{{short description|1883-1885 U.S. Congress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox United States Congress |number = 48th |image = USCapitol1906.jpg |imagename = United States Capitol |imagedate = 1906 |start = March 4, 1883 |end = March 4, 1885 |vp = Vacant |pro tem = George F. Edmunds (R) |speaker = John G. Carlisle (D) |senators = 76 |reps = 325 |delegates = 8 |s-majority = Republican <br /> (through caucus) |h-majority = Democratic |sessionnumber1 = 1st |sessionstart1 = December 3, 1883 |sessionend1 = July 7, 1884 |sessionnumber2 = 2nd |sessionstart2 = December 1, 1884 |sessionend2 = March 3, 1885 |previous = 47th |next = 49th }} The '''48th United States Congress''' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1883, to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of Chester A. Arthur's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
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==Major events== [[File:Washington Monument Dusk Jan 2006.jpg|thumb|Washington Monument (seen here in 2006) was completed December 6, 1884.]] {{Main|1883 in the United States|1884 in the United States|1885 in the United States}} * September 5, 1883: Mary F. Hoyt became the first woman appointed to the U.S. federal civil service (and the second person appointed by examination (in which she came top) instituted under the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act) when she became a clerk in the Bank Redemption Agency of the Department of the Treasury. * October 15, 1883: The Supreme Court of the United States declared part of the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional, as the Court allowed private individuals and corporations to discriminate based on race. * November 18, 1883: U.S. and Canadian railroads instituted 5 standard continental time zones, ending the confusion of thousands of local times. * August 10, 1884: An earthquake measuring 5.5 {{M|fa|link=y}} (based on the felt area) affected a very large portion of the eastern United States. The shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). Chimneys were toppled in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Property damage was severe in Jamaica and Amityville in New York. * October 6, 1884: The United States Naval War College was established in Newport, Rhode Island. * October 22, 1884: International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C., fixed the Greenwich meridian as the world's prime meridian. * November 4, 1884: 1884 United States presidential election: Democratic governor of New York Grover Cleveland defeated Republican James G. Blaine in a very close contest to win the first of his non-consecutive terms. * December 6: 1884: The Washington Monument was completed.
==Major legislation== {{main|List of United States federal legislation, 1789–1901#48th United States Congress}}
== Territories organized == *May 17, 1884: District of Alaska was organized.
==Party summary== The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
=== Senate === {{US Congress party summary | congress = 48
| party1 = Democratic | abb1 = D | seats1_last = 37 | seats1_begin = 36 | seats1_end = 36 | seats1_next = 34
| party2 = Readjuster | abb2 = RA | seats2_last = 1 | seats2_begin = 2 | shading2_begin = Republican | seats2_end = 2 | shading2_end = Republican | seats2_next = 2 | shading2_next = Republican
| party3 = Republican | abb3 = R | seats3_last = 37 | seats3_begin = 37 | seats3_end = 38 | seats3_next = 37
| party4 = Other | abb4 = | note4_last = Independent | seats4_last = 1 | seats4_begin = 0 | seats4_end = 0 | seats4_next = 0
| seats_vacant_last = 0 | seats_vacant_begin = 1 | seats_vacant_end = 0 | seats_vacant_next = 3 }}
=== House of Representatives === {{US Congress party summary | congress = 48
| party1 = Democratic | abb1 = D | seats1_last = 130 | seats1_begin = 192 | seats1_end = 197 | seats1_next = 128 | delegates1 = 5
| party2 = Independent Democratic | abb2 = ID | seats2_last = 1 | seats2_begin = 3 | seats2_end = 3 | seats2_next = 1 | delegates2 = 0
| party3 = Readjuster | abb3 = RA | seats3_last = 0 | seats3_begin = 5 | seats3_end = 4 | seats3_next = 0 | delegates3 = 0
| party4 = Independent | abb4 = I | seats4_last = 1 | seats4_begin = 1 | seats4_end = 2 | seats4_next = 0 | delegates4 = 0
| party5 = Greenback | abb5 = GB | seats5_last = 9 | seats5_begin = 2 | seats5_end = 2 | seats5_next = 10 | delegates5 = 0
| party6 = Independent Republican | abb6 = IR | seats6_last = 1 | seats6_begin = 1 | seats6_end = 1 | seats6_next = 1 | delegates6 = 0
| party7 = Republican | abb7 = R | seats7_last = 150 | seats7_begin = 120 | seats7_end = 113 | seats7_next = 151 | delegates7 = 3
| party8 = Anti-Monopoly | abb8 = AM | seats8_last = 0 | seats8_begin = 0 | seats8_end = 1 | seats8_next = 128 | delegates8 = 0
| seats_vacant_last = 1 | seats_vacant_begin = 1 | seats_vacant_end = 2 | seats_vacant_next = 0 | delegates_vacant = 0 }} thumb|400px| {| align=center ! colspan=2 | House seats by party holding plurality in state |- |{{legend|#00f|80+% to 100% Democratic}} |{{legend|#f00|80+% to 100% Republican}} |- |{{legend|#09f|60+% to 80% Democratic}} |{{legend|#f66|60+% to 80% Republican}} |- |{{legend|#0ff|Up to 60% Democratic}} |{{legend|#f99|Up to 60% Republican}} |}
==Leadership==
=== Senate === * President: Vacant. Chester Arthur (R), the most recent Senate president, had become U.S. president on the death of his predecessor September 19, 1881, leaving the office vacant through the end of this Congress. * President pro tempore: George F. Edmunds (R) * Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman * Democratic Caucus Chairman: George H. Pendleton
=== House of Representatives === *Speaker: John G. Carlisle (D) * Democratic Caucus Chairman: George W. Geddes * Republican Conference Chairman: Joseph Gurney Cannon * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: William Rosecrans
==Members== This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. :''Skip to House of Representatives, below''
===Senate=== {{main|List of United States senators in the 48th Congress}} Senators are listed by their states and Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. John T. Morgan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James L. Pugh (D)
==== Arkansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Augustus H. Garland (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James D. Walker (D)
==== California ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. John F. Miller (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James T. Farley (D)
==== Colorado ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Thomas M. Bowen (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R)
==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Joseph R. Hawley (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Orville H. Platt (R)
==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Eli Saulsbury (D)
==== Florida ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Charles W. Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Wilkinson Call (D)
==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Joseph E. Brown (D)
==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. John A. Logan (R)
==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Benjamin Harrison (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
==== Iowa ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. James F. Wilson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. William B. Allison (R)
==== Kansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Preston B. Plumb (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. John J. Ingalls (R)
==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. James B. Beck (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. John S. Williams (D)
==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Randall L. Gibson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D)
==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Eugene Hale (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. William P. Frye (R)
==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James B. Groome (D)
==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Henry L. Dawes (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. George F. Hoar (R)
==== Michigan ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Omar D. Conger (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Thomas W. Palmer (R)
==== Minnesota ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Dwight M. Sabin (R) {{col-2}}
==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. James Z. George (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
==== Missouri ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Francis Cockrell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. George G. Vest (D)
==== Nebraska ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Charles F. Manderson (R)
==== Nevada ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. James G. Fair (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. John P. Jones (R)
==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Austin F. Pike (R), from August 2, 1883 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Henry W. Blair (R)
==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. William J. Sewell (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. John R. McPherson (D)
==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Warner Miller (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Zebulon B. Vance (D)
==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. John Sherman (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. George H. Pendleton (D)
==== Oregon ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. James H. Slater (D)
==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. John I. Mitchell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. J. Donald Cameron (R)
==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}2. Henry B. Anthony (R), until September 2, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}William P. Sheffield (R), November 19, 1884 – January 20, 1885 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Jonathan Chace (R), from January 20, 1885
==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Matthew C. Butler (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}3. Wade Hampton III (D)
==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Howell E. Jackson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Isham G. Harris (D)
==== Texas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Samuel B. Maxey (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. Richard Coke (D)
==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. George F. Edmunds (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Justin S. Morrill (R)
==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}1. William Mahone (RA) : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA)
==== West Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}1. Johnson N. Camden (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}2. John E. Kenna (D)
==== Wisconsin ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}1. Philetus Sawyer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}3. Angus Cameron (R) {{col-break}} [[File:48th United States Congress Senators.svg|thumb|375px|Senators' party membership by state at the opening of the 48th Congress in March 1883. {{legend|#0044aa|2 Democrats}} {{legend|#660080|1 Democrat and 1 Republican}} {{legend|#aa0000|2 Republicans}} {{legend|#00ff00|2 Readjusters}} {{legend|#777|Territories}}]] {{col-break}} [[File:George F. Edmunds - Brady-Handy.jpg|thumb|President pro tempore<br>George F. Edmunds]] {{col-end}}
===House of Representatives=== {{main|List of United States representatives in the 48th Congress}} Representatives are preceded by their district numbers. {{col-begin}} {{col-break}}
==== Alabama ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|1|1}}. Thomas H. Herndon (D), until March 28, 1883 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}James T. Jones (D), from December 3, 1883 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|2|2}}. Hilary A. Herbert (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|3|3}}. William C. Oates (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|4|4}}. Charles M. Shelley (D), until January 9, 1885 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}George H. Craig (R), from January 9, 1885 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|5|5}}. Thomas Williams (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|6|6}}. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|7|7}}. William H. Forney (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Alabama|8|8}}. Luke Pryor (D)
==== Arkansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|1|1}}. Poindexter Dunn (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|2|2}}. James K. Jones (D), until February 19, 1885 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|3|3}}. John H. Rogers (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|4|4}}. Samuel W. Peel (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arkansas|AL|At-large}}. Clifton R. Breckinridge (D)
==== California ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|1|1}}. William S. Rosecrans (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|2|2}}. James H. Budd (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|3|3}}. Barclay Henley (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|4|4}}. Pleasant B. Tully (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|AL|At-large}}. John R. Glascock (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|California|AL|At-large}}. Charles A. Sumner (D)
==== Colorado ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Colorado|AL|At-large}}. James B. Belford (R)
==== Connecticut ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|1|1}}. William W. Eaton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|2|2}}. Charles L. Mitchell (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|3|3}}. John T. Wait (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Connecticut|4|4}}. Edward W. Seymour (D)
==== Delaware ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Delaware|AL|At-large}}. Charles B. Lore (D)
==== Florida ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Florida|1|1}}. Robert H. M. Davidson (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Florida|2|2}}. Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)
==== Georgia ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|1|1}}. John C. Nicholls (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|2|2}}. Henry G. Turner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|3|3}}. Charles F. Crisp (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|4|4}}. Hugh Buchanan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|5|5}}. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|6|6}}. James H. Blount (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|7|7}}. Judson C. Clements (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|8|8}}. Seaborn Reese (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|9|9}}. Allen D. Candler (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Georgia|AL|At-large}}. Thomas Hardeman Jr. (D)
==== Illinois ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|1|1}}. Ransom W. Dunham (R) : {{Party stripe|Independent Democratic Party (US}}{{ushr|Illinois|2|2}}. John F. Finerty (ID) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|3|3}}. George R. Davis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|4|4}}. George E. Adams (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|5|5}}. Reuben Ellwood (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|6|6}}. Robert R. Hitt (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|7|7}}. Thomas J. Henderson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|8|8}}. William Cullen (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|9|9}}. Lewis E. Payson (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|10|10}}. Nicholas E. Worthington (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|11|11}}. William H. Neece (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|12|12}}. James M. Riggs (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|13|13}}. William M. Springer (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|14|14}}. Jonathan H. Rowell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|15|15}}. Joseph G. Cannon (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|16|16}}. Aaron Shaw (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|17|17}}. Samuel W. Moulton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|18|18}}. William R. Morrison (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|19|19}}. Richard W. Townshend (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Illinois|20|20}}. John R. Thomas (R)
==== Indiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|1|1}}. John J. Kleiner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|2|2}}. Thomas R. Cobb (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|3|3}}. Strother M. Stockslager (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|4|4}}. William S. Holman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|5|5}}. Courtland C. Matson (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|6|6}}. Thomas M. Browne (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|7|7}}. Stanton J. Peelle (R), until May 22, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}William E. English (D), from May 22, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|8|8}}. John E. Lamb (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|9|9}}. Thomas B. Ward (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|10|10}}. Thomas J. Wood (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|11|11}}. George W. Steele (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|12|12}}. Robert Lowry (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Indiana|13|13}}. William H. Calkins (R), until October 20, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Anti-Monopoly Party (US)}}Benjamin F. Shively (AM), from December 1, 1884
==== Iowa ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|1|1}}. Moses A. McCoid (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|2|2}}. Jeremiah H. Murphy (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|3|3}}. David B. Henderson (R) : {{Party stripe|Greenback Party}}{{ushr|Iowa|4|4}}. Luman H. Weller (GB) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|5|5}}. James Wilson (R), until March 3, 1885 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Benjamin T. Frederick (D), from March 3, 1885 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|6|6}}. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until September 1, 1883 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John C. Cook (D), from October 9, 1883 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|7|7}}. John A. Kasson (R), until July 13, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Hiram Y. Smith (R), from December 2, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|8|8}}. William P. Hepburn (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|9|9}}. William H. M. Pusey (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|10|10}}. Adoniram J. Holmes (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Iowa|11|11}}. Isaac S. Struble (R)
==== Kansas ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|1|1}}. John A. Anderson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|2|2}}. Dudley C. Haskell (R), until December 16, 1883 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Edward H. Funston (R), from March 21, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|3|3}}. Thomas Ryan (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|AL|At-large}}. Lewis Hanback (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|AL|At-large}}. Edmund N. Morrill (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|AL|At-large}}. Bishop W. Perkins (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kansas|AL|At-large}}. Samuel R. Peters (R)
==== Kentucky ==== : {{Party stripe|Independent Democratic Party (US}}{{ushr|Kentucky|1|1}}. Oscar Turner (ID) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|2|2}}. James F. Clay (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|3|3}}. John E. Halsell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|4|4}}. Thomas A. Robertson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|5|5}}. Albert S. Willis (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|6|6}}. John G. Carlisle (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|7|7}}. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|8|8}}. Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|9|9}}. William W. Culbertson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|10|10}}. John D. White (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Kentucky|11|11}}. Frank L. Wolford (D)
==== Louisiana ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|1|1}}. Carleton Hunt (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|2|2}}. E. John Ellis (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|3|3}}. William Pitt Kellogg (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|4|4}}. Newton C. Blanchard (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|5|5}}. J. Floyd King (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Louisiana|6|6}}. Edward T. Lewis (D)
==== Maine ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|AL|At-large}}. Charles A. Boutelle (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|AL|At-large}}. Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|AL|At-large}}. Seth L. Milliken (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maine|AL|At-large}}. Thomas B. Reed (R)
==== Maryland ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|1|1}}. George W. Covington (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|2|2}}. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|3|3}}. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|4|4}}. John V. L. Findlay (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|5|5}}. Hart B. Holton (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Maryland|6|6}}. Louis E. McComas (R)
