Membership of the 43rd Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875
 
First Session:  December 1, 1873 to June 23, 1874
Second Session:  December 7, 1874 to March 3, 1875
Special Session of the Senate:  March 4, 1873 to March 26, 1873
 

Vice President of the United States: 

Henry Wilson (Massachusetts)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

Matthew H. Carpenter (Wisconsin)
Henry B. Anthony (Rhode Island), from January 25, 1875

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: 

Henry Sherwood

   

Alabama

 

Senators

 

George E. Spencer

George Golthwaite

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Frederick G. Bromberg
District 2: James T. Rapier
District 3: Charles Pelham
District 4: Charles Hays
District 5: John H. Caldwell
District 6: Joseph H. Sloss
At Large: Charles C. Sheats
At Large: Alexander White
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

Powell Clayton

Stephen W. Dorsey

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Asa Hodges
District 2: Oliver P. Snyder
District 3: William W. Wilshire (succeeded June 16, 1874 by Thomas M. Gunter, who contested the election)
Thomas M. Gunter (successfully contested the election of William W. Wilshire; served from June 16, 1874)
At Large: William J. Hynes
 

California

 

Senators

 

Eugene Casserly (resigned November 29, 1873)

Aaron A. Sargent

John S. Hager (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Eugene Casserly; served from December 23, 1873)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Charles Clayton
District 2: Horace F. Page
District 3: John K. Luttrell
District 4: Sherman O. Houghton
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orris S. Ferry

William A. Buckingham (died Februrary 5, 1875)

William W. Eaton (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William A. Buckingham; served from February 5, 1875)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joseph R. Hawley
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

 

James R. Lofland
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Abijah Gilbert

Simon B. Conover

 

Representatives At Large

 

William J. Purman (resigned January 25, 1875)
Josiah T. Walls
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Thomas M. Norwood

John B. Gordon

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Morgan Rawls (succeeded March 24, 1874 by Andrew Sloan, who contested the election)
Andrew Sloan (successfully contested the election of Morgan Rawls; served from March 24, 1874)
District 2: Richard H. Whiteley
District 3: Phillip Cook
District 4: Henry R. Harris
District 5: James C. Freeman
District 6: James H. Blount
District 7: Pierce M. B. Young
District 8: Alexander H. Stephens (elected to fill the vacancy caused by death of Representative-elect Ambrose R. Wright; served from December 1, 1873)
District 9: Hiram P. Bell
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

John A. Logan

Richard J. Oglesby

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John B. Rice (died December 17, 1874)
Bernard G. Caulfield (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John B. Rice; served from February 1, 1875)
District 2: Jasper D. Ward
District 3: Charles B. Farwell
District 4: Stephen A. Hurlbut
District 5: Horatio C. Burchard
District 6: John B. Hawley
District 7: Franklin Corwin
District 8: Greenbury L. Fort
District 9: Granville Barrere
District 10: William H. Ray
District 11: Robert M. Knapp
District 12: James C. Robinson
District 13: John McNulta
District 14: Joseph G. Cannon
District 15: John R. Eden
District 16: James S. Martin
District 17: William R. Morrison
District 18: Isaac Clements
District 19: Samuel S. Marshall
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Oliver H. P. T. Morton

Daniel D. Pratt

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William E. Niblack
District 2: Simeon K. Wolfe
District 3: William S. Holman
District 4: Jeremiah Morrow Wilson
District 5: John Coburn
District 6: Morton C. Hunter
District 7: Thomas J. Cason
District 8: James N. Tyner
District 9: John P. C. Shanks
District 10: Henry B. Sayler
District 11: Jasper Packard
At Large: Godlove S. Orth
At Large: William Williams
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

George G. Wright

William B. Allison

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George W. McCrary
District 2: Aylett R. Cotton
District 3: William G. Donnan
District 4: Henry O. Pratt
District 5: James F. Wilson
District 6: William Loughridge
District 7: John A. Kasson
District 8: James W. McDill
District 9: Jackson Orr
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

