51st Congress (1889–1891): members and party control

1889-03-04 to 1891-03-04. Everyone who served during this Congress, including members who joined or left part-way through.

Senate

House of Representatives

Members by state

Other 0 senators, 1 representatives

• George Mathews District -1 · Republican

Alabama 2 senators, 9 representatives

• James Pugh Senator · Democrat
• John Morgan Senator · Democrat
• John McDuffie District 4 · Republican
• William Forney District 7 · Democrat
• Hilary Herbert District 2 · Democrat
• William Oates District 3 · Democrat
• Louis Turpin District 4 · Democrat
• Richard Clarke District 1 · Democrat
• James Cobb District 5 · Democrat
• Joseph Wheeler District 8 · Democrat
• John Bankhead District 6 · Democrat

Arizona 0 senators, 1 representatives

• Marcus Smith At-large · Democrat

Arkansas 2 senators, 6 representatives

• James Jones Senator · Democrat
• James Berry Senator · Democrat
• Lewis Featherstone District 1 · Union Labor
• John Rogers District 4 · Democrat
• William Cate District 1 · Democrat
• Samuel Peel District 5 · Democrat
• Clifton Breckinridge District 2 · Democrat
• Thomas McRae District 3 · Democrat

California 2 senators, 7 representatives

• George Hearst Senator · Democrat
• Leland Stanford Senator · Republican
• Marion Biggs District 2 · Democrat
• Thomas Clunie District 5 · Democrat
• John De Haven District 1 · Republican
• William W. Morrow District 4 · Republican
• William Vandever District 6 · Republican
• Joseph McKenna District 3 · Republican
• Thomas J. Geary District 1 · Democrat

Colorado 2 senators, 1 representatives

• Edward Wolcott Senator · Republican
• Henry Teller Senator · Republican
• Hosea Townsend District 1 · Republican

Connecticut 2 senators, 4 representatives

• Joseph Hawley Senator · Republican
• Orville Platt Senator · Republican
• Frederick Miles District 4 · Republican
• William Simonds District 1 · Republican
• Washington Willcox District 2 · Democrat
• Charles Russell District 3 · Republican

Delaware 2 senators, 1 representatives

• Anthony Higgins Senator · Republican
• George Gray Senator · Democrat
• John Penington At-large · Democrat

Florida 2 senators, 2 representatives

• Wilkinson Call Senator · Democrat
• Samuel Pasco Senator · Democrat
• Robert Davidson District 1 · Democrat
• Robert Bullock District 2 · Democrat

Georgia 2 senators, 10 representatives

• Joseph Brown Senator · Democrat
• Alfred Colquitt Senator · Democrat
• George Barnes District 10 · Democrat
• Allen Candler District 9 · Democrat
• Henry Carlton District 8 · Democrat
• Judson Clements District 7 · Democrat
• Thomas Grimes District 4 · Democrat
• John Stewart District 5 · Democrat
• James Blount District 6 · Democrat
• Charles Crisp District 3 · Democrat
• Henry Turner District 2 · Democrat
• Rufus Lester District 1 · Democrat

Idaho 2 senators, 2 representatives

• William McConnell Senator · Republican
• George Shoup Senator · Republican
• Willis Sweet District 1 · Republican
• Fred Dubois District -1 · Republican

Illinois 2 senators, 21 representatives

• Charles Farwell Senator · Republican
• Shelby Cullom Senator · Republican
• George Adams District 4 · Republican
• William Gest District 11 · Republican
• Charles Hill District 8 · Republican
• Frank Lawler District 2 · Democrat
• Lewis Payson District 9 · Republican
• Jonathan Rowell District 14 · Republican
• Richard Townshend District 19 · Democrat
• Abner Taylor District 1 · Republican
• Scott Wike District 12 · Democrat
• George Fithian District 16 · Democrat
• William Forman District 18 · Democrat
• Thomas Henderson District 7 · Republican
• Edward Lane District 17 · Democrat
• William Springer District 13 · Democrat
• Philip Post District 10 · Republican
• Albert Hopkins District 5 · Republican
• James Williams District 19 · Democrat
• Robert Hitt District 6 · Republican
• George Smith District 20 · Republican
• Joseph Cannon District 15 · Republican
• William Mason District 3 · Republican

Indiana 2 senators, 13 representatives

• Daniel Voorhees Senator · Democrat
• David Turpie Senator · Democrat
• Thomas Browne District 6 · Republican
• Joseph Cheadle District 9 · Republican
• John O’Neall District 2 · Democrat
• William Owen District 10 · Republican
• Charles McClellan District 12 · Democrat
• William Parrett District 1 · Democrat
• Elijah Brookshire District 8 · Democrat
• Jason Brown District 3 · Democrat
• William Bynum District 7 · Democrat
• George Cooper District 5 · Democrat
• Augustus Martin District 11 · Democrat
• William Holman District 4 · Democrat
• Benjamin Shively District 13 · Democrat

Iowa 2 senators, 12 representatives

• James Wilson Senator · Republican
• William Allison Senator · Republican
• Edwin Conger District 7 · Republican
• Edward Hays District 7 · Republican
• Daniel Kerr District 5 · Republican
• Joseph Reed District 9 · Republican
• Isaac S. Struble District 11 · Republican
• Joseph Sweney District 4 · Republican
• James Flick District 8 · Republican
• Walter Hayes District 2 · Democrat
• John Gear District 1 · Republican
• David Henderson District 3 · Republican
• John Lacey District 6 · Republican
• Jonathan Dolliver District 10 · Republican

Kansas 2 senators, 8 representatives

• John Ingalls Senator · Republican
• Preston B. Plumb Senator · Republican
• John Anderson District 5 · Republican
• Harrison Kelley District 4 · Republican
• Edmund Morrill District 1 · Republican
• Samuel Peters District 7 · Republican
• Thomas Ryan District 4 · Republican
• Erastus Turner District 6 · Republican
• Bishop Perkins District 3 · Republican
• Edward Funston District 2 · Republican

Kentucky 3 senators, 11 representatives

• James Beck Senator · Democrat
• John Carlisle Senator · Democrat
• Joseph Blackburn Senator · Democrat
• Hugh Finley District 11 · Republican
• William Worth Dickerson District 6 · Democrat
• John Wilson District 10 · Republican
• William Breckinridge District 7 · Democrat
• Asher Caruth District 5 · Democrat
• William Ellis District 2 · Democrat
• Isaac Goodnight District 3 · Democrat
• Alexander Montgomery District 4 · Democrat
• William Stone District 1 · Democrat
• James McCreary District 8 · Democrat
• Thomas Paynter District 9 · Democrat

Louisiana 2 senators, 7 representatives

• James Eustis Senator · Democrat
• Randall Gibson Senator · Democrat
• Hamilton Coleman District 2 · Republican
• Edward Gay District 3 · Democrat
• Theodore Wilkinson District 1 · Democrat
• Newton Blanchard District 4 · Democrat
• Charles Boatner District 5 · Democrat
• Andrew Price District 3 · Democrat
• Samuel Robertson District 6 · Democrat

Maine 2 senators, 4 representatives

• Eugene Hale Senator · Republican
• William Frye Senator · Republican
• Seth Milliken District 3 · Republican
• Nelson Dingley, Jr. District 2 · Republican
• Thomas Reed District 1 · Republican
• Charles Boutelle District 4 · Republican

Maryland 2 senators, 7 representatives

• Ephraim Wilson Senator · Democrat
• Arthur Gorman Senator · Democrat
• Henry Stockbridge, Jr. District 4 · Republican
• Charles Gibson District 1 · Democrat
• Herman Stump District 2 · Democrat
• Barnes Compton District 5 · Democrat
• Harry Rusk District 3 · Democrat
• Louis McComas District 6 · Republican
• Sydney Mudd District 5 · Republican

Massachusetts 2 senators, 12 representatives

• Henry Dawes Senator · Republican
• George Hoar Senator · Republican
• Nathaniel Banks District 5 · Republican
• John Candler District 9 · Republican
• Frederic Greenhalge District 8 · Republican
• Francis Rockwell District 12 · Republican
• Rodney Wallace District 11 · Republican
• John Andrew District 3 · Democrat
• Joseph O’Neil District 4 · Democrat
• Charles Randall District 1 · Republican
• William Cogswell District 7 · Republican
• Elijah Morse District 2 · Republican
• Joseph Walker District 10 · Republican
• Henry Lodge District 6 · Republican

