contested election January 9, 1885. | nowrap | George H. Craig (R) | January 9, 1885 |- | | nowrap | James S. Robinson (R) | Resigned January 12, 1885 to become Ohio Secretary of State. | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | nowrap | Jonathan Chace (R) | Resigned January 26, 1885 when elected U.S. Senator. | nowrap | Nathan F. Dixon III (R) | February 12, 1885 |- | | nowrap | James K. Jones (D) | Resigned February 19, 1885 when elected U.S. Senator. | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | | nowrap | James Wilson (R) | Lost contested election March 3, 1885. | nowrap | Benjamin T. Frederick (D) | March 3, 1885 |} Committees Senate Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill) Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Warner Miller; Ranking Member: James Z. George) Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: James D. Walker) Claims (Chairman: Angus Cameron; Ranking Member: Howell E. Jackson) Commerce (Chairman: Samuel J. R. McMillan; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom) Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) Education and Labor (Chairman: Henry W. Blair; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member: William B. Allison) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member: William J. Sewell) Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Select) (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III) Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: James B. Beck) Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Thomas F. Bayard) Fisheries (Chairman: Elbridge G. Lapham; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) Foreign Relations (Chairman: John F. Miller; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Richard Coke) Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: Augustus H. Garland) Library (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: John S. Williams) Military Affairs (Chairman: John A. Logan; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) Mines and Mining (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Wade