Membership of the 46th Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1881
 
First Session:  March 18, 1879 to July 1, 1879
Second Session:  December 1, 1879 to June 16, 1880
Third Session:  December 6, 1880 to March 3, 1881
 

Vice President of the United States: 

William A. Wheeler (New York)

President Pro Tempore of the Senate: 

Allen G. Thurman (Ohio)

Secretary of the Senate: 

George C. Gorham (Massachusetts)
John C. Burch (Tennessee), from March 24, 1879

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate:

John R. French (New Hampshire)
Richard J. Bright (Indiana), from March 23, 1879

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

Samuel J. Randall (Pennsylvania)

Clerk of the House: 

George M. Adams (Kentucky)

Sergeant At Arms of the House: 

John G. Thompson (Ohio)

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Charles W. Field (Georgia)

Postmaster of the House: 

A. W. C. Nowlin

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John T. Morgan

George S. Houston (died December 31, 1879)

Luke Pryor (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George Houston; served from January 7, 1880 to November 23, 1880, when James Pugh was elected)

James L. Pugh (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George Houston; served from November 24, 1880)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas H. Herndon
District 2: Hilary A. Herbert
District 3: William N. Samford
District 4: Charles M. Shelley
District 5: Thomas Williams
District 6: Burwell B. Lewis (resigned October 1, 1880 to become President of the University of Alabama)
Newton N. Clements (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Burwell Lewis; served from December 8, 1880)
District 7: William H. Forney
District 8: William M. Lowe
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

Augustus H. Garland

James D. Walker

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Poindexter Dunn
District 2: William F. Slemons
District 3: Jordan E. Cravens
District 4: Thomas M. Gunter
 

California

 

Senators

 

Newton Booth

James T. Farley

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Horace Davis
District 2: Horace F. Page
District 3: Campbell P. Berry
District 4: Romualdo Pacheo
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Henry M. Teller

Nathaniel P. Hill

 

Representative At Large

 

James B. Belford
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

William W. Eaton

Orville H. Platt

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joseph R. Hawley
District 2: James Phelps
District 3: John T. Wait
District 4: Frederick Miles
 

Delaware

 

Senators

 

Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.

Eli M. Saulsbury

 

Representative At Large

 

Edward L. Martin
 

Florida

 

Senators

 

Charles W. Jones

Wilkinson Call

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Robert H. M. Davidson
District 2: Noble Andrew Hull (succeeded January 22, 1881 by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., who contested the election)
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (successfully contested the election of Noble Andrew Hull; served from January 22, 1881)
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

John B. Gordon (resigned May 26, 1880 to promote the building of the Georgia Pacific Railroad)

Benjamin H. Hill

Joseph E. Brown (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John B. Gordon; served from May 26, 1880)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John C. Nicholls
District 2: William E. Smith
District 3: Phillip Cook
District 4: Henry Persons
District 5: Nathaniel J. Hammond
District 6: James H. Blount
District 7: William H. Felton
District 8: Alexander H. Stephens
District 9: Emory Speer
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

David Davis

John A. Logan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William Aldrich
District 2: George R. Davis
District 3: Hiram Barber, Jr.
District 4: John C. Sherwin
District 5: Robert M. A. Hawk
District 6: Thomas J. Henderson
District 7: Philip C. Hayes
District 8: Greenbury L. Fort
District 9: Thomas A. Boyd
District 10: Benjamin F. Marsh
District 11: James W. Singleton
District 12: William M. Springer
District 13: Adlai E. Stevenson
District 14: Joseph G. Cannon
District 15: Albert P. Forsythe
District 16: William A. J. Sparks
District 17: William R. Morrison
District 18: John R. Thomas
District 19: Richard W. Townshend
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Joseph E. McDonald

Daniel W. Voorhees

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William Heilman
District 2: Thomas R. Cobb
District 3: George A. Bicknell
District 4: Jeptha D. New
District 5: Thomas M. Browne
District 6: William R. Myers
District 7: Gilbert De La Matyr
District 8: Abraham J. Hostetler
District 9: Godlove S. Orth
District 10: William H. Calkins
District 11: Calvin Cowgill
District 12: Walpole G. Colerick
District 13: John H. Baker
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

