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The Forty-third 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, 1873 to March 3, 1875 during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant .
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. Both chambers had a Republican majority.
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875
Special session of the Senate: March 4, 1873 - March 26, 1873
First session: December 1, 1873 - June 23, 1874
Second session: December 7, 1874 - March 3, 1875
Previous congress: 42nd Congress - general
Next congress: 44th Congress - general
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
TOTAL members: 74
House of Representatives
TOTAL members: 292
Senate
House of Representatives
Events of 1873, 1874 and 1875
List of United States federal legislation in the 43rd Congress
Membership highlights by chamber [ edit ]
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
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 1874; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.
See also: Category:United States Senators
See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
President pro tempore Matthew H. Carpenter
President pro tempore Henry B. Anthony
House of Representatives [ edit ]
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.
See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives
See also: Category:United States congressional delegations by state
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida [ 1]
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas [ 1]
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Speaker of the House James G. Blaine
Arizona Territory
Colorado Territory
Dakota Territory
District of Columbia
Idaho Territory
Montana Territory
New Mexico Territory
Utah Territory
Washington Territory
Wyoming Territory
Membership detail by Chamber/Party[ edit ]
The list below is arranged by chamber, then by political party. Members are shown in alphabetical order.
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress.
A-F
James L. Alcorn , Mississippi
William B. Allison , Iowa
Adelbert Ames , Mississippi
Henry B. Anthony , Rhode Island
Arthur I. Boreman , West Virginia
George S. Boutwell , Massachusetts
William G. Brownlow , Tennessee
William A. Buckingham , Connecticut
Alexander Caldwell , Kansas
Simon Cameron , Pennsylvania
Matthew H. Carpenter , Wisconsin
Zachariah Chandler , Michigan
Powell Clayton , Arkansas
Roscoe Conkling , New York
Simon B. Conover , Florida
Aaron H. Cragin , New Hampshire
Robert Crozier , Kansas
Stephen W. Dorsey , Arkansas
George F. Edmunds , Vermont
Reuben E. Fenton , New York
Thomas W. Ferry , Michigan
James W. Flanagan , Texas
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen , New Jersey
G-O
Abijah Gilbert , Florida
Hannibal Hamlin , Maine
James M. Harvey , Kansas
Phineas W. Hitchcock , Nebraska
Timothy O. Howe , Wisconsin
John J. Ingalls , Kansas
John P. Jones , Nevada
John F. Lewis , Virginia
John A. Logan , Illinois
John H. Mitchell , Oregon
Justin S. Morrill , Vermont
Lot M. Morrill , Maine
Oliver H. P. T. Morton , Indiana
P-Z
Richard J. Oglesby , Illinois
John J. Patterson , South Carolina
Henry R. Pease , Mississippi
Daniel D. Pratt , Indiana
Alexander Ramsey , Minnesota
Thomas J. Robertson , South Carolina
Aaron A. Sargent , California
Carl Schurz , Missouri
John Scott , Pennsylvania
John Sherman , Ohio
George E. Spencer , Alabama
William Sprague , Rhode Island
William M. Stewart , Nevada
Thomas W. Tipton , Nebraska
Bainbridge Wadleigh , New Hampshire
William B. Washburn , Massachusetts
J. Rodman West , Louisiana
William Windom , Minnesota
George G. Wright , Iowa
House of Representatives [ edit ]
Members of the House of Representatives were elected by popular vote, variously to single member districts or at-large.
A-B-C
George M. Adams , Kentucky
Stevenson Archer , Maryland
William E. Arthur , Kentucky
Thomas S. Ashe , North Carolina
John D. C. Atkins , Tennessee
Henry B. Banning , Ohio
William H. Barnum , Connecticut
James B. Beck , Kentucky
Hiram P. Bell , Georgia
John Berry , Ohio
Richard P. Bland , Missouri
James H. Blount , Georgia
Rees T. Bowen , Virginia
John M. Bright , Tennessee
James Brooks , New York
John Y. Brown , Kentucky
Aylett H. Buckner , Missouri
John H. Caldwell , Alabama
Bernard G. Caulfield , Illinois
John B. Clark, Jr. , Missouri
Hiester Clymer , Pennsylvania
Abram Comingo , Missouri
Philip Cook , Georgia
Samuel S. Cox , New York
Thomas J. Creamer , New York
Thomas T. Crittenden , Missouri
Edward Crossland , Kentucky
D-E-F
G-H-I
De Witt C. Giddings , Texas
John M. Glover , Missouri
Thomas M. Gunter , Arkansas
Robert Hamilton , New Jersey
John Hancock , Texas
Henry R. Harris , Georgia
John T. Harris , Virginia
Robert A. Hatcher , Missouri
Frank Hereford , West Virginia
William S. Herndon , Texas
William S. Holman , Indiana
Eppa Hutton, II , Virginia
J-K-L
M-N-O
John A. Magee , Pennsylvania
Samuel S. Marshall , Illinois
William P. McLean , Texas
Charles W. Milliken , Kentucky
Roger Q. Mills , Texas
Alexander Mitchell , Wisconsin
William R. Morrison , Illinois
Lawrence T. Neal , Ohio
James W. Nesmith , Oregon
William E. Niblack , Indiana
William J. O'Brien , Maryland
P-Q-R
S-T-U-V
Milton Sayler , Ohio
Richard Schell , New York
John G. Schumaker , New York
Joseph H. Sloss , Alabama
Milton I. Southard , Ohio
R. Milton Speer , Pennsylvania
Elisha D. Standiford , Kentucky
Alexander H. Stephens , Georgia
William H. Stone , Missouri
John B. Storm , Pennsylvania
Thomas Swann , Maryland
Robert B. Vance , North Carolina
W-X-Y-Z
Alfred M. Waddell , North Carolina
Erastus Wells , Missouri
Thomas Whitehead , Virginia
John O. Whitehouse , New York
Washington C. Whitthorne , Tennessee
Asa H. Willie , Texas
Ephraim K. Wilson , Maryland
Simeon K. Wolfe , Indiana
Fernando Wood , New York
John D. Young , Kentucky
Pierce M. B. Young , Georgia
A-B-C
William J. Albert , Maryland
Charles Albright , Pennsylvania
John T. Averill , Minnesota
J. Allen Barber , Wisconsin
Granville Barrere , Illinois
Henry W. Barry , Mississippi
Lyman K. Bass , New York
Josiah W. Begole , Michigan
James S. Biery , Pennsylvania
James G. Blaine , Maine
Nathan B. Bradley , Michigan
James Buffinton , Massachusetts
Hezekiah S. Bundy , Ohio
Horatio C. Burchard , Illinois
John H. Burleigh , Maine
Julius C. Burrows , Michigan
Benjamin F. Butler , Massachusetts
Roderick R. Butler , Tennessee
Richard H. Cain , South Carolina
Joseph G. Cannon , Illinois
Lewis C. Carpenter , South Carolina
Thomas J. Cason , Indiana
John Cessna , Pennsylvania
Amos Clark, Jr. , New Jersey
Freeman Clarke , New York
Charles Clayton , California
Isaac Clements , Illinois
Clinton L. Cobb , North Carolina
Stephen A. Cobb , Kansas
John Coburn , Indiana
Omar D. Conger , Michigan
Franklin Corwin , Illinois
Aylett R. Cotton , Iowa
Alvah Crocker , Massachusetts
Philip S. Crooke , New York
Lorenzo Crounse , Nebraska
William Crutchfield , Tennessee
Carlton B. Curtis , Pennsylvania
D-E-F
Lorenzo Danford , Ohio
Chester B. Darrall , Louisiana
Henry L. Dawes , Massachusetts
Samuel A. Dobbins , New Jersey
William G. Donnan , Iowa
R. Holland Duell , New York
Mark H. Dunnell , Minnesota
Benjamin T. Eames , Rhode Island
Robert B. Elliott , South Carolina
Charles B. Farwell , Illinois
Moses W. Field , Michigan
Greenbury L. Fort , Illinois
Charles Foster , Ohio
Wilder D. Foster , Michigan
James C. Freeman , Georgia
William P. Frye , Maine
G-H-I
James A. Garfield , Ohio
Daniel W. Gooch , Massachusetts
Lewis B. Gunckel , Ohio
John M. Hagans , West Virginia
Eugene Hale , Maine
Robert S. Hale , New York
Alfred C. Harmer , Pennsylvania
Benjamin W. Harris , Massachusetts
Horace H. Harrison , Tennessee
Henry H. Hathorn , New York
Harrison E. Havens , Missouri
John B. Hawley , Illinois
Joseph R. Hawley , Connecticut
Charles Hays , Alabama
Gerry W. Hazelton , Wisconsin
John W. Hazelton , New Jersey
George W. Hendee , Vermont
Samuel F. Hersey , Maine
Ebenezer R. Hoar , Massachusetts
George F. Hoar , Massachusetts
Asa Hodges , Arkansas
