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5 unusual facts about 49th United States Congress


John W. McCormick

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.

Luther F. McKinney

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.

Olin Wellborn

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

United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina, 1884

William H. Perry was nominated by the Democrats and was unopposed in his bid for election to the 49th Congress.

William H. Crain

Crain was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1885, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 10, 1896.


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.

Albert S. Willis

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

Archibald M. Bliss

He did not stand in 1882 but was elected to the forty-ninth and fiftieth Congresses for the fifth district of New York and served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889.

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.

Edgar Weeks

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the 49th United States Congress, but in 1898 was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 7th congressional district to the 56th Congress.

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.

George Hires

Hires was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1888 to the 51st Congress.

George W. Geddes

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

George West

He was defeated by Edward Wemple in 1882, but returned to the 49th and 50th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.

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).

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 N. Pidcock

Pidcock was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1888.

James T. Jones

He was reelected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses and served from December 3, 1883, to March 3, 1889.

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 G. Sawyer

Sawyer was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth, Fiftieth, and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891).

John Hailey

In 1884, Hailey was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887), but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

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 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.

Martin A. Foran

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

Moses D. Stivers

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis Beach and for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

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.

Peter P. Mahoney

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889); was not a candidate in 1888 for reelection to the Fifty-first Congress; became ill while attending the inauguration ceremonies of President Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889, and died in Washington, D.C., March 27, 1889 at the age of 40.

Seaborn Reese

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

Spencer O. Fisher

Fisher was elected as a Democrat from Michigan's 10th congressional district to the 49th and 50th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889.

Thomas M. Norwood

He resumed the practice of law in Savannah, and was elected as a Representative to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth U.S. Congresses, serving from March 4, 1885, to March 3, 1889.

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).

Timothy J. Campbell

He was elected as a Democrat to the 49th United States Congress, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel S. Cox, was re-elected to the 50th, and was elected again to the 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from November 3, 1885, to March 3, 1889; and from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895.

William Johnson Stone

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1895): chairman, Committee on War Claims (Fiftieth Congress) He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Kuttawa, Lyon County; Confederate pension commissioner of Kentucky in 1912 and served until his death in Frankfort, Kentucky, March 12, 1923; interment in New Bethel Cemetery, Lyon County, Kentucky.

William P. Taulbee

Taulbee was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889).

William Woodburn

He was later elected to the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses, and he served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1889.


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