47th United States Congress

47th United States Congress

46th ← → 48th United States Capitol (1877) Duration: March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883 Senate President: Chester A. Arthur (R) (until September 19, 1881) Vacant (from September 19, 1881) Senate Pres. pro tem: Thomas F. Bayard (D) David Davis (I) George F. Edmunds (R) House Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R) Members: 76 Senators 293 Representatives 8 Non-voting members Senate Majority: Democratic House Majority: Republican Sessions Special: March 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881 Special: October 10, 1881 – October 29, 1881 1st: December 5, 1881 – August 8, 1882 2nd: December 4, 1882 – March 3, 1883

The Forty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1883, during the administration of U.S. President James A. Garfield, and the first year of the administration of his successor, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican majority.

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)					Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Readjuster (RA)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)	Other
End of the previous congress	42	0	31	1	(Anti-Monopoly) 1	75	1
Begin	37	1	36	1	0	75	1
End			37			76	0
Final voting share	48.7%	1.3%	48.7%	1.3%	0.0%
Beginning of the next congress	36	2	38	0	0	76	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant
	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Independent (I)	National Greenback (NG)	Independent Republican (IR)	Republican (R)
End of the previous congress	146	4	1	11	0	129	291	2
Begin	134	1	1	9	0	146	291	2
End	130				1	150	292	1
Final voting share	44.5%	0.3%	0.3%	3.1%	0.3%	51.4%
Beginning of the next congress	196	3	6	2	1	117	325	1

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Chester A. Arthur

(R)

• President: Chester A. Arthur (R), until September 19, 1881; vacant thereafter
• President pro tempore: Thomas F. Bayard (D), October 10, 1881 – October 13, 1881
  • David Davis (I), from October 13, 1881
  • George F. Edmunds (R), from March 3, 1883

House of Representatives

• Speaker: J. Warren Keifer (R)

Major events

• March 4, 1881: James A. Garfield became President of the United States
• September 19, 1881: Chester A. Arthur became President of the United States

Major legislation

• February 25, 1882: Apportionment of the Tenth Census, ch. 20, 22 Stat. 5
• May 6, 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act, 22 Stat. 58
• August 2, 1882: Rivers and Harbors Act
• January 16, 1883: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403
• March 3, 1883: Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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Senate

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.

Alabama 2. John T. Morgan (D) 3. James L. Pugh (D) Arkansas 2. Augustus H. Garland (D) 3. James D. Walker (D) California 1. John F. Miller (R) 3. James T. Farley (D) Colorado 2. Henry M. Teller (R), until April 17, 1882 George M. Chilcott (R), April 17, 1882 - January 27, 1883 Horace A. W. Tabor (R), from January 27, 1883 3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R) Connecticut 1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) 3. Orville H. Platt (R) Delaware 1. Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D) 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (D) Florida 1. Charles W. Jones (D) 3. Wilkinson Call (D) Georgia 2. Benjamin H. Hill (D), until August 16, 1882 M. Pope Barrow (D), from November 15, 1882 3. Joseph E. Brown (D) Illinois 2. David Davis (I) 3. John A. Logan (R) Indiana 1. Benjamin Harrison (R) 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D) Iowa 2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881 James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881 3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas 2. Preston B. Plumb (R) 3. John J. Ingalls (R) Kentucky 2. James B. Beck (D) 3. John S. Williams (D) Louisiana 2. William Pitt Kellogg (R) 3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D) Maine 1. Eugene Hale (R) 2. James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881 William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881 Maryland 1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) 3. James B. Groome (D) Massachusetts 1. Henry L. Dawes (R) 2. George F. Hoar (R) Michigan 1. Omar D. Conger (R) 2. Thomas W. Ferry (R) Minnesota 1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) 2. William Windom (R),until March 7, 1881 Alonzo J. Edgerton (R), March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881 William Windom (R), from November 15, 1881

