Membership of the 47th Congress of the United States
 
March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883
 
First Session:  December 5, 1881 to August 8, 1882
Second Session:  December 4, 1882 to March 3, 1883
Special Sessions of the Senate: 

March 4, 1881 to May 20, 1881
October 10, 1881 to October 29, 1881

   

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
)

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

Secretary of the Senate: 

John C. Burch (Tennessee), died July 28, 1881
Francis E. Shober (North Carolina), from October 24, 1881

Sergeant At Arms of the Senate: 

Richard J. Bright (Indiana)

 

 

Speaker of the House of Representatives: 

J. Warren Keifer (Ohio)

Clerk of the House: 

George M. Adams (Kentucky)
Edward McPherson (Pennsylvania), from December 5, 1881

Sergeant At Arms of the House:

John G. Thompson (Ohio)
George W. Hooker (Vermont), from December 5, 1881

Doorkeeper of the House: 

Walter P. Brownlow (Tennessee)

Postmaster of the House: 

Henry Sherwood

 

Alabama

 

Senators

 

John T. Morgan

James L. Pugh

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas H. Herndon
District 2: Hilary A. Herbert
District 3: William C. Oates
District 4: Charles M. Shelley (election contested by James Q. Smith; seat declared vacant July 20, 1882; subsequently elected to fill the vacancy thus created; served from November 7, 1882)
District 5: Thomas Williams
District 6: Goldsmith W. Hewitt
District 7: William H. Forney
District 8: Joe Wheeler (succeeded June 3, 1882 by William Lowe, who contested the election)
William M. Lowe (successfully contested the election of Joe Wheeler; served from June 3, 1882; died October 12, 1882)
Joe Wheeler (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Lowe; served from January 15 to March 3, 1883)
 

Arkansas

 

Senators

 

Augustus H. Garland

James D. Walker

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Poindexter Dunn
District 2: James K. Jones
District 3: Jordan E. Cravens
District 4: Thomas M. Gunter
 

California

 

Senators

 

James T. Farley

John F. Miller

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William S. Rosecrans
District 2: Horace F. Page
District 3: Campbell P. Berry
District 4: Romualdo Pacheo
 

Colorado

 

Senators

 

Henry M. Teller (resigned April 17, 1882 to become Secretary of the Interior)

Nathaniel P. Hill

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)

Horace A. W. Tabor (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry M. Teller; served from January 27, 1883)

 

Representative At Large

 

James B. Belford
 

Connecticut

 

Senators

 

Orville H. Platt

Joseph R. Hawley

 

Representatives

 

District 1: John R. Buck
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: Jesse J. Finley (succeeded June 1, 1882 by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., who contested the election)
Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (successfully contested the election of Jesse J. Finley; served from June 1, 1882)
 

Georgia

 

Senators

 

Benjamin H. Hill (died August 16, 1882)

Joseph E. Brown

M. Pope Barrow (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Benjamin H. Hill; served from November 15, 1882)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George R. Black
District 2: Henry G. Turner
District 3: Phillip Cook
District 4: Hugh Buchannan
District 5: Nathaniel J. Hammond
District 6: James H. Blount
District 7: Judson C. Clements
District 8: Alexander H. Stephens (resigned November 4, 1882 to become Governor of Georgia)
Seaborn Reese (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alexander H. Stephens; served from December 4, 1882)
District 9: Emory Speer
 

Illinois

 

Senators

 

David Davis

John A. Logan

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William Aldrich
District 2: George R. Davis
District 3: Charles B. Farwell
District 4: John C. Sherwin
District 5: Robert M. A. Hawk (died June 29, 1882)
  Robert R. Hitt (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert M. A. Hawk; served from November 7, 1882)
District 6: Thomas J. Henderson
District 7: William Cullen
District 8: Lewis E. Payson
District 9: John H. Lewis
District 10: Benjamin F. Marsh
District 11: James W. Singleton
District 12: William M. Springer
District 13: Dietrich C. Smith
District 14: Joseph G. Cannon
District 15: Samuel M. Moulton
District 16: William A. J. Sparks
District 17: William R. Morrison
District 18: John R. Thomas
District 19: Richard W. Townshend
 

Indiana

 

Senators

 

Daniel W. Voorhees

Benjamin Harrison

 

Representatives

 

District 1: William Heilman
District 2: Thomas R. Cobb
District 3: Strother M. Stockslager
District 4: William S. Holman
District 5: Courtland C. Matson
District 6: Thomas M. Browne
District 7: Stanton J. Peele
District 8: Robert B. F. Peirce
District 9: Godlove S. Orth (died December 16, 1882)
Charles T. Doxey (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Godlove Orth; served from January 17, 1883)
District 10: Mark L. De Motte
District 11: George W. Steele
District 12: Walpole G. Colerick
District 13: William H. Calkins
 

Iowa

 

Senators

 

William B. Allison

Samuel J. Kirkwood (resigned March 7, 1881 to become Secretary of the Interior)

James W. McDill (appointed and subsequently elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel J. Kirkwood; served from March 8, 1881)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Moses A. McCoid
District 2: Sewall S. Farwell
District 3: Thomas Updegraff
District 4: Nathaniel C. Deering
District 5: William G. Thompson
District 6: Marsena E. Cutts (succeeded March 3, 1883 by John Cook, who contested the election)
John Cook (successfully contested the election of Marsena E. Cutts; served one day, March 3, 1883)
District 7: John A. Kasson
District 8: William P. Hepburn
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: John D. White
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: Chester B. Darrall
District 4: Newton C. Blanchard
District 5: John F. King
District 6: Edward W. Robertson
 

Maine

 

Senators

 

James G. Blaine (resigned March 5, 1881 to become Secretary of State)

Eugene Hale

William P. Frye (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James G. Blaine; served from March 18, 1881)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Thomas B. Reed
District 2: William P. Frye (resigned March 17, 1881 to become Senator)
Nelson Dingley, Jr. (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William P. Frye; served from September 12, 1881)
District 3: Stephen D. Lindsey
District 4: George W. Ladd
District 5: Thompson H. Murch
 

Maryland

 

Senators

 

James B. Groome

Arthur P. Gorman

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George W. Covington
District 2: J. Frederick C. Talbot
District 3: Fetter S. Hoblitzell
District 4: Robert M. McLane
District 5: Andrew G. Chapman
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: Ambrose A. Ranney
District 4: Leopold Morse
District 5: Selwyn Z. Bowman
District 6: Eben F. Stone
District 7: William A. Russell
District 8: John W. Candler
District 9: William W. Rice
District 10: Amasa Norcross
District 11: George D. Robinson
 

Michigan

 

Senators

 

Thomas W. Ferry

Omar D. Conger

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Henry W. Lord
District 2: Edwin Willits
District 3: Edward S. Lacey
District 4: Julius C. Burrows
District 5: George W. Webber
District 6: Oliver L. Spaulding
District 7: John T. Rich (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Omar D. Conger in the previous Congress; served from April 5, 1881)
District 8: Roswell G. Horr
District 9: Jay A. Hubbell
 

Minnesota

 

Senators

 

William Windom (resigned March 7, 1881 to become Secretary of the Treasury)

Samuel J. R. McMillan

Alonzo J. Edgerton (appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Windom; served from March 12, 1881 to October 30, 1881, when William Windom was re-elected)

William Windom (elected to fill the vacancy caused by his own resignation; served from November 15, 1881)

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Mark H. Dunnell
District 2: Horace B. Strait
District 3: William D. Washburn
 

Mississippi

 

Senators

 

Lucius Q. C. Lamar

James Z. George

 

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 (succeeded April 29, 1882 by John R. Lynch, who contested the election)
John R. Lynch (successfully contested the election of James R. Chalmers; served from April 29, 1882)
 

Missouri

 

Senators

 

Francis M. Cockrell

George G. Vest

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Martin L. Clardy
District 2: Thomas Allen (died April 8, 1882)
James H. McLean (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas Allen; served from December 15, 1882)
District 3: Richard G. Frost (succeeded March 2, 1883 by Gustavus Sessinghaus, who contested the election)
Gustavus Sessinghaus (successfully contested the election of Richard G. Frost; served from March 2, 1883)
District 4: Lowndes H. Davis
District 5: Richard P. Bland
District 6: Ira S. Hazeltine
District 7: Theron M. Rice
District 8: Robert T. Van Horn
District 9: Nicholas Ford
District 10: Joseph H. Burrows
District 11: John B. Clark, Jr.
District 12: William H. Hatch
District 13: Aylett H. Buckner
 

Nebraska

 

Senators

 

Alvin Saunders

Charles H. Van Wyck

 

Representative At Large

 

Edward K. Valentine
 

Nevada

 

Senators

 

John P. Jones

James G. Fair

 

Representative At Large

 

George W. Cassidy
 

New Hampshire

 

Senators

 

Edward H. Rollins

Henry W. Blair

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Joshua G. Hall
District 2: James F. Briggs
District 3: Ossian Ray
 

New Jersey

 

Senators

 

John P. McPherson

William J. Sewell

 

Representatives

 

District 1: George M. Robeson
District 2: J. Hart Brewer
District 3: Miles Ross
District 4: Henry S. Harris
District 5: John Hill
District 6: Phineas Jones
District 7: Augustus A. Hardenbergh
 

New York

 

Senators

 

Roscoe Conkling (resigned May 16, 1881 as a protest against the federal appointments made in New York State)

Thomas C. Platt (resigned May 16, 1881 because of a disagreement with President James Garfield over federal appointments in New York)

Warner Miller (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas C. Platt; served from July 27, 1881)

Elbridge G. Lapham (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Roscoe Conkling; served from August 2, 1881)

 

Representatives

 

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)
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)
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)
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
 

North Carolina

 

Senators

 

Matt W. Ransom

Zebulon B. Vance

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Louis C. Latham
District 2: Orlando Hubbs
District 3: John W. Shackelford (died January 18, 1883)
District 4: William R. Cox
District 5: Alfred M. Scales
District 6: Clement Dowd
District 7: Robert F. Armfield
District 8: Robert B. Vance
 

Ohio

 

Senators

 

George H. Pendleton

John Sherman

 

Representatives

 

District 1: Benjamin Butterworth
District 2: Thomas L. Young
District 3: Henry L. Morey
District 4: Emanuel Shultz
District 5: Benjamin LeFevre
District 6: James M. Ritchie
District 7: John P. Leedom
District 8: J. Warren Keifer
District 9: James S. Robinson
District 10: John B. Rice
District 11: Henry S. Neal
District 12: George L. Converse
District 13: Gibson Atherton
District 14: George W. Geddes
District 15: Rufus R. Dawes
District 16: Jonathan D. Updegraff (died November 30, 1882)
Joseph D. Taylor (elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jonathan T. Updegraff; served from January 2, 1883)
District 17: William McKinley, Jr.
District 18: Addison S. McClure
District 19: Ezra B. Taylor
District 20: Amos Townsend
 

Oregon

 

Senators

 

La Fayette Grover

James H. Slater

 

Representative At Large

 

Melvin C. George
 

Pennsylvania

 

Senators

 

J. Donald Cameron

John I. Mitchell

 

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: