The 50th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the

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and the

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. It met in

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from March 4, 1887, to March 4, 1889, during the third and fourth years of

Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. Cleveland is the only president in American ...

's first

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. The president

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212 pieces of legislation, the greatest number in a single session of Congress. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the

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majority, and the House had a

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majority.

Major events

Major legislation

* October 8, 1888:

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( Scott Act) * January 14, 1889:

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* February 22, 1889:

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, Sess. 2, ch. 180,

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: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...

: Vacant *

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John J. Ingalls John James Ingalls (December 29, 1833August 16, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as a United States senator from Kansas. Ingalls is credited with suggesting the state motto and designing the state seal. Life and career John ...

(R) *

Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informi ...

George F. Edmunds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was a Republican U.S. Senator from Vermont. Before entering the U.S. Senate, he served in a number of high-profile positions, including Speaker of the Vermont House of Representative ...

* Democratic Caucus Chairman:

James B. Beck James Burnie Beck (February 13, 1822May 3, 1890) was a Scottish-American slave owner, white supremacist, and United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Life Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Beck immigrated to the United States in 1 ...

House of Representatives

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

John G. Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834July 31, 1910) was an American politician from the commonwealth of Kentucky and was a member of the Democratic Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives seven times, first in ...

(D) * Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

Samuel S. Cox Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox (September 30, 1824 – September 10, 1889) was an American Congressman and diplomat. He represented both Ohio and New York in the United States House of Representatives and served as United States Ambassador to th ...

Joseph Gurney Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1911, and many consid ...

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:

John E. Kenna John Edward Kenna (April 10, 1848January 11, 1893) was an American politician who was a Senator from West Virginia from 1883 until his death. Biography Kenna was born in Kanawha County, Virginia (now West Virginia, near the city of St. Albans) ...

Members

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Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1892; Class 2 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1888; and Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1890.

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3.

James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...

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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...

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James H. Berry James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas. Early life James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama, to Isabella Jane (née Orr) and James McFe ...

(D) : 3.

James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US Congressional Representative, United States Senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. Biograph ...

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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

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George Hearst George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, miner, and politician. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Home ...

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Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American industrialist and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 8th governor of California from 1862 to 1863 and represented California in the United States Sen ...

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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

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Thomas M. Bowen Thomas Mead Bowen (October 26, 1835 – December 30, 1906) was a state legislator in Iowa and Colorado, a Union Army officer during the American Civil War, a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court, briefly the Governor of Idaho Territory, ...

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

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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

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Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the Un ...

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Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...

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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2.

Eli M. Saulsbury Eli May Saulsbury (December 29, 1817 – March 22, 1893) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Del ...

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Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D), from May 19, 1887 : 3.

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

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

: 2.

Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives too ...

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Joseph E. Brown Joseph Emerson Brown (April 15, 1821 – November 30, 1894), often referred to as Joe Brown, was an American attorney and politician, serving as the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, the only governor to serve four terms. He also se ...

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Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3.

Charles B. Farwell Charles Benjamin Farwell (July 1, 1823 – September 23, 1903) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois. Early life Farwell was born in Painted Post, New York on July 1, 1823. He was a son of Henry Farwell (1795–1873) and Nan ...

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Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...

: 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 ...

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

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Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

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James F. Wilson James Falconer "Jefferson Jim" Wilson (October 19, 1828April 22, 1895) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from Iowa's 1st congressional district during the American Civil War, and later as a two-t ...

(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 th ...

(R)

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...

: 2.

Preston B. Plumb Preston Bierce Plumb (October 12, 1837December 20, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas, as well as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Born in Delaware County, Ohio, at 9 his family removed to Marysv ...

(R) : 3.

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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

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Joseph C. S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biogr ...

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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

: 2. Randall L. Gibson (D) : 3.

James B. Eustis James Biddle Eustis (August 27, 1834September 9, 1899) was a United States senator from Louisiana who served as President Grover Cleveland, Cleveland's U.S. Ambassador to France, ambassador to France. Early life Born in New Orleans, he was the ...

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Maine Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...

: 1.

Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for ni ...

(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 shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...

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

(D) : 3. Ephraim K. Wilson (D)

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

: 1.

Henry L. Dawes Henry Laurens Dawes (October 30, 1816February 5, 1903) was an attorney and politician, a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative from Massachusetts. He is notable for the Dawes Act (1887), which was intended to stimul ...

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

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3.

J. Donald Cameron James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron ...

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Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...

: 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 ...

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Jonathan Chace Jonathan Chace (July 22, 1829June 30, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Biography Born at Fall River, Massachusetts, the son of Harvey Chace and the grandson of Oliver Chace. In 1854, he married Jane C. Moo ...

