42nd United States Congress - State Delegations

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 state delegation.

: Main article: 42nd United States Congress; See also: 42nd United States Congress - political parties; See also: United States House election, 1870

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

Members

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1872.

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

The list below is arranged by state, then by chamber. Senators are shown in order of seniority, House members in district order.

Alabama

: Senate

3: George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican
2: George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), Democratic ...contested election, seated January 9 1872.

: House of Representatives (6 seats)

: Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894), Republican
: Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Republican
: William A. Handley (1834-1909), Democratic
: Charles Hays (1834-1879), Republican
: Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), Democratic
: Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), Democratic

Arkansas

: Senate

3: Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Republican
2: Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Republican

: House of Representatives (3 seats)

: James M. Hanks (1833-1909), Democratic
: Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Republican
: John Edwards (1805-1894), Liberal Republican …contested election, served until February 9 1872.

Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Republican …contested election, seated February 9 1872.

California

: Senate

3: Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican
1: Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), Democratic

: House of Representatives (3 seats)

: Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), Republican
: Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican
: John M. Coghlan (1835-1879), Republican

Connecticut

: Senate

3: Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican
1: William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Republican

: House of Representatives (4 seats)

: Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Republican …died September 7 1872.

Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
: Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Republican
: Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Republican
: William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic

Delaware

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (1 seat)

: Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), Democratic

Florida

: Senate

3: Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Republican
1: Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Republican

: House of Representatives (1 seat)

: Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Republican …contested election, served until January 29 1873.

Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883), Democratic …contested election, seated January 29 1873.

Georgia

: Senate

3: Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Republican
2: Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), Democratic …contested election, seated December 19 1871, after Senate's refusal to seat Foster Blogett.

: House of Representatives (7 seats)

: Archibald T. MacIntyre (1822-1900), Democratic
: Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Republican
: John S. Bigby (1832-1898), Republican
: Thomas J. Speer (1837-1872), Republican …died August 18 1872.

Erasmus W. Beck (1833-1898), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
: Dudley M. Du Bose (1834-1883), Democratic
: William P. Price (1835-1908), Democratic
: Pierce M. B. Young (1836-1896), Democratic

Illinois

: Senate

3: Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Republican
2: John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican

: House of Representatives (14 seats)

: Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Republican
: John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
: Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican
: John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Republican
: Bradford N. Stevens (1813-1885), Democratic
: Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican …resigned August 26 1871.

Henry Snapp (1822-1895), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 1871.
: Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Republican
: James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
: Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Democratic
: Edward Y. Rice (1820-1883), Democratic
: Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
: John B. Hay (1834-1916), Republican
: John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Democratic
: John L. Beveridge (1824-1910), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from resignation of representative-elect, seated December 4 1871, resigned January 4 1873.

Indiana

: Senate

3: Oliver H. P. T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican
1: Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Republican

: House of Representatives (11 seats)

: William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
: Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Democratic
: William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
: Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), Republican
: John Coburn (1825-1908), Republican
: Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
: Mahlon D. Manson (1820-1895), Democratic
: James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Republican
: John P. C. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican
: William Williams (1821-1896), Republican
: Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Republican

Iowa

: Senate

3: James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
2: George G. Wright (1820-1896), Republican

: House of Representatives (6 seats)

: George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Republican
: Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), Republican
: William G. Donnan (1834-1908), Republican
: Madison M. Walden (1836-1891), Republican
: Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), Republican
: Jackson Orr (1832-1926), Republican

Kansas

: Senate

3: Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
2: Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Republican

: House of Representatives (1 seat)

: David P. Lowe (1823-1882), Republican

Kentucky

: Senate

3: Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Democratic …died September 22 1872.

Willis B. Machen (1810-1893), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
2: John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

: House of Representatives (9 seats)

: Edward Crossland (1827-1881), Democratic
: Henry D. McHenry (1826-1890), Democratic
: Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), Democratic
: William B. Read (1817-1880), Democratic
: Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), Democratic
: William E. Arthur (1825-1897), Democratic
: James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
: George M. Adams (1837-1920), Democratic
: John M. Rice (1831-1895), Democratic

Louisiana

: Senate

3: William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican …resigned November 1 1872, seat remained vacant.
2: J. Rodman West (1822-1898), Republican

: House of Representatives (5 seats)

: J. Hale Sypher (1837-1913), Republican
: Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Republican
: Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican
: James McCleery (1837-1871), Republican …died November 5 1871, never having qualified.

Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), Liberal Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 1872.
: Frank Morey (1840-1889), Republican

Maine

: Senate

1: Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican
2: Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican

: House of Representatives (5 seats)

: John Lynch (1825-1892), Republican
: William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican
: James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
: John A. Peters (1822-1904), Republican
: Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican

Maryland

: Senate

3: George Vickers (1801-1879), Democratic
1: William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic

: House of Representatives (5 seats)

: Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), Democratic
: Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Democratic
: Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Democratic
: John Ritchie (1831-1887), Democratic
: William M. Merrick (1818-1889), Democratic

Massachusetts

: Senate

1: Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
2: Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican …resigned March 3 1873.

: House of Representatives (10 seats)

: James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
: Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican
: Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Republican
: Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
: Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
: Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
: George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Republican …resigned May 13 1872.

Constantine C. Esty (1824-1912), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
: George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
: William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican …resigned December 5 1871.

Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14 1872.
: Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican

Michigan

: Senate

1: Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
2: Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican

: House of Representatives (6 seats)

: Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
: William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), Republican
: Austin Blair (1818-1894), Republican
: Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from resignation of representative-elect, seated December 4 1871.
: Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
: Jabez G. Sutherland (1825-1902), Democratic

Minnesota

: Senate

1: Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
2: William Windom (1827-1891), Republican

: House of Representatives (2 seats)

: Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Republican
: John T. Averill (1825-1889), Republican

Mississippi

: Senate

1: Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Republican
2: James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Republican …seated December 4 1871.

: House of Representatives (5 seats)

: George E. Harris (1827-1911), Republican
: Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), Republican
: Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Republican
: George C. McKee (1837-1890), Republican
: Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), Republican

Missouri

: Senate

1: Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Liberal Republican
3: Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Democratic

: House of Representatives (9 seats)

: Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Democratic
: Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), Liberal Republican
: James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Democratic
: Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), Republican
: Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), Republican
: Abram Comingo (1820-1889), Democratic
: Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), Republican
: James G. Blair (1825-1904), Liberal Republican
: Andrew King (1812-1895), Democratic

Nebraska

: Senate

1: Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Republican
2: Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Republican

: House of Representatives (1 seat)

: John Taffe (1827-1884), Republican

Nevada

: Senate

1: William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
3: James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican

: House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

New Hampshire

: Senate

2: Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
3: James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican

: House of Representatives (3 seats)

: Ellery A. Hibbard (1826-1903), Democratic
: Samuel N. Bell (1829-1889), Democratic
: Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), Democratic

New Jersey

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (5 seats)

: John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), Republican
: Samuel C. Forker (1821-1900), Democratic
: John T. Bird (1829-1911), Democratic
: John Hill (1821-1884), Republican
: George A. Halsey (1827-1894), Republican

New York

: Senate

3: Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
1: Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican

: House of Representatives (31 seats)

: Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), Democratic
: Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884), Democratic
: Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), Democratic
: Robert B. Roosevelt (1829-1906), Democratic
: William R. Roberts (1830-1897), Democratic
: Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
: Smith Ely, Jr. (1825-1911), Democratic
: James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic
: Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
: Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), Democratic
: Charles St. John (1818-1891), Republican
: John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
: Joseph H. Tuthill (1811-1877), Democratic
: Eli Perry (1799-1881), Democratic
: Joseph M. Warren (1813-1896), Democratic
: John Rogers (1813-1879), Democratic
: William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican
: John M. Carroll (1823-1901), Democratic
: Elizur H. Prindle (1829-1890), Republican
: Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), Republican
: Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), Republican
: William E. Lansing (1821-1883), Republican
: R. Holland Duell (1824-1891), Republican
: John E. Seeley (1810-1875), Republican
: William H. Lamport (1811-1891), Republican
: Milo Goodrich (1814-1881), Republican
: H. Boardman Smith (1826-1888), Republican
: Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), Republican
: Seth Wakeman (1811-1880), Republican
: William Williams (1815-1876), Democratic
: Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), Republican

North Carolina

: Senate

3: John Pool (1826-1884), Republican
2: Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), Democratic …contested election, seated April 24 1872.

: House of Representatives (7seats)

: Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), Republican
: Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), Republican
: Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), Democratic
: Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), Democratic …contested elected, seated May 23 1872.
: James M. Leach (1815-1891), Democratic
: Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), Democratic
: James C. Harper (1819-1890), Democratic

Ohio

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (19 seats)

: Aaron F. Perry (1815-1893), Republican …resigned 1872.

Ozro J. Dodds (1840-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 1872.
: Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), Republican
: Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Democratic
: John F. McKinney (1827-1903), Democratic
: Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), Democratic
: John A. Smith (1814-1892), Republican
: Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Republican
: John Beatty (1828-1914), Republican
: Charles Foster (1828-1904), Republican
: Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), Republican
: John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Republican
: Philadelph Van Trump (1810-1874), Democratic
: George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Democratic
: James Monroe (1821-1898), Republican
: William P. Sprague (1827-1899), Republican
: John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican
: Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), Republican
: William H. Upson (1823-1910), Republican
: James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican

Oregon

: Senate

3: Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Republican
2: James K. Kelly (1819-1903), Democratic

: House of Representatives (1 seat)

: James H. Slater (1826-1899), Democratic

Pennsylvania

: Senate

3: Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
1: John Scott (1824-1896), Republican

: House of Representatives (24 seats)

: Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
: John V. Creely (1839-1900), Independent Republican
: Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican
: William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
: Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
: Ephraim L. Acker (1827-1903), Democratic
: Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Republican
: J. Lawrence Getz (1821-1891), Democratic
: Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Republican
: John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
: John B. Storm (1838-1901), Democratic
: Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Republican
: Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican …resigned December 2 1872.

Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7 1873.
: John B. Packer (1824-1891), Republican
: Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Democratic
: Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918), Democratic
: R. Milton Speer (1838-1890), Democratic
: Henry Sherwood (1813-1896), Democratic
: Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
: Samuel Griffith (1816-1893), Democratic
: Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic
: James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
: Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Republican
: William McClelland (1842-1892), Democratic

Rhode Island

: Senate

2: Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
1: 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

2: Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), Republican
3: Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), Republican

: House of Representatives (4 seats)

: Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), Republican
: Robert C. De Large (1842-1874), Republican …contested election, seat declared vacant January 24 1873.
: Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), Republican
: Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), Republican

Tennessee

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (8 seats)

: Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Republican
: Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Republican
: Abraham E. Garrett (1830-1907), Democratic
: John M. Bright (1817-1911), Democratic
: Edward I. Golladay (1830-1897), Democratic
: Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Democratic
: Robert P. Caldwell (1821-1885), Democratic
: William W. Vaughan (1831-1878), Democratic

Texas

: Senate

2: Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Republican …contested election, seated March 20 1871.
1: James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Republican

: House of Representatives (4 seats)

: William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Democratic
: John C. Conner (1842-1873), Democratic
: William T. Clark (1831-1905), Republican …contested election, seated January 10 1872, served until May 13 1872,

De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Democratic …contested election, seated May 13 1872.
: John Hancock (1824-1893), Democratic

Vermont

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (3 seats)

: Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Republican
: Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican
: Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Republican

Virginia

: Senate

2: John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Democratic
1: John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Republican

: House of Representatives (8 seats)

: John Critcher (1820-1901), Democratic
: James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Republican
: Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Republican
: William H. H. Stowell (1840-1922), Republican
: Richard T. W. Duke (1822-1898), Democratic
: John T. Harris (1823-1899), Democratic
: Elliott M. Braxton (1823-1891), Democratic
: William Terry (1824-1888), Democratic

West Virginia

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (3 seats)

: John J. Davis (1835-1916), Democratic
: James C. McGrew (1813-1910), Republican
: Frank Hereford (1825-1891), Democratic

Wisconsin

: Senate

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

: House of Representatives (6 seats)

: Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), Democratic
: Gerry W. Hazelton (1829-1920), Republican
: J. Allen Barber (1809-1881), Republican
: Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic
: Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
: Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893), Republican

Delegates

: Arizona Territory

: Richard C. McCormick (1832-1901), Democratic

: 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 …new representation, seated December 4 1871.

: Idaho Territory

: Samuel A. Merritt (1827-1910), Democratic

: Montana Territory

: William H. Clagett (1838-1901), Republican …elected August 7 1871.

: New Mexico Territory

: José M. Gallegos (1815-1875), Democratic …elected September 4 1871.

: Utah Territory

: William H. Hooper (1813-1882), Democratic

: Washington Territory

: Selucius Garfielde (1822-1881), Republican

: Wyoming Territory

: William T. Jones (1842-1882), Republican