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The 52nd 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, 1891, to March 4, 1893, during the final two years of
Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a ...
's
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. The apportionment of seats in the
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was based on the
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maintained a majority in the Senate (albeit reduced), but the Democrats won back the majority in the House, ending the Republican overall federal government
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Major events


Major legislation

* May 5, 1892:
Geary Act The Geary Act of 1892 was a United States law that extended the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and added new requirements. It was written by California Representative Thomas J. Geary and was passed by Congress on . The law required all Chines ...
* February 13, 1893:
Harter Act Affreightment (from freight) is a legal term relating to shipping. A ''contract of affreightment'' is a contract between a ''ship-owner'' and a charterer, in which the ship-owner agrees to carry goods for the charterer in the ship by water. (de ...
(Carriage of Goods by Sea), ch. 105,


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

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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...
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Levi P. Morton Levi Parsons Morton (May 16, 1824 – May 16, 1920) was the 22nd vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He also served as List of ambassadors of the United States to France, United States ambassador to France, as a United States H ...
(R) * President pro tempore:
Charles F. Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...
(R) *
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
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John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U. ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorma ...


House of Representatives

*
Speaker Speaker most commonly refers to: * Speaker, a person who produces speech * Loudspeaker, a device that produces sound ** Computer speakers Speaker, Speakers, or The Speaker may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * "Speaker" (song), by David ...
: Charles F. Crisp (D) * Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed * Democratic Caucus Chairman: William S. Holman *
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican senators in the United States Senate. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opin ...
: Thomas J. Henderson * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: Roswell P. Flower


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by
class Class, Classes, or The Class may refer to: Common uses not otherwise categorized * Class (biology), a taxonomic rank * Class (knowledge representation), a collection of individuals or objects * Class (philosophy), an analytical concept used d ...
, and representatives are listed by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''


Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Senators are listed by 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 1892; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1894; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.


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

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3.
James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was an American politician and attorney who was a U.S. senator from Alabama from 1880 to 1897, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh ...
(D)


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

: 2. James H. Berry (D) : 3.
James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US congressional representative, United States senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. He was a De ...
(D)


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

: 1. Charles N. Felton (R), from March 19, 1891 : 3.
Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of Calif ...
(R)


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

: 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (R)


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

: 1.
Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the List of Governors of Connecticut, 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a United States, U.S. politician in the Republican Party (United States), Republican and Free Soil parties, a America ...
(R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (R)


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

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2. Anthony Higgins (R)


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

: 1.
Samuel Pasco Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician and Confederate soldier who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida. He is the only Confederate private ever elected to the U.S. Senate. Biography Pasco was born in London, Engl ...
(D) : 3.
Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call an ...
(D), from May 26, 1891


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

: 2.
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 ...
(D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D)


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

: 2.
George L. Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last territorial governor. He served several months after statehood in 1890 and then became one of the s ...
(R) : 3. Fred T. Dubois (R)


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

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. John McAuley Palmer (D)


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

: 1.
David Turpie David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...
(D) : 3.
Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during ...
(D)


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

: 2.
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- ...
(R) : 3.
William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in t ...
(R)


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

: 2.
Preston B. Plumb Preston B. 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 Marysvill ...
(R), until December 20, 1891 :: Bishop W. Perkins (R), from January 1, 1892 : 3. William A. Peffer (P)


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

: 2.
John G. Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834July 31, 1910) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1890, serving as the 31st Speake ...
(D), until February 4, 1893 :: William Lindsay (D), from February 15, 1893 : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)


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

: 2.
Randall L. Gibson Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a United States House of Representatives, member of the House of Representatives and List of United States Senators from Louisi ...
(D), until December 15, 1892 ::
Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner. Biography Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
(D), from December 31, 1892 : 3. Edward D. White Jr. (D)


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

: 1.
Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebr ...
(R) : 2. William P. Frye (R)


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

: 1.
Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorm ...
(D) : 3. Charles H. Gibson (D), from November 19, 1891


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 L. Dawes (R) : 2.
George F. Hoar George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician, represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 until his death in 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politic ...
(R)


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

: 1.
Francis B. Stockbridge Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator in the U.S. state, state of Michigan. Biography Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there ...
(R) : 2.
James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to: Sportspeople * James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland * James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St B ...
(R)


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

: 1.
Cushman K. Davis Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Early life and American Civil War Davis was born in Henderson, N ...
(R) : 2.
William D. Washburn William Drew "W.D." Washburn, Sr. (January 14, 1831 – July 29, 1912) was an American politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. Three of his seven ...
(R)


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

: 1. James Z. George (D) : 2.
Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Reconstruction era United States Senator from Mississippi. Early life Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, ...
(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 ...

