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45th United States Congress
	; ; 44th ←; → 46th; ;
	; ; United States Capitol (1869);
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879
Senate President	; William A. Wheeler (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem	; Thomas W. Ferry (R)
House Speaker	; Samuel J. Randall (D)
Members	76 senators; 293 representatives; 8 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
	; Special: March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877; 1st: October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877; 2nd: December 3, 1877 – June 20, 1878; 3rd: December 2, 1878 – March 3, 1879

The Forty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1877, to March 4, 1879, during the first two years of Rutherford Hayes's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Ninth Census of the United States in 1870. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

The 45th Congress remained politically divided between a Democratic House and Republican Senate.^[1] President Hayes vetoed an Army appropriations bill from the House which would have ended Reconstruction and prohibited the use of federal troops to protect polling stations in the former Confederacy.^[1] Striking back, Congress overrode another of Hayes’s vetoes and enacted the Bland-Allison Act that required the purchase and coining of silver.^[1] Congress also approved a generous increase in pension eligibility for Northern Civil War veterans.^[1]

5 Members
- 5.1 Senate
  - 5.1.1 Alabama
  - 5.1.2 Arkansas
  - 5.1.3 California
  - 5.1.4 Colorado
  - 5.1.5 Connecticut
  - 5.1.6 Delaware
  - 5.1.7 Florida
  - 5.1.8 Georgia
  - 5.1.9 Illinois
  - 5.1.10 Indiana
  - 5.1.11 Iowa
  - 5.1.12 Kansas
  - 5.1.13 Kentucky
  - 5.1.14 Louisiana
  - 5.1.15 Maine
  - 5.1.16 Maryland
  - 5.1.17 Massachusetts
  - 5.1.18 Michigan
  - 5.1.19 Minnesota
  - 5.1.20 Mississippi
  - 5.1.21 Missouri
  - 5.1.22 Nebraska
  - 5.1.23 Nevada
  - 5.1.24 New Hampshire
  - 5.1.25 New Jersey
  - 5.1.26 New York
  - 5.1.27 North Carolina
  - 5.1.28 Ohio
  - 5.1.29 Oregon
  - 5.1.30 Pennsylvania
  - 5.1.31 Rhode Island
  - 5.1.32 South Carolina
  - 5.1.33 Tennessee
  - 5.1.34 Texas
  - 5.1.35 Vermont
  - 5.1.36 Virginia
  - 5.1.37 West Virginia
  - 5.1.38 Wisconsin
- 5.2 House of Representatives
  - 5.2.1 Alabama
  - 5.2.2 Arkansas
  - 5.2.3 California
  - 5.2.4 Colorado
  - 5.2.5 Connecticut
  - 5.2.6 Delaware
  - 5.2.7 Florida
  - 5.2.8 Georgia
  - 5.2.9 Illinois
  - 5.2.10 Indiana
  - 5.2.11 Iowa
  - 5.2.12 Kansas
  - 5.2.13 Kentucky
  - 5.2.14 Louisiana
  - 5.2.15 Maine
  - 5.2.16 Maryland
  - 5.2.17 Massachusetts
  - 5.2.18 Michigan
  - 5.2.19 Minnesota
  - 5.2.20 Mississippi
  - 5.2.21 Missouri
  - 5.2.22 Nebraska
  - 5.2.23 Nevada
  - 5.2.24 New Hampshire
  - 5.2.25 New Jersey
  - 5.2.26 New York
  - 5.2.27 North Carolina
  - 5.2.28 Ohio
  - 5.2.29 Oregon
  - 5.2.30 Pennsylvania
  - 5.2.31 Rhode Island
  - 5.2.32 South Carolina
  - 5.2.33 Tennessee
  - 5.2.34 Texas
  - 5.2.35 Vermont
  - 5.2.36 Virginia
  - 5.2.37 West Virginia
  - 5.2.38 Wisconsin
  - 5.2.39 Non-voting members

6 Changes in membership
- 6.1 Senate
- 6.2 House of Representatives

7 Committees
- 7.1 Senate
- 7.2 House of Representatives
- 7.3 Joint committees

8 Caucuses

9 Employees
- 9.1 Senate
- 9.2 House of Representatives

10 See also

11 References

12 External links

Major events

March 4, 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes became President of the United States

Major legislation

February 28, 1878: Bland–Allison Act (Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), Sess. 2, ch. 20, 20 Stat. 25

April 29, 1878: National Quarantine Act, Sess. 2, ch. 66, 20 Stat. 37

June 3, 1878: Timber and Stone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 151, 20 Stat. 89

June 18, 1878: Posse Comitatus Act, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15, 20 Stat. 152

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

During this Congress, two Senate seats and one House seat were added for the new state, Colorado.

Senate

	Party (shading shows control)				Total	Vacant

	Anti- Monopoly (AM)	Democratic (D)	Republican (R)	Independent (I)
End of the previous congress	1	28	47	0	76	0

Begin	1	35	39	1	76	0
End	1	36	38	1	76	0
Final voting share	7000130000000000000♠1.3%	7001474000000000000♠47.4%	7001500000000000000♠50.0%	7000130000000000000♠1.3%

Beginning of the next congress	1	42	32	1	76	0

House of Representatives

	Party (shading shows control)						Total	Vacant

	Democratic (D)	Independent Democratic (ID)	Independent	Independent Republican	Republican (R)	National Greenback
End of the previous congress	183	1	3	4	100	0	291	1

Begin	151	1	0	0	141	0	293	0
End	154	1	0	0	136	0	291	2
Final voting share	7001529000000000000♠52.9%	6999300000000000000♠0.3%	5000000000000000000♠0.0%	5000000000000000000♠0.0%	7001467000000000000♠46.7%	5000000000000000000♠0.0%
Non-voting members	3	0	0	0	5	0	8	0

Beginning of the next congress	145	4	1	0	131	11	292	1

Leadership

President of the Senate
William A. Wheeler

Senate

President: William A. Wheeler (R)

President pro tempore: Thomas W. Ferry (R)

Republican Conference Chairman: Henry B. Anthony

Democratic Caucus Chairman: William A. Wallace

House of Representatives

Speaker: Samuel J. Randall (D)

Democratic Caucus Chairman: Hiester Clymer

Republican Conference Chair: Eugene Hale

Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1882; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.

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Alabama

3. George E. Spencer (R)

2. John T. Morgan (D)

Arkansas

3. Stephen W. Dorsey (R)

2. Augustus H. Garland (D)

California

3. Aaron A. Sargent (R)

1. Newton Booth (AM)

Colorado

3. Jerome B. Chaffee (R)

2. Henry M. Teller (R)

Connecticut

1. William W. Eaton (D)

3. William H. Barnum (D)

Delaware

1. Thomas F. Bayard, Sr. (D)

2. Eli M. Saulsbury (D)

Florida

3. Simon B. Conover (R)

1. Charles W. Jones (D)

Georgia

3. John B. Gordon (D)

2. Benjamin H. Hill (D)

Illinois

3. Richard J. Oglesby (R)

2. David Davis (I)

Indiana

3. Oliver H. P. T. Morton (R), until November 1, 1877
- Daniel W. Voorhees (D), from November 6, 1877

1. Joseph E. McDonald (D)

Iowa

3. William B. Allison (R)

2. Samuel J. Kirkwood (R)

Kansas

3. John J. Ingalls (R)

2. Preston B. Plumb (R)

Kentucky

3. Thomas C. McCreery (D)

2. James B. Beck (D)

Louisiana

3. James B. Eustis (D)

2. William Pitt Kellogg (R)

Maine

1. Hannibal Hamlin (R)

2. James G. Blaine (R)

Maryland

3. George R. Dennis (D)

1. William Pinkney Whyte (D)

Massachusetts

1. Henry L. Dawes (R)

2. George F. Hoar (R)

Michigan

2. Thomas W. Ferry (R)

1. Isaac P. Christiancy (R), until February 10, 1879
- Zachariah Chandler (R), from February 22, 1879

Minnesota

2. William Windom (R)

1. Samuel J. R. McMillan (R)

Mississippi

1. Blanche Bruce (R)

2. Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)

Missouri

3. Lewis V. Bogy (D), until September 20, 1877
- David H. Armstrong (D), September 29, 1877 - January 26, 1879
- James Shields (D), from January 27, 1879

1. Francis Cockrell (D)

Nebraska

1. Algernon Paddock (R)

2. Alvin Saunders (R)

Nevada

3. John P. Jones (R)

1. William Sharon (R)

New Hampshire

3. Bainbridge Wadleigh (R)

2. Edward H. Rollins (R)

New Jersey

1. Theodore F. Randolph (D)

2. John R. McPherson (D)

New York

3. Roscoe Conkling (R)

1. Francis Kernan (D)

North Carolina

2. Matt W. Ransom (D)

3. Augustus S. Merrimon (D)

Ohio

3. John Sherman (R), until March 8, 1877
- T. Stanley Matthews (R), from March 21, 1877

1. Allen G. Thurman (D)

Oregon

3. John H. Mitchell (R)

2. La Fayette Grover (D)

Pennsylvania

3. Simon Cameron (R), until March 12, 1877
- J. Donald Cameron (R), from March 20, 1877

1. William A. Wallace (D)

Rhode Island

2. Henry B. Anthony (R)

1. Ambrose Burnside (R)

South Carolina

3. John J. Patterson (R)

2. Matthew Butler (D)

Tennessee

1. James E. Bailey (D)

2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas

1. Samuel B. Maxey (D)

2. Richard Coke (D)

Vermont

1. George F. Edmunds (R)

3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia

2. John W. Johnston (D)

1. Robert E. Withers (D)

West Virginia

2. Henry G. Davis (D)

1. Frank Hereford (D)

Wisconsin

3. Timothy O. Howe (R)

1. Angus Cameron (R)

President pro tempore Thomas W. Ferry

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

(9 Democrats)

1. James T. Jones (D)

2. Hilary A. Herbert (D)

3. Jeremiah N. Williams (D)

4. Charles M. Shelley (D)

5. Robert F. Ligon (D)

6. Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)

7. William H. Forney (D)

8. William W. Garth (D)

Arkansas

(4 Democrats)

1. Lucien C. Gause (D)

2. William F. Slemons (D)

3. Jordan E. Cravens (ID)

4. Thomas M. Gunter (D)

California

(3-1 Republican)

1. Horace Davis (R)

2. Horace F. Page (R)

3. John K. Luttrell (D)

4. Romualdo Pacheco (R), until February 7, 1878
- Peter D. Wigginton (D), from February 7, 1878

Colorado

(1 Republican)

At-large. James B. Belford (R), until December 13, 1877
- Thomas M. Patterson (D), from December 13, 1877

Connecticut

(4-3 Democratic)

1. George M. Landers (D)

2. James Phelps (D)

3. John T. Wait (R)

4. Levi Warner (D)

Delaware

(1 Democrat)

At-large. James Williams (D)

Florida

(1-1 split)

1. Robert H. M. Davidson (D)

2. Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R), until February 20, 1879
- Jesse J. Finley (D), from February 20, 1879

Georgia

(9 Democrats)

1. Julian Hartridge (D), until January 8, 1879
- William B. Fleming (D), from February 10, 1879

2. William E. Smith (D)

3. Philip Cook (D)

4. Henry R. Harris (D)

5. Milton A. Candler (D)

6. James H. Blount (D)

7. William H. Felton (ID)

8. Alexander Stephens (D)

9. Hiram P. Bell (D), from March 13, 1877

Illinois

(10-8 Republican)

1. William Aldrich (R)

2. Carter H. Harrison (D)

3. Lorenzo Brentano (R)

4. William Lathrop (R)

5. Horatio C. Burchard (R)

6. Thomas J. Henderson (R)

7. Philip C. Hayes (R)

8. Greenbury L. Fort (R)

9. Thomas A. Boyd (R)

10. Benjamin F. Marsh (R)

11. Robert M. Knapp (D)

12. William M. Springer (D)

13. Thomas F. Tipton (R)

14. Joseph G. Cannon (R)

15. John R. Eden (D)

16. William A. J. Sparks (D)

17. William R. Morrison (D)

18. William Hartzell (D)

19. Richard W. Townshend (D)

Indiana

(9-4 Republican)

1. Benoni S. Fuller (D)

2. Thomas R. Cobb (D)

3. George A. Bicknell (D)

4. Leonidas Sexton (R)

5. Thomas M. Browne (R)

6. Milton S. Robinson (R)

7. John Hanna (R)

8. Morton C. Hunter (R)

9. Michael D. White (R)

10. William H. Calkins (R)

11. James L. Evans (R)

12. Andrew H. Hamilton (D)

13. John H. Baker (R)

Iowa

(9 Republicans)

