47th United States Congress explained

Imagedate:1877
Number:47th
Start:March 4, 1881
End:March 4, 1883
Vp:Chester A. Arthur (R)
(until September 19, 1881)
Vacant
(from September 19, 1881)
Pro Tem:Thomas F. Bayard (D)
David Davis (I)
George F. Edmunds (R)
Speaker:J. Warren Keifer (R)
Senators:76
Reps:293
Delegates:8
S-Majority:Split
H-Majority:Republican
Sessionnumber1:Special
Sessionstart1:March 4, 1881
Sessionend1:May 20, 1881
Sessionnumber2:Special
Sessionstart2:October 10, 1881
Sessionend2:October 29, 1881
Sessionnumber3:1st
Sessionstart3:December 5, 1881
Sessionend3:August 8, 1882
Sessionnumber4:2nd
Sessionstart4:December 4, 1882
Sessionend4:March 3, 1883
Previous:46th
Next:48th

The 47th 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, 1881, to March 4, 1883, during the six months of James Garfield's presidency, and the first year and a half of Chester Arthur's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census. The House had a Republican majority; the Senate was evenly divided for the first time ever, with no vice president to break ties for most of this term.[1]

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

Party

(Shading indicates party control)

Total
Democratic
(D)		Independent
(I)		Readjuster
(RA)		Republican
(R)		Vacant
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previous Congress		421032751
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nowrap style="font-size:80%" March 14, 188136751
nowrap style="font-size:80%" March 18, 1881371137760
nowrap style="font-size:80%" May 16, 188137 1135742
nowrap style="font-size:80%" July 27, 188136751
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nowrap style="font-size:80%" September 13, 188136751
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nowrap style="font-size:80%" November 15, 1881
nowrap style="font-size:80%" April 17, 1882
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nowrap style="font-size:80%" November 15, 188237760
nowrap style="font-size:80%" January 27, 1883
Final voting share48.7% 1.3% 1.3% 48.7%
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next Congress		360238760

House of Representatives

Party

(Shading indicates party control)

Total
Democratic
(D)		Independent
Democrat
(ID)		Independent
(I)		Greenback
(GB)		Independent
Republican
(IR)		Republican
(R)		Vacant
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previous Congress		146411101292912
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March 17, 18811452903
March 21, 18811442894
April 5, 18811452903
April 26, 18811332894
June 9, 18811342903
July 26, 18811442894
July 29, 18811432885
September 12, 18811442894
October 5, 18811432885
November 8, 18811351452912
December 5, 18811361462930
April 8, 18821352921
April 29, 1882134147
May 31, 18821331
June 1, 1882132148
June 3, 188213110
June 29, 18821472912
July 19, 1882130148
July 20, 18821292903
October 12, 188292894
November 4, 18821282885
November 7, 18821291492903
November 30, 18821482894
December 4, 18821302903
December 15, 1882 1492912
December 16, 18821482903
January 2, 1883 1492912
January 15, 18831312921
January 17, 1883 1502930
January 18, 1883 1302921
March 2, 1883129151
March 3, 1883130150
Final voting share 
Beginning of the next Congress19636211173251

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Major events

See main article: 1881 in the United States, 1882 in the United States and 1883 in the United States.

Major legislation

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

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.

2. John T. Morgan (D)

3. James L. Pugh (D)

2. Augustus H. Garland (D)

3. James D. Walker (D)

1. John F. Miller (R)

3. James T. Farley (D)

2. Henry M. Teller (R), until April 17, 1882

George M. Chilcott (R), April 17, 1882 - January 27, 1883

Horace A. W. Tabor (R), from January 27, 1883

3. Nathaniel P. Hill (R)

1. Joseph R. Hawley (R)

3. Orville H. Platt (R)

1. Thomas F. Bayard Sr. (D)

2. Eli Saulsbury (D)

1. Charles W. Jones (D)

3. Wilkinson Call (D)

2. Benjamin H. Hill (D), until August 16, 1882

M. Pope Barrow (D), from November 15, 1882

3. Joseph E. Brown (D)

2. David Davis (I)

3. John A. Logan (R)

1. Benjamin Harrison (R)

3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R), until March 7, 1881

James W. McDill (R), from March 8, 1881

3. William B. Allison (R)

2. Preston B. Plumb (R)

3. John J. Ingalls (R)

2. James B. Beck (D)

3. John S. Williams (D)

2. William Pitt Kellogg (R)

3. Benjamin F. Jonas (D)

1. Eugene Hale (R)

2. James G. Blaine (R), until March 5, 1881

William P. Frye (R), from March 15, 1881

1. Arthur Pue Gorman (D)

3. James B. Groome (D)

1. Henry L. Dawes (R)

2. George F. Hoar (R)

1. Omar D. Conger (R)

2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)

2. William Windom (R),until March 7, 1881

Alonzo J. Edgerton (R), March 12, 1881 – October 30, 1881

William Windom (R), from November 15, 1881

1. James Z. George (D)

2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

1. Francis M. Cockrell (D)

3. George G. Vest (D)

1. Charles H. Van Wyck (R)

2. Alvin Saunders (R)

1. James G. Fair (D)

3. John P. Jones (R)

2. Edward H. Rollins (R)

3. Henry W. Blair (R)

1. William J. Sewell (R)

2. John R. McPherson (D)

1. Thomas C. Platt (R), until May 16, 1881

Warner Miller (R), from July 27, 1881

3. Roscoe Conkling (R), until May 16, 1881

Elbridge G. Lapham (R), from July 29, 1881

2. Matt W. Ransom (D)

3. Zebulon B. Vance (D)

1. John Sherman (R)

3. George H. Pendleton (D)

2. La Fayette Grover (D)

3. James H. Slater (D)

1. John I. Mitchell (R)

3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

1. Ambrose E. Burnside (R), until September 13, 1881

Nelson W. Aldrich (R), from October 5, 1881

2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

2. Matthew C. Butler (D)

3. Wade Hampton III (D)

1. Howell E. Jackson (D)

2. Isham G. Harris (D)

1. Samuel B. Maxey (D)

2. Richard Coke (D)

1. George F. Edmunds (R)

3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

1. William Mahone (RA)

2. John W. Johnston (D)

1. Johnson N. Camden (D)

2. Henry G. Davis (D)

1. Philetus Sawyer (R)

3. Angus Cameron (R), from March 14, 1881

House of Representatives

Members' names are preceded by their district numbers.

. Thomas H. Herndon (D)

. Hilary A. Herbert (D)

. William C. Oates (D)

. Charles M. Shelley (D), until July 20, 1882

Charles M. Shelley (D), from November 7, 1882

. Thomas Williams (D)

. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)

. William H. Forney (D)

. Joseph Wheeler (D), until June 3, 1882

William M. Lowe (GB), June 3, 1882 – October 12, 1882

Joseph Wheeler (D), from January 15, 1883

. Poindexter Dunn (D)

. James K. Jones (D)

. Jordan E. Cravens (D)

. Thomas M. Gunter (D)

. William S. Rosecrans (D)

. Horace F. Page (R)

. Campbell P. Berry (D)

. Romualdo Pacheco (R)

. James B. Belford (R)

. John R. Buck (R)

. James Phelps (D)

. John T. Wait (R)

. Frederick Miles (R)

. Edward L. Martin (D)

. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)

. Jesse J. Finley (D), until June 1, 1882

Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R), from June 1, 1882

. George R. Black (D)

. Henry G. Turner (D)

. Philip Cook (D)

. Hugh Buchanan (D)

. Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)

. James H. Blount (D)

. Judson C. Clements (D)

. Alexander H. Stephens (D), until November 4, 1882

Seaborn Reese (D), from December 4, 1882

. Emory Speer (ID)

. William Aldrich (R)

. George R. Davis (R)

. Charles B. Farwell (R)

. John C. Sherwin (R)

. Robert M. A. Hawk (R), until June 29, 1882

Robert R. Hitt (R), from December 4, 1882

. Thomas J. Henderson (R)

. William Cullen (R)

. Lewis E. Payson (R)

. John H. Lewis (R)

. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)

. James W. Singleton (D)

. William M. Springer (D)

. Dietrich C. Smith (R)

. Joseph G. Cannon (R)

. Samuel W. Moulton (D)

. William A. J. Sparks (D)

. William R. Morrison (D)

. John R. Thomas (R)

. Richard W. Townshend (D)

. William Heilman (R)

. Thomas R. Cobb (D)

. Strother M. Stockslager (D)

. William S. Holman (D)

. Courtland C. Matson (D)

. Thomas M. Browne (R)

. Stanton J. Peelle (R)

. Robert B. F. Peirce (R)

. Godlove S. Orth (R), until December 16, 1882

Charles T. Doxey (R), from January 17, 1883

. Mark L. De Motte (R)

. George W. Steele (R)

. Walpole G. Colerick (D)

. William H. Calkins (R)

. Moses A. McCoid (R)

. Sewall S. Farwell (R)

. Thomas Updegraff (R)

. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)

. William G. Thompson (R)

. Marsena E. Cutts (R), until March 3, 1883

John C. Cook (D), from March 3, 1883

. John A. Kasson (R)

. William P. Hepburn (R)

. Cyrus C. Carpenter (R)

. John A. Anderson (R)

. Dudley C. Haskell (R)

. Thomas Ryan (R)

. Oscar Turner (D)

. James A. McKenzie (D)

. John William Caldwell (D)

. J. Proctor Knott (D)

. Albert S. Willis (D)

. John G. Carlisle (D)

. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

. Philip B. Thompson Jr. (D)

. John D. White (R)

. Elijah C. Phister (D)

. Randall L. Gibson (D)

. E. John Ellis (D)

. Chester B. Darrall (R)

. Newton C. Blanchard (D)

. J. Floyd King (D)

. Edward W. Robertson (D)

. Thomas B. Reed (R)

. William P. Frye (R), until March 17, 1881

Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) from September 12, 1881

. Stephen D. Lindsey (R)

. George W. Ladd (GB)

. Thompson H. Murch (GB)

. George W. Covington (D)

. J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)

. Fetter S. Hoblitzell (D)

. Robert M. McLane (D)

. Andrew G. Chapman (D)

. Milton G. Urner (R)

. William W. Crapo (R)

. Benjamin W. Harris (R)

. Ambrose A. Ranney (R)

. Leopold Morse (D)

. Selwyn Z. Bowman (R)

. Eben F. Stone (R)

. William A. Russell (R)

. John W. Candler (R)

. William W. Rice (R)

. Amasa Norcross (R)

. George D. Robinson (R)

. Henry W. Lord (R)

. Edwin Willits (R)

. Edward S. Lacey (R)

. Julius C. Burrows (R)

. George W. Webber (R)

. Oliver L. Spaulding (R)

. John T. Rich (R), from April 5, 1881

. Roswell G. Horr (R)

. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

. Mark H. Dunnell (R)

. Horace B. Strait (R)

. William D. Washburn (R)

. Henry L. Muldrow (D)

. Vannoy H. Manning (D)

. Hernando Money (D)

. Otho R. Singleton (D)

. Charles E. Hooker (D)

. James R. Chalmers (D), until April 29, 1882

John R. Lynch (R), from April 29, 1882

. Martin L. Clardy (D)

. Thomas Allen (D), until April 8, 1882

James Henry McLean (R), from December 15, 1882

. Richard G. Frost (D), until March 2, 1883

Gustavus Sessinghaus (R), from March 2, 1883

. Lowndes H. Davis (D)

. Richard P. Bland (D)

. Ira Haseltine (GB)

. Theron M. Rice (GB)

. Robert T. Van Horn (R)

. Nicholas Ford (GB)

. Joseph H. Burrows (GB)

. John B. Clark Jr. (D)

. William H. Hatch (D)

. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

. Edward K. Valentine (R)

. George W. Cassidy (D)

. Joshua G. Hall (R)

. James F. Briggs (R)

. Ossian Ray (R)

. George M. Robeson (R)

. J. Hart Brewer (R)

. Miles Ross (D)

. Henry S. Harris (D)

. John Hill (R)

. Phineas Jones (R)

. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

. Perry Belmont (D)

. William E. Robinson (D)

. J. Hyatt Smith (I)

. Archibald M. Bliss (D)

. Benjamin Wood (D)

. Samuel S. Cox (D)

. P. Henry Dugro (D)

. Anson G. McCook (R)

. John Hardy (D), from December 5, 1881

. Abram S. Hewitt (D)

. Levi P. Morton (R), until March 21, 1881

Roswell P. Flower (D), from November 8, 1881

. Waldo Hutchins (D)

. John H. Ketcham (R)

. Lewis Beach (D)

. Thomas Cornell (R)

. Michael N. Nolan (D)

. Walter A. Wood (R)

. John Hammond (R)

. Abraham X. Parker (R)

. George West (R)

. Ferris Jacobs Jr. (R)

. Warner Miller (R), until July 26, 1881

Charles R. Skinner (R) from November 18, 1881

. Cyrus D. Prescott (R)

. Joseph Mason (R)

. Frank Hiscock (R)

. John H. Camp (R)

. Elbridge G. Lapham (R), until July 29, 1881

James W. Wadsworth (R), from November 8, 1881

. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)

. David P. Richardson (R)

. John Van Voorhis (R)

. Richard Crowley (R)

. Jonathan Scoville (D)

. Henry H. Van Aernam (R)

. Louis C. Latham (D)

. Orlando Hubbs (R)

. John W. Shackelford (D), until January 18, 1883

. William Ruffin Cox (D)

. Alfred M. Scales (D)

. Clement Dowd (D)

. Robert F. Armfield (D)

. Robert B. Vance (D)

. Benjamin Butterworth (R)

. Thomas L. Young (R)

. Henry L. Morey (R)

. Emanuel Shultz (R)

. Benjamin Le Fevre (D)

. James M. Ritchie (R)

. John P. Leedom (D)

. J. Warren Keifer (R)

. James S. Robinson (R)

. John B. Rice (R)

. Henry S. Neal (R)

. George L. Converse (D)

. Gibson Atherton (D)

. George W. Geddes (D)

. Rufus R. Dawes (R)

. Jonathan T. Updegraff (R), until November 30, 1882

Joseph D. Taylor (R), from January 2, 1883

. William McKinley (R)

. Addison S. McClure (R)

. Ezra B. Taylor (R)

. Amos Townsend (R)

. Melvin C. George (R)

. Henry H. Bingham (R)

. Charles O'Neill (R)

. Samuel J. Randall (D)

. William D. Kelley (R)

. Alfred C. Harmer (R)

. William Ward (R)

. William Godshalk (R)

. Daniel Ermentrout (D)

. A. Herr Smith (R)

. William Mutchler (D)

. Robert Klotz (D)

. Joseph A. Scranton (R)

. Charles N. Brumm (GB)

. Samuel F. Barr (R)

. Cornelius C. Jadwin (R)

. Robert J. C. Walker (R)

. Jacob M. Campbell (R)

. Horatio G. Fisher (R)

. Frank E. Beltzhoover (D)

. Andrew G. Curtin (D)

. Morgan R. Wise (D)

. Russell Errett (R)

. Thomas M. Bayne (R)

. William S. Shallenberger (R)

. James Mosgrove (GB)

. Samuel H. Miller (R)

. Lewis F. Watson (R)

. Nelson W. Aldrich (R), until October 4, 1881

Henry J. Spooner (R), from December 5, 1881

. Jonathan Chace (R)

. John S. Richardson (D)

. Michael P. O'Connor (D), until April 26, 1881

Samuel Dibble (D), June 9, 1881 – May 31, 1882

Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR), from May 31, 1882

. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)

. John H. Evins (D)

. George D. Tillman (D), until June 19, 1882

Robert Smalls (R), from July 19, 1882

. Augustus H. Pettibone (R)

. Leonidas C. Houk (R)

. George G. Dibrell (D)

. Benton McMillin (D)

. Richard Warner (D)

. John F. House (D)

. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)

. John D. C. Atkins (D)

. Charles B. Simonton (D)

. William R. Moore (R)

. John H. Reagan (D)

. David B. Culberson (D)

. Olin Wellborn (D)

. Roger Q. Mills (D)

. George W. Jones (GB)

. Christopher C. Upson (D)

. Charles H. Joyce (R)

. James M. Tyler (R)

. William W. Grout (R)

. George T. Garrison (D)

. John F. Dezendorf (R)

. George D. Wise (D)

. Joseph Jorgensen (R)

. George Cabell (D)

. John R. Tucker (D)

. John Paul (D)

. John S. Barbour Jr. (D)

. Abram Fulkerson (D)

. Benjamin Wilson (D)

. John B. Hoge (D)

. John E. Kenna (D)

. Charles G. Williams (R)

. Lucien B. Caswell (R)

. George C. Hazelton (R)

. Peter V. Deuster (D)

. Edward S. Bragg (D)

. Richard W. Guenther (R)

. Herman L. Humphrey (R)

. Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting delegates

. Granville H. Oury (D)

. Richard F. Pettigrew (R)

. George Ainslie (D)

. Martin Maginnis (D)

. Tranqulino Luna (R)

. John T. Caine (D)

. Thomas H. Brents (R)

. Morton E. Post (D)

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate.

|-| Wisconsin (3)| Vacant| Senator Matthew H. Carpenter died in the previous congress.
Successor elected March 14, 1881.| nowrap | Angus Cameron (R)| March 14, 1881

|-| Maine (2)| nowrap | James G. Blaine (R)| Resigned March 5, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of State.
Successor elected March 18, 1881.| nowrap | William P. Frye (R)| March 18, 1881

|-| Iowa (2)| nowrap | Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)| Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Successor appointed March 8, 1881, to continue the term.
Appointee elected January 25, 1882, to finish the term.| nowrap | James W. McDill (R)| March 8, 1881

|-| Minnesota (2)| nowrap | William Windom (R)| Resigned March 7, 1881, to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor appointed March 12, 1881, to continue the term.| nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)| March 12, 1881

|-| New York (1)| nowrap | Thomas C. Platt (R)| Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.
Successor elected October 11, 1881.| nowrap | Warner Miller (R)| July 27, 1881

|-| New York (3)| nowrap | Roscoe Conkling (R)| Resigned May 16, 1881, as a protest against federal appointments made in New York.
Successor elected October 11, 1881.| nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R)| August 2, 1881

|-| Rhode Island (1)| nowrap | Ambrose Burnside (R)| Died September 13, 1881.
Successor elected October 5, 1881.| nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R)| October 5, 1881

|-| Minnesota (2)| nowrap | Alonzo J. Edgerton (R)| Interim appointee replaced by successor elected October 30, 1881.| nowrap | William Windom (R)| November 15, 1881

|-| Colorado (2)| nowrap | Henry M. Teller (R)| Resigned April 17, 1882, to become U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
Successor appointed April 17, 1882.| nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R)| April 17, 1882

|-| Georgia (2)| nowrap | Benjamin H. Hill (D)| Died August 16, 1882.
Successor elected November 15, 1882.| nowrap | M. Pope Barrow (D)| November 15, 1882

|-| Colorado (2)| nowrap | George M. Chilcott (R)| Interim appointee replaced by successor elected January 27, 1883.| nowrap | Horace Tabor (R)| January 27, 1883|}

House of Representatives

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives.

|-| | Vacant| Rep. Omar D. Conger resigned during previous congress| nowrap | John T. Rich (R)| April 5, 1881

|-| | Vacant| Rep. Fernando Wood elected but died before Congress convened| nowrap | John Hardy (D)| December 5, 1881

|-| | nowrap | William P. Frye (R)| Resigned March 17, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.| nowrap | Nelson Dingley Jr. (R)| September 12, 1881

|-| | nowrap | Levi P. Morton (R)| Resigned March 21, 1881 to become U.S. Minister to France.| nowrap | Roswell P. Flower (D)| November 8, 1881

|-| | nowrap | Michael P. O'Connor (D)| Died April 26, 1881, during a contested election. Dibble presented credentials to replace him due to his death.| nowrap | Samuel Dibble (D)| June 9, 1881

|-| | nowrap | Warner Miller (R)| Resigned July 26, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.| nowrap | Charles R. Skinner (R)| November 8, 1881

|-| | nowrap | Elbridge G. Lapham (R)| Resigned July 29, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.| nowrap | James W. Wadsworth (R)| November 8, 1881

|-| | nowrap | Nelson W. Aldrich (R)| Resigned October 5, 1881 when elected U.S. Senator.
Successor elected November 22, 1881.| nowrap | Henry J. Spooner (R)| December 5, 1881

|-| | nowrap | Thomas Allen (D)| Died April 8, 1882| nowrap | James H. McLean (R)| December 15, 1882

|-| | nowrap | James R. Chalmers (D)| Lost contested election April 29, 1882| nowrap | John R. Lynch (R)| April 29, 1882

|-| | nowrap | Samuel Dibble (D)| Lost contested election May 31, 1882, during an election originally contested with Michael P. O'Connor. Dibble presented credentials to replace him until Mackey was determined to be the victor under terms of the original election.| nowrap | Edmund W. M. Mackey (IR)| May 31, 1882

|-| | nowrap | Jesse J. Finley (D)| Lost contested election June 1, 1882| nowrap | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R)| June 1, 1882

|-| | nowrap | Joseph Wheeler (D)| Lost contested election June 3, 1882| nowrap | William M. Lowe (GB)| June 3, 1882

|-| | nowrap | Robert M. A. Hawk (R)| Died June 29, 1882| nowrap | Robert R. Hitt (R)| November 7, 1882

|-| | nowrap | George D. Tillman (D)| Lost contested election July 19, 1882| nowrap | Robert Smalls (R)| July 19, 1882

|-| | nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D)| Election contested by James Q. Smith.
Seat declared vacant July 20, 1882.
Shelley re-elected to fill seat.| nowrap | Charles M. Shelley (D)| November 7, 1882

|-| | nowrap | William M. Lowe (GB)| Died October 12, 1882| nowrap | Joseph Wheeler (D)| January 15, 1883

|-| | nowrap | Alexander H. Stephens (D)| Resigned November 4, 1882 when elected Governor of Georgia.| nowrap | Seaborn Reese (D)| December 4, 1882

|-| | nowrap | Jonathan T. Updegraff (R)| Died November 30, 1882| nowrap | Joseph D. Taylor (R)| January 2, 1883

|-| | nowrap | Godlove S. Orth (R)| Died December 16, 1882| nowrap | Charles T. Doxey (R)| January 17, 1883

|-| | nowrap | John W. Shackelford (D)| Died January 18, 1883| Vacant| Not filled this term

|-| | nowrap | Richard G. Frost (D)| Lost contested election March 2, 1883| nowrap | Gustavus Sessinghaus (R)| March 2, 1883

|-| | nowrap | Marsena E. Cutts (R)| Lost election contest March 3, 1883| nowrap | John C. Cook (D)| March 3, 1883

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Committees

Senate

House of Representatives

Joint committees

Caucuses

Employees

Legislative branch agency directors

Senate

House of Representatives

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Great Senate Deadlock of 1881. Senate.gov. US Senate. 1 July 2014.

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