45th United States Congress

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. 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. Striking back, Congress overrode another of Hayes’s vetoes and enacted the Bland-Allison Act that required the purchase and coining of silver. Congress also approved a generous increase in pension eligibility for Northern Civil War veterans.

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, 
 April 29, 1878: National Quarantine Act,  Sess. 2, ch. 66, 
 June 3, 1878: Timber and Stone Act, Sess. 2, ch. 151, 
 June 18, 1878: Posse Comitatus Act, Sess. 2, ch. 263, §15,

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

House of Representatives

Leadership

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
 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)

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

Alabama 
(8 Democrats)
 . James T. Jones (D)
 . Hilary A. Herbert (D)
 . Jeremiah N. Williams (D)
 . Charles M. Shelley (D)
 . Robert F. Ligon (D)
 . Goldsmith W. Hewitt (D)
 . William H. Forney (D)
 . William W. Garth (D)

Arkansas 
(4 Democrats)
 . Lucien C. Gause (D)
 . William F. Slemons (D)
 . Jordan E. Cravens (ID)
 . Thomas M. Gunter (D)

California 
(3-1 Republican)
 . Horace Davis (R)
 . Horace F. Page (R)
 . John K. Luttrell (D)
 . Romualdo Pacheco (R), until February 7, 1878
 Peter D. Wigginton (D), from February 7, 1878

Colorado 
(1 Republican)
 . James B. Belford (R), until December 13, 1877
 Thomas M. Patterson (D), from December 13, 1877

Connecticut 
(3-1 Democratic)
 . George M. Landers (D)
 . James Phelps (D)
 . John T. Wait (R)
 . Levi Warner (D)

Delaware 
(1 Democrat)
 . James Williams (D)

Florida 
(1-1 split)
 . Robert H. M. Davidson (D)
 . Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R), until February 20, 1879
 Jesse J. Finley (D), from February 20, 1879

Georgia 
(9 Democrats)
 . Julian Hartridge (D), until January 8, 1879
 William B. Fleming (D), from February 10, 1879
 . William E. Smith (D)
 . Philip Cook (D)
 . Henry R. Harris (D)
 . Milton A. Candler (D)
 . James H. Blount (D)
 . William H. Felton (ID)
 . Alexander Stephens (D)
 . Hiram P. Bell (D), from March 13, 1877

Illinois 
(11-8 Republican)
 . William Aldrich (R)
 . Carter H. Harrison (D)
 . Lorenzo Brentano (R)
 . William Lathrop (R)
 . Horatio C. Burchard (R)
 . Thomas J. Henderson (R)
 . Philip C. Hayes (R)
 . Greenbury L. Fort (R)
 . Thomas A. Boyd (R)
 . Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
 . Robert M. Knapp (D)
 . William M. Springer (D)
 . Thomas F. Tipton (R)
 . Joseph G. Cannon (R)
 . John R. Eden (D)
 . William A. J. Sparks (D)
 . William R. Morrison (D)
 . William Hartzell (D)
 . Richard W. Townshend (D)

Indiana 
(9-4 Republican)
 . Benoni S. Fuller (D)
 . Thomas R. Cobb (D)
 . George A. Bicknell (D)
 . Leonidas Sexton (R)
 . Thomas M. Browne (R)
 . Milton S. Robinson (R)
 . John Hanna (R)
 . Morton C. Hunter (R)
 . Michael D. White (R)
 . William H. Calkins (R)
 . James L. Evans (R)
 . Andrew H. Hamilton (D)
 . John H. Baker (R)

Iowa 
(9 Republicans)
 . Joseph C. Stone (R)
 . Hiram Price (R)
 . Theodore W. Burdick (R)
 . Nathaniel C. Deering (R)
 . Rush Clark (R)
 . Ezekiel S. Sampson (R)
 . Henry J. B. Cummings (R)
 . William F. Sapp (R)
 . S. Addison Oliver (R)

Kansas 
(3 Republicans)
 . William A. Phillips (R)
 . Dudley C. Haskell (R)
 . Thomas Ryan (R)

Kentucky 
(10 Democrats)
 . Andrew Boone (D)
 . James A. McKenzie (D)
 . John William Caldwell (D)
 . J. Proctor Knott (D)
 . Albert S. Willis (D)
 . John G. Carlisle (D)
 . Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)
 . Milton J. Durham (D)
 . Thomas Turner (D)
 . John B. Clarke (D)