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South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...

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Matthew C. Butler Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander and attorney and politician from South Carolina. He served as a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American C ...

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Wade Hampton III Wade Hampton III (March 28, 1818April 11, 1902) was an American military officer who served the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War and later a politician from South Carolina. He came from a wealthy planter family, and ...

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...

: 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 t ...

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Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...

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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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John H. Reagan John Henninger Reagan (October 8, 1818March 6, 1905) was an American politician from Texas. A Democrat, Reagan resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives when Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. He s ...

(D) : 2.

Richard Coke Richard Coke (March 18, 1829May 14, 1897) was an American lawyer and statesman from Waco, Texas. He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and was a US Senator from 1877 to 1895. His governorship is notable for reestablishing local ...

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Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...

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(R) : 3. Justin Smith Morrill, Justin S. Morrill (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. Harrison H. Riddleberger (RA)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. Charles James Faulkner, Charles J. Faulkner (D), from May 5, 1887 : 2.

(D)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Philetus Sawyer (R) : 3. John Coit Spooner, John C. Spooner (R) 50th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . James T. Jones (D) : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : . William C. Oates (D) : . Alexander C. Davidson (D) : . James E. Cobb (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : . William H. Forney (D) : . Joseph Wheeler (D)

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Poindexter Dunn (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) : . Thomas Chipman McRae, Thomas C. McRae (D) : . John H. Rogers (Arkansas politician), John H. Rogers (D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . Thomas Larkin Thompson, Thomas L. Thompson (D) : . Marion Biggs (D) : . Joseph McKenna (R) : . William W. Morrow (R) : . Charles N. Felton (R) : . William Vandever (R)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . George G. Symes (R)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . Robert J. Vance (D) : . Carlos French (D) : . Charles Addison Russell, Charles A. Russell (R) : . Miles T. Granger (D)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . John B. Penington (D)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Robert H. M. Davidson (D) : . Charles Dougherty (Florida), Charles Dougherty (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Thomas M. Norwood (D) : . Henry Gray Turner, Henry G. Turner (D) : . Charles Frederick Crisp, Charles F. Crisp (D) : . Thomas Wingfield Grimes, Thomas W. Grimes (D) : . John D. Stewart (politician), John D. Stewart (D) : . James Henderson Blount, James H. Blount (D) : . Judson C. Clements (D) : . Henry Hull Carlton, Henry H. Carlton (D) : . Allen D. Candler (D) : . George Thomas Barnes, George T. Barnes (D)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Ransom W. Dunham (R) : . Frank Lawler (D) : . William E. Mason (American politician), William E. Mason (R) : . George E. Adams (R) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : . Robert R. Hitt (R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (politician), Thomas J. Henderson (R) : . Ralph Plumb (R) : . Lewis E. Payson (R) : . Philip S. Post (R) : . William H. Gest (R) : . George A. Anderson (D) : . William McKendree Springer, William M. Springer (D) : . Jonathan H. Rowell (R) : . Joseph Gurney Cannon, Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Silas Z. Landes (D) : . Edward Lane (Illinois politician), Edward Lane (D) : . Jehu Baker (R) : . Richard W. Townshend (D) : . John R. Thomas (R)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . Alvin P. Hovey (R), until January 17, 1889 :: Francis B. Posey (R), from January 29, 1889 : . John H. O'Neall (D) : . Jonas G. Howard (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . Courtland C. Matson (D) : . Thomas M. Browne (R) : . William D. Bynum (D) : . James T. Johnston (R) : . Joseph B. Cheadle (R) : . William D. Owen (R) : . George W. Steele (R) : . James Bain White, James B. White (R) : . Benjamin F. Shively (D)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . John H. Gear (R) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . William E. Fuller (R) : . Daniel Kerr (politician), Daniel Kerr (R) : . James B. Weaver (GB) : . Edwin H. Conger (R) : . Albert R. Anderson (IR) : . Joseph Lyman (R) : . Adoniram J. Holmes (R) : . Isaac S. Struble (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Edmund Needham Morrill, Edmund N. Morrill (R) : . Edward H. Funston (R) : . Bishop W. Perkins (R) : . Thomas Ryan (congressman), Thomas Ryan (R) : . John Alexander Anderson, John A. Anderson (IR) : . Erastus J. Turner (R) : . Samuel R. Peters (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . William Johnson Stone, William J. Stone (D) : . Polk Laffoon (D) : . W. Godfrey Hunter (R) : . Alexander B. Montgomery (D) : . Asher G. Caruth (D) : .

(D) : . William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . George M. Thomas (American politician), George M. Thomas (R) : . William P. Taulbee (D) : . Hugh F. Finley (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Theodore Stark Wilkinson (politician), Theodore S. Wilkinson (D) : . Matthew D. Lagan (D) : . Edward James Gay (1816-1889), Edward J. Gay (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . Cherubusco Newton (D) : . Edward White Robertson, Edward W. Robertson (D), until August 2, 1887 :: Samuel M. Robertson (D), from December 5, 1887

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R) : . Seth L. Milliken (R) : . Charles A. Boutelle (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . Charles Hopper Gibson, Charles H. Gibson (D) : . Frank Thomas Shaw, Frank T. Shaw (D) : . Harry Welles Rusk, Henry W. Rusk (D) : . Isidor Rayner (D) : . Barnes Compton (D) : . Louis E. McComas (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . Robert T. Davis (R) : . John Davis Long, John D. Long (R) : . Leopold Morse (D) : . Patrick A. Collins (D) : . Edward D. Hayden (R) : . Henry Cabot Lodge (R) : . William Cogswell (R) : . Charles Herbert Allen, Charles H. Allen (R) : . Edward Burnett (D) : . John E. Russell (D) : . William Whiting II (politician), William Whiting (R) : . Francis W. Rockwell (politician), Francis W. Rockwell (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . John Logan Chipman, J. Logan Chipman (D) : . Edward P. Allen (R) : . James O'Donnell (politician), James O'Donnell (R) : . Julius C. Burrows (R) : . Melbourne H. Ford (D) : . Mark S. Brewer (R) : . Justin Rice Whiting, Justin R. Whiting (D) : . Timothy E. Tarsney (D) : . Byron M. Cutcheon (R) : . Spencer O. Fisher (D) : . Seth C. Moffatt (R), until December 22, 1887 :: Henry W. Seymour (R), from February 14, 1888

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Thomas Wilson (Minnesota), Thomas Wilson (D) : . John Lind (politician), John Lind (R) : . John L. MacDonald (D) : . Edmund Rice (politician), Edmund Rice (D) : . Knute Nelson (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . John Mills Allen, John M. Allen (D) : . James B. Morgan (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Frederick G. Barry (D) : . Chapman L. Anderson (D) : . T. R. Stockdale, Thomas R. Stockdale (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . William H. Hatch (D) : . Charles H. Mansur (D) : . Alexander Monroe Dockery, Alexander M. Dockery (D) : . James N. Burnes (D), until January 23, 1889 :: Charles F. Booher (D), from February 19, 1889 : . William Warner (Missouri), William Warner (R) : . John T. Heard (D) : . John E. Hutton (D) : . John Joseph O'Neill (US politician), John J. O'Neill (D) : . John M. Glover (D) : . Martin L. Clardy (D) : . Richard P. Bland (D) : . William J. Stone (D) : . William H. Wade (R) : . James P. Walker (D)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . John A. McShane (D) : . James Laird (politician), James Laird (R) : . George Washington Emery Dorsey, George W. E. Dorsey (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . William Woodburn (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Luther F. McKinney (D) : . Jacob Harold Gallinger, Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . George Hires (R) : . James Buchanan (New Jersey politician), James Buchanan (R) : . John Kean (New Jersey politician), John Kean Jr. (R) : . James N. Pidcock (D) : . William Walter Phelps, William W. Phelps (R) : . Herman Lehlbach (R) : . William McAdoo (New Jersey), William McAdoo (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Perry Belmont (D), until December 1, 1888 : . Felix Campbell (D) : . Stephen V. White (R) : . Peter P. Mahoney (D) : . Archibald Meserole Bliss, Archibald M. Bliss (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . Lloyd Bryce, Lloyd S. Bryce (D) : . Timothy J. Campbell (D) : .

(D) : . Francis Barretto Spinola, Francis B. Spinola (D) : . Truman A. Merriman (D) : . William Bourke Cockran, W. Bourke Cockran (D) : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D) : . William G. Stahlnecker (D) : . Henry Bacon (New York), Henry Bacon (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Stephen T. Hopkins (R) : . Edward W. Greenman (D) : . Nicholas T. Kane (D), until September 14, 1887 :: Charles Tracey (D), from November 8, 1887 : . George West (American politician), George West (R) : . John H. Moffitt (R) : . Abraham X. Parker (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . David Wilber (R) : . James J. Belden (R), from November 8, 1887 : . Milton De Lano (R) : . Newton W. Nutting (R) : . Thomas S. Flood (politician), Thomas S. Flood (R) : . Ira Davenport (New York), Ira Davenport (R) : . Charles S. Baker (R) : . John G. Sawyer (R) : . John M. Farquhar (R) : . John B. Weber (R) : . William G. Laidlaw (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . Louis C. Latham (D) : . Furnifold McLendel Simmons (D) : . Charles W. McClammy (D) : . John Nichols (politician), John Nichols (I) : . John M. Brower (R) : . Alfred Rowland (D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. H. Cowles (D) : . Thomas D. Johnston (D)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Benjamin Butterworth (R) : . Charles Elwood Brown, Charles E. Brown (R) : . Elihu S. Williams (R) : . Samuel S. Yoder (D) : . George E. Seney (D) : . Melvin M. Boothman (R) : . James E. Campbell (D) : . Robert P. Kennedy (R) : . William C. Cooper (politician), William C. Cooper (R) : . Jacob Romeis (R) : . Albert C. Thompson (R) : . Jacob J. Pugsley (R) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : . Charles Preston Wickham, Charles P. Wickham (R) : . Charles H. Grosvenor (R) : . Beriah Wilkins (D) : . Joseph D. Taylor (R) : . William McKinley (R) : . Ezra B. Taylor (R) : . George W. Crouse (R) : . Martin A. Foran (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Binger Hermann (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill (R) : . Samuel J. Randall (D) : . William D. Kelley (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . Smedley Darlington (R) : . Robert Morris Yardley, Robert M. Yardley (R) : . Daniel Ermentrout (D) : . John Andrew Hiestand, John A. Hiestand (R) : . William Henry Sowden, William H. Sowden (D) : . Charles R. Buckalew (D) : . John Lynch (Pennsylvania politician), John Lynch (D) : . Charles N. Brumm (R) : . Franklin Bound (R) : . Frank Charles Bunnell, Frank C. Bunnell (R) : . Henry Clay McCormick, Henry C. McCormick (R) : . Edward Scull (R) : . Louis E. Atkinson (R) : . Levi Maish (D) : . John Patton (1823-1897), John Patton (R) : . Welty McCullogh (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . Thomas McKee Bayne, Thomas M. Bayne (R) : . Oscar Lawrence Jackson, Oscar L. Jackson (R) : . James Thompson Maffett, James T. Maffett (R) : . Norman Hall (politician), Norman Hall (D) : . William Lawrence Scott, William L. Scott (D) : . Edwin Sylvanus Osborne, Edwin S. Osborne (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Henry J. Spooner (R) : . Warren O. Arnold (R)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . Samuel Dibble (D) : . George D. Tillman (D) : . James S. Cothran (D) : . William H. Perry (South Carolina politician), William H. Perry (D) : . John J. Hemphill (D) : . George W. Dargan (D) : . William Elliott (American politician), William Elliott (D)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Roderick R. Butler (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R) : . John R. Neal (D) : . Benton McMillin (D) : . James D. Richardson (D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Washington C. Whitthorne (D) : . Benjamin A. Enloe (D) : . Presley T. Glass (D) : . James Phelan Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Charles Stewart (Texas politician), Charles Stewart (D) : .

(D), until March 4, 1887 :: William Harrison Martin, William H. Martin (D), from November 4, 1887 : . Constantine B. Kilgore (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Silas Hare (D) : . Joseph Abbott (Texas politician), Joseph Abbott (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : . Littleton W. Moore (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . S.W.T. Lanham, Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . John Wolcott Stewart, John W. Stewart (R) : . William W. Grout (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . Thomas H. B. Browne (R) : . George E. Bowden (R) : . George D. Wise (politician), George D. Wise (D) : . William E. Gaines (R) : . John Robert Brown (Virginia politician), John R. Brown (R) : . Samuel I. Hopkins (L) : . Charles Triplett O'Ferrall, Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) : . William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, William H. F. Lee (D) : . Henry Bowen (R) : . Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman), Jacob Yost (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Nathan Goff Jr., Nathan Goff (R) : . William Lyne Wilson, William L. Wilson (D) : . Charles P. Snyder (politician), Charles P. Snyder (D) : . Charles E. Hogg (D)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Lucien B. Caswell (R) : . Richard W. Guenther (R) : . Robert M. La Follette Sr., Robert M. La Follette (R) : . Henry Smith (Wisconsin politician), Henry Smith (L) : . Thomas R. Hudd (D) : . Charles B. Clark (R) : . Ormsby B. Thomas (R) : . Nils P. Haugen (R) : . Isaac Stephenson (R)

Non-voting members

: . Marcus A. Smith (D) : . Oscar S. Gifford (R) : . Fred Dubois, Fred T. Dubois (R) : . Joseph Toole, Joseph K. Toole (D) : . Antonio Joseph (U.S. politician), Antonio Joseph (D) : . John Thomas Caine, John T. Caine (D) : . Charles S. Voorhees (D) : . Joseph M. Carey (R) 50 us house membership

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 1 **

: no net change **

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: no net change ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 0 * Resignations: 1 * Interim appointments: 1 *Total seats with changes: 2

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 8 **

: no net change **

: no net change * Deaths: 4 * Resignations: 5 * Contested election: 0 *Total seats with changes: 8

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:

; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

) * 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: Zebulon B. Vance) * United States Senate Select Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America, Centennial of the Constitution and the Discovery of America (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Special Committee on Civil Service Operations, Civil Service Operations (Special) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: John Coit Spooner, John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom) * 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: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Eli Saulsbury; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Epidemic Diseases, Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III, Wade Hampton) * United States Senate Committee on Executive Departments Methods, Executive Departments Methods (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures of Public Money, Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III, Wade Hampton) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Select Committee on Fishing Bounties and Allowances, Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Traders, Indian Traders (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, Joseph C.S. Blackburn) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nicaraguan Claims, Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: George Frisbie Hoar, George F. Hoard) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Pacific Railway Commission, Pacific Railway Commission (Special) (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Philetus Sawyer; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) * United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: George F. Edmonds) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: James F. Wilson; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Matthew C. Butler) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Randall L. Gibson) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member:

)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Frank T. Shaw; Ranking Member: James O'Donnell (politician), James O'Donnell) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: Justin R. Whiting) * United States House Select Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: James E. Campbell; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Select Committee on American Ship building, American Ship building (Select) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: Edmund Rice (politician), Edmund Rice) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Beriah Wilkins; Ranking Member: Luther F. McKinney) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: S. W. T. Lanham; Ranking Member: John Lynch (Pennsylvania politician), John Lynch) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Norman Hall (politician), Norman Hall) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Martin L. Clardy; Ranking Member: James Phelan Jr.) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Hemphill; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Allen D. Candler; Ranking Member: John B. Penington) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member: Littleton W. Moore) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Spencer O. Fisher; Ranking Member: Constantine B. Kilgore) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Thomas R. Hudd; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member: Albert C. Thompson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William L. Scott; Ranking Member: Jacob Romeis) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Alexander M. Dockery; Ranking Member: Charles Elwood Brown, Charles E. Brown) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Leopold Morse; Ranking Member: Louis E. Atkinson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Joseph Wheeler; Ranking Member: John M. Farquhar) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Polk Laffoon; Ranking Member: William Warner (Missouri), William Warner) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Timothy J. Campbell; Ranking Member: Seth L. Milliken) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. McCreary; Ranking Member: James S. Cothran) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Samuel W. Peel; Ranking Member: Silas Hare) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member: John D. Stewart (politician), John D. Stewart) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. O'Neill; Ranking Member: Edward Burnett) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member: Samuel M. Robertson) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: William G. Stahlnecker; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Henry Bacon; Ranking Member: Frank C. Bunnell) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Poindexter Dunn; Ranking Member: John L. MacDonald) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: John H. Rogers; Ranking Member: James J. Belden) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Richard W. Townshend; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Yoder) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: William McAdoo (New Jersey politician), William McAdoo; Ranking Member: Francis B. Spinola) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles T. O'Ferrall; Ranking Member: Marion Biggs) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: Joseph Abbott (Texas politician), Joseph Abbott) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member: Miles T. Granger) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: James B. Weaver; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Archibald M. Bliss; Ranking Member: John E. Russell) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: James D. Richardson; Ranking Member: John A. Hiestand) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: John M. Glover; Ranking Member: Louis C. Latham) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Alfred Rowland) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Samuel Dibble; Ranking Member: Charles E. Hogg) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: William S. Holman; Ranking Member: John L. MacDonald) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: Henry H. Carlton) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: Charles E. Hogg) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Melbourne H. Ford) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: William Joel Stone, William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Theodore S. Wilkinson) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Roger Q. Mills; Ranking Member: William D. Bynum) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* 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 to Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, To Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: William G. Stahlnecker; Vice Chairman: Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing

Caucuses

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

Administrative officers

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

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

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: John George Butler, John G. Butler (Lutheranism, Lutheran) * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Anson G. McCook * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Alonzo M. Church * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: William P. Canady

House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodism, Methodist) * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: John B. Clark Jr. * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Alvin B. Hurt, elected December 5, 1887 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Nathaniel T. Crutchfield * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Lycurgus Dalton * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Thomas S. Pettit (D) and Neill S. Brown Jr. (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: John P. Leedom

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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