Alexander Caldwell (resigned March 24, 1873)

John J. Ingalls

Robert Crozier (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell; served from November 24, 1873 to February 12, 1874, when James M. Harvey was elected)

James M. Harvey (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander Caldwell; served from February 2, 1874)

 

Representatives At Large

 

David P. Lowe
Sterling A. Cobb
William A. Phillips
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

John W. Stevenson

Thomas C. McCreery

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Edward Crossland
District 2: John Y. Brown
District 3: Charles W. Milliken
District 4: William B. Read
District 5: Elisha D. Standiford
District 6: William E. Arthur
District 7: James B. Beck
District 8: Milton J. Durham
District 9: George M. Adams
District 10: John D. Young
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

J. Rodman West

Vacant (Pinckney B. S. Pinchback and William L. McMillen were claimants for the seat and the contest continued throughout the Congress without settlement)

 

Represenatives

 

District 1: J. Hale Sypher (succeeded March 3, 1875 by Effingham Lawrence, who contested the election)
Effingham Lawrence (successfully contested the election of J. Hale Sypher; served for one day, March 3, 1875)
District 2: 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
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Hannibal Hamlin

Lot M. Morrill

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John H. Burleigh
District 2: William P. Frye
District 3: James G. Blaine
District 4: Samuel F. Hersey (died February 3, 1875)
District 5: Eugene Hale
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

William T. Hamilton

George R. Dennis

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Ephraim K. Wilson
District 2: Stevenson Archer
District 3: William J. O'Brien
District 4: Thomas Swann
District 5: William J. Albert
District 6: Lloyd Lowndes, Jr.
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Charles Sumner (died March 11, 1874)

George S. Boutwell (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Wilson in the previous Congress; served from March 17, 1873)

William B. Washburn (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Sumner; served from April 17, 1874)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James Buffinton
District 2: Benjamin W. Harris
District 3: William Whiting (died June 29, 1873)
Henry L. Pierce (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Whiting; served from December 1, 1873)
District 4: Samuel Hooper (died February 14, 1875)
District 5: Daniel W. Gooch
District 6: Benjamin F. Butler
District 7: Ebenezer R. Hoar
District 8: John McK. S. Williams
District 9: George F. Hoar
District 10: Alvah Crocker (died December 26, 1874)
Charles A. Stevens (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alvah Crocker; served from January 27 to March 3, 1875)
District 11: Henry L. Dawes
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Zachariah Chandler

Thomas W. Ferry

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Moses W. Field
District 2: Henry Waldron
District 3: George Willard
District 4: Julius C. Burrows
District 5: Wilder D. Foster (died September 20, 1873)
William B. Williams (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Wilder D. Foster; served from December 1, 1873)
District 6: Josiah W. Begole
District 7: Omar D. Conger
District 8: Nathan B. Bradley
District 9: Jay A. Hubbell
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

Alexander Ramsey

William Windom

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Mark H. Dunnell
District 2: Horace B. Strait
District 3: John T. Averill
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Adelbert Ames (resigned January 10, 1874 to become Governor of Mississippi)

James L. Alcorn

Henry R. Pease (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Adelbert Ames; served from February 3, 1874)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Lucius Q. C. Lamar
District 2: Albert R. Howe
District 3: Henry W. Barry
District 4: Jason Niles
District 5: George C. McKee
District 6: John R. Lynch
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Carl Schurz

Lewis P. Bogy

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Edwin O. Stanard
District 2: Erastus Wells
District 3: William H. Stone
District 4: Robert A. Hatcher
District 5: Richard P. Bland
District 6: Harrison E. Havens
District 7: Thomas T. Crittenden
District 8: Abram Comingo
District 9: Isaac C. Parker
District 10: Ira B. Hyde
District 11: John B. Clark, Jr.
District 12: John M. Glover
District 13: Aylett H. Buckner
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Thomas W. Tipton

Phineas W. Hitchcock

 

Representative At Large

 

Lorenzo Crounse
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

William M. Stewart

John P. Jones

 

Representative At Large

 