Louisiana 
(4-2 Democratic)
 . Randall L. Gibson (D)
 . E. John Ellis (D)
 . Chester B. Darrall (R), until February 20, 1878
 Joseph H. Acklen (D), from February 20, 1878
 . Joseph B. Elam (D)
 . John E. Leonard (R), until March 15, 1878
 John S. Young (D), from November 5, 1878
 . Edward W. Robertson (D)

Maine 
(5 Republicans)
 . Thomas B. Reed (R)
 . William P. Frye (R)
 . Stephen D. Lindsey (R)
 . Llewellyn Powers (R)
 . Eugene Hale (R)

Maryland 
(6 Democrats)
 . Daniel M. Henry (D)
 . Charles B. Roberts (D)
 . William Kimmel (D)
 . Thomas Swann (D)
 . Eli J. Henkle (D)
 . William Walsh (D)

Massachusetts 
(10-1 Republican)
 . William W. Crapo (R)
 . Benjamin W. Harris (R)
 . Walbridge A. Field (R), until March 28, 1878
 Benjamin Dean (D), from March 28, 1878
 . Leopold Morse (D)
 . Nathaniel P. Banks (R)
 . George B. Loring (R)
 . Benjamin F. Butler (R)
 . William Claflin (R)
 . William W. Rice (R)
 . Amasa Norcross (R)
 . George D. Robinson (R)

Michigan 
(8-1 Republican)
 . Alpheus S. Williams (D), until December 21, 1878
 . Edwin Willits (R)
 . Jonas H. McGowan (R)
 . Edwin W. Keightley (R)
 . John W. Stone (R)
 . Mark S. Brewer (R)
 . Omar D. Conger (R)
 . Charles C. Ellsworth (R)
 . Jay A. Hubbell (R)

Minnesota 
(3 Republicans)
 . Mark H. Dunnell (R)
 . Horace B. Strait (R)
 . Jacob H. Stewart (R)

Mississippi 
(6 Democrats)
 . Henry L. Muldrow (D)
 . Vannoy H. Manning (D)
 . Hernando Money (D)
 . Otho R. Singleton (D)
 . Charles E. Hooker (D)
 . James R. Chalmers (D)

Missouri 
(9-4 Democratic)
 . Anthony F. Ittner (R)
 . Nathan Cole (R)
 . Lyne S. Metcalfe (R)
 . Robert A. Hatcher (D)
 . Richard P. Bland (D)
 . Charles H. Morgan (D)
 . Thomas T. Crittenden (D)
 . Benjamin J. Franklin (D)
 . David Rea (D)
 . Henry M. Pollard (R)
 . John B. Clark, Jr. (D)
 . John M. Glover (D)
 . Aylett H. Buckner (D)

Nebraska 
(2 Republicans)
 . Frank Welch (R), until September 4, 1878
 Thomas J. Majors (R), from November 5, 1878

Nevada 
(1 Republican)
 . Thomas Wren (R)

New Hampshire 
(2-1 Republican)
 . Frank Jones (D)
 . James F. Briggs (R)
 . Henry W. Blair (R)

New Jersey 
(4-3 Democrat)
 . Clement H. Sinnickson (R)
 . John H. Pugh (R)
 . Miles Ross (D)
 . Alvah A. Clark (D)
 . Augustus W. Cutler (D)
 . Thomas B. Peddie (R)
 . Augustus A. Hardenbergh (D)

New York 
(17-16 Republican)
 . James W. Covert (D)
 . William D. Veeder (D)
 . Simeon B. Chittenden (R)
 . Archibald M. Bliss (D)
 . Nicholas Muller (D)
 . Samuel S. Cox (D)
 . Anthony Eickhoff (D)
 . Anson G. McCook (R)
 . Fernando Wood (D)
 . Abram S. Hewitt (D)
 . Benjamin A. Willis (D)
 . Clarkson N. Potter (D)
 . John H. Ketcham (R)
 . George M. Beebe (D)
 . Stephen L. Mayham (D)
 . Terence J. Quinn (D), until June 18, 1878
 John M. Bailey (R), from November 5, 1878
 . Martin I. Townsend (R)
 . Andrew Williams (R)
 . Amaziah B. James (R)
 . John H. Starin (R)
 . Solomon Bundy (R)
 . George A. Bagley (R)
 . William J. Bacon (R)
 . William H. Baker (R)
 . Frank Hiscock (R)
 . John H. Camp (R)
 . Elbridge G. Lapham (R)
 . Jeremiah W. Dwight (R)
 . John N. Hungerford (R)
 . E. Kirke Hart (D)
 . Charles B. Benedict (D)
 . Daniel N. Lockwood (D)
 . George W. Patterson (R)

North Carolina 
(7-1 Democratic)
 . Jesse J. Yeates (D)
 . Curtis H. Brogden (R)
 . Alfred M. Waddell (D)
 . Joseph J. Davis (D)
 . Alfred M. Scales (D)
 . Walter L. Steele (D)
 . William M. Robbins (D)
 . Robert B. Vance (D)

Ohio 
(12-8 Republican)
 . Milton Sayler (D)
 . Henry B. Banning (D)
 . Mills Gardner (R)
 . John A. McMahon (D)
 . Americus V. Rice (D)
 . Jacob D. Cox (R)
 . Henry L. Dickey (D)
 . J. Warren Keifer (R)
 . John S. Jones (R)
 . Charles Foster (R)
 . Henry S. Neal (R)
 . Thomas Ewing, Jr. (D)
 . Milton I. Southard (D)
 . Ebenezer B. Finley (D)
 . Nelson H. Van Vorhes (R)
 . Lorenzo Danford (R)
 . William McKinley, Jr. (R)
 . James Monroe (R)
 . James A. Garfield (R)
 . Amos Townsend (R)

Oregon 
(1 Republican)
 . Richard Williams (R)

Pennsylvania 
(17-10 Republican)
 . Chapman Freeman (R)
 . Charles O'Neill (R)
 . Samuel J. Randall (D)
 . William D. Kelley (R)
 . Alfred C. Harmer (R)
 . William Ward (R)
 . I. Newton Evans (R)
 . Hiester Clymer (D)
 . A. Herr Smith (R)
 . Samuel A. Bridges (D)
 . Francis D. Collins (D)
 . Hendrick B. Wright (D)
 . James B. Reilly (D)
 . John W. Killinger (R)
 . Edward Overton, Jr. (R)
 . John I. Mitchell (R)
 . Jacob M. Campbell (R)
 . William Stenger (D)
 . Levi Maish (D)
 . Levi A. Mackey (D)
 . Jacob Turney (D)
 . Russell Errett (R)
 . Thomas M. Bayne (R)
 . William S. Shallenberger (R)
 . Harry White (R)
 . John M. Thompson (R)
 . Lewis F. Watson (R)

Rhode Island 
(2 Republicans)
 . Benjamin T. Eames (R)
 . Latimer W. Ballou (R)

South Carolina 
(3-2 Republican)
 . Joseph Rainey (R)
 . Richard H. Cain (R)
 . D. Wyatt Aiken (D)
 . John H. Evins (D)
 . Robert Smalls (R)

Tennessee 
(8-2 Democratic)
 . James H. Randolph (R)
 . Jacob M. Thornburgh (R)
 . George G. Dibrell (D)
 . Haywood Y. Riddle (D)
 . John M. Bright (D)
 . John F. House (D)
 . Washington C. Whitthorne (D)
 . John D. C. Atkins (D)
 . William P. Caldwell (D)
 . H. Casey Young (D)

Texas 
(6 Democrats)
 . John H. Reagan (D)
 . David B. Culberson (D)
 . James W. Throckmorton (D)
 . Roger Q. Mills (D)
 . De Witt C. Giddings (D)
 . Gustave Schleicher (D), until January 10, 1879

Vermont 
(3 Republicans)
 . Charles H. Joyce (R)
 . Dudley C. Denison (R)
 . George W. Hendee (R)

Virginia 
(8-1 Democratic)
 . Beverly B. Douglas (D), until December 22, 1878
 Richard Lee T. Beale (D), from January 23, 1879
 . John Goode, Jr. (D)
 . Gilbert C. Walker (D)
 . Joseph Jorgensen (R)
 . George Cabell (D)
 . John R. Tucker (D)
 . John T. Harris (D)
 . Eppa Hutton, II (D)
 . Auburn Pridemore (D)

West Virginia 
(3 Democrats)
 . Benjamin Wilson (D)
 . Benjamin F. Martin (D)
 . John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin 
(4-3 Republican)
 . Charles G. Williams (R)
 . Lucien B. Caswell (R)
 . George C. Hazelton (R)
 . William P. Lynde (D)
 . Edward S. Bragg (D)
 . Gabriel Bouck (D)
 . Herman L. Humphrey (R)
 . Thaddeus C. Pound (R)

Non-voting members 
(5-3 Republican)
 . Hiram S. Stevens (D)
 . Jefferson P. Kidder (R)
 . Stephen S. Fenn (D)
 . Martin Maginnis (D)
 . Trinidad Romero (R)
 . George Q. Cannon (R)
 . Orange Jacobs (R)
 . William W. Corlett (R)

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

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| Ohio (3)
| nowrap  | John Sherman (R)
| Resigned March 8, 1877 to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.Successor elected March 21, 1877.
| nowrap  | Stanley Matthews (R)
| March 21, 1877

|-
| Pennsylvania (3)
| nowrap  | Simon Cameron (R)
| Resigned March 12, 1877.Successor elected March 20, 1877.
| nowrap  | J. Donald Cameron (R)
| March 20, 1877

|-
| Missouri (3)
| nowrap  | Lewis V. Bogy (D)
| Died September 20, 1877.Successor was appointed September 29, 1877, to continue the term.
| nowrap  | David H. Armstrong (D)
| September 29, 1877

|-
| Indiana (3)
| nowrap  | Oliver P. Morton (R)
| Died November 1, 1877.Successor elected January 31, 1879.
| nowrap  | Daniel W. Voorhees (D)
| November 6, 1877

|-
| Missouri (3)
| nowrap  | David H. Armstrong (D)
| Interim appointee retired.Successor elected January 26, 1879.
| nowrap  | James Shields (D)
| January 27, 1879

|-
| Michigan (1)
| nowrap  | Isaac P. Christiancy (R)
| Resigned February 10, 1879 due to ill health.Successor elected February 22, 1879.
| nowrap  | 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

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| 
| Vacant
| style="font-size:80%" | Rep  Benjamin Harvey Hill resigned in previous congress
| nowrap  | Hiram P. Bell (D)
| March 13, 1877
|-
| 
| nowrap  | James B. Belford (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election December 13, 1877
| nowrap  | Thomas M. Patterson (D)
| December 13, 1877
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Romualdo Pacheco (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election February 7, 1878
| nowrap  | Peter D. Wigginton (D)
| February 7, 1878
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Chester B. Darrall (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election February 20, 1878
| nowrap  | Joseph H. Acklen (D)
| February 20, 1878
|-
| 
| nowrap  | John E. Leonard (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died March 15, 1878
| nowrap  | J. Smith Young (D)
| November 5, 1878
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Walbridge A. Field (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election March 28, 1878
| nowrap  | Benjamin Dean (D)
| March 28, 1878
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Terence J. Quinn (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died June 18, 1878
| nowrap  | John M. Bailey (R)
| November 5, 1878
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Frank Welch (R)
| style="font-size:80%" |Died September 4, 1878
| nowrap  | Thomas J. Majors (R)
| November 5, 1878
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Alpheus S. Williams (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 21, 1878
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Beverly B. Douglas (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died December 22, 1878
| nowrap  | Richard L. T. Beale (D)
| January 23, 1879
|-
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| nowrap  | Julian Hartridge (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 8, 1879
| nowrap  | William B. Fleming (D)
| February 10, 1879
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Gustav Schleicher (D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Died January 10, 1879
| Vacant
| Not filled this term
|-
| 
| nowrap  | Horatio Bisbee, Jr. (R)
| style="font-size:80%" | Lost contested election February 20, 1879
| nowrap  | 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: 
 Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson

See also 
 United States elections, 1876 (elections leading to this Congress)
 1876 United States presidential election
 United States Senate elections, 1876
 United States House of Representatives elections, 1876
 United States elections, 1878 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
 United States Senate elections, 1878 and 1879
 United States House of Representatives elections, 1878

Notes

References

External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
U.S. House of Representatives: House History
U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists