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Membership of the 47th Congress of the
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March 4, 1881 to
March 3, 1883 |
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First Session:
December 5, 1881 to August 8, 1882 |
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Second Session:
December 4, 1882 to March 3, 1883 |
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Special Sessions
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March 4, 1881 to May 20, 1881
October 10, 1881 to October 29, 1881 |
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Vice President of
the United States: |
Chester A. Arthur
(New York) (became President September 19, 1881 on the death of James A.
Garfield; Vice Presidency remained vacant
until March 4, 1885) |
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President Pro
Tempore of the Senate: |
Thomas F. Bayard (Delaware)
David Davis (Illinois), from October 13, 1881
George F. Edmunds (Vermont), from March 3, 1883 |
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Secretary of the
Senate: |
John C. Burch
(Tennessee), died July 28, 1881
Francis E. Shober (North Carolina), from October 24, 1881 |
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Sergeant At Arms
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Richard J. Bright
(Indiana) |
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Speaker of the
House of Representatives: |
J. Warren Keifer
(Ohio) |
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Clerk of the
House: |
George M. Adams
(Kentucky)
Edward McPherson (Pennsylvania), from December 5, 1881 |
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Sergeant At Arms
of the House: |
John G. Thompson
(Ohio)
George W. Hooker (Vermont), from December 5, 1881 |
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Doorkeeper of the
House: |
Walter P. Brownlow
(Tennessee) |
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Postmaster of the
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Henry Sherwood |
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Colorado
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Senators
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Henry M. Teller (resigned April
17, 1882 to become Secretary of the Interior)
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Nathaniel P. Hill
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George M. Chilcott (appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry M. Teller; served from
April 17, 1882 to January 27, 1883, when Horace Tabor was elected)
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Horace A. W. Tabor (elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry M. Teller; served from
January 27, 1883)
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Representative At Large
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James B. Belford |
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New York
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Senators
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Roscoe Conkling (resigned May
16, 1881 as a protest against the federal appointments made in New York
State)
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Thomas C. Platt (resigned May 16,
1881 because of a disagreement with President James Garfield over
federal appointments in New York)
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Warner Miller (elected to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas C. Platt; served from July
27, 1881)
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Elbridge G. Lapham (elected to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roscoe Conkling; served
from August 2, 1881)
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Representatives
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| District 1: |
Perry Belmont |
| District 2: |
William E. Robinson |
| District 3: |
J. Hyatt Smith |
| District 4: |
Archibald M. Bliss |
| District 5: |
Benjamin Wood |
| District 6: |
Samuel S. Cox |
| District 7: |
P. Henry Dugro |
| District 8: |
Anson G. McCook |
| District 9: |
John Hardy (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Fernando Wood; served from December 5, 1881) |
| District 10: |
Abram S. Hewitt |
| District 11: |
Levi P. Morton (resigned March 21, 1881 to become Minister to France) |
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Roswell P. Flower (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi P. Morton; served from November 8, 1881) |
| District 12: |
Waldo Hutchins |
| District 13: |
John H. Ketcham |
| District 14: |
Lewis Beach |
| District 15: |
Thomas Cornell |
| District 16: |
Michael N. Nolan |
| District 17: |
Walter A. Wood |
| District 18: |
John Hammond |
| District 19: |
Abraham X. Parker |
| District 20: |
George West |
| District 21: |
Ferris Jacobs, Jr. |
| District 22: |
Warner Miller (resigned July 26, 1881 to become Senator) |
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Charles R. Skinner (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Warner Miller; served from November 8, 1881) |
| District 23: |
Cyrus D. Prescott |
| District 24: |
Joseph Mason |
| District 25: |
Frank Hiscock |
| District 26: |
John H. Camp |
| District 27: |
Elbridge G. Lapham (resigned July 29, 1881 to become Senator) |
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James W. Wadsworth (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Eldridge G. Lapham; served from November 8, 1881) |
| District 28: |
Jeremiah W. Dwight |
| District 29: |
David P. Richardson |
| District 30: |
John Van Voorhis |
| District 31: |
Richard Crowley |
| District 32: |
Jonathan Scoville |
| District 33: |
Henry Van Aernam |
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