Samuel J. Kirkwood

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Moses A. McCoid
District 2: Hiram Price
District 3: Thomas Updegraff
District 4: Nathaniel C. Deering
District 5: Rush Clark (died April 29, 1879)
  William G. Thompson (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Rush Clark; served from October 14, 1879)
District 6: James B. Weaver
District 7: Edward H. Gillette
District 8: William F. Sapp
District 9: Cyrus C. Carpenter
 

Kansas

 

Senators

 

John J. Ingalls

Preston B. Plumb

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John A. Anderson
District 2: Dudley C. Haskell
District 3: Thomas Ryan
 

Kentucky

 

Senators

 

James B. Beck

John Williams

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Oscar Turner
District 2: James A. McKenzie
District 3: John W. Caldwell
District 4: J. Proctor Knott
District 5: Albert S. Willis
District 6: John G. Carlisle
District 7: Joseph C. S. Blackburn
District 8: Philip B. Thompson, Jr.
District 9: Thomas Turner
District 10: Elijah C. Phister
 

Louisiana

 

Senators

 

William P. Kellogg

Benjamin Jonas

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Randall L. Gibson
District 2: E. John Ellis
District 3: Joseph H. Acklen
District 4: Joseph B. Elam
District 5: John F. King
District 6: Edward W. Robertson
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

Hannibal Hamlin

James G. Blaine

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Reed
District 2: William P. Frye
District 3: Stephen D. Lindsey
District 4: George W. Ladd
District 5: Thompson H. Murch
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

William Pinkney Whyte

James B. Groome

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Daniel M. Henry
District 2: J. Frederick C. Talbot
District 3: William Kimmel
District 4: Robert M. McLane
District 5: Eli J. Henkle
District 6: Milton G. Urner
 

Massachusetts

 

Senators

 

Henry L. Dawes

George F. Hoar

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William W. Crapo
District 2: Benjamin W. Harris
District 3: Walbridge A. Field
District 4: Leopold Morse 
District 5: Selwyn Z. Bowman
District 6: George B. Loring
District 7: William A. Russell
District 8: William Claflin
District 9: William W. Rice
District 10: Amasa Norcross
District 11: George D. Robinson
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Thomas W. Ferry

Zachariah Chandler (died November 1, 1879)

Henry P. Baldwin (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Zachariah Chandler; served from November 17, 1879)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John S. Newberry
District 2: Edwin Willits
District 3: Jonas H. McGowan
District 4: Julius C. Burrows
District 5: John W. Stone
District 6: Mark S. Brewer
District 7: Omar D. Conger (resigned March 3, 1881 to become Senator)
District 8: Roswell G. Horr
District 9: Jay A. Hubbell
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

William Windom  

Samuel J. R. McMillan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Mark H. Dunnell
District 2: Henry Poehler
District 3: William D. Washburn
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Blanche Kelso Bruce

Lucius Q. C. Lamar

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry L. Muldrow
District 2: Van H. Manning
District 3: Hernando D. Money
District 4: Otho R. Singleton
District 5: Charles E. Hooker
District 6: James R. Chalmers
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Francis M. Cockrell

George G. Vest

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Martin L. Clardy
District 2: Erastus Wells
District 3: Richard G. Frost
District 4: Lowndes H. Davis
District 5: Richard P. Bland
District 6: James R. Waddill
District 7: Alfred M. Lay (died December 8, 1879)
John F. Philips (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alfred M. Lay; served from January 10, 1880)
District 8: Samuel L. Sawyer
District 9: Nicholas Ford
District 10: Gideon F. Rothwell
District 11: John B. Clark, Jr.
District 12: William H. Hatch
District 13: Aylett H. Buckner
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Algernon S. Paddock

Alvin Saunders

 

Representative At Large

 

Edward K. Valentine
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

John P. Jones

William Sharon

 

Representative At Large

 

Rollin M. Daggett
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Edward H. Rollins

Charles H. Bell (appointed to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1879; served from March 13, 1879 to June 18, 1879, when Henry W. Blair was elected)

Henry W. Blair (elected for the vacancy in the term ending March 3, 1885; served from June 20, 1879)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joshua G. Hall
District 2: James F. Briggs
District 3: Evarts W. Farr (died November 30, 1880)
Ossian Ray (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Evarts W. Farr; served from January 8, 1881)
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

Theodore F. Randolph

John P. McPherson

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George M. Robeson
District 2: Hezekiah B. Smith
District 3: Miles Ross
District 4: Alvah A. Clark
District 5: Charles H. Voorhis
District 6: John L. Blake
District 7: Lewis A. Brigham
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Roscoe Conkling

Francis Kernan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: James W. Covert
District 2: Daniel O'Reilly
District 3: Simeon B. Chittenden
District 4: Archibald M. Bliss
District 5: Nicholas Muller
District 6: Samuel S. Cox
District 7: Edwin Einstein
District 8: Anson G. McCook
District 9: Fernando Wood (died February 14, 1881)
District 10: James O'Brien
District 11: Levi P. Morton
District 12: Waldo Hutchins (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect Alexander Smith; served from November 4, 1879)
District 13: John H. Ketcham
District 14: John W. Ferdon
District 15: William Lounsbery
District 16: John M. Bailey
District 17: Walter A. Wood
District 18: John Hammond
District 19: Amaziah B. James
District 20: John H. Starin
District 21: David Wilber
District 22: Warner Miller
District 23: Cyrus D. Prescott
District 24: Joseph Mason
District 25: Frank Hiscock
District 26: John H. Camp
District 27: Elbridge G. Lapham
District 28: Jeremiah W. Dwight
District 29: David P. Richardson
District 30: John Van Voorhis
District 31: Richard Crowley
District 32: Ray V. Pierce (resigned September 18, 1880)
Jonathan Scoville (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ray V. Pierce; served from November 12, 1880)
District 33: Henry Van Aernam
 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Matt W. Ransom

Zebulon B. Vance

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joseph J. Martin (succeeded January 29, 1881 by Jesse J. Yeates, who contested the election)
Jesse J. Yeates (successfully contested the election of Joseph J. Martin; served from January 29, 1881)
District 2: William H. Kitchin
District 3: Daniel L. Russell
District 4: Joseph J. Davis
District 5: Alfred M. Scales
District 6: Walter L. Steele
District 7: Robert F. Armfield
District 8: Robert B. Vance
 

Ohio

 

Senators

 

Allen G. Thurman

George H. Pendleton

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Benjamin Butterworth
District 2: Thomas L. Young
District 3: John A. McMahon
District 4: J. Warren Keifer
District 5: Benjamin LeFevre
District 6: William D. Hill
District 7: Frank H. Hurd
District 8: Ebenezer B. Finley
District 9: George L. Converse
District 10: Thomas Ewing
District 11: Henry L. Dickey
District 12: Henry S. Neal
District 13: Adoniram J. Warner
District 14: Gibson Atherton
District 15: George W. Geddes
District 16: William McKinley, Jr.
District 17: James Monroe
District 18: Jonathan D. Updegraff
District 19: James A. Garfield (resigned November 8, 1880, having been elected President of the United States)
Ezra B. Taylor (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James A. Garfield; served from December 13, 1880)
District 20: Amos Townsend
 

Oregon

 

Senators

 

La Fayette Grover

James H. Slater

 

Representative At Large

 

John Whiteaker
 

Pennsylvania

 

Senators

 

William A. Wallace

J. Donald Cameron

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry H. Bingham
District 2: Charles O'Neill
District 3: Samuel J. Randall
District 4: William D. Kelley
District 5: Alfred C. Harmer
District 6: William Ward
District 7: William Godshalk
District 8: Hiester Clymer
District 9: A. Herr Smith
District 10: Reuben K. Bachman
District 11: Robert Klotz
District 12: Hendrick B. Wright
District 13: John W. Ryon
District 14: John W. Killinger
District 15: Edward Overton, Jr.
District 16: John I. Mitchell
District 17: Alexander H. Coffroth
District 18: Horatio G. Fisher
District 19: Frank Beltzhoover
District 20: Seth H. Yocum
District 21: Morgan R. Wise
District 22: Russell Errett
District 23: Thomas M. Bayne
District 24: William S. Shallenberger
District 25: Harry White
District 26: Samuel B. Dick
District 27: James H. Osmer
 

Rhode Island

 

Senators

 

Henry B. Anthony