Mississippi 1. James Z. George (D) 2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) Missouri 1. Francis M. Cockrell (D) 3. George G. Vest (D) Nebraska 1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R) 2. Alvin Saunders (R) Nevada 1. James G. Fair (D) 3. John P. Jones (R) New Hampshire 2. Edward H. Rollins (R) 3. Henry W. Blair (R) New Jersey 1. William J. Sewell (R) 2. John R. McPherson (D) New York 1. Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881 Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881 3. Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881 Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from October 11, 1881 North Carolina 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D) Ohio 1. John Sherman (R) 3. George H. Pendleton (D) Oregon 2. La Fayette Grover (D) 3. James H. Slater (D) Pennsylvania 1. John I. Mitchell (R) 3. J. Donald Cameron (R) Rhode Island 1. Ambrose E. Burnside (R), until September 13, 1881 Nelson W. Aldrich (R), from October 5, 1881 2. Henry B. Anthony (R) South Carolina 2. Matthew C. Butler (D) 3. Wade Hampton, III (D) Tennessee 1. Howell E. Jackson (D) 2. Isham G. Harris (D) Texas 1. Samuel B. Maxey (D) 2. Richard Coke (D) Vermont 1. George F. Edmunds (R) 3. Justin S. Morrill (R) Virginia 1. William Mahone (RA) 2. John W. Johnston (D) West Virginia 1. Johnson N. Camden (D) 2. Henry G. Davis (D) Wisconsin 1. Philetus Sawyer (R) 3. Angus Cameron (R), from March 14, 1881

President pro tempore Thomas F. Bayard (D) President pro tempore David Davis (I) President pro tempore George F. Edmunds (R)

