The 50th 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, 1887, to March 4, 1889, during the last two years of Grover Cleveland's first presidency. The president vetoed 212 pieces of legislation, the greatest number in a single session of Congress.

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

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 congress34240760
Begin35138742
End37760
Final voting share48.7%1.3%50.0%
Beginning of next congress37039760

House of Representatives

Party (shading shows control)TotalVacant
Democratic (D)Labor (L)Greenback (GB)Independent (I)Independent Republican (IR)Republican (R)
End of previous congress18001001383195
Begin16821121503241
End167151
Final voting share51.5%0.6%0.3%0.3%0.6%46.6%
Beginning of next congress16000001643241

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

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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. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

Alabama ▌2. John T. Morgan (D) ▌3. James L. Pugh (D) Arkansas ▌2. James H. Berry (D) ▌3. James K. Jones (D) California ▌1. George Hearst (D) ▌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. George Gray (D) ▌2. Eli Saulsbury (D) Florida ▌1. Samuel Pasco (D), from May 19, 1887 ▌3. Wilkinson Call (D) Georgia ▌2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) ▌3. Joseph E. Brown (D) Illinois ▌2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) ▌3. Charles B. Farwell (R) Indiana ▌1. David Turpie (D) ▌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. Francis B. Stockbridge (R) ▌2. Thomas W. Palmer (R) Minnesota ▌1. Cushman K. Davis (R) ▌2. Dwight M. Sabin (R)Mississippi ▌1. James Z. George (D) ▌2. Edward C. Walthall (D) Missouri ▌1. Francis Cockrell (D) ▌3. George G. Vest (D) Nebraska ▌1. Algernon S. Paddock (R) ▌2. Charles F. Manderson (R) Nevada ▌1. William M. Stewart (R) ▌3. John P. Jones (R) New Hampshire ▌2. Person C. Cheney (R), until June 14, 1887 ▌William E. Chandler (R), from June 14, 1887 ▌3. Henry W. Blair (R) New Jersey ▌1. Rufus Blodgett (D) ▌2. John R. McPherson (D) New York ▌1. Frank Hiscock (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) Pennsylvania ▌1. Matthew S. Quay (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. William B. Bate (D) ▌2. Isham G. Harris (D) Texas ▌1. John H. Reagan (D) ▌2. Richard Coke (D) Vermont ▌1. George F. Edmunds (R) ▌3. Justin S. Morrill (R) Virginia ▌1. John W. Daniel (D) ▌2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA) West Virginia ▌1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D), from May 5, 1887 ▌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 50th Congress in March 1887. The green stripes in Virginia represent Readjuster Harrison H. Riddleberger. 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans TerritoriesSenate President pro tempore John J. Ingalls