1. Joseph C. Stone (R)

2. Hiram Price (R)

3. Theodore W. Burdick (R)

4. Nathaniel C. Deering (R)

5. Rush Clark (R)

6. Ezekiel S. Sampson (R)

7. Henry J. B. Cummings (R)

8. William F. Sapp (R)

9. S. Addison Oliver (R)

Kansas

(3 Republicans)

1. William A. Phillips (R)

2. Dudley C. Haskell (R)

3. Thomas Ryan (R)

Kentucky

(10 Democrats)

1. Andrew Boone (D)

2. James A. McKenzie (D)

3. John William Caldwell (D)

4. J. Proctor Knott (D)

5. Albert S. Willis (D)

6. John G. Carlisle (D)

7. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

8. Milton J. Durham (D)

9. Thomas Turner (D)

10. John B. Clarke (D)

Louisiana

(4-2 Democratic)

1. Randall L. Gibson (D)

2. E. John Ellis (D)

3. Chester B. Darrall (R), until February 20, 1878
- Joseph H. Acklen (D), from February 20, 1878

4. Joseph B. Elam (D)

5. John E. Leonard (R), until March 15, 1878
- John S. Young (D), from November 5, 1878

6. Edward W. Robertson (D)

Maine

(5 Republicans)

1. Thomas B. Reed (R)

2. William P. Frye (R)

3. Stephen D. Lindsey (R)

4. Llewellyn Powers (R)

5. Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland

(6 Democrats)

1. Daniel M. Henry (D)

2. Charles B. Roberts (D)

3. William Kimmel (D)

4. Thomas Swann (D)

5. Eli J. Henkle (D)

6. William Walsh (D)

Massachusetts

(10-1 Republican)

1. William W. Crapo (R)

2. Benjamin W. Harris (R)

3. Walbridge A. Field (R), until March 28, 1878
- Benjamin Dean (D), from March 28, 1878

4. Leopold Morse (D)

5. Nathaniel P. Banks (R)

6. George B. Loring (R)

7. Benjamin F. Butler (R)

8. William Claflin (R)

9. William W. Rice (R)

10. Amasa Norcross (R)

11. George D. Robinson (R)

Michigan

(8-1 Republican)

1. Alpheus S. Williams (D), until December 21, 1878

2. Edwin Willits (R)

3. Jonas H. McGowan (R)

4. Edwin W. Keightley (R)

5. John W. Stone (R)

6. Mark S. Brewer (R)

7. Omar D. Conger (R)

8. Charles C. Ellsworth (R)

9. Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota

(3 Republicans)

1. Mark H. Dunnell (R)

2. Horace B. Strait (R)

3. Jacob H. Stewart (R)

Mississippi

(6 Democrats)

1. Henry L. Muldrow (D)

2. Vannoy H. Manning (D)

3. Hernando Money (D)

4. Otho R. Singleton (D)

5. Charles E. Hooker (D)

6. James R. Chalmers (D)

Missouri

(9-4 Democratic)

1. Anthony F. Ittner (R)

2. Nathan Cole (R)

3. Lyne S. Metcalfe (R)

4. Robert A. Hatcher (D)

5. Richard P. Bland (D)

6. Charles H. Morgan (D)

7. Thomas T. Crittenden (D)

8. Benjamin J. Franklin (D)

9. David Rea (D)

10. Henry M. Pollard (R)

11. John B. Clark, Jr. (D)

12. John M. Glover (D)

13. Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska

(2 Republicans)

At-large. Frank Welch (R), until September 4, 1878
- Thomas J. Majors (R), from November 5, 1878

Nevada

(1 Republican)

At-large. Thomas Wren (R)

New Hampshire

(2-1 Republican)

1. Frank Jones (D)

2. James F. Briggs (R)

3. Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey

(4-3 Republican)

1. Clement H. Sinnickson (R)

2. John H. Pugh (R)

3. Miles Ross (D)

4. Alvah A. Clark (D)

5. Augustus W. Cutler (D)

6. Thomas B. Peddie (R)

7. Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York

(18-16 Republican)

1. James W. Covert (D)

2. William D. Veeder (D)

3. Simeon B. Chittenden (R)

4. Archibald M. Bliss (D)

5. Nicholas Muller (D)

6. Samuel S. Cox (D)

7. Anthony Eickhoff (D)

8. Anson G. McCook (R)

9. Fernando Wood (D)

10. Abram S. Hewitt (D)

11. Benjamin A. Willis (D)

12. Clarkson N. Potter (D)

13. John H. Ketcham (R)

14. George M. Beebe (D)

15. Stephen L. Mayham (D)

16. Terence J. Quinn (D), until June 18, 1878
- John M. Bailey (R), from November 5, 1878

17. Martin I. Townsend (R)

18. Andrew Williams (R)

19. Amaziah B. James (R)

20. John H. Starin (R)

21. Solomon Bundy (R)

22. George A. Bagley (R)

23. William J. Bacon (R)

24. William H. Baker (R)

25. Frank Hiscock (R)

26. John H. Camp (R)

27. Elbridge G. Lapham (R)

28. Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)

29. John N. Hungerford (R)

30. E. Kirke Hart (D)

31. Charles B. Benedict (D)

32. Daniel N. Lockwood (D)

33. George W. Patterson (R)

North Carolina

(7-1 Democratic)

1. Jesse J. Yeates (D)

2. Curtis H. Brogden (R)

3. Alfred M. Waddell (D)

4. Joseph J. Davis (D)

5. Alfred M. Scales (D)

6. Walter L. Steele (D)

7. William M. Robbins (D)

8. Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio

(12-8 Republican)

1. Milton Sayler (D)

2. Henry B. Banning (D)

3. Mills Gardner (R)

4. John A. McMahon (D)

5. Americus V. Rice (D)

6. Jacob D. Cox (R)

7. Henry L. Dickey (D)

8. J. Warren Keifer (R)

9. John S. Jones (R)

10. Charles Foster (R)

11. Henry S. Neal (R)

12. Thomas Ewing, Jr. (D)

13. Milton I. Southard (D)

14. Ebenezer B. Finley (D)

15. Nelson H. Van Vorhes (R)

16. Lorenzo Danford (R)

17. William McKinley, Jr. (R)

18. James Monroe (R)

19. James A. Garfield (R)

20. Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon

(1 Republican)

At-large. Richard Williams (R)

Pennsylvania

(17-10 Republican)

1. Chapman Freeman (R)

2. Charles O'Neill (R)

3. Samuel J. Randall (D)

4. William D. Kelley (R)

5. Alfred C. Harmer (R)

6. William Ward (R)

7. I. Newton Evans (R)

8. Hiester Clymer (D)

9. A. Herr Smith (R)

10. Samuel A. Bridges (D)

11. Francis D. Collins (D)

12. Hendrick B. Wright (D)

13. James B. Reilly (D)

14. John W. Killinger (R)

15. Edward Overton, Jr. (R)

16. John I. Mitchell (R)

17. Jacob M. Campbell (R)

18. William Stenger (D)

19. Levi Maish (D)

20. Levi A. Mackey (D)

21. Jacob Turney (D)

22. Russell Errett (R)

23. Thomas M. Bayne (R)

24. William S. Shallenberger (R)

25. Harry White (R)

26. John M. Thompson (R)

27. Lewis F. Watson (R)

Rhode Island

(2 Republicans)

1. Benjamin T. Eames (R)

2. Latimer W. Ballou (R)

South Carolina

(3-2 Republican)

1. Joseph Rainey (R)

2. Richard H. Cain (R)

3. D. Wyatt Aiken (D)

4. John H. Evins (D)

5. Robert Smalls (R)

Tennessee

(8-2 Democratic)

1. James H. Randolph (R)

2. Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)

3. George G. Dibrell (D)

4. Haywood Y. Riddle (D)

5. John M. Bright (D)

6. John F. House (D)

7. Washington C. Whitthorne (D)

8. John D. C. Atkins (D)

9. William P. Caldwell (D)

10. H. Casey Young (D)

Texas

(6 Democrats)

1. John H. Reagan (D)

2. David B. Culberson (D)

3. James W. Throckmorton (D)

4. Roger Q. Mills (D)

5. De Witt C. Giddings (D)

6. Gustave Schleicher (D), until January 10, 1879

Vermont

(3 Republicans)

1. Charles H. Joyce (R)

2. Dudley C. Denison (R)

3. George W. Hendee (R)

Virginia

(8-1 Democratic)

1. Beverly B. Douglas (D), until December 22, 1878
- Richard Lee T. Beale (D), from January 23, 1879

2. John Goode, Jr. (D)

3. Gilbert C. Walker (D)

4. Joseph Jorgensen (R)

5. George Cabell (D)

6. John R. Tucker (D)

7. John T. Harris (D)

8. Eppa Hutton, II (D)

9. Auburn Pridemore (D)

West Virginia

(3 Democrats)

1. Benjamin Wilson (D)

2. Benjamin F. Martin (D)

3. John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin

(4-3 Republican)

1. Charles G. Williams (R)

2. Lucien B. Caswell (R)

3. George C. Hazelton (R)

4. William P. Lynde (D)

5. Edward S. Bragg (D)

6. Gabriel Bouck (D)

7. Herman L. Humphrey (R)

8. Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting members

(5-3 Republican)

Arizona Territory. Hiram S. Stevens (D)

Dakota Territory. Jefferson P. Kidder (R)

Idaho Territory. Stephen S. Fenn (D)

Montana Territory. Martin Maginnis (D)

New Mexico Territory. Trinidad Romero (R)

Utah Territory. George Q. Cannon (R)

Washington Territory. Orange Jacobs (R)

Wyoming Territory. William W. Corlett (R)

House seats by party holding plurality in state
80.1-100% Democratic	80.1-100% Republican
60.1-80% Democratic	60.1-80% Republican
Up to 60% Democratic	Up to 60% Republican

Speaker Samuel J. Randall

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

replacements: 5
- Democratic: 1 seat net gain
- Republican: 1 seat net loss

deaths: 2

resignations: 3

interim appointments: 1

contested elections: 0

Total seats with changes: 5

State (class)	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Ohio (3)	John Sherman (R)	Resigned March 8, 1877 to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Successor elected March 21, 1877.	Stanley Matthews (R)	March 21, 1877
Pennsylvania (3)	Simon Cameron (R)	Resigned March 12, 1877. Successor elected March 20, 1877.	J. Donald Cameron (R)	March 20, 1877
Missouri (3)	Lewis V. Bogy (D)	Died September 20, 1877. Successor was appointed September 29, 1877, to continue the term.	David H. Armstrong (D)	September 29, 1877
Indiana (3)	Oliver P. Morton (R)	Died November 1, 1877. Successor elected January 31, 1879.	Daniel W. Voorhees (D)	November 6, 1877
Missouri (3)	David H. Armstrong (D)	Interim appointee retired. Successor elected January 26, 1879.	James Shields (D)	January 27, 1879
Michigan (1)	Isaac P. Christiancy (R)	Resigned February 10, 1879 due to ill health. Successor elected February 22, 1879.	Zachariah Chandler (R)	February 22, 1879

House of Representatives

replacements: 10
- Democratic: 5 seat net gain
- Republican: 5 seat net loss

deaths: 7

resignations: 1

contested election: 5

Total seats with changes: 13

District	Vacator	Reason for change	Successor	Date of successor's formal installation
Georgia 9th	Vacant	Rep Benjamin Harvey Hill resigned in previous congress	Hiram P. Bell (D)	March 13, 1877
Colorado At-large	James B. Belford (R)	Lost contested election December 13, 1877	Thomas M. Patterson (D)	December 13, 1877
California 4th	Romualdo Pacheco (R)	Lost contested election February 7, 1878	Peter D. Wigginton (D)	February 7, 1878
Louisiana 3rd	Chester B. Darrall (R)	Lost contested election February 20, 1878	Joseph H. Acklen (D)	February 20, 1878
Louisiana 5th	John E. Leonard (R)	Died March 15, 1878	J. Smith Young (D)	November 5, 1878
Massachusetts 3rd	Walbridge A. Field (R)	Lost contested election March 28, 1878	Benjamin Dean (D)	March 28, 1878
New York 16th	Terence J. Quinn (D)	Died June 18, 1878	John M. Bailey (R)	November 5, 1878
Nebraska At-large	Frank Welch (R)	Died September 4, 1878	Thomas J. Majors (R)	November 5, 1878
Michigan 1st	Alpheus S. Williams (D)	Died December 21, 1878	Vacant	Not filled this term
Virginia 1st	Beverly B. Douglas (D)	Died December 22, 1878	Richard L. T. Beale (D)	January 23, 1879
Georgia 1st	Julian Hartridge (D)	Died January 8, 1879	William B. Fleming (D)	February 10, 1879
Texas 6th	Gustav Schleicher (D)	Died January 10, 1879	Vacant	Not filled this term
Florida 2nd	Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R)	Lost contested election February 20, 1879	Jesse J. Finley (D)	February 20, 1879

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders, for members (House and Senate) of the committees and their assignments, go into the Official Congressional Directory at the bottom of the article and click or tap on the link (5 links), in the directory after the pages of terms of service, you will see the committees of the Senate, House (Standing with Subcommittees, Select and Special) and Joint and after the committee pages, you will see the House/Senate committee assignments in the directory, on the committees section of the House and Senate in the Official Congressional Directory, the committee's members on the first row on the left side shows the chairman of the committee and on the right side shows the ranking member of the committee.

Senate

Agriculture

Appropriations

Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate

Civil Service and Retrenchment

Claims

Commerce

Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)

District of Columbia

Education and Labor

Elections of 1878 (Select)

Engrossed Bills

Epidemic Diseases (Select)

Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select)

Finance

Foreign Relations

Hot Springs (Arkansas) Commission (Special)

Indian Affairs

Judiciary

Late Presidential Election Louisiana

Manufactures

Mexican Relations (Select)

Military Affairs

Mines and Mining

Mississippi River Levee System (Select)

Naval Affairs

Ordnance and War Ships (Select)

Patents

Pensions

Post Office and Post Roads

Private Land Claims

Privileges and Elections

Public Lands

Railroads

Revision of the Laws

Revolutionary Claims

Rules

Tariff Regulation (Select)

Tenth Census (Select)

Territories

Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Select)

Treasury Department Account Discrepancies (Select)

Whole

House of Representatives

Accounts

Agriculture

Appropriations

Banking and Currency

Claims

Coinage, Weights and Measures

Commerce

District of Columbia

Education and Labor

Elections

Enrolled Bills

Expenditures in the Interior Department

Expenditures in the Justice Department

Expenditures in the Navy Department

Expenditures in the Post Office Department

Expenditures in the State Department

Expenditures in the Treasury Department

Expenditures in the War Department

Expenditures on Public Buildings

Foreign Affairs

Indian Affairs

Invalid Pensions

Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River

Manufactures

Mileage

Military Affairs

Militia

Mines and Mining

Mississippi Levees

Naval Affairs

Pacific Railroads

Patents

Post Office and Post Roads

Public Buildings and Grounds

Public Expenditures

Public Lands

Railways and Canals

Revision of Laws

Rules (Select)

Standards of Official Conduct

Territories

War Claims

Ways and Means

Whole

Joint committees

Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)

Reorganization of the Army

Transfer of the Indian Bureau

Caucuses

Democratic (House)

Democratic (Senate)

Employees

Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark

Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees

Senate

Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterian)

Secretary: George C. Gorham

Sergeant at Arms: John R. French

House of Representatives

Chaplain: John Poise (Methodist)
- W. P. Harrison (Methodist), elected December 3, 1877

Clerk: George M. Adams

Clerk at the Speaker’s Table: William H. Scudder
- J. Randolph Tucker, Jr.

Doorkeeper: John W. Polk

Postmaster: James M. Steuart

Reading Clerks: [Data unknown/missing.]

Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em

Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

U.S. House of Representatives: House History

U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists

Congressional Directory for the 45th Congress, 1st Session.

Congressional Directory for the 45th Congress, 2nd Session.

Congressional Directory for the 45th Congress, 2nd Session (2nd Revision).

Congressional Directory for the 45th Congress, 2nd Session (3rd Revision).

Congressional Directory for the 45th Congress, 3rd Session.

[Clerk_story-1] "Congress Profiles: 45th Congress (1877–1879)". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

45th United States Congress
44th ← → 46th
United States Capitol (1869)
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1879
Senate President	William A. Wheeler (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem	Thomas W. Ferry (R)
House Speaker	Samuel J. Randall (D)
Members	76 senators 293 representatives 8 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority	Republican
House Majority	Democratic
Sessions
Special: March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877 1st: October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877 2nd: December 3, 1877 – June 20, 1878 3rd: December 2, 1878 – March 3, 1879

45th United States Congress

Contents

Major events

Major legislation

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

Senate

Alabama

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California

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Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

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Illinois

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Iowa

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Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

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Minnesota

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Maryland

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Michigan

Minnesota

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Missouri

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New Jersey

New York

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Ohio

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