Michigan 2 senators, 11 representatives

• Francis Stockbridge Senator · Republican
• James McMillan Senator · Republican
• Edward Allen District 2 · Republican
• Aaron Bliss District 8 · Republican
• Mark Brewer District 6 · Republican
• Byron M. Cutcheon District 9 · Republican
• Frank Wheeler District 10 · Republican
• Charles Belknap District 5 · Republican
• James O’Donnell District 3 · Republican
• John Chipman District 1 · Democrat
• Justin Whiting District 7 · Democrat
• Samuel Stephenson District 11 · Republican
• Julius Burrows District 4 · Republican

Minnesota 2 senators, 5 representatives

• William Washburn Senator · Republican
• Cushman Davis Senator · Republican
• Solomon Comstock District 5 · Republican
• Mark Dunnell District 1 · Republican
• Darwin Hall District 3 · Republican
• Samuel Snider District 4 · Republican
• John Lind District 2 · Republican

Mississippi 2 senators, 7 representatives

• James George Senator · Democrat
• Edward Walthall Senator · Democrat
• Chapman Anderson District 5 · Democrat
• James Morgan District 2 · Democrat
• Clarke Lewis District 4 · Democrat
• Thomas Stockdale District 6 · Democrat
• John Allen District 1 · Democrat
• Thomas Catchings District 3 · Democrat
• Charles Hooker District 7 · Democrat

Missouri 2 senators, 16 representatives

• George Vest Senator · Democrat
• Francis Cockrell Senator · Democrat
• James Burnes District -1 · Democrat
• Nathan Frank District 9 · Republican
• William Kinsey District 10 · Republican
• Frederick Niedringhaus District 8 · Republican
• William Wade District 13 · Republican
• James Walker District 14 · Democrat
• Robert Whitelaw District 14 · Democrat
• Charles Mansur District 2 · Democrat
• Richard Norton District 7 · Democrat
• Robert Wilson District 4 · Democrat
• William Hatch District 1 · Democrat
• John Heard District 6 · Democrat
• John Tarsney District 5 · Democrat
• Alexander Dockery District 3 · Democrat
• Richard Bland District 11 · Democrat
• William Stone District 12 · Democrat

Montana 2 senators, 1 representatives

• Thomas Power Senator · Republican
• Wilbur Sanders Senator · Republican
• Thomas Carter District 1 · Republican

Nebraska 2 senators, 4 representatives

• Algernon Paddock Senator · Republican
• Charles Manderson Senator · Republican
• William Connell District 1 · Republican
• George Dorsey District 3 · Republican
• James Laird District 2 · Republican
• Gilbert Laws District 2 · Republican

Nevada 2 senators, 1 representatives

• John Jones Senator · Republican
• William Stewart Senator · Republican
• Horace Bartine At-large · Republican

New Hampshire 3 senators, 2 representatives

• Gilman Marston Senator · Republican
• Henry Blair Senator · Republican
• William Chandler Senator · Republican
• Orren Moore District 2 · Republican
• Alonzo Nute District 1 · Republican

New Jersey 2 senators, 7 representatives

• Rufus Blodgett Senator · Democrat
• John McPherson Senator · Democrat
• Charles Beckwith District 5 · Republican
• Herman Lehlbach District 6 · Republican
• William McAdoo District 7 · Democrat
• Christopher Bergen District 1 · Republican
• James Buchanan District 2 · Republican
• Samuel Fowler District 4 · Democrat
• Jacob Geissenhainer District 3 · Democrat

