48th_United_States

48th United States Congress

United States Capitol (1906)

1 Dates of sessions
2 Party summary
3 Leadership
4 Major events
5 Major legislation
6 Members
7 Changes in membership
8 Officers
9 Notes
10 References
11 External links

The Forty-eighth 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 3, 1885, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur.

The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885

First session: December 3, 1883 - July 7, 1884
Second session: December 1, 1884 - March 3, 1885 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 47th Congress
Next congress: 49th Congress

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

Democratic: 36
Republican: 38 (majority)
Readjuster: 2

TOTAL members: 76

House of Representatives

Democratic: 196 (majority)
Republican: 117
Readjuster: 4
Independent Democratic: 3
National Greenback: 2
Independent Republican: 1
Independent: 2

TOTAL members: 325

Leadership

Senate

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- vacant
President pro tempore of the Senate:
- George F. Edmunds, Republican of Vermont, first elected in this Congress December 3, 1883.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
- John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, elected December 3, 1883.

Major events

Main article: Events of 1883; Events of 1884; Events of 1885

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 486th Congress

May 17, 1884 Alaska Territory was organized.

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

See also: 48th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 48th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1882

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1884.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Senate

Alabama

2: John T. Morgan (D)
3: James L. Pugh (D)

Arkansas

2: Augustus H. Garland (D)
3: James D. Walker (D)

California

3: James T. Farley (D)
1: John F. Miller (R)

Colorado

3: Nathaniel P. Hill (R)
2: Thomas M. Bowen (R)

Connecticut

3: Orville H. Platt (R)
1: Joseph R. Hawley (R)

Delaware

1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D)
2: Eli M. Saulsbury (D)

Florida

1: Charles W. Jones (D)
3: Wilkinson Call (D)

Georgia

3: Joseph E. Brown (D)
2: Alfred H. Colquitt (D)

Illinois

3: John A. Logan (R)
2: Shelby M. Cullom (R)

Indiana

3: Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
1: Benjamin Harrison (R)

Iowa

3: William B. Allison (R)
2: James F. Wilson (R)

Kansas

3: John J. Ingalls (R)
2: Preston B. Plumb (R)

Kentucky

2: James B. Beck (D)
3: John S. Williams (D)

Louisiana

3: Benjamin F. Jonas (D)
2: Randall L. Gibson (D)

Maine

1: Eugene Hale (R)
2: William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

3: James B. Groome (D)
1: Arthur Pue Gorman (D)

Massachusetts

1: Henry L. Dawes (R)
2: George F. Hoar (R)

Michigan

1: Omar D. Conger (R)
2: Thomas W. Palmer (R)

Minnesota

1: Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)
2: Dwight M. Sabin (R)

Mississippi

2: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)
1: James Z. George (D)

Missouri

1: Francis M. Cockrell (D)
3: George G. Vest (D)

Nebraska

1: Charles H. Van Wyck (R)
2: Charles F. Manderson (R)

Nevada

3: John P. Jones (R)
1: James G. Fair (D)

New Hampshire

3: Henry W. Blair (R)
2: Austin F. Pike (R)

New Jersey

2: John R. McPherson (D)
1: William J. Sewell (R)

New York

1: Warner Miller (R)
3: Elbridge G. Lapham (R)

North Carolina

2: Matt W. Ransom (D)
3: Zebulon B. Vance (D)

Ohio

3: George H. Pendleton (D)
1: John Sherman (R)

Oregon

3: James H. Slater (D)
2: Joseph N. Dolph (R)

Pennsylvania

3: J. Donald Cameron (R)
1: John I. Mitchell (R)

Rhode Island

2: Henry B. Anthony (R)

William P. Sheffield (R)

Jonathan Chace (R)
1: Nelson W. Aldrich (R)

South Carolina

2: Matthew C. Butler (D)
3: Wade Hampton, III (D)

Tennessee

2: Isham G. Harris (D)
1: Howell E. Jackson (D)

Texas

1: Samuel B. Maxey (D)
2: Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

1: George F. Edmunds (R)
3: Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

1: William Mahone (RD)
2: Harrison H. Riddleberger (RD)

West Virginia

1: Johnson N. Camden (D)
2: John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin

3: Angus Cameron (R)
1: Philetus Sawyer (R)

President pro tempore
George F. Edmunds

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama