41st United States Congress

Senate

House of Representatives

Senate

• President: Schuyler Colfax (R)
• President pro tempore: Henry B. Anthony (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker: James G. Blaine (R)
• Republican Conference Chairman: Robert C. Schenck and Nathaniel P. Banks
• Democratic Caucus Chairman: William E. Niblack and Samuel J. Randall

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 this Congress, facing re-election in 1874; "Class 2" meant their term ended in this Congress, facing re-election in 1870; and "Class 3" meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1872.

Alabama ▌2. Willard Warner (R) ▌3. George E. Spencer (R) Arkansas ▌2. Alexander McDonald (R) ▌3. Benjamin F. Rice (R) California ▌1. Eugene Casserly (D) ▌3. Cornelius Cole (R) Connecticut ▌1. William A. Buckingham (R) ▌3. Orris S. Ferry (R) Delaware ▌1. Thomas F. Bayard (D) ▌2. Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D) Florida ▌1. Abijah Gilbert (R) ▌3. Thomas W. Osborn (R) Georgia ▌2. Homer V. M. Miller (D), from February 24, 1871 ▌3. Joshua Hill (R), from February 1, 1871 Illinois ▌2. Richard Yates (R) ▌3. Lyman Trumbull (R) Indiana ▌1. Daniel D. Pratt (R) ▌3. Oliver P. Morton (R) Iowa ▌2. James W. Grimes (R), until December 6, 1869 ▌James B. Howell (R), from January 18, 1870 ▌3. James Harlan (R) Kansas ▌2. Edmund G. Ross (R) ▌3. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) Kentucky ▌2. Thomas C. McCreery (D) ▌3. Garrett Davis (D) Louisiana ▌2. John S. Harris (R) ▌3. William P. Kellogg (R) Maine ▌1. Hannibal Hamlin (R) ▌2. William P. Fessenden (R), until September 8, 1869 ▌Lot M. Morrill (R), from October 30, 1869 Maryland ▌1. William T. Hamilton (D) ▌3. George Vickers (D) Massachusetts ▌1. Charles Sumner (R) ▌2. Henry Wilson (R) Michigan ▌1. Zachariah Chandler (R) ▌2. Jacob M. Howard (R) Minnesota ▌1. Alexander Ramsey (R) ▌2. Daniel S. Norton (R), until July 14, 1870 ▌William Windom (R), July 15, 1870 – January 22, 1871 ▌Ozora P. Stearns (R), from January 22, 1871 Mississippi ▌1. Adelbert Ames (R), from February 23, 1870 ▌2. Hiram R. Revels (R), from February 23, 1870

Missouri ▌1. Carl Schurz (R) ▌3. Charles D. Drake (R), until December 19, 1870 ▌Daniel T. Jewett (R), December 19, 1870 – January 20, 1871 ▌Francis P. Blair Jr. (D), from January 20, 1871 Nebraska ▌1. Thomas Tipton (R) ▌2. John M. Thayer (R) Nevada ▌1. William M. Stewart (R) ▌3. James W. Nye (R) New Hampshire ▌2. Aaron H. Cragin (R) ▌3. James W. Patterson (R) New Jersey ▌1. John P. Stockton (D) ▌2. Alexander G. Cattell (R) New York ▌1. Reuben E. Fenton (R) ▌3. Roscoe Conkling (R) North Carolina ▌2. Joseph C. Abbott (R) ▌3. John Pool (R) Ohio ▌1. Allen G. Thurman (D) ▌3. John Sherman (R) Oregon ▌2. George H. Williams (R) ▌3. Henry W. Corbett (R) Pennsylvania ▌1. John Scott (R) ▌3. Simon Cameron (R) Rhode Island ▌1. William Sprague IV (R) ▌2. Henry B. Anthony (R) South Carolina ▌2. Thomas J. Robertson (R) ▌3. Frederick A. Sawyer (R) Tennessee ▌1. William G. Brownlow (R) ▌2. Joseph S. Fowler (R) Texas ▌1. James W. Flanagan (R), from March 30, 1870 ▌2. Morgan C. Hamilton (R), from March 31, 1870 Vermont ▌1. George F. Edmunds (R) ▌3. Justin S. Morrill (R) Virginia ▌2. John W. Johnston (D), from January 26, 1870 ▌1. John F. Lewis (R), from January 26, 1870 West Virginia ▌1. Arthur I. Boreman (R) ▌2. Waitman T. Willey (R) Wisconsin ▌1. Matthew H. Carpenter (R) ▌3. Timothy O. Howe (R)

House of Representatives

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

More information House seats by party holding plurality in state ...

