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73 unusual facts about 47th United States Congress


Abraham J. Hostetler

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-Seventh Congress.

Abraham X. Parker

Parker was elected as a Republican to the 47th and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889).

Adoniram J. Warner

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

Alonzo J. Edgerton

He was appointed U.S. Senator from Minnesota as a Republican, and served from March 12, 1881 to October 30, 1881 in the 47th congress.

Alphonso Hart

In 1880 he was nominated for the Forty-seventh Congress in the seventh district but lost to John P. Leedom.

Benjamin Wood

Wood was elected as a Democrat to the 37th and 38th United States Congresses (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865.) He was a member of the New York State Senate (4th D.) in 1866 and 1867 and elected to the 47th United States Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883)

Calvin Cowgill

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

Charles M. Shelley

Shelley presented his credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congress, but the election was contested by James Q. Smith and the seat declared vacant July 20, 1882.

Charles R. Skinner

Skinner was elected as a Republican to the 47th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Warner Miller to the U.S. Senate; and was re-elected to the 48th United States Congress, holding office from November 8, 1881, to March 3, 1885.

Charles T. Doxey

Doxey was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Godlove S. Orth and served from January 17 to March 3, 1883.

Courtland C. Matson

Matson was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1889).

Dietrich C. Smith

Smith was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883).

Edmund William McGregor Mackey

With the Republican takeover of the House for the Forty-seventh Congress, Mackey succeeded in replacing Samuel Dibble for the House seat.

Edward S. Lacey

Lacey was elected as a Republican to represent Michigan's 3rd congressional district in the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1885.

Edwin Willits

In 1876, Willits was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 45th United States Congress and subsequently re-elected to the 46th, and 47th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1883.

Elbridge G. Lapham

He was elected as a Republican to the 44th, 45th, 46th and 47th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1875, to July 29, 1881, when he resigned after his election to the U.S. Senate.

Ezra B. Taylor

He was reelected to the Forty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from December 13, 1880, to March 3, 1893.

Francis Edwin Shober

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Upon the death of Secretary John C. Burch in the Forty-seventh Congress was appointed Acting Secretary of the Senate and served from October 24, 1881, to March 3, 1883.

George Madison Adams

Adams was elected Clerk of the House of Representatives December 6, 1875, during the Forty-fourth Congress, and served until the commencement of the Forty-seventh Congress, December 5, 1881.

George R. Davis

Davis was elected as a Republican to the 46th, 47th, and 48th Congresses (March 4, 1879 – March 4, 1885).

George Robinson Black

Black was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1880 as a Democrat in the 47th Congress; however, he lost his reelection campaign in 1882.

George West

He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress, holding office from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1883.

Gibson Atherton

Atherton was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883), but afterwards chose not to seek renomination.

Henry Gray Turner

After two more terms in 1878 and 1879 in the state house, Turner was elected to the 47th United States Congress as a Democratic Representative.

Henry J. Spooner

In 1881 he was elected as a Republican to the 47th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Nelson W. Aldrich and he was reelected to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 5, 1881, to March 3, 1891.

Henry S. Harris

Harris was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

Henry W. Lord

Lord was elected as a Republican from Michigan's first congressional district to the Forty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1883.

Horace Davis

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

Horace F. Page

During the 47th United States Congress, he was the chairman of the Committee on Commerce.

Horatio Bisbee, Jr.

He successfully contested the election of Jesse J. Finley to the Forty-seventh Congress and served from June 1, 1882, to March 3, 1883.

J. Hart Brewer

Brewer was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1885.

James A. McKenzie

McKenzie later was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-seventh United States Congresses (March 4, 1877–March 3, 1883).

James B. Belford

Elected to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses Belford was United States Representative for the first district from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1885.

James Kimbrough Jones

Jones was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 4, 1885); he was re-elected to the Forty-ninth but tendered his resignation on February 19, 1885, having been elected to the United States Senate that year.

James Mosgrove

However, Mosgrove was elected as a Greenback candidate to the Forty-seventh Congress.

James S. Robinson

Robinson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1881, to January 12, 1885, when he resigned.

Jay Abel Hubbell

During the 47th Congress he chaired the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Interior.

Jesse J. Finley

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-Seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1881, to June 1, 1882, when he was succeeded by Horatio Bisbee, Jr., who contested his election.

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 P. Leedom

Leedom was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1883).

John R. Buck

Buck was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881—March 3, 1883) and to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885—March 3, 1887).

John R. Thomas

He served as chairman of the Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Forty-seventh Congress).

John Thomas Caine

Caine was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the action of the House declaring the Delegate-elect ineligible.

John Tyler Rich

Rich served in the Michigan Senate from January 1, 1881, until March 21, 1881, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives for the 47th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Omar D. Conger, serving from April 5, 1881, to March 3, 1883.

John Van Voorhis

Van Voorhis was elected as a Republican to the 46th and 47th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1883.

John Williams Shackelford

After a single two-year term in the Senate, he was elected to the 47th United States Congress in 1880.

Jonathan Scoville

He was reelected to the Forty-seventh Congress and served from November 12, 1880, to March 3, 1883.

Jonathan T. Updegraff

Updegraff was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, November 30, 1882.

Lewis Beach

Elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses, Beach was a U. S. Representative for the fourteenth district of New York from March 4, 1881 to March 3, 1885.

Lewis E. Payson

Payson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1891).

Morgan Ringland Wise

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1874 to 1878, and was later elected as a Democrat to the 46th and 47th Congress.

Morton Everel Post

Post was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885).

Nelson Dingley, Jr.

Dingley was elected as a Republican to the 47th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William P. Frye.

Phineas Jones

Jones was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1881 - March 3, 1883, but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1882.

Richard Crowley

Crowley was elected as a Republican to the 46th and 47th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1883.

Robert Franklin Armfield

In 1878, Armfield was elected to the United States House of Representatives and served two terms, in the 46th and 47th United States Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1883).

Robert M. A. Hawk

Hawk was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1882.

Robert T. Van Horn

Robert Thompson Van Horn (May 19, 1824 – January 3, 1916) was a lawyer, the owner and publisher of the The Kansas City Enterprise, mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during the parts of the Civil War, member of the Missouri General Assembly, and representative to the Forty-seventh Congress of the United States.

Roswell P. Flower

He was elected as a Democrat to the 47th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Levi P. Morton upon his appointment as Minister to France, and served from December 5, 1881, to March 3, 1883.

Samuel W. Moulton

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1885) and served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Forty-eighth Congress).

Stanton J. Peelle

Peelle was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883).

Thomas Brackett Reed

He chaired the Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-seventh Congress) and chaired the Rules Committee (Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses).

Thomas C. Platt

He became a member of the Forty-seventh Congress and the chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills.

Thomas H. Herndon

Herndon was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Mobile, Alabama, March 28, 1883, before the convening of the Forty-eighth Congress.

Thomas M. Browne

He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Forty-seventh Congress), Committee on Revision of the Laws (Fifty-first Congress).

Timothy E. Tarsney

In 1880, Tarsney was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the 47th United States Congress, losing to Roswell G. Horr.

Tranquilino Luna

Luna was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883).

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1882

In the 2nd district, both contestants had served for part of the 47th Congress.

Waldo Hutchins

He was reelected to the Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Congresses and served from November 4, 1879, to March 3, 1885.

Walter P. Brownlow

In December 1881, he was appointed Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives for the 47th Congress (1881–1883), a position which controlled entry to the House floor.

Wells A. Hutchins

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1864 for reelection to the Thirty-ninth Congress and again in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

William George Thompson

In 1882, he was re-elected, serving in the Forty-seventh Congress, but chose not to run in 1884 for the Forty-eighth.

William H. Calkins

He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Forty-seventh Congress).