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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Republican | other | vacancies | Democrat | Republican | other | |||
| Hayes | Republican | 45th 1877-1879 | 32 | 39CP | 4 | 1 | |||
45TH CONGRESS-SENATE The SENATE of the 45th Congress included 4 Senators from other than the two Major Parties as elected by their respective State Legislatures, as follows:
The SENATE of the 45th Congress also included 1 vacancy from the State of LOUISIANA in the Class 3 seat (term ending 3 March 1879) from that State which had been the subject of an election dispute since the 43rd Congress: James B. Eustis, a Democrat, was finally declared entitled to this seat but only after the convening of the "long" session of the 45th Congress on 3 December 1877. (It is true that Senator Eustis was declared as if seated re: his election on 12 January 1876, during the preceding Congress; however, this was merely a technicality dealing with such Senatorial prerogatives as back pay and determining seniority: the fact remains that the Class 3 seat from LOUISIANA remained vacant at the start of the 45th Congress [4 March 1877], although this date be after Senator Eustis' election). | |||||||||
Modified .