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Español49TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS
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The 'Forty-ninth United States Congress' was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC 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.
| Contents |
| Dates of sessions |
| Party summary |
| Leadership |
| Major events |
| Major legislation |
| Members |
| Senate |
| House of Representatives |
| Delegates |
| Changes in membership |
| Officers |
| References |
| External links |
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
:'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.
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| :'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.
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Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
| :'Senate' ★ replacements: 7 ★ ★ Democratic: 1 seat net gain ★ ★ Republican: 1 seat net loss ★ ★ Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss ★ deaths: 3 ★ resignations: 6 ★ interim appointments: 1 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 9' | :'House of Representatives' ★ replacements: 11 ★ ★ Democratic: 2 seat net gain ★ ★ Republican: 2 seat net loss ★ deaths: 8 ★ resignations: 7 ★ contested election: 1 ★ 'Total seats with changes: 17' |
Officers
| :'Senate' ★ Secretary of the Senate: ★ ★ Anson G. McCook of New York, elected December 18 1883 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: ★ ★ William P. Canady of North Carolina, elected December 18 1883 ★ Chaplain of the Senate ★ ★ The Rev. Elia D. Huntley, ''Methodist'', elected December 18 1883 ★ ★ The Rev. John G. Butler, ''Lutheran'', elected March 15 1886:'Other' ★ Architect of the Capitol: ★ ★ Edward Clark, appointed August 30 1865 | :'House of Representatives' ★ Clerk of the House: ★ ★ John B. Clark, Jr. of Missouri, elected December 7 1885 ★ Sergeant at Arms of the House: ★ ★ John P. Leedom of Ohio, elected December 7 1885 ★ Doorkeeper of the House: ★ ★ Samuel Donelson of Tennessee, elected December 7 1885 ★ Postmaster of the House: ★ ★ Lycurgus Dalton of Indiana, elected December 7 1885 ★ Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: ★ ★ Nathaniel T. Crutchfield ★ Chaplain of the House ★ ★ The Rev. William H. Milburn, ''Methodist'', elected December 7 1885 |
References
★ The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1989,
★ The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, , Kenneth C., Martis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1982,
External links
★ Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
★ U.S. House of Representatives: House History
★ U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
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