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The 55th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C. 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. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...
, from March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1899, during the first two years of
William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until Assassination of William McKinley, his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...
's
presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entities. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often ...
was based on the
1890 United States census The 1890 United States census was taken beginning June 2, 1890. The census determined the resident population of the United States to be 62,979,766, an increase of 25.5 percent over the 50,189,209 persons enumerated during the 1880 United States ...
. Both chambers had a Republican majority. There was one African-American member,
George Henry White George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district between 1897 and 1901. He later became a banker in ...
, a Republican from the state of
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 ...
, and one Kaw member,
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 ...
, a Republican from
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 ...
.


Major events

* March 4, 1897:
William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until Assassination of William McKinley, his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...
became
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal government of t ...
. * February 15, 1898:
Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
: USS ''Maine'' exploded in
Havana Havana (; ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Treaty of Paris ended Spanish–American War, .


Major legislation

* July 24, 1897:
Dingley tariff 󠀁󠁃󠁬󠁡󠁵󠁤󠁥󠀺󠀠󠀼󠁩󠁮󠁳󠁴󠁲󠁵󠁣󠁴󠁩󠁯󠁮󠁳󠀾󠀠󠁔󠁨󠁩󠁳󠀠󠁴󠁥󠁸󠁴󠀠󠁤󠁯󠁥󠁳󠁮󠀧󠁴󠀠󠁬󠁯󠁯󠁫󠀠󠁳󠁴󠁡󠁮󠁤󠁡󠁲󠁤󠀻󠀠󠁴󠁨󠁥󠀠 ...
, ch. 11, , increased trade duties for revenue and protection * April 20, 1898: Teller Resolution (Cuba), * April 25, 1898:
United States declaration of war upon Spain On 25 April 1898, the United States Congress declared war upon Spain. The ensuing Spanish–American War resulted in a decisive victory for the United States, and arguably served as a transitional period for both nations. Spain saw its days of empi ...
(
Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
), * June 1, 1898:
Erdman Act The Erdman Act of 1898 was a United States federal law regulating railroad labor disputes. The law provided arbitration for disputes between the interstate railroads and their workers organized into labor union, unions. Major provisions The most ...
, * June 13, 1898:
War Revenue Act of 1898 The War Revenue Act of 1898 was legislation signed into law in the United States on June 13, 1898, which created a wide range of taxes to raise revenue for the American prosecution of the Spanish–American War. The legislation established the pre ...
, * June 28, 1898:
Curtis Act of 1898 The Curtis Act of 1898 was an amendment to the United States Dawes Act; it resulted in the break-up of tribal governments and communal lands in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory: the Choctaw, Chickasa ...
, , authorized the mass dispossession of
territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
from the
Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation ( or ) is the largest of three list of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), Old Cheroke ...
,
Chickasaw Nation The Chickasaw Nation () is a federally recognized Indigenous nation with headquarters in Ada, Oklahoma, in the United States. The Chickasaw Nation descends from an Indigenous population historically located in the southeastern United States, in ...
,
Choctaw Nation The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Native American reservation occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. At roughly , it is the second-largest reservation in area after the Navajo, exceeding t ...
,
Muscogee Nation The Muscogee Nation, or Muscogee (Creek) Nation, is a federally recognized Native American tribe based in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The nation descends from the historic Muscogee Confederacy, a large group of indigenous peoples of the South ...
, and
Seminole Nation The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, an ...
and the divestiture of power from their national governments. * July 1, 1898:
Bankruptcy Act of 1898 The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 ("Nelson Act", July 1, 1898, ch. 541, ) was the first United States Act of Congress involving bankruptcy to give companies an option of being protected from creditors. Previous attempts at federal bankruptcy laws had l ...
(Henderson-Nelson Act), ch. 541, , gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors. * July 7, 1898:
Newlands Resolution The Newlands Resolution, , was a joint resolution passed on July 7, 1898, by the United States Congress to annexation, annex the independent Republic of Hawaii. In 1900, Congress created the Territory of Hawaii. The resolution was drafted by R ...
, No. 55, , authorized the annexation of the
Republic of Hawaii The Republic of Hawaii (Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ''Lepupalika o Hawaii'' epupəˈlikə o həˈvɐjʔi was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaii, Hawaii between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii had Black Week (H ...
* March 3, 1899:
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or tributaries thereof, of the Unite ...
, Ch. 425, , § 9,


Treaties ratified

* February 6, 1899: Treaty of Paris, ending the
Spanish–American War The Spanish–American War (April 21 – August 13, 1898) was fought between Restoration (Spain), Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine (1889), USS ''Maine'' in Havana Harbor in Cuba, and resulted in the ...
.
Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...
, the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
, and
Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
became possessions of the U.S.


