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.
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.
Legislature failed to elect, with several delays in election process held from February 18 to May 19. Incumbent Logan eventually chosen to retake seat.
Lists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article. The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and, after that, House/Senate committee assignments. On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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The 49th 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 4 1887 during the first two years of Grover Cleveland s first presidency The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1880 United States census The Senate had a Republican majority and the House had a Democratic majority 49th United States Congress48th 50thUnited States Capitol 1906 March 4 1885 March 4 1887Members76 senators325 representatives8 non voting delegatesSenate majorityRepublicanSenate PresidentThomas A Hendricks D until November 25 1885 Vacant from November 25 1885 House majorityDemocraticHouse SpeakerJohn Carlisle D SessionsSpecial March 4 1885 April 2 18851st December 7 1885 August 5 18862nd December 6 1886 March 3 1887 Contents 1 Major events 2 Major legislation 3 Party summary 3 1 Senate 3 2 House of Representatives 4 Leadership 4 1 Senate 4 2 House of Representatives 5 Members 5 1 Senate 5 1 1 Alabama 5 1 2 Arkansas 5 1 3 California 5 1 4 Colorado 5 1 5 Connecticut 5 1 6 Delaware 5 1 7 Florida 5 1 8 Georgia 5 1 9 Illinois 5 1 10 Indiana 5 1 11 Iowa 5 1 12 Kansas 5 1 13 Kentucky 5 1 14 Louisiana 5 1 15 Maine 5 1 16 Maryland 5 1 17 Massachusetts 5 1 18 Michigan 5 1 19 Minnesota 5 1 20 Mississippi 5 1 21 Missouri 5 1 22 Nebraska 5 1 23 Nevada 5 1 24 New Hampshire 5 1 25 New Jersey 5 1 26 New York 5 1 27 North Carolina 5 1 28 Ohio 5 1 29 Oregon 5 1 30 Pennsylvania 5 1 31 Rhode Island 5 1 32 South Carolina 5 1 33 Tennessee 5 1 34 Texas 5 1 35 Vermont 5 1 36 Virginia 5 1 37 West Virginia 5 1 38 Wisconsin 5 2 House of Representatives 5 2 1 Alabama 5 2 2 Arkansas 5 2 3 California 5 2 4 Colorado 5 2 5 Connecticut 5 2 6 Delaware 5 2 7 Florida 5 2 8 Georgia 5 2 9 Illinois 5 2 10 Indiana 5 2 11 Iowa 5 2 12 Kansas 5 2 13 Kentucky 5 2 14 Louisiana 5 2 15 Maine 5 2 16 Maryland 5 2 17 Massachusetts 5 2 18 Michigan 5 2 19 Minnesota 5 2 20 Mississippi 5 2 21 Missouri 5 2 22 Nebraska 5 2 23 Nevada 5 2 24 New Hampshire 5 2 25 New Jersey 5 2 26 New York 5 2 27 North Carolina 5 2 28 Ohio 5 2 29 Oregon 5 2 30 Pennsylvania 5 2 31 Rhode Island 5 2 32 South Carolina 5 2 33 Tennessee 5 2 34 Texas 5 2 35 Vermont 5 2 36 Virginia 5 2 37 West Virginia 5 2 38 Wisconsin 5 2 39 Non voting members 6 Changes in membership 6 1 Senate 6 2 House of Representatives 7 Committees 7 1 Senate 7 2 House of Representatives 7 3 Joint committees 8 Caucuses 9 Employees 9 1 Legislative branch agency directors 9 2 Senate 9 3 House of Representatives 10 Notes 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksMajor events edit nbsp First presidential inauguration of Grover Cleveland March 4 1885 on the East Portico of the U S Capitol Fellow Citizens In the presence of this vast assemblage of my countrymen I am about to supplement and seal by the oath which I shall take the manifestation of the will of a great and free people 1 Main articles 1885 in the United States 1886 in the United States and 1887 in the United States March 4 1885 Grover Cleveland became President of the United States November 25 1885 Vice President Thomas A Hendricks diedMajor legislation editMain article List of United States federal legislation 49th United States Congress January 19 1886 Presidential Succession Act of 1886 ch 4 24 Stat 1 February 3 1887 Electoral Count Act ch 90 24 Stat 373 February 