson (1826-1898), Republican
• Milton Sayler (1831-1892), Democratic
• Isaac R. Sherwood (1835-1925), Republican
• John Quincy Smith (1824-1901), Republican
• Milton I. Southard (1836-1905), Democratic
• William P. Sprague (1827-1899), Republican
• Laurin D. Woodworth (1837-1897), Republican

Oregon

Senate

• James K. Kelly (1819-1903), Democratic
• John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• James W. Nesmith (1820-1885), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1873.
• Joseph G. Wilson (1826-1873), Republican …died July 2, 1873, before Congress assembled.

Pennsylvania

Senate

• Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
• John Scott (1824-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (27 seats)

• Charles Albright (1830-1880), Republican
• James S. Biery (1839-1904), Republican
• John Cessna (1821-1893), Republican
• Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), Democratic
• Carlton B. Curtis (1811-1883), Republican
• Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
• William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
• John A. Magee (1827-1903), Democratic
• Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Republican …resigned January 1, 1875.
• William S. Moore (1822-1877), Republican
• Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican
• James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
• Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Republican
• John B. Packer (1824-1891), Republican
• Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• Hiram L. Richmond (1810-1885), Republican
• Sobieski Ross (1828-1877), Republican
• Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
• Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Republican
• A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Republican
• Robert M. Speer (1838-1890), Democratic
• John B. Storm (1838-1901), Democratic
• James D. Strawbridge (1824-1890), Republican
• Alexander W. Taylor (1815-1893), Republican
• John M. Thompson (1829-1903), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 5, 1875.
• Lemuel Todd (1817-1891), Republican
• Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Republican

Rhode Island

Senate

• Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
• William Sprague (1830-1915), Republican

House of Representatives (2 seats)

• Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), Republican
• James M. Pendleton (1822-1889), Republican

South Carolina

Senate

• John J. Patterson (1830-1912), Republican
• Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• Richard H. Cain (1825-1887), Republican
• Lewis C. Carpenter (1836-1908), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 7, 1874.
• Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), Republican …resigned November 1, 1874.
• Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), Republican
• Alonzo J. Ransier (1834-1882), Republican
• Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), Republican

Tennessee

Senate

• William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Republican
• Henry Cooper (1827-1884), Democratic

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• John D. Atkins (1825-1908), Democratic
• John M. Bright (1817-1911), Democratic
• Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Republican
• William Crutchfield (1824-1890), Republican
• Horace H. Harrison (1829-1885), Republican
• Barbour Lewis (1818-1893), Republican
• Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Republican
• David A. Nunn (1833-1918), Republican
• Jacob M. Thornburgh (1837-1890), Republican
• Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Democratic

Texas

Senate

• James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Republican
• Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Liberal Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

• De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Democratic
• John Hancock (1824-1893), Democratic
• William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Democratic
• William P. McLean (1836-1925), Democratic
• Roger Q. Mills (1832-1911), Democratic
• Asa H. Willie (1829-1899), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

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

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• George W. Hendee (1832-1906), Republican
• Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican
• Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Republican

Virginia

Senate

• John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Democratic
• John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

• Rees T. Bowen (1809-1879), Democratic
• Alexander M. Davis (1833-1889), Democratic …contested election, served until March 5, 1874.
• John T. Harris (1823-1899), Democratic
• Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), Democratic
• James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Republican
• James B. Sener (1837-1903), Republican
• John A. Smith (1847-1892), Republican
• William H. Stowell (1840-1922), Republican
• Christopher Y. Thomas (1818-1879), Republican …contested election, seated March 5, 1874.
• Thomas Whitehead (1825-1901), Democratic

West Virginia

Senate

• Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), Republican
• Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), Democratic

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• John J. Davis (1835-1916), Democratic …contested election, seated January 27, 1874.
• John M. Hagans (1838-1900), Republican …contested election, seated January 27, 1874.
• Frank Hereford (1825-1891), Democratic

Wisconsin

Senate

• Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Republican
• Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Joel A. Barber (1809-1881), Republican
• Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic
• Gerry W. Hazelton (1829-1920), Republican
• Alexander S. McDill (1822-1875), Republican
• Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), Democratic
• Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893), Republican
• Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
• Charles G. Williams (1829-1892), Republican

Delegates

Arizona Territory

• Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), Unionist

Colorado Territory

• Jerome B. Chaffee (1825-1886), Republican

Dakota Territory

• Moses K. Armstrong (1832-1906), Democratic

District of Columbia

• Norton P. Chipman (1834-1924), Republican

Idaho Territory

• John Hailey (1835-1921), Democratic

Montana Territory

• Martin Maginnis (1841-1919), Democratic

New Mexico Territory

• Stephen B. Elkins (1841-1911), Republican

Utah Territory

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

Washington Territory

• Obadiah B. McFadden (1815-1875), Democratic

Wyoming Territory

• William R. Steele (1842-1901), Democratic