Forty-sixth United States Congress - Political Parties

The Forty-sixth 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, 1879 to March 3, 1881. This Congress sat during the last 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-sixth United States Congress
See also: Forty-sixth United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: United States House election, 1878

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.

Senate

Democrats

A-L
  • James E. Bailey (1822-1885), Tennessee
  • Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Delaware
  • James B. Beck (1822-1890), Kentucky
  • Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Georgia …appointed to fill vacancy, seated May 26, 1880, subsequently elected.
  • Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), South Carolina
  • Wilkinson Call (1834-1910), Florida
  • Francis M. Cockrell (1834-1915), Missouri
  • Richard Coke (1829-1897), Texas
  • Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), West Virginia
  • William W. Eaton (1816-1898), Connecticut
  • James T. Farley (1829-1886), California
  • Augustus H. Garland (1832-1899), Arkansas
  • John B. Gordon (1832-1904), Georgia …resigned May 1880.
  • James B. Groome (1838-1893), Maryland
  • La Fayette Grover (1823-1911), Oregon
  • Wade Hampton, III (1818-1902), South Carolina
  • Isham G. Harris (1818-1897), Tennessee
  • Frank Hereford (1825-1891), West Virginia
  • Benjamin H. Hill (1823-1882), Georgia
  • George S. Houston (1811-1879), Alabama …died December 31, 1879.
  • John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Virginia
  • Benjamin F. Jonas (1834-1911), Louisiana
  • Charles W. Jones (1834-1897), Florida
  • Francis Kernan (1816-1892), New York
  • Lucius Q.C. Lamar (1825-1893), Mississippi
M-Z
  • Samuel B. Maxey (1825-1895), Texas
  • Joseph E. McDonald (1819-1891), Indiana
  • John R. McPherson (1833-1897), New Jersey
  • John T. Morgan (1824-1907), Alabama
  • George H. Pendleton (1825-1889), Ohio
  • Luke Pryor (1820-1900), Alabama …appointed to fill vacancy, seated January 15, 1880.
  • James L. Pugh (1820-1907), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1880.
  • Theodore F. Randolph (1826-1883), New Jersey
  • Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), North Carolina
  • Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Delaware
  • James H. Slater (1826-1899), Oregon
  • Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Ohio
  • 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
  • William A. Wallace (1827-1896), Pennsylvania
  • William P. Whyte (1824-1908), Maryland
  • John S. Williams (1818-1898), Kentucky
  • Robert E. Withers (1821-1907), Virginia

Republicans

A-L
  • William B. Allison (1829-1908), Iowa
  • Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Rhode Island
  • Henry P. Baldwin (1814-1892), Michigan …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1879, subsequently elected.
  • Charles H. Bell (1823-1893), New Hampshire …appointed to fill vacancy in term, seated April 10, 1879.
  • James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Maine
  • Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy in term, seated June 20, 1879.
  • Blanche K. Bruce (1841-1898), Mississippi
  • Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881), Rhode Island
  • Angus Cameron (1826-1897), Wisconsin
  • J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Pennsylvania
  • Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Wisconsin …died February 24, 1881, remained vacant
  • Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Michigan …died November 1, 1879.
  • Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), New York
  • Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Massachusetts
  • George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Vermont
  • Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Michigan
  • Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Maine
  • Nathaniel P. Hill (1832-1900), Colorado
  • George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Massachusetts
  • John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Kansas
  • John P. Jones (1829-1912), Nevada
  • William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Louisiana
  • Samuel J. Kirkwood (1813-1894), Iowa
  • John A. Logan (1826-1886), Illinois
M-Z
  • Samuel J.R. McMillan (1826-1897), Minnesota
  • Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Vermont
  • Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897), Nebraska
  • Orville H. Platt (1827-1905), Connecticut
  • Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Kansas
  • Edward H. Rollins (1824-1889), New Hampshire
  • Alvin Saunders (1817-1899), Nebraska
  • William Sharon (1821-1885), Nevada
  • Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Colorado
  • William Windom (1827-1891), Minnesota

Independent Republicans

  • Newton Booth (1825-1892), California

Independents

  • David Davis (1815-1886), Illinois

House of Representatives

Democrats

A-B-C
  • Joseph H. Acklen (1850-1938), Louisiana
  • D. Wyatt Aiken (1828-1887), South Carolina
  • Robert F. Armfield (1829-1898), North Carolina
  • Gibson Atherton (1831-1887), Ohio
  • J.D.C. Atkins (1825-1908), Tennessee
  • Reuben K. Bachman (1834-1911), Pennsylvania
  • R.L.T. Beale (1819-1893), Virginia
  • Frank E. Beltzhoover (1841-1923), Pennsylvania
  • Campbell P. Berry (1834-1901), California …elected September 3, 1879, seated December 1, 1879.
  • George A. Bicknell (1815-1891), Indiana
  • Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Kentucky
  • Richard P. Bland (1835-1899), Missouri
  • Archibald M. Bliss (1838-1923), New York
  • James H. Blount (1837-1903), Georgia
  • Gabriel Bouck (1828-1904), Wisconsin
  • Edward S. Bragg (1827-1912), Wisconsin
  • John M. Bright (1817-1911), Tennessee
  • Aylett H. Buckner (1816-1894), Missouri
  • George C. Cabell (1836-1906), Virginia
  • John W. Caldwell (1837-1903), Kentucky
  • John G. Carlisle (1834-1910), Kentucky
  • J.R. Chalmers (1831-1898), Mississippi
  • Martin L. Clardy (1844-1914), Missouri
  • Alvah A. Clark (1840-1912), New Jersey
  • John B. Clark, Jr. (1831-1903), Missouri
  • Newton N. Clements (1837-1900), Alabama …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 8, 1880.
  • Hiester Clymer (1827-1884), Pennsylvania
  • Thomas R. Cobb (1828-1892), Indiana
  • Alexander H. Coffroth (1828-1906), Pennsylvania
  • Walpole G. Colerick (1845-1911), Indiana
  • George L. Converse (1827-1897), Ohio
  • Philip Cook (1817-1894), Georgia
  • James W. Covert (1842-1910), New York
  • Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), New York
  • Jordan E. Cravens (1830-1914), Arkansas
  • David B. Culberson (1830-1900), Texas
D-E-F
  • Robert H. Davidson (1832-1908), Florida
  • Joseph J. Davis (1828-1892), North Carolina
  • Lowndes H. Davis (1836-1920), Missouri
  • Peter V. Deuster (1831-1904), Wisconsin
  • George G. Dibrell (1822-1888), Tennessee
  • Henry L. Dickey (1832-1910), Ohio
  • Poindexter Dunn (1834-1914), Arkansas
  • J.B. Elam (1821-1885), Louisiana
  • E. John Ellis (1840-1889), Louisiana
  • John H. Evins (1830-1884), South Carolina
  • Thomas Ewing, Jr. (1829-1896), Ohio
  • Ebenezer B. Finley (1833-1916), Ohio
  • William H. Forney (1823-1894), Alabama
  • R. Graham Frost (1851-1900), Missouri
G-H-I
  • George W. Geddes (1824-1892), Ohio
  • Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Louisiana
  • John Goode, Jr. (1829-1909), Virginia
  • Thomas M. Gunter (1826-1904), Arkansas
  • N.J. Hammond (1833-1899), Georgia
  • John T. Harris (1823-1899), Virginia
  • William H. Hatch (1833-1896), Missouri
  • Eli J. Henkle (1828-1893), Maryland
  • Daniel M. Henry (1823-1899), Maryland
  • Hilary A. Herbert (1834-1919), Alabama
  • Thomas H. Herndon (1828-1883), Alabama
  • William D. Hill (1833-1906), Ohio
  • C.E. Hooker (1825-1914), Mississippi
  • Abraham J. Hostetler (1818-1899), Indiana
  • John F. House (1827-1904), Tennessee
  • Noble A. Hull (1827-1907), Florida …contested election, served until January 22, 1881.
  • Eppa Hunton (1822-1908), Virginia
  • Frank H. Hurd (1840-1896), Ohio
  • Waldo Hutchins (1822-1891), New York …elected to fill vacancy caused by death of Representative-elect, seated December 1, 1879.
J-K-L
  • Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891), Virginia
  • John E. Kenna (1848-1893), West Virginia
  • William Kimmel (1812-1886), Maryland
  • J. Floyd King (1842-1915), Louisiana
  • W.H. Kitchin (1837-1901), North Carolina
  • Robert Klotz (1819-1895), Pennsylvania
  • James P. Knott (1830-1911), Kentucky
  • Alfred M. Lay (1836-1879), Missouri …died December 8, 1879.
  • Benjamin Le Fevre (1838-1922), Ohio
  • Burwell B. Lewis (1838-1885), Alabama …resigned October 1, 1880.
  • William Lounsbery (1831-1905), New York
M-N-O
  • Van H. Manning (1839-1892), Mississippi
  • Benjamin F. Martin (1828-1895), West Virginia
  • Edward L. Martin (1837-1897), Delaware
  • James A. McKenzie (1840-1904), Kentucky
  • Robert Milligan McLane (1815-1898), Maryland
  • John A. McMahon (1833-1923), Ohio
  • Benton McMillin (1845-1933), Tennessee
  • R.Q. Mills (1832-1911), Texas
  • Hernando D. Money (1839-1912), Mississippi
  • William R. Morrison (1824-1909), Illinois
  • Leopold Morse (1831-1892), Massachusetts
  • H.L. Muldrow (1837-1905), Mississippi
  • Nicholas Muller (1836-1917), New York
  • William R. Myers (1836-1907), Indiana
  • Jeptha D. New (1830-1892), Indiana
  • John C. Nicholls (1834-1893), Georgia
  • M.P. O'Connor (1831-1881), South Carolina
P-Q-R
  • James Phelps (1822-1900), Connecticut
  • John F. Phillips (1834-1919), Missouri …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 26, 1880.
  • Elijah C. Phister (1822-1887), Kentucky
  • Henry Poehler (1833-1912), Minnesota
  • Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Pennsylvania
  • John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Texas
  • John S. Richardson (1828-1894), South Carolina
  • James B. Richmond (1842-1910), Virginia
  • E.W. Robertson (1823-1887), Louisiana
  • Miles Ross (1827-1903), New Jersey
  • Gideon F. Rothwell (1836-1894), Missouri
  • John W. Ryon (1825-1901), Pennsylvania
S-T-U-V
  • William J. Samford (1844-1901), Alabama
  • Alfred M. Scales (1827-1892), North Carolina
  • Jonathan Scoville (1830-1891), New York …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1880.
  • Charles M. Shelley (1833-1907), Alabama
  • C.B. Simonton (1838-1911), Tennessee
  • James W. Singleton (1811-1892), Illinois
  • O.R. Singleton (1814-1889), Mississippi
  • William F. Slemons (1830-1918), Arkansas
  • Hezekiah B. Smith (1816-1887), New Jersey
  • William E. Smith (1829-1890), Georgia
  • William A.J. Sparks (1828-1904), Illinois
  • William M. Springer (1836-1903), Illinois
  • Walter L. Steele (1823-1891), North Carolina
  • Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883), Georgia
  • Adlai E. Stevenson (1835-1914), Illinois
  • J. Frederick C. Talbott (1843-1918), Maryland
  • R.L. Taylor (1850-1912), Tennessee
  • Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (1845-1909), Kentucky
  • George D. Tillman (1826-1902), South Carolina
  • Richard W. Townshend (1840-1889), Illinois
  • John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897), Virginia
  • Thomas Turner (1821-1900), Kentucky
  • Christopher C. Upson (1829-1902), Texas …elected to fill vacancy due to death of representative-elect, seated June 2, 1879.
  • Robert B. Vance (1828-1899), North Carolina
W-X-Y-Z
  • James R. Waddill (1842-1917), Missouri
  • A.J. Warner (1834-1910), Ohio
  • Olin Wellborn (1843-1921), Texas
  • Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Missouri
  • John Whiteaker (1820-1902), Oregon
  • W.C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Tennessee
  • Thomas Williams (1825-1903), Alabama
  • Albert S. Willis (1843-1897), Kentucky
  • Benjamin Wilson (1825-1901), West Virginia
  • Morgan R. Wise (1825-1903), Pennsylvania
  • Fernando Wood (1812-1881), New York …died February 13, 1881, remained vacant.
  • Hendrick B. Wright (1808-1881), Pennsylvania
  • Jesse J. Yeates (1829-1892), North Carolina …contested election, seated January 29, 1881.
  • H. Casey Young (1828-1899), Tennessee

Republicans

'A-B-C
  • Nelson W. Aldrich (1841-1915), Rhode Island
  • William Aldrich (1820-1885), Illinois
  • John A. Anderson (1834-1892), Kansas
  • John M. Bailey (1838-1916), New York
  • John H. Baker (1832-1915), Indiana
  • Latimer W. Ballou (1812-1900), Rhode Island
  • Hiram Barber, Jr. (1835-1924), Illinois
  • Thomas M. Bayne (1836-1894), Pennsylvania
  • James B. Belford (1837-1910), Colorado
  • Henry H. Bingham (1841-1912), Pennsylvania
  • Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (1839-1916), Florida …contested election, seated January 22, 1882.
  • John L. Blake (1831-1899), New Jersey
  • Selwyn Z. Bowman (1840-1928), Massachusetts
  • Thomas A. Boyd (1830-1897), Illinois
  • Mark S. Brewer (1837-1901), Michigan
  • James F. Briggs (1827-1905), New Hampshire
  • Lewis A. Brigham (1831-1885), New Jersey
  • Thomas M. Browne (1829-1891), Indiana
  • Julius C. Burrows (1837-1915), Michigan
  • Benjamin Butterworth (1837-1898), Ohio
  • William H. Calkins (1842-1894), Indiana
  • John H. Camp (1840-1892), New York
  • Joseph G. Cannon (1836-1926), Illinois
  • Cyrus C. Carpenter (1829-1898), Iowa
  • Lucien B. Caswell (1827-1919), Wisconsin
  • Simeon B. Chittenden (1814-1889), New York
  • William Claflin (1818-1905), Massachusetts
  • Rush Clark (1834-1879), Iowa …died April 29, 1879.
  • Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Michigan …resigned March 3, 1881.
  • Calvin Cowgill (1819-1903), Indiana
  • William W. Crapo (1830-1926), Massachusetts
  • Richard Crowley (1836-1908), New York
D-E-F
  • Rollin M. Daggett (1831-1901), Nevada
  • George R. Davis (1840-1899), Illinois
  • Horace Davis (1831-1916), California …elected September 3, 1879, seated December 1, 1879.
  • Nathaniel C. Deering (1827-1887), Iowa
  • Samuel B. [...] (1836-1907), Pennsylvania
  • Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Minnesota
  • Jeremiah W. Dwight (1819-1885), New York
  • Edwin Einstein (1842-1905), New York
  • Russell Errett (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
  • Evarts W. Farr (1840-1880), New Hampshire …died November 30, 1880.
  • John W. Ferdon (1826-1884), New York
  • Walbridge A. Field (1833-1899), Massachusetts
  • Horatio G. Fisher (1838-1890), Pennsylvania
  • Greenbury L. Fort (1825-1883), Illinois
  • William P. Frye (1830-1911), Maine
G-H-I
  • James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Ohio …resigned November 8, 1880.
  • William Godshalk (1817-1891), Pennsylvania
  • Joshua G. Hall (1828-1898), New Hampshire
  • John Hammond (1827-1889), New York
  • Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Pennsylvania
  • Benjamin W. Harris (1823-1907), Massachusetts
  • Dudley C. Haskell (1842-1883), Kansas
  • Robert M.A. Hawk (1839-1882), Illinois
  • Joseph R. Hawley (1826-1905), Connecticut
  • Philip C. Hayes (1833-1916), Illinois
  • George C. Hazelton (1832-1922), Wisconsin
  • William Heilman (1824-1890), Indiana
  • Thomas J. Henderson (1824-1911), Illinois
  • Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), New York
  • Roswell G. Horr (1830-1896), Michigan
  • L.C. Houk (1836-1891), Tennessee
  • Jay A. Hubbell (1829-1900), Michigan
  • Herman L. Humphrey (1830-1902), Wisconsin
J-K-L
  • Amaziah B. James (1812-1883), New York
  • Joseph Jorgensen (1844-1888), Virginia
  • Charles H. Joyce (1830-1916), Vermont
  • J. Warren Keifer (1836-1932), Ohio
  • William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Pennsylvania
  • John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), New York
  • John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Pennsylvania
  • Elbridge G. Lapham (1814-1890), New York
  • Stephen D. Lindsey (1828-1884), Maine
  • George B. Loring (1817-1891), Massachusetts
M-N-O
  • Benjamin F. Marsh (1839-1905), Illinois
  • Joseph J. Martin (1833-1900), North Carolina …contested election, served until January 29, 1881.
  • Joseph Mason (1828-1914), New York
  • Moses A. McCoid (1840-1904), Iowa
  • Anson G. McCook (1835-1917), New York
  • Jonas H. McGowan (1837-1909), Michigan
  • William McKinley, Jr. (1843-1901), Ohio
  • Frederick Miles (1815-1896), Connecticut
  • Warner Miller (1838-1918), New York
  • John I. Mitchell (1838-1907), Pennsylvania
  • James Monroe (1821-1898), Ohio
  • Levi P. Morton (1824-1920), New York
  • Henry S. Neal (1828-1906), Ohio
  • John S. Newberry (1826-1887), Michigan
  • Amasa Norcross (1824-1898), Massachusetts
  • Charles O'Neill (1821-1893), Pennsylvania
  • Godlove S. Orth (1817-1882), Indiana
  • J.H. Osmer (1832-1912), Pennsylvania
  • Edward Overton, Jr. (1836-1903), Pennsylvania
P-Q-R
  • Romualdo Pacheco (1831-1899), California …elected September 3, 1879, seated December 1, 1879.
  • Horace F. Page (1833-1890), California …elected September 3, 1879, seated December 1, 1879.
  • Ray V. Pierce (1840-1914), New York …resigned September 18, 1880.
  • Thaddeus C. Pound (1833-1914), Wisconsin
  • Cyrus D. Prescott (1836-1902), New York
  • Hiram Price (1814-1901), Iowa
  • Ossian Ray (1835-1892), New Hampshire …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 8]], 1881.
  • Thomas B. Reed (1839-1902), Maine
  • William W. Rice (1826-1896), Massachusetts
  • David P. Richardson (1833-1904), New York
  • George M. Robeson (1829-1897), New Jersey
  • George D. Robinson (1834-1896), Massachusetts
  • William A. Russell (1831-1899), Massachusetts
  • Thomas Ryan (1837-1914), Kansas
S-T-U-V
  • William F. Sapp (1824-1890), Iowa
  • William S. Shallenberger (1839-1914), Pennsylvania
  • John C. Sherwin (1838-1904), Illinois
  • A. Herr Smith (1815-1894), Pennsylvania
  • John H. Starin (1825-1909), New York
  • John W. Stone (1838-1922), Michigan
  • Ezra B. Taylor (1823-1912), Ohio …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 13, 1880.
  • John R. Thomas (1846-1914), Illinois
  • William G. Thompson (1830-1911), Iowa …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 1, 1879.
  • Amos Townsend (1821-1895), Ohio
  • James M. Tyler (1835-1926), Vermont
  • Jonathan T. Updegraff (1822-1882), Ohio
  • Thomas Updegraff (1834-1910), Iowa
  • Milton G. Urner (1839-1926), Maryland
  • Edward K. Valentine (1843-1916), Nebraska
  • Henry Van Aernam (1819-1894), New York
  • John Van Voorhis (1826-1905), New York
  • Charles H. Voorhis (1833-1896), New Jersey
W-X-Y-Z
  • John T. Wait (1811-1899), Connecticut
  • William Ward (1837-1895), Pennsylvania
  • William D. Washburn (1831-1912), Minnesota
  • Harry White (1834-1920), Pennsylvania
  • David Wilber (1820-1890), New York
  • Charles G. Williams (1829-1892), Wisconsin
  • Edwin Willits (1830-1896), Michigan
  • Walter A. Wood (1815-1892), New York
  • Thomas L. Young (1832-1888), Ohio

Greenbackers

  • Bradley Barlow (1814-1889), Vermont
  • Nicholas Ford (1833-1897), Missouri
  • Albert P. Forsythe (1830-1906), Illinois
  • Edward H. Gillette (1840-1918), Iowa
  • G.W. Jones (1828-1903), Texas
  • George W. Ladd (1818-1892), Maine
  • William M. Lowe (1842-1882), Alabama
  • Thompson H. Murch (1838-1886), Maine
  • Daniel L. Russell (1845-1908), North Carolina
  • James B. Weaver (1833-1912), Iowa
  • Seth H. Yocum (1834-1895), Pennsylvania

Independent Democrats

  • William H. Felton (1823-1909), Georgia
  • James O'Brien (1841-1907), New York
  • Daniel O'Reilly (1838-1911), New York
  • Henry Persons (1834-1910), Georgia

   Samuel L. Sawyer    (1813-1890),    Missouri     

  • Emory Speer (1848-1918), Georgia
  • Oscar Turner (1825-1896), Kentucky

Nationals

  • Gilbert De La Matyr (1825-1892), Indiana

Delegates

Democrats

  • George Ainslie (1838-1913), Idaho Territory
  • John G. Campbell (1827-1903), Arizona Territory
  • Martin Maginnis (1841-1919), Montana Territory

Republicans

  • G.G. Bennett (1833-1910), Dakota Territory
  • Thomas H. Brents (1840-1916), Washington Territory
  • George Q. Cannon (1827-1901), Utah Territory
  • Stephen W. Downey (1839-1902), Wyoming Territory
  • M.S. Otero (1844-1904), New Mexico Territory