49th_United_States

49th 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 References
10 External links

The Forty-ninth 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, 1885 to March 3, 1887, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

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, 1885 - March 3, 1887

Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1885 – April 2, 1885
First session: December 7, 1885 - August 5, 1886
Second session: December 6, 1886 - March 3, 1887 — a lame duck session

Previous congress: 48th Congress
Next congress: 50th 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: 34
Republican: 42 (majority)

TOTAL members: 76

House of Representatives

Democratic: 182 (majority)
Republican: 141
National Greenback: 1
Independent Democratic: 1

TOTAL members: 325

Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President
Thomas A. Hendricks

Senate

Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, died November 25, 1885, vacant thereafter.
President pro tempore of the Senate:
- John Sherman, Republican of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885, resigned February 26, 1887.
- John J. Ingalls, Republican of Kansas, elected February 26, 1887.

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
- John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, reelected December 7, 1885.

Major events

Main article: Events of 1885; Events of 1886; Events of 1887

March 4, 1885 Grover Cleveland became President of the United States

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the 49th Congress

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: 49th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 49th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1884

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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

Alabama

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

Arkansas

2: Augustus H. Garland (D)

James H. Berry (D)
3: James K. Jones (D)

California

1: John F. Miller (R)

George Hearst (D)

Abram P. Williams (R)
3: Leland Stanford (R)

Colorado

2: Thomas M. Bowen (R)
3: Henry M. Teller (R)

Connecticut

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

Delaware

1: Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D)

George Gray (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)

Charles B. Farwell (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: Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

Louisiana

2: Randall L. Gibson (D)
3: James B. Eustis (D)

Maine

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

Maryland

1: Arthur Pue Gorman (D)
3: Ephraim K. Wilson (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)

Edward C. Walthall (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

2: Austin F. Pike (R)

Person C. Cheney (R)
3: Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

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

New York

1: Warner Miller (R)
3: William M. Evarts (R)

North Carolina

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

Ohio

1: John Sherman (R)
3: Henry B. Payne (D)

Oregon

2: Joseph N. Dolph (R)
3: John H. Mitchell (R)

Pennsylvania

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

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

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

Washington C. Whitthorne (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

1: Philetus Sawyer (R)
3: John C. Spooner (R)

President pro tempore
John Sherman

President pro tempore
John J. Ingalls

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