The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the

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and the

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. It met in

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, from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two years of

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Hist ...

's second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the

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. The House had a Republican majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.

Major events

* May 27, 1896:

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: The costliest and third deadliest

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in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown

St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Miss ...

, incurring over $10,000,000 (over $375 mil. in 2025) in damages at contemporaneous prices, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people. * November 3, 1896: U.S. presidential election, 1896: Republican

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defeats Democratic candidate

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. This is regarded as a

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, that ended the old

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and started the

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* February 19, 1897:

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established as a department in

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Major legislation

* May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, ( et seq.) * May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, * May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, * June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), * June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, * January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, , ( et seq.) * March 2, 1897:

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, , ( et seq.)

States admitted

* January 4, 1896:

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

was admitted as the 45th state.

Party summary

This count identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

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: Adlai E. Stevenson (D) * President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

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John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U. ...

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorma ...

House of Representatives

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: Thomas B. Reed (R) * Minority Leader: Charles F. Crisp (D)

Majority (Republican) leadership

: Charles H. Grosvenor * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Charles James Faulkner

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''

Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

: 2.

John T. Morgan John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician who was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...

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James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was an American politician and attorney who was a U.S. senator from Alabama from 1880 to 1897, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: 2. James H. Berry (D) : 3.

James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US congressional representative, United States senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. He was a De ...

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California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: 1. Stephen M. White (D) : 3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) : 3.

Henry M. Teller Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a U.S. senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the ...

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Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

: 1.

Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the List of Governors of Connecticut, 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a United States, U.S. politician in the Republican Party (United States), Republican and Free Soil parties, a America ...

(R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: 1.

Samuel Pasco Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician and Confederate soldier who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida. He is the only Confederate private ever elected to the U.S. Senate. Biography Pasco was born in London, Engl ...

(D) : 3.

Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call an ...

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

: 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: 2.

George L. Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last territorial governor. He served several months after statehood in 1890 and then became one of the s ...

(R) : 3. Fred T. Dubois (R)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: 2.

Shelby M. Cullom Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and as the 17th Governor of Illinois. He was Illinois's longest serving s ...

(R) : 3. John McAuley Palmer (D)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

: 1.

David Turpie David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...

(D) : 3.

Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during ...

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Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: 2.

John H. Gear John Henry Gear (April 7, 1825 – July 14, 1900) served as the 11th Governor of Iowa, a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate. Early Life Born in Ithaca, New York, to Protestant minister E. G. Gear, he attended ...

(R) : 3.

William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...

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Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

: 2.

Lucien Baker Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas. Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended public schools and graduated from Adrian College and from t ...

(R) : 3. William A. Peffer (P)

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

: 2. William Lindsay (D) : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: 2.

Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner. Biography Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...

(D) : 3. Newton C. Blanchard (D)

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: 1.

Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...

(R) : 2. William P. Frye (R)

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: 1.

Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorm ...

(D) : 3. Charles H. Gibson (D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

: 1.

Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...

(R) : 2.

George F. Hoar George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician, represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 until his death in 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politic ...

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Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: 1.

Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania, and moved then with his parents to Ashta ...

(R) : 2.

James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to: Sportspeople * James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland * James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St B ...

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Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

: 1.

Cushman K. Davis Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Early life and American Civil War Davis was born in Henderson, N ...

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Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian-born United States, American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he served in sta ...

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Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

: 1. James Z. George (D) : 2.

Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Reconstruction era United States Senator from Mississippi. Early life Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, ...

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Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: 1.

Francis Cockrell Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate States Army, Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He ...

(D) : 3. George G. Vest (D)

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

: 1.

Lee Mantle Lee Mantle (December 13, 1851November 18, 1934) was an English-born American businessman and politician from Montana. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from 1895 to 1899. Mantle was born in Birmingha ...

(R) : 2.

Thomas H. Carter Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1 ...

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Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

: 1.

William V. Allen William Vincent Allen (January 28, 1847January 12, 1924) was an American jurist and twice a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Early life Allen was born in Midway, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Iowa in 1857, where he attend ...

(P) : 2. John M. Thurston (R)

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: 1.

William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne County, ...

(S) : 3. John P. Jones (S)

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

: 2. William E. Chandler (R) : 3. Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: 1.

James Smith Jr. James Smith Jr. (June 12, 1851April 1, 1927) was a newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. A leader of the Irish Catholic community, he was the Democratic party boss who sponsored Woodrow Wilson to the governorship in 1910. Biog ...

(D) : 2.

William J. Sewell William Joyce Sewell (December 6, 1835 – December 27, 1901) was an American Republican Party politician, merchant, and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey for two non-consecutive terms from 1881 to 1887 and 1895 ...

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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

: 1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) : 3.

David B. Hill David Bennett Hill (August 29, 1843October 20, 1910) was an American politician from New York who was the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897. In 1892, he made an un ...

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North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: 2.

Marion Butler Marion Butler (May 20, 1863June 3, 1938) was an American politician, farmer, and lawyer. He represented North Carolina in the United States Senate for one term, serving between 1895 and 1901. At the time, he was a leader of the North Carolina P ...

(P) : 3. Jeter C. Pritchard (R)

North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

: 1. William N. Roach (D) : 3.

Henry C. Hansbrough Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848 – November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota. Biography Henry Clay Hansbrough was ...

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Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: 1.

(R) : 3. Calvin S. Brice (D)

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

: 2.

George W. McBride George Wycliffe McBride (March 13, 1854June 18, 1911) was an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of St ...

(R) : 3.

John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell (born John Mitchell Hipple; June 23, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician. He served as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, United States Senator from Oregon on three occasi ...

(R)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: 1.

Nelson W. Aldrich Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the ...

(R) : 2.

George P. Wetmore George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of Rhode Island. He later served as a United States Senator for the same state. Early life George Peabody Wetmore was born in Londo ...

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South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. John L. M. Irby (D)

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

: 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : 3. James H. Kyle (P)

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: 1.

William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...

(D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

: 1. Roger Q. Mills (D) : 2.

Horace Chilton Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas. Biography Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing th ...

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Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

: 1. Frank J. Cannon (R), from January 22, 1896 : 3.

Arthur Brown Arthur Brown may refer to: Entertainment * Arthur William Brown (1881–1966), Canadian commercial artist * H. Arthur Brown (1906–1992), American orchestral conductor * Arthur Brown (musician) (born 1942), English rock singer * Arthur Brown, ...

(R), from January 22, 1896

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: 1.

Redfield Proctor Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...

(R) : 3.

Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely reme ...

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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: 1.

John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842 – June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly and both houses of the United States Con ...

(D) : 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

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John L. Wilson John Lockwood Wilson (August 7, 1850November 6, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1889–1895) and U.S. Senate (1895–1899) Biography Wil ...

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Watson C. Squire Watson Carvosso Squire (May 18, 1838June 7, 1926) was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington. Biography Born in Cape Vincent, New York, Squire attended the p ...

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West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

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Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

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John L. Mitchell John Lendrum Mitchell (October 19, 1842June 29, 1904) was an Americans, American politician and philanthropist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A Democratic Party United States, Democrat, he served one term each in the United States Senate (1893&ndash ...

(D) : 3. William F. Vilas (D)

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

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Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as bo ...

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Francis E. Warren Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union ...

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Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

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Richard H. Clarke Richard Henry Clarke (February 9, 1843 – September 26, 1906) was a politician and U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Born in Dayton, Alabama, Clarke attended Green Springs Academy. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Tusc ...

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Jesse F. Stallings Jesse Francis Stallings (April 4, 1856 – March 18, 1928) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Alabama from 1893 to 1901. Early life and education Born near Manningham, Alabama, to Reuben ...

(D) : . George P. Harrison (D) : . Gaston A. Robbins (D), until March 13, 1896 :: William F. Aldrich (R), from March 13, 1896 : . James E. Cobb (D), until April 21, 1896 :: Albert T. Goodwyn (P), from April 22, 1896 : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . Milford W. Howard (P) : .

Joseph Wheeler Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was a military commander and politician of the Confederate States of America. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil ...

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Oscar Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an United States of America, American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designa ...

(D), until June 9, 1896 :: Truman H. Aldrich (R), from June 9, 1896

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma ...

: . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D) : . John S. Little (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : .

William L. Terry William Leake Terry (September 27, 1850 – November 4, 1917) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1891 to 1901. Early life a ...

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Hugh A. Dinsmore Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (December 24, 1850 – May 2, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1893 to 1905. He was a vocal opponent of the Annexation of Hawaii. Biography ...

(D) : . Robert Neill (D)

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

: . John A. Barham (R) : . Grove L. Johnson (R) : .

Samuel G. Hilborn Samuel Greeley Hilborn (December 9, 1834 – April 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from California in the late 19th century. Early life Born in Minot, ...

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James G. Maguire James George Maguire (February 22, 1853 – June 20, 1920) was an American politician, judge, and Georgist, who served in the California State Assembly from 1875 to 1877, the San Francisco County Superior Court from 1882 to 1888, and the United S ...

(D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . James McLachlan (R) : . William W. Bowers (R)

Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

: . John F. Shafroth (R) : . John C. Bell (P)

Connecticut Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...

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E. Stevens Henry Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, United S ...

(R) : . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

: . Jonathan S. Willis (R)

Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Charles M. Cooper (D)

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

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Rufus E. Lester Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Sa ...

(D) : . Benjamin E. Russell (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D), until October 23, 1896 ::

Charles R. Crisp Charles Robert Crisp (October 19, 1870 – February 7, 1937) was an American politician. He served as in the United States House of Representatives from Georgia, and was the son of Charles Frederick Crisp. Life and career Charles Robert Cris ...

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Charles L. Moses Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1876. He ...

(D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : .

Charles L. Bartlett Charles Bartlett may refer to: Artists * Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English painter and printmaker * Charles Bartlett (artist) (1921–2014), British artist Athletes * Charles Henry Bartlett (cyclist) (1885–1968), British track cyclist * ...

(D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : .

Thomas G. Lawson Thomas Graves Lawson (May 2, 1835 – April 16, 1912) was a Congressional Representative from Georgia. Early life Born near Eatonton, Georgia, Lawson attended private schools and graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1855. He s ...

(D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895 :: James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895 : . Henry G. Turner (D)

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

: . Edgar Wilson (R)

Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ...

: . J. Frank Aldrich (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D), until December 27, 1895 :: Hugh R. Belknap (R), from December 27, 1895 : . Charles W. Woodman (R) : . George E. White (R) : . Edward D. Cooke (R) : . George E. Foss (R) : .

Albert J. Hopkins Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois. Biography Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He mar ...

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Robert R. Hitt Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but ...

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George W. Prince George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools. He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 ...

(R), from December 2, 1895 : . Walter Reeves (R) : .

Joseph G. Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and a leader of the Republican Party. Cannon represented parts of Illinois in the United States House of Representatives for twenty-three non ...

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Vespasian Warner Vespasian Warner (April 23, 1842 – March 31, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City), De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843. He atten ...

(R) : . Joseph V. Graff (R) : . Benjamin F. Marsh (R) : . Finis E. Downing (D), until June 5, 1896 :: John I. Rinaker (R), from June 5, 1896 : .

James A. Connolly James Austin Connolly (March 8, 1843 – December 15, 1914) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1895 to 1899. Biography James A. Connolly was born in Newark ...

(R) : . Frederick Remann (R), until July 14, 1895 :: William F. L. Hadley (R), from December 2, 1895 : .

Benson Wood Benson Wood (March 31, 1839 – August 27, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Early life and military service Born near Bridgewater, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, Wood attended the common schools, Montrose (Pennsylvania) Academy, and W ...

(R) : . Orlando Burrell (R) : . Everett J. Murphy (R) : . George Washington Smith (R)

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

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James A. Hemenway James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States representative from 1895 to 1905, and United States Senate, Senator from Indiana from 1905 to 1909. Biography Born i ...

(R) : . Alexander M. Hardy (R) : . Robert J. Tracewell (R) : .

James E. Watson James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth ...

(R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : .

Charles L. Henry Charles Lewis Henry (July 1, 1849 – May 2, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Green Township, Hancock County, Indiana, Henry moved wit ...

(R) : . George W. Faris (R) : . J. Frank Hanly (R) : .

Jethro A. Hatch Jethro Ayers Hatch (June 18, 1837 – August 3, 1912) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1897. Biography Early life and ancesto ...

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George W. Steele George Washington Steele (December 13, 1839July 12, 1922) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a United States Congressional Delegations from Indiana, Representative for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from ...

(R) : . Jacob D. Leighty (R) : . Lemuel W. Royse (R)

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

: . Samuel M. Clark (R) : . George M. Curtis (R) : . David B. Henderson (R) : .

Thomas Updegraff Thomas Updegraff (April 3, 1834 – October 4, 1910) was an American attorney, politician, and five-term Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service we ...

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John A. T. Hull John Albert Tiffin Hull (May 1, 1841 – September 26, 1928) was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district. He had earlier served two terms as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and three terms as Iowa Secreta ...

(R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : .

Alva L. Hager Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 – January 29, 1923) was a three-term Republican Party (United States), Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s. Biograp ...

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Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...

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George D. Perkins George Douglas Perkins (February 29, 1840 – February 3, 1914) was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in the northwestern portion of the state, and a candidate for his party's ...

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Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

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Case Broderick Case Broderick (September 23, 1839 – April 1, 1920) was an American politician and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1884 to 1888 and as United States House of Representativ ...

(R) : . Orrin L. Miller (R) : . Snyder S. Kirkpatrick (R) : .

Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under President Herbert Hoover. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 1924 to 1929. An enrolled member of the Kaw Natio ...

(R) : . William A. Calderhead (R) : . William Baker (P) : .

Chester I. Long Chester Isaiah Long (October 12, 1860July 1, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 1879 ...

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Richard W. Blue Richard Whiting Blue (September 8, 1841 – January 28, 1907) was a farmer, teacher, lawyer, judge, state senator, and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He liv ...

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Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

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W. Godfrey Hunter Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (December 25, 1841 – November 2, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life Born near Belfast, Ireland, Hunter completed preparatory studies. He immigrated to the United States in 1858 and settled in N ...

(R) : . John W. Lewis (R) : . Walter Evans (R) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . William C. Owens (D) : .

James B. McCreary James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...

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Joseph M. Kendall Joseph Morgan Kendall (May 12, 1863 – November 5, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1892 to 1893, then again from 1895 to 1897. He was the son of John Wilkerson Ken ...

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David G. Colson David Grant Colson (April 1, 1861 – September 27, 1904) was an American politician from the State of Kentucky who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 11th congressional district. He previously served in the Kentucky House of Repres ...

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Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

: . Adolph Meyer (D) : . Charles F. Buck (D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Henry W. Ogden (D) : . Charles J. Boatner (D), until March 20, 1896 :: Charles J. Boatner (D), from June 10, 1896 : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : .

Nelson Dingley Jr. Nelson Dingley Jr. (February 15, 1832 – January 13, 1899) was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Dingley was born in Durham, Maine and attended the common schools at Unity, Maine and Waterville College (now Colby Col ...

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Charles A. Boutelle Charles Addison Boutelle (February 9, 1839 – May 21, 1901) was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress f ...

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

: . Joshua W. Miles (D) : . William B. Baker (R) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . John K. Cowen (D) : . Charles E. Coffin (R) : . George L. Wellington (R)

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

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Ashley B. Wright Ashley Bascom Wright (May 25, 1841 – August 14, 1897) was an American politician. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses. Early life and education Wright was born ...

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Joseph H. Walker Joseph Henry Walker (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkint ...

(R) : . Lewis D. Apsley (R) : . William S. Knox (R) : .

William Cogswell William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Biog ...

(R), until May 22, 1895 :: William H. Moody (R), from November 5, 1895 : . William E. Barrett (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : .

John F. Fitzgerald John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. Fitzgerald served as mayor of Boston and a member of the United State ...

(D) : . Harrison H. Atwood (R) : . William F. Draper (R) : .

Elijah A. Morse Elijah Adams Morse (May 25, 1841 – June 5, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Morse moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852. He attended the publ ...

(R) : . John Simpkins (R)

Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: . John B. Corliss (R) : .

George Spalding George Spalding (November 12, 1836 – September 13, 1915) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Spalding was born in Blairgowrie and Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1843 wi ...

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Alfred Milnes Alfred Milnes (May 28, 1844 – January 15, 1916) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Early life Milnes was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. His parents, Henry and Mary Ann (née Amyss) Milnes joined the LDS Church and left ...

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Henry F. Thomas Henry Franklin Thomas (December 17, 1843 – April 16, 1912) was an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897 Early life and education T ...

(R) : . William Alden Smith (R) : . David D. Aitken (R) : . Horace G. Snover (R) : . William S. Linton (R) : . Roswell P. Bishop (R) : . Rousseau O. Crump (R) : . John Avery (R) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (R)

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

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James Albertus Tawney James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that po ...

(R) : . James T. McCleary (R) : . Joel Heatwole (R) : . Andrew R. Kiefer (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . Charles A. Towne (R) : . Frank Eddy (R)

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

: . John M. Allen (D) : . John C. Kyle (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Hernando D. Money (D) : .

John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908 ...

(D) : . Walter McKennon Denny (D) : . James G. Spencer (D)

Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...

: . Charles N. Clark (R) : . Uriel S. Hall (D) : .

Alexander M. Dockery Alexander Monroe Dockery (February 11, 1845 – December 26, 1926) was an American physician and politician who served as the 30th governor of Missouri from 1901 to 1905. A Democrat, he was a member of the United States House of Representa ...

(D) : . George C. Crowther (R) : . John C. Tarsney (D), until February 27, 1896 :: Robert T. Van Horn (R), from February 27, 1896 : .

David A. De Armond David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891, until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Ma ...

(D) : . John P. Tracey (R) : .

Joel D. Hubbard Joel Douglas Hubbard (November 6, 1860 – May 26, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born near Marshall, Missouri, Hubbard attended public schools and Central College, Fayette, Missouri. He graduated from Missouri Medical Col ...

(R) : . William M. Treloar (R) : .

Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Schleiz, Principality of Reuss-Geray, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United Sta ...

(R) : . Charles F. Joy (R) : .

Seth W. Cobb Seth Wallace Cobb (December 5, 1838 – May 22, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Biography Born near Petersburg, Virginia, Cobb attended the common schools. He joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served th ...

(D) : . John H. Raney (R) : .

Norman A. Mozley Norman Adolphus Mozley (December 11, 1865 – May 9, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 14th congressional district. Born on a farm in Johnson County, Illinois, Mozley attended the common schools. He moved to Stoddard County, Miss ...

(R) : . Charles G. Burton (R)

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

: . Charles S. Hartman (R)

Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ...

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Jesse B. Strode Jesse Burr Strode (February 18, 1845 – November 10, 1924) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician. Biography He was born in Fulton County, Illinois on February 18, 1845, and graduated from Abingdon Coll ...

(R) : . David H. Mercer (R) : . George D. Meiklejohn (R) : .

Eugene J. Hainer Eugene Jerome Hainer (August 16, 1851 – March 17, 1929) was an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician. Biography Born in Pécs, Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungary in 1851, he immigrated to the United S ...

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William E. Andrews William Ezekiel Andrews (December 17, 1854 – January 19, 1942) was an American politician who was a United States Representative from Nebraska from 1895 to 1897. Biography Andrews was born near Oskaloosa, Iowa, on December 17, 1854. He becam ...

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Omer M. Kem Omer Madison Kem (November 13, 1855 – February 13, 1942) was an American Populist Party politician. Early life Omer Madison Kem was born in Hagerstown, Indiana on November 13, 1855. Career He moved to Custer County, Nebraska in 1882 and ...

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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

: . Francis G. Newlands (S)

New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

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Cyrus A. Sulloway Cyrus Adams Sulloway (June 8, 1839, Grafton, New Hampshire – March 11, 1917) was an attorney and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Biography Sulloway studied law and was admitted to the bar ...

(R) : . Henry M. Baker (R)

New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Benjamin F. Howell (R) : .

Mahlon Pitney Mahlon R. Pitney IV (February 5, 1858 – December 9, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms from 1895 to 1899. He later served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supr ...

(R) : . James F. Stewart (R) : . Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R) : . Charles N. Fowler (R)

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * ...

: .

Richard Cunningham McCormick Richard Cunningham McCormick Jr. (May 23, 1832June 2, 1901) was an American politician, businessman and journalist. He was the second Governor of Arizona Territory, three times delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona Territory ...

(R) : . Denis M. Hurley (R) : . Francis H. Wilson (R) : . Israel F. Fischer (R) : . Charles G. Bennett (R) : . James R. Howe (R) : .

Franklin Bartlett Franklin Bartlett (September 10, 1847 – April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1893 to 1897. Biography Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusett ...

(D) : . James J. Walsh (D), until June 2, 1896 :: John M. Mitchell (R), from June 2, 1896 : . Henry C. Miner (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) from November 5, 1895 : .

William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941), nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representative from the same state. Su ...

(D) : . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : . Richard C. Shannon (R) : .

Lemuel E. Quigg Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a United States representative from New York (state), New York. Biography He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of ...

(R) : . Philip B. Low (R) : . Benjamin L. Fairchild (R) : . Benjamin Odell (R) : . Jacob LeFever (R) : .

Frank S. Black Frank Swett Black (March 8, 1853 – March 22, 1913) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and t ...

(R), until January 7, 1897 : . George N. Southwick (R) : . David F. Wilber (R) : . Newton M. Curtis (R) : . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R) : .

Charles A. Chickering Charles Addison Chickering (November 26, 1843 – February 13, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Life Born in Harrisburg, New York, Chickering attended the common schools and Lowville Academy and was for some time a teacher in th ...

(R) : .

James S. Sherman James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...

(R) : .

George W. Ray George Washington Ray (February 3, 1844 – January 10, 1925) was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Bor ...

(R) : . Theodore L. Poole (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : .

Charles W. Gillet Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Instit ...

(R) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Henry C. Brewster (R) : . Rowland B. Mahany (R) : . Charles Daniels (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R)

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

: . Harry Skinner (P) : .

Frederick A. Woodard Frederick Augustus Woodard (February 12, 1854 – May 8, 1915) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served two terms as a Democratic U.S. Representative from North Carolina between 1893 and 1897. Early life and education B ...

(D) : . John G. Shaw (D) : . William F. Strowd (P) : . Thomas Settle III (R) : . James A. Lockhart (D), until June 5, 1896 :: Charles H. Martin (P), from June 5, 1896 : . Alonzo C. Shuford (P) : . Romulus Z. Linney (R) : .

Richmond Pearson Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. (January 26, 1852 – September 12, 1923) was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. Biography Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. was born 26 January 1852 at Richmond H ...

(R)

North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

: .

Martin N. Johnson Martin Nelson Johnson (March 3, 1850October 21, 1909) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States representative and senator from North Dakota. Early life and education Born to Norwegian immigrants in Racine County, Wi ...

(R)

Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...

: .

Charles P. Taft Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the '' Cincinnati Times-Star,'' and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. From 1895 to 189 ...

(R) : . Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : .

Paul J. Sorg Paul John Sorg (September 23, 1840 – May 28, 1902) was an American businessman, Civil War veteran, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1894 to 1897. Biography He was born in Wheeling, Virginia (now West Vi ...

(D) : .

Fernando C. Layton Fernando Coello Layton (April 11, 1847 – June 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1891 to 1897. Early life and career Born near St. Johns, Auglaiz ...

(D) : .

Francis B. De Witt Francis Byron De Witt (March 11, 1849 – March 21, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born in Jackson County, Indiana, De Witt moved with his parents in 1854 to a farm in Delaware County, Ohio ...

(R) : . George W. Hulick (R) : . George W. Wilson (R) : .

Luther M. Strong Luther Martin Strong (June 23, 1838 – April 26, 1903) was an American lawyer, jurist, and veteran of the United States Civil War, Civil War who served two terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1 ...

(R) : . James H. Southard (R) : . Lucien J. Fenton (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . David K. Watson (R) : . Stephen R. Harris (R) : . Winfield S. Kerr (R) : . Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . Addison S. McClure (R) : . Robert W. Tayler (R) : .

Stephen A. Northway Stephen Asa Northway (June 19, 1833 – September 8, 1898) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1898. Early life Born in Christian Hollow, New York, Northway moved with his parents i ...

(R) : . Clifton B. Beach (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R)

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

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Binger Hermann Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann served in both houses o ...

(R) : .

William R. Ellis William Russell Ellis (April 23, 1850 – January 18, 1915) was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintendent a ...

(R)

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : .

Robert Adams Jr. Robert Adams Jr. (February 26, 1849 – June 1, 1906) was an American diplomat and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 190 ...

(R) : . Frederick Halterman (R) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . Joseph J. Hart (D) : . Constantine J. Erdman (D) : .

Marriott Brosius Marriott Henry Brosius (March 7, 1843 – March 16, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Education and military service Marriott Brosius was born in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsyl ...

(R) : .

Joseph A. Scranton Joseph Augustine Scranton (July 26, 1838 – October 12, 1908) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politics, politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, 1885 to 1887 ...

(R) : . John Leisenring (R) : .

Charles N. Brumm Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and education Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He at ...

(R) : . Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : . James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895 : . Fred C. Leonard (R) : . Monroe H. Kulp (R) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . James A. Stahle (R) : . Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Daniel B. Heiner (R) : .

John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1913. During the presidency of T ...

(R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Thomas W. Phillips (R) : . Matthew Griswold (R) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . William C. Arnold (R) : . Galusha A. Grow (R) : . George F. Huff (R)

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

: . Melville Bull (R) : . Warren O. Arnold (R)

South Carolina South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...

: . William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896 :: George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896 : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury C. Latimer (D) : .

Stanyarne Wilson Stanyarne Wilson (January 10, 1860 – February 14, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Yorkville (now York), South Carolina, Wilson attended King's Mountain Military School and Washington and Lee University, Lexingto ...

(D) : . Thomas J. Strait (D) : .

John L. McLaurin John Lowndes McLaurin (May 9, 1860 – July 29, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools at Bennettsville, Sou ...

(D) : . J. William Stokes (D), until June 1, 1896 :: J. William Stokes (D), from November 3, 1896

South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Dakota people, Dakota Sioux ...

Both representatives were elected statewide on a

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(2 Republicans) : .

Robert J. Gamble Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph A. Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakot ...

(R) : .

John A. Pickler John Alfred Pickler (January 24, 1844 - June 13, 1910) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Biography Pickler was born in Salem, Indiana, and moved to Davis County, Iowa, in his youth. ...

(R)

Tennessee Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...

: . William C. Anderson (R) : . Henry R. Gibson (R) : . Foster V. Brown (R) : .

Benton McMillin Benton McMillin (September 11, 1845 – January 8, 1933) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as the 27th governor of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903 and represented Tennessee's 4th district in the United States House of Representative ...

(D) : .

James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and ...

(D) : .

Joseph E. Washington Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee. Early life Washington was born on November 10 ...

(D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . John E. McCall (R) : . James C. McDearmon (D) : .

Josiah Patterson Josiah Patterson (April 14, 1837 – February 10, 1904) was a Confederate soldier, political figure, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th District of Tennessee. Biography Patterson was born in Morgan County, A ...

(D)

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

: .

Joseph C. Hutcheson Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Sr. (May 18, 1842 – May 25, 1924), was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives. Biography Hutcheson was born near Boydton, V ...

(D) : .

Samuel B. Cooper Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers. Education and career Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky, ...

(D) : . Charles H. Yoakum (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . George C. Pendleton (D) : . Charles K. Bell (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Miles Crowley (D) : . William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896 :: Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896 : . George H. Noonan (R) : . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

: . Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896

Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

: .

H. Henry Powers Horace Henry Powers (May 29, 1835 – December 8, 1913) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He was most notable for his service as an Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and a U.S. Representative from Vermont (1891–1901). A ...

(R) : .

William W. Grout William Wallace Grout (May 24, 1836October 7, 1902) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Biography Grout was born in Compton in Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Josiah and Sophronia (Ayer ...

(R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

: . William A. Jones (D) : . D. Gardiner Tyler (D) : . Tazewell Ellett (D) : .

William R. McKenney William Robertson McKenney (December 2, 1851 – January 3, 1916) was a lawyer and U.S. Representative from Virginia. Biography Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Mckenney was the son of Robert Armstrong and Virginia Bland Robertson McKenney. He at ...

(D), until May 2, 1896 :: Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896 : .

Claude A. Swanson Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893–1906), Governor of Virginia (1906–1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910–1933) ...

(D) : .

Peter J. Otey Peter Johnston Otey (December 22, 1840 – May 4, 1902) was former Confederate States Army officer and later prisoner of war during the American Civil War, who became businessman, land developer and railroad executive before retiring and winning ...

(D) : . Smith S. Turner (D) : . Elisha E. Meredith (D) : .

James A. Walker James Alexander Walker (August 27, 1832 – October 21, 1901) was an American lawyer, politician, and Confederate general during the American Civil War, later serving as a United States Congressman for two terms. He earned the nickname "Ston ...

(R) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)

Washington Washington most commonly refers to: * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States * Washington (state), a state in the Pacific Northwest of the United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A ...

Both representatives were elected statewide on a

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(2 Republicans) : . William H. Doolittle (R) : . Samuel C. Hyde (R)

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . James H. Huling (R) : . Warren Miller (R)

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

: .

Henry Allen Cooper Henry Allen Cooper (September 8, 1850March 1, 1931) was an American lawyer and progressive Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Racine County, Wisconsin. He served 36 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representativ ...

(R) : . Edward Sauerhering (R) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : .

Theobald Otjen Theobald Otjen (October 27, 1851 – April 11, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Theobald was born to German immigrants John Conrad and Dorothea (Schreiner) Otjen, in west China Township in St. Clair County, Michigan and atten ...

(R) : . Samuel S. Barney (R) : .

Samuel A. Cook Samuel Andrew Cook (January 28, 1849April 4, 1918) was an American businessman, Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 6 ...

(R) : .

Michael Griffin Mike or Michael Griffin may refer to: Public officials * Michael Griffin (Wisconsin politician) (1842–1899), Irish-born American congressman * Michael D. Griffin (born 1949), American physicist, NASA administrator and Under Secretary of Defense ...

(R) : . Edward S. Minor (R) : . Alexander Stewart (R) : .

John J. Jenkins John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843June 10, 1911) was an English American immigrant, lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing northwest Wisconsin, ...

(R)

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

: .

Frank W. Mondell Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming. Early life Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and r ...

(R)

Non-voting members

: . Nathan O. Murphy (R) : .

Thomas B. Catron Thomas Benton Catron (October 6, 1840May 15, 1921) was an American politician and lawyer who was influential in the establishment of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and served as one of its first United States Senators. Catron has defenders but ene ...

(R) : . Dennis T. Flynn (R) : . Frank J. Cannon (R), until January 4, 1896 54 us house membership

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late. , - , nowrap ,

(1) , New seat , State was admitted to the Union , nowrap , Frank J. Cannon (R) , January 22, 1896 , New seat , nowrap ,

(1) , State was admitted to the Union , nowrap ,

(R) , January 22, 1896 , - , nowrap ,

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

(2) , Vacant , Legislature had failed to elect.
A successor was eventually elected , nowrap , Richard R. Kenney
(D) , January 19, 1897

House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain. , - , , Vacant , Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress.
New member

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November 5, 1895. , nowrap , Amos J. Cummings (D) , November 5, 1895 , - , , Vacant ,

Philip S. Post Philip Sidney Post (March 19, 1833 – January 6, 1895) was an American diplomat, politician, and decorated Army officer. He served as a United States Representative from Illinois for eight years, from 1887 to 1895. During the American Civil War, ...

(R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress.
New member

December 2, 1895. , nowrap ,

(R) , December 2, 1895 , - , , Vacant ,

(R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate.
New member

December 2, 1895. , nowrap ,

(R) , December 2, 1895 , - , , Vacant , Rep-elect

Myron B. Wright Myron Benjamin Wright (June 12, 1847 – November 13, 1894) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Myron B. Wright (brother of Charles Frederick Wright) was born at Forest Lake, Pennsylvania. He att ...

died in office. New member

November 5, 1895. , nowrap , James H. Codding (R) , November 5, 1895 , - , , , Frank J. Cannon (R) , Seat eliminated January 4, 1896, upon statehood. , colspan=2 , Seat eliminated , - , , New seat , State was admitted to the Union.
New member

November 5, 1895. , nowrap , Clarence E. Allen (R) , January 4, 1896 , - , , nowrap , James C. C. Black (D) , Resigned March 4, 1895.
Incumbent was subsequently re-elected October 2, 1895. , nowrap , James C. C. Black (D) , October 2, 1895 , - , , nowrap ,

(R) , Died May 22, 1895.
New member

November 5, 1895. , nowrap , William H. Moody (R) , November 5, 1895 , - , , nowrap , Frederick Remann (R) , Died July 14, 1895.
New member

December 2, 1895. , nowrap , William F. L. Hadley (R) , December 2, 1895 , - , , nowrap , Lawrence E. McGann (D) , Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895. , nowrap , Hugh R. Belknap (R) , December 27, 1895 , - , , nowrap , William H. Crain (D) , Died February 10, 1896.
New member

April 7, 1896. , nowrap , Rudolph Kleberg (D) , April 7, 1896 , - , , nowrap , John C. Tarsney (D) , Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896. , nowrap , Robert T. Van Horn (R) , February 27, 1896 , - , , nowrap , Gaston A. Robbins (D) , Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896. , nowrap , William F. Aldrich (R) , March 13, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,

(D) , Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896. , nowrap , Robert T. Thorp (R) , May 2, 1896 , - , , nowrap , Charles J. Boatner (D) , Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896.
Incumbent was subsequently

June 10, 1896. , nowrap , Charles J. Boatner (D) , June 10, 1896 , - , , nowrap , James E. Cobb (D) , Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896. , nowrap , Albert T. Goodwyn (P) , April 22, 1896 , - , , nowrap , J. William Stokes (D) , Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896.
Incumbent was subsequently

November 3, 1896. , nowrap , J. William Stokes (D) , November 3, 1896 , - , , nowrap , James J. Walsh (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896. , nowrap , John M. Mitchell (R) , June 2, 1896 , - , , nowrap , William Elliott (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896. , nowrap , George W. Murray (R) , June 4, 1896 , - , , nowrap , Finis E. Downing (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. , nowrap , John I. Rinaker (R) , June 5, 1896 , - , , nowrap , James A. Lockhart (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. , nowrap , Charles H. Martin (P) , June 5, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,

Oscar W. Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the U ...

(D) , Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896. , nowrap , Truman H. Aldrich (R) , June 9, 1896 , - , , nowrap , Charles F. Crisp (D) , Died October 23, 1896.
New member

December 19, 1896. , nowrap ,

(D) , December 19, 1896 , - , , ,

(R) , Resigned January 7, 1897. , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , nowrap ,

(D) , Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897. , nowrap , Nathan T. Hopkins (R) , February 18, 1897

Committees

Senate

* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Appropriations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member:

) * Canadian Relations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy Jr.) *

Census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

(Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member:

) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Coast Defenses (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) *

Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...

(Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Education and Labor (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member:

) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Epidemic Diseases An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί ''epi'' "upon or above" and δῆμος ''demos'' "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time. For example, in meningococcal infections, ...

(Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger) * Establish a University in the United States (Select) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: George Gray) *

Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...

(Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:

) * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) *

Foreign Relations Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

John Tyler Morgan John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician who was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...

) * Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman:

) * Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member:

) *

Immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and A ...

(Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member:

) * Indian Depredations (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William Lindsay) *

International Expositions A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a perio ...

(Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) *

Interstate Commerce The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amon ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White) *

Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) *

Manufactures Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Charles H. Gibson) *

Military Affairs Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...

(Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:

) * National Banks (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member:

Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was an American politician and lawyer who was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative and United States Senate, Se ...

) *

Nicaragua Canal Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stretch back to the early colonial era. Construction of such a shipping route—using the San Juan River as an access route to Lake Nicaragua—was ...

(Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Calvin S. Brice) *

Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

(Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member:

) *

Pensions A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a "defined benefit plan", wher ...

(Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member:

John M. Palmer John McAuley Palmer (September 13, 1817September 25, 1900) was an American politician. He was an Illinois resident, a general who fought for the Union during the American Civil War, the 15th governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of ...

) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member:

) * Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: James Z. George; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George Gray) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George S. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Fred T. Dubois; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John L. M. Irby) * United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William N. Roach) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay) (Select)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich; Ranking Member: Melville Bull) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: Horace G. Snover) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Jonathan S. Willis) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: David G. Colson) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Benjamin L. Fairchild) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member: George L. Wellington) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Newton Martin Curtis; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles Daniels; Ranking Member: Romulus Z. Linney) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: James H. Codding) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Benjamin E. Russell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Uriel S. Hall) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Henry G. Turner) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Smith S. Turner) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Henry H. Bingham; Ranking Member: Henry W. Ogden) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: J. William Stokes) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Jeremiah V. Cockrell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle (North Carolina, 53rd–54th Congress), Thomas Settle; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Rowland B. Mahany) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George E. White) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Foster V. Brown) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley; Ranking Member: Monroe H. Kulp) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Edward S. Minor) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: Lucien J. Fenton) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Richard W. Parker) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: David D. Aitken; Ranking Member: Frank M. Eddy) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Alston G. Dayton) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George W. Faris) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper; Ranking Member: Winfield S. Kerr) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Hardy) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Orrin L. Miller) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: George Washington Smith (congressman), George W. Smith; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Howell) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Seth L. Milliken; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John Franklin Shafroth, John F. Shafroth) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas McEwan Jr.) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: James McLachlan) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William W. Bowers; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Blackburn B. Dovener) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Philip B. Low) * United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Samuel Pugh) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Alcohol in the Arts, Alcohol in the Arts (Select) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Ford's Theater Disaster, Ford's Theater Disaster

Caucuses

* House Democratic Caucus, Democratic (House) * Senate Democratic Caucus, Democratic (Senate)

Employees

List of federal agencies in the United States#United States Congress, Legislative branch agency directors

* Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: William H. Millburn (Methodism, Methodist) * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: William Ruffin Cox * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Alonzo M. Church * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Edward P. Bagby (Disciples of Christ), until December 2, 1895 ** Henry N. Couden (Universalist Church of America, Universalist), elected December 2, 1895 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: James Kerr (Pennsylvania politician), James Kerr, until December 2, 1895 ** Alexander McDowell, from December 2, 1895 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn, elected December 2, 1895 * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy, elected December 2, 1895 * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E. L. Sampson (D) and R. S. Hatcher (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Herman W. Snow, until December 2, 1895 ** Benjamin F. Russell, from December 2, 1895

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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