44th United States Congress

44th United States Congress
43rd ← → 45th
United States Capitol (1877)
March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1877
Members	76 senators 293 representatives 9 non-voting delegates
Senate majority	Republican
Senate President	Henry Wilson (R) (until November 22, 1875) Vacant (from November 22, 1875)
House majority	Democratic
House Speaker	Michael C. Kerr (D) until August 19, 1876 Samuel J. Randall (D) from December 4, 1876
Sessions
Special: March 5, 1875 – March 24, 1875 1st: December 6, 1875 – August 15, 1876 2nd: December 4, 1876 – March 3, 1877

The 44th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1875, to March 4, 1877, during the seventh and eighth years of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1870 United States census. For the first time since the American Civil War, the House had a Democratic majority. The Senate maintained a Republican majority.