House of Representatives

Members' names are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama (8 Democrats) 1. Thomas H. Herndon (D) 2. Hilary A. Herbert (D) 3. William C. Oates (D) 4. Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882 Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882 5. Thomas Williams (D) 6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) 7. William H. Forney (D) 8. Joseph Wheeler (D) until June 3, 1882 William M. Lowe (NG), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882 Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883 Arkansas (4 Democrats) 1. Poindexter Dunn (D) 2. James K. Jones (D) 3. Jordan E. Cravens (D) 4. Thomas M. Gunter (D) California (2-2 split) 1. William S. Rosecrans (D) 2. Horace F. Page (R) 3. Campbell P. Berry (D) 4. Romualdo Pacheco (R) Colorado (1 Republican) At-large. James B. Belford (R) Connecticut (3-1 Republican) 1. John R. Buck (R) 2. James Phelps (D) 3. John T. Wait (R) 4. Frederick Miles (R) Delaware (1 Democrat) At-large. Edward L. Martin (D) Florida (1-1 split) 1. Robert H. M. Davidson (D) 2. Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882 Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882 Georgia (9 Democrats) 1. George R. Black (D) 2. Henry G. Turner (D) 3. Philip Cook (D) 4. Hugh Buchanan (D) 5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) 6. James H. Blount (D) 7. Judson C. Clements (D) 8. Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882 Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882 9. Emory Speer (ID) Illinois (13-6 Republican) 1. William Aldrich (R) 2. George R. Davis (R) 3. Charles B. Farwell (R) 4. John C. Sherwin (R) 5. Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882 Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882 6. Thomas J. Henderson (R) 7. William Cullen (R) 8. Lewis E. Payson (R) 9. John H. Lewis (R) 10. Benjamin F. Marsh (R) 11. James W. Singleton (D) 12. William M. Springer (D) 13. Dietrich C. Smith (R) 14. Joseph G. Cannon (R) 15. Samuel W. Moulton (D) 16. William A. J. Sparks (D) 17. William R. Morrison (D) 18. John R. Thomas (R) 19. Richard W. Townshend (D) Indiana (8-5 Republican) 1. William Heilman (R) 2. Thomas R. Cobb (D) 3. Strother M. Stockslager (D) 4. William S. Holman (D) 5. Courtland C. Matson (D) 6. Thomas M. Browne (R) 7. Stanton J. Peelle (R) 8. Robert B. F. Peirce (R) 9. Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882 Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883 10. Mark L. De Motte (R) 11. George W. Steele (R) 12. Walpole G. Colerick (D) 13. William H. Calkins (R) Iowa (9 Republicans) 1. Moses A. McCoid (R) 2. Sewall S. Farwell (R) 3. Thomas Updegraff (R) 4. Nathaniel C. Deering (R) 5. William G. Thompson (R) 6. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883 John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883 7. John A. Kasson (R) 8. William P. Hepburn (R) 9. Cyrus C. Carpenter (R) Kansas (3 Republicans) 1. John A. Anderson (R) 2. Dudley C. Haskell (R) 3. Thomas Ryan (R) Kentucky (10-1 Democratic) 1. Oscar Turner (D) 2. James A. McKenzie (D) 3. John William Caldwell (D) 4. J. Proctor Knott (D) 5. Albert S. Willis (D) 6. John G. Carlisle (D) 7. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) 8. Philip B. Thompson, Jr. (D) 9. John D. White (R) 10. Elijah C. Phister (D) Louisiana (5-1 Democratic) 1. Randall L. Gibson (D) 2. E. John Ellis (D) 3. Chester B. Darrall (R) 4. Newton C. Blanchard (D) 5. J. Floyd King (D) 6. Edward W. Robertson (D) Maine (3-2 Republican) 1. Thomas B. Reed (R) 2. William P. Frye (R), until March 18, 1881 Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881 3. Stephen D. Lindsey (R) 4. George W. Ladd (NG) 5. Thompson H. Murch (NG) Maryland (5-1 Democratic) 1. George W. Covington (D) 2. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) 3. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D) 4. Robert M. McLane (D) 5. Andrew G. Chapman (D) 6. Milton G. Urner (R) Massachusetts (10-1 Republican) 1. William W. Crapo (R) 2. Benjamin W. Harris (R) 3. Ambrose A. Ranney (R) 4. Leopold Morse (D) 5. Selwyn Z. Bowman (R) 6. Eben F. Stone (R) 7. William A. Russell (R) 8. John W. Candler (R) 9. William W. Rice (R) 10. Amasa Norcross (R) 11. George D. Robinson (R) Michigan (9 Republicans) 1. Henry W. Lord (R) 2. Edwin Willits (R) 3. Edward S. Lacey (R) 4. Julius C. Burrows (R) 5. George W. Webber (R) 6. Oliver L. Spaulding (R) 7. John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881 8. Roswell G. Horr (R) 9. Jay A. Hubbell (R) Minnesota (3 Republicans) 1. Mark H. Dunnell (R) 2. Horace B. Strait (R) 3. William D. Washburn (R) Mississippi (6 Democrats) 1. Henry L. Muldrow (D) 2. Vannoy H. Manning (D) 3. Hernando D. Money (D) 4. Otho R. Singleton (D) 5. Charles E. Hooker (D) 6. James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882 John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882 Missouri (8-1 Democratic, 4 National Greenbacks) 1. Martin L. Clardy (D) 2. Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882 James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882 3. Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883 Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883 4. Lowndes H. Davis (D) 5. Richard P. Bland (D) 6. Ira S. Hazeltine (NG) 7. Theron M. Rice (NG) 8. Robert T. Van Horn (R) 9. Nicholas Ford (NG) 10. Joseph H. Burrows (NG) 11. John B. Clark, Jr. (D) 12. William H. Hatch (D) 13. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska (1 Republican) At-large. Edward K. Valentine (R) Nevada (1 Democrat) At-large. George W. Cassidy (D) New Hampshire (3 Republicans) 1. Joshua G. Hall (R) 2. James F. Briggs (R) 3. Ossian Ray (R) New Jersey (4-3 Republican) 1. George M. Robeson (R) 2. J. Hart Brewer (R) 3. Miles Ross (D) 4. Henry S. Harris (D) 5. John Hill (R) 6. Phineas Jones (R) 7. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D) New York (21-12 Republican, 1 Independent) 1. Perry Belmont (D) 2. William E. Robinson (D) 3. J. Hyatt Smith (I) 4. Archibald M. Bliss (D) 5. Benjamin Wood (D) 6. Samuel S. Cox (D) 7. P. Henry Dugro (D) 8. Anson G. McCook (R) 9. John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881 10. Abram S. Hewitt (D) 11. Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881 Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881 12. Waldo Hutchins (D) 13. John H. Ketcham (R) 14. Lewis Beach (D) 15. Thomas Cornell (R) 16. Michael N. Nolan (D) 17. Walter A. Wood (R) 18. John Hammond (R) 19. Abraham X. Parker (R) 20. George West (R) 21. Ferris Jacobs, Jr. (R) 22. Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881 Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881 23. Cyrus D. Prescott (R) 24. Joseph Mason (R) 25. Frank Hiscock (R) 26. John H. Camp (R) 27. Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until August 2, 1881 James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881 28. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R) 29. David P. Richardson (R) 30. John Van Voorhis (R) 31. Richard Crowley (R) 32. Jonathan Scoville (D) 33. Henry H. Van Aernam (R) North Carolina (7-1 Democratic) 1. Louis C. Latham (D) 2. Orlando Hubbs (R) 3. John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883 4. William Ruffin Cox (D) 5. Alfred M. Scales (D) 6. Clement Dowd (D) 7. Robert F. Armfield (D) 8. Robert B. Vance (D) Ohio (15-5 Republican) 1. Benjamin Butterworth (R) 2. Thomas L. Young (R) 3. Henry L. Morey (R) 4. Emanuel Shultz (R) 5. Benjamin Le Fevre (D) 6. James M. Ritchie (R) 7. John P. Leedom (D) 8. J. Warren Keifer (R) 9. James S. Robinson (R) 10. John B. Rice (R) 11. Henry S. Neal (R) 12. George L. Converse (D) 13. Gibson Atherton (D) 14. George W. Geddes (D) 15. Rufus R. Dawes (R) 16. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882 Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883 17. William McKinley, Jr. (R) 18. Addison S. McClure (R) 19. Ezra B. Taylor (R) 20. Amos Townsend (R) Oregon (1 Republican) At-large. Melvin C. George (R) Pennsylvania (18-7 Republican, 2 National Greenbacks) 1. Henry H. Bingham (R) 2. Charles O'Neill (R) 3. Samuel J. Randall (D) 4. William D. Kelley (R) 5. Alfred C. Harmer (R) 6. William Ward (R) 7. William Godshalk (R) 8. Daniel Ermentrout (D) 9. A. Herr Smith (R) 10. William Mutchler (D) 11. Robert Klotz (D) 12. Joseph A. Scranton (R) 13. Charles N. Brumm (GB) 14. Samuel F. Barr (R) 15. Cornelius C. Jadwin (R) 16. Robert J. C. Walker (R) 17. Jacob M. Campbell (R) 18. Horatio G. Fisher (R) 19. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D) 20. Andrew G. Curtin (D) 21. Morgan R. Wise (D) 22. Russell Errett (R) 23. Thomas M. Bayne (R) 24. William S. Shallenberger (R) 25. James Mosgrove (NG) 26. Samuel H. Miller (R) 27. Lewis F. Watson (R) Rhode Island (2 Republicans) 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 5, 1881 Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881 2. Jonathan Chace (R) South Carolina (6 Democrats) 1. John S. Richardson (D) 2. Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881 Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 - May 31, 1882 Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882 3. D. Wyatt Aiken (D) 4. John H. Evins (D) 5. George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882 Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882 Tennessee (7-3 Democratic) 1. Augustus H. Pettibone (R) 2. Leonidas C. Houk (R) 3. George G. Dibrell (D) 4. Benton McMillin (D) 5. Richard Warner (D) 6. John F. House (D) 7. Washington C. Whitthorne (D) 8. John D. C. Atkins (D) 9. Charles B. Simonton (D) 10. William R. Moore (R) Texas (5-1 Democratic) 1. John H. Reagan (D) 2. David B. Culberson (D) 3. Olin Wellborn (D) 4. Roger Q. Mills (D) 5. George W. Jones (NG) 6. Christopher C. Upson (D) Vermont (3 Republicans) 1. Charles H. Joyce (R) 2. James M. Tyler (R) 3. William W. Grout (R) Virginia (7-2 Democratic) 1. George T. Garrison (D) 2. John F. Dezendorf (R) 3. George D. Wise (D) 4. Joseph Jorgensen (R) 5. George C. Cabell (D) 6. John R. Tucker (D) 7. John Paul (D) 8. John S. Barbour, Jr. (D) 9. Abram Fulkerson (D) West Virginia (3 Democrats) 1. Benjamin Wilson (D) 2. John B. Hoge (D) 3. John E. Kenna (D) Wisconsin (6-2 Republican) 1. Charles G. Williams (R) 2. Lucien B. Caswell (R) 3. George C. Hazelton (R) 4. Peter V. Deuster (D) 5. Edward S. Bragg (D) 6. Richard W. Guenther (R) 7. Herman L. Humphrey (R) 8. Thaddeus C. Pound (R) Non-voting delegates (5-3 Democratic) Arizona Territory. Granville H. Oury (D) Dakota Territory. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) Idaho Territory. George Ainslie (D) Montana Territory. Martin Maginnis (D) New Mexico Territory. Tranqulino Luna (R) Utah Territory. John T. Caine (D) Washington Territory. Thomas H. Brents (R) Wyoming Territory. Morton E. Post (D)

House seats by party holding plurality in state   80.1-100% Democratic   80.1-100% Republican   60.1-80% Democratic   60.1-80% Republican   Up to 60% Democratic   Up to 60% Republican Speaker of the House J. Warren Keifer

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

• Deaths: 2
• Resignations: 8
• Interim appointments: 1
• Total replacements: 8
  • Democratic: no net change
  • Republican: no net change
• Total seats with changes: 10

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Wisconsin (3)	Vacant	Senator Matthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress. Successor elected March 14, 1881.	Angus Cameron (R)	March 14, 1881
Maine (2)	James G. Blaine (R)	Resigned March 5, 1881 to become U.S. Secretary of State. Successor elected March 18, 1881.	William P. Frye (R)	March 15, 1881
Iowa (2)	Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)	Resigned March 7, 1881 to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed March 8, 1881 to continue the term. Appointee elected January 25, 1882 to finish the term.	James W. McDill (R)	March 8, 1881
Minnesota (2)	William Windom (R)	Resigned March 7, 1881 to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed March 12, 1881 to continue the term.	Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)	March 12, 1881
New York (1)	Thomas C. Platt (R)	Resigned May 16, 1881 as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881.	Warner Miller (R)	July 27, 1881
New York (3)	Roscoe Conkling (R)	Resigned May 16, 1881 as a protest against federal appointments made in New York. Successor elected October 11, 1881.	Elbridge G. Lapham (R)	August 2, 1881
Rhode Island (1)	Ambrose Burnside (R)	Died September 13, 1881. Successor elected October 5, 1881.	Nelson W. Aldrich (R)	October 5, 1881
Minnesota (2)	Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)	Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881.	William Windom (R)	November 15, 1881
Colorado (2)	Henry M. Teller (R)	Resigned April 17, 1882 to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Successor appointed April 17, 1882.	George M. Chilcott (R)	April 17, 1882
Georgia (2)	Benjamin H. Hill (D)	Died August 16, 1882. Successor elected November 15, 1882.	M. Pope Barrow (D)	November 15, 1882
Colorado (2)	George M. Chilcott (R)	Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883.	Horace Tabor (R)	January 27, 1883

House of Representatives

• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 9
• Contested elections: 8
• Total replacements: 14
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Total seats with changes: 22

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date successor seated
Michigan 7th	Vacant	Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress	John T. Rich (R)	April 5, 1881
New York 9th	Vacant	Rep. Fernando Wood resigned during previous congress	John Hardy (D)	December 5, 1881
Maine 2nd	William P. Frye (R)	Resigned March 17, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate	Nelson Dingley, Jr. (R)	September 12, 1881
New York 11th	Levi P. Morton (R)	Resigned March 21, 1881 after being appointed Minister to France	Roswell P. Flower (D)	November 8, 1881
South Carolina 2nd	Michael P. O'Connor (D)	Died April 26, 1881 during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death.	Samuel Dibble (D)	June 9, 1881
New York 22nd	Warner Miller (R)	Resigned July 26, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate	Charles R. Skinner (R)	November 8, 1881
New York 27th	Elbridge G. Lapham (R)	Resigned August 2, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate	James W. Wadsworth (R)	November 8, 1881
Rhode Island 1st	Nelson W. Aldrich (R)	Resigned October 5, 1881 after being elected to the US Senate	Henry J. Spooner (R)	December 5, 1881
Missouri 2nd	Thomas Allen (D)	Died April 8, 1882	James H. McLean (R)	December 15, 1882
Mississippi 6th	James R. Chalmers (D)	Lost contested election April 29, 1882	John R. Lynch (R)	April 29, 1882
South Carolina 2nd	Samuel Dibble (D)	Lost contested election May 31, 1882 during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election.	Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)	May 31, 1882
Florida 2nd	Jesse J. Finley (D)	Lost contested election June 1, 1882	Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R)	June 1, 1882
Alabama 8th	Joseph Wheeler (D)	Lost contested election June 3, 1882	William M. Lowe (GB)	June 3, 1882
Illinois 5th	Robert M. A. Hawk (R)	Died June 29, 1882	Robert R. Hitt (R)	November 7, 1882
South Carolina 5th	George D. Tillman (D)	Lost contested election July 19, 1882	Robert Smalls (R)	July 19, 1882
Alabama 4th	Charles M. Shelley (D)	Election contested by James Q. Smith. Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882. Shelley re-elected to fill seat.	Charles M. Shelley (D)	November 7, 1882
Alabama 8th	William M. Lowe (GB)	Died October 12, 1882	Joseph Wheeler (D)	January 15, 1883
Georgia 8th	Alexander H. Stephens (D)	Resigned November 4, 1882 after being elected Governor of Georgia	Seaborn Reese (D)	December 4, 1882
Ohio 16th	Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)	Died November 30, 1882	Joseph D. Taylor (R)	January 2, 1883
Indiana 9th	Godlove S. Orth (R)	Died December 16, 1882	Charles T. Doxey (R)	January 17, 1883
North Carolina 3rd	John W. Shackelford (D)	Died January 18, 1883	Vacant	Not filled this term
Missouri 3rd	Richard G. Frost (D)	Lost contested election March 2, 1883	Gustavus Sessinghaus (R)	March 2, 1883
Iowa 6th	Marsena E. Cutts (R)	Lost election contest March 3, 1883	John C. Cook (D)	March 3, 1883