Charles W. Kendall
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Aaron H. Cragin

Bainbridge Wadleigh

 

Representatives

 
District 1: William B. Small
District 2: Austin F. Pike
District 3: Hosea W. Parker
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

John P. Stockton

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John W. Hazelton
District 2: Samuel A. Dobbins
District 3: Amos Clark, Jr.
District 4: Robert Hamilton
District 5: William W. Phelps
District 6: Marcus L. Ward
District 7: Isaac W. Scudder
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Roscoe Conkling

Reuben E. Fenton

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry J. Scudder
District 2: John G. Schumaker
District 3: Stewart L. Woodford (resigned July 1, 1874)
Simeon B. Chittenden (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stewart L. Woodford; served from November 3, 1874)
District 4: Philip S. Crooke
District 5: William R. Roberts
District 6: James Brooks (died April 30, 1873)
Samuel S. Cox (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James Brooks; served from November 4, 1873)
District 7: Thomas J. Creamer
District 8: John D. Lawson
District 9: David B. Mellish (died May 23, 1874)
Richard Schell (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David B. Mellish; served from December 7, 1874)
District 10: Fernando Wood
District 11: Clarkson N. Potter
District 12: Charles St. John
District 13: John O. Whitehouse
District 14: David M. De Witt
District 15: Eli Perry
District 16: James S. Smart
District 17: Robert S. Hale
District 18: William A. Wheeler
District 19: Henry H. Hathorn
District 20: David Wilber
District 21: Clinton L. Merriam
District 22: Ellis H. Roberts
District 23: William E. Lansing
District 24: R. Holland Duell
District 25: Clinton D. MacDougall
District 26: William H. Lamport
District 27: Thomas C. Platt
District 28: Horace B. Smith
District 29: Freeman Clarke
District 30: George G. Hoskins
District 31: Lyman K. Bass
District 32: Walter L. Sessions
At Large:

Lyman Tremain

 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Matt W. Ransom

Augustus S. Merrimon

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Clinton L. Cobb
District 2: Charles R. Thomas
District 3: Alfred M. Waddell
District 4: William A. Smith
District 5: James M. Leach
District 6: Thomas S. Ashe
District 7: William M. Robbins
District 8: Robert B. Vance
 

Ohio

 

Senators

 

John Sherman

Allen G. Thurman

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Milton Sayler
District 2: Henry B. Banning
District 3: John Q. Smith
District 4: Lewis B. Gunckel
District 5: Charles N. Lamison
District 6: Isaac R. Sherwood
District 7: Lawrence T. Neal
District 8: William Lawrence
District 9: James W. Robinson
District 10: Charles Foster
District 11: Hezekiah S. Bundy
District 12: Hugh J. Jewett (resigned June 23, 1874 to become president of the Erie Railroad)
William E. Finck (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugh J. Jewett; served from December 7, 1874)
District 13: Milton I. Southard
District 14: John Berry
District 15: William P. Sprague
District 16: Lorenzo Danford
District 17: Laurin D. Woodworth
District 18: James Monroe
District 19: James A. Garfield
District 20: Richard C. Parsons
 

Oregon

 

Senators

 

James K. Kelly

John H. Mitchell

 

Representative At Large

 

Joseph G. Wilson (died July 2, 1873)
James W. Nesmith (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph G. Wilson; served from December 1, 1873)
 

Pennsylvania

 

Senators

 

Simon Cameron

John Scott

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Samuel J. Randall
District 2: Charles O'Neill
District 3: Leonard Myers
District 4: William D. Kelley
District 5: Alfred C. Harmer
District 6: James S. Biery
District 7: Washington Townsend
District 8: Hiester Clymer
District 9: A. Herr Smith
District 10: John W. Killinger
District 11: John B. Storm
District 12: Lazarus D. Shoemaker
District 13: James D. Strawbridge
District 14: John B. Packer
District 15: John A. Magee
District 16: John Cessna
District 17: Robert M. Speer
District 18: Sobieski Ross
District 19: