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74 unusual facts about 48th United States Congress


1880 United States Census

The results from the census were used to determine the apportionment for the 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, and 52nd sessions of the United States Congress.

Adoniram J. Holmes

In 1882, Holmes won the Republican nomination in the new district, and won the general election, and was elected to the 48th United States Congress.

Albert R. Anderson

In 1882, he was the Republican Party's nominee for election to the Forty-eighth Congress in Iowa's 9th congressional district, but was defeated by Democrat William Henry Mills Pusey.

Albert S. Willis

He served as chairman of the Committee on Rivers and Harbors during the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses.

Benjamin Franklin Howey

Howey was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885.

Charles A. Sumner

After an unsuccessful attempt in 1878, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885).

Charles M. Shelley

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to January 9, 1885, when he was succeeded by George H. Craig, who contested the election.

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.

Courtland C. Matson

He served as chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses).

Darwin R. James

James was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887) where he became a staunch supporter of free silver.

Dietrich C. Smith

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

Edward H. Funston

Funston was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dudley C. Haskell.

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.

Edward Wemple

Wemple was elected as a Democrat to the 48th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885.

Ezra C. Carleton

Carleton was elected as a Democrat to the 48th and 49th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1883 until March 3, 1887 in the U.S. House representing Michigan's 7th congressional district.

Francis B. Brewer

Elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress Brewer was United States Representative for the thirty-third district of New York from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885.

Frederick A. Johnson

Elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress representing New York's eighteenth district, Johnson served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885.

George E. Adams

Adams was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891).

George Henry Craig

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of Charles M. Shelley to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from January 9, 1885, to March 3, 1885.

George R. Davis

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

George Tankard Garrison

He successfully contested the election of Robert M. Mayo to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 20, 1884, to March 3, 1885.

George W. Geddes

He served as chairman of the Committee on War Claims (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses).

George W. Ladd

Ladd was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the (Forty-eighth Congress).

Henry B. Lovering

Lovering was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887).

Henry Smith Van Eaton

He was then elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887).

Herschel H. Hatch

Hatch was elected as a Republican to the 48th United States Congress, becoming the first to represent Michigan's 10th congressional district, and served from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885 in the U.S. House.

Horace F. Page

In 1882, he was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the 48th United States Congress.

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 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 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.

James T. Jones

Jones was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas H. Herndon.

Jeremiah Henry Murphy

After Murphy won the general election, he took his seat in the 48th United States Congress.

John Arnot, Jr.

Arnot was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress as Representative for New York's twenty-ninth district; and the Forty-ninth Congress as Representative for New York's twenty-eighth district.

John Augustus Swope

Swope was elected in 1884 as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William A. Duncan.

John C. Cook

Because Cutts undisputedly won the election, his term in the 48th United States Congress began the day after Cook's single day in the previous Congress.

John C. Nicholls

Nicholls was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881), was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1880, but was elected to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1885).

John H. Lewis

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

John J. De Haven

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.

John R. Buck

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress and for the re-election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

John Thomas Caine

He was reelected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and on the People's Party ticket to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses and served from November 7, 1882, to March 3, 1893.

John Tyler Rich

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the 48th Congress.

Jonathan H. Rowell

Rowell was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891).

Jonathan T. Updegraff

Updegraff had been reelected to the Forty-eighth Congress prior to his death, and his position was filled by Joseph D. Taylor.

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.

Louis Washington Turpin

He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Forty-eighth Congress.

Lowndes Henry Davis

He served three terms, until 1885, and was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury for the 48th Congress) (1883–1885).

Martin A. Foran

Foran was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth, and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1889).

Morton Everel Post

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

Nathan F. Dixon III

Dixon was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Chace and served from February 12 to March 4, 1885; he was not a candidate for renomination.

Newton W. Nutting

In 1882, Nutting was elected as a Republican to the 48th Congress Congress and served from March 4, 1883 until March 3, 1885.

Nicholas Muller

He was again elected to the 48th and 49th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1883, to March 4, 1887; in both Congresses he was chairman of the Committee on Militia.

Olin Wellborn

He served as chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses).

Robert H. M. Davidson

He served as chairman of the Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-eighth through Fiftieth Congresses).

Robert Murphy Mayo

Mayo was presented credentials as a Readjuster Member-elect to the Forty-eighth United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to March 20, 1884, when he was succeeded by George T. Garrison, who contested the election.

Samuel R. Peters

Peters was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1891).

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).

Samuel W. Peel

Peel was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1893).

Seaborn Reese

He was reelected to the 48th and 49th Congresses and served from December 4, 1882, until March 3, 1887.

Stanton J. Peelle

He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to May 22, 1884, when he was succeeded by William E. English, who contested his election.

Thomas Gregory Skinner

Skinner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress on November 20, 1883, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter F. Pool.

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 Hardeman, Jr.

In 1882, Hardeman won election again to the U.S. House of Representatives as an at-large Democrat to the 48th United States Congress.

Thomas R. Cobb

He served as chairman of the Committee on Mileage (Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Public Lands (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses).

Tranquilino Luna

He presented credentials as a Delegate-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until March 5, 1884, when he was succeeded by Francisco A. Manzanares, who contested his election.

United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors

It was authorized early in the 48th Congress in December 1883, when the committee was given jurisdiction over subjects relating to the improvements of rivers and harbors; it also had the responsibility of reporting the river and harbor bills to the floor.

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1884

A special election was called for December and Democrat John Bratton was unopposed in his bid to serve the rest of the term for the 48th Congress.

Virginia's at-large congressional seat

For the 48th Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885), that seat was elected at-large state-wide.

Waldo Hutchins

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

Walter F. Pool

Pool was elected as a Republican to the 48th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, until his death on August 25, 1883, in Elizabeth City, before the assembling of Congress.

William Addison Duncan

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress and served until his death in Gettysburg.

William Dorsheimer

He was elected as a Democrat to the 48th United States Congress and served from March 4, 1883, to March 3, 1885.

William E. English

He successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Stanton J. Peelle to the Forty-eighth Congress and served from May 22, 1884, to March 3, 1885.

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.