House of Representatives

The names of representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

House seats by party holding plurality in state
Alabama ▌1. James T. Jones (D) ▌2. Hilary A. Herbert (D) ▌3. William C. Oates (D) ▌4. Alexander C. Davidson (D) ▌5. James E. Cobb (D) ▌6. John H. Bankhead (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) ▌4. John H. Rogers (D) ▌5. Samuel W. Peel (D) California ▌1. Thomas L. Thompson (D) ▌2. Marion Biggs (D) ▌3. Joseph McKenna (R) ▌4. William W. Morrow (R) ▌5. Charles N. Felton (R) ▌6. William Vandever (R) Colorado ▌At-large. George G. Symes (R) Connecticut ▌1. Robert J. Vance (D) ▌2. Carlos French (D) ▌3. Charles A. Russell (R) ▌4. Miles T. Granger (D) Delaware ▌At-large. John B. Penington (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. Thomas W. Grimes (D) ▌5. John D. Stewart (D) ▌6. James H. Blount (D) ▌7. Judson C. Clements (D) ▌8. Henry H. Carlton (D) ▌9. Allen D. Candler (D) ▌10. George T. Barnes (D) Illinois ▌1. Ransom W. Dunham (R) ▌2. Frank Lawler (D) ▌3. William E. Mason (R) ▌4. George E. Adams (R) ▌5. Albert J. Hopkins (R) ▌6. Robert R. Hitt (R) ▌7. Thomas J. Henderson (R) ▌8. Ralph Plumb (R) ▌9. Lewis E. Payson (R) ▌10. Philip S. Post (R) ▌11. William H. Gest (R) ▌12. George A. Anderson (D) ▌13. William M. Springer (D) ▌14. Jonathan H. Rowell (R) ▌15. Joseph G. Cannon (R) ▌16. Silas Z. Landes (D) ▌17. Edward Lane (D) ▌18. Jehu Baker (R) ▌19. Richard W. Townshend (D) ▌20. John R. Thomas (R) Indiana ▌1. Alvin P. Hovey (R), until January 17, 1889 ▌Francis B. Posey (R), from January 29, 1889 ▌2. John H. O'Neall (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. Joseph B. Cheadle (R) ▌10. William D. Owen (R) ▌11. George W. Steele (R) ▌12. James B. White (R) ▌13. Benjamin F. Shively (D) Iowa ▌1. John H. Gear (R) ▌2. Walter I. Hayes (D) ▌3. David B. Henderson (R) ▌4. William E. Fuller (R) ▌5. Daniel Kerr (R) ▌6. James B. Weaver (GB) ▌7. Edwin H. Conger (R) ▌8. Albert R. Anderson (IR) ▌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 (IR) ▌6. Erastus J. Turner (R) ▌7. Samuel R. Peters (R) Kentucky ▌1. William J. Stone (D) ▌2. Polk Laffoon (D) ▌3. W. Godfrey Hunter (R) ▌4. Alexander B. Montgomery (D) ▌5. Asher G. Caruth (D) ▌6. John G. Carlisle (D) ▌7. William C. P. Breckinridge (D) ▌8. James B. McCreary (D) ▌9. George M. Thomas (R) ▌10. William P. Taulbee (D) ▌11. Hugh F. Finley (R) Louisiana ▌1. Theodore S. Wilkinson (D) ▌2. Matthew D. Lagan (D) ▌3. Edward J. Gay (D) ▌4. Newton C. Blanchard (D) ▌5. Cherubusco Newton (D) ▌6. Edward W. Robertson (D), until August 2, 1887 ▌Samuel M. Robertson (D), from December 5, 1887 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. Henry W. Rusk (D) ▌4. Isidor Rayner (D) ▌5. Barnes Compton (D) ▌6. Louis E. McComas (R) Massachusetts ▌1. Robert T. Davis (R) ▌2. John D. Long (R) ▌3. Leopold Morse (D) ▌4. Patrick A. Collins (D) ▌5. Edward D. Hayden (R) ▌6. Henry Cabot Lodge (R) ▌7. William Cogswell (R) ▌8. Charles H. Allen (R) ▌9. Edward Burnett (D) ▌10. John E. Russell (D) ▌11. William Whiting (R) ▌12. Francis W. Rockwell (R) Michigan ▌1. J. Logan Chipman (D) ▌2. Edward P. Allen (R) ▌3. James O'Donnell (R) ▌4. Julius C. Burrows (R) ▌5. Melbourne H. Ford (D) ▌6. Mark S. Brewer (R) ▌7. Justin R. Whiting (D) ▌8. Timothy E. Tarsney (D) ▌9. Byron M. Cutcheon (R) ▌10. Spencer O. Fisher (D) ▌11. Seth C. Moffatt (R), until December 22, 1887 ▌Henry W. Seymour (R), from February 14, 1888 Minnesota ▌1. Thomas Wilson (D) ▌2. John Lind (R) ▌3. John L. MacDonald (D) ▌4. Edmund Rice (D) ▌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. Chapman L. Anderson (D) ▌6. Thomas R. Stockdale (D) ▌7. Charles E. Hooker (D) Missouri ▌1. William H. Hatch (D) ▌2. Charles H. Mansur (D) ▌3. Alexander M. Dockery (D) ▌4. James N. Burnes (D), until January 23, 1889 ▌Charles F. Booher (D), from February 19, 1889 ▌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. James P. Walker (D)Nebraska ▌1. John A. McShane (D) ▌2. James Laird (R) ▌3. George W. E. Dorsey (R) Nevada ▌At-large. William Woodburn (R) New Hampshire ▌1. Luther F. McKinney (D) ▌2. Jacob H. Gallinger (R) New Jersey ▌1. George Hires (R) ▌2. James Buchanan (R) ▌3. John Kean Jr. (R) ▌4. James N. Pidcock (D) ▌5. William W. Phelps (R) ▌6. Herman