==== Massachusetts ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|1|1}}. Robert T. Davis (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|2|2}}. John D. Long (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|3|3}}. Ambrose A. Ranney (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|4|4}}. Patrick A. Collins (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|5|5}}. Leopold Morse (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|6|6}}. Henry B. Lovering (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|7|7}}. Eben F. Stone (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|8|8}}. William A. Russell (R) : {{Party stripe|Independent Republican (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|9|9}}. Theodore Lyman (IR) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|10|10}}. William W. Rice (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|11|11}}. William Whiting (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Massachusetts|12|12}}. George D. Robinson (R), until January 7, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Francis W. Rockwell (R), from January 17, 1884
==== Michigan ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|1|1}}. William C. Maybury (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|2|2}}. Nathaniel B. Eldredge (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|3|3}}. Edward S. Lacey (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|4|4}}. George L. Yaple (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|5|5}}. Julius Houseman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|6|6}}. Edwin B. Winans (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|7|7}}. Ezra C. Carleton (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|8|8}}. Roswell G. Horr (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|9|9}}. Byron M. Cutcheon (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|10|10}}. Herschel H. Hatch (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Michigan|11|11}}. Edward Breitung (R)
==== Minnesota ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|1|1}}. Milo White (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|2|2}}. James B. Wakefield (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|3|3}}. Horace B. Strait (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|4|4}}. William D. Washburn (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Minnesota|5|5}}. Knute Nelson (R)
==== Mississippi ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|1|1}}. Henry L. Muldrow (D) : {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|2|2}}. James R. Chalmers (I), from June 25, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|3|3}}. Elza Jeffords (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|4|4}}. Hernando D. Money (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|5|5}}. Otho R. Singleton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|6|6}}. Henry S. Van Eaton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Mississippi|7|7}}. Ethelbert Barksdale (D)
==== Missouri ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|1|1}}. William H. Hatch (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|2|2}}. Armstead M. Alexander (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|3|3}}. Alexander M. Dockery (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|4|4}}. James N. Burnes (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|5|5}}. Alexander Graves (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|6|6}}. John Cosgrove (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|7|7}}. Aylett H. Buckner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|8|8}}. John J. O'Neill (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|9|9}}. James O. Broadhead (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|10|10}}. Martin L. Clardy (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|11|11}}. Richard P. Bland (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|12|12}}. Charles H. Morgan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|13|13}}. Robert W. Fyan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Missouri|14|14}}. Lowndes H. Davis (D) {{col-break}}
==== Nebraska ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|1|1}}. Archibald J. Weaver (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|2|2}}. James Laird (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nebraska|3|3}}. Edward K. Valentine (R)
==== Nevada ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Nevada|AL|At-large}}. George W. Cassidy (D)
==== New Hampshire ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|1|1}}. Martin A. Haynes (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Hampshire|2|2}}. Ossian Ray (R)
==== New Jersey ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|1|1}}. Thomas M. Ferrell (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|2|2}}. J. Hart Brewer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|3|3}}. John Kean Jr. (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|4|4}}. Benjamin F. Howey (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|5|5}}. William W. Phelps (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|6|6}}. William H. F. Fiedler (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Jersey|7|7}}. William McAdoo (D)
==== New York ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|1|1}}. Perry Belmont (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|2|2}}. William E. Robinson (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|3|3}}. Darwin R. James (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|4|4}}. Felix Campbell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|5|5}}. Nicholas Muller (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|6|6}}. Samuel S. Cox (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|7|7}}. William Dorsheimer (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|8|8}}. John J. Adams (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|9|9}}. John Hardy (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|10|10}}. Abram S. Hewitt (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|11|11}}. Orlando B. Potter (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|12|12}}. Waldo Hutchins (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|13|13}}. John H. Ketcham (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|14|14}}. Lewis Beach (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|15|15}}. John H. Bagley Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|16|16}}. Thomas J. Van Alstyne (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|17|17}}. Henry G. Burleigh (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|18|18}}. Frederick A. Johnson (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|19|19}}. Abraham X. Parker (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|20|20}}. Edward Wemple (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|21|21}}. George W. Ray (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|22|22}}. Charles R. Skinner (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|23|23}}. John T. Spriggs (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|24|24}}. Newton W. Nutting (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|25|25}}. Frank Hiscock (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|26|26}}. Sereno E. Payne (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|27|27}}. James W. Wadsworth (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|28|28}}. Stephen C. Millard (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|29|29}}. John Arnot Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|30|30}}. Halbert S. Greenleaf (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|31|31}}. Robert S. Stevens (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|32|32}}. William F. Rogers (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|33|33}}. Francis B. Brewer (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|New York|AL|At-large}}. Henry W. Slocum (D)
==== North Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|1|1}}. Walter F. Pool (R), until August 25, 1883 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Thomas G. Skinner (D), from November 20, 1883 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|2|2}}. James E. O'Hara (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|3|3}}. Wharton J. Green (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|4|4}}. William Ruffin Cox (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|5|5}}. Alfred M. Scales (D), until December 30, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}James W. Reid (D), from January 28, 1885 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|6|6}}. Clement Dowd (D) : {{Party stripe|Independent Democratic Party (US}}{{ushr|North Carolina|7|7}}. Tyre York (ID) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|8|8}}. Robert B. Vance (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|North Carolina|AL|At-large}}. Risden T. Bennett (D)
==== Ohio ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|1|1}}. John F. Follett (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|2|2}}. Isaac M. Jordan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|3|3}}. Robert M. Murray (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|4|4}}. Benjamin Le Fevre (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|5|5}}. George E. Seney (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|6|6}}. William D. Hill (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|7|7}}. Henry L. Morey (R), until June 20, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}James E. Campbell (D), from June 20, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|8|8}}. J. Warren Keifer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|9|9}}. James S. Robinson (R), until January 12, 1885 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|10|10}}. Frank H. Hurd (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|11|11}}. John W. McCormick (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|12|12}}. Alphonso Hart (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|13|13}}. George L. Converse (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|14|14}}. George W. Geddes (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|15|15}}. Adoniram J. Warner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|16|16}}. Beriah Wilkins (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|17|17}}. Joseph D. Taylor (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|18|18}}. William McKinley (R), until May 27, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Jonathan H. Wallace (D), from May 27, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|19|19}}. Ezra B. Taylor (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|20|20}}. David R. Paige (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Ohio|21|21}}. Martin A. Foran (D)
==== Oregon ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Oregon|AL|At-large}}. Melvin C. George (R)
==== Pennsylvania ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|1|1}}. Henry H. Bingham (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|2|2}}. Charles O'Neill (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|3|3}}. Samuel J. Randall (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|4|4}}. William D. Kelley (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|5|5}}. Alfred C. Harmer (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|6|6}}. James B. Everhart (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|7|7}}. I. Newton Evans (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|8|8}}. Daniel Ermentrout (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|9|9}}. A. Herr Smith (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|10|10}}. William Mutchler (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|11|11}}. John B. Storm (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|12|12}}. Daniel W. Connolly (D) : {{Party stripe|Greenback Party}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|13|13}}. Charles N. Brumm (GB) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|14|14}}. Samuel F. Barr (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|15|15}}. George A. Post (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|16|16}}. William W. Brown (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|17|17}}. Jacob M. Campbell (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|18|18}}. Louis E. Atkinson (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|19|19}}. William A. Duncan (D), until November 14, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John A. Swope (D), from December 23, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|20|20}}. Andrew G. Curtin (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|21|21}}. Charles E. Boyle (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|22|22}}. James H. Hopkins (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|23|23}}. Thomas M. Bayne (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|24|24}}. George V. Lawrence (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|25|25}}. John D. Patton (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|26|26}}. Samuel H. Miller (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|27|27}}. Samuel M. Brainerd (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Pennsylvania|AL|At-large}}. Mortimer F. Elliott (D)
==== Rhode Island ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|1|1}}. Henry J. Spooner (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Rhode Island|2|2}}. Jonathan Chace (R), until January 26, 1885 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Nathan F. Dixon III (R), from February 12, 1885
==== South Carolina ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|1|1}}. Samuel Dibble (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|2|2}}. George D. Tillman (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|3|3}}. D. Wyatt Aiken (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|4|4}}. John H. Evins (D), until October 20, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John Bratton (D), from December 8, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|5|5}}. John J. Hemphill (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|6|6}}. George W. Dargan (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|South Carolina|7|7}}. Edmund W. M. Mackey (R), until January 27, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Robert Smalls (R), from March 18, 1884
==== Tennessee ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|1|1}}. Augustus H. Pettibone (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|2|2}}. Leonidas C. Houk (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|3|3}}. George G. Dibrell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|4|4}}. Benton McMillin (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|5|5}}. Richard Warner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|6|6}}. Andrew J. Caldwell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|7|7}}. John G. Ballentine (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|8|8}}. John M. Taylor (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|9|9}}. Rice A. Pierce (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Tennessee|10|10}}. H. Casey Young (D)
==== Texas ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|1|1}}. Charles Stewart (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|2|2}}. John H. Reagan (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|3|3}}. James H. Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|4|4}}. David B. Culberson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|5|5}}. James W. Throckmorton (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|6|6}}. Olin Wellborn (D) : {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|7|7}}. Thomas P. Ochiltree (I) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|8|8}}. James F. Miller (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|9|9}}. Roger Q. Mills (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|10|10}}. John Hancock (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Texas|11|11}}. Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)
==== Vermont ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|1|1}}. John W. Stewart (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Vermont|2|2}}. Luke P. Poland (R)
==== Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|1|1}}. Robert M. Mayo (RA), until March 20, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}George T. Garrison (D), from March 20, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|2|2}}. Harry Libbey (RA) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|3|3}}. George D. Wise (D) : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|4|4}}. Benjamin S. Hooper (RA) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|5|5}}. George Cabell (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|6|6}}. John R. Tucker (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|7|7}}. John Paul (D), until September 5, 1883 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Charles T. O'Ferrall (D), from May 5, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Virginia|8|8}}. John S. Barbour Jr. (D) : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|9|9}}. Henry Bowen (RA) : {{Party stripe|Readjuster Party}}{{ushr|Virginia|AL|At-large}}. John S. Wise (RA)
==== West Virginia ==== : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|1|1}}. Nathan Goff (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|2|2}}. William L. Wilson (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|3|3}}. John E. Kenna (D), until March 4, 1883 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Charles P. Snyder (D), from May 15, 1883 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|West Virginia|4|4}}. Eustace Gibson (D)
==== Wisconsin ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|1|1}}. John Winans (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|2|2}}. Daniel H. Sumner (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|3|3}}. Burr W. Jones (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|4|4}}. Peter V. Deuster (D) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|5|5}}. Joseph Rankin (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|6|6}}. Richard W. Guenther (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|7|7}}. Gilbert M. Woodward (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|8|8}}. William T. Price (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wisconsin|9|9}}. Isaac Stephenson (R)
==== Non-voting members ==== : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Arizona Territory|AL|Arizona Territory}}. Granville H. Oury (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Dakota Territory|AL|Dakota Territory}}. John B. Raymond (R) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Idaho Territory|AL|Idaho Territory}}. Theodore F. Singiser (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Montana Territory|AL|Montana Territory}}. Martin Maginnis (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|New Mexico Territory|AL|New Mexico Territory}}. Tranqulino Luna (R), until March 5, 1884 :: {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Francisco A. Manzanares (D), from March 5, 1884 : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Utah Territory|AL|Utah Territory}}. John T. Caine (D) : {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{ushr|Washington Territory|AL|Washington Territory}}. Thomas H. Brents (R) : {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{ushr|Wyoming Territory|AL|Wyoming Territory}}. Morton E. Post (D) {{col-break}} [[File:John Griffin Carlisle, Brady-Handy photo portrait, ca1870-1880.jpg|thumb|Speaker of the House<br>John G. Carlisle]] {{col-end}}
==Changes in membership== The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
=== Senate === * Replacements: 1 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican: 1 seat net gain ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 1 * Resignations: 0 * Interim appointment: 1 * Late election: 1 *'''Total seats with changes: 3''' <!-- Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --> {{Ordinal US Congress change|Senate}}
|- | New Hampshire (2) | nowrap | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect.<br/>Senator elected August 2, 1883. | nowrap {{Party shading/Republican}} | Austin F. Pike (R) | August 2, 1883
|- | Rhode Island (2) | nowrap {{Party shading/Republican}} | Henry B. Anthony (R) | Incumbent died September 2, 1884.<br/>Successor appointed November 19, 1884. | nowrap {{Party shading/Republican}} | William P. Sheffield (R) | November 19, 1884
|- | Rhode Island (2) | nowrap {{Party shading/Republican}} | William P. Sheffield (R) | Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 20, 1885. | nowrap {{Party shading/Republican}} | Jonathan Chace (R) | January 20, 1885
{{end}}
=== House of Representatives === * Replacements: 15 ** Democratic: 1 seat net gain ** Republican: 1 seat net loss ** National Greenback: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 9 * Resignations: 9 * Contested election: 8 *'''Total seats with changes: 25''' <!-- Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy --> {{Ordinal US Congress change|House}}
|- | {{ushr|Mississippi|2|Mississippi 2nd}} | Vacant | Chalmers took seat after an election contest with Van H. Manning who challenged his election | nowrap {{party shading/Independent (US)}} | James R. Chalmers (I) | June 25, 1884
|- | {{ushr|West Virginia|3|West Virginia 3rd}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | John E. Kenna (D) | Resigned March 4, 1883, when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles P. Snyder (D) | May 15, 1883
|- | {{ushr|Alabama|1|Alabama 1st}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Thomas H. Herndon (D) | Died March 28, 1883. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James T. Jones (D) | December 3, 1883
|- | {{ushr|Iowa|6|Iowa 6th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Marsena E. Cutts (R) | Died September 1, 1883. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | John C. Cook (D) | October 9, 1883
|- | {{ushr|Virginia|7|Virginia 7th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | John Paul (D) | Resigned September 5, 1883, to become judge of the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia. The House election was subsequently contested. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) | May 5, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Kansas|2|Kansas 2nd}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Dudley C. Haskell (R) | Died December 16, 1883. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Edward H. Funston (R) | March 21, 1884
|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|1|North Carolina 1st}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Walter F. Pool (R) | Died August 25, 1883. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Thomas G. Skinner (D) | November 20, 1883
|- | {{ushr|Massachusetts|12|Massachusetts 12th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | George D. Robinson (R) | Resigned January 7, 1884, when elected Governor of Massachusetts. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Francis W. Rockwell (R) | January 17, 1884
|- | {{ushr|South Carolina|7|South Carolina 7th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Edmund W. M. Mackey (R) | Died January 27, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Robert Smalls (R) | March 18, 1884
|- | {{ushr|New Mexico Territory|AL|New Mexico Territory At-large}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Tranquilino Luna (R) | Lost contested election March 5, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Francisco A. Manzanares (D) | March 5, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Virginia|1|Virginia 1st}} | nowrap {{party shading/Readjuster}} | Robert M. Mayo (RA) | Lost contested election March 20, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | George T. Garrison (D) | March 20, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Indiana|7|Indiana 7th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Stanton J. Peelle (R) | Lost contested election May 22, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | William E. English (D) | May 22, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Ohio|18|Ohio 18th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | William McKinley (R) | Lost contested election May 27, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Jonathan H. Wallace (D) | May 27, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Ohio|7|Ohio 7th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Henry L. Morey (R) | Lost contested election June 20, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James E. Campbell (D) | June 20, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Iowa|7|Iowa 7th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | John A. Kasson (R) | Resigned July 13, 1884, to become U.S. Minister to Germany. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Hiram Y. Smith (R) | December 2, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Indiana|13|Indiana 13th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | William H. Calkins (R) | Resigned October 20, 1884. | {{party shading/Anti-Monopoly}} | Benjamin F. Shively (AM) | December 1, 1884
|- | {{ushr|South Carolina|4|South Carolina 4th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | John H. Evins (D) | Died October 20, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | John Bratton (D) | December 8, 1884
|- | {{ushr|Pennsylvania|19|Pennsylvania 19th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | William A. Duncan (D) | Died November 14, 1884. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | John A. Swope (D) | December 23, 1884
|- | {{ushr|North Carolina|5|North Carolina 5th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Alfred M. Scales (D) | Resigned December 30, 1884, when elected Governor of North Carolina. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James W. Reid (D) | January 28, 1885
|- | {{ushr|Alabama|4|Alabama 4th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Charles M. Shelley (D) | Lost contested election January 9, 1885. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | George H. Craig (R) | January 9, 1885
|- | {{ushr|Ohio|9|Ohio 9th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | James S. Robinson (R) | Resigned January 12, 1885, to become Ohio Secretary of State. | Vacant | Not filled this term
|- | {{ushr|Rhode Island|2|Rhode Island 2nd}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Jonathan Chace (R) | Resigned January 26, 1885, when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Nathan F. Dixon III (R) | February 12, 1885
|- | {{ushr|Arkansas|2|Arkansas 2nd}} | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | James K. Jones (D) | Resigned February 19, 1885, when elected U.S. Senator. | Vacant | Not filled this term
|- | {{ushr|Iowa|5|Iowa 5th}} | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | James Wilson (R) | Lost contested election March 3, 1885. | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Benjamin T. Frederick (D) | March 3, 1885
{{end}}
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===Senate===
* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Warner Miller; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: James D. Walker) * Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson) * Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J. R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) * Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: William J. Sewell) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select) (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III) * Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) * Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard) * Fisheries (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Foreign Relations (Chairman: John F. Miller; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) * Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland) * Library (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: John S. Williams) * Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Van Wyck; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Jonas) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) * Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: Samuel B. Maxey; Ranking Member: Nathaniel P. Hill) * Ordnance and War Ships (Select) * Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) * Pensions (Chairman: John I. Mitchell; Ranking Member: James H. Slater) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Hill; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Maxey) * Potomac River Front (Select) * Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: N/A) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Bayard; Ranking Member: George F. Edmunds) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: William Mahone; Ranking Member: Charles W. Jones) * Public Lands (Chairman: Preston B. Plumb; Ranking Member: James H. Slater) * Railroads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Omar D. Conger; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Jones; Ranking Member: Henry B. Anthony then Samuel J.R. McMillan) * Rules (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Sioux and Crow Indians (Select) * Steel Producing Capacity of the United States (Select) * Tariff Regulation (Select) * Tenth Census (Select) (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: George H. Pendleton) * Territories (Chairman: Benjamin Harrison; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: James T. Farley) * Whole * Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member: Henry W. Blair)
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===House of Representatives===
* Accounts (Chairman: George W. Covington; Ranking Member: J. Hart Brewer) * Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: John D. Patton) * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: William D. Cox; Ranking Member: N/A) * American Ship building (Select) * Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: J. Warren Keifer) * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Aylett H. Buckner; Ranking Member: George L. Yaple) * Boynton Investigation (Select) * Claims (Chairman: Benton McMillin; Ranking Member: Charles P. Snyder) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Pleasant B. Tully) * Commerce (Chairman: John H. Reagan; Ranking Member: Ethelbert Barksdale) * District of Columbia (Chairman: John S. Barbour; Ranking Member: Samuel F. Barr) * Education (Chairman: D. Wyatt Aiken; Ranking Member: John Winans) * Elections (Chairman: Henry G. Turner; Ranking Member: John J. Adams) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William H. Neece; Ranking Member: Adoniram J. Holmes) * Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Casey Young; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm) * Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Henry Bowen) * Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Leopold Morse; Ranking Member: Leonidas C. Houk) * Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Charles H. Morgan; Ranking Member: Stanton J. Peelle) * Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Thomas Hardeman; Ranking Member: Samuel F. Barr) * Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Lowndes H. Davis; Ranking Member: Edward S. Lacey) * Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Philip B. Thompson; Ranking Member: Robert M. Mayo) * Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Perry Belmont; Ranking Member: Alfred C. Harmer) * Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Andrew G. Curtin; Ranking Member: John E. Lamb) * Indian Affairs (Chairman: Olin Wellborn; Ranking Member: Thomas G. Skinner) * Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: John H. Bagley Jr.) * Judiciary (Chairman: John R. Tucker; Ranking Member: William C. Maybury) * Labor (Chairman: James H. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Henry B. Lovering) * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: J. Floyd King; Ranking Member: Barclay Henley) * Manufactures (Chairman: John H. Bagley Jr.; Ranking Member: Robert M. Murray) * Mileage (Chairman: Samuel W. Moulton; Ranking Member: Ambrose A. Ranney) * Military Affairs (Chairman: William S. Rosecrans; Ranking Member: William A. Duncan) * Militia (Chairman: Nicholas Muller; Ranking Member: John G. Ballentine) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Richard Warner; Ranking Member: Robert S. Stevens) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: Samuel S. Cox; Ranking Member: William McAdoo) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman: George W. Cassidy; Ranking Member: George A. Post) * Patents (Chairman: Robert B. Vance; Ranking Member: John Winans) * Pensions (Chairman: Goldsmith W. Hewitt; Ranking Member: Frank L. Wolford) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: David R. Paige) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry L. Muldrow; Ranking Member: Robert Lowry) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Strother M. Stockslager; Ranking Member: Nicholas E. Worthington) * Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas R. Cobb; Ranking Member: Henry S. Van Eaton) * Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: Edward Wemple) * Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: John J. Hemphill) * Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Albert S. Willis; Ranking Member: Julius Houseman) * Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: J. Warren Keifer) * Standards of Official Conduct * Territories (Chairman: Luke Pryor; Ranking Member: Martin A. Foran) * War Claims (Chairman: George W. Geddes; Ranking Member: Thomas M. Ferrell) * Ways and Means (Chairman: William R. Morrison; Ranking Member: William D. Kelley) * Whole
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===Joint committees===
* Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Sen. William J. Sewell; Vice Chairman: Rep. Alfred H. Colquitt) * The Library (Chairman: Sen. John Sherman; Vice Chairman: Rep. Daniel W. Voorhees) * Printing (Chairman: Sen. Henry B. Anthony then Joseph R. Hawley; Vice Chairman: Rep. Arthur P. Gorman) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Sen. William Mahone; Vice Chairman: Rep. Charles W. Jones) * Scientific Bureaus
==Caucuses== * Democratic (House) * Democratic (Senate)
==Employees== === Legislative branch agency directors === * Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford * Public Printer of the United States: Sterling P. Rounds
=== Senate === * Chaplain: Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian), to December 18, 1883 ** Elias D. Huntley (Methodist), from December 18, 1883 * Librarian: P. J. Pierce, to 1884 ** George M. Weston, from 1884 * Secretary: Francis E. Shober (Acting), to December 18, 1883 ** Anson G. McCook, from December 18, 1883 * Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright, to December 18, 1883 ** William P. Canady, from December 18, 1883
=== House of Representatives === * Chaplain: Frederick D. Power (Disciples of Christ), until December 3, 1883 ** John S. Lindsay (Episcopalian), elected December 3, 1883 * Clerk: John B. Clark Jr., elected December 3, 1883 * Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield * Doorkeeper: James G. Wintersmith, elected December 3, 1883 * Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton, elected December 3, 1883 * Reading Clerks: ** T.O. Walker (D) ** Neill S. Brown Jr. (R) along with John S. Kenyon (R) (until December 1883) * Sergeant at Arms: George W. Hooker, until December 4, 1883 ** John P. Leedom, from December 4, 1883
== See also == * 1882 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1882–83 United States Senate elections ** 1882 United States House of Representatives elections * 1884 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1884 United States presidential election ** 1884–85 United States Senate elections ** 1884 United States House of Representatives elections
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}} *{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}} *{{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] *[http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/house_history/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: House History] *[https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists] * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 48th Congress, 1st Session |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081796736;view=2upeq=8;s }} * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 48th Congress, 1st Session (1st Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081796736&view=1up&seq=213 }} * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 48th Congress, 1st Session (2nd Revision) |url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063627749;view=1up;seq=9 }} * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 48th Congress, 2nd Session | url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101072368556;view=1up;seq=7 }} * {{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 48th Congress, 2nd Session (Revision) | url= http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081796728;view=1up;seq=219 }}
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