4 1887 Interstate Commerce Act ch 104 24 Stat 379 February 8 1887 Indian General Allotment Act Dawes Act ch 119 24 Stat 388 March 2 1887 Agricultural Experiment Stations Act of 1887 March 2 1887 Hatch Act of 1887 ch 314 24 Stat 440 March 3 1887 Tucker Act ch 359 24 Stat 505 March 3 1887 Edmunds Tucker Act ch 397 24 Stat 635Party summary editThe 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 edit Party shading shows control Total Vacant Democratic D Readjuster RA Republican R End of previous congress36 2 38 76 0 Begin34 2 37 73 3 End40760 Final voting share44 7 2 6 52 6 Beginning of next congress36 1 38 75 1 House of Representatives edit nbsp House seats by party holding plurality in state 80 to 100 Democratic 80 to 100 Republican 60 to 80 Democratic 60 to 80 Republican Up to 60 Democratic Up to 60 Republican Party shading shows control Total Vacant Democratic D Readjuster RA Greenback GB Republican R Other End of previous congress197 4 2 113 7 a 323 2 Begin181 1 1 140 0 323 2 End1801383205 Final voting share56 3 0 3 0 3 43 1 0 0 Beginning of next congress168 0 1 150 5 324 1Leadership editSenate edit President Thomas A Hendricks D until November 25 1885 vacant thereafter President pro tempore John Sherman R December 7 1885 February 26 1887 John J Ingalls R from February 26 1887 Republican Conference Chairman George F Edmunds Democratic Caucus Chairman James B Beck Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Arthur Pue Gorman House of Representatives edit Speaker John G Carlisle D Minority Leader Thomas B Reed Democratic Caucus Chairman John Randolph Tucker Republican Conference Chairman Joseph Gurney CannonMembers editSenate edit 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 Alabama edit 2 John T Morgan D 3 James L Pugh D Arkansas edit 2 Augustus H Garland D until March 6 1885 James H Berry D from March 20 1885 dd 3 James K Jones D California edit 1 John F Miller R until March 8 1886 George Hearst D March 23 August 4 1886 Abram P Williams R from August 4 1886 dd 3 Leland Stanford R Colorado edit 2 Thomas M Bowen R 3 Henry M Teller R Connecticut edit 1 Joseph R Hawley R 3 Orville H Platt R Delaware edit 1 Thomas F Bayard Sr D until March 6 1885 George Gray D from March 18 1885 dd 2 Eli Saulsbury D Florida edit 1 Charles W Jones D 3 Wilkinson Call D Georgia edit 2 Alfred H Colquitt D 3 Joseph E Brown D Illinois edit 2 Shelby M Cullom R 3 John A Logan R May 19 1885 December 26 1886 Charles B Farwell R from January 19 1887 dd Indiana edit 1 Benjamin Harrison R 3 Daniel W Voorhees D Iowa edit 2 James F Wilson R 3 William B Allison R Kansas edit 2 Preston B Plumb R 3 John J Ingalls R Kentucky edit 2 James B Beck D 3 Joseph C S Blackburn D Louisiana edit 2 Randall L Gibson D 3 James B Eustis D Maine edit 1 Eugene Hale R 2 William P Frye R Maryland edit 1 Arthur Pue Gorman D 3 Ephraim K Wilson II D Massachusetts edit 1 Henry L Dawes R 2 George F Hoar R Michigan edit 1 Omar D Conger R 2 Thomas W Palmer R Minnesota edit 1 Samuel J R McMillan R 2 Dwight M Sabin R Mississippi edit 1 James Z George D 2 Lucius Q C Lamar D until March 6 1885 Edward C Walthall D from March 9 1885 dd Missouri edit 1 Francis Cockrell D 3 George G Vest D Nebraska edit 1 Charles H Van Wyck R 2 Charles F Manderson R Nevada edit 1 James G Fair D 3 John P Jones R New Hampshire edit 2 Austin F Pike R until October 8 1886 Person C Cheney R from November 24 1886 dd 3 Henry W Blair R from March 5 1885 New Jersey edit 1 William J Sewell R 2 John R McPherson D New York edit 1 Warner Miller R 3 William M Evarts R North Carolina edit 2 Matt W Ransom D 3 Zebulon B Vance D Ohio edit 1 John Sherman R 3 Henry B Payne D Oregon edit 2 Joseph N Dolph R 3 John H Mitchell R from November 18 1885 Pennsylvania edit 1 John I Mitchell R 3 J Donald Cameron R Rhode Island edit 1 Nelson W Aldrich R 2 Jonathan Chace R South Carolina edit 2 Matthew C Butler D 3 Wade Hampton III D Tennessee edit 1 Howell E Jackson D until April 14 1886 Washington C Whitthorne D from April 16 1886 dd 2 Isham G Harris D Texas edit 1 Samuel B Maxey D 2 Richard Coke D Vermont edit 1 George F Edmunds R 3 Justin S Morrill R Virginia edit 1 William Mahone RA 2 Harrison H Riddleberger RA West Virginia edit 1 Johnson N Camden D 2 John E Kenna D Wisconsin edit 1 Philetus Sawyer R 3 John C Spooner R nbsp Senators party membership by state at the opening of the 49th Congress in March 1885 2 Democrats 1 Democrat and 1 Republican 2 Republicans 2 Readjusters Territories nbsp Senate PresidentThomas A Hendricks nbsp Senate President pro temporeJohn Sherman nbsp Senate President pro temporeJohn J Ingalls House of Representatives edit The names of members of the House of Representatives are listed by district Alabama edit 1 James T Jones D 2 Hilary A Herbert D 3 William C Oates D 4 Alexander C Davidson D 5 Thomas W Sadler D 6 John M Martin D 7 William H Forney D 8 Joseph Wheeler D Arkansas edit 1 Poindexter Dunn D 2 Clifton R Breckinridge D 3 Thomas C McRae D from December 7 1885 4 John H Rogers D 5 Samuel W Peel D California edit 1 Barclay Henley D 2 James A Louttit R 3 Joseph McKenna R 4 William W Morrow R 5 Charles N Felton R 6 Henry H Markham R Colorado edit At large George G Symes R Connecticut edit 1 John R Buck R 2 Charles L Mitchell D 3 John T Wait R 4 Edward W Seymour D Delaware edit At large Charles B Lore D Florida edit 1 Robert H M Davidson D 2 Charles Dougherty D Georgia edit 1 Thomas M Norwood D 2 Henry G Turner D 3 Charles F Crisp D 4 Henry R Harris D 5 Nathaniel J Hammond D 6 James H Blount D 7 Judson C Clements D 8 Seaborn Reese D 9 Allen D Candler D 10 George T Barnes D Illinois edit 1 Ransom W Dunham R 2 Frank Lawler D 3 James H Ward D 4 George E Adams R 5 Reuben Ellwood R until July 1 1885 Albert J Hopkins R from December 7 1885 dd 6 Robert R Hitt R 7 Thomas J Henderson R 8 Ralph Plumb R 9 Lewis E Payson R 10 Nicholas E Worthington D 11 William H Neece D 12 James M Riggs D 13 William M Springer D 14 Jonathan H Rowell R 15 Joseph G Cannon R 16 Silas Z Landes D 17 John R Eden D 18 William R Morrison D 19 Richard W Townshend D 20 John R Thomas R Indiana edit 1 John J Kleiner D 2 Thomas R Cobb D 3 Jonas G Howard D 4 William S Holman D 5 Courtland C Matson D 6 Thomas M Browne R 7 William D Bynum D 8 James T Johnston R 9 Thomas B Ward D 10 William D Owen R 11 George W Steele R 12 Robert Lowry D 13 George Ford D Iowa edit 1 Benton J Hall D 2 Jeremiah H Murphy D 3 David B Henderson R 4 William E Fuller R 5 Benjamin T Frederick D 6 James B Weaver GB 7 Edwin H Conger R 8 William P Hepburn R 9 Joseph Lyman R 10 Adoniram J Holmes R 11 Isaac S Struble R Kansas edit 1 Edmund N Morrill R 2 Edward H Funston R 3 Bishop W Perkins R 4 Thomas Ryan R 5 John A Anderson R 6 Lewis Hanback R 7 Samuel R Peters R Kentucky edit 1 William J Stone D 2 Polk Laffoon D 3 John E Halsell D 4 Thomas A Robertson D 5 Albert S Willis D 6 John G Carlisle D 7 William C P Breckinridge D 8 James B McCreary D 9 William H Wadsworth R 10 William P Taulbee D 11 Frank L Wolford D Louisiana edit 1 Louis St Martin D 2 Michael Hahn R until March 15 1886 Nathaniel D Wallace D from December 9 1886 dd 3 Edward J Gay D 4 Newton C Blanchard D 5 J Floyd King D 6 Alfred B Irion D Maine edit 1 Thomas B Reed R 2 Nelson Dingley Jr R 3 Seth L Milliken R 4 Charles A Boutelle R Maryland edit 1 Charles H Gibson D 2 Frank T Shaw D 3 William H Cole D until July 8 1886 Henry W Rusk D from November 2 1886 dd 4 John V L Findlay D 5 Barnes Compton D 6 Louis E McComas R Massachusetts edit 1 Robert T Davis R 2 John D Long R 3 Ambrose A Ranney R 4 Patrick A Collins D 5 Edward D Hayden R 6 Henry B Lovering D 7 Eben F Stone R 8 Charles H Allen R 9 Frederick D Ely R 10 William W Rice R 11 William Whiting R 12 Francis W Rockwell R Michigan edit 1 William C Maybury D 2 Nathaniel B Eldredge D 3 James O Donnell R 4 Julius C Burrows R 5 Charles C Comstock D 6 Edwin B Winans D 7 Ezra C Carleton D 8 Timothy E Tarsney D 9 Byron M Cutcheon R 10 Spencer O Fisher D 11 Seth C Moffatt R Minnesota edit 1 Milo White R 2 James B Wakefield R 3 Horace B Strait R 4 John B Gilfillan R 5 Knute Nelson R Mississippi edit 1 John M Allen D 2 James B Morgan D 3 Thomas C Catchings D 4 Frederick G Barry D 5 Otho R Singleton D 6 Henry S Van Eaton D 7 Ethelbert Barksdale D Missouri edit 1 William H Hatch D 2 John B Hale D 3 Alexander M Dockery D 4 James N Burnes D 5 William Warner R 6 John T Heard D 7 John E Hutton D 8 John J O Neill D 9 John M Glover D 10 Martin L Clardy D 11 Richard P Bland D 12 William J Stone D 13 William H Wade R 14 William Dawson D Nebraska edit 1 Archibald J Weaver R 2 James Laird R 3 George W E Dorsey R Nevada edit At large William Woodburn R New Hampshire edit 1 Martin A Haynes R 2 Jacob H Gallinger R New Jersey edit 1 George Hires R 2 James Buchanan R 3 Robert S Green D until January 17 1887 4 James N Pidcock D 5 William W Phelps R 6 Herman Lehlbach R 7 William McAdoo D New York edit 1 Perry Belmont D 2 Felix Campbell D 3 Darwin R James R 4 Peter P Mahoney D 5 Archibald M Bliss D 6 Nicholas Muller D 7 John J Adams D 8 Samuel S Cox D until May 20 1885 Timothy J Campbell D from November 3 1885 dd 9 Joseph Pulitzer D until April 10 1886 Samuel S Cox D from November 2 1886 dd 10 Abram S Hewitt D until December 30 1886 11 Truman A Merriman D 12 Abraham Dowdney D until December 10 1886 13 Egbert L Viele D 14 William G Stahlnecker D 15 Lewis Beach D until August 10 1886 Henry Bacon D from December 6 1886 dd 16 John H Ketcham R 17 James G Lindsley R 18 Henry G Burleigh R 19 John Swinburne R 20 George West R 21 Frederick A Johnson R 22 Abraham X Parker R 23 John T Spriggs D 24 John S Pindar D 25 Frank Hiscock R 26 Stephen C Millard R 27 Sereno E Payne R 28 John Arnot Jr D until November 20 1886 29 Ira Davenport R 30 Charles S Baker R 31 John G Sawyer R 32 John M Farquhar R 33 John B Weber R 34 Walter L Sessions R North Carolina edit 1 Thomas G Skinner D 2 James E O Hara R 3 Wharton J Green D 4 William Ruffin Cox D 5 James W Reid D until December 31 1886 6 Risden T Bennett D 7 John S Henderson D 8 William H H Cowles D 9 Thomas D Johnston D Ohio edit 1 Benjamin Butterworth R 2 Charles E Brown R 3 James E Campbell D 4 Charles M Anderson D 5 Benjamin Le Fevre D 6 William D Hill D 7 George E Seney D 8 John Little R 9 William C Cooper R 10 Jacob Romeis R 11 William W Ellsberry D 12 Albert C Thompson R 13 Joseph H Outhwaite D 14 Charles H Grosvenor R 15 Beriah Wilkins D 16 George W Geddes D 17 Adoniram J Warner D 18 Isaac H Taylor R 19 Ezra B Taylor R 20 William McKinley R 21 Martin A Foran D Oregon edit At large Binger Hermann R Pennsylvania edit 1 Henry H Bingham R 2 Charles O Neill R 3 Samuel J Randall D 4 William D Kelley R 5 Alfred C Harmer R 6 James B Everhart R 7 I Newton Evans R 8 Daniel Ermentrout D 9 John A Hiestand R 10 William H Sowden D 11 John B Storm D 12 Joseph A Scranton R 13 Charles N Brumm R 14 Franklin Bound R 15 Frank C Bunnell R 16 William W Brown R 17 Jacob M Campbell R 18 Louis E Atkinson R 19 John A Swope D from November 3 1885 20 Andrew G Curtin D 21 Charles E Boyle D 22 James S Negley R 23 Thomas M Bayne R 24 Oscar L Jackson R 25 Alexander C White R 26 George W Fleeger R 27 William L Scott D At large Edwin S Osborne R Rhode Island edit 1 Henry J Spooner R 2 William A Pirce R until January 25 1887 Charles H Page D from February 21 1887 dd South Carolina edit 1 Samuel Dibble D 2 George D Tillman D 3 D Wyatt Aiken D 4 William H Perry D 5 John J Hemphill D 6 George W Dargan D 7 Robert Smalls R Tennessee edit 1 Augustus H Pettibone R 2 Leonidas C Houk R 3 John R Neal D 4 Benton McMillin D 5 James D Richardson D 6 Andrew J Caldwell D 7 John G Ballentine D 8 John M Taylor D 9 Presley T Glass D 10 Zachary Taylor R Texas edit 1 Charles Stewart D 2 John H Reagan D 3 James H Jones D 4 David B Culberson D 5 James W Throckmorton D 6 Olin Wellborn D 7 William H Crain D 8 James F Miller D 9 Roger Q Mills D 10 Joseph D Sayers D 11 Samuel W T Lanham D Vermont edit 1 John W Stewart R 2 William W Grout R Virginia edit 1 Thomas Croxton D 2 Harry Libbey RA 3 George D Wise D 4 James D Brady R 5 George Cabell D 6 John W Daniel D 7 Charles T O Ferrall D 8 John S Barbour Jr D 9 Connally F Trigg D 10 John R Tucker D West Virginia edit 1 Nathan Goff R 2 William L Wilson D 3 Charles P Snyder D 4 Eustace Gibson D Wisconsin edit 1 Lucien B Caswell R 2 Edward S Bragg D 3 Robert M La Follette Sr R 4 Isaac W Van Schaick R 5 Joseph Rankin D until January 24 1886 Thomas R Hudd D from March 8 1886 dd 6 Richard W Guenther R 7 Ormsby B Thomas R 8 William T Price R until December 6 1886 Hugh H Price R from January 18 1887 dd 9 Isaac Stephenson R Non voting members edit Arizona Territory Curtis C Bean R Dakota Territory Oscar S Gifford R Idaho Territory John Hailey D Montana Territory Joseph Toole D New Mexico Territory Antonio Joseph D Utah Territory John T Caine D Washington Territory Charles S Voorhees D Wyoming Territory Joseph M Carey R nbsp House SpeakerJohn G CarlisleChanges in membership editThe count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress Senate edit 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 State class Vacated by Reason for vacancy Subsequent Date of successor s installation New Hampshire 3 Vacant Appointed to fill vacancy in term Henry W Blair R March 5 1885 Illinois 3 Vacant Legislature failed to elect with several delays in election process held from February 18 to May 19 Incumbent Logan eventually chosen to retake seat John A Logan R May 19 1885 Oregon 3 Vacant Failure to elect John H Mitchell R November 18 1885 Arkansas 2 Augustus H Garland D Resigned March 6 1885 after being appointed United States Attorney General Successor was elected James H Berry D March 20 1885 Delaware 1 Thomas F Bayard D Resigned March 6 1885 after being appointed United States Secretary of State Successor was elected George Gray D March 18 1885 Mississippi 2 Lucius Q C Lamar II D Resigned March 6 1885 after being appointed United States Secretary of the Interior Successor was appointed and subsequently elected Edward C Walthall D March 9 1885 California 1 John F Miller R Died March 8 1886 Successor was appointed George Hearst D March 23 1886 Tennessee 1 Howell E Jackson D Resigned April 14 1886 after being appointed judge for the United States Circuit Court for the Sixth Circuit Successor was appointed Washington C Whitthorne D April 16 1886 California 1 George Hearst D Successor was elected August 4 1886 Abram Williams R August 4 1886 New Hampshire 2 Austin F Pike R Died October 8 1886 Successor was appointed Person C Cheney R November 24 1886 Illinois 3 John A Logan R Died December 26 1886 Successor was elected Charles B Farwell R January 19 1887 House of Representatives edit Replacements 11 Democratic 2 seat net gain Republican 2 seat net loss Deaths 8 Resignations 7 Contested election 1 Total seats with changes 16 District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date successor seated Pennsylvania 19th Vacant Elected to finish term of Rep William A Duncan resigned during previous congress John A Swope D November 3 1885 Arkansas 3rd Vacant Elected to finish term of Rep James K Jones resigned during previous congress Thomas C McRae D December 7 1885 New York 8th Samuel S Cox D Resigned May 20 1885 after being appointed Minister to the Ottoman Empire Timothy J Campbell D November 3 1885 Illinois 5th Reuben Ellwood R Died July 1 1885 Albert J Hopkins R December 7 1885 Wisconsin 5th Joseph Rankin D Died January 24 1886 Thomas R Hudd D March 8 1886 Louisiana 2nd Michael Hahn R Died March 15 1886 Nathaniel D Wallace D December 9 1886 New York 9th Joseph Pulitzer D Resigned April 10 1886 Samuel S Cox D November 2 1886 Maryland 3rd William H Cole D Died July 8 1886 Harry W Rusk D November 2 1886 New York 15th Lewis Beach D Died August 10 1886 Henry Bacon D December 6 1886 New York 28th John Arnot Jr D Died November 20 1886 Vacant until next Congress Wisconsin 8th William T Price R Died December 6 1886 Hugh H Price R January 18 1887 New York 12th Abraham Dowdney D Died December 10 1886 Vacant until next Congress New York 10th Abram Hewitt D Resigned December 30 1886 after being elected Mayor of New York Vacant until next Congress North Carolina 5th James W Reid D Resigned December 31 1886 Vacant until next Congress New Jersey 3rd Robert S Green D Resigned January 17 1887 after being elected Governor of New Jersey Vacant until next Congress Rhode Island 2nd William A Pirce R Seat declared vacant January 25 1887 due to election irregularities Charles H Page D February 21 1887Committees editLists of committees and their party leaders for members of the House and Senate committees can be found through the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of this article The directory after the pages of terms of service lists committees of the Senate House Standing with Subcommittees Select and Special and Joint and after that House Senate committee assignments On the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory the committee s members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee Senate edit Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress Select Chairman Daniel W Voorhees Ranking Member Justin S Morrill Agriculture and Forestry Chairman Warner Miller Ranking Member James Z George Appropriations Chairman William B Allison Ranking Member John A Logan Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate Chairman John P Jones Ranking Member Zebulon B Vance Civil Service and Retrenchment Chairman Joseph R Hawley Ranking Member Daniel W Voorhees Claims Chairman Austin F Pike Ranking Member Howell E Jackson Coast Defenses Chairman Joseph N Dolph Ranking Member Samuel B Maxey Commerce Chairman Samuel J R McMillan Ranking Member Matt W Ransom Compensation of Members of Congress Select Distributing Public Revenue Among the States Select District of Columbia Chairman John J Ingalls Ranking Member Isham G Harris Education and Labor Chairman Henry W Blair Ranking Member Wilkinson Call Engrossed Bills Chairman Eli Saulsbury Ranking Member William B Allison Enrolled Bills Chairman Thomas M Bowen Ranking Member Alfred H Colquitt Epidemic Diseases Select Chairman Isham G Harris Ranking Member John C Spooner Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service Chairman Dwight M Sabin Ranking Member Wade Hampton Executive Departments Methods Select Expenditures of Public Money Chairman Shelby M Cullom Ranking Member James B Beck Finance Chairman Justin S Morrill Ranking Member Daniel W Voorhees Fisheries Chairman Thomas W Palmer Ranking Member John T Morgan Foreign Relations Chairman John Sherman Ranking Member John T Morgan Indian Affairs Chairman Henry L Dawes Ranking Member Samuel B Maxey Indian Traders Select Interstate Commerce Select Chairman Shelby M Cullom Ranking Member N A Judiciary Chairman George F Edmunds Ranking Member William M Evarts Library Chairman William J Sewell Ranking Member Daniel W Voorhees Manufactures Chairman Harrison H Riddleberger Ranking Member Alfred H Colquitt Military Affairs Chairman John A Logan Ranking Member Charles F Manderson Mines and Mining Chairman Henry M Teller Ranking Member Wade Hampton Mississippi River and its Tributaries Select Chairman Charles H Van Wyck Ranking Member Francis M Cockrell Naval Affairs Chairman J Donald Cameron Ranking Member John R McPherson Nicaraguan Claims Select Chairman Samuel B Maxey Ranking Member Benjamin Harrison Ordnance and War Ships Select Chairman Joseph R Hawley Ranking Member Johnson N Camden Patents Chairman J Donald Cameron Ranking Member Johnson N Camden Pensions Chairman John I Mitchell Ranking Member Howell E Jackson Post Office and Post Roads Chairman Omar D Conger Ranking Member Samuel B Maxey Potomac River Front Select Printing Chairman Charles F Manderson Ranking Member Arthur P Gorman Private Land Claims Chairman Matt W Ransom Ranking Member George F Edmunds Privileges and Elections Chairman George F Hoar Ranking Member Eli Saulsbury Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman William Mahone Ranking Member John T Morgan Public Lands Chairman Preston B Plumb Ranking Member John T Morgan Railroads Chairman Philetus Sawyer Ranking Member Joseph E Brown Revision of the Laws Chairman James F Wilson Ranking Member John E Kenna Revolutionary Claims Chairman Charles W Jones Ranking Member Samuel J R McMillan Rules Chairman William P Frye Ranking Member Isham G Harris Tariff Regulation Select Tenth Census Select Chairman Eugene Hale Ranking Member Richard Coke Territories Chairman Benjamin Harrison Ranking Member Matthew C Butler Transportation Routes to the Seaboard Chairman Nelson W Aldrich Ranking Member Randall L Gibson Whole Woman Suffrage Select Chairman Francis M Cockrell Ranking Member Thomas W Palmer House of Representatives edit Accounts Chairman John T Spriggs Ranking Member George E Adams Admission to the Floor Select Agriculture Chairman William H Hatch Ranking Member Presley T Glass Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Select Chairman James E Campbell Ranking Member Truman A Merriman American Ship building Select Chairman Poindexter Dunn Ranking Member Charles C Comstock Appropriations Chairman Samuel J Randall Ranking Member Joseph G Cannon Banking and Currency Chairman James F Miller Ranking Member John E Hutton Claims Chairman William M Springer Ranking Member William H Sowden Coinage Weights and Measures Chairman Richard P Bland Ranking Member William D Bynum Commerce Chairman John H Reagan Ranking Member Alfred B Irion District of Columbia Chairman John S Barbour Ranking Member John T Heard Education Chairman D Wyatt Aiken Ranking Member Peter P Mahoney Elections Chairman Henry G Turner Ranking Member Benton J Hall Enrolled Bills Chairman William H Neece Ranking Member Adoniram J Holmes Expenditures in the Interior Department Chairman James B Weaver Ranking Member Charles N Brumm Expenditures in the Justice Department Chairman Eustace Gibson Ranking Member Seth L Milliken Expenditures in the Navy Department Chairman John M Taylor Ranking Member Jonathan H Rowell Expenditures in the Post Office Department Chairman Seaborn Reese Ranking Member Zachary Taylor Expenditures in the State Department Chairman Risden T Bennett Ranking Member Joseph A Scranton Expenditures in the Treasury Department Chairman Robert Lowry Ranking Member Michael Hahn Expenditures in the War Department Chairman Thomas A Robertson Ranking Member Frederick A Johnson Expenditures on Public Buildings Chairman Lewis Beach Ranking Member Augustus H Pettibone Foreign Affairs Chairman Perry Belmont Ranking Member William H Crain Indian Affairs Chairman Olin Wellborn Ranking Member James H Ward Invalid Pensions Chairman Courtland C Matson Ranking Member John S Pindar Judiciary Chairman John R Tucker Ranking Member Risden T Bennett Labor Chairman John J O Neill Ranking Member William H Crain Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River Chairman J Floyd King Ranking Member William Dawson Manufactures Chairman George D Wise Ranking Member John S Pindar Mileage Chairman John H Rogers Ranking Member Ambrose A Ranney Military Affairs Chairman Edward S Bragg Ranking Member Charles M Anderson Militia Chairman Nicholas Muller Ranking Member Barnes Compton Mines and Mining Chairman Martin L Clardy Ranking Member Frederick G Barry Naval Affairs Chairman Hilary A Herbert Ranking Member Joseph D Sayers Pacific Railroads Chairman James W Throckmorton Ranking Member James D Richardson Patents Chairman Charles L Mitchell Ranking Member William H H Cowles Pensions Chairman Nathaniel B Eldredge Ranking Member John E Hutton Post Office and Post Roads Chairman James H Blount Ranking Member Frederick G Barry Printing Chairman Ethelbert Barksdale Ranking Member John M Farquhar Private Land Claims Chairman John E Halsell Ranking Member Robert S Green Public Buildings and Grounds Chairman Samuel Dibble Ranking Member Thomas D Johnston Public Lands Chairman Thomas R Cobb Ranking Member Thomas Chipman McRae Railways and Canals Chairman Robert H M Davidson Ranking Member James N Pidcock Revision of Laws Chairman William C Oates Ranking Member John B Hale Rivers and Harbors Chairman Albert S Willis Ranking Member John M Glover Rules Chairman John G Carlisle Ranking Member Thomas B Reed Standards of Official Conduct Territories Chairman William D Hill Ranking Member William Dawson War Claims Chairman George W Geddes Ranking Member James W Reid Ways and Means Chairman William R Morrison Ranking Member William D Kelley Whole Joint committees edit Conditions of Indian Tribes Special The Library Chairman Otho R Singleton Vice Chairman Charles O Neill Printing Scientific BureausCaucuses editDemocratic House Democratic Senate Employees editLegislative branch agency directors edit Architect of the Capitol Edward Clark Librarian of Congress Ainsworth Rand Spofford Public Printer of the United States Sterling P Rounds until 1886 Thomas E Benedict starting 1886 Senate edit Secretary Anson G McCook Librarian George M Weston Sergeant at Arms William P Canady Chaplain Elias D Huntley Methodist until March 15 1886 John G Butler Lutheran elected March 15 1886 House of Representatives edit Chaplain John Summerfield Lindsay Episcopalian until December 7 1885 William H Milburn Methodist elected December 7 1885 Doorkeeper Samuel Donelson elected December 7 1885 Clerk John B Clark Jr Clerk at the Speaker s Table Nathaniel T Crutchfield Postmaster Lycurgus Dalton Reading Clerks Thomas S Pettit D and Neill S Brown Jr R Sergeant at Arms John P LeedomNotes edit Independent Independent Democratic Independent Republican and Anti MonopolySee also edit1884 United States elections elections leading to this Congress 1884 United States presidential election 1884 85 United States Senate elections 1884 United States House of Representatives elections 1886 United States elections elections during this Congress leading to the next Congress 1886 87 United States Senate elections 1886 United States House of Representatives electionsReferences edit THE 25th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION Grover Cleveland March 4 1885 United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Archived from the original on July 5 2021 Retrieved July 5 2021 Martis Kenneth C 1989 The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress New York Macmillan Publishing Company Martis Kenneth C 1982 The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts New York Macmillan Publishing Company External links editBiographical Directory of the U S Congress U S House of Representatives House History U S Senate Statistics and Lists 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