Forty-second United States Congress - State Delegations

The Forty-second 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, 1871, to March 3, 1873. This Congress sat during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Eighth Census of the United States in 1860.

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

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-second United States Congress

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

See also: United States House election, 1870

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 ...contested election, seated January 9, 1872.
• George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

Arkansas

Senate

• Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Republican
• Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

• Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Republican …contested election, seated February 9, 1872.
• John Edwards (1805-1894), Liberal Republican …contested election, served until February 9, 1872.
• James M. Hanks (1833-1909), Democratic
• Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Republican

California

Senate

• Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), Democratic
• Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

Connecticut

Senate

• William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Republican
• Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), 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
• Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Republican

Delaware

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

Florida

Senate

• Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Republican
• Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883), Democratic
• Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Republican

Georgia

Senate

• Joshua Hill (1812-1891), Republican
• 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)

• Erasmus W. Beck (1833-1898), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
• John S. Bigby (1832-1898), Republican
• Dudley M. Du Bose (1834-1883), Democratic
• Archibald T. Macintyre (1822-1900), Democratic
• William P. Price (1835-1908), Democratic
• Thomas J. Speer (1837-1872), Republican …died August 18, 1872.
• Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Republican
• Pierce M. Young (1836-1896), Democratic

Illinois

Senate

• John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican
• Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic

House of Representatives (14 seats)

• John L. Beveridge (1824-1910), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1871, resigned January 4, 1873.
• Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican
• Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican …resigned August 26, 1871.
• John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Democratic
• John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
• Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Republican
• John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Republican
• John B. Hay (1834-1916), Republican
• Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
• Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Democratic
• Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Republican
• Edward Y. Rice (1820-1883), Democratic
• James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
• Henry Snapp (1822-1895), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1871.
• Bradford N. Stevens (1813-1885), Democratic

Indiana

Senate

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

House of Representatives (11 seats)

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

Iowa

Senate

• James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
• George G. Wright (1820-1896), Republican

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

Kansas

Senate

• Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Republican
• Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

Kentucky

Senate

• Garrett Davis (1801-1872), Unionist …died September 22, 1872.
• Willis B. Machen (1810-1893), Democratic …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
• John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), Democratic

House of Representatives (9 seats)

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

Louisiana

Senate

• William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican …resigned November 1, 1872, seat remained vacant.
• Joseph R. West (1822-1898), Republican

House of Representatives (5 seats)

• Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), Liberal Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1872.
• Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican
• James McCleery (1837-1871), Republican …died November 5, 1871, never having qualified.
• Frank Morey (1840-1889), Republican
• Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Republican
• Jacob H. Sypher (1837-1913), Republican

Maine

Senate

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

House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

Maryland

Senate

• William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic
• George Vickers (1801-1879), Democratic

House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

Massachusetts

Senate

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

House of Representatives (10 seats)

• Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican
• Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
• George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Republican …resigned May 13, 1872.
• James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
• Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
• Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14, 1872.
• Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
• Constantine C. Esty (1824-1912), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
• George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
• Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
• Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Republican
• William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican …resigned December 5, 1871.

Michigan

Senate

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

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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

Minnesota

Senate

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

House of Representatives (2 seats)

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

Mississippi

Senate

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

House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

Missouri

Senate

• Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Democratic
• Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Republican

House of Representatives (9 seats)

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

Nebraska

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

• John Taffe (1827-1884), Republican

Nevada

Senate

• James W. Nye (1815-1876), 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
• James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

New Jersey

Senate

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

House of Representatives (5 seats)

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

New York

Senate

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

House of Representatives (31 seats)

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

North Carolina

Senate

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

House of Representatives (7seats)

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

Ohio

Senate

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

House of Representatives (19 seats)

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

Oregon

Senate

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

House of Representatives (1 seat)

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

Pennsylvania

Senate

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

House of Representatives (24 seats)

• Ephraim L. Acker (1827-1903), Democratic
• Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1873.
• John V. Creely (1839-1900), Independent Republican
• Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Republican
• Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic
• James L. Getz (1821-1891), Democratic
• Samuel Griffith (1816-1893), Democratic
• Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Democratic
• Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
• William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
• John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
• William McClelland (1842-1892), Democratic
• Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Republican
• Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican …resigned December 2, 1872.
• Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918), Democratic
• Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican
• James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
• John B. Packer (1824-1891), Republican
• Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
• Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
• Henry Sherwood (1813-1896), Democratic
• Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Republican
• Robert M. Speer (1838-1890), Democratic
• John B. Storm (1838-1901), Democratic
• 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

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

House of Representatives (4 seats)

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

Tennessee

Senate

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

House of Representatives (8 seats)

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

Texas

Senate

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

House of Representatives (4 seats)

• William T. Clark (1831-1905), Republican …contested election, seated January 10, 1872, served until May 13, 1872,
• John C. Conner (1842-1873), Democratic
• De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Democratic …contested election, seated May 13, 1872.
• John Hancock (1824-1893), Democratic
• William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Democratic

Vermont

Senate

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

House of Representatives (3 seats)

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

Virginia

Senate

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

House of Representatives (8 seats)

• Elliott M. Braxton (1823-1891), Democratic
• John Critcher (1820-1901), Democratic
• Richard T. Duke (1822-1898), Conservative
• John T. Harris (1823-1899), Democratic
• James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Republican
• Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Republican
• William H. Stowell (1840-1922), Republican
• William Terry (1824-1888), 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
• Frank Hereford (1825-1891), Democratic
• James C. McGrew (1813-1910), Republican

Wisconsin

Senate

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

House of Representatives (6 seats)

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