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Membership of the 43rd Congress of the United States |
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March 4, 1873 to
March 3, 1875 |
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First Session:
December 1, 1873 to June 23, 1874 |
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Second Session:
December 7, 1874 to March 3, 1875 |
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Special Session of
the Senate: March 4, 1873 to March 26, 1873 |
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Vice President of
the United States: |
Henry Wilson
(Massachusetts) |
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President Pro Tempore of the Senate: |
Matthew H. Carpenter (Wisconsin)
Henry B. Anthony (Rhode Island), from January 25, 1875 |
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Secretary of the
Senate: |
George C. Gorham
(California) |
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Sergeant At Arms
of the Senate: |
John R. French
(New Hampshire) |
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Speaker of the
House of Representatives: |
James G. Blaine
(Maine) |
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Clerk of the
House: |
Edward McPherson
(Pennsylvania) |
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Sergeant At Arms
of the House: |
Nathaniel G.
Ordway (New Hampshire) |
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Doorkeeper of the
House: |
Otis S. Buxton
(New York) |
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Postmaster of the
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Henry Sherwood |
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Louisiana
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Senators
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J. Rodman West
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Vacant (Pinckney B. S. Pinchback and
William L. McMillen were claimants for the seat and the contest
continued throughout the Congress without settlement)
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Represenatives
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| District 1: |
J. Hale Sypher (succeeded March 3, 1875 by Effingham Lawrence, who contested the election) |
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Effingham Lawrence (successfully contested the election of J. Hale Sypher; served for one day, March 3, 1875) |
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Lionel A. Sheldon |
| District 3: |
Chester B. Darrall |
| District 4: |
George L. Smith (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Samuel Peters; served from November 24, 1873) |
| District 5: |
Frank Morey |
| At Large: |
George A. Sheridan |
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