seat net gain Republican: 1 seat net loss Deaths: 4 Resignations: 3 Contested election: 2 Total seats with changes: 11 |- | | Vacant | Rep. Gustav Schleicher died during previous congress | nowrap | Christopher C. Upson (D) | April 15, 1879 |- | | Vacant | Rep.-elect Alexander Smith died during previous congress | nowrap | Waldo Hutchins (D) | November 4, 1879 |- | | nowrap | Rush Clark (R) | Died April 29, 1879 | nowrap | William G. Thompson (R) | October 14, 1879 |- | | nowrap | Alfred M. Lay (D) | Died December 8, 1879 | nowrap | John F. Philips (D) | January 10, 1880 |- | | nowrap | Ray V. Pierce (R) | Resigned September 18, 1880 | nowrap | Jonathan Scoville (D) | November 12, 1880 |- | | nowrap | Burwell B. Lewis (D) | Resigned October 1, 1880, to accept presidency of the University of Alabama | nowrap | Newton N. Clements (D) | December 8, 1880 |- | | nowrap | James A. Garfield (R) | Resigned November 8, 1880 | nowrap | Ezra B. Taylor (R) | December 13, 1880 |- | | nowrap | Evarts W. Farr (R) | Died November 30, 1880.Successor elected December 28, 1880. | nowrap | Ossian Ray (R) | January 8, 1881 |- | | nowrap | Noble A. Hull (D) | Lost contested election January 22, 1881 | nowrap | Horatio Bisbee Jr. (R) | January 22, 1881 |- | | nowrap | Joseph J. Martin (R) | Lost contested election January 29, 1881 | nowrap | Jesse J. Yeates (D) | January 29, 1881 |- | | nowrap | Fernando Wood (D) | Died February 14, 1881 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | nowrap | Omar D. Conger (R) | Resigned March 3, 1881, after being elected to the US Senate | Vacant | Not filled this term |} Committees Senate Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) Agriculture (Chairman: John W. Johnston; Ranking Member: Algernon S. Paddock) Appropriations (Chairman: Henry G. Davis; Ranking Member: William Windom) Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Benjamin H. Hill; Ranking Member: John P. Jones) Cabinet Officers on the Floor of the Senate (Select) Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller) Claims (Chairman: Francis M.