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Party affiliation - 16th Legislature

  Totals based on membership as of first day of the regular session, January 14, 1879

House of Representatives

Democrats in the House of Representatives
[73 of 93 = 78%]

Republicans in the House of Representatives
[8 of 93 = 9%]

Other parties in the House of Representatives
[12 of 93 = 13%]

Senate

Democrats in the Senate
[25 of 31 = 81%]

Republicans in the Senate
[3 of 31 = 10%]

Other parties in the Senate
[3 of 31 = 10%]

Districts represented by more than one person

Chamber & District Name Party Dates of service Notes
H District 11 William Gadston Callaway Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 11 Shadrack L. Proctor Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 11 Marion DeKalb Taylor Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 22 W.B. Henderson Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 22 Thomas Mabry Cain Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 27 Harriel G. 'Hal' Geiger Republican 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 27 James Davis Grant Unaffiliated 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 33 Robert Turner Flewellen Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 33 Ashbel Smith Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 35 Guy Morrison Bryan Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 35 George Preston Finlay Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 37 Isaac N. Dennis Democrat 01/14/1879 - 02/19/1879  
H District 37 Benjamin Franklin Williams Republican 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 37 Jacob Esan Freeman Republican 02/19/1879 - 01/11/1881   Not included in the statistics above.
H District 41 James Caldwell Gaither Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 41 Moritz Maedgen Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 41 William Wilson Oxsheer Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 46 John Hughes Cochran Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 46 John W. Daniel Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 48 Robert Coleman Foster Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 48 James Leonard Greenback 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 58 Edward Daniel Linn Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 58 Woodlief Thomas Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 59 John Warner Johnson Unaffiliated 01/14/1879 - 02/17/1880  
H District 59 Richard Campbell Saunders Democrat 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 59 Alex F. Kinneson Republican 02/17/1880 - 01/11/1881   Not included in the statistics above.
H District 64 Stokely Mize Holmes Unaffiliated 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 64 William Franklin Delany Greenback 01/14/1879 - 01/11/1881  
H District 75 James Price Hague Republican 01/14/1879 - 01/24/1879  
H District 75 Isaac Mullins Democrat 01/24/1879 - 01/11/1881   Not included in the statistics above.
S District 16 James Russell Burnett Unaffiliated 01/14/1879 - 10/09/1879  
S District 16 John T. Buchanan Democrat 02/17/1880 - 01/29/1882   Not included in the statistics above.
S District 19 Andrew Phelps McCormick Republican 04/18/1876 - 04/12/1879  
S District 19 Robert Gould Street Democrat 06/10/1879 - 01/11/1881   Not included in the statistics above.

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