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Dates of Sessions

December 1, 1873 to March 3, 1875.

Major Political Events

• The country is in the middle of the Panic of 1873.
• Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1875 on March 3.

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Officers

Senate

• President Pro Tempore:
  • Matthew H. Carpenter served March 12, 1873 through January 4, 1875
  • Henry B. Anthony served January 25, 1875 though January 17, 1875.

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House

• Speaker of the House: James G. Blaine

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Members of the Forty-Third United States Congress

Senate

• James Lusk Alcorn (R-MS)
• William Boyd Allison (R-IA)
• Adelbert Ames (R-MS)
• Henry Bowen Anthony (R-RI)
• Thomas Frances Bayard, Sr. (D-DE)
• Lewis Vital Bogy (D-MO)
• Arthur Inghram Boreman (R-WV)
• George Sewel Boutwell (R-MA)
• William Gannaway Brownlow (R-TN)
• William Alfred Buckingham (R-CT)
• Alexander Caldwell(R-KS)
• Simon Cameron (R-PA)
• Eugene Casserly (D-CA)
• Zachariah Chandler (R-MI)
• Powell Clayton (R-AR)
• Roscoe Conkling (R-NY)
• Simon Barclay Conover (R-FL)
• Henry Cooper (D-TN)
• Aaron Harrison Cragin (R-NH)
• Robert Crozier (R-KS)
• Henry Gassaway Davis (D-WV)
• George Robertson Dennis (D-MD)
• Stephen Wallace Dorsey (R-AR)
• William Wallace Eaton (D-CT)
• George Franklin Edmunds (R-VT)
• Reuben Eaton Fenton (R-NY)
• Otis Sanford Ferry (Lib. Rep.-CT)
• Thomas White Ferry (R-MI)
• James Winwright Flanagan (R-TX)
• Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
• Abijah Gilbert (R-FL)
• George Goldthwaite (D-AL)
• John Brown Gordon (D-GA)
• John Sharpenstein Hager (D-GA)
• Morgan Calvin Hamilton (Lib. Rep.-TX)
• William Thomas Hamilton (D-MD)
• Hannibal Hamlin (R-ME)
• James Madison Harvey (R-KS)
• Phineas Warren Hitchcock (R-NE)
• Timothy Otis Howe (R-WI)
• John James Ingalls (R-KS)
• John Warfield Johnston (D-VA)
• John Percival Jones (R-NV)
• James Kerr Kelly (D-OR)
• John Francis Lewis (R-VA)
• John Alexander Logan (R-IL)
• Thomas Clay McCreery (D-KY)
• Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (D-NC)
• John Mitchell Hipple (R-OR)
• Justin Smith Morrill (R-VT)
• Lot Myrick Morrill (R-ME)
• Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (R-IN)
• Thomas Manson Norwood (D-GA)
• Richard James Oglesby (R-IL)
• John James Patterson (R-SC)
• Henry Roberts Pease (R-MS)
• Daniel Darwin Pratt (R-IN)
• Alexander Ramsey (R-MN)
• Matt Whitaker Ransom (D-NC)
• Thomas James Robertson (R-SC)
• Aaron Augustus Sargent (R-CA)
• Eli Saulsbury (D-DE)
• Carl Schurz (R-MO)
• John Scott (R-PA)
• John Sherman (R-OH)
• George Eliphaz Spencer (R-AL)
• William Sprague (R-RI)
• John White Stevenson (D-KY)
• William Morris Stewart (R-NV)
• John Potter Stockton (D-NJ)
• Charles Sumner (Lib. Rep.-MA)
• Allen Granberry Thurman (D-OH)
• Thomas Weston Tipton (R-NE)
• Bainbridge Wadleigh (R-NH)
• William Barrett Washburn (R-MA)
• Joseph Rodman West (R-LA)
• William Windom (R-MN)
• George Grover Wright (R-LA)

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House

Partisan Breakdown: 88 Democrats, 199 Republicans, 4 Liberal Republicans, 1 Independent Democrat.

• George M. Adams (D-KY)
• William J. Albert (R-MD)
• Charles Albright (R-PA)
• Stevenson Archer (D-MD)
• William E. Arthur (D-KY)
• Thomas S. Ashe (D-NC)
• John D. C. Atkins (D-TN)
• John T. Averill (R-MN)
• Henry B. Banning (D-OH)
• J. Allen Barber (R-WI)
• William H. Barnum (D-CT)
• Granville Barrere (R-IL)
• Henry W. Barry (R-MS)
• Lyman K. Bass (R-NY)
• James B. Beck (D-KY)
• Josiah W. Begole (R-MI)
• Hiram P. Bell (D-GA)
• John Berry (D-OH)
• James S. Biery (R-PA)
• James G. Blaine (R-ME)
• Richard P. Bland (D-MO)
• James H. Blount (D-GA)
• Rees T. Bowen (D-VA)
• Nathan B. Bradley (R-MI)
• John M. Bright (D-TN)
• Frederick G. Bromberg (Lib. Rep.-AL)
• James Brooks (D-NY)
• John Young Brown (D-KY)
• Aylett H. Buckner (D-MO)
• James Buffinton (R-MA)
• Hezekiah S. Bundy (R-OH)
• Horatio C. Burchard (R-IL)
• John H. Burleigh (R-ME)
• Julius C. Burrows (R-MI)
• Benjamin F. Butler (R-MA)
• Roderick R. Butler (R-TN)
• Richard H. Cain (R-SC)
• John H. Caldwell (D-AL)
• Joseph G. Cannon (R-IL)
• Lewis Cass Carpenter (R-SC)
• Thomas J. Cason (R-IN)
• Bernard Gregory Caulfield (D-IL)
• John Cessna (PA)
• Simeon Baldwin Chittenden (Ind. Rep- NY)
• Amos Clark, jr. (R-NJ)
• John B. Clark, jr (D-MO)
• Freeman Clarke (R-NY)
• Charles Clayton (R-CA)
• Isaac Clements (R-IL)
• Hiester Clymer (D-PA)
• Clinton L. Cobb (R-NC)
• Stephen A. Cobb (R-KS)
• John Coburn (R-IN)
• Abram Comingo (D-MO)
• Omar D. Conger (R-MI)
• Philip Cook (D-GA)
• Franklin Corwin (R-IL)
• Aylett R. Cotton (D-IA)
• Samuel S. Cox (D-NY)
• Thomas J. Creamer (D-NY)
• Thomas T. Crittenden (D-MO)
• Alvah Crocker (R-MA)
• Philip S. Crooke (R-NY)
• Edward Crossland (D-KY)
• Lorenzo Crounse (R-NE)
• William Crutchfield (R-TN)
• Carlton B. Curtis (R-PA)
• Lorenzo Danford (R-OH)
• Chester B. Darrall (R-LA)
• Alexander M. Davis (?-VA)
• Henry L. Dawes (D-MA)
• David M. DeWitt (D-NY)
• Samuel A. Dobbins (R-NJ)
• William G. Donnan (R-IA)
• R. Holland Duell (R-NY)
• Mark H. Dunnell (R-MN)
• Milton J. Durham (D-KY)
• Benjamin T. Eames (R-RI)
• John R. Eden (D-IL)
• Charles A. Eldredge (D-WI)
• Robert B. Elliott (R-SC)
• Charles B. Farwell (R-IL)
• Moses W. Field (R-MI)
• William Edward Finck (D-OH)
• Greenbury L. Fort (R-IL)
• Charles Foster (R-OH)
• Wilder De Ayr Foster (R-MI)
• James C. Freeman (R-GA)
• William P. Frye (R-ME)
• James A. Garfield (R-OH)
• D. Witt C. Giddings (D-TX)
• John M. Glover (D-MO)
• Daniel W. Gooch (R-MA)
• Lewis B. Gunckel (R-OH)
• Thomas Montague Gunter (D-AR)
• John Marshall Hagans (R-WV)
• Eugene Hale (R-ME)
• Robert S. Hale (R-NY)
• Robert Hamilton (D-NJ)
• John Hancock (D-TX)
• Alfred C. Harmer (R-PA)
• Benjamin W. Harris (R-MA)
• Henry R. Harris (D-GA)
• John T. Harris (D-VA)
• Horace H. Harrison (R-TN)
• Robert A. Hatcher (D-MO)
• Henry H. Hathorn (R-NY)
• Harrison E. Havens (R-MO)
• John B. Hawley (R-IL)
• Joseph R. Hawley (R-CT)
• Charles Hays (R-AL)
• Gerry W. Hazelton (R-WI)
• John W. Hazelton (R-NJ)
• George W. Hendee (R-VT)
• Frank Hereford (D-WV)
• William S. Herndon (D-TX)
• E. Rockwood Hoar (R-MA)
• George F. Hoar (R-MA)
• Asa Hodges (R-AR)
• William S. Holman (D-IN)
• Samuel Hooper (R-MA)
• George G. Hoskins (R-NY)
• Sherman O. Houghton (R-CA)
• Albert R. Howe (R-MS)
• Jay A. Hubbell (R-MI)
• Morton Craig Hunter (R-IN)
• Eppa Hunton (D-VA)
• Stephen A. Hurlbut (R-IL)
• Ira B. Hyde (R-MO)
• William J. Hynes (Lib. Rep.-AR)
• Hugh J. Jewett (D-OH)
• John A. Kasson (R-IA)
• William D. Kelley (R-PA)
• Stephen W. Kellogg (R-CT)
• Charles W. Kendall (D-NV)
• John W. Killinger (R-PA)
• Robert M. Knapp (D-IL)
• Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D-MS)
• Charles N. Lamison (D-OH)
• William H. Lamport (R-NY)
• William E. Lansing (R-NY)
• William Lawrence (R-OH)
• John D. Lawson (R-NY)
• James M. Leach (D-NC)
• Barbour Lewis (R-TN)
• James R. Lofland (R-DE)
• William Loughridge (R-IA)
• David P. Lowe (R-KS)
• Lloyd Lowndes, jr. (R-MD)
• John K. Luttrell (D-CA)
• John R. Lynch (R-MS)
• Clinton D. MacDougall (R-NY)
• John A. Magee (D-PA)
• Samuel S. Marshall (D-IL)
• James S. Martin (R-IL)
• Horace Maynard (R-TN)
• George W. McCrary (R-IA)
• Alexander S. McDill (R-WI)
• James W. McDill (R-IA)
• Ebenezer McJunkin (R-PA)
• George C. McKee (R-MS)
• William P. McLean (D-TX)
• John McNulta (R-IL)
• David B. Mellish (R-NY)
• Clinton L. Merriam (R-NY)
• Charles W. Milliken (D-KY)
• Roger Q. Mills (D-TX)
• Alexander Mitchell (D-WI)
• James Monroe (R-OH)
• William S. Moore (R-PA)
• Frank Morey (R-LA)
• William R. Morrison (D-IL)
• Leonard Myers (R-PA)
• Lawrence T. Neal (D-OH)
• James S. Negley (R-PA)
• James W. Nesmith (D-OR)
• William E. Niblack (D-IN)
• Jason Niles (R-MS)
• David A. Nunn (R-TN)
• William J. O'Brien (D-MD)
• Charles O'Neill (R-PA)
• Jackson Orr (R-IA)
• Godlove S. Orth (R-IN)
• Jasper Packard (R-IN)
• John B. Packer (R-PA)
• Horace F. Page (R-CA)
• Hosea W. Parker (D-NH)
• Isaac C. Parker (R-MO)
• Richard C. Parsons (R-OH)
• Charles Pelhman (R-AL)
• James M. Pendleton (R-RI)
• Eli Perry (D-NY)
• William Walter Phelps (R-NJ)
• William A. Phillips (R-KS)
• Henry L. Pierce (R-MA)
• Austin F. Pike (R-NH)
• James H. Platt, jr. (R-VA)
• Thomas C. Platt (R-NY)
• Luke P. Poland (R-VT)
• Clarkson N. Potter (D-NY)
• Henry O. Pratt (R-IA)
• William J. Purman (R-FL)
• Joseph H. Rainey (R-SC)
• Samuel J. Randall (D-PA)
• Alonzo J. Ransier (R-SC)
• James T. Rapier (R-AL)
• Morgan Rawls (?-GA)
• William H. Ray (R-IL)
• William B. Read (D-KY)
• John B. Rice (R-IL)
• Hiram L. Richmond (R-PA)
• William M. Robbins (D-NC)
• Ellis H. Roberts (R-NY)
• William R. Roberts (D-NY)
• James C. Robinson (D-IL)
• James W. Robinson (R-OH)
• Sobieski Ross (R-PA)
• Jeremiah M. Rusk (R-WI)
• Philetus Sawyer (R-WI)
• Henry B. Sayler (R-IN)
• Milton Sayler (D-OH)
• John G. Schumaker (D-NY)
• Glenni W. Scofield (R-PA)
• Henry J. Scudder (R-NY)
• Isaac W. Scudder (R-NJ)
• James B. Sener (R-VA)
• Walter L. Sessions (R-NY)
• John Peter Cleaver Shanks (R-IN)
• Christopher C. Sheats (R-AL)
• Lionel Allen Sheldon (R-LA)
• George Augustus Sheridan (Lib. Rep.- LA)
• Isaac R. Sherwood (R-OH)
• Lazarus D. Shoemaker (R-PA)
• Andrew Sloan (R-GA)
• Joseph H. Sloss (D-AL)
• William B. Small (R-NH)
• James S. Smart (R-NY)
• A. Herr Smith (R-PA)
• George Luke Smith (R-LA)
• H. Boardman Smith (R-NY)
• John Ambler Smith (R-VA)
• John Q. Smith (R-OH)
• William A. Smith (R-NC)
• Oliver P. Snyder (R-AR)
• Milton I. Southard (D-OH)
• R. Milton Speer (D-PA)
• William P. Sprague (R-OH)
• Charles St. John (R-NY)
• Edwin O. Stanard (R-MO)
• Elisha D. Standeford (D-KY)
• Henry H. Starkweather (R-CT)
• Alexander H. Stephens (D-GA)
• Charles Abbot Stevens (R-MA)
• William H. Stone (D-MO)
• John B. Storm (D-PA)
• William H. H. Stowell (R-VA)
• Horace B. Strait (R-MN)
• James D. Strawbridge (R-PA)
• Thomas Swann (D-MD)
• Jacob Hale Sypher (R-LA)
• Alexander W. Taylor (R-PA)
• Charles Randoplh Thomas (R-NC)
• Cristopher Yancy Thomas (R-VA)
• John McCandless Thompson (R-PA)
• Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh (R-TN)
• Lemuel Todd (R-PA)
• Washington Townsend (R-PA)
• Lyman Tremain (R-NY)
• James N. Tyner (R-IN)
• Robert B. Vance (D-NC)
• Alfred M. Waddell (D-NC)
• Henry Waldron (R-MI)
• Alexander S. Wallace (R-SC)
• Josiah T. Walls (R-FL)
• Jasper D. Ward (R-IL)
• Marcus L. Ward (R-NJ)
• Erastus Wells (D-MO)
• William A. Wheeler (R-NY)
• Alexander White (R-AL)
• Thomas Whitehead (D-VA)
• John O. Whitehouse (D-NY)
• Richard Henry Whiteley (R-GA)
• William Whiting (R-MA)
• Washington C. Whitthorne (D-TN)
• David Wilber (R-NY)
• Charles W. Willard (R-VT)
• George Willard (R-MI)
• Charles G. Williams (R-WI)
• John M. S. Williams (R-MA)
• William Williams (R-IN)
• William B. Williams (R-MI)
• Asa Hoxie Willie (D-TX)
• William Wallace Wilshire (R-AR)
• Ephraim K. Wilson (D-MD)
• James Wilson (R-IA)
• Jeremiah M. Wilson (R-IN)
• Joseph Gardner Wilson (R-OR)
• Simeon Kalfius Wolfe (D-IN)
• Fernando Wood (D-NY)
• Stewart L. Woodford (R-NY)
• Laurin D. Woodworth (R-OH)
• John D. Young (D-KY)
• Pierce M. B. Young (D-GA)

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References

Trager, James. The People's Chronology. pp. 527-537. New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1992.

External Links

• Journal of the House of Representatives, 43rd Congress
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Office of the Clerk of the US House of Representatives: Congressional History