Party summary

The count below 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

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
:
Garret Hobart Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was an American businessman and politician who was the 24th vice president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899, under President William McKinley. A mem ...
(R) * President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R) *
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
:
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 ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur Pue Gorman, until 1898 **
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 ...
, afterwards


House of Representatives

*
Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...
:
Thomas Brackett Reed Thomas Brackett Reed Jr. (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902) was an American attorney, author, parliamentarian and Republican Party politician from Maine who served as the 32nd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 188 ...
(R) * Minority Leader: Joseph W. Bailey *
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
: Charles H. Grosvenor * Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock * Democratic Caucus Chairman:
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 ...
* 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 ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.


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 (D) : 3. Edmund Pettus (D)


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 (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 ...

: 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 (SR)


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)


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. Stephen R. Mallory (D), from May 14, 1897


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. Alexander S. Clay (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.
Henry Heitfeld Henry Heitfeld (January 12, 1859October 21, 1938) was an American politician. A People's Party (United States), Populist, he served as a List of United States senators from Idaho, United States Senator from Idaho. Early life Born in St. L ...
(P)


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 (R) : 3. William E. Mason (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 ...

: 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.
Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt serving from 1905 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, Fairbanks was previously a senator from In ...
(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 ...

: 2 John H. Gear (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 ...
(R)


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. Harris (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. William J. Deboe (R)


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. Samuel D. McEnery (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 (D) : 3. 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 ...

: 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 (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, ...

: 1. Julius C. Burrows (R) : 2. James McMillan (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 ...

: 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 ...
(R) : 2.
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 ...
(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 ...

: 1. James Z. George (D), until August 14, 1897 :: Hernando D. Money (D), from October 8, 1897 : 2. Edward C. Walthall (D), until April 21, 1898 :: William V. Sullivan (D), from May 31, 1898


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 ...
(SR) : 2. Thomas H. Carter (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 ...

: 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 ...
(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 * ...

: 1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) : 3.
Thomas C. Platt Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt
(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 ...

: 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 (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 ...

: 1.
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. ...
(R), until March 4, 1897 :: Marcus A. Hanna (R), from March 5, 1897 : 3.
Joseph B. Foraker Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909. Foraker was ...
(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 ...

: 2. George W. McBride (R) : 3. Joseph Simon (R), from October 7, 1898


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.
Boies Penrose Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served as a Republican member of the United States Senate for Pennsylvania from 1897 to 1921. He served as a member of th ...
(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 (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 ...

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. Joseph H. Earle (D), until May 20, 1897 :: John L. McLaurin (D), from June 1, 1897


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 (SR) : 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), until July 8, 1897 ::
Thomas B. Turley Thomas Battle Turley (April 5, 1845July 1, 1910) was a Tennessee attorney who served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1897 to 1901. Biography Turley was born in Memphis and attended public schools and was a private in the Confeder ...
(D), from July 20, 1897


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 (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 ...

: 1. Frank J. Cannon (SR) : 3. Joseph L. Rawlins (D)


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 ...
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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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Jonathan Ross Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He presented the BBC One chat show '' Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' during the 2000s and early 2010s, hosted his ow ...
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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 (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 ...

: 1. John L. Wilson (R) : 3. George Turner (SR)


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 ...

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : 2. Stephen B. Elkins (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 ...

: 1.
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. John C. Spooner (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 ...

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : 2.
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 ...

: . George W. Taylor (D) : .
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) : . Henry D. Clayton (D) : . Thomas S. Plowman (D), until February 9, 1898 :: William F. Aldrich (R), from February 9, 1898 : . Willis Brewer (D) : . 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 ...
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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 ...

