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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

DATES OF SESSIONS

March 4 , 1871 – March 3 , 1873

First session: March 4 , 1871 - April 20 , 1871

Special session of the Senate: May 10 , 1871 - May 27 , 1871 — called by President Ulysses S. Grant

Second session: December 4 , 1871 - June 10 , 1872

Third session: December 2 , 1872 - March 3 , 1873 — a Lame Duck session

MAJOR EVENTS

Main article: Events Of 1871 ; Events Of 1872 ; Events Of 1873

MAJOR LEGISLATION

Main article: List Of United States Federal Legislation In The Forty-second Congress

April 20 1871 - Ku Klux Act (Civil Rights Act of 1871, Ku Klux Klan Act), ch. 22, 17 Stat. 13

March 1 1872 - Yellowstone Act

May 10 1872 - General Mining Act Of 1872 , ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91; R.S. §§2319–2328, 2331, 2333–2338, 2344,

May 22 1872 - Amnesty Act

June 1 1872 - Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act ), ch. 255, 17 Stat. 196

February 12 1873 - Fourth Coinage Act , ch. 131, 17 Stat. 424

March 3 , 1873 - Comstock Act , ch. 258, 17 Stat. 598

PARTY SUMMARY

Senate

Republicans : 56

Democrats : 17

Liberal Republican: 1

House of Representatives

Republicans : 136

Democrats : 104

Liberal Republicans: 2

Independent Republican: 1

OFFICERS

Senate

Vice President Of The United States (President of the Senate):

--- Schuyler Colfax , '' Republican '' of Indiana

President ''pro Tempore'' :

--- Henry B. Anthony , '' Republican '' of Rhode Island

House of Representatives

Speaker Of The House Of Representatives :

--- James G. Blaine , '' Republican '' of Maine

MEMBERS

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.

See also: Forty-second United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: Forty-second United States Congress - Political Parties

See also: United States House Election, 1870

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

Senate

:Alabama

George E. Spencer (1836-1893), '' Republican ''

George Goldthwaite (1809-1879), '' Democratic '' ...contested election, seated January 9 , 1872 .

:Arkansas

Benjamin F. Rice (1828-1905), '' Republican ''

Powell Clayton (1833-1914), '' Republican ''

:California

Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), '' Republican ''

Eugene Casserly (1820-1883), '' Democratic ''

:Connecticut

Orris S. Ferry (1823-1875), '' Republican ''

William A. Buckingham (1804-1875), '' Republican ''

:Delaware

Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (1828-1898), '' Democratic ''

Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), '' Democratic ''

:Florida

Thomas W. Osborn (1833-1898), '' Republican ''

Abijah Gilbert (1806-1881), '' Republican ''

:Georgia

Joshua Hill (1812-1891), '' Republican ''

Thomas M. Norwood (1830-1913), '' Democratic '' …contested election, seated December 19 , 1871 , after Senate's refusal to seat Foster Blogett.

:Illinois

Lyman Trumbull (1813-1896), '' Democratic ''

John A. Logan (1826-1886), '' Republican ''

:Indiana

Oliver H.P.T. Morton (1823-1877), '' Republican ''

Daniel D. Pratt (1813-1877), '' Republican ''

:Iowa

James Harlan (1820-1899), '' Republican ''

George G. Wright (1820-1896), '' Republican ''

:Kansas

Samuel C. Pomeroy (1816-1891), '' Republican ''

Alexander Caldwell (1830-1917), '' Republican ''

:Kentucky

Garrett Davis (1801-1872), ''Unionist'' …died September 22 , 1872 .

: Willis B. Machen (1810-1893), '' Democratic '' …appointed to fill vacancy, seated December 2 , 1872 .

John W. Stevenson (1812-1886), '' Democratic ''

:Louisiana

William Pitt Kellogg (1830-1918), '' Republican '' …resigned November 1 , 1872 , seat remained vacant.

Joseph R. West (1822-1898), '' Republican ''

:Maine

Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891), '' Republican ''

Lot M. Morrill (1813-1883), '' Republican ''

:Maryland

George Vickers (1801-1879), '' Democratic ''

William T. Hamilton (1820-1888), '' Democratic ''

:Massachusetts

Charles Sumner (1811-1874), '' Republican ''

Henry Wilson (1812-1875), '' Republican '' …resigned March 3 , 1873 .

:Michigan

Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879), '' Republican ''

Thomas W. Ferry (1827-1896), '' Republican ''

:Minnesota

Alexander Ramsey (1815-1903), '' Republican ''

William Windom (1827-1891), '' Republican ''

:Mississippi

Adelbert Ames (1835-1933), '' Republican ''

James L. Alcorn (1816-1894), '' Republican '' …seated December 4 , 1871 .

:Missouri

Carl Schurz (1829-1906), '' Republican ''

Francis P. Blair, Jr. (1821-1875), '' Democratic ''

:Nebraska

Thomas W. Tipton (1817-1899), '' Republican ''

Phineas W. Hitchcock (1831-1881), '' Republican ''

:Nevada

William M. Stewart (1827-1909), '' Republican ''

James W. Nye (1815-1876), '' Republican ''

:New Hampshire

Aaron H. Cragin (1821-1898), '' Republican ''

James W. Patterson (1823-1893), '' Republican ''

:New Jersey

John P. Stockton (1826-1900), '' Democratic ''

Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (1817-1885), '' Republican ''

:New York

Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), '' Republican ''

Reuben E. Fenton (1819-1885), '' Republican ''

:North Carolina

John Pool (1826-1884), '' Republican ''

Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), '' Democratic '' …contested election, seated April 24 , 1872 .

:Ohio

John Sherman (1823-1900), '' Republican ''

Allen G. Thurman (1813-1895), '' Democratic ''

:Oregon

Henry W. Corbett (1827-1903), '' Republican ''

James K. Kelly (1819-1903), '' Democratic ''

:Pennsylvania

Simon Cameron (1799-1889), '' Republican ''

John Scott (1824-1896), '' Republican ''

:Rhode Island

Henry B. Anthony (1815-1884), '' Republican ''

William Sprague (1830-1915), '' Republican ''

:South Carolina

Thomas J. Robertson (1823-1897), '' Republican ''

Frederick A. Sawyer (1822-1891), '' Republican ''

:Tennessee

William G. Brownlow (1805-1877), '' Republican ''

Henry Cooper (1827-1884), '' Democratic ''

:Texas

Morgan C. Hamilton (1809-1893), '' Republican '' …contested election, seated March 20 , 1871 .

James W. Flanagan (1805-1887), '' Republican ''

:Vermont

George F. Edmunds (1828-1919), '' Republican ''

Justin S. Morrill (1810-1898), '' Republican ''

:Virginia

John W. Johnston (1818-1889), '' Democratic ''

John F. Lewis (1818-1895), '' Republican ''

:West Virginia

Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), '' Republican ''

Henry G. Davis (1823-1916), '' Democratic ''

:Wisconsin

Timothy O. Howe (1816-1883), '' Republican ''

Matthew H. Carpenter (1824-1881), '' Republican ''

House of Representatives

:Alabama

1. Benjamin S. Turner (1825-1894), '' Republican ''

2. Charles W. Buckley (1835-1906), '' Republican ''

3. William A. Handley (1834-1909), '' Democratic ''

4. Charles Hays (1834-1879), '' Republican ''

5. Peter M. Dox (1813-1891), '' Democratic ''

6. Joseph H. Sloss (1826-1911), '' Democratic ''

:Arkansas

1. James M. Hanks (1833-1909), '' Democratic ''

2. Oliver P. Snyder (1833-1882), '' Republican ''

3. John Edwards (1805-1894), ''Liberal Republican '' …contested election, served until February 9 , 1872 .

: Thomas Boles (1837-1905), '' Republican '' …contested election, seated February 9 , 1872 .

:California

1. Sherman O. Houghton (1828-1914), '' Republican ''

2. Aaron A. Sargent (1827-1887), '' Republican ''

3. John M. Coghlan (1835-1879), '' Republican ''

:Connecticut

1. Julius L. Strong (1828-1872), '' Republican ''

2. Stephen W. Kellogg (1822-1904), '' Republican ''

3. Henry H. Starkweather (1826-1876), '' Republican ''

4. William H. Barnum (1818-1889), '' Democratic ''

:Delaware

A/L. Benjamin T. Biggs (1821-1893), '' Democratic ''

:Florida

1. Josiah T. Walls (1842-1905), '' Republican ''

2. Silas L. Niblack (1825-1883), '' Democratic ''

:Georgia

1. Archibald T. Macintyre (1822-1900), '' Democratic ''

2. Richard H. Whiteley (1830-1890), '' Republican ''

3. John S. Bigby (1832-1898), '' Republican ''

4. Thomas J. Speer (1837-1872), '' Republican '' …died August 18 , 1872 .

: Erasmus W. Beck (1833-1898), '' Democratic '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 , 1872 .

5. Dudley M. Du Bose (1834-1883), '' Democratic ''

6. William P. Price (1835-1908), '' Democratic ''

7. Pierce M. Young (1836-1896), '' Democratic ''

:Illinois

1. Charles B. Farwell (1823-1903), '' Republican ''

2. John F. Farnsworth (1820-1897), '' Republican ''

3. Horatio C. Burchard (1825-1908), '' Republican ''

4. John B. Hawley (1831-1895), '' Republican ''

5. Bradford N. Stevens (1813-1885), '' Democratic ''

6. Burton C. Cook (1819-1894), '' Republican '' …resigned August 26 , 1871 .

: Henry Snapp (1822-1895), '' Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 4 , 1871 .

7. Jesse H. Moore (1817-1883), '' Republican ''

8. James C. Robinson (1823-1886), '' Democratic ''

9. Thompson W. McNeely (1835-1921), '' Democratic ''

10. Edward Y. Rice (1820-1883), '' Democratic ''

11. Samuel S. Marshall (1821-1890), '' Democratic ''

12. John B. Hay (1834-1916), '' Republican ''

13. John M. Crebs (1830-1890), '' Democratic ''

A/L. John L. Beveridge (1824-1910), '' Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4 , 1871 , resigned January 4 , 1873 .

:Indiana

1. William E. Niblack (1822-1893), '' Democratic ''

2. Michael C. Kerr (1827-1876), '' Democratic ''

3. William S. Holman (1822-1897), '' Democratic ''

4. Jeremiah M. Wilson (1828-1901), '' Republican ''

5. John Coburn (1825-1908), '' Republican ''

6. Daniel W. Voorhees (1827-1897), '' Democratic ''

7. Mahlon D. Manson (1820-1895), '' Democratic ''

8. James N. Tyner (1826-1904), '' Republican ''

9. John P. Shanks (1826-1901), '' Republican ''

10 William Williams (1821-1896), '' Republican ''

11. Jasper Packard (1832-1899), '' Republican ''

:Iowa

1. George W. McCrary (1835-1890), '' Republican ''

2. Aylett R. Cotton (1826-1912), '' Republican ''

3. William G. Donnan (1834-1908), '' Republican ''

4. Madison M. Walden (1836-1891), '' Republican ''

5. Francis W. Palmer (1827-1907), '' Republican ''

6. Jackson Orr (1832-1926), '' Republican ''

:Kansas

A/L. David P. Lowe (1823-1882), '' Republican ''

:Kentucky

1. Edward Crossland (1827-1881), '' Democratic ''

2. Henry D. McHenry (1826-1890), '' Democratic ''

3. Joseph H. Lewis (1824-1904), '' Democratic ''

4. William B. Read (1817-1880), '' Democratic ''

5. Boyd Winchester (1836-1923), '' Democratic ''

6. William E. Arthur (1825-1897), '' Democratic ''

7. James B. Beck (1822-1890), '' Democratic ''

8. George M. Adams (1837-1920), '' Democratic ''

9. John M. Rice (1831-1895), '' Democratic ''

:Louisiana

1. Jacob H. Sypher (1837-1913), '' Republican ''

2. Lionel A. Sheldon (1828-1917), '' Republican ''

3. Chester B. Darrall (1842-1908), '' Republican ''

4. James McCleery (1837-1871), '' Republican '' …died November 5 , 1871 , never having qualified.

: Alexander Boarman (1839-1916), ''Liberal Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 3 , 1872 .

5. Frank Morey (1840-1889), '' Republican ''

:Maine

1. John Lynch (1825-1892), '' Republican ''

2. William P. Frye (1830-1911), '' Republican ''

3. James G. Blaine (1830-1893), '' Republican ''

4. John A. Peters (1822-1904), '' Republican ''

5. Eugene Hale (1836-1918), '' Republican ''

:Maryland

1. Samuel Hambleton (1812-1886), '' Democratic ''

2. Stevenson Archer (1827-1898), '' Democratic ''

3. Thomas Swann (1809-1883), '' Democratic ''

4. William M. Merrick (1818-1889), '' Democratic ''

5 John Ritchie (1831-1887), '' Democratic ''

:Massachusetts

. James Buffinton (1817-1875), '' Republican ''

. Oakes Ames (1804-1873), '' Republican ''

. Ginery Twichell (1811-1883), '' Republican ''

. Samuel Hooper (1808-1875), '' Republican ''

. Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), '' Republican ''

. Nathaniel P. Banks (1816-1894), '' Republican ''

. George M. Brooks (1824-1893), '' Republican '' …resigned May 13 , 1872 .

: Constantine C. Esty (1824-1912), '' Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 , 1872 .

. George F. Hoar (1826-1904), '' Republican ''

. William B. Washburn (1820-1887), '' Republican '' …resigned December 5 , 1871 .

: Alvah Crocker (1801-1874), '' Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 14 , 1872 .

. Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), '' Republican ''

:Michigan

1. Henry Waldron (1819-1880), '' Republican ''

2. William L. Stoughton (1827-1888), '' Republican ''

3. Austin Blair (1818-1894), '' Republican ''

4. Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), '' Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy from the preceding Congress, seated December 4 , 1871 .

5. Omar D. Conger (1818-1898), '' Republican ''

6. Jabez G. Sutherland (1825-1902), '' Democratic ''

:Minnesota

1. Mark H. Dunnell (1823-1904), '' Republican ''

2. John T. Averill (1825-1889), '' Republican ''

:Mississippi

1. George E. Harris (1827-1911), '' Republican ''

2. Joseph L. Morphis (1831-1913), '' Republican ''

3. Henry W. Barry (1840-1875), '' Republican ''

4. George C. McKee (1837-1890), '' Republican ''

5. Legrand W. Perce (1836-1911), '' Republican ''

:Missouri

1. Erastus Wells (1823-1893), '' Democratic ''

2. Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (1837-1908), '' Republican ''

3. James R. McCormick (1824-1897), '' Democratic ''

4. Harrison E. Havens (1837-1916), '' Republican ''

5. Samuel S. Burdett (1836-1914), '' Republican ''

6. Abram Comingo (1820-1889), '' Democratic ''

7. Isaac C. Parker (1838-1896), '' Republican ''

8. James G. Blair (1825-1904), ''Liberal Republican ''

9. Andrew King (1812-1895), '' Democratic ''

:Nebraska

A/L. John Taffe (1827-1884), '' Republican ''

:Nevada

A/L. Charles W. Kendall (1828-1914), '' Democratic ''

:New Hampshire

1. Ellery A. Hibbard (1826-1903), '' Democratic ''

2. Samuel N. Bell (1829-1889), '' Democratic ''

3. Hosea W. Parker (1833-1922), '' Democratic ''

:New Jersey

1. John W. Hazelton (1814-1878), '' Republican ''

2. Samuel C. Forker (1821-1900), '' Democratic ''

3. John T. Bird (1829-1911), '' Democratic ''

4. John Hill (1821-1884), '' Republican ''

5. George A. Halsey (1827-1894), '' Republican ''

:New York

1. Dwight Townsend (1826-1899), '' Democratic ''

2. Thomas Kinsella (1832-1884), '' Democratic ''

3. Henry W. Slocum (1827-1894), '' Democratic ''

4. Robert B. Roosevelt (1829-1906), '' Democratic ''

5. William R. Roberts (1830-1897), '' Democratic ''

6. Samuel S. Cox (1824-1889), '' Democratic ''

7. Smith Ely, Jr. (1825-1911), '' Democratic ''

8. James Brooks (1810-1873), '' Democratic ''

9. Fernando Wood (1812-1881), '' Democratic ''

10. Clarkson N. Potter (1825-1882), '' Democratic ''

11. Charles St. John (1818-1891), '' Republican ''

12. John H. Ketcham (1832-1906), '' Republican ''

13. Joseph H. Tuthill (1811-1877), '' Democratic ''

14. Eli Perry (1799-1881), '' Democratic ''

15. Joseph M. Warren (1813-1896), '' Democratic ''

16. John Rogers (1813-1879), '' Democratic ''

17. William A. Wheeler (1819-1887), '' Republican ''

18. John M. Carroll (1823-1901), '' Democratic ''

19. Elizur H. Prindle (1829-1890), '' Republican ''

20. Clinton L. Merriam (1824-1900), '' Republican ''

21. Ellis H. Roberts (1827-1918), '' Republican ''

22. William E. Lansing (1821-1883), '' Republican ''

23. Rodolphus H. Duell (1824-1891), '' Republican ''

24. John E. Seeley (1810-1875), '' Republican ''

25. William H. Lamport (1811-1891), '' Republican ''

26. Milo Goodrich (1814-1881), '' Republican ''

27. Horace Boardman Smith (1826-1888), '' Republican ''

28. Freeman Clarke (1809-1887), '' Republican ''

29. Seth Wakeman (1811-1880), '' Republican ''

30. William Williams (1815-1876), '' Democratic ''

31. Walter L. Sessions (1820-1896), '' Republican ''

:North Carolina

1. Clinton L. Cobb (1842-1879), '' Republican ''

2. Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891), '' Republican ''

3. Alfred M. Waddell (1834-1912), '' Democratic ''

4. Sion H. Rogers (1825-1874), '' Democratic '' …contested elected, seated May 23 , 1872 .

5. James M. Leach (1815-1891), '' Democratic ''

6. Francis E. Shober (1831-1896), '' Democratic ''

7. James C. Harper (1819-1890), '' Democratic ''

:Ohio

1. Aaron F. Perry (1815-1893), '' Republican '' …resigned 1872 .

: Ozro J. Dodds (1840-1882), '' Democratic '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 2 , 1872 .

2. Job E. Stevenson (1832-1922), '' Republican ''

3. Lewis D. Campbell (1811-1882), '' Democratic ''

4. John F. McKinney (1827-1903), '' Democratic ''

5. Charles N. Lamison (1826-1896), '' Democratic ''

6. John A. Smith (1814-1892), '' Republican ''

7. Samuel Shellabarger (1817-1896), '' Republican ''

8. John Beatty (1828-1914), '' Republican ''

9. Charles Foster (1828-1904), '' Republican ''

10. Erasmus D. Peck (1808-1876), '' Republican ''

11. John T. Wilson (1811-1891), '' Republican ''

12. Van Trump Philadelph (1810-1874), '' Democratic ''

13. George W. Morgan (1820-1893), '' Democratic ''

14. James Monroe (1821-1898), '' Republican ''

15. William P. Sprague (1827-1899), '' Republican ''

16. John A. Bingham (1815-1900), '' Republican ''

17. Jacob A. Ambler (1829-1906), '' Republican ''

18. William H. Upson (1823-1910), '' Republican ''

19. James A. Garfield (1831-1881), '' Republican ''

:Oregon

A/L. James H. Slater (1826-1899), '' Democratic ''

:Pennsylvania

1. Samuel J. Randall (1828-1890), '' Democratic ''

2. John V. Creely (1839-1900), ''Independent Republican ''

3. Leonard Myers (1827-1905), '' Republican ''

4. William D. Kelley (1814-1890), '' Republican ''

5. Alfred C. Harmer (1825-1900), '' Republican ''

6. Ephraim L. Acker (1827-1903), '' Democratic ''

7. Washington Townsend (1813-1894), '' Republican ''

8. James L. Getz (1821-1891), '' Democratic ''

9. Oliver J. Dickey (1823-1876), '' Republican ''

10. John W. Killinger (1824-1896), '' Republican ''

11. John B. Storm (1838-1901), '' Democratic ''

12. Lazarus D. Shoemaker (1819-1893), '' Republican ''

13. Ulysses Mercur (1818-1887), '' Republican '' …resigned December 2 , 1872 .

: Frank C. Bunnell (1842-1911), '' Republican '' …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 7 , 1873 .

14. John B. Packer (1824-1891), '' Republican ''

15. Richard J. Haldeman (1831-1886), '' Democratic ''

16. Benjamin F. Meyers (1833-1918), '' Democratic ''

17. Robert M. Speer (1838-1890), '' Democratic ''

18. Henry Sherwood (1813-1896), '' Democratic ''

19. Glenni W. Scofield (1817-1891), '' Republican ''

20. Samuel Griffith (1816-1893), '' Democratic ''

21. Henry D. Foster (1808-1880), '' Democratic ''

22. James S. Negley (1826-1901), '' Republican ''

23. Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907), '' Republican ''

24. William McClelland (1842-1892), '' Democratic ''

:Rhode Island

1. Benjamin T. Eames (1818-1901), '' Republican ''

2. James M. Pendleton (1822-1889), '' Republican ''

:South Carolina

1. Joseph H. Rainey (1832-1887), '' Republican ''

2. Robert C. De Large (1842-1874), '' Republican '' …contested election, seat declared vacant January 24 , 1873 .

3. Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884), '' Republican ''

4. Alexander S. Wallace (1810-1893), '' Republican ''

:Tennessee

1. Roderick R. Butler (1827-1902), '' Republican ''

2. Horace Maynard (1814-1882), '' Republican ''

3. Abraham E. Garrett (1830-1907), '' Democratic ''

4. John M. Bright (1817-1911), '' Democratic ''

5. Edward I. Golladay (1830-1897), '' Democratic ''

6. Washington C. Whitthorne (1825-1891), '' Democratic ''

7. Robert P. Caldwell (1821-1885), '' Democratic ''

8. William W. Vaughan (1831-1878), '' Democratic ''

:Texas

1. William S. Herndon (1835-1903), '' Democratic ''

2. John C. Conner (1842-1873), '' Democratic ''

3. William T. Clark (1831-1905), '' Republic