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64 unusual facts about 50th 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.

Albert R. Anderson

Anderson served in the Fiftieth Congress, voting with the Democratic caucus for John G. Carlisle as its choice for Speaker of the House but sitting with the Republicans.

Alexander B. Montgomery

Montgomery was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895).

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.

Charles Addison Russell

He was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death.

Charles N. Felton

He subsequently won reelection to his seat in 1886 for the 50th Congress.

Charles Tracey

Tracey was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nicholas T. Kane.

Charles W. McClammy

He was a member of the State house of representatives in 1866, served in the State senate in 1871 and was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891).

Constantine B. Kilgore

Kilgore was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895).

Courtland C. Matson

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

Curtis Coe Bean

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Edmund Waddill, Jr.

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress, but he successfully contested the election of George D. Wise to the Fifty-first Congress, serving as U.S. Representative from Virginia from April 12, 1890 to March 3, 1891.

Francis B. Stockbridge

He was chairman of the Committee on Fisheries in the Fiftieth through Fifty-second Congresses.

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. Crouse

Crouse was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1889) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1888, resuming former business activities.

George W. Geddes

He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

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 Hull Carlton

Running as a Democrat, he was elected to the 50th United States Congress as a Representative and was re-elected to one additional term in that body.

Henry Vollmer

Following graduation from high school, he travelled to Washington, D.C. to work as a distributing clerk of the Fiftieth Congress in 1887 and 1888.

Henry W. Seymour

In a special election on February 14, 1888, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Seth C. Moffatt, Seymour was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 11th congressional district to the 50th Congress, serving from February 14, 1888, to March 3, 1889.

James A. Connolly

He ran unsuccessfully for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

James E. Cobb

Cobb was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895).

James J. Belden

Belden was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Frank Hiscock, who had been elected to the office of United States Senator.

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 G. Sawyer

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

John H. Gear

He was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House for the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891.

John H. Moffitt

John Moffitt was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891) but he was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.

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

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 T. Spriggs

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress and afterward resumed the practice of law.

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 Van McDuffie

He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Joseph H. Outhwaite

He served as chairman of the Committee on Pacific Railroads (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Joseph M. Kendall

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Clerk of the House of Representatives in the Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses.

Lewis Hanback

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Fiftieth Congress.

Mark S. Brewer

He was again elected to the U.S. House for the 50th and 51st Congresses, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891.

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 E. Worthington

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress and for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress.

Olin Wellborn

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

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.

Philip S. Post

Post was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death before the close of the Fifty-third Congress, in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 1895.

Richard W. Townshend

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy (Forty-sixth Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Fiftieth Congress).

Robert H. M. Davidson

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

Robert P. Kennedy

Kennedy was elected from Ohio's 8th District as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1891).

Samuel I. Hopkins

Hopkins was elected as a candidate of the Labor Party to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889).

Samuel Matthews Robertson

Robertson was elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, Edward White Robertson.

Samuel W. Peel

He served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs (Fiftieth and Fifty-second Congresses).

Seth C. Moffatt

He was re-elected in 1886 to the 50th Congress, serving from March 4, 1885 until his death at the age of forty-six in Washington, D.C. Henry W. Seymour was elected on February 14, 1888, to fill the vacancy caused by his death.

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 B. Ward

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

Thomas H. B. Browne

In 1886 he was elected as a Republican to represent Virginia's first congressional district in the 50th United States Congress.

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.

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.

Truman A. Merriman

Merriman was elected as an Independent Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889).

United States Senate Committee on Railroads

The committee's role waned after the 50th Congress (1887-89) as other Senate committees acquired legislative jurisdiction over railroad matters.

Walter I. Hayes

Hayes won the general election that year and represented the 2nd district in the 50th United States Congress.

William Cogswell

Cogswell was elected as a Republican to the 50th United States Congress and to the four succeeding congresses and served from March 4, 1887, until his death in Washington, D.C., May 22, 1895.

William G. Laidlaw

Laidlaw was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891).

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 L. Terry

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

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.