Lehlbach (R) ▌7. William McAdoo (D) New York ▌1. Perry Belmont (D), until December 1, 1888 ▌2. Felix Campbell (D) ▌3. Stephen V. White (R) ▌4. Peter P. Mahoney (D) ▌5. Archibald M. Bliss (D) ▌6. Amos J. Cummings (D) ▌7. Lloyd S. Bryce (D) ▌8. Timothy J. Campbell (D) ▌9. Samuel S. Cox (D) ▌10. Francis B. Spinola (D) ▌11. Truman A. Merriman (D) ▌12. W. Bourke Cockran (D) ▌13. Ashbel P. Fitch (D) ▌14. William G. Stahlnecker (D) ▌15. Henry Bacon (D) ▌16. John H. Ketcham (R) ▌17. Stephen T. Hopkins (R) ▌18. Edward W. Greenman (D) ▌19. Nicholas T. Kane (D), until September 14, 1887 ▌Charles Tracey (D), from November 8, 1887 ▌20. George West (R) ▌21. John H. Moffitt (R) ▌22. Abraham X. Parker (R) ▌23. James S. Sherman (R) ▌24. David Wilber (R) ▌25. James J. Belden (R), from November 8, 1887 ▌26. Milton De Lano (R) ▌27. Newton W. Nutting (R) ▌28. Thomas S. Flood (R) ▌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. William G. Laidlaw (R) North Carolina ▌1. Louis C. Latham (D) ▌2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) ▌3. Charles W. McClammy (D) ▌4. John Nichols (I) ▌5. John M. Brower (R) ▌6. Alfred Rowland (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. Elihu S. Williams (R) ▌4. Samuel S. Yoder (D) ▌5. George E. Seney (D) ▌6. Melvin M. Boothman (R) ▌7. James E. Campbell (D) ▌8. Robert P. Kennedy (R) ▌9. William C. Cooper (R) ▌10. Jacob Romeis (R) ▌11. Albert C. Thompson (R) ▌12. Jacob J. Pugsley (R) ▌13. Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) ▌14. Charles P. Wickham (R) ▌15. Charles H. Grosvenor (R) ▌16. Beriah Wilkins (D) ▌17. Joseph D. Taylor (R) ▌18. William McKinley (R) ▌19. Ezra B. Taylor (R) ▌20. George W. Crouse (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. Smedley Darlington (R) ▌7. Robert M. Yardley (R) ▌8. Daniel Ermentrout (D) ▌9. John A. Hiestand (R) ▌10. William H. Sowden (D) ▌11. Charles R. Buckalew (D) ▌12. John Lynch (D) ▌13. Charles N. Brumm (R) ▌14. Franklin Bound (R) ▌15. Frank C. Bunnell (R) ▌16. Henry C. McCormick (R) ▌17. Edward Scull (R) ▌18. Louis E. Atkinson (R) ▌19. Levi Maish (D) ▌20. John Patton (R) ▌21. Welty McCullogh (R) ▌22. John Dalzell (R) ▌23. Thomas M. Bayne (R) ▌24. Oscar L. Jackson (R) ▌25. James T. Maffett (R) ▌26. Norman Hall (D) ▌27. William L. Scott (D) ▌At-large. Edwin S. Osborne (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Henry J. Spooner (R) ▌2. Warren O. Arnold (R) South Carolina ▌1. Samuel Dibble (D) ▌2. George D. Tillman (D) ▌3. James S. Cothran (D) ▌4. William H. Perry (D) ▌5. John J. Hemphill (D) ▌6. George W. Dargan (D) ▌7. William Elliott (D) Tennessee ▌1. Roderick R. Butler (R) ▌2. Leonidas C. Houk (R) ▌3. John R. Neal (D) ▌4. Benton McMillin (D) ▌5. James D. Richardson (D) ▌6. Joseph E. Washington (D) ▌7. Washington C. Whitthorne (D) ▌8. Benjamin A. Enloe (D) ▌9. Presley T. Glass (D) ▌10. James Phelan Jr. (D) Texas ▌1. Charles Stewart (D) ▌2. John H. Reagan (D), until March 4, 1887 ▌William H. Martin (D), from November 4, 1887 ▌3. Constantine B. Kilgore (D) ▌4. David B. Culberson (D) ▌5. Silas Hare (D) ▌6. Joseph Abbott (D) ▌7. William H. Crain (D) ▌8. Littleton W. Moore (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 H. B. Browne (R) ▌2. George E. Bowden (R) ▌3. George D. Wise (D) ▌4. William E. Gaines (R) ▌5. John R. Brown (R) ▌6. Samuel I. Hopkins (L) ▌7. Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) ▌8. William H. F. Lee (D) ▌9. Henry Bowen (R) ▌10. Jacob Yost (R) West Virginia ▌1. Nathan Goff (R) ▌2. William L. Wilson (D) ▌3. Charles P. Snyder (D) ▌4. Charles E. Hogg (D) Wisconsin ▌1. Lucien B. Caswell (R) ▌2. Richard W. Guenther (R) ▌3. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) ▌4. Henry Smith (L) ▌5. Thomas R. Hudd (D) ▌6. Charles B. Clark (R) ▌7. Ormsby B. Thomas (R) ▌8. Nils P. Haugen (R) ▌9. Isaac Stephenson (R) Non-voting members ▌Arizona Territory. Marcus A. Smith (D) ▌Dakota Territory. Oscar S. Gifford (R) ▌Idaho Territory. Fred T. Dubois (R) ▌Montana Territory. Joseph K. 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 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 House Speaker John G. Carlisle
80%+ to 100% Democratic80%+ to 100% Republican
60%+ to 80% Democratic60%+ to 80% Republican
Up to 60% DemocraticUp to 60% Republican

