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The Fiftieth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, including the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1887, to March 3, 1889. This Congress sat during the last two years of the first administration of U.S. President Grover Cleveland, and the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Tenth Census of the United States in 1880. "|Preceded by:
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Dates of Sessions

March 4, 1887March 3, 1889

Major events

Main article: Events of 1887; Events of 1888; Events of 1889

Major legislation

''Main article: List of United States federal legislation in the Fiftieth Congress

Party summary

Senate

TOTAL members: 76

House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 325

Officers

Senate

House of Representatives

William Henry Milburn, Methodist, reelected December 5, 1887.

Party Leadership

Senate

House of Representatives

Members

At this time, Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six year terms with each Congress. Nearly all of the members of the House of Representatives were elected to single member districts, by popular vote.
See also: Fiftieth United States Congress - State Delegations
See also: Fiftieth United States Congress - Political Parties
See also: United States House election, 1886
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district. Also listed at the end are the delegates from the then-existing organized territories.

Senate

Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
  • Thomas M. Bowen (1835-1906), Republican
  • Henry M. Teller (1830-1914), Republican
  • Connecticut
    Delaware
  • Eli M. Saulsbury (1817-1893), Democratic
  • George Gray (1840-1925), Democratic
  • Florida
    Georgia
  • Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894), Democratic
  • Alfred H. Colquitt (1824-1894), Democratic
  • Illinois
    Indiana
    Iowa
  • William B. Allison (1829-1908), Republican
  • James F. Wilson (1828-1895), Republican
  • Kansas
  • John J. Ingalls (1833-1900), Republican
  • Preston B. Plumb (1837-1891), Republican
  • Kentucky
  • James B. Beck (1822-1890), Democratic
  • Joseph C.S. Blackburn (1838-1918), Democratic
  • Louisiana
  • Randall L. Gibson (1832-1892), Democratic
  • James B. Eustis (1834-1899), Democratic
  • Maine
    Maryland
  • Arthur P. Gorman (1839-1906), Democratic
  • Ephraim K. Wilson (1821-1891), Democratic
  • Massachusetts
  • Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), Republican
  • George F. Hoar (1826-1904), Republican
  • Michigan
  • Thomas W. Palmer (1830-1913), Republican
  • Francis B. Stockbridge (1826-1894), Republican
  • Minnesota
  • Dwight M. Sabin (1843-1902), Republican
  • Cushman K. Davis (1838-1900), Republican
  • Mississippi
  • James Z. George (1826-1897), Democratic
  • Edward C. Walthall (1831-1898), Democratic
  • Missouri
    Nebraska
  • Charles F. Manderson (1837-1911), Republican
  • Algernon S. Paddock (1830-1897), Republican
  • Nevada
  • John P. Jones (1829-1912), Republican
  • William M. Stewart (1827-1909), Republican
  • New Hampshire
  • Henry W. Blair (1834-1920), Republican
  • Person C. Cheney (1828-1901), Republican ...appointed to fill vacancy, served until June 14, 1887.
  • : William E. Chandler (1835-1917), Republican ...elected to fill vacancy, seated June 14, 1887.
  • New Jersey
  • John R. McPherson (1833-1897), Democratic
  • Rufus Blodgett (1834-1910), Democratic
  • New York
  • William M. Evarts (1818-1901), Republican
  • Frank Hiscock (1834-1914), Republican
  • North Carolina
  • Matt W. Ransom (1826-1904), Democratic
  • Zebulon B. Vance (1830-1894), Democratic
  • Ohio
    Oregon
  • Joseph N. Dolph (1835-1897), Republican
  • John H. Mitchell (1835-1905), Republican
  • Pennsylvania
  • J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), Republican
  • Matthew S. Quay (1833-1904), Republican
  • Rhode Island
    South Carolina
  • Matthew C. Butler (1836-1909), Democratic
  • Wade Hampton, III (1818-1902), Democratic
  • Tennessee
    Texas
  • Richard Coke (1829-1897), Democratic
  • John H. Reagan (1818-1905), Democratic
  • Vermont
    Virginia
  • Harrison H. Riddleberger (1844-1890), Readjuster
  • John W. Daniel (1842-1910), Democratic
  • West Virginia
    Wisconsin
  • Philetus Sawyer (1816-1900), Republican
  • John C. Spooner (1843-1919), Republican
  • House of Representatives

    Alabama
    Arkansas
    California
    Colorado
    Connecticut
    Delaware
    Florida
    Georgia
    Illinois
    Indiana
    Iowa
    Kansas
    Kentucky
    Louisiana
    Maine
    Maryland
    Massachusetts
    Michigan
    Minnesota
    Mississippi
    Missouri
    Nebraska
    Nevada
    New Hampshire
    New Jersey
    New York
    North Carolina
    Ohio
    Oregon
    Pennsylvania
    Rhode Island
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
    Texas
    Vermont
    Virginia
    West Virginia
    Wisconsin

    Territorial Delegates

    Arizona Territory
    Dakota Territory
    Idaho Territory
    Montana Territory
    New Mexico Territory
    Utah Territory
    Washington Territory
    Wyoming Territory

    Membership Changes

    Senate

    House of Representatives

    References


    United States Congress
    United States Senate>Senate • • • Senate Committees
    House • • • House Committees • • Districts

    Congresses
    1 (1789)
    2 (1791)
    3 (1793)
    4 (1795)
    5 (1797)
    6 (1799)
    7 (1801)
    8 (1803)
    9 (1805)
    10 (1807)
    11 (1809)
    12 (1811)
    13 (1813)
    14 (1815)
    15 (1817)
    16 (1819)
    17 (1821)
    18 (1823)
    19 (1825)
    20 (1827)
    21 (1829)
    22 (1831)
    23 (1833)
    24 (1835)
    25 (1837)
    26 (1839)
    27 (1841)
    28 (1843)
    29 (1845)
    30 (1847)
    31 (1849)
    32 (1851)
    33 (1853)
    34 (1855)
    35 (1857)
    36 (1859)
    37 (1861)
    38 (1863)
    39 (1865)
    40 (1867)
    41 (1869)
    42 (1871)
    43 (1873)
    44 (1875)
    45 (1877)
    46 (1879)
    47 (1881)
    48 (1883)
    49 (1885)
    50 (1887)
    51 (1889)
    52 (1891)
    53 (1893)
    54 (1895)
    55 (1897)
    56 (1899)
    57 (1901)
    58 (1903)
    59 (1905)
    60 (1907)
    61 (1909)
    62 (1911)
    63 (1913)
    64 (1915)
    65 (1917)
    66 (1919)
    67 (1921)
    68 (1923)
    69 (1925)
    70 (1927)
    71 (1929)
    72 (1931)
    73 (1933)
    74 (1935)
    75 (1937)
    76 (1939)
    77 (1941)
    78 (1943)
    79 (1945)
    80 (1947)
    81 (1949)
    82 (1951)
    83 (1953)
    84 (1955)
    85 (1957)
    86 (1959)
    87 (1961)
    88 (1963)
    89 (1965)
    90 (1967)
    91 (1969)
    92 (1971)
    93 (1973)
    94 (1975)
    95 (1977)
    96 (1979)
    97 (1981)
    98 (1983)
    99 (1985)
    100 (1987)
    101 (1989)
    102 (1991)
    103 (1993)
    104 (1995)
    105 (1997)
    106 (1999)
    107 (2001)
    108 (2003)
    current:
    109 (2005)
    future:
    110 (2007)
    111 (2009)
    112 (2011)
    113 (2013)

     


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