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44th United States Congress |
| 44th United States Congress | |||
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| Duration: March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 | |||
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| President of the Senate: | Henry Wilson (Mar-Nov 1875) Vacant (1875-1877) |
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| President pro tempore: | Thomas W. Ferry | ||
| Speaker of the House: | James G. Blaine Michael C. Kerr |
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| Members: | 76 Senators 293 Representatives 9 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Republican | ||
| House Majority: | Democratic | ||
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| 1st: December 6, 1875 – August 15, 1876 2nd: December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877 |
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The Forty-fourth 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, 1875 to March 3, 1877, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant.
The apportionment of seats in this 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.
March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877
Previous: 43rd Congress • Next: 45th Congress
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: 293
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
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, requiring reelection in 1880; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1876; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1878.
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.
