The 49th 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, 1885, to March 4, 1887, during the first two years of Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

First presidential inauguration of Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1885, on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol. "Fellow-Citizens: In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free people...."

Major legislation

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)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Readjuster (RA)Republican (R)
End of previous congress36238760
Begin34237733
End40760
Final voting share44.7%2.6%52.6%
Beginning of next congress36138751

House of Representatives

House seats by party holding plurality in state 80+% to 100% Democratic 80+% to 100% Republican 60+% to 80% Democratic 60+% to 80% Republican Up to 60% Democratic Up to 60% Republican
Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Readjuster (RA)Greenback (GB)Republican (R)Other
End of previous congress1974211373232
Begin1811114003232
End1801383205
Final voting share56.3%0.3%0.3%43.1%0.0%
Beginning of next congress1680115053241

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

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. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

Alabama ▌2. John T. Morgan (D) ▌3. James L. Pugh (D) Arkansas ▌2. Augustus H. Garland (D), until March 6, 1885 ▌James H. Berry (D), from March 20, 1885 ▌3. James K. Jones (D) California ▌1. John F. Miller (R), until March 8, 1886 ▌George Hearst (D), March 23 – August 4, 1886 ▌Abram P. Williams (R), from August 4, 1886 ▌3. Leland Stanford (R) Colorado ▌2. Thomas M. Bowen (R) ▌3. Henry M. Teller (R) Connecticut ▌1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) ▌3. Orville H. Platt (R) Delaware ▌1. Thomas F. Bayard (D), until March 6, 1885 ▌George Gray (D), from March 18, 1885 ▌2. Eli Saulsbury (D) Florida ▌1. Charles W. Jones (D) ▌3. Wilkinson Call (D) Georgia ▌2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) ▌3. Joseph E. Brown (D) Illinois ▌2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) ▌3. John A. Logan (R), May 19, 1885 – December 26, 1886 ▌Charles B. Farwell (R), from January 19, 1887 Indiana ▌1. Benjamin Harrison (R) ▌3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D) Iowa ▌2. James F. Wilson (R) ▌3. William B. Allison (R) Kansas ▌2. Preston B. Plumb (R) ▌3. John J. Ingalls (R) Kentucky ▌2. James B. Beck (D) ▌3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) Louisiana ▌2. Randall L. Gibson (D) ▌3. James B. Eustis (D) Maine ▌1. Eugene Hale (R) ▌2. William P. Frye (R) Maryland ▌1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) ▌3. Ephraim K. Wilson II (D) Massachusetts ▌1. Henry L. Dawes (R) ▌2. George F. Hoar (R) Michigan ▌1. Omar D. Conger (R) ▌2. Thomas W. Palmer (R) Minnesota ▌1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) ▌2. Dwight M. Sabin (R)Mississippi ▌1. James Z. George (D) ▌2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D), until March 6, 1885 ▌Edward C. Walthall (D), from March 9, 1885 Missouri ▌1. Francis Cockrell (D) ▌3. George G. Vest (D) Nebraska ▌1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R) ▌2. Charles F. Manderson (R) Nevada ▌1. James G. Fair (D) ▌3. John P. Jones (R) New Hampshire ▌2. Austin F. Pike (R), until October 8, 1886 ▌Person C. Cheney (R), from November 24, 1886 ▌3. Henry W. Blair (R), from March 5, 1885 New Jersey ▌1. William J. Sewell (R) ▌2. John R. McPherson (D) New York ▌1. Warner Miller (R) ▌3. William M. Evarts (R) North Carolina ▌2. Matt W. Ransom (D) ▌3. Zebulon B. Vance (D) Ohio ▌1. John Sherman (R) ▌3. Henry B. Payne (D) Oregon ▌2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) ▌3. John H. Mitchell (R), from November 18, 1885 Pennsylvania ▌1. John I. Mitchell (R) ▌3. J. Donald Cameron (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) ▌2. Jonathan Chace (R) South Carolina ▌2. Matthew C. Butler (D) ▌3. Wade Hampton III (D) Tennessee ▌1. Howell E. Jackson (D), until April 14, 1886 ▌Washington C. Whitthorne (D), from April 16, 1886 ▌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. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA) West Virginia ▌1. Johnson N. Camden (D) ▌2. John E. Kenna (D) Wisconsin ▌1. Philetus Sawyer (R) ▌3. John C. Spooner (R)Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 49th Congress in March 1885. 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 2 Readjusters TerritoriesSenate President Thomas A. Hendricks Senate President pro tempore John Sherman Senate President pro tempore John J. Ingalls

House of Representatives

The names of representatives are listed by district.