Alabama ▌1. Alfred E. Buck (R) ▌2. Charles W. Buckley (R) ▌3. Robert S. Heflin (R) ▌4. Charles Hays (R) ▌5. Peter M. Dox (D) ▌6. William C. Sherrod (D) Arkansas ▌1. Logan H. Roots (R) ▌2. Anthony A. C. Rogers (D) ▌3. Thomas Boles (R) California ▌1. Samuel B. Axtell (D) ▌2. Aaron A. Sargent (R) ▌3. James A. Johnson (D) Connecticut ▌1. Julius L. Strong (R) ▌2. Stephen W. Kellogg (R) ▌3. Henry H. Starkweather (R) ▌4. William H. Barnum (D) Delaware ▌At-large. Benjamin T. Biggs (D) Florida ▌At-large. Charles M. Hamilton (R) Georgia ▌1. William W. Paine (D), from December 22, 1870 ▌2. Richard H. Whiteley (R), from December 22, 1870 ▌3. Marion Bethune (R), from December 22, 1870 ▌4. Jefferson F. Long (R), from January 16, 1871 ▌5. Stephen A. Corker (D), from January 24, 1871 ▌6. William P. Price (D), from December 22, 1870 ▌7. Pierce M. B. Young (D), from December 22, 1870 Illinois ▌1. Norman B. Judd (R) ▌2. John F. Farnsworth (R) ▌3. Elihu B. Washburne (R), until March 6, 1869 ▌Horatio C. Burchard (R), from December 6, 1869 ▌4. John B. Hawley (R) ▌5. Ebon C. Ingersoll (R) ▌6. Burton C. Cook (R) ▌7. Jesse H. Moore (R) ▌8. Shelby M. Cullom (R) ▌9. Thompson W. McNeely (D) ▌10. Albert G. Burr (D) ▌11. Samuel S. Marshall (D) ▌12. John B. Hay (R) ▌13. John M. Crebs (D) ▌At-large. John A. Logan (R), until March 3, 1871 Indiana ▌1. William E. Niblack (D) ▌2. Michael C. Kerr (D) ▌3. William S. Holman (D) ▌4. George W. Julian (R) ▌5. John Coburn (R) ▌6. Daniel W. Voorhees (D) ▌7. Godlove S. Orth (R) ▌8. James N. Tyner (R) ▌9. John P. C. Shanks (R) ▌10. William Williams (R) ▌11. Jasper Packard (R) Iowa ▌1. George W. McCrary (R) ▌2. William Smyth (R), until September 30, 1870 ▌William P. Wolf (R), from December 6, 1870 ▌3. William B. Allison (R) ▌4. William Loughridge (R) ▌5. Francis W. Palmer (R) ▌6. Charles Pomeroy (R) Kansas ▌At-large. Sidney Clarke (R) Kentucky ▌1. Lawrence S. Trimble (D) ▌2. William N. Sweeney (D) ▌3. Jacob Golladay (D), until February 28, 1870 ▌Joseph H. Lewis (D), from May 10, 1870 ▌4. J. Proctor Knott (D) ▌5. Boyd Winchester (D) ▌6. Thomas L. Jones (D) ▌7. James B. Beck (D) ▌8. George M. Adams (D) ▌9. John M. Rice (D) Louisiana ▌1. J. Hale Sypher (R), from November 7, 1870 ▌2. Lionel A. Sheldon (R) ▌3. Chester B. Darrall (R) ▌4. Joseph P. Newsham (R), from May 23, 1870 ▌5. Frank Morey (R) Maine ▌1. John Lynch (R) ▌2. Samuel P. Morrill (R) ▌3. James G. Blaine (R) ▌4. John A. Peters (R) ▌5. Eugene Hale (R) Maryland ▌1. Samuel Hambleton (D) ▌2. Stevenson Archer (D) ▌3. Thomas Swann (D) ▌4. Patrick Hamill (D) ▌5. Frederick Stone (D) Massachusetts ▌1. James Buffington (R) ▌2. Oakes Ames (R) ▌3. Ginery Twichell (R) ▌4. Samuel Hooper (R) ▌5. Benjamin F. Butler (R) ▌6. Nathaniel P. Banks (R) ▌7. George S. Boutwell (R), until March 12, 1869 ▌George M. Brooks (R), from November 2, 1869 ▌8. George F. Hoar (R) ▌9. William B. Washburn (R) ▌10. Henry L. Dawes (R) Michigan ▌1. Fernando C. Beaman (R) ▌2. William L. Stoughton (R) ▌3. Austin Blair (R) ▌4. Thomas W. Ferry (R), until March 3, 1871 ▌5. Omar D. Conger (R) ▌6. Randolph Strickland (R) Minnesota ▌1. Morton S. Wilkinson (R) ▌2. Eugene M. Wilson (D) Mississippi ▌1. George E. Harris (R), from February 23, 1870 ▌2. Joseph L. Morphis (R), from February 23, 1870 ▌3. Henry W. Barry (R), from April 8, 1870 ▌4. George C. McKee (R), from February 23, 1870 ▌5. Legrand W. Perce (R), from February 23, 1870 Missouri ▌1. Erastus Wells (D) ▌2. Gustavus A. Finkelnburg (R) ▌3. James R. McCormick (D) ▌4. Sempronius H. Boyd (R) ▌5. Samuel S. Burdett (R) ▌6. Robert T. Van Horn (R) ▌7. Joel F. Asper (R) ▌8. John F. Benjamin (R) ▌9. David P. Dyer (R) Nebraska ▌At-large. John Taffe (R) Nevada ▌At-large. Thomas Fitch (R) New Hampshire ▌1. Jacob H. Ela (R) ▌2. Aaron F. Stevens (R) ▌3. Jacob Benton (R) New Jersey ▌1. William Moore (R) ▌2. Charles Haight (D) ▌3. John T. Bird (D) ▌4. John Hill (R) ▌5. Orestes Cleveland (D)

