and Grounds (Chairman: Philip Cook; Ranking Member: Thompson H. Murch) Public Expenditures (Chairman: Ebenezer B. Finley; Ranking Member: Charles H. Joyce) Public Lands (Chairman: George L. Converse; Ranking Member: Thomas Ryan) Railways and Canals (Chairman: George C. Cabell; Ranking Member: Daniel O'Reilly) Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Harris; Ranking Member: William M. Lowe) Revolutionary Pensions (Chairman: John Whiteaker; Ranking Member: George L. Converse) Rules (Select) (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: James A. Garfield) Standards of Official Conduct Territories (Chairman: Henry L. Muldrow; Ranking Member: Reuben K. Bachman) War Claims (Chairman: Edward S. Bragg; Ranking Member: Cyrus C. Carpenter) Ways and Means (Chairman: Fernando Wood; Ranking Member: William H. Felton) Whole Joint committees Budget Control Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) Census (Chairman: Rep. Samuel S. Cox; Vice Chairman: Rep. Gideon F. Rothwell) Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. John E. Kenna; Vice Chairman: Rep. David F. Wilber) The Library (Chairman: Rep. George W. Geddes; Vice Chairman: Rep. William Claflin) Printing (Chairman: Rep. Otho R. Singleton; Vice Chairman: Rep. Philip C. Hayes) Caucuses Democratic (House) Democratic (Senate) Employees Legislative branch agency directors Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford Public Printer of the United States: John D. Defrees Senate Secretary: George C. Gorham, until March 24, 1879 John C. Burch elected March 24, 1879 Librarian: P. J. Pierce Sergeant at Arms: John R. French, until March 23, 1879 Richard J. Bright, elected March 23, 1879 Chaplain: Byron Sunderland (Presbyterian), until March 24, 1879 Joseph J. Bullock (Presbyterian), elected March 24, 1879 House of Representatives Clerk: George M. Adams Sergeant at Arms: John G. Thompson Doorkeeper: Charles W. Field Postmaster: James M. Steuart Clerk at the Speaker's Table: J. Randolph Tucker Jr. George P. Miller Michael Sullivan Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) Neill S. Brown Jr. (R) Chaplain: W.P. Harrison (Methodist) See also 1878 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) 1878–79 United States Senate elections 1878–79 United States House of Representatives elections 1880 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) 1880 United States presidential election 1880–81 United States Senate elections 1880 United States House of Representatives elections Notes References External links Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress U.S. House of Representatives: House History U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists