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45th United States Congress
United States Capitol
Duration: March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
President of the Senate:	William A. Wheeler
President pro tempore:	Thomas W. Ferry
Speaker of the House:	Samuel J. Randall
Members:	76 Senators 293 Representatives 8 Non-voting members
Senate Majority:	Republican
House Majority:	Democratic
Sessions
1st: October 15, 1877 – June 20, 1878 2nd: December 2, 1878 – March 3, 1879
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United States Capitol (1869)

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 3, 1879, during the first two years of the administration of U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes.

The apportionment of seats in this 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.

Dates of sessions

March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879

• Special session of the Senate: March 5, 1877 – March 17, 1877
• First session: October 15, 1877 – December 3, 1877
• First session: December 3, 1877 - June 20, 1878
• Second session: December 2, 1878 - March 3, 1879 — a lame duck session

Previous: 44th Congress • Next: 46th Congress

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.

Senate

• Republican (R): 40 (majority)
• Democratic (D): 35
• Independent (I): 1

Total members: 76

House of Representatives

• Democratic (D): 155 (majority)
• Republican (R): 136
• Independent Democratic (ID): 2

Total members: 293

Leadership

President of the Senate
Vice President
William A. Wheeler

Senate

• President: William A. Wheeler (R)
• President pro tempore: Thomas W. Ferry (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Samuel J. Randall (D)

Major events

Main articles: 1877, 1878, and 1879

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

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#45th United States Congress

• February 28, 1878 — Bland-Allison Act (Coinage Act (Silver Dollar)), ch. 20, 20 Stat. 25
• April 29, 1878 — National Quarantine Act, ch. 66
• June 3, 1878 -- Timber and Stone Act
• June 18, 1878 — Posse Comitatus Act, ch. 263, §15, 20 Stat. 152

Members

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

See also: 45th United States Congress - political parties

See also: 45th United States Congress - State Delegations

See also: United States House elections, 1876

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.

See also: Category:United States Senators

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state

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 (R 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) Daniel W. Voorhees (D) 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 2: William Pitt Kellogg (R) 3: James B. Eustis (D) 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) Zachariah Chandler (R) Minnesota 2: William Windom (R) 1: Samuel J. R. McMillan (R) Mississippi 1: Blanche K. Bruce (R) 2: Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) Missouri 3: Lewis V. Bogy (D) David H. Armstrong (D) James Shields (D) 1: Francis M. Cockrell (D) Nebraska 1: Algernon S. 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) T. Stanley Matthews (R) 1: Allen G. Thurman (D) Oregon 3: John H. Mitchell (R) 2: La Fayette Grover (D) Pennsylvania 3: Simon Cameron (R) J. Donald Cameron (R) 1: William A. Wallace (D) Rhode Island 2: Henry B. Anthony (R) 1: Ambrose E. Burnside (R) South Carolina 3: John J. Patterson (R) 2: Matthew C. 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 elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.

See also: Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives

See also: Category:United States Congressional Delegations by state