42nd United States Congress
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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, during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1860. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
[edit] Dates of Sessions
- First session: March 4, 1871 – April 20, 1871
- Second session: December 4, 1871 - June 10, 1872
- Third session: December 2, 1872 - March 3, 1873 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 41st Congress
Next congress: 43rd Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1871; Events of 1872; Events of 1873
[edit] Major legislation
- April 20, 1871 - Ku Klux Act (Civil Rights Act of 1871, Ku Klux Klan Act), ch. 22, 17 Stat. 13
- March 1, 1872 - Yellowstone Act
- May 10, 1872 - General Mining Act of 1872, ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91; R.S. §§2319–2328, 2331, 2333–2338, 2344,
- May 22, 1872 - Amnesty Act
- June 1, 1872 - Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act), ch. 255, 17 Stat. 196
- February 12, 1873 - Fourth Coinage Act, ch. 131, 17 Stat. 424
- March 3, 1873 - Comstock Act, ch. 258, 17 Stat. 598
[edit] Party summary
[edit] Senate
- Republicans: 56
- Democrats: 17
- Liberal Republican: 1
TOTAL members: 74
[edit] House of Representatives
- Republicans: 136
- Democrats: 104
- Liberal Republicans: 2
- Independent Republican: 1
TOTAL members: 243, delegates: 10
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
- President of the Senate:
- President pro tempore:
- Henry B. Anthony, Republican of Rhode Island, first elected March 10, 1871.
[edit] House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House of Representatives:
- James G. Blaine, Republican of Maine, reelected March 4, 1869.
[edit] Party Leadership
[edit] Senate
- Republican Conference Chairman:
[edit] House of Representatives
- Republican Conference Chairman:
[edit] 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.
- See also: Forty-second United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: Forty-second United States Congress - Political Parties
- See also: United States House election, 1870
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.
[edit] Senate
- Alabama
- George E. Spencer (1836-1893), Republican
- George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), Democratic ...contested election, seated January 9, 1872.
- Arkansas
- Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), Republican
- Powell Clayton (1833-1914), Republican
- California
- Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), Republican
- Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), Democratic
- Connecticut
- Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), Republican
- William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), Republican
- Delaware
- Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), Democratic
- Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Democratic
- Florida
- Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), Republican
- Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), Republican
- Georgia
- 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.
- Illinois
- Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), Democratic
- John A. Logan (1826-1886), Republican
- Indiana
- Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), Republican
- Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), Republican
- Iowa
- James Harlan (1820-1899), Republican
- George G. Wright (1820-1896), Republican
- Kansas
- Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), Republican
- Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), Republican
- Kentucky
- 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
- Louisiana
- William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), Republican …resigned November 1, 1872, seat remained vacant.
- Joseph R. West (1822-1898), Republican
- Maine
- Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), Republican
- Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), Republican
- Maryland
- George Vickers (1801-1879), Democratic
- William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), Democratic
- Massachusetts
- Charles Sumner (1811-1874), Republican
- Henry Wilson (1812-1875), Republican …resigned March 3, 1873.
- Michigan
- Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), Republican
- Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), Republican
- Minnesota
- Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), Republican
- William Windom (1827-1891), Republican
- Mississippi
- Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), Republican
- James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), Republican …seated December 4, 1871.
- Missouri
- Carl Schurz (1829-1906), Republican
- Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), Democratic
- Nebraska
- Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), Republican
- Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), Republican
- Nevada
- William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
- James W. Nye (1815-1876), Republican
- New Hampshire
- Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), Republican
- James W. Patterson (1823-1893), Republican
- New Jersey
- John P. Stockton (1826-1900), Democratic
- Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), Republican
- New York
- Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), Republican
- Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), Republican
- North Carolina
- John Pool (1826-1884), Republican
- Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), Democratic …contested election, seated April 24, 1872.
- Ohio
- John Sherman (1823-1900), Republican
- Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), Democratic
- Oregon
- Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), Republican
- James K. Kelly (1819-1903), Democratic
- Pennsylvania
- Simon Cameron (1799-1889), Republican
- John Scott (1824-1896), Republican
- Rhode Island
- Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), Republican
- William Sprague (1830-1915), Republican
- South Carolina
- Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), Republican
- Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), Republican
- Tennessee
- William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), Republican
- Henry Cooper (1827-1884), Democratic
- Texas
- Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), Republican …contested election, seated March 20, 1871.
- James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), Republican
- Vermont
- George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), Republican
- Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), Republican
- Virginia
- John W. Johnston (1818-1889), Democratic
- John F. Lewis (1818-1895), Republican
- West Virginia
- Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), Republican
- Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), Democratic
- Wisconsin
- Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), Republican
- Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), Republican
[edit] House of Representatives
- Alabama
- 1. Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894), Republican
- 2. Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), Republican
- 3. William A. Handley (1834-1909), Democratic
- 4. Charles Hays (1834-1879), Republican
- 5. Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), Democratic
- 6. Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), Democratic
- Arkansas
- 1. James M. Hanks (1833-1909), Democratic
- 2. Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), Republican
- 3. John Edwards (1805-1894), Liberal Republican …contested election, served until February 9, 1872.
- Thomas Boles (1837-1905), Republican …contested election, seated February 9, 1872.
- California
- 1. Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), Republican
- 2. Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), Republican
- 3. John M. Coghlan (1835-1879), Republican
- Connecticut
- 1. Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), Republican
- 2. Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), Republican
- 3. Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), Republican
- 4. William H. Barnum (1818-1889), Democratic
- Delaware
- A/L. Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), Democratic
- Florida
- 1. Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), Republican
- 2. Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883), Democratic
- Georgia
- 1. Archibald T. Macintyre (1822-1900), Democratic
- 2. Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), Republican
- 3. John S. Bigby (1832-1898), Republican
- 4. Thomas J. Speer (1837-1872), Republican …died August 18, 1872.
- Erasmus W. Beck (1833-1898), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- 5. Dudley M. Du Bose (1834-1883), Democratic
- 6. William P. Price (1835-1908), Democratic
- 7. Pierce M. Young (1836-1896), Democratic
- Illinois
- 1. Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), Republican
- 2. John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), Republican
- 3. Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), Republican
- 4. John B. Hawley (1831-1895), Republican
- 5. Bradford N. Stevens (1813-1885), Democratic
- 6. Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), Republican …resigned August 26, 1871.
- Henry Snapp (1822-1895), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4, 1871.
- 7. Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), Republican
- 8. James C. Robinson (1823-1886), Democratic
- 9. Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), Democratic
- 10. Edward Y. Rice (1820-1883), Democratic
- 11. Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), Democratic
- 12. John B. Hay (1834-1916), Republican
- 13. John M. Crebs (1830-1890), Democratic
- A/L. John L. Beveridge (1824-1910), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1871, resigned January 4, 1873.
- Indiana
- 1. William E. Niblack (1822-1893), Democratic
- 2. Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), Democratic
- 3. William S. Holman (1822-1897), Democratic
- 4. Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), Republican
- 5. John Coburn (1825-1908), Republican
- 6. Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), Democratic
- 7. Mahlon D. Manson (1820-1895), Democratic
- 8. James N. Tyner (1826-1904), Republican
- 9. John P. Shanks (1826-1901), Republican
- 10 William Williams (1821-1896), Republican
- 11. Jasper Packard (1832-1899), Republican
- Iowa
- 1. George W. McCrary (1835-1890), Republican
- 2. Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), Republican
- 3. William G. Donnan (1834-1908), Republican
- 4. Madison M. Walden (1836-1891), Republican
- 5. Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), Republican
- 6. Jackson Orr (1832-1926), Republican
- Kansas
- A/L. David P. Lowe (1823-1882), Republican
- Kentucky
- 1. Edward Crossland (1827-1881), Democratic
- 2. Henry D. McHenry (1826-1890), Democratic
- 3. Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), Democratic
- 4. William B. Read (1817-1880), Democratic
- 5. Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), Democratic
- 6. William E. Arthur (1825-1897), Democratic
- 7. James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
- 8. George M. Adams (1837-1920), Democratic
- 9. John M. Rice (1831-1895), Democratic
- Louisiana
- 1. Jacob H. Sypher (1837-1913), Republican
- 2. Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), Republican
- 3. Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), Republican
- 4. James McCleery (1837-1871), Republican …died November 5, 1871, never having qualified.
- Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), Liberal Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3, 1872.
- 5. Frank Morey (1840-1889), Republican
- Maine
- 1. John Lynch (1825-1892), Republican
- 2. William P. Frye (1830-1911), Republican
- 3. James G. Blaine (1830-1893), Republican
- 4. John A. Peters (1822-1904), Republican
- 5. Eugene Hale (1836-1918), Republican
- Maryland
- 1. Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), Democratic
- 2. Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), Democratic
- 3. Thomas Swann (1809-1883), Democratic
- 4. William M. Merrick (1818-1889), Democratic
- 5 John Ritchie (1831-1887), Democratic
- Massachusetts
- 1. James Buffinton (1817-1875), Republican
- 2. Oakes Ames (1804-1873), Republican
- 3. Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), Republican
- 4. Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), Republican
- 5. Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), Republican
- 6. Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), Republican
- 7. George M. Brooks (1824-1893), Republican …resigned May 13, 1872.
- Constantine C. Esty (1824-1912), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- 8. George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
- 9. William B. Washburn (1820-1887), Republican …resigned December 5, 1871.
- Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14, 1872.
- 10. Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
- Michigan
- 1. Henry Waldron (1819-1880), Republican
- 2. William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), Republican
- 3. Austin Blair (1818-1894), Republican
- 4. Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), Republican …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4, 1871.
- 5. Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), Republican
- 6. Jabez G. Sutherland (1825-1902), Democratic
- Minnesota
- 1. Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), Republican
- 2. John T. Averill (1825-1889), Republican
- Mississippi
- 1. George E. Harris (1827-1911), Republican
- 2. Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), Republican
- 3. Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), Republican
- 4. George C. McKee (1837-1890), Republican
- 5. Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), Republican
- Missouri
- 1. Erastus Wells (1823-1893), Democratic
- 2. Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), Republican
- 3. James R. McCormick (1824-1897), Democratic
- 4. Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), Republican
- 5. Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), Republican
- 6. Abram Comingo (1820-1889), Democratic
- 7. Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), Republican
- 8. James G. Blair (1825-1904), Liberal Republican
- 9. Andrew King (1812-1895), Democratic
- Nebraska
- A/L. John Taffe (1827-1884), Republican
- Nevada
- A/L. Charles W. Kendall (1828-1914), Democratic
- New Hampshire
- 1. Ellery A. Hibbard (1826-1903), Democratic
- 2. Samuel N. Bell (1829-1889), Democratic
- 3. Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), Democratic
- New Jersey
- 1. John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), Republican
- 2. Samuel C. Forker (1821-1900), Democratic
- 3. John T. Bird (1829-1911), Democratic
- 4. John Hill (1821-1884), Republican
- 5. George A. Halsey (1827-1894), Republican
- New York
- 1. Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), Democratic
- 2. Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884), Democratic
- 3. Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), Democratic
- 4. Robert B. Roosevelt (1829-1906), Democratic
- 5. William R. Roberts (1830-1897), Democratic
- 6. Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), Democratic
- 7. Smith Ely, Jr. (1825-1911), Democratic
- 8. James Brooks (1810-1873), Democratic
- 9. Fernando Wood (1812-1881), Democratic
- 10. Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), Democratic
- 11. Charles St. John (1818-1891), Republican
- 12. John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), Republican
- 13. Joseph H. Tuthill (1811-1877), Democratic
- 14. Eli Perry (1799-1881), Democratic
- 15. Joseph M. Warren (1813-1896), Democratic
- 16. John Rogers (1813-1879), Democratic
- 17. William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), Republican
- 18. John M. Carroll (1823-1901), Democratic
- 19. Elizur H. Prindle (1829-1890), Republican
- 20. Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), Republican
- 21. Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), Republican
- 22. William E. Lansing (1821-1883), Republican
- 23. Rodolphus H. Duell (1824-1891), Republican
- 24. John E. Seeley (1810-1875), Republican
- 25. William H. Lamport (1811-1891), Republican
- 26. Milo Goodrich (1814-1881), Republican
- 27. Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888), Republican
- 28. Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), Republican
- 29. Seth Wakeman (1811-1880), Republican
- 30. William Williams (1815-1876), Democratic
- 31. Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), Republican
- North Carolina
- 1. Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), Republican
- 2. Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), Republican
- 3. Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), Democratic
- 4. Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), Democratic …contested elected, seated May 23, 1872.
- 5. James M. Leach (1815-1891), Democratic
- 6. Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), Democratic
- 7. James C. Harper (1819-1890), Democratic
- Ohio
- 1. Aaron F. Perry (1815-1893), Republican …resigned 1872.
- Ozro J. Dodds (1840-1882), Democratic …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2, 1872.
- 2. Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), Republican
- 3. Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), Democratic
- 4. John F. McKinney (1827-1903), Democratic
- 5. Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), Democratic
- 6. John A. Smith (1814-1892), Republican
- 7. Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), Republican
- 8. John Beatty (1828-1914), Republican
- 9. Charles Foster (1828-1904), Republican
- 10. Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), Republican
- 11. John T. Wilson (1811-1891), Republican
- 12. Van Trump Philadelph (1810-1874), Democratic
- 13. George W. Morgan (1820-1893), Democratic
- 14. James Monroe (1821-1898), Republican
- 15. William P. Sprague (1827-1899), Republican
- 16. John A. Bingham (1815-1900), Republican
- 17. Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), Republican
- 18. William H. Upson (1823-1910), Republican
- 19. James A. Garfield (1831-1881), Republican
- Oregon
- A/L. James H. Slater (1826-1899), Democratic
- Pennsylvania
- 1. Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), Democratic
- 2. John V. Creely (1839-1900), Independent Republican
- 3. Leonard Myers (1827-1905), Republican
- 4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), Republican
- 5. Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), Republican
- 6. Ephraim L. Acker (1827-1903), Democratic
- 7. Washington Townsend (1813-1894), Republican
- 8. James L. Getz (1821-1891), Democratic
- 9. Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), Republican
- 10. John W. Killinger (1824-1896), Republican
- 11. John B. Storm (1838-1901), Democratic
- 12. Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), Republican
- 13. Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), Republican …resigned December 2, 1872.
- Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), Republican …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7, 1873.
- 14. John B. Packer (1824-1891), Republican
- 15. Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), Democratic
- 16. Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918), Democratic
- 17. Robert M. Speer (1838-1890), Democratic
- 18. Henry Sherwood (1813-1896), Democratic
- 19. Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), Republican
- 20. Samuel Griffith (1816-1893), Democratic
- 21. Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), Democratic
- 22. James S. Negley (1826-1901), Republican
- 23. Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), Republican
- 24. William McClelland (1842-1892), Democratic
- Rhode Island
- 1. Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), Republican
- 2. James M. Pendleton (1822-1889), Republican
- South Carolina
- 1. Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), Republican
- 2. Robert C. De Large (1842-1874), Republican …contested election, seat declared vacant January 24, 1873.
- 3. Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), Republican
- 4. Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), Republican
- Tennessee
- 1. Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), Republican
- 2. Horace Maynard (1814-1882), Republican
- 3. Abraham E. Garrett (1830-1907), Democratic
- 4. John M. Bright (1817-1911), Democratic
- 5. Edward I. Golladay (1830-1897), Democratic
- 6. Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), Democratic
- 7. Robert P. Caldwell (1821-1885), Democratic
- 8. William W. Vaughan (1831-1878), Democratic
- Texas
- 1. William S. Herndon (1835-1903), Democratic
- 2. John C. Conner (1842-1873), Democratic
- 3. William T. Clark (1831-1905), Republican …contested election, seated January 10, 1872, served until May 13, 1872,
- De Witt C. Giddings (1827-1903), Democratic …contested election, seated May 13, 1872.
- 4. John Hancock (1824-1893), Democratic
- Vermont
- 1. Charles W. Willard (1827-1880), Republican
- 2. Luke P. Poland (1815-1887), Republican
- 3. Worthington C. Smith (1823-1894), Republican
- Virginia
- 1. John Critcher (1820-1901), Democratic
- 2. James H. Platt, Jr. (1837-1894), Republican
- 3. Charles H. Porter (1833-1897), Republican
- 4. William H. Stowell (1840-1922), Republican
- 5. Richard T. Duke (1822-1898), Conservative
- 6. John T. Harris (1823-1899), Democratic
- 7. Elliott M. Braxton (1823-1891), Democratic
- 8. William Terry (1824-1888), Democratic
- West Virginia
- 1. John J. Davis (1835-1916), Democratic
- 2. James C. McGrew (1813-1910), Republican
- 3. Frank Hereford (1825-1891), Democratic
- Wisconsin
- 1. Alexander Mitchell (1817-1887), Democratic
- 2. Gerry W. Hazelton (1829-1920), Republican
- 3. Joel A. Barber (1809-1881), Republican
- 4. Charles A. Eldredge (1820-1896), Democratic
- 5. Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
- 6. Jeremiah M. Rusk (1830-1893), Republican
[edit] 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
[edit] Notes
There were five African American members in the House of Representatives: Benjamin S. Turner, from Alabama, Josiah T. Walls, from Florida, and Robert B. Elliot, Joseph H. Rainey and Robert C. De Large, from South Carolina.
[edit] Membership Changes
[edit] Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- Secretary of the Senate:
- George C. Gorham of Massachusetts elected June 4, 1868.
- Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
- John R. French of New Hampshire, elected March 22, 1869.
- Chaplain of the Senate
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk of the House:
- Edward McPherson of Pennsylvania, elected March 4, 1871.
- Sergeant at Arms of the House:
- Nehemiah G. Ordway of New Hampshire, elected March 4, 1871.
- Doorkeeper of the House:
- Postmaster of the House:
- William S. King of Minnesota, elected March 4, 1871.
- Clerk at the Speaker’s Table:
- John M. Barclay
- Chaplain of the House
- The Rev. John G. Butler, Presbyterian, elected March 4, 1871.
[edit] Other
- Architect of the Capitol:
- Edward Clark, appointed August 30, 1865.
[edit] References
- Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
- Library of Congress (2006). Statutes at Large, 1789-1875. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- Library of Congress (2006). House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. Congress (2005). Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. House of Representatives (2006). Congressional History. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
- U.S. Senate (2006). Statistics and Lists. Retrieved on 2006-06-01.
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