Samuel Hooper , Massachusetts
George G. Hoskins , New York
Sherman O. Houghton , California
Albert R. Howe , Mississippi
Jay A. Hubbell , Michigan
Morton C. Hunter , Indiana
Stephen A. Hurlbut , Illinois
Ira B. Hyde , Missouri
J-K-L
John A. Kasson , Iowa
William D. Kelley , Pennsylvania
Stephen W. Kellogg , Connecticut
John W. Killinger , Pennsylvania
William H. Lamport , New York
William E. Lansing , New York
William Lawrence , Ohio
John D. Lawson , New York
Barbour Lewis , Tennessee
James R. Lofland , Delaware
William Loughridge , Iowa
David P. Lowe , Kansas
Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. , Maryland
John R. Lynch 1939), Mississippi
M-N-O
Clinton D. MacDougall , New York
James S. Martin , Illinois
Horace Maynard , Tennessee
George W. McCrary , Iowa
Alexander S. McDill , Wisconsin
James W. McDill , Iowa
Ebenezer McJunkin , Pennsylvania
George C. McKee , Mississippi
John McNulta , Illinois
David B. Mellish , New York
Clinton L. Merriam , New York
James Monroe , Ohio
William S. Moore , Pennsylvania
Frank Morey , Louisiana
Leonard Myers , Pennsylvania
James S. Negley , Pennsylvania
Jason Niles , Mississippi
David A. Nunn , Tennessee
Charles O'Neill , Pennsylvania
Jackson Orr , Iowa
Godlove S. Orth , Indiana
P-Q-R
Jasper Packard , Indiana
John B. Packer , Pennsylvania
Horace F. Page , California
Isaac C. Parker , Missouri
Richard C. Parsons , Ohio
Charles Pelham , Alabama
James M. Pendleton , Rhode Island
William W. Phelps , New Jersey
William A. Phillips , Kansas
Henry L. Pierce , Massachusetts
Austin F. Pike , New Hampshire
James H. Platt, Jr. , Virginia
Thomas C. Platt , New York
Luke P. Poland , Vermont
Henry O. Pratt , Iowa
William J. Purman , Florida
Joseph H. Rainey , South Carolina
Alonzo J. Ransier , South Carolina
James T. Rapier , Alabama
William H. Ray , Illinois
John B. Rice , Illinois
Hiram L. Richmond , Pennsylvania
Ellis H. Roberts , New York
James W. Robinson , Ohio
Sobieski Ross , Pennsylvania
Jeremiah M. Rusk , Wisconsin
S-T-U-V
Philetus Sawyer , Wisconsin
Henry B. Sayler , Indiana
Glenni W. Scofield , Pennsylvania
Henry J. Scudder , New York
Isaac W. Scudder , New Jersey
James B. Sener , Virginia
Walter L. Sessions , New York
John P. C. Shanks , Indiana
Charles C. Sheats , Alabama
Lionel A. Sheldon , Louisiana
Isaac R. Sherwood , Ohio
Lazarus D. Shoemaker , Pennsylvania
Andrew Sloan , Georgia
William B. Small , New Hampshire
James S. Smart , New York
A. Herr Smith , Pennsylvania
George L. Smith , Louisiana
H. Boardman Smith , New York
J. Ambler Smith , Virginia
John Q. Smith , Ohio
William A. Smith , North Carolina
Oliver P. Snyder , Arkansas
William P. Sprague , Ohio
Charles St. John , New York
Edwin O. Stanard , Missouri
Henry H. Starkweather , Connecticut
Charles A. Stevens , Massachusetts
William H. H. Stowell , Virginia
Horace B. Strait , Minnesota
James D. Strawbridge , Pennsylvania
J. Hale Sypher , Louisiana
Alexander W. Taylor , Pennsylvania
Charles R. Thomas , North Carolina
Christopher Y. Thomas , Virginia
John M. Thompson , Pennsylvania
Jacob M. Thornburgh , Tennessee
Lemuel Todd , Pennsylvania
Washington Townsend , Pennsylvania
Lyman Tremain , New York
James N. Tyner , Indiana
W-X-Y-Z
Henry Waldron , Michigan
Alexander S. Wallace , South Carolina
Josiah T. Walls , Florida
Jasper D. Ward , Illinois
Marcus L. Ward , New Jersey
William A. Wheeler , New York
Alexander White , Alabama
Richard H. Whiteley , Georgia
William Whiting , Massachusetts
David Wilber , New York
Charles W. Willard , Vermont
George Willard , Michigan
Charles G. Williams , Wisconsin
John M. S. Williams , Massachusetts
William Williams , Indiana
William B. Williams , Michigan
William W. Wilshire , Arkansas
James Wilson , Iowa
Jeremiah M. Wilson , Indiana
Joseph G. Wilson , Oregon
Stewart L. Woodford , New York
Laurin D. Woodworth , Ohio
Changes in membership [ edit ]
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
replacements: 5
deaths: 3
resignations: 3
interim appointments: 1
vacancy: 1
Total seats with changes: 7
House of Representatives
replacements: 13
deaths: 6
resignations: 5
contested election: 7
Total seats with changes: 18
Senate
Employees
House of Representatives
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