48th United States Congress

48th United States Congress
47th   49th

United States Capitol (1906)

Duration: March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885

Senate President: Vacant
Senate Pres. pro tem: George F. Edmunds
House Speaker: John G. Carlisle
Members: 76 Senators
325 Representatives
8 Non-voting members
Senate Majority: Republican
House Majority: Democratic

Sessions
1st: December 3, 1883 – July 7, 1884
2nd: December 1, 1884 – March 3, 1885

The Forty-eighth 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, 1883 to March 4, 1885, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Main articles: 1883, 1884 and 1885

Major legislation

Territories organized

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 shows control)
Total Vacant
Democratic
(D)
Readjuster
(RD)
Independent
(I)
Republican
(R)
End of the previous congress 37 1 1 37 76 0
Begin 36 2 0 38 76 0
End
Final voting share 47.4% 2.6% 0.0% 50.0%
Beginning of the next congress 34 0 0 42 76 0

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 325

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

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. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1884.

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

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
George F. Edmunds

House of Representatives

Members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

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

Non-voting members

Speaker of the House
John G. Carlisle

Changes in membership

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

Senate

State
(class)
Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation
Rhode Island (2) Henry B. Anthony (R) Died September 2, 1884 William P. Sheffield (R) November 19, 1884
Rhode Island (2) William P. Sheffield (R) Successor elected January 20, 1885 Jonathan Chace (R) January 20, 1885

House of Representatives

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
Mississippi 2nd Vacant Chalmers took seat after an election contest with Van H. Manning who challenged his election James R. Chalmers (I) June 25, 1884
West Virginia 3rd John E. Kenna (D) Resigned March 4, 1883 after being elected to the US Senate Charles P. Snyder (D) May 15, 1883
Alabama 1st Thomas H. Herndon (D) Died March 28, 1883 James T. Jones (D) December 3, 1883
Virginia 7th John Paul (D) Resigned September 5, 1883 after being appointed judge of the US District Court of the Western District of Virginia. The House election was subsequently contested. Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) May 5, 1884
Kansas 2nd Dudley C. Haskell (R) Died December 16, 1883 Edward H. Funston (R) March 21, 1884
North Carolina 1st Walter F. Pool (R) Died August 25, 1883 Thomas G. Skinner (D) November 20, 1883
Massachusetts 12th George D. Robinson (R) Resigned January 7, 1884 after being elected Governor of Massachusetts Francis W. Rockwell (R) January 17, 1884
South Carolina 7th Edmund W. M. Mackey (R) Died January 27, 1884 Robert Smalls (R) March 18, 1884
New Mexico Territory At-large Tranquilino Luna (R) Lost contested election March 5, 1884 Francisco A. Manzanares (D) March 5, 1884
Virginia 1st Robert M. Mayo (Readjuster) Lost contested election March 20, 1884 George T. Garrison (D) March 20, 1884
Indiana 7th Stanton J. Peelle (R) Lost contested election May 22, 1884 William E. English (D) May 22, 1884
Ohio 18th William McKinley (R) Lost contested election May 27, 1884 Jonathan H. Wallace (D) May 27, 1884
Ohio 7th Henry L. Morey (R) Lost contested election June 20, 1884 James E. Campbell (D) June 20, 1884
Iowa 7th John A. Kasson (R) Resigned July 13, 1884 after being appointed Minister to Germany Hiram Y. Smith (R) December 2, 1884
Indiana 13th William H. Calkins (R) Resigned October 20, 1884 Benjamin F. Shively (Anti-Monopoly) December 1, 1884
South Carolina 4th John H. Evins (D) Died October 20, 1884 John Bratton (D) December 8, 1884
Pennsylvania 19th William A. Duncan (D) Died November 14, 1884 John A. Swope (D) December 23, 1884
North Carolina 5th Alfred M. Scales (D) Resigned December 30, 1884 after being elected Governor of North Carolina James W. Reid (D) January 28, 1885
Alabama 4th Charles M. Shelley (D) Lost contested election January 9, 1885 George H. Craig (R) January 9, 1885
Ohio 9th James S. Robinson (R) Resigned January 12, 1885 after becoming Ohio Secretary of State Vacant Not filled this term
Rhode Island 2nd Jonathan Chace (R) Resigned January 26, 1885 after being elected to the US Senate Nathan F. Dixon III (R) February 12, 1885
Arkansas 2nd James K. Jones (D) Resigned February 19, 1885 after being elected to the US Senate Vacant Not filled this term
Iowa 5th James Wilson (R) Lost contested election March 3, 1885 Benjamin T. Frederick (D) March 3, 1885
Iowa 6th Marsena E. Cutts (R) Lost contested election March 3, 1885 John C. Cook (D) March 3, 1885

Employees

Senate

House of Representatives

References

    External links

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