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
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. 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
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. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives
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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 ...
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 ...
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
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became
President of the United States
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.
* 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 ...
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
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Spanish–American War
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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
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, , authorized the mass dispossession of
territory
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from the
Cherokee Nation
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,
Chickasaw Nation
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,
Choctaw Nation
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,
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
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(Henderson-Nelson Act), ch. 541, , gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors.
* July 7, 1898:
Newlands Resolution
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The resolution was drafted by R ...
, No. 55, , authorized the annexation of the
Republic of Hawaii
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* March 3, 1899:
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
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Spanish–American War
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.
Guam
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, the
Philippines
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, and
Puerto Rico
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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
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*President (government title)
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:
Garret Hobart
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Republican Conference Chairman
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:
William B. Allison
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David Turpie
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Republican Conference Chairman
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This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Colorado
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Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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), ...
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 ...
Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
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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 ...
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 ...
William B. Allison
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Kansas
Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
: 2.
Lucien Baker
Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas.
Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended public schools and graduated from Adrian College and from t ...
Kentucky
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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 ...
: 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 ...
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 ...
Maryland
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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
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Michigan
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Minnesota
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Knute Nelson
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Mississippi
Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...
Missouri
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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:
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Thomas C. Platt
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt
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North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
North Dakota
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Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
: 1.
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
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Foraker was ...
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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 ...
Pennsylvania
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Boies Penrose
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Rhode Island
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South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
South Dakota
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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 ...
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 ...
Utah
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Vermont
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Jonathan Ross
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(R), from January 11, 1899
Virginia
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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 ...
West Virginia
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Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
: 1.
John L. Mitchell
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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 ...
Francis E. Warren
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House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
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 ...
Joseph Wheeler
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Oscar Underwood
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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 ...
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 ...
Colorado
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Connecticut
Connecticut ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York (state), New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
William C. Adamson
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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), ...
: .
James Gunn
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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 ...
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 ...
Robert R. Hitt
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Maryland
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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. May 18, 1736une 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Virginia Conventions, Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give m ...
(D)
Missouri
Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it border ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941), nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representative from the same state. Su ...
Lemuel E. Quigg
Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a United States representative from New York (state), New York.
Biography
He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of ...
James S. Sherman
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James J. Belden
James Jerome Belden (September 30, 1825 – January 1, 1904) was an American politician and a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York.
Biography
Born in Fabius, New York, Belden was the son 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 ...
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 ...
Ohio
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Charles W. F. Dick
Charles William Frederick Dick (November 3, 1858 – March 13, 1945) was a United States Republican Party, Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate, U.S. Senate.
Early l ...
Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Daniel Ermentrout
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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 ...
South Carolina
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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 (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; 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)
* 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; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; 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; 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; 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.)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; 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; 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.)
* 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
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)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
David Turpie
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; Ranking Member: William P. Frye)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Henry Cabot Lodge
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; 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)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; 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; 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 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)
* 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)
* 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
Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a United States representative from New York (state), New York.
Biography
He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of ...
; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William L. Terry)
* 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
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft. A member of the Republican Party (United States), ...
; 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)
* 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
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941), nicknamed Plain Bill, was an American lawyer and politician. He was the 39th governor of New York serving for 10 months in 1913, and a long-serving U.S. representative from the same state. Su ...
)
* 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:
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* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Jesse F. Stallings)
* 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; 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)
* 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; Vice Chairman: Rep. James D. Richardson)
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