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Membership of the 44th Congress of the
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March 4, 1875 to
March 3, 1877 |
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First Session:
December 6, 1875 to August 15, 1876 |
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Second Session:
December 4, 1876 to March 3, 1877 |
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Special Session of
the Senate: March 5, 1875 to March 24, 1875 |
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Vice President of
the United States: |
Henry Wilson
(Massachusetts) (died November 22, 1875; Vice Presidency remained vacant
until March 4, 1877) |
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President Pro
Tempore of the Senate: |
Thomas W. Ferry
(Michigan) |
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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: |
Michael C. Kerr (Indiana)
Samuel J. Randall (Pennsylvania), from December 4, 1876 |
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Clerk of the
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Edward McPherson
(Pennsylvania)
George M. Adams (Kentucky), from December 6, 1875 |
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Sergeant At Arms
of the House: |
Nathaniel G.
Ordway (New Hampshire)
John G. Thompson (Ohio), from December 6, 1875 |
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Doorkeeper of the
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John H. Patterson
(New Jersey) |
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Postmaster of the
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James M. Steuart |
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Connecticut
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Senators
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Orris S. Ferry (died November 21, 1875)
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William W. Eaton
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James E. English
(appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry;
served from November 27, 1875 to May 17 1876, when William H. Barnum was
elected)
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William H. Barnum (elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Orris S. Ferry; served from May 18,
1876)
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Representatives
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District 1: |
George M. Landers |
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District 2: |
James Phelps |
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District 3: |
Henry H. Starkweather (died January 28, 1876) |
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John T. Wait (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Henry H. Starkweather; served from April 12, 1876) |
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District 4: |
William H. Barnum (resigned May 18, 1876 to become Senator) |
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Levi Warner (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of William H. Barnum; served from December 4, 1876) |
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Maine
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Senators
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Hannibal Hamlin
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Lot M. Morrill (resigned July 7, 1876
to become Secretary of the Treasury)
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James G. Blaine (appointed and
subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Lot M. Morrill; served from July 10, 1876)
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Representatives
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District 1: |
John H. Burleigh |
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District 2: |
William P. Frye |
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District 3: |
James G. Blaine (resigned July 10, 1876 to become Senator) |
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Edwin Flye (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of James G. Blaine; served from December 4, 1876) |
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District 4: |
Harris M. Plaisted (elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Samuel F. Hersey in the previous Congress; served from September 13, 1875) |
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District 5: |
Eugene Hale |
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