New York ▌1. Henry A. Reeves (D) ▌2. John G. Schumaker (D) ▌3. Henry W. Slocum (D) ▌4. John Fox (D) ▌5. John Morrissey (D) ▌6. Samuel S. Cox (D) ▌7. Hervey C. Calkin (D) ▌8. James Brooks (D) ▌9. Fernando Wood (D) ▌10. Clarkson N. Potter (D) ▌11. George W. Greene (D), until February 17, 1870 ▌Charles H. Van Wyck (R), from February 17, 1870 ▌12. John H. Ketcham (R) ▌13. John A. Griswold (D) ▌14. Stephen L. Mayham (D) ▌15. Adolphus H. Tanner (R) ▌16. Orange Ferriss (R) ▌17. William A. Wheeler (R) ▌18. Stephen Sanford (R) ▌19. Charles Knapp (R) ▌20. Addison H. Laflin (R) ▌21. Alexander H. Bailey (R) ▌22. John C. Churchill (R) ▌23. Dennis McCarthy (R) ▌24. George W. Cowles (R) ▌25. William H. Kelsey (R) ▌26. Giles W. Hotchkiss (R) ▌27. Hamilton Ward Sr. (R) ▌28. Noah Davis (R), until July 15, 1870 ▌Charles H. Holmes (R), from December 6, 1870 ▌29. John Fisher (R) ▌30. David S. Bennett (R) ▌31. Porter Sheldon (R) North Carolina ▌1. Clinton L. Cobb (R) ▌2. David Heaton (R), until June 25, 1870 ▌Joseph Dixon (R), from December 5, 1870 ▌3. Oliver H. Dockery (R) ▌4. John T. Deweese (R), until February 28, 1870 ▌John Manning Jr. (D), from December 7, 1870 ▌5. Israel G. Lash (R) ▌6. Francis E. Shober (D) ▌7. Alexander H. Jones (R) Ohio ▌1. Peter W. Strader (D) ▌2. Job E. Stevenson (R) ▌3. Robert C. Schenck (R), until January 5, 1871 ▌4. William Lawrence (R) ▌5. William Mungen (D) ▌6. John A. Smith (R) ▌7. James J. Winans (R) ▌8. John Beatty (R) ▌9. Edward F. Dickinson (D) ▌10. Truman H. Hoag (D), until February 5, 1870 ▌Erasmus D. Peck (R), from April 23, 1870 ▌11. John T. Wilson (R) ▌12. Philadelph Van Trump (D) ▌13. George W. Morgan (D) ▌14. Martin Welker (R) ▌15. Eliakim H. Moore (R) ▌16. John Bingham (R) ▌17. Jacob A. Ambler (R) ▌18. William H. Upson (R) ▌19. James A. Garfield (R) Oregon ▌At-large. Joseph S. Smith (D) Pennsylvania ▌1. Samuel J. Randall (D) ▌2. Charles O'Neill (R) ▌3. John Moffet (D), until April 9, 1869 ▌Leonard Myers (R), from April 9, 1869 ▌4. William D. Kelley (R) ▌5. John R. Reading (D), until April 13, 1870 ▌Caleb N. Taylor (R), from April 13, 1870 ▌6. John D. Stiles (D) ▌7. Washington Townsend (R) ▌8. J. Lawrence Getz (D) ▌9. Oliver J. Dickey (R) ▌10. Henry L. Cake (R) ▌11. Daniel M. Van Auken (D) ▌12. George W. Woodward (D) ▌13. Ulysses Mercur (R) ▌14. John B. Packer (R) ▌15. Richard J. Haldeman (D) ▌16. John Cessna (R) ▌17. Daniel J. Morrell (R) ▌18. William H. Armstrong (R) ▌19. Glenni W. Scofield (R) ▌20. Calvin W. Gilfillan (R) ▌21. John Covode (R), February 9, 1870 – January 11, 1871 ▌22. James S. Negley (R) ▌23. Darwin Phelps (R) ▌24. Joseph B. Donley (R) Rhode Island ▌1. Thomas A. Jenckes (R) ▌2. Nathan F. Dixon Jr. (R) South Carolina ▌1. B. Frank Whittemore (R), until February 24, 1870 ▌Joseph Rainey (R), from December 12, 1870 ▌2. Christopher C. Bowen (R) ▌3. Solomon L. Hoge (R), from April 8, 1869 ▌4. Alexander S. Wallace (R), from May 27, 1870 Tennessee ▌1. Roderick R. Butler (R) ▌2. Horace Maynard (R) ▌3. William B. Stokes (R) ▌4. Lewis Tillman (R) ▌5. William F. Prosser (R) ▌6. Samuel M. Arnell (R) ▌7. Isaac R. Hawkins (R) ▌8. William J. Smith (R) Texas ▌1. George W. Whitmore (R), from March 30, 1870 ▌2. John C. Conner (D), from March 31, 1870 ▌3. William T. Clark (R), from March 31, 1870 ▌4. Edward Degener (R), from March 31, 1870 Vermont ▌1. Charles W. Willard (R) ▌2. Luke P. Poland (R) ▌3. Worthington C. Smith (R) Virginia ▌1. Richard S. Ayer (R), from January 31, 1870 ▌2. James H. Platt Jr. (R), from January 26, 1870 ▌3. Charles H. Porter (R), from January 26, 1870 ▌4. George Booker (C), from January 26, 1870 ▌5. Robert Ridgway (C), from January 27, 1870 – October 16, 1870 ▌Richard T. W. Duke (C), from November 8, 1870 ▌6. William Milnes Jr. (C), from January 27, 1870 ▌7. Lewis McKenzie (C), from January 31, 1870 ▌8. James K. Gibson (C), from January 28, 1870 West Virginia ▌1. Isaac H. Duval (R) ▌2. James C. McGrew (R) ▌3. John Witcher (R) Wisconsin ▌1. Halbert E. Paine (R) ▌2. Benjamin F. Hopkins (R), until January 1, 1870 ▌David Atwood (R), from February 23, 1870 ▌3. Amasa Cobb (R) ▌4. Charles A. Eldredge (D) ▌5. Philetus Sawyer (R) ▌6. Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) Non-voting members ▌Arizona Territory. Richard C. McCormick (D) ▌Colorado Territory. Allen A. Bradford (R) ▌Dakota Territory. Solomon L. Spink (R) ▌Idaho Territory. Jacob K. Shafer (D) ▌Montana Territory. James M. Cavanaugh (D) ▌New Mexico Territory. J. Francisco Chaves (R) ▌Utah Territory. William H. Hooper (D) ▌Washington Territory. Selucius Garfielde (R) ▌Wyoming Territory. Stephen F. Nuckolls (D), from December 6, 1869

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Senate

• Replacements: 6
  • Democratic: 1 seat net gain
  • Republican: 1 seat net loss
• Deaths: 2
• Resignations:2
• Interim appointments: 2
• Seats of newly re-admitted states: 8
• Total seats with changes: 14

House of Representatives

• Replacements: 14
  • Democratic: 3 seat net loss
  • Republican: 3 seat net gain
  • Conservative Party of Virginia: no net change
• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 6
• Contested election: 8
• Seats of newly re-admitted states: 17
• Total seats with changes: 44

Senate

• Agriculture (Chairman: Simon Cameron; Ranking Member: Abijah Gilbert)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Lot M. Morrill; Ranking Member: William Sprague IV)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Orris S. Ferry; Ranking Member: Garrett Davis)
• Claims (Chairman: Timothy O. Howe; Ranking Member: Thomas J. Robertson)
• Commerce (Chairman: Zachariah Chandler; Ranking Member: Roscoe Conkling)
• Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: James W. Patterson; Ranking Member: John S. Harris)
• Education (Chairman: Frederick A. Sawyer; Ranking Member: Henry W. Corbett)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: William A. Buckingham; Ranking Member: Daniel S. Norton)
• Finance (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
• Foreign Relations (Chairman: Charles Sumner; Ranking Member: Oliver P. Morton)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: James Harlan; Ranking Member: William A. Buckingham)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Lyman Trumbull; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Rice)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Oliver P. Morton; Ranking Member: Arthur I. Boreman)
• Memorial of Davis Hatch (Select)
• Military Affairs and the Militia (Chairman: Henry Wilson; Ranking Member: John M. Thayer)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: Edmund G. Ross)
• Mississippi River Levee System (Select)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Aaron H. Cragin; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
• Ordnance and War Ships (Select)
• Outrages in Southern States (Select)
• Pacific Railroad (Chairman: Jacob M. Howard; Ranking Member: Charles D. Drake)
• Patents (Chairman: Waitman T. Willey; Ranking Member: Thomas W. Osborn)
• Pensions (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Alexander Ramsey; Ranking Member: Cornelius Cole)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: George H. Williams; Ranking Member: William P. Kellogg)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Adolphus H. Tanner)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Samuel C. Pomeroy; Ranking Member: Willard Warner)
• Removal of Political Disabilities (Select) (Chairman: Henry B. Anthony; Ranking Member: Orris S. Ferry)
• Retrenchment (Chairman: John S. Harris; Ranking Member: Carl Schurz)
• Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Roscoe Conkling; Ranking Member: John Pool)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Richard Yates; Ranking Member: William G. Brownlow)
• Rules (Select)
• Tariff Regulation (Select)
• Territories (Chairman: James W. Nye; Ranking Member: Jacob M. Howard)
• Traffic with Rebels in Texas (Select)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Henry L. Cake; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
• Agriculture (Chairman: John T. Wilson; Ranking Member: Jacob Benton)
• Appropriations (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Aaron A. Sargent)
• Banking and Currency (Chairman: James A. Garfield; Ranking Member: John B. Packer)
• Claims (Chairman: William B. Washburn; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Ela)
• Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William D. Kelley; Ranking Member: Noah Davis)
• Commerce (Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member: David S. Bennett)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: Burton C. Cook; Ranking Member: Charles M. Hamilton)
• Education and Labor (Chairman: Samuel M. Arnell; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Burdett)
• Elections (Chairman: Halbert E. Paine; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
• Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Jacob H. Ela; Ranking Member: Peter W. Strader)
• Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: John Lynch; Ranking Member: Patrick Hamill)
• Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William Moore; Ranking Member: John F. Benjamin)
• Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Alexander H. Bailey; Ranking Member: John D. Stiles)
• Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Samuel J. Randall)
• Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William Williams; Ranking Member: Clinton L. Cobb)
• Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: John C. Churchill; Ranking Member: Truman H. Hoag)
• Freedmen's Affairs (Chairman: Oliver H. Dockery; Ranking Member: John B. Hawley)
• Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Nathaniel P. Banks; Ranking Member: Charles W. Willard)
• Indian Affairs (Chairman: Sidney Clarke; Ranking Member: John T. Deweese)
• Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John F. Benjamin; Ranking Member: Christopher C. Bowen)
• Judiciary (Chairman: John A. Bingham; Ranking Member: Ulysses Mercur)
• Manufactures (Chairman: Daniel J. Morrell; Ranking Member: William H. Upson)
• Mileage (Chairman: Isaac R. Hawkins; Ranking Member: Job E. Stevenson)
• Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: John S. Witcher)
• Militia (Chairman: John P. C. Shanks; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
• Mines and Mining (Chairman: Orange Ferriss; Ranking Member: Isaac H. Duval)
• Naval Affairs (Chairman: Glenni W. Scofield; Ranking Member: George W. McCrary)
• Pacific Railroads (Chairman: William A. Wheeler; Ranking Member: Logan H. Roots)
• Patents (Chairman: Thomas A. Jenckes; Ranking Member: James A. Johnson)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John F. Farnsworth; Ranking Member: James N. Tyner)
• Private Land Claims (Chairman: Godlove Stein Orth; Ranking Member: Cadwallader C. Washburn)
• Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John Beatty)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: John Coburn)
• Public Lands (Chairman: George W. Julian; Ranking Member: James J. Winans)
• Railways and Canals (Chairman: Ebon C. Ingersoll; Ranking Member: William F. Prosser)
• Revision of Laws (Chairman: Luke P. Poland; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
• Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Sempronius H. Boyd; Ranking Member: Alexander H. Jones)
• Revolutionary Pensions and War of 1812 (Chairman: Charles W. Willard; Ranking Member: Roderick R. Butler)
• Rules (Select) (Chairman: Schuyler Colfax; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Territories (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Eliakim H. Moore)
• Ways and Means (Chairman: Samuel Hooper; Ranking Member: James Brooks)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. John Beatty; Vice Chairman: Rep. Joseph C. Abbott)
• The Library (Chairman: Rep. John A. Peters; Vice Chairman: Rep. George A. Woodward)
• Printing (Chairman: Rep. Addison H. Laflin; Vice Chairman: Rep. William Mungen)
• Retrenchment (Chairman: Rep. Martin Welker; Vice Chairman: Rep. Thomas A. Jenckes)

Legislative branch agency directors

• Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark
• Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford

Senate

• Chaplain: John P. Newman (Methodist)
• Secretary: George C. Gorham
• Sergeant at Arms: George T. Brown, until March 22, 1869
  • John R. French, elected March 22, 1869

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: John G. Butler (Presbyterian)
• Clerk: Edward McPherson
• Clerk at the Speaker's Table: John M. Barclay
• Doorkeeper: Otis S. Buxton
• Postmaster: William S. King
• Reading Clerks: Charles N. Clisbee (D) and William K. Mehaffey (R)
• Sergeant at Arms: Nehemiah G. Ordway