Membership of the 42nd Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873
 
First Session:  March 4, 1871 to April 20, 1871
Second Session:  December 4, 1871 to June 10, 1872
Third Session:  December 2, 1872 to March 3, 1873
Special Session of the Senate:  May 10, 1871 to May 27, 1871
 

Vice President of the United States: 

Schuyler Colfax (Indiana)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

Henry B. Anthony (Rhode Island)

Secretary of the Senate: 

George C. Gorham (California)

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

John R. French (New Hampshire)

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

James G. Blaine (Maine)

Clerk of the House: 

Edward McPherson (Pennsylvania)

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

Nathaniel G. Ordway (New Hampshire)

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Otis S. Buxton (New York)

Postmaster of the House: 

William S. King

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

George E. Spencer

George Golthwaite

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Benjamin S. Turner
District 2: Charles W. Buckley
District 3: William A. Handley
District 4: Charles Hays
District 5: Peter M. Dox
District 6: Joseph H. Sloss
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

Benjamin F. Rice

Powell Clayton

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James H. Hanks
District 2: Oliver P. Snyder
District 3: John Edwards (succeeded February 9, 1872 by Thomas Boles, who contested the election)
Thomas Boles (successfully contested the election of John Edwards; served from February 9, 1872)
 

California

 

Senators

 

Cornelius Cole

Eugene Casserly

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Sherman O. Houghton
District 2: Aaron A. Sargent
District 3: John M. Coghlan
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orris S. Ferry

William A. Buckingham

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Julius L. Strong (died September 7, 1872)
Joseph R. Hawley (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Julius L. Strong; served from December 2, 1872)
District 2: Stephen W. Kellogg
District 3: Henry H. Starkweather
District 4: William H. Barnum
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.

Eli M. Saulsbury

 

Representative At Large

 

Benjamin T. Biggs
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Thomas W. Osborn

Abijah Gilbert

 

Representative At Large

 

Josiah T. Walls (succeeded January 29, 1873 by Silas L. Niblack, who contested the election)
Silas L. Niblack (successfully contested the election of Josiah T. Wells; served from January 29, 1873)
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Joshua Hill

Thomas M. Norwood (served from November 14, 1871)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Archibald T. MacIntyre
District 2: Richard H. Whiteley
District 3: John S. Bigby
District 4: Thomas J. Speer (died August 18, 1872)
Erasmus W. Beck (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas J. Speer; served from December 2, 1872)
District 5: Dudley M. DuBose
District 6: William P. Price
District 7: Pierce M. B. Young
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

Lyman Trumbull

John A. Logan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles B. Farwell
District 2: John F. Farnsworth
District 3: Horatio C. Burchard
District 4: John B. Hawley
District 5: Bradford N. Stevens
District 6: Burton C. Cook (resigned August 26, 1871)
Henry Snapp (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Burton C. Cook; served from December 4, 1871)
District 7: Jesse H. Moore
District 8: James C. Robinson
District 9: Thompson W. McNeely
District 10: Edward Y. Rice
District 11: Samuel S. Marshall
District 12: John B. Hay
District 13: John M. Crebs
At Large: John L. Beveridge (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Logan in the previous Congress; served from November 7, 1871; resigned January 4, 1873)
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Oliver H. P. T. Morton

Daniel D. Pratt

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William E. Niblack
District 2: Michael C. Kerr
District 3: William W. Holman
District 4: Jeremiah Morrow Wilson
District 5: John Coburn
District 6: Daniel W. Voorhees
District 7: Mahlon D. Manson
District 8: James N. Tyner
District 9: John P. C. Shanks
District 10: William Williams
District 11: Jasper Packard
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

James Harlan

George G. Wright

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George W. McCrary
District 2: Aylett R. Cotton
District 3: William G. Donnan
District 4: Madison M. Walden
District 5: Francis W. Palmer
District 6: Jackson Orr
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

Samuel C. Pomeroy

Alexander Caldwell

 

Representative At Large

 

David P. Lowe
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

Garrett Davis (died September 22, 1872)

John W. Stevenson

Willis B. Machen (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Garrett Davis; served from September 27, 1872)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Edward Crossland
District 2: Henry D. McHenry
District 3: Joseph H. Lewis
District 4: William B. Read
District 5: Boyd Winchester
District 6: William E. Arthur
District 7: James B. Beck
District 8: George M. Adams
District 9: James M. Rice
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

William P. Kellogg (resigned November 1, 1872)

J. Rodman West

 

Representatives

 

District 1: J. Hale Sypher
District 2: Lionel A. Sheldon
District 3: Chester B. Darrall
District 4: James McCleery (died November 5, 1871)
Aleck Boarman (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James McCleery; served from December 3, 1872)
District 5: Frank Morey
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Hannibal Hamlin

Lot M. Morrill

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John Lynch
District 2: William P. Frye
District 3: James G. Blaine
District 4: John A. Peters
District 5: Eugene Hale
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

George Vickers

William T. Hamilton

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Samuel Hambleton
District 2: Stevenson Archer
District 3: Thomas Swann
District 4: William M. Merrick
District 5: John Ritchie
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Charles Sumner

Henry Wilson (resigned March 3, 1873 to become Vice President of the United States)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James Buffington
District 2: Oakes Ames
District 3: Ginery Twichell
District 4: Samuel Hooper
District 5: Benjamin F. Butler
District 6: Nathaniel P. Banks
District 7: George M. Brooks (resigned May 13, 1872 to become judge of probate for Middlesex County, MA)
Constantine C. Esty (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George M. Brooks; served from December 2, 1872)
District 8: George F. Hoar
District 9: William B. Washburn (resigned December 5, 1871 to become Governor of Massachusetts)
Alvah Crocker (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William B. Washburn; served from January 2, 1872)
District 10: Henry L. Dawes
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Zachariah Chandler

Thomas W. Ferry

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry Waldron
District 2: William L. Stoughton
District 3: Austin Blair
District 4: Wilder D. Foster (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas W. Ferry in the previous Congress; served from December 4, 1871)
District 5: Omar D. Conger
District 6: Jabez G. Sutherland
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Alexander Ramsey

William Windom

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Mark H. Dunnell
District 2: John T. Averill
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Adelbert Ames

James L. Alcorn (elected for the term beginning March 4, 1871, but did not assume these duties until December 1, 1871, preferring to continue as Governor)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George E. Harris
District 2: Joseph L. Morphis
District 3: Henry W. Barry
District 4: George C. McKee
District 5: Legrand W. Perce
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Carl Schurz

Francis P. Blair, Jr.

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Erastus Wells
District 2: Gustavus A. Finkelnburg
District 3: James R. McCormick
District 4: Harrison E. Havens
District 5: Samuel S. Burdett
District 6: Abram Comingo
District 7: Isaac C. Parker
District 8: James G. Blair
District 9: Andrew King
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Thomas W. Tipton

Phineas W. Hitchcock

 

Representative At Large

 

John Taffe
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

William M. Stewart

James W. Nye

 

Representative At Large

 

Charles W. Kendall
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Aaron H. Cragin

James W. Patterson

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ellery A. Hibbard
District 2: Samuel N. Bell
District 3: Hosea W. Parker
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

John P. Stockton

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John W. Hazelton
District 2: Samuel C. Forker
District 3: John T. Bird
District 4: John Hill
District 5: George A. Halsey
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Roscoe Conkling

Reuben E. Fenton

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Dwight Townsend
District 2: Thomas Kinsella
District 3: Henry W. Slocum
District 4: Robert B. Roosevelt
District 5: William R. Roberts
District 6: Samuel S. Cox
District 7: Smith Ely, Jr.
District 8: James Brooks
District 9: Fernando Wood
District 10: Clarkson N. Potter
District 11: Charles St. John
District 12: John H. Ketcham
District 13: Joseph H. Tuthill
District 14: Eli Perry
District 15: Joseph M. Warren
District 16: John Rogers
District 17: William A. Wheeler
District 18: John M. Carroll
District 19: Elizur H. Prindle
District 20: Clinton L. Merriam
District 21: Ellis H. Roberts
District 22: William E. Lansing
District 23: R. Holland Duell
District 24: John E. Seeley
District 25: William H. Lamport
District 26: Milo Goodrich
District 27: Horace B. Smith
District 28: Freeman Clarke
District 29: Seth Wakeman
District 30: William Williams
District 31: Walter L. Sessions
 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

John Pool

Matt W. Ransom (Joseph C. Abbott was a claimant for this seat; the Committee on Privileges and Elections reported February 28, 1872, that Zebulon B. Vance had received "a majority of the whole number of votes cast in each house," and Mr. Abbott received the next highest number of votes; the next day Mr. Vance was declared duly elected. Mr. Abbott rested his claim on what he assumed to be the legal result of the conceded ineligibility of Mr. Vance, who was barred by the provisions of the 14th Amendment; Mr. Vance made no claim to the seat; on February 5, 1872, credentials of Mr. Ransom were presented, certifying he had been elected January 30, 1872, "to fill a vacancy existing by reason of the resignation of Zebulon B. Vance"; April 23, 1872, the Senate declared by resolution that Mr. Abbott had not been elected, and the day following that Mr. Ransom was declared entitled to the seat; served from April 24, 1872)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Clinton L. Cobb
District 2: Charles R. Thomas
District 3: Alfred M. Waddell
District 4: Sion H. Rogers
District 5: James M. Leach
District 6: Francis E. Shober
District 7: James C. Harper
 

Ohio

 

Senators

 

John Sherman

Allen G. Thurman

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Aaron F. Perry (resigned 1872)
Ozro J. Dodds (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron F. Perry; served from October 8, 1872)
District 2: Job E. Stevenson
District 3: Lewis D. Campbell
District 4: John F. McKinney
District 5: Charles N. Lamison
District 6: John A. Smith
District 7: Samuel Shellabarger
District 8: John Beatty
District 9: Charles Foster
District 10: Erasmus D. Peck
District 11: John T. Wilson
District 12: Philadelph Van Trump
District 13: George W. Morgan
District 14: James Monroe
District 15: William P. Sprague
District 16: John A. Bingham
District 17: Jacob A. Ambler
District 18: William H. Upson
District 19: James A. Garfield
 

Oregon

 

Senators

 

Henry W. Corbett

James K. Kelly

 

Representative At Large

 

James H. Slater
 

Pennsylvania

 

Senators

 

Simon Cameron

John Scott

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Samuel J. Randall
District 2: John V. Creely (mysteriously disappeared before his term expired; declared legally dead on September 28, 1900)
District 3: Leonard Myers
District 4: William D. Kelley
District 5: Alfred C. Harmer
District 6: Ephraim L. Acker
District 7: Washington Townsend
District 8: James L. Getz
District 9: Oliver J. Dickey
District 10: John W. Killinger
District 11: John B. Storm
District 12: Lazarus D. Shoemaker
District 13: Ulysses Mercur (resigned December 2, 1872 to become associate justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania)
Frank C. Bunnell (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ulysses Mercur; served from December 24, 1872)
District 14: John B. Packer
District 15: Richard J. Haldeman
District 16: Benjamin F. Meyers
District 17: Robert M. Speer
District 18: Henry Sherwood
District 19: Glenni W. Scofield
District 20: Samuel Griffith
District 21: Henry D. Foster
District 22: James S. Negley
District 23: Ebenezer McJunkin
District 24: William McClelland
 

Rhode Island

 

Senators

 

Henry B. Anthony

William Sprague IV

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Benjamin T. Eames
District 2: James M. Pendleton
 

South Carolina

 

Senators

 

Thomas J. Robertson

Frederick A. Sawyer

 

Represenatives

 

District 1:

Joseph H. Rainey
District 2: Robert C. De Large (election contested by Christopher C. Bowen; seat declared vacant January 24, 1873)
District 3: Robert B. Elliott
District 4: Alexander S. Wallace
 

Tennessee

 

Senators

 

William G. Brownlow

Henry Cooper

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Roderick R. Butler
District 2: Horace Maynard
District 3: Abraham E. Garrett
District 4: John M. Bright
District 5: Edward I. Golladay
District 6: Washington C. Whitthorne
District 7: Robert P. Caldwell
District 8: