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65 unusual facts about 51st 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.

Charles Brooks Smith

He successfully contested as a Republican the election of James Monroe Jackson to the Fifty-first Congress and served from February 3, 1890, to March 4, 1891.

Charles J. Knapp

He was elected as a Republican to the 51st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891.

Charles Tracey

He was reelected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served from November 8, 1887, to March 3, 1895.

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).

Charles Warren Stone

Stone was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lewis F. Watson.

Christopher A. Bergen

Bergen was elected as a Republican to the 51st and 52nd Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1893.

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.

Edward Burnett

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

Edward Carrington Venable

He served as delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1886, and presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, to September 23, 1890, when he was succeeded by John M. Langston, who successfully contested his election.

Edward H. Funston

He served as chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Fifty-first Congress).

Elijah A. Morse

Morse was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1897).

Ezra B. Taylor

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Fifty-first Congress) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

Frederick Lansing

Lansing was elected as a Republican to the 51st United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1891.

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.

Harrison Kelley

Kelley was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Ryan and served from December 2, 1889, to March 3, 1891.

Henry Stockbridge, Jr.

Stockbridge was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891), but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890.

Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses where he served from March 4, 1889 until March 3, 1895.

James Bain White

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 51st Congress in 1888.

James J. Belden

Reelected to the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses, Belden served as U. S. Representative for the twenty-fifth district of New York from November 8, 1887 to March 3, 1893.

James M. Jackson

James Monroe Jackson (December 3, 1825 – February 14, 1901) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from West Virginia who served as a United States Representative in the 51st United States Congress.

James Patton Flick

After serving in the 51st United States Congress he was re-elected in 1890, surviving the Democratic Party's first landslide victory since the Iowa Republican Party was founded.

James W. Covert

He was elected to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889 to March 3, 1895.

John A. Caldwell

Caldwell was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1889, until May 4, 1894, when he resigned.

John B. Weber

He was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress.

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. McCarthy

Mccarthy was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, until his resignation on January 14, 1891, to accept a judicial position.

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 J. De Haven

De Haven was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, until October 1, 1890, when he resigned.

John O. Pendleton

He presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the 51st United States Congress Congress and served from March 4, 1889, to February 26, 1890, when he was succeeded by George W. Atkinson, who successfully contested the election.

John S. Pindar

He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1888 for election to the Fifty-first 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 Van McDuffie

He successfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin to the Fifty-first Congress and served from June 4, 1890, until March 3, 1891.

Jonathan H. Rowell

He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections (Fifty-first Congress).

Joseph Henry Sweney

In 1888, Sweney was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress, following the decision of incumbent Republican William E. Fuller not to seek a third term.

Joseph Rea Reed

After winning the general election, Reed served in the Fifty-first Congress.

Lewis E. Payson

He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Lands (Fifty-first Congress).

Lewis P. Featherstone

In 1888, he ran as a Labor Party candidate against Democrat William H. Cate for the Fifty-first Congress; although Cate was initially declared re-elected, Featherstone challenged on the grounds of election fraud.

Louis E. Atkinson

He served as chairman of the United States Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury during the Fifty-first Congress.

Louis Washington Turpin

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, to June 4, 1890, when he was succeeded by John V. McDuffie, who contested his election.

Mariano S. Otero

He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress and in 1890 to the Fifty-second 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.

Myron Benjamin Wright

Wright was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses and served until his death before the close of the Fifty-third Congress.

Newton W. Nutting

He was subsequently re-election in 1888 to the 51st Congress and thus served again from March 4, 1887, until his death.

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.

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.

Richard Henry Clarke

Clarke was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1897).

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).

Roswell P. Flower

He was also elected to the 51st and 52nd United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1889, to September 16, 1891, when he resigned upon his nomination for Governor.

Rufus E. Lester

Lester was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1889, until his death in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 1906.

Samuel Matthews Robertson

He was reelected to the Fifty-first and to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from December 5, 1887, to March 3, 1907.

Seth L. Milliken

He served as chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-first and Fifty-fourth Congresses).

Stephen V. White

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888 to the Fifty-first Congress.

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 F. Magner

Magner was elected as a Democrat to the 51st, 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1889, to March 3, 1895.

Thomas Gregory Skinner

Skinner was again elected to the Fifty-first Congress (March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891) but in 1890 declined to be a candidate for renomination to the Fifty-second Congress, and resumed the practice of law in Hertford.

Thomas H. B. Browne

Two years later he was re-elected to the 51st Congress, but in 1890 was unsuccessful in his re-election bid.

Thomas J. Geary

Geary was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John J. De Haven.

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).

William D. Kelley

He served as Chairman on the United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and on the Committee on Manufactures (51st United States Congress).

William G. Laidlaw

He served as chairman of the Committee on Claims (Fifty-first Congress).

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

William H. Cate

Cate presented credentials as a Democratic member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress where he served from March 4, 1889 until March 5, 1890 when he was succeeded by Lewis P. Featherstone.

William Worth Dickerson

Dickerson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John G. Carlisle.