Alabama ▌1. James T. Jones (D) ▌2. Hilary A. Herbert (D) ▌3. William C. Oates (D) ▌4. Alexander C. Davidson (D) ▌5. Thomas W. Sadler (D) ▌6. John M. Martin (D) ▌7. William H. Forney (D) ▌8. Joseph Wheeler (D) Arkansas ▌1. Poindexter Dunn (D) ▌2. Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) ▌3. Thomas C. McRae (D), from December 7, 1885 ▌4. John H. Rogers (D) ▌5. Samuel W. Peel (D) California ▌1. Barclay Henley (D) ▌2. James A. Louttit (R) ▌3. Joseph McKenna (R) ▌4. William W. Morrow (R) ▌5. Charles N. Felton (R) ▌6. Henry H. Markham (R) Colorado ▌At-large. George G. Symes (R) Connecticut ▌1. John R. Buck (R) ▌2. Charles L. Mitchell (D) ▌3. John T. Wait (R) ▌4. Edward W. Seymour (D) Delaware ▌At-large. Charles B. Lore (D) Florida ▌1. Robert H. M. Davidson (D) ▌2. Charles Dougherty (D) Georgia ▌1. Thomas M. Norwood (D) ▌2. Henry G. Turner (D) ▌3. Charles F. Crisp (D) ▌4. Henry R. Harris (D) ▌5. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) ▌6. James H. Blount (D) ▌7. Judson C. Clements (D) ▌8. Seaborn Reese (D) ▌9. Allen D. Candler (D) ▌10. George T. Barnes (D) Illinois ▌1. Ransom W. Dunham (R) ▌2. Frank Lawler (D) ▌3. James H. Ward (D) ▌4. George E. Adams (R) ▌5. Reuben Ellwood (R), until July 1, 1885 ▌Albert J. Hopkins (R), from December 7, 1885 ▌6. Robert R. Hitt (R) ▌7. Thomas J. Henderson (R) ▌8. Ralph Plumb (R) ▌9. Lewis E. Payson (R) ▌10. Nicholas E. Worthington (D) ▌11. William H. Neece (D) ▌12. James M. Riggs (D) ▌13. William M. Springer (D) ▌14. Jonathan H. Rowell (R) ▌15. Joseph G. Cannon (R) ▌16. Silas Z. Landes (D) ▌17. John R. Eden (D) ▌18. William R. Morrison (D) ▌19. Richard W. Townshend (D) ▌20. John R. Thomas (R) Indiana ▌1. John J. Kleiner (D) ▌2. Thomas R. Cobb (D) ▌3. Jonas G. Howard (D) ▌4. William S. Holman (D) ▌5. Courtland C. Matson (D) ▌6. Thomas M. Browne (R) ▌7. William D. Bynum (D) ▌8. James T. Johnston (R) ▌9. Thomas B. Ward (D) ▌10. William D. Owen (R) ▌11. George W. Steele (R) ▌12. Robert Lowry (D) ▌13. George Ford (D) Iowa ▌1. Benton J. Hall (D) ▌2. Jeremiah H. Murphy (D) ▌3. David B. Henderson (R) ▌4. William E. Fuller (R) ▌5. Benjamin T. Frederick (D) ▌6. James B. Weaver (GB) ▌7. Edwin H. Conger (R) ▌8. William P. Hepburn (R) ▌9. Joseph Lyman (R) ▌10. Adoniram J. Holmes (R) ▌11. Isaac S. Struble (R) Kansas ▌1. Edmund N. Morrill (R) ▌2. Edward H. Funston (R) ▌3. Bishop W. Perkins (R) ▌4. Thomas Ryan (R) ▌5. John A. Anderson (R) ▌6. Lewis Hanback (R) ▌7. Samuel R. Peters (R) Kentucky ▌1. William J. Stone (D) ▌2. Polk Laffoon (D) ▌3. John E. Halsell (D) ▌4. Thomas A. Robertson (D) ▌5. Albert S. Willis (D) ▌6. John G. Carlisle (D) ▌7. William C. P. Breckinridge (D) ▌8. James B. McCreary (D) ▌9. William H. Wadsworth (R) ▌10. William P. Taulbee (D) ▌11. Frank L. Wolford (D) Louisiana ▌1. Louis St. Martin (D) ▌2. Michael Hahn (R), until March 15, 1886 ▌Nathaniel D. Wallace (D), from December 9, 1886 ▌3. Edward J. Gay (D) ▌4. Newton C. Blanchard (D) ▌5. J. Floyd King (D) ▌6. Alfred B. Irion (D) Maine ▌1. Thomas B. Reed (R) ▌2. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) ▌3. Seth L. Milliken (R) ▌4. Charles A. Boutelle (R) Maryland ▌1. Charles H. Gibson (D) ▌2. Frank T. Shaw (D) ▌3. William H. Cole (D), until July 8, 1886 ▌Henry W. Rusk (D), from November 2, 1886 ▌4. John V. L. Findlay (D) ▌5. Barnes Compton (D) ▌6. Louis E. McComas (R) Massachusetts ▌1. Robert T. Davis (R) ▌2. John D. Long (R) ▌3. Ambrose A. Ranney (R) ▌4. Patrick A. Collins (D) ▌5. Edward D. Hayden (R) ▌6. Henry B. Lovering (D) ▌7. Eben F. Stone (R) ▌8. Charles H. Allen (R) ▌9. Frederick D. Ely (R) ▌10. William W. Rice (R) ▌11. William Whiting (R) ▌12. Francis W. Rockwell (R) Michigan ▌1. William C. Maybury (D) ▌2. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (D) ▌3. James O'Donnell (R) ▌4. Julius C. Burrows (R) ▌5. Charles C. Comstock (D) ▌6. Edwin B. Winans (D) ▌7. Ezra C. Carleton (D) ▌8. Timothy E. Tarsney (D) ▌9. Byron M. Cutcheon (R) ▌10. Spencer O. Fisher (D) ▌11. Seth C. Moffatt (R) Minnesota ▌1. Milo White (R) ▌2. James B. Wakefield (R) ▌3. Horace B. Strait (R) ▌4. John B. Gilfillan (R) ▌5. Knute Nelson (R) Mississippi ▌1. John M. Allen (D) ▌2. James B. Morgan (D) ▌3. Thomas C. Catchings (D) ▌4. Frederick G. Barry (D) ▌5. Otho R. Singleton (D) ▌6. Henry S. Van Eaton (D) ▌7. Ethelbert Barksdale (D) Missouri ▌1. William H. Hatch (D) ▌2. John B. Hale (D) ▌3. Alexander M. Dockery (D) ▌4. James N. Burnes (D) ▌5. William Warner (R) ▌6. John T. Heard (D) ▌7. John E. Hutton (D) ▌8. John J. O'Neill (D) ▌9. John M. Glover (D) ▌10. Martin L. Clardy (D) ▌11. Richard P. Bland (D) ▌12. William J. Stone (D) ▌13. William H. Wade (R) ▌14. William Dawson (D) Nebraska ▌1. Archibald J. Weaver (R) ▌2. James Laird (R) ▌3. George W. E. Dorsey (R)Nevada ▌At-large. William Woodburn (R) New Hampshire ▌1. Martin A. Haynes (R) ▌2. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey ▌1. George Hires (R) ▌2. James Buchanan (R) ▌3. Robert S. Green (D), until January 17, 1887 ▌4. James N. Pidcock (D) ▌5. William W. Phelps (R) ▌6. Herman Lehlbach (R) ▌7. William McAdoo (D) New York ▌1. Perry Belmont (D) ▌2. Felix Campbell (D) ▌3. Darwin R. James (R) ▌4. Peter P. Mahoney (D) ▌5. Archibald M. Bliss (D) ▌6. Nicholas Muller (D) ▌7. John J. Adams (D) ▌8. Samuel S. Cox (D), until May 20, 1885 ▌Timothy J. Campbell (D), from November 3, 1885 ▌9. Joseph Pulitzer (D), until April 10, 1886 ▌Samuel S. Cox (D), from November 2, 1886 ▌10. Abram S. Hewitt (D), until December 30, 1886 ▌11. Truman A. Merriman (D) ▌12. Abraham Dowdney (D), until December 10, 1886 ▌13. Egbert L. Viele (D) ▌14. William G. Stahlnecker (D) ▌15. Lewis Beach (D), until August 10, 1886 ▌Henry Bacon (D), from December 6, 1886 ▌16. John H. Ketcham (R) ▌17. James G. Lindsley (R) ▌18. Henry G. Burleigh (R) ▌19. John Swinburne (R) ▌20. George West (R) ▌21. Frederick A. Johnson (R) ▌22. Abraham X. Parker (R) ▌23. John T. Spriggs (D) ▌24. John S. Pindar (D) ▌25. Frank Hiscock (R) ▌26. Stephen C. Millard (R) ▌27. Sereno E. Payne (R) ▌28. John Arnot Jr. (D), until November 20, 1886 ▌29. Ira Davenport (R) ▌30. Charles S. Baker (R) ▌31. John G. Sawyer (R) ▌32. John M. Farquhar (R) ▌33. John B. Weber (R) ▌34. Walter L. Sessions (R) North Carolina ▌1. Thomas G. Skinner (D) ▌2. James E. O'Hara (R) ▌3. Wharton J. Green (D) ▌4. William Ruffin Cox (D) ▌5. James W. Reid (D), until December 31, 1886 ▌6. Risden T. Bennett (D) ▌7. John S. Henderson (D) ▌8. William H. H. Cowles (D) ▌9. Thomas D. Johnston (D) Ohio ▌1. Benjamin Butterworth (R) ▌2. Charles E. Brown (R) ▌3. James E. Campbell (D) ▌4. Charles M. Anderson (D) ▌5. Benjamin Le Fevre (D) ▌6. William D. Hill (D) ▌7. George E. Seney (D) ▌8. John Little (R) ▌9. William C. Cooper (R) ▌10. Jacob Romeis (R) ▌11. William W. Ellsberry (D) ▌12. Albert C. Thompson (R) ▌13. Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) ▌14. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) ▌15. Beriah Wilkins (D) ▌16. George W. Geddes (D) ▌17. Adoniram J. Warner (D) ▌18. Isaac H. Taylor (R) ▌19. Ezra B. Taylor (R) ▌20. William McKinley (R) ▌21. Martin A. Foran (D) Oregon ▌At-large. Binger Hermann (R) Pennsylvania ▌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. James B. Everhart (R) ▌7. I. Newton Evans (R) ▌8. Daniel Ermentrout (D) ▌9. John A. Hiestand (R) ▌10. William H. Sowden (D) ▌11. John B. Storm (D) ▌12. Joseph A. Scranton (R) ▌13. Charles N. Brumm (R) ▌14. Franklin Bound (R) ▌15. Frank C. Bunnell (R) ▌16. William W. Brown (R) ▌17. Jacob M. Campbell (R) ▌18. Louis E. Atkinson (R) ▌19. John A. Swope (D), from November 3, 1885 ▌20. Andrew G. Curtin (D) ▌21. Charles E. Boyle (D) ▌22. James S. Negley (R) ▌23. Thomas M. Bayne (R) ▌24. Oscar L. Jackson (R) ▌25. Alexander C. White (R) ▌26. George W. Fleeger (R) ▌27. William L. Scott (D) ▌At-large. Edwin S. Osborne (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Henry J. Spooner (R) ▌2. William A. Pirce (R), until January 25, 1887 ▌Charles H. Page (D), from February 21, 1887 South Carolina ▌1. Samuel Dibble (D) ▌2. George D. Tillman (D) ▌3. D. Wyatt Aiken (D) ▌4. William H. Perry (D) ▌5. John J. Hemphill (D) ▌6. George W. Dargan (D) ▌7. Robert Smalls (R) Tennessee ▌1. Augustus H. Pettibone (R) ▌2. Leonidas C. Houk (R) ▌3. John R. Neal (D) ▌4. Benton McMillin (D) ▌5. James D. Richardson (D) ▌6. Andrew J. Caldwell (D) ▌7. John G. Ballentine (D) ▌8. John M. Taylor (D) ▌9. Presley T. Glass (D) ▌10. Zachary Taylor (R) Texas ▌1. Charles Stewart (D) ▌2. John H. Reagan (D) ▌3. James H. Jones (D) ▌4. David B. Culberson (D) ▌5. James W. Throckmorton (D) ▌6. Olin Wellborn (D) ▌7. William H. Crain (D) ▌8. James F. Miller (D) ▌9. Roger Q. Mills (D) ▌10. Joseph D. Sayers (D) ▌11. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D) Vermont ▌1. John W. Stewart (R) ▌2. William W. Grout (R) Virginia ▌1. Thomas Croxton (D) ▌2. Harry Libbey (RA) ▌3. George D. Wise (D) ▌4. James D. Brady (R) ▌5. George Cabell (D) ▌6. John W. Daniel (D) ▌7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) ▌8. John S. Barbour Jr. (D) ▌9. Connally F. Trigg (D) ▌10. John R. Tucker (D) West Virginia ▌1. Nathan Goff (R) ▌2. William L. Wilson (D) ▌3. Charles P. Snyder (D) ▌4. Eustace Gibson (D) Wisconsin ▌1. Lucien B. Caswell (R) ▌2. Edward S. Bragg (D) ▌3. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) ▌4. Isaac W. Van Schaick (R) ▌5. Joseph Rankin (D), until January 24, 1886 ▌Thomas R. Hudd (D), from March 8, 1886 ▌6. Richard W. Guenther (R) ▌7. Ormsby B. Thomas (R) ▌8. William T. Price (R), until December 6, 1886 ▌Hugh H. Price (R), from January 18, 1887 ▌9. Isaac Stephenson (R) Non-voting members ▌Arizona Territory. Curtis C. Bean (R) ▌Dakota Territory. Oscar S. Gifford (R) ▌Idaho Territory. John Hailey (D) ▌Montana Territory. Joseph Toole (D) ▌New Mexico Territory. Antonio Joseph (D) ▌Utah Territory. John T. Caine (D) ▌Washington Territory. Charles S. Voorhees (D) ▌Wyoming Territory. Joseph M. Carey (R)House Speaker John G: Carlisle

Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 7 Democratic: 1 seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • Deaths: 3
  • Resignations: 6
  • Interim appointments: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 9
State (class)Vacated byReason for vacancySubsequentDate of successor's installation
New Hampshire (3)VacantAppointed to fill vacancy in term.Henry W. Blair (R)March 5, 1885
Illinois (3)VacantLegislature failed to elect, with several delays in election process held from February 18 to May 19. Incumbent Logan eventually chosen to retake seat.John A. Logan (R)May 19, 1885
Oregon (3)VacantFailure to elect.John H. Mitchell (R)November 18, 1885
Arkansas (2)Augustus H. Garland (D)Resigned March 6, 1885, after being appointed United States Attorney General. Successor was elected.James H. Berry (D)March 20, 1885
Delaware (1)Thomas F. Bayard (D)Resigned March 6, 1885, after being appointed United States Secretary of State. Successor was elected.George Gray (D)March 18, 1885
Mississippi (2)Lucius Q. C. Lamar II (D)Resigned March 6, 1885, after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior. Successor was appointed and subsequently elected.Edward C. Walthall (D)March 9, 1885
California (1)John F. Miller (R)Died March 8, 1886. Successor was appointed.George Hearst (D)March 23, 1886
Tennessee (1)Howell E. Jackson (D)Resigned April 14, 1886, after being appointed judge for the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit. Successor was appointed.Washington C. Whitthorne (D)April 16, 1886
California (1)George Hearst (D)Successor was elected August 4, 1886.Abram Williams (R)August 4, 1886
New Hampshire (2)Austin F. Pike (R)Died October 8, 1886. Successor was appointed.Person C. Cheney (R)November 24, 1886
Illinois (3)John A. Logan (R)Died December 26, 1886. Successor was elected.Charles B. Farwell (R)January 19, 1887

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 11 Democratic: 2 seat net gain Republican: 2 seat net loss
  • Deaths: 8
  • Resignations: 7
  • Contested election: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 16
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor seated
Pennsylvania 19thVacantElected to finish term of Rep. William A. Duncan resigned during previous congressJohn A. Swope (D)November 3, 1885
Arkansas 3rdVacantElected to finish term of Rep. James K. Jones resigned during previous congressThomas C. McRae (D)December 7, 1885
New York 8thSamuel S. Cox (D)Resigned May 20, 1885, after being appointed Minister to the Ottoman EmpireTimothy J. Campbell (D)November 3, 1885
Illinois 5thReuben Ellwood (R)Died July 1, 1885Albert J. Hopkins (R)December 7, 1885
Wisconsin 5thJoseph Rankin (D)Died January 24, 1886Thomas R. Hudd (D)March 8, 1886
Louisiana 2ndMichael Hahn (R)Died March 15, 1886Nathaniel D. Wallace (D)December 9, 1886
New York 9thJoseph Pulitzer (D)Resigned April 10, 1886Samuel S. Cox (D)November 2, 1886
Maryland 3rdWilliam H. Cole (D)Died July 8, 1886Harry W. Rusk (D)November 2, 1886
New York 15thLewis Beach (D)Died August 10, 1886Henry Bacon (D)December 6, 1886
New York 28thJohn Arnot Jr. (D)Died November 20, 1886Vacant until next Congress
Wisconsin 8thWilliam T. Price (R)Died December 6, 1886Hugh H. Price (R)January 18, 1887
New York 12thAbraham Dowdney (D)Died December 10, 1886Vacant until next Congress
New York 10thAbram Hewitt (D)Resigned December 30, 1886, after being elected Mayor of New YorkVacant until next Congress
North Carolina 5thJames W. Reid (D)Resigned December 31, 1886Vacant until next Congress
New Jersey 3rdRobert S. Green (D)Resigned January 17, 1887, after being elected Governor of New JerseyVacant until next Congress
Rhode Island 2ndWilliam A. Pirce (R)Seat declared vacant January 25, 1887, due to election irregularitiesCharles H. Page (D)February 21, 1887

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

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Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

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Notes

See also

  • 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.

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