New Mexico 0 senators, 1 representatives

• Antonio Joseph District -1 · Democrat

New York 2 senators, 38 representatives

• William Evarts Senator · Republican
• Frank Hiscock Senator · Republican
• Charles Baker District 30 · Republican
• Felix Campbell District 2 · Democrat
• Samuel Cox District 9 · Democrat
• Milton De Lano District 26 · Republican
• John Farquhar District 32 · Republican
• Frank Fitzgerald District 6 · Democrat
• Thomas Flood District 28 · Republican
• Charles Knapp District 17 · Republican
• William Laidlaw District 34 · Republican
• Frederick Lansing District 22 · Republican
• John McCarthy District 8 · Democrat
• John Moffitt District 21 · Republican
• Newton Nutting District 27 · Republican
• John Pindar District 24 · Democrat
• John Quinn District 11 · Democrat
• John Sawyer District 31 · Republican
• Moses Stivers District 15 · Republican
• Charles Turner District 6 · Democrat
• William Wallace District 3 · Republican
• David Wilber District 24 · Republican
• John Wiley District 33 · Democrat
• Roswell Flower District 12 · Democrat
• John Quackenbush District 18 · Republican
• John Raines District 29 · Republican
• John Sanford District 20 · Republican
• Francis Spinola District 10 · Democrat
• William Stahlnecker District 14 · Democrat
• John Clancy District 4 · Democrat
• James Covert District 1 · Democrat
• Edward Dunphy District 7 · Democrat
• Ashbel Fitch District 13 · Democrat
• Thomas Magner District 5 · Democrat
• Charles Tracey District 19 · Democrat
• James Belden District 25 · Republican
• Amos Cummings District 9 · Democrat
• John Ketcham District 16 · Republican
• James Sherman District 23 · Republican
• Sereno Payne District 27 · Republican

North Carolina 2 senators, 9 representatives

• Matt Ransom Senator · Democrat
• Zebulon Vance Senator · Democrat
• John Brower District 5 · Republican
• Hamilton Ewart District 9 · Republican
• Charles McClammy District 3 · Democrat
• Alfred Rowland District 6 · Democrat
• Thomas Skinner District 1 · Democrat
• Henry Cheatham District 2 · Republican
• William Cowles District 8 · Democrat
• Benjamin Bunn District 4 · Democrat
• John Henderson District 7 · Democrat

North Dakota 2 senators, 1 representatives

• Lyman Casey Senator · Republican
• Gilbert Pierce Senator · Republican
• Henry Hansbrough District 1 · Republican

Ohio 2 senators, 21 representatives

• Henry B. Payne Senator · Democrat
• John Sherman Senator · Republican
• Melvin Boothman District 6 · Republican
• Benjamin Butterworth District 1 · Republican
• William Cooper District 9 · Republican
• Robert Kennedy District 8 · Republican
• Henry Morey District 7 · Republican
• Jacob Pugsley District 12 · Republican
• George Seney District 5 · Democrat
• Albert Thompson District 11 · Republican
• Charles Wickham District 14 · Republican
• Elihu Williams District 3 · Republican
• Samuel S. Yoder District 4 · Democrat
• William Haynes District 10 · Democrat
• James W. Owens District 16 · Democrat
• Ezra Taylor District 19 · Republican
• Joseph Taylor District 17 · Republican
• John Caldwell District 2 · Republican
• Joseph Outhwaite District 13 · Democrat
• William McKinley, Jr. District 18 · Republican
• Charles Grosvenor District 15 · Republican
• Martin Smyser District 20 · Republican
• Theodore Burton District 21 · Republican

Oklahoma 0 senators, 1 representatives

• David Harvey District -1 · Republican

Oregon 2 senators, 1 representatives

• Joseph Dolph Senator · Republican
• John Mitchell Senator · Republican
• Binger Hermann District 1 · Republican

Pennsylvania 2 senators, 31 representatives

• James Cameron Senator · Republican
• Matthew Quay Senator · Republican
• Thomas Bayne District 23 · Republican
• Charles Buckalew District 17 · Democrat
• Samuel Craig District 21 · Republican
• William Culbertson District 26 · Republican
• Smedley Darlington District 6 · Republican
• William Kelley District 4 · Republican
• James Kerr District 28 · Democrat
• Levi Maish District 19 · Democrat
• Henry McCormick District 16 · Republican
• Edwin Osborne District 12 · Republican
• Samuel Randall District 3 · Democrat
• Joseph Ray District 24 · Republican
• Charles Townsend District 25 · Republican
• Richard Vaux District 3 · Democrat
• Lewis Watson District 27 · Republican
• Robert Yardley District 7 · Republican
• Louis Atkinson District 18 · Republican
• David B. Brunner District 9 · Democrat
• John Rife District 14 · Republican
• Edward Scull District 20 · Republican
• William Mutchler District 8 · Democrat
• Charles O’Neill District 2 · Republican
• James Reilly District 13 · Democrat
• Myron Wright District 15 · Republican
• Joseph Scranton District 11 · Republican
• Charles Stone District 27 · Republican
• Alfred Harmer District 5 · Republican
• Marriott Brosius District 10 · Republican
• John Reyburn District 4 · Republican
• Henry Bingham District 1 · Republican
• John Dalzell District 22 · Republican

Rhode Island 2 senators, 2 representatives

• Nathan Dixon Senator · Republican
• Nelson Aldrich Senator · Republican
• Henry Spooner District 1 · Republican
• Warren Arnold District 2 · Republican

South Carolina 2 senators, 8 representatives

• Wade Hampton Senator · Democrat
• Matthew Butler Senator · Democrat
• James Cothran District 3 · Democrat
• George Dargan District 6 · Democrat
• Samuel Dibble District 1 · Democrat
• Thomas Miller District 7 · Republican
• William Perry District 4 · Democrat
• John Hemphill District 5 · Democrat
• George Tillman District 2 · Democrat
• William Elliott District 7 · Democrat

South Dakota 2 senators, 2 representatives

• Gideon Moody Senator · Republican
• Richard Pettigrew Senator · Republican
• Oscar Gifford District -1 · Republican
• John Pickler District -1 · Republican

Tennessee 2 senators, 10 representatives

• Isham Harris Senator · Democrat
• William Bate Senator · Democrat
• Henry Evans District 3 · Republican
• James Phelan District 10 · Democrat
• Washington Whitthorne District 7 · Democrat
• Leonidas Houk District 2 · Republican
• Benjamin Enloe District 8 · Democrat
• Alfred Taylor District 1 · Republican
• Joseph Washington District 6 · Democrat
• Benton McMillin District 4 · Democrat
• Rice Pierce District 9 · Democrat
• James Richardson District 5 · Democrat

Texas 2 senators, 11 representatives

• John Reagan Senator · Democrat
• Richard Coke Senator · Democrat
• Silas Hare District 5 · Democrat
• William Martin District 2 · Democrat
• Littleton Moore District 8 · Democrat
• Charles Stewart District 1 · Democrat
• Roger Mills District 9 · Democrat
• Constantine Kilgore District 3 · Democrat
• Joseph Abbott District 6 · Democrat
• William Crain District 7 · Democrat
• David Culberson District 4 · Democrat
• Joseph Sayers District 10 · Democrat
• Samuel Lanham District 11 · Democrat

Utah 0 senators, 1 representatives

• John Caine District -1 · Democrat

Vermont 2 senators, 2 representatives

• George Edmunds Senator · Republican
• Justin Morrill Senator · Republican
• William Grout District 2 · Republican
• John Stewart District 1 · Republican

Virginia 2 senators, 12 representatives

• John Barbour, Jr. Senator · Democrat
• John Daniel Senator · Democrat
• George Bowden District 2 · Republican
• Thomas Browne District 1 · Republican
• John Langston District 4 · Republican
• Edward Venable District 4 · Democrat
• Edmund Waddill, Jr. District 3 · Republican
• John Buchanan District 9 · Democrat
• William Lee District 8 · Democrat
• Posey Lester District 5 · Democrat
• Paul Edmunds District 6 · Democrat
• Charles O’Ferrall District 7 · Democrat
• George Wise District 3 · Democrat
• Henry Tucker District 10 · Democrat

Washington 1 senators, 2 representatives

• Watson Squire Senator · Republican
• John Allen District -1 · Republican
• John Wilson District 1 · Republican

West Virginia 2 senators, 6 representatives

• John Kenna Senator · Democrat
• Charles Faulkner Senator · Democrat
• George Atkinson District 1 · Republican
• James Jackson District 4 · Democrat
• Charles Smith District 4 · Republican
• John Alderson District 3 · Democrat
• John Pendleton District 1 · Democrat
• William Wilson District 2 · Democrat

Wisconsin 2 senators, 9 representatives

• Philetus Sawyer Senator · Republican
• John Spooner Senator · Republican
• Lucien Caswell District 1 · Republican
• Charles Clark District 6 · Republican
• Myron McCord District 9 · Republican
• Ormsby Thomas District 7 · Republican
• Isaac Van Schaick District 4 · Republican
• Charles Barwig District 2 · Democrat
• George H. Brickner District 5 · Democrat
• Nils Haugen District 8 · Republican
• Robert La Follette District 3 · Republican

Wyoming 1 senators, 2 representatives

• Francis Warren Senator · Republican
• Joseph Carey At-large · Republican
• Clarence Clark At-large · Republican

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