UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. December 25, 1869. THE EXECUTIVE. ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois, President of the United States.. SCHUYLER COLFAX, of Indiana, Vice-President of the United States............ THE CABINET. Salary, $25,000 66 8,000 HAMILTON FISH, of New York, Secretary of State... GEORGE S. BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts, Secretary of the Treasury.. E. ROCKWOOD HOAR, of Massachusetts, Attorney-General.. THE JUDICIARY. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio, Chief Justice. SAMUEL NELSON, of N. Y., WILLIAM M. STRONG, of Pa., 66 DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois, Associate Justice. 66 66 66 66 Salary of Associate Justices, 6,000. Court meets first Monday in December, at Washington. MINISTERS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. XLIst CONGRESS. First Session began March 4, 1869, immediately on the expiration of the XLth Congress, and adjourned April 23, 1869. The Second Session began on Monday, December 6, 1869. SENATE. SCHUYLER COLFAX, of Indiana, President. GEORGE C. GORHAM, of California, Secretary. Senators admitted to seats, Republicans (in Roman), 58; Democrats (in Italic). 10; Conservative (in SMALL CAPS) 1; not yet admitted to seats 5-making a full Senate consist of 74 members The figures before the name indicate the year in which (on the 4th of March) the term of the Senator expires. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. JAMES G. BLAINE, of Augusta, Maine, Speaker EDWARD MCPHERSON, of Gettysburg, Penn., Clerk. [Regular Sessions begin on the first Monday in December.] [Republicans (admitted to seats) in Roman, 159; Democrats (admitted to seats) in Italics, 61; Conservatives (admitted to seats) in SMALL CAPS, 5; Vacancies, 5; not yet admitted, 17; of whom I is Rep., 5 Dem., and Cons. Georgia has not elected members for this House. With her 7 members and the seats from all the other States filled, the House will contain 244 members. Those marked with a star (*) were members of the last preceding (XLth) Congress.] SENATE AND HOUSE COMMITTEES.-XLIst Congress. Of the Senate. Manufactures. Public Lands. Public Buildings. Justin S. Morrill, Ch'n' Territories. James W. Nye. Aaron H. Cragin, Jacob M. Howard. Pacific Railroad. Mines and Mining. Wm. M. Stewart, Ch'n. Education. Charles D. Drake, Ch'n Political Disabilities. Thos. J. Robertson. Thos. M. Osborn. Hannibal Hamlin. Timothy O. Howe. Orris S. Ferry. Arthur I. Boreman. George Vickers. Of the House. Ways and Means. Robt. C. Schenck, Ch'n. Samuel Hooper. William B. Allison. Horace Maynard. William D. Kelley. James Brooks. Austin Blair. Dennis McCarthy. Samuel S. Marshall. Elections. Robert E. Paine, Ch'n. Appropriations. Henry L. Dawes, Ch'n. Banking & Currency. Jas. A. Garfield, Ch'n. Pacific Railroad. William A. Wheeler. John A. Logan. Daniel J. Morrell. Robert T. Van Horn. Benjamin F. Hopkins. James Baffinton. John Lynch. Frank W. Palmer. Logan H. Roots. Philad. Van Trump. Daniel W. Voorhees. Samuel B. Axtell. Eugene Wilson. William H. Barnum. Alfred E. Buck. Norman B. Judd. Washington Townsend. Godlove S. Orth. Morton S. Wilkinson. Territories. Shelby M. Cullom, Ch'n Agriculture. Indian Affairs. Military Affairs. Claims. Public Lands. Private Land Claims. Godlove S. Orth, Ch'n. Naval Affairs. Glenni W. Scofield. Thomas W. Ferry. Aaron F, Stevens. John H. Ketcham. George W. McCrary. Engene Hale. Stephenson Archer. Charles Haight. Henry H.Starkweather. Charles Hays. Foreign Affairs. Nathaniel P. Banks. Invalid Pensions. David Heaton, Ch'n. Reconstruction. Civil Service. Giles W. Hotchkiss Ch'n Thomas A. Jenckes. William H. Armstrong. Horace Maynard. William E. Niblack. Ninth Census. William B. Stokes. James A. Garfield. Nathaniel P. Banks. William B. Allison. Addison H. Laflin. Shelby M. Cullom. Morton S. Wilkinson. Richard J. Haldeman. John G. Schumaker. American TunnageCauses of its Reduction John Lynch, Ch'n. |