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75 unusual facts about 52nd 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.

Aaron T. Bliss

He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1890 to the 52nd Congress, being defeated by Democrat Henry M. Youmans.

Alexander B. Montgomery

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Alexander Kerr Craig

Craig successfully contested as a Democrat the election of Andrew Stewart to the Fifty-second Congress and served until his death in Claysville in 1892.

Alfred C. Chapin

Chapin was elected as a Democrat to the 52nd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of David A. Boody and served from November 3, 1891, to November 16, 1892, when he resigned.

Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams

In 1890, Williams was elected to the 52nd United States Congress and served for a single term; he was defeated for re-election in 1892.

Case Broderick

Broderick was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1899).

Charles A. Hill

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

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.

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.

Daniel N. Lockwood

Lockwood was elected again to the 52nd and 53rd United States Congresses, and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1895.

Edward F. McDonald

McDonald was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Harrison on November 5, 1892 just a few days before the Congressional election.

Elisha E. Meredith

Meredith was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William H.F. Lee.

Eugene F. Loud

Loud was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1903).

Francis B. Stockbridge

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

Frederick Edward White

White took advantage of that backlash, and unseated Lacey, serving in the Fifty-second Congress.

George E. Adams

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

Harry Welles Rusk

In the 52nd Congress and 53rd Congress, Rusk was chairman of the Committee on Accounts.

Henry Clay Evans

He was not a successful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress and was First Assistant Postmaster General from 1891 to 1893.

Henry M. Youmans

In the general election of 1890, Youmans ran as the candidate of the Democratic Party and defeated incumbent Republican Aaron T. Bliss to be elected from Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 52nd United States Congress, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1893.

Henry U. Johnson

Johnson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1899).

Herman W. Snow

Snow was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893).

Hosea H. Rockwell

Rockwell was elected as a Democrat to the 52nd United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1893.

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 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 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 A. T. Hull

The Fifty-second Congress was unusual for its era, because, for the first time since the Civil War, Iowans had elected more Democrats than Republicans to the U.S. House.

John Brewer Brown

Elected as a Democrat to the 52nd United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Page, Brown served from November 8, 1892, to March 3, 1893.

John Crawford Crosby

He was elected in the 1890 election as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Massachusetts's 12th district for the 52nd United States Congress (1891-03-04 to 1893-03-03).

John G. Warwick

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886.Warwick was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Washington, D.C., August 14, 1892.He defeated William McKinley by 302 votes in an intensely fought race that gained national attention.

John Joseph Seerley

Two years later, however, Seerley unseated Gear as part of the 1890 democratic landslide, becoming one of six Democratic U.S. House members from Iowa in the Fifty-second Congress.

John M. Wever

Wever was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895.

John Mills Allen

Allen served as chairman of the Committee of Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Fifty-second Congress), and of the Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Fifty-third 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 unsuccessfully contested the election of Louis W. Turpin to the Fifty-second Congress.

John W. Kendall

Kendall was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 1892.

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

Kendall was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, John W. Kendall, and served from April 21, 1892, to March 3, 1893.

Leonidas F. Livingston

Livingston was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1911).

Leslie W. Russell

He was a member of the 52nd United States Congress and served until September 11, 1891, when he resigned to become a justice of the New York State Supreme Court.

Lewis P. Ohliger

Ohliger was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John G. Warwick and served from December 5, 1892, to March 3, 1893.

Luther F. McKinney

He was elected to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893), but was not a candidate for renomination in 1892, when instead he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Hampshire.

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.

Melbourne H. Ford

In November 1890, he was elected to the 52nd Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death seven weeks later in Grand Rapids.

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.

Nathan F. Dixon III

While in Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Patents (Fifty-second Congress).

Reese C. De Graffenreid

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

Robert H. M. Davidson

He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

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

He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses).

Samuel Matthews Robertson

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

Samuel T. Busey

Busey was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893) defeating Joseph Gurney Cannon.

Samuel W. Peel

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

Sydenham Benoni Alexander

A Democrat, Alexander was elected to the U.S. House in 1890 and served in the 52nd and 53rd Congresses.

Thomas E. Winn

He was a U.S. Representative from Georgia representing Gwinnett County, Georgia in the Fifty-second Congress.

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 G. Lawson

Lawson was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses serving from March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897.

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 J. Clunie

He was unsuccessful running for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

Thomas J. Geary

He was reelected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from December 9, 1890, to March 3, 1895.

Thomas McKee Bayne

He was renominated as a candidate for reelection to the Fifty-second Congress, but declined to accept the nomination, retiring from public life and active business pursuits.

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.

United States Senate election in New York, 1891

There were no special sessions during the 52nd United States Congress and the regular session began only on December 7, 1891.

Walter Halben Butler

After defeating Sweney in the general election as part of a Democratic landslide, he served in the Fifty-second Congress.

Walter I. Hayes

While in Congress, Hayes served as chairman of the Committee on Education in the Fifty-second Congress.

Warren B. Hooker

Hooker was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his resignation on November 10, 1898, before the close of the Fifty-fifth Congress, having been appointed a justice of the supreme court of New York on that date.

Warren O. Arnold

He was a candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress, but as neither candidate received a majority the general assembly ordered a new election, in which he declined to be a participant.

William Allen Sipe

Sipe was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander K. Craig.

William E. Simonds

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd Congress.

William H. Brawley

He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses, and served from March 4, 1891, until February 12, 1894, when he resigned to accept a position on the bench.

William H. Enochs

Enochs was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in Ironton, Ohio, July 13, 1893.

William L. Terry

Terry was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1901).

William McMahon McKaig

In 1890, McKaig was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses from the sixth district of Maryland, and served from March 4, 1891, until March 3, 1895.

William Worth Dickerson

He was reelected to the Fifty-second Congress and served from June 21, 1890, to March 3, 1893.