Changes in membership

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

Senate

  • Replacements: 1 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss
  • Deaths: 0
  • Resignations: 1
  • Interim appointments: 1
  • Total seats with changes: 2
State (class)Vacated byReason for vacancySubsequentDate of successor's installation
West Virginia (1)VacantFilled vacancy in term.Charles J. Faulkner (D)May 5, 1887
Florida (1)VacantFilled vacancy in term.Samuel Pasco (D)May 19, 1887
New Hampshire (2)Person C. Cheney (R)Successor was elected June 14, 1887William E. Chandler (R)June 14, 1887

House of Representatives

  • Replacements: 8 Democratic: no net change Republican: no net change
  • Deaths: 4
  • Resignations: 5
  • Contested election: 0
  • Total seats with changes: 8
DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor seated
New York 25thVacantRep. Frank Hiscock resigned during previous congressJames J. Belden (R)November 8, 1887
Texas 2ndJohn H. Reagan (D)Resigned March 4, 1887, after being elected to the U.S. SenateWilliam H. Martin (D)November 4, 1887
Louisiana 6thEdward W. Robertson (D)Died August 2, 1887Samuel M. Robertson (D)December 5, 1887
New York 19thNicholas T. Kane (D)Died September 14, 1887Charles Tracey (D)November 8, 1887
Michigan 11thSeth C. Moffatt (R)Died December 22, 1887Henry W. Seymour (R)February 14, 1888
New York 1stPerry Belmont (D)Resigned December 1, 1888, after being appointed Minister to SpainVacant until next Congress
Indiana 1stAlvin P. Hovey (R)Resigned January 17, 1889, after being elected Governor of Indiana. New member elected January 29, 1889, and seated February 6, 1889.Francis B. Posey (R)February 6, 1889
Missouri 4thJames N. Burnes (D)Died January 23, 1889. New member elected February 19, 1889, and seated February 25, 1889.Charles F. Booher (D)February 25, 1889

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.

Senate

Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill) Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Thomas W. Palmer; Ranking Member: James Z. George) Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) Canadian Relations (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: N/A) Census (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America (Select) (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jonathan Chace; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Civil Service Operations (Special) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) Claims (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) Coast Defenses (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom) Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale) Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton)Executive Departments Methods (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Fisheries (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton) Foreign Relations (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select) Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) Government Printing Office (Select) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Indian Traders (Select) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Joseph C. S. Blackburn) Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh) Library (Chairman: William M. Evarts; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: James B. Eustis) Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: George F. Hoard) Pacific Railway Commission (Special) (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)Patents (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) Pensions (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: N/A) Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: George F. Edmonds) Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Leland Stanford; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) Railroads (Chairman: Dwight M. Sabin; Ranking Member: Francis B. Stockbridge) Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Coke; Ranking Member: Jonathan Chace) Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Tariff Regulation (Select) Territories (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler) Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: N/A) Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: John H. Mitchell; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson) Whole Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Palmer)

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Administrative officers

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

Notes

  • 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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