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56 unusual facts about 43rd United States Congress


Allen Potter

He was also a member of the board of water commissioners in 1872 and an unsuccessful Liberal Republican candidate for election to the 43rd United States Congress that same year.

Andrew Sloan

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Morgan Rawls to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 24, 1874, to March 3, 1875.

Asa Hodges

Hodges was elected as a Republican to the 43rd United States Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875) to Arkansas' First District.

Benjamin T. Eames

He served as chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims (Forty-third Congress).

Bernard G. Caulfield

Caulfield was elected in 1874 as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to succeed John B. Rice, who had not sought reelection; when Rice died a month after the election, Caulfield won an additional special election to complete Rice's term in the Forty-third Congress, and served from February 1, 1875 to March 3, 1877.

Carter Harrison, Sr.

Harrison ran an unsuccessful campaign in 1872 for election to the Forty-third Congress.

Charles A. Stevens

He was subsequently elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alvah Crocker and served from January 27 to March 3, 1875.

Charles Christopher Sheats

In 1872 he was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875.

Charles Hays

Hays was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877) and served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Forty-third Congress).

Civil Rights Act of 1875

The bill was proposed by Senator Sumner and co-sponsored by Representative Benjamin F. Butler, both Republicans from Massachusetts, in the 43rd Congress of the United States in 1870.

Clinton D. MacDougall

MacDougall was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877.

Daniel N. Lockwood

Lockwood was elected as a Democrat to the 43rd United States Congress, and served from March 4, 1877, to March 3, 1879.

Effingham Lawrence

He served one day, the last day of the session of the 43rd United States Congress (March 3, 1875), the shortest term of any member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Eli Perry

Perry was elected as a Democrat to the 42nd and 43rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1875.

Ellery Albee Hibbard

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

Eugene Casserly

In the U.S. Senate, he served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads during the 42nd Congress and the Committee on Engrossed Bills during the 42nd Congress and 43rd Congress.

Frederick George Bromberg

Bromberg was elected as a Liberal Republican and Democratic Party fusion candidate to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875), largely due to a split in the main Republican vote, defeating Philip Joseph.

George Willard

He was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the 43rd and 44th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877.

Gerry Whiting Hazelton

He was elected to the House of Representatives in the Forty-second and Forty-third United States Congresses representing Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district (March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875).

Greenbury L. Fort

Fort was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1881).

Harrison E. Havens

He was born in Franklin County, Ohio and was the Republican Party Representative from Missouri for the 4th District in the 42nd United States Congress between 1871 and 1873, and for the 6th District in the 43rd United States Congress from 1873 to 1875.

Henry Joel Scudder

Scudder was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, holding office from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875.

Henry Otis Pratt

In 1872, Pratt was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 4th congressional district in the 43rd United States Congress.

Henry Waldron

In 1870, he was elected to represent Michigan's 1st congressional district to the Forty-second Congress and subsequently re-elected to represent Michigan's 2nd district to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1877.

Hezekiah S. Bundy

He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Forty-third Congress).

Hiram Parks Bell

Elected as a Democratic Representative to the 43rd United States Congress representing Georgia's 9th congressional district, Bell served from March 4, 1873, until March 3, 1875.

Horace Harrison

Harrison was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, but was unsuccessful as a candidate for re-election.

Hosea Washington Parker

Parker was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875).

Jay Abel Hubbell

In 1872, Hubbell was elected as a Republican to the 43rd and to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1883 becoming the first to represent Michigan's 9th congressional district.

Jesse Hale Moore

He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Forty-second Congress) and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

John Ambler Smith

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875) with 51.11% of the vote, defeating Democrat George Douglas Wise.

John B. Hay

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress and for election in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

John Black Packer

He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Railways and Canals during the Forty-second Congress and United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads during the Forty-third Congress.

John K. Luttrell

Luttrell was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879).

John McCandless Thompson

Thompson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ebenezer McJunkin.

John T. Averill

He was a member of the Republican National Committee from 1868 through 1880; elected as a Republican to the 42nd and 43rd congresses (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875); He was chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-third Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874.

John V. Le Moyne

He was an unsuccessful candidate of the Liberal Party for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

José Manuel Gallegos

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third US Congress.

Leonard Myers

He served as Chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (42nd United States Congress), United States House Committee on Patents (42nd Congress), and United States House Committee on Private Land Claims (43rd United States Congress).

Lyman K. Bass

Bass was elected as a Republican U. S. Representative for the thirty-first district of New York to the Forty-third; and as Representative for the thirty-second district to theForty-fourth Congresses.

Marion Bethune

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

Milo Goodrich

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress, and resumed the practice of law.

Morgan Rawls

In 1872, Rawls was elected as a Democrat to represent Georgia's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 43rd Congress; however, he only served from March 4, 1873, until March 24, 1874.

Nathan B. Bradley

Bradley was elected as a Republican and the first person to represent Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 43rd and 44th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1877.

Philip S. Crooke

Crooke was elected as a Republican to the 43rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875.

R. Holland Duell

He was elected to the 42nd and 43rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875.

Robert B. Elliott

Elliott was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third United States Congress.

Roderick R. Butler

For the 42nd Congress, he was a member of the Committee on Freedmen's Affairs, and for the 43rd Congress, he was a member of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Samuel C. Forker

Forker was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

Samuel F. Hersey

But he was elected to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1873, until his death in Bangor before the close of the Forty-third Congress.

Stewart L. Woodford

In 1872, he was elected as a Republican to the 43rd United States Congress and served from March 4, 1873, to July 1, 1874.

Thomas J. Creamer

Creamer was elected as a Democrat to the 43rd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875.

Walter L. Sessions

Sessions was elected as a Republican to the 42nd and 43rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1871, to March 3, 1875.

Wilder D. Foster

) In 1872, after new district boundaries were drawn, Foster was reelected to a full term in the 43rd Congress from Michigan's 5th congressional district.

William E. Finck

Finck was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugh J. Jewett and served from December 7, 1874, to March 3, 1875.

William W. Wilshire

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Forty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1873, to June 16, 1874, when he was succeeded by Thomas M. Gunter, who contested his election.