Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1875 — THE FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

THE FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.

SENATE. [THe following If a Hm of ‘fc* T'ortr-foorlh Congre**. m rendered copplet* by therecZnt election In Minnesota, at* of rtraisht Repßblican* (in Roman) 41, of Independent Republican* (in tZo<«*)4; of Democrat* fin small cars) SB; vacancy, 1; total <4. The year in which each Senator* tenn expire, to set opposite hi* name:) ALABAMA- ARKANSAW 1877 Gao.«oi.nrit'»‘An - B. 1877 Powell Clayton. 187STGeo. K. Spencer. 1879 8. W. Dorsey. California. Connecticut. 1879 Aaron A. Sareen*. 1879 Onto 8. Ferry. 1881 KfU’ten Booth. 1881 Vsm. W. Eaton, dkiawabb. FLORIDA 18 7 Eli Saulbbury. 187* 8. B. Conover. 1881 Tnos. F. Bayard. ;1881 Chas. W. Jones. GEORGIA. ILLINOIS. 1877 T. M. Norwood. 11877 John A. Logan. C 879 J. B. Gordon. [1879 it. J. Oglesby.' INDIANA. lOWA. 187» Oliver P. Morton. (1877 Geo. G. Wright. 1881 J. E. McDonald. ; 1879 Wm. B. Allison. KANSAS. I "KENTUCKY. 1877 Jas. M. Harvev. 1877 J. W. Stevenson. 1879 John J. Ingalls. .1879 T. C. McCreery. LOUISIANA. I MAINE. 1877 J. Rodman West. 1877 Lot M. Morrill. |?79 (Vacancy!. jISSI Hannibal Hamlin. MARYLAND.' I MASSACHUSETTS. 1879 Geo. W. Dennis. 11877 Geo. 8. Boutwell. 1881 Wm. P. Whyte. 11881 Henry L. Dawes. MICHIGAN. I MINNESOTA. 1877 Thomas W. Ferry. '1877 Wm. Windom. 1881 Z. P Chrishancy. 1881 S. J. R. McMillan. Mississirri. I Missouri. 1877 James L. Alcorn. 1879 L. V. Bogy. 1881 Branch K. Bruce.- JlBBl F. M. Cockrelu NEBRASKA. ' NEVADA. ~~ 1877 P. W. Hitchcock. 1879 John P. Jones. 1861 1. S. Paddock. 1681 William Sharon. NEW HAMPSHIRE. NEW JERSEY. 1877 Aaron 11. t ragin. 1877 F.T.Frelingbuysen. 1881 B. Wadicigh. 1881 T. F. Randolph. NEW YORK. NORTH CAROLINA. 1879 Roscoe Cankling. 1877 M. W. Ransom. 1881 Francis Kernan. 1879 A. 8. Merrimon. . OHIO. OREGON. 1879 John Sherman. 1877 James K. Kelly. 1881 AllenG. Thurman 1879 John H. Mitchell. PENNSYLVANIA. RHODE ISLAND. 1879 Simon Cameron. 1877 Henry B. Anthony. 1881 Wm. A. Wallace. jlbßl A. K Burnside. SOUTH CAROLINA. TENNESSEE. 1877 Thor. J. Robertson ’1877 Henry Cooper 1879 John J. Patterson. 1881 Andrew Johnson. TEXAS. VERMONT. 1877 Jf. C. Hamilton. 1879 Justin S. Morrill. 1881 Sam’l B. Maxey. > 1881 Geo. F. Edmund*. VIRGINIA. j WEST VIRGINIA. 1877 John W. Johnston 1877 Henry G. Davis. 1881 Robt. K. Witukrs.4Bßl A. T. Carpenter. WISOOMRIN. 1877 Timothv O. Howe 1881 Angus Cameron. ( HOUSE. [Republicans (in Roman), 102; Democrats (in small caps), 107; Independents (in italics). 6. There are 17 to elect by States and 3to fill vacancies caused by death. The asterisk (*) indicates members of the present Congress, re elected; the e stands for colored. ] ALABAMA—B. 1. Jerry Haralson, c. 15. *Jso 11. Caldwell. 8. Jeb.'N. Williams. 6. Golds'h W. Hewitt. 3. Paul Bradford. At i Burwell B. Lewis. 4. ’Charles Have. i L. ] Wm. H. Forney. ADK A A *»' -A 1. Lucian C. Gause. ‘3. Wm. W. Wilshire. ■2. Wm. F. Slkmons. 4. *Tho«. M. Gunter. CALIFORNIA —4. Fleets in September. „ CONNECTICUT —l.j Sleets in April. DELAWARE— I. James Williams. FLORIDA—2, 1. ’William J. Punuan. 2. Josiah T. Walls, e. ckurgia—9, 1. Julian Hartridge. 6. ’James 11. Blount. 2. Wm. K. Smith. : 7. William H. Felton. 3. ’Philip Cook. 8. *Alex.ll.Stephens. 4. ’Henry R. Harris. 9. [Vacant by death.] 5. Milton A. Candler. , ILLINOIS—I 9 - ——— 1. B. G. Caulfield. 111. Scott Wire. 2. C. H. Harrison. 12 Wm. M. Springer. 3. *C. B F irwell. 113. A. K. Stevenson. 4. *S. A.Hurlbut. 14. Joseph G. Cannon. 5. *H. C. Burchard. 115. ’John R. Kden. & T J. Ilend.erson. 16. Wm. A. J. Sparks. 7. Alex. Campbell. 47. *VVm. R. Morrison. , 8. ’Greenbury L. Fort. 18. William Hartzell. 9. R. H Whiting, |l9. B in.R. Anderson, th. Joh n C. Bagby. ; . ■ ■ INDIANA— I 3. 1. Bexoni S. Fuller. ■ 8. ’Morton C. Hunter. 2. J. D. Williams. 9. ’Thomas J. Cason. 3. Michael C. Kkrr. 110. Wm. 8. Uaymosd. 4 Jeitha D. New. (11. James L. Evans. 5. »Wm. S. Holman. |l2. A. H. Hamilton. 6. Milton S. Robinson. 113. John H. Baker. 7. Franklin Landers.l iowa—9. 1. ’Geo. W. McCrary. ' 6. Ezekiel S. Sampson, i, John Q. Tufts. ' |7. ’John A. Kasson. 3 L. L. Ainsworth. 8. ’Janies W. McDill. 4. ’Henry O. Pratt. 9. Addison Oliver. 5. ’James Wilson. KANSAS— 3. 1. ’William A.Phillips.: 3. William R. Brown. 2. John h. Goodin. KENTUCKY—IO. 1. A. K. Boone. <>. Tilomas L. Jones. 2 ’John Y. Brown. 7. J.-C. S. Blackburn-. 3. ’Chas. W.Millikin. 8. ’Milton J. Durham. 4- J. Proctor Knott. 9. JohnD. White. 5. Edward Y.Parsons. 10. John B. Clarke. LOUISIANA—6. 1. Randall L. Gibson. 4. William M. Levy. 2. E. John Ellis. 5. ’Frank Morey. 3. ♦Chesier B. Darrah, 6. Charles E. Nash, A—MAINE—S, I. ’John 11. Burleigh. 4. [Vacant bv death.] 2 ’William P. Frye, 5. ’Eugene Hale. 3. ’James <>. Blame. - , Maryland—6. 1. Philip F. Thomas. | 4. Thomas Swann. 2. Cmas. B. Roberts. 5. F.li J. Hbnkle. 3. William J. O'Brien.! 6. William Walsh. Massachusetts—ll. 1. ’Janies Buffington. 7. John K. Tarbox. 2. ’Benj. W. Harris' 8. Wm. W. Warren. 3. ’Henry L. Pierce. 9. ’Gwge F. Hoar. 4. Rufus S. Frost. 10. Julius H. Strlye. 5. B'atlw del P. Banks. 11. C. W. Chapin’. ■6. Chas. R. Thompson. ’ f MICHIGAN—9. 1. A. S. Williams. b. Geo. H. Durand. 2. ’Henry Waldron. 7. ’Omar D.-Conger. 3. ’George Willard. 8. *N.B. Bradley. 4. Allen Potter. 9. ’Jay B. Hubbell. 5. ’Wm. B. Williams. MINNESOTA—3. 1. ’Mark 11. Dunnell. 3. Wm. S. King. 2. ’Horace B. S rail. MISSISSIPPI—6. Electa in November. MISSOURI—I 3. 1. Edward C. Kehr. 8. B. J. Frankun. 2 ’Erastus Wells. 9. David Rea. 3. ’William H. Stone. 10. R. A. Dkßolt. 4. ’Robt. A. Hatcher. 11. ’J. B. Clarke. Jr. A. ’Richard P. Bland. 12. ’John M. Glover. A, Cuas. H. Morgan. 13. ’A. H. Buckner. 7. John F. Phillips, j NEBRASKA—I. Lorenzo CrounseW NEVADA— 1. William Woodburn. NEP - HAMPSHIRE—3. Elects in March. NEW JERSEY— 7. , 1. C. H. Sinnickson. 5. A. W. Cutler. 2 *B. A. Dobbins. 6. F. H. Teesb. 3. Miles Ross. 7. A.A.Habdenbergh. 4. ’Robt. Hamilton. , new tobk—S3. 1. Henry B. Metcalfe, is. Andrew Williams. 2. *J.G Schumaker. 49 *Wm. A. Wheeler. 9. Sim. B. 4. Archibald ?I. Bliss 21. Samuel F. Miller. 5. Edwin K. Mlade. £2. George A. Baglev. 6. ’Samuel S. Cox; 23. Scott Lord. ' 7. Smith Ely. Jr. 24. William H. Baker. 8. Elijah Wai. ■ 25. E. W. Leavenworth. 9. ’Fernando w <x>d. ! 2b- ’C. D. McDougall. 10. Abram S. He'- tt, 27. Bldridge G. Laphsm. 11. Benj A. Wil. <. 28. ’Thomas C. Piatt. 12 N. Holmes O: lix. 129. C. C. B. Walker. 13. ’J. O. Whttei >cse. [3 '. John M. Davy. 14. George M. Bi '.be. i3l. ’George G. Hoskins. 15. J. H. Bagley, .is. ;32 ’Lyman K. Bass. 16. Charles H. Adams. i 33. [Vacant by death.] 17. Martin i. Towt-end. ! north Carolina—B. «, ' Jesse J. Yeates. I 5. Alfred M. Scales. 2. John A. Hyman, c. 16. ’Thomas S. Ashe. 3. ’A. M. ’Waddell, t 7. ’Wm. M. Robbins. 4. Joseph J. Davis, jB. ’Robert B. Vance. ohio—3o. 1. ’Milton. Satler. ;il. J. L. Vance. 2. ’Henry B. Banning. 42 A. T. Walling. 3. John 8. Savage. 13. *M. I. Southard. 4. John A. McMahon. 14. J. P. Cowan. 5. Americus V. Ikcr. 15. N. H. Van Vorhes. 6. F. H. Hurd. * 16. ’Lorenzo Danford. 7. ’L. T. Neal. 17. »L.|D. Woodworth. 8. ’W T m. Lawrence. 18. ’Jas. Mdnroe. 9. B. F. Poffllton. 19. ’J. A. Garfield. 16. •Charles Footer. [2O. H. B. Payne. Oregon— l. Geo.'A. La Dow. raXNBYLYANIA— 27. 1. Chapman Fr--eman. 15. Joseph Powell. 2 ’Chas. O'Neill. 16. ’Sobieski Roes. 3. »B. J. Randall. 17. John Reilly. ■4. ’Wm. D, Keiley. 18. Wm. 8, Stenger. 5. John Robbins. 19. Levi Maish, <6. ’Wash. Townsend. '3O. Levi A. Mackey. 7. Alaa Wood. Jr. '2l. Jaqob Turney. 8. Hibsteb #Lrm. 22. J. H. Hopkins. 6. *A. Herr Smith. J 23. A. G. Cochran. 10. Wm. MuTced'-EB. 121. J. W. Wallace. 11. F. D. Collins, 25. G. A. Jbmks. 12. W. W. KetchaHi. 961 Jas. Sbeakmit. 13. J. A Reilly. 27. A. G. Egbert. 14. ’John B. Packer.

RHODE ISLAND—2. 1. ’Benj. T, Eames. | 2 Latimer W. Ballou. SOUTH CAROLINA—S. 1 1. ’Joseph H. Rainey.ci 4. ’Alex. 8. Wallace. 2 K.W. M. Mackey. | 5. Reuben Smalls, c 2 Solomon L. Hoge. | TENNESSEE— IO. 1. Wm. McFarland. I ti. John F. House. 2 ’J. M. Thornbutg. i 7, ’W. C. Whitthorne 3. Geo. G. Bibkell. 1 8. ’J. D. C. Atkins. 4. Samuel M. Fine. (9. Wm. P. Cai.dwell. 5. ’John M. Bright. |lO. H. Casey Young. » TEXAS—O. 1. John H. Reagan. 4 ’Roger Q. Mills. 2. D. B. Culberson. |5. ’John Hancock. X J.W.Throckmorton| 6. Gus. Schleicher. VERMONT— 3. 1. Charles 11. Joyce. 3. ’George W. Sendee 2. Dudley C. Dciiieon.. I VIRGINIA—9 1. B. B. Douglass, B. J. R. Tucker. 2. ’John Gorde. Jr. j, 7. ’John T- Harris. 3. G. C. Walker. i 8- ♦Kppa Hunton. 4. ’W.H, B- Stowell. Terry, 5. Geo. C. Cabell I WEST VIRGINIA—3. 1. Benj. Wilson. 3. »F. Hereford. t. C. J. Faulkner. WISCONSIN—B. 1. ’Chas. G. Williams. 5. 3. J. Burchard. 2. Lucien B. Caswell, j 6. Alanson M Kimball 3. lieurv 8. Magoon. i 7. ’Jeremiah M. Rusk. 4. Wm. Pitt Lynde. |B. Geo. W. Cate. TERRITORIAL DELEGATES. Arizona—ram S. Stevens. Colorado—Thomas M. Patterson. Dakota—Jeflerson Pi Kidder. Idaho —Thomas W. Bennett. Montana—’Mabtin Maginnis. New Mexico—Elects in September. Utah—Georae Q- Cannon. Washington—Orange Jacobs. —Wyoming—’William R. Steki.H .77 CONTESTED SEATS IN TUB HOUSE. State. Seat. Contested by Alabama Haralson.. F. G. Bromberg. Alabama Williams. ..James T. Rapier, c. Alabama....... Hays James T. Jones. FloridaFurman....J. A. Henderson. Florida ’Valla, e... .Jesse J. Finlby. Georgia.Waistkidgk John E. Bryant. Georgia Smith. .... R. H. Whiteley. Illinois ...FarwellJohn V. LeMoyne. Illinois Whiting... .Leonard F Rohs. Indiana Hunter Harrison J. Rice. Indiana Baker Freeman Kelley. Kentucky. .; ...White Harrison Cock rill. Louisiana. „.(..Morey B. Spknceh. Maryland Walsii Lloyd Lowndes. Massachusetts..FrostJ. G. Abbott. MinnesotaStraitE. St. Julien Cox. Pennsylvania.. . Freeman.... Titos. B. Florence. Pennsylvania.. .Egbert; ... .Carlton B. Curtis. South'Curolina .Houk. . B. H. McGowan. South Carolina .Walla -e ... J. B. Kershaw. VirginiaGoodeJas. K. Platt, Jr. To the above number of twenty-one contested, seats may possibly be added others. Some of the above, also, may not be brought before the House at all. The seat for Delegate of* Idaho Territory by Samuel 8. Fenn, Democrat. ■