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select)
• Agriculture
• Appropriations
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate
• Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select)
• Civil Service and Retrenchment
• Claims
• Commerce
• Distilled Spirit Tax Bill (Select)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Engrossed Bills
• Enrolled Bills
• Epidemic Diseases (Select)
• Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select)
• Finance
• Foreign Relations
• Indian Affairs
• Judiciary
• Manufactures
• Memorial on Services Rendered by Carlisle P. Patterson
• Military Affairs
• Mines and Mining
• Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
• Naval Affairs
• Nicaraguan Claims (Select)
• Ordnance and Gunnery (Select)
• Ordnance and Projectiles (Select)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Potomac River Front (Select)
• Private Land Claims
• Privileges and Elections
• Public Lands
• Railroads
• Revenue Collections in North Carolina (Special)
• Revision of the Laws
• Revolutionary Claims
• Rules
• Sioux and Crow Indians (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Tenth Census (Select)
• Territories
• Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
• Whole
• Woman Suffrage (Select)

House of Representatives

• Accounts
• Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select)
• Agriculture
• Appropriations
• Banking and Currency
• Claims
• Coinage, Weights and Measures
• Commerce
• District of Columbia
• Education and Labor
• Elections
• Enrolled Bills
• Expenditures in the Interior Department
• Expenditures in the Justice Department
• Expenditures in the Navy Department
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department
• Expenditures in the State Department
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department
• Expenditures in the War Department
• Expenditures on Public Buildings
• Foreign Affairs
• Indian Affairs
• Invalid Pensions
• Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River
• Manufactures
• Mileage
• Military Affairs
• Militia
• Mines and Mining
• Naval Affairs
• Pacific Railroads
• Patents
• Pensions
• Post Office and Post Roads
• Public Buildings and Grounds
• Public Lands
• Railways and Canals
• Revision of Laws
• Rules
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories
• War Claims
• Ways and Means
• Whole

Joint committees

• American Shipbuilding (Select)
• Budget Control
• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• State, War and Navy Department Building

Employees

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford
• Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees (until 1882), Sterling P. Rounds (starting 1882)

Senate

• Secretary: John C. Burch, elected March 24, 1879, died July 28, 1881
  • Francis E. Shober, (Acting), elected October 25, 1881
• Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
• Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian)

House of Representatives

• Clerk: Edward McPherson
• Sergeant at Arms: George W. Hooker
• Doorkeeper: Walter P. Brownlow
• Postmaster: Henry Sherwood
• Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: J. Guilford White
  • Michael Sullivan
• Chaplain: Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ)

See also

• United States elections, 1880 (elections leading to this Congress)
  • United States presidential election, 1880
  • United States Senate elections, 1880
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1880
• United States elections, 1882 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
  • United States Senate elections, 1882
  • United States House of Representatives elections, 1882

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives: House History
• U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists

• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 1st Session.
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 1st Session (Revision).
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 2nd Session.
• Congressional Directory for the 47th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision).