Boldface (with superscript C) numbers indicate the majority Party in each house. Red (with superscript P) numbers (boldface or not) indicate the Party of the President in any event.
President | Party | Congress | United States Senate | House of Representatives | |||||
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Democrat | Republican | other | vacancies | Democrat | Republican | other | |||
Hayes | Republican | 46th 1879-1881 | 40C | 32P | 4 | ||||
46TH CONGRESS-SENATE The SENATE of the 46th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows:
The Class 3 Senate seat from NEW HAMPSHIRE (term: 4 March 1879 to 3 March 1885) was vacant at the start of the 46th Congress [4 March 1879] due to a failure of the legislature to elect; the Governor of the State appointed Charles H. Bell, a Republican, on 13 March 1879 to fill the vacancy until a successor could be elected by the General Court of the State. Subsequently, Henry W. Blair- also a Republican- was elected to fill this seat by the General Court of the State on 17 June 1879, before the convening of the "long" session of that Congress on 1 December 1879. Senator Blair- and not his immediate predecessor, Senator Bell- is, therefore, the one counted among the 32 Republicans elected to the Senate of the 46th Congress. |
Modified .