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49th United States Congress
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceThe Forty-ninth 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 1885 to March 3 1887, during the first two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.
Dates of sessions
March 4 1885 - March 3 1887- Special session of the Senate: March 4 1885 – April 2 1885
- First session: December 7 1885 - August 5 1886
- Second session: December 6 1886 - March 3 1887 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 48th Congress
Next congress: 50th 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.
TOTAL members: 76 |
TOTAL members: 325 |
Leadership
- Senate
- Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, died November 25 1885, vacant thereafter.
- President pro tempore of the Senate:
- John Sherman, Republican of Ohio, elected December 7, 1885, resigned February 26 1887.
- John J. Ingalls, Republican of Kansas, elected February 26 1887.
- House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- John G. Carlisle, Democratic of Kentucky, reelected December 7 1885.
Major events
- Main article: Events of 1885; Events of 1886; Events of 1887
Major legislation
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: United States House elections, 1884
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 ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1886; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.- See also: United States Senators
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: United States Congressional Delegations by state