: . 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 ...
(D) : . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D) : . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (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) : . Marion De Vries (D) : . Samuel G. Hilborn (R) : . James G. Maguire (D) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . Charles A. Barlow (P) : . Curtis H. Castle (P)


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 (SR) : . 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. ...

: . E. Stevens Henry (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 ...

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L. Irving Handy Levin Irving Handy (December 24, 1861 – February 3, 1922) was an American educator, lawyer and politician, from Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaw ...
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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) : . Robert W. Davis (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 ...
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James M. Griggs James Mathews Griggs (March 29, 1861 – January 5, 1910) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from ...
(D) : . Elijah B. Lewis (D) : .
William C. Adamson William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a United States representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, an United States federal judge, Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of ...
(D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . John W. Maddox (D) : .
William M. Howard William Marcellus Howard (December 6, 1857 – July 5, 1932) was a noted jurist and politician from the United States, American state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Life Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his ...
(D) : . Farish C. Tate (D) : . William H. Fleming (D) : . William G. Brantley (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), ...

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James Gunn James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1996). He then began working as a director, starting wi ...
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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 ...

: . James R. Mann (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : . Hugh R. Belknap (R) : . Daniel W. Mills (R) : . George E. White (R) : . Edward D. Cooke (R), until June 24, 1897 ::
Henry S. Boutell Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat. He became a Congressman from Illinois, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Portugal by President William Howard Taft. Biography ...
(R), from November 23, 1897 : . 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) : . 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) : . William H. Hinrichsen (D) : .
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) : . Thomas M. Jett (D) : .
Andrew J. Hunter Andrew Jackson Hunter (December 17, 1831 – January 12, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Hunter moved with his parents to Paris, Illinois, in 1832. He attended the common schools and Edgar Academ ...
(D) : . James R. Campbell (D) : .
Jehu Baker Jehu Baker (November 4, 1822 – March 1, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829. He attended the common schools and McKendree University. He studi ...
(D) : . 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 ...

: . James A. Hemenway (R) : . Robert W. Miers (D) : . William T. Zenor (D) : . William S. Holman (D), until April 22, 1897 :: Francis M. Griffith (D), from December 6, 1897 : . George W. Faris (R) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : . Jesse Overstreet (R) : . Charles L. Henry (R) : . Charles B. Landis (R) : . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) : .
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) : . James M. Robinson (D) : . 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 (R) : . Robert G. Cousins (R) : . John F. Lacey (R) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . William P. Hepburn (R) : . Alva L. Hager (R) : .
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) : . Mason S. Peters (P) : . Edwin R. Ridgely (P) : .
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 D. Vincent (P) : . Nelson B. McCormick (P) : . Jeremiah Simpson (P) : . Jeremiah D. Botkin (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 ...

: . Charles K. Wheeler (D) : . John D. Clardy (D) : .
John S. Rhea John Stockdale Rhea (March 9, 1855 – July 29, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Rhea pursued preparatory studies. He attended Bethel College, Russellville, Kentucky, and Washington and Lee Univers ...
(D) : . David Highbaugh Smith (D) : . Walter Evans (R) : . Albert S. Berry (D) : . Evan E. Settle (D) : . George M. Davison (R) : . Samuel J. Pugh (R) : .
Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick Thomas Young Fitzpatrick (September 20, 1850 – January 21, 1906) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1897 to 1901. Biography Born near Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Fitzpatrick att ...
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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) : . Robert C. Davey (D) : . Robert F. Broussard (D) : . Henry W. Ogden (D) : . Samuel T. Baird (D) : . 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 ...
(R), until January 13, 1899 : . Seth L. Milliken (R), until April 18, 1897 :: Edwin C. Burleigh (R), from June 21, 1897 : . Charles A. Boutelle (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 ...

: . Isaac A. Barber (R) : . William B. Baker (R) : . William S. Booze (R) : . William W. McIntire (R) : . Sydney E. Mudd (R) : . John McDonald (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 ...
(R), until August 14, 1897 :: George P. Lawrence (R), from November 2, 1897 : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . George W. Weymouth (R) : . William S. Knox (R) : . William H. Moody (R) : . 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) : . Samuel J. Barrows (R) : . Charles F. Sprague (R) : .
William C. Lovering William Croad Lovering (February 25, 1835 – February 4, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Biography Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837. He attended the Cambr ...
(R) : . John Simpkins (R), until March 27, 1898 :: William S. Greene (R), from May 31, 1898


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 ...
(R) : . Albert M. Todd (D) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . William Alden Smith (R) : . Samuel W. Smith (R) : . Horace G. Snover (R) : .
Ferdinand Brucker Ferdinand Brucker (January 8, 1858 – March 3, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1897 to 1899. Early life and education Brucker was ...
(D) : . Roswell P. Bishop (R) : . Rousseau O. Crump (R) : . William S. Mesick (R) : . Carlos D. Shelden (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) : . Frederick C. Stevens (R) : . Loren Fletcher (R) : . R. Page W. Morris (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) : . William V. Sullivan (D), until May 31, 1898 :: Thomas Spight (D), from July 5, 1898 : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Andrew F. Fox (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) : . William F. Love (D), until October 16, 1898 :: Frank A. McLain (D), from December 12, 1898 : . Patrick Henry (U.S. Congressman), Patrick Henry (D)


List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . James Tilghman Lloyd, James T. Lloyd (D), from June 1, 1897 : . Robert N. Bodine (D) : . Alexander Monroe Dockery, Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . Charles F. Cochran (D) : . William S. Cowherd (D) : . David A. De Armond (D) : . James Cooney (Missouri politician), James Cooney (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . Champ Clark, James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Charles Frederick Joy, Charles F. Joy (R) : . Charles Edward Pearce, Charles E. Pearce (R) : . Edward Robb (D) : . Willard Duncan Vandiver, Willard D. Vandiver (D) : . Maecenas E. Benton (D)


List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Charles S. Hartman (SR)


List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Jesse Burr Strode, Jesse B. Strode (R) : . David Henry Mercer, David H. Mercer (R) : . Samuel Maxwell (P) : . William Ledyard Stark, William L. Stark (P) : . Roderick Dhu Sutherland, Roderick D. Sutherland (P) : . William Laury Greene, William L. Greene (P)


List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Francis G. Newlands (S)


List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) : . Frank Gay Clarke, Frank G. Clarke (R)


List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R) : . John J. Gardner (R) : . Benjamin F. Howell (R) : . Mahlon Pitney (R), until January 10, 1899 : . James F. Stewart (R) : . Richard W. Parker, Richard Wayne Parker (R) : . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R) : . Charles N. Fowler (R)


List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Joseph M. Belford (R) : . Denis M. Hurley (R), until February 26, 1899 : . Francis H. Wilson (R), until September 30, 1897 :: Edmund H. Driggs (D), from December 6, 1897 : . Israel F. Fischer (R) : . Charles G. Bennett (R) : . James R. Howe (R) : . John H. G. Vehslage (D) : . John M. Mitchell (R) : . Thomas J. Bradley (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . William Sulzer (D) : . George B. McClellan Jr. (D) : . Richard C. Shannon (R) : . Lemuel E. Quigg (R) : . Philip B. Low (R) : . William L. Ward (R) : . Benjamin Odell (politician), Benjamin Odell (R) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R) : . George N. Southwick (R) : . David F. Wilber (R) : . Lucius N. Littauer (R) : . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R) : . Charles A. Chickering (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . George W. Ray (R) : . James J. Belden (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Charles W. Gillet (R) : . James Wolcott Wadsworth, James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Henry C. Brewster (R) : . Rowland B. Mahany (R) : . De Alva S. Alexander (R) : . Warren B. Hooker (R), until November 10, 1898


List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Harry Skinner (politician), Harry Skinner (P) : . George Henry White, George H. White (R) : . John Edgar Fowler, John E. Fowler (P) : . William Franklin Strowd, William F. Strowd (P) : . William Walton Kitchin, William W. Kitchin (D) : . Charles H. Martin (congressman), Charles H. Martin (P) : . Alonzo C. Shuford (P) : . Romulus Zachariah Linney, Romulus Z. Linney (R) : . Richmond Pearson (R)


List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Martin N. Johnson (R)


List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . William B. Shattuc (R) : . Jacob H. Bromwell (R) : . John Lewis Brenner, John L. Brenner (D) : . George A. Marshall (D) : . David Meekison (D) : . Seth W. Brown (R) : . Walter L. Weaver (R) : . Archibald Lybrand (R) : . James H. Southard (R) : . Lucien J. Fenton (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . John J. Lentz (D) : . James A. Norton (D) : . Winfield S. Kerr (R) : . H. Clay Van Voorhis, Henry C. Van Voorhis (R) : . Lorenzo Danford (R) : . John A. McDowell (D) : . Robert W. Tayler (R) : . Stephen A. Northway (R), until September 8, 1898 :: Charles W. F. Dick (R), from November 8, 1898 : . Clifton B. Beach (R) : . Theodore E. Burton (R)


List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Thomas H. Tongue (R) : . William R. Ellis (R)


List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Robert Adams Jr. (R) : . William McAleer (D) : . James R. Young (Pennsylvania politician), James R. Young (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (IR) : . Irving Price Wanger, Irving P. Wanger (R) : . William Sebring Kirkpatrick, William S. Kirkpatrick (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . Marriott Henry Brosius, Marriott Brosius (R) : . William Connell (Pennsylvania), William Connell (R) : . Morgan B. Williams (R) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Marlin Edgar Olmsted, Marlin E. Olmsted (R) : . James Hodge Codding, James H. Codding (R) : . Horace Billings Packer, Horace B. Packer (R) : . Monroe Henry Kulp, Monroe H. Kulp (R) : . Thaddeus Maclay Mahon, Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . George Jacob Benner, George J. Benner (D) : . Josiah Duane Hicks, Josiah D. Hicks (R) : . Edward Everett Robbins, Edward E. Robbins (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . William A. Stone (R), until November 9, 1898 :: William Harrison Graham, William H. Graham (R), from November 29, 1898 : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Joseph Baltzell Showalter, Joseph B. Showalter (R), from April 20, 1897 : . John Cirby Sturtevant, John C. Sturtevant (R) : . Charles Warren Stone, Charles W. Stone (R) : . William Carlile Arnold, William C. Arnold (R) : . Samuel Arza Davenport, Samuel A. Davenport (R) : . Galusha A. Grow (R)


List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Melville Bull (R) : . Adin B. Capron (R)


List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . William Elliott (American politician), William Elliott (D) : . William J. Talbert (D) : . Asbury Latimer, Asbury C. Latimer (D) : . Stanyarne Wilson (D) : . Thomas Jefferson Strait, Thomas J. Strait (D) : . John L. McLaurin (D), until May 31, 1897 :: James Norton (South Carolina politician), James Norton (D), from December 6, 1897 : . J. William Stokes (D)


List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . John Edward Kelley, John E. Kelley (P) : . Freeman T. Knowles, Freeman Knowles (P)


List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Walter P. Brownlow (R) : . Henry R. Gibson (R) : . John A. Moon (D) : . Benton McMillin (D), until January 6, 1899 : .
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) : . John W. Gaines (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . Thetus W. Sims (D) : . Rice Alexander Pierce, Rice A. Pierce (D) : . Edward W. Carmack (D)


List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Thomas Henry Ball, Thomas H. Ball (D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Reese C. De Graffenreid (D) : . John W. Cranford (D), until March 3, 1899 : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Robert E. Burke (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . S.W.T. Lanham, Samuel W. T. Lanham (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D), until January 16, 1899 : . Robert B. Hawley (R) : . Rudolph Kleberg (D) : . James Luther Slayden, James L. Slayden (D) : . John H. Stephens (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . William H. King (D)


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . H. Henry Powers (R) : . William W. Grout (R)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones (D) : . William A. Young (D), until April 26, 1898 :: Richard A. Wise (R), from April 26, 1898 : . John Lamb (representative), John Lamb (D) : . Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 23, 1898 :: Robert T. Thorp (R), from March 23, 1898 : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Peter J. Otey (D) : . James Hay (politician), James Hay (D) : . John Franklin Rixey, John F. Rixey (D) : . James A. Walker (R) : . Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman), Jacob Yost (R)


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . William Carey Jones, William C. Jones (SR) : . J. Hamilton Lewis, James Hamilton Lewis (D)


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . Charles P. Dorr (R) : . Warren Miller (congressman), Warren Miller (R)


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Edward Sauerhering (R) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Theobald Otjen (R) : . Samuel S. Barney (R) : . James H. Davidson (R) : . Michael Griffin (Wisconsin politician), Michael Griffin (R) : . Edward S. Minor (R) : . Alexander Stewart (Congress), Alexander Stewart (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R)


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . John Eugene Osborne, John E. Osborne (D)


Non-voting members

: . Marcus A. Smith (D) : . Harvey Butler Fergusson, Harvey B. Fergusson (D) : . James Yancy Callahan, James Y. Callahan (S)


Changes in membership

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


Senate

* Replacements: 5 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: no net change ** Republican: no net change * Deaths: 5 * Resignations: 0 *Total seats with changes: 8


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 14 ** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat net loss ** Republican: 1 seat net gain * Deaths: 10 * Resignations: 9 * Contested election: 3 *Total seats with changes: 23


Committees


Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Jeter C. Pritchard; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman: George W. McBride; Ranking Member: Roger Q. Mills) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: John W. Daniel) * United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan (politician), James McMillan; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris then Charles J. Faulkner) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: James H. Kyle; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: George L. Wellington) * United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Joseph B. Foraker Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909. Foraker was ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Select Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Edward C. Walthall) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Charles W. Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was the 26th vice president of the United States under President Theodore Roosevelt serving from 1905 to 1909. A member of the Republican Party, Fairbanks was previously a senator from In ...
; Ranking Member: Charles J. Faulkner) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman: John L. Wilson; Ranking Member: William Lindsay) * United States Senate Select Committee on International Expositions, International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: William E. Mason; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
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, ...
; Ranking Member: Roger Q. Mills) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Nicaragua Canal, Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Omaha Exposition, Omaha Exposition (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: John H. Gear; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member: Roger Q. Mills) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Charles J. Faulkner) * 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 G. Vest; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: William J. Deboe) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Edward C. Walthall; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member:
Thomas C. Platt Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt
) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * United States Senate Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: William N. Roach) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Washington City Centennial, Washington City Centennial (Select) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay)


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Benjamin B. Odell Jr.; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: James Wolcott Wadsworth, James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Henry C. Brewster; Ranking Member: John E. Osborne) * 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: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Nicholas N. Cox) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: John E. Osborne) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland) * 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:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: John E. Fowler) * 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: John B. Corliss; Ranking Member: Milford W. Howard) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Robert W. Tayler; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: James A. Walker; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Asbury C. Latimer) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: William F. Strowd) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
Jehu Baker Jehu Baker (November 4, 1822 – March 1, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829. He attended the common schools and McKendree University. He studi ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: James F. Stewart; Ranking Member: Stanyarne Wilson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Milford W. Howard) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: David G. Colson; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Lorenzo Danford; Ranking Member: John M. Allen) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John S. Little) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: William McAleer) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: George B. McClellan Jr.) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: John M. Allen) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Faris; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: John F. Fitzgerald) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: John A. Barham; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Rudolph Kleberg) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: Charles S. Hartman) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Josiah D. Hicks; Ranking Member: William Sulzer) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David H. Mercer; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Dockery) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Maddox) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: William McAleer) * United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner (politician), Harry Skinner) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: George M. Davison) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * 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 on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Alva L. Hager; Vice Chairman: Sen. Asbury C. Latimer) * 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 (Chairman: Rep. Alfred C. Harmer; Vice Chairman: Rep. Amos J. Cummings) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Rep.
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 ...
; Vice Chairman: Rep.
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 ...
)


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, until 1897 ** John Russell Young, from 1897 * Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict, until 1897 ** Francis W. Palmer, from 1897


Senate

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


House of Representatives

* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E. L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R) * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden Unitarian Universalist Association, ''Universalist''


See also

* 1896 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1896 United States presidential election ** 1896–97 United States Senate elections ** 1896 United States House of Representatives elections * 1898 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1898–99 United States Senate elections ** 1898 United States House of Representatives elections


References

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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress




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