: 1.
Francis Cockrell Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate States Army, Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He ...
(D) : 3. George G. Vest (D)


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

: 1. Wilbur F. Sanders (R) : 2.
Thomas C. Power Thomas Charles Power (May 22, 1839February 16, 1923) was a United States Republican Party, Republican senator from Montana and an American businessman. Early life, education, and career Born near Dubuque, Iowa, on May 22, 1839, Power attended ...
(R)


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

: 1. Algernon S. Paddock (R) : 2.
Charles F. Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...
(R)


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

: 1.
William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne County, ...
(R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)


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

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


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

: 1. Rufus Blodgett (D) : 2. John R. McPherson (D)


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

: 1. Frank Hiscock (R) : 3.
David B. Hill David Bennett Hill (August 29, 1843October 20, 1910) was an American politician from New York who was the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897. In 1892, he made an un ...
(D), from January 7, 1892


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

: 2. Matt W. Ransom (D) : 3. Zebulon B. Vance (D)


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

: 1. Lyman R. Casey (R) : 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)


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

: 1.
John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio who served in federal office throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U. ...
(R) : 3. Calvin S. Brice (D)


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

: 2.
Joseph N. Dolph Joseph Norton Dolph (October 19, 1835March 10, 1897) was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York (state), New York, he immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail and settled in Portland, Oreg ...
(R) : 3.
John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell (born John Mitchell Hipple; June 23, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician. He served as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, United States Senator from Oregon on three occasi ...
(R)


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

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


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

: 1.
Nelson W. Aldrich Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the ...
(R) : 2.
Nathan F. Dixon III Nathan Fellows Dixon III (August 28, 1847November 8, 1897) was a United States representative and Senator from Rhode Island. Early life Dixon was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on August 28, 1847. He attended the local schools and Phillips Aca ...
(R)


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

: 2.
Matthew C. Butler Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander, attorney and politician, and slaveholder from South Carolina. Database at He served as a major general in the Confederate States ...
(D) : 3. John L. M. Irby (D)


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

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


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

: 1.
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
(D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D)


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

: 1.
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 declared secession from the United States and joined the Confederate St ...
(D), until June 10, 1891 ::
Horace Chilton Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas. Biography Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing th ...
(D), from June 10, 1891, until March 22, 1892 :: Roger Q. Mills (D), from March 23, 1892 : 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 ...
(D)


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

: 1.
George F. Edmunds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented the state of Vermont in the United States Senate from 1866 to 1891. He was a candidate for the Republican president ...
(R), until November 1, 1891 ::
Redfield Proctor Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
(R), from November 2, 1891 : 3.
Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely reme ...
(R)


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

: 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. John S. Barbour Jr. (D), until May 14, 1892 :: Eppa Hunton, II (D), from May 28, 1892


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

: 1.
John B. Allen John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...
(R) : 3. Watson C. Squire (R)


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

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner Jr. (D) : 2. John E. Kenna (D), until January 11, 1893 :: Johnson N. Camden (D), from January 25, 1893


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.
Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a United States Senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893) and served ten years in the U.S. ...
(R) : 3. William F. Vilas (D)


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

: 1.
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 ...
(R) : 2. Joseph M. Carey (R)


House of Representatives

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 ...

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Richard H. Clarke Richard Henry Clarke (February 9, 1843 – September 26, 1906) was a politician and U.S. Representative from Alabama. Biography Born in Dayton, Alabama, Clarke attended Green Springs Academy. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Tusc ...
(D) : . Hilary A. Herbert (D) : .
William C. Oates William Calvin Oates (either November 30 or December 1, 1835September 9, 1910) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Ar ...
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Louis W. Turpin Louis Washington Turpin (February 22, 1849 – February 3, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, When his parents both died, he moved to Alabama with his sister and settled in Perry County in 1858. ...
(D) : . James E. Cobb (D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : .
William H. Forney William Henry Forney (November 9, 1823 – January 16, 1894) was an Alabama legislator, a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and U.S. Representative from Alabama from March 4, 1875 to March 3, 1893. ...
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Joseph Wheeler Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was a military commander and politician of the Confederate States of America. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil ...
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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 ...

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Clifton R. Breckinridge Clifton Rodes Breckinridge (November 22, 1846 – December 3, 1932) was an American politician who served as a Democratic Party alderman, U.S. representative, diplomat, and businessman. He also served in both the Confederate States Army and Conf ...
(D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : .
William L. Terry William Leake Terry (September 27, 1850 – November 4, 1917) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 1891 to 1901. Early life a ...
(D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D)


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

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Anthony Caminetti Anthony Caminetti (July 30, 1854 – November 17, 1923) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from California from 1891 to 1895. Early life and career Born in Jackson, California, Caminetti ...
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Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the Government of the United States, U.S. federal government as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorne ...
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John T. Cutting John Tyler Cutting (September 7, 1844 – November 24, 1911) was an American Civil War veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1891 to 1893, Biography Born in Westport, New York, Cutting was left an orphan ...
(R) : . Eugene F. Loud (R) : . William W. Bowers (R)


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

: . Hosea Townsend (R)


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

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Lewis Sperry Lewis Sperry (January 23, 1848 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative from Connecticut. He was born at East Windsor Hill, South Windsor, Connecticut. He attended the district school and Monson Academy, Monson, Massachusetts and ...
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Washington F. Willcox Washington Frederick Willcox (August 22, 1834 – March 8, 1909) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Connecticut from 1889 to 1893. Biography Born in Killingworth, Connecticut, Willcox ...
(D) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : .
Robert E. De Forest Robert Elliott De Forest (February 20, 1845 – October 1, 1924) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district. He served as the mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1878, and ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

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John W. Causey John William Causey (September 19, 1841 – October 1, 1908) was an American politician, lawyer and farmer from the state of Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a state senator and as a member of the U.S. House of Re ...
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Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ...

: . Stephen R. Mallory (D) : .
Robert Bullock Robert Bullock (December 8, 1828 – July 27, 1905) was an American lawyer, judge, state legislator, and United States representative from Florida. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Early li ...
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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...

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Rufus E. Lester Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Sa ...
(D) : . Henry G. Turner (D) : . Charles F. Crisp (D) : .
Charles L. Moses Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1876. He ...
(D) : . Leonidas F. Livingston (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : . Robert W. Everett (D) : .
Thomas G. Lawson Thomas Graves Lawson (May 2, 1835 – April 16, 1912) was a Congressional Representative from Georgia. Early life Born near Eatonton, Georgia, Lawson attended private schools and graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1855. He s ...
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Thomas E. Winn Thomas Elisha Winn (May 21, 1839 – June 5, 1925) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 1891 to 1893. Early life and educatio ...
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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), ...

: . Willis Sweet (R)


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

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Abner Taylor Abner Taylor (January 19, 1829 – April 13, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Bangor, Maine, Taylor moved with his parents to Champaign County, Ohio, in 1832, thence to Fort Dodge, Iowa, and subsequently to Chicago, Illin ...
(R) : . Lawrence E. McGann (D) : .
Allan C. Durborow Jr. Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. (November 10, 1857 – March 10, 1908) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Durborow moved to Indiana in 1862 with his parents, who set ...
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Albert J. Hopkins Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois. Biography Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He mar ...
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Robert R. Hitt Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but ...
(R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : .
Lewis Steward Lewis Steward (November 20, 1824 – August 27, 1896) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He also co-founded Marsh, Steward & Company, a company that later merged to become International Harvester. ...
(D) : . Herman W. Snow (D) : . Philip S. Post (R) : . Benjamin T. Cable (D) : .
Scott Wike Scott Wike (April 6, 1834 – January 15, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Wike moved with his parents to Quincy, Illinois, in 1838 and to Pike County in 1844. He graduated from Lombard Universi ...
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William M. Springer William McKendree Springer (May 30, 1836 – December 4, 1903) was an American attorney and politician who represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and served on the United States Court for the Indian Territory. Ear ...
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Owen Scott Owen Scott (July 6, 1848 – December 21, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born on a farm in Jackson Township, Illinois, Scott attended the common schools, a private school in Kinmundy and the State normal school in Normal, Illin ...
(D) : . Samuel T. Busey (D) : . George W. Fithian (D) : . Edward Lane (D) : .
William S. Forman William St. John Forman (January 20, 1847 – June 10, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Early life Born in Natchez, Mississippi, Forman moved with his father to Nashville, Washington County, Illinois, in 1851. He attended the p ...
(D) : . James R. Williams (D) : . George Washington Smith (R)


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

: . William F. Parrett (D) : . John L. Bretz (D) : . Jason B. Brown (D) : . William S. Holman (D) : . George W. Cooper (D) : . Henry U. Johnson (R) : . William D. Bynum (D) : .
Elijah V. Brookshire Elijah Voorhees Brookshire (August 15, 1856 – April 14, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895. Early life Born near Ladoga, Indiana, Brookshire attended the ...
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Daniel W. Waugh Daniel Webster Waugh (March 7, 1842 – March 14, 1921) was an American lawyer and Civil War veteran who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1891 to 1895. Early life and career Waugh was born Daniel Webster Waugh near ...
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Augustus N. Martin Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the Civil War who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895. Biography Born near Whitestown, Connoquen ...
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Charles A. O. McClellan Charles A. O. McClellan (May 25, 1835 – January 31, 1898) was an American banker, lawyer, and jurist who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1893. Biography Born in Ashland, Ohio, McClellan moved to Auburn, ...
(D) : . Benjamin F. Shively (D)


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 ...

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John J. Seerley John Joseph Seerley (March 13, 1852 – February 23, 1931) was a one-term Democratic U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district in southeastern Iowa. Born on a farm near Toulon, Illinois, Seerley moved to Iowa in 1854 with h ...
(D) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : . David B. Henderson (R) : . Walter H. Butler (D) : . John T. Hamilton (D) : . Frederick E. White (D) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : . James P. Flick (R) : . Thomas Bowman (D) : .
Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
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George D. Perkins George Douglas Perkins (February 29, 1840 – February 3, 1914) was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in the northwestern portion of the state, and a candidate for his party's ...
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Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

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Case Broderick Case Broderick (September 23, 1839 – April 1, 1920) was an American politician and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1884 to 1888 and as United States House of Representativ ...
(R) : . Edward H. Funston (R) : . Benjamin H. Clover (P) : .
John G. Otis John Grant Otis (February 10, 1838 – February 22, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born near Danby, Vermont, he was a descendant of the Otis family counted among the Boston Brahmin families. He pursued an academic ...
(P) : . John Davis (P) : . William Baker (P) : . Jeremiah Simpson (P)


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

: . William J. Stone (D) : . William T. Ellis (D) : . Isaac H. Goodnight (D) : . Alexander B. Montgomery (D) : . Asher G. Caruth (D) : . William W. Dickerson (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : .
James B. McCreary James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...
(D) : . Thomas H. Paynter (D) : . John W. Kendall (D), until March 7, 1892 ::
Joseph M. Kendall Joseph Morgan Kendall (May 12, 1863 – November 5, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1892 to 1893, then again from 1895 to 1897. He was the son of John Wilkerson Ken ...
(D), from April 21, 1892 : . John H. Wilson (R)


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

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Matthew D. Lagan Matthew Diamond Lagan (June 20, 1829 – April 8, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district from 1887 to 1889 and 1891 to 1893. He was a Democrat. Lagan was born in Maghera, County Londonderry, Ireland, and im ...
(D) : . Andrew Price (D) : . Newton C. Blanchard (D) : . Charles J. Boatner (D) : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)


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

: . Thomas B. Reed (R) : .
Nelson Dingley Jr. Nelson Dingley Jr. (February 15, 1832 – January 13, 1899) was a journalist and politician from the U.S. state of Maine. Dingley was born in Durham, Maine and attended the common schools at Unity, Maine and Waterville College (now Colby Col ...
(R) : . Seth L. Milliken (R) : .
Charles A. Boutelle Charles Addison Boutelle (February 9, 1839 – May 21, 1901) was an American seaman, shipmaster, naval officer, Civil War veteran, newspaper editor, publisher, conservative Republican politician, and nine-term Representative to the U.S. Congress f ...
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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

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Henry Page Henry Page (June 28, 1841 – January 7, 1913) was an American politician. Biography Page was born in Princess Anne, Maryland, and received preparatory instruction at the school of Anthony Bolivar in West Chester, Pennsylvania. He attended ...
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John B. Brown John Brewer Brown (May 13, 1836 – May 16, 1898) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives, elected by Maryland's 1st congressional district. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brown attended Centreville Academy and D ...
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Herman Stump Herman Stump Jr. (August 8, 1837 – January 9, 1917) was an American politician and lawyer. He is most notable for his service in the Maryland Senate and as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Early life Herman Stump Jr. wa ...
(D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : .
Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...
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Barnes Compton Barnes Compton (November 16, 1830 – December 2, 1898) was a Representative of the fifth congressional district of Maryland and a Treasurer of Maryland. Early life Barnes Compton was born on November 16, 1830, in Port Tobacco, Charles Count ...
(D) : . William M. McKaig (D)


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

: . Charles S. Randall (R) : .
Elijah A. Morse Elijah Adams Morse (May 25, 1841 – June 5, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Morse moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852. He attended the publ ...
(R) : . John F. Andrew (D) : . Joseph H. O'Neil (D) : . Sherman Hoar (D) : .
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850November 9, 1924) was an American politician, historian, lawyer, and statesman from Massachusetts. A member of the History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in the United States ...
(R), until March 3, 1893 : . William Cogswell (R) : . Moses T. Stevens (D) : . George F. Williams (D) : . Joseph H. Walker (R) : . Frederick S. Coolidge (D) : .
John C. Crosby John Crawford Crosby (June 15, 1859 – October 14, 1943) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Crosby was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of Pittsfield and graduated from Eastman Bu ...
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Michigan Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...

: . J. Logan Chipman (D) : . James S. Gorman (D) : . James O'Donnell (R) : .
Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania, and moved then with his parents to Ashta ...
(R) : . Melbourne H. Ford (D), until April 20, 1891 :: Charles E. Belknap (R), from November 3, 1891 : .
Byron G. Stout Byron Gray Stout (January 12, 1829 – June 19, 1896) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Stout was born in Richmond, New York and moved with his parents to Michigan in 1831. He attended the common schools and graduated from the U ...
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Justin R. Whiting Justin Rice Whiting (February 18, 1847 – January 31, 1903) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan. Whiting was born in Bath (village), New York, Bath, New York, and moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who ...
(D) : . Henry M. Youmans (D) : . Harrison H. Wheeler (D) : . Thomas A. E. Weadock (D) : . Samuel M. Stephenson (R)


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

: . William H. Harries (D) : . John Lind (R) : . Osee M. Hall (D) : .
James N. Castle James Nathan Castle (May 23, 1836 – January 2, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Shefford in Lower Canada; he attended the public schools; studied law; moved to Afton, Washington County, Minnesota, in 1862 and taught ...
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Kittel Halvorson Kittel Halvorson (December 15, 1846 – July 12, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Biography Kittel Halvorson was born near Tuddal in Hjartdal, Hjartdal parish, Telemark, Norway. In 1848, he immigrated to the United States wit ...
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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 ...

: . John M. Allen (D) : . John C. Kyle (D) : . Thomas C. Catchings (D) : . Clarke Lewis (D) : .
Joseph H. Beeman Joseph Henry Beeman (November 17, 1833 – July 31, 1909) was an American educator and slave owner and officer in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He later served a term as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1891 to 189 ...
(D) : . Thomas R. Stockdale (D) : . Charles E. Hooker (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 ...

: . William H. Hatch (D) : .
Charles H. Mansur Charles Harley Mansur (March 6, 1835 – April 16, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mansur attended Lawrence Academy, Groton, Massachusetts. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Richmon ...
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Alexander M. Dockery Alexander Monroe Dockery (February 11, 1845 – December 26, 1926) was an American physician and politician who served as the 30th governor of Missouri from 1901 to 1905. A Democrat, he was a member of the United States House of Representa ...
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Robert P. C. Wilson Robert Patterson Clark Wilson (August 8, 1834 – December 21, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Boonville, Missouri, Wilson moved with his parents to Platte County. He attended William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, a ...
(D) : . John C. Tarsney (D) : . John T. Heard (D) : . Richard H. Norton (D) : . John J. O'Neill (D) : .
Seth W. Cobb Seth Wallace Cobb (December 5, 1838 – May 22, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Biography Born near Petersburg, Virginia, Cobb attended the common schools. He joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served th ...
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Samuel Byrns Samuel Byrns (March 4, 1848 – July 9, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born on a farm in Jefferson County, Missouri, Byrns studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Hillsboro, Missouri. He served ...
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Richard P. Bland Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, representin ...
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David A. De Armond David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891, until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Ma ...
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Robert W. Fyan Robert Washington Fyan (March 11, 1835 – July 28, 1896) was a U.S. Representative and soldier from Missouri. Born in Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, Fyan attended the common schools. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1858; commencin ...
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Marshall Arnold Marshall Arnold (October 21, 1845 – June 12, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born at Cook Settlement, near Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Arnold attended the common schools. Professor at Arcadia College in 1870 and ...
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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 ...

: . William W. Dixon (D)


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 ...

: . William J. Bryan (D) : . William A. McKeighan (P) : .
Omer M. Kem Omer Madison Kem (November 13, 1855 – February 13, 1942) was an American Populist Party politician. Early life Omer Madison Kem was born in Hagerstown, Indiana on November 13, 1855. Career He moved to Custer County, Nebraska in 1882 and ...
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Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...

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Horace F. Bartine Horace Franklin Bartine (March 21, 1848 – August 27, 1918) was a United States representative from Nevada. Biography Bartine was born in New York City on March 21, 1848, and his family moved to New Jersey in 1858. He attended the local school ...
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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 ...

: . Luther F. McKinney (D) : . Warren F. Daniell (D)


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 ...

: . Christopher A. Bergen (R) : .
James Buchanan James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the United States Secretary of State, secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvan ...
(R) : . Jacob A. Geissenhainer (D) : . Samuel Fowler (D) : . Cornelius A. Cadmus (D) : . Thomas D. English (D) : . Edward F. McDonald (D), until November 5, 1892, vacant thereafter


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 * ...

: . James W. Covert (D) : . David A. Boody (D), until October 13, 1891 :: Alfred C. Chapin (D), from November 3, 1891, until November 16, 1892, vacant thereafter : .
William J. Coombs William Jerome Coombs (December 24, 1833 – January 12, 1922) was a Bourbon Democrat member of the United States House of Representatives from New York, serving two terms from 1891 to 1895. Biography Born in Jordan, New York, Coombs attende ...
(D) : . John M. Clancy (D) : .
Thomas F. Magner Thomas Francis Magner (March 8, 1860 – December 22, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1889 to 1895. He was an uncle of John Francis Carew. Biography Born in ...
(D) : . John R. Fellows (D) : .
Edward J. Dunphy Edward John Dunphy (May 12, 1856 – July 29, 1926) of New York City was a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1889 to 1895. He was a Democrat. Biography Edward J. Dunphy was born in New York City on May ...
(D) : . Timothy J. Campbell (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : .
Francis B. Spinola Francis Barretto Spinola (March 19, 1821 – April 14, 1891) was an American politician and military leader often considered to have been the first Italian AmericanMultiple sources: * * * * to be elected to the United States House of Represe ...
(D), until April 14, 1891 :: W. Bourke Cockran (D), from November 3, 1891 : . J. De Witt Warner (D) : . Roswell P. Flower (D), until September 16, 1891 :: Joseph J. Little (D), from November 3, 1891 : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D) : .
William G. Stahlnecker William Griggs Stahlnecker (June 20, 1849 – March 26, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1893. Biography Born in Auburn, New York, Stahlnecker moved with his p ...
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Henry Bacon Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 ...
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John H. Ketcham John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 – November 4, 1906) was an American politician and military officer who was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years from 1877 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1906. He also served as a ...
(R) : . Isaac N. Cox (D) : .
John A. Quackenbush John Adam Quackenbush (October 15, 1828 – May 11, 1908) was a U.S. Republican politician from New York. Biography John A. Quackenbush was born in Schaghticoke, New York on October 15, 1828. He was educated locally, graduated from Stillwater ...
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Charles Tracey Charles Tracey (May 27, 1847 – March 24, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Albany, New York, Tracey graduated from The Albany Academy in 1866. He served in the Papal Zouaves at Rome, Italy between 1867 and 187 ...
(D) : . John Sanford (R) : .
John M. Wever John Madison Wever (February 24, 1847 – September 27, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Wever was born in Ganges Township, Michigan. He attended the common schools and Albion College. During the Civil War he entered the ...
(R) : . Leslie W. Russell (R), until September 11, 1891 :: Newton M. Curtis (R), from November 3, 1891 : .
Henry W. Bentley Henry Wilbur Bentley (September 30, 1838 – January 27, 1907) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1891 to 1893. Biography Henry Wilbur Bentley was born on September 30 ...
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George Van Horn George Van Horn (February 5, 1850 – May 3, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Otsego, New York, Van Horn attended the common schools, the Cooperstown Seminary, and the New Berlin Academy. He studied law. He was admitted to ...
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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 ...
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George W. Ray George Washington Ray (February 3, 1844 – January 10, 1925) was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Bor ...
(R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Hosea H. Rockwell (D) : .
John Raines John Raines (May 6, 1840 – December 16, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He authored the 1896 Raines Law, which prohibited liquor sales on Sundays, except in hotels, which had the unintended consequence of fostering p ...
(R) : . Halbert S. Greenleaf (D) : . James W. Wadsworth (R) : . Daniel N. Lockwood (D) : .
Thomas L. Bunting Thomas Lathrop Bunting (April 24, 1844 – December 27, 1898) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1891 to 1893. Biography Born in Eden, New York, Bunting was educated i ...
(D) : . Warren B. Hooker (R)


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

: . William A. B. Branch (D) : . Henry P. Cheatham (R) : .
Benjamin F. Grady Benjamin Franklin Grady (October 10, 1831 – March 6, 1914) was a teacher, US Congressman and author from North Carolina. He represented the state's 3rd district in the U.S. Congress from 1891 to 1895. Biography He was born near Sarecta, in A ...
(D) : . Benjamin H. Bunn (D) : . Archibald H. A. Williams (D) : . Sydenham B. Alexander (D) : . John S. Henderson (D) : . William H. H. Cowles (D) : . William T. Crawford (D)


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 ...

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

: . Bellamy Storer (R) : . John A. Caldwell (R) : . George W. Houk (D) : . Martin K. Gantz (D) : .
Fernando C. Layton Fernando Coello Layton (April 11, 1847 – June 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1891 to 1897. Early life and career Born near St. Johns, Auglaiz ...
(D) : . Dennis D. Donovan (D) : . William E. Haynes (D) : . Darius D. Hare (D) : . Joseph H. Outhwaite (D) : .
Robert E. Doan Robert Eachus Doan (July 23, 1831 – February 24, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1891 to 1893. Biography Born near Wilmington, Ohio, Doan attended common schools ther ...
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John M. Pattison John M. Pattison (June 13, 1847 – June 18, 1906) was an American Democratic politician from Ohio. Pattison was for five months the 43rd governor of Ohio, serving for a shorter period than any other person elected to the office before his ...
(D) : . William H. Enochs (R) : . J. Irvine Dungan (D) : .
James W. Owens James W. Owens is an American economist and manufacturing executive. He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines ...
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Michael D. Harter Michael Daniel Harter (April 6, 1846 – February 22, 1896) was an American banker and politician. He served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio during the 1890s. Biography Born in 1846 in Canton, Ohio, Harter attended public schools. H ...
(D) : . John G. Warwick (D), until August 14, 1892 ::
Lewis P. Ohliger Lewis Philip Ohliger (January 3, 1843 – January 9, 1923) was an American politician who briefly served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1892 to 1893. Biography Born in Rheinpfalz, Kingdom of Bavaria, Ohliger immigrated to the United S ...
(D), from December 5, 1892 : . Albert J. Pearson (D) : . Joseph D. Taylor (R) : .
Ezra B. Taylor Ezra Booth Taylor (July 9, 1823 – January 29, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1880 to 1893. He won election to the congressional seat that had been vacated by James Garfield after h ...
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Vincent A. Taylor Vincent Albert Taylor (December 6, 1845 – December 2, 1922) was a soldier, businessman, and single-term United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1891 to 1893. Biography Born in Bedford, Ohio, Taylor attend ...
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Tom L. Johnson Tom Loftin Johnson (July 18, 1854 – April 10, 1911) was an American industrialist, Georgist politician, and important figure of the Progressive Era and a pioneer in urban political and social reform. He was a U.S. Representative from 1891 to ...
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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 ...

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Binger Hermann Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann served in both houses o ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...

: . Henry H. Bingham (R) : . Charles O'Neill (R) : .
William McAleer William McAleer (January 6, 1838April 19, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 to ...
(D) : . John E. Reyburn (R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : . John B. Robinson (R) : .
Edwin Hallowell Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893. Biography Edwin Hallowell was bor ...
(D) : . William Mutchler (D) : .
David B. Brunner David B. Brunner (March 7, 1835 – November 29, 1903) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography David B. Brunner was born in Amity, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools and learned the c ...
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Marriott Brosius Marriott Henry Brosius (March 7, 1843 – March 16, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Education and military service Marriott Brosius was born in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsyl ...
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Lemuel Amerman Lemuel Amerman (October 29, 1846 – October 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893. Life and career Lemuel Amerman wa ...
(D) : . George W. Shonk (R) : .
James B. Reilly James Bernard Reilly (August 12, 1845 – May 14, 1924) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. James B. Reilly was born in Pinedale, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools and was graduated from ...
(D) : . John W. Rife (R) : .
Myron B. Wright Myron Benjamin Wright (June 12, 1847 – November 13, 1894) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Myron B. Wright (brother of Charles Frederick Wright) was born at Forest Lake, Pennsylvania. He att ...
(R) : . Albert C. Hopkins (R) : .
Simon P. Wolverton Simon Peter Wolverton (January 28, 1837 – October 25, 1910) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran and Democratic politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1895. Early life and education Simo ...
(D) : . Louis E. Atkinson (R) : . Frank E. Beltzhoover (D) : .
Edward Scull Edward Scull (February 5, 1818 – July 10, 1900) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 17th congressional district from 1887 to 1889 and 20th con ...
(R) : . George F. Huff (R) : .
John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887 to 1913. During the presidency of T ...
(R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . Andrew Stewart (R), until February 26, 1892 :: Alexander K. Craig (D), from February 26, 1892, until July 29, 1892 :: William A. Sipe (D), from December 5, 1892 : . Eugene P. Gillespie (D) : . Matthew Griswold (R) : . Charles W. Stone (R) : . George F. Kribbs (D)


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 ...

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Oscar Lapham Oscar Lapham (June 29, 1837 – March 29, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. He served as a member of the Rhode Island Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Early life Lapham w ...
(D) : . Charles H. Page (D)


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

: . William H. Brawley (D) : .
George D. Tillman George Dionysius Tillman (August 21, 1826 – February 2, 1902) was a Democratic politician from South Carolina. He was a state representative, state senator, and U.S. Representative. He was the brother of Governor Benjamin Ryan Tillman, an ...
(D) : . George Johnstone (D) : . George W. Shell (D) : . John J. Hemphill (D) : .
Eli T. Stackhouse Eli Thomas Stackhouse (March 27, 1824 – June 14, 1892) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and an officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Biography Stackhouse was born in Little Rock, ...
(D), until June 14, 1892 ::
John L. McLaurin John Lowndes McLaurin (May 9, 1860 – July 29, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools at Bennettsville, Sou ...
(D), from December 5, 1892 : . William Elliott (D)


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

Both representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket The general ticket or party block voting (PBV), is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party or a team of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner and receives 100% of the seats for this multi-member distric ...
: . John R. Gamble (R), until August 14, 1891 :: John L. Jolley (R), from December 7, 1891 : .
John A. Pickler John Alfred Pickler (January 24, 1844 - June 13, 1910) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Biography Pickler was born in Salem, Indiana, and moved to Davis County, Iowa, in his youth. ...
(R)


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

: . Alfred A. Taylor (R) : . Leonidas C. Houk (R), until May 25, 1891 ::
John C. Houk John Chiles Houk (February 26, 1860 – June 3, 1923) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 2nd congressional district of Tennessee. Biography Houk was born in Clinton, Tennessee in Anders ...
(R), from December 7, 1891 : . Henry C. Snodgrass (D) : .
Benton McMillin Benton McMillin (September 11, 1845 – January 8, 1933) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as the 27th governor of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903 and represented Tennessee's 4th district in the United States House of Representative ...
(D) : .
James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and ...
(D) : .
Joseph E. Washington Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee. Early life Washington was born on November 10 ...
(D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . Benjamin A. Enloe (D) : . Rice A. Pierce (D) : .
Josiah Patterson Josiah Patterson (April 14, 1837 – February 10, 1904) was a Confederate soldier, political figure, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th District of Tennessee. Biography Patterson was born in Morgan County, A ...
(D)


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

: . Charles Stewart (D) : . John B. Long (D) : . Constantine B. Kilgore (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (D) : . William H. Crain (D) : . Littleton W. Moore (D) : . Roger Q. Mills (D), until March 29, 1892 :: Edwin Le Roy Antony (D), from June 14, 1892 : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)


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

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


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

: . William A. Jones (D) : . John W. Lawson (D) : . George D. Wise (D) : . James F. Epes (D) : . Posey G. Lester (D) : . Paul C. Edmunds (D) : . Charles T. O'Ferrall (D) : . William H. F. Lee (D), until October 15, 1891 :: Elisha E. Meredith (D), from December 9, 1891 : . John A. Buchanan (D) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)


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

: . John L. Wilson (R)


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

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John O. Pendleton John Overton Pendleton (July 4, 1851 – December 24, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from West Virginia. Biography Pendleton was born in Wellsburg, West Virginia (then part of Virginia), the son of Confederate veteran Joseph H. Pendleton and Mar ...
(D) : . William L. Wilson (D) : . John D. Alderson (D) : .
James Capehart James Capehart (March 7, 1847 – April 28, 1921) was a businessman and political figure in the Democratic Party from West Virginia. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia in the 52nd and 53rd Congresses. Biography Cape ...
(D)


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 ...

: . Clinton Babbitt (D) : .
Charles Barwig Charles Barwig (March 19, 1837February 15, 1912) was a German American immigrant, businessman, and Democratic politician. He served three terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing the east-central part of Wisconsin. Bi ...
(D) : . Allen R. Bushnell (D) : .
John L. Mitchell John Lendrum Mitchell (October 19, 1842June 29, 1904) was an Americans, American politician and philanthropist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A Democratic Party United States, Democrat, he served one term each in the United States Senate (1893&ndash ...
(D), until March 3, 1893 : . George H. Brickner (D) : . Lucas M. Miller (D) : . Frank P. Coburn (D) : . Nils P. Haugen (R) : . Thomas Lynch (D)


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

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

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Marcus A. Smith Marcus Aurelius Smith (January 24, 1851 – April 7, 1924) was an American attorney and politician who served eight terms as Arizona Territorial Delegate to Congress and as one of the first two Senators from Arizona. As a Delegate, he was a ...
(D) : . Antonio Joseph (D) : .
David A. Harvey David Archibald Harvey (March 20, 1845 – May 24, 1916) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma Territory and the first person to represent Oklahoma at the federal level. Early life Harvey was born in Stewiacke ...
(R) : . John T. Caine (D)


Changes in membership

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


Senate

* Replacements: 7 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican: no net change ** Liberal Republican: 1 seat net loss * Deaths: 4 * Resignations: 5 * Interim appointments: 1 *Total seats with changes: 10 , - ,
California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

(1) , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" ,
George Hearst George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst family, Hearst business dynasty. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations a ...
died during previous congress.
Successor was elected. , nowrap , Charles N. Felton (R) , March 19, 1891 , - ,
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It borders the states of Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, and Delaware to its east ...

(3) , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Ephraim K. Wilson died during previous congress.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (January 21, 1892). , nowrap , Charles H. Gibson (D) , November 19, 1891 , - ,
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 * ...

(3) , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Chose to finish his term as
Governor of New York The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York. The governor is the head of the executive branch of New York's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor ...
before being installed as
U.S. Senator The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and House have the authority under Article One of the ...
. , nowrap ,
David B. Hill David Bennett Hill (August 29, 1843October 20, 1910) was an American politician from New York who was the 29th governor of New York from 1885 to 1891 and represented New York in the United States Senate from 1892 to 1897. In 1892, he made an un ...
(D) , January 17, 1892 , - ,
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 ...

(3) , Vacant , style="font-size:80%" , Legislature had failed to elect.
Incumbent was elected late. , nowrap ,
Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call an ...
(D) , May 26, 1891 , - ,
Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

(1) , nowrap ,
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 declared secession from the United States and joined the Confederate St ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned June 10, 1891.
Successor was appointed. , nowrap ,
Horace Chilton Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas. Biography Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing th ...
(D) , June 10, 1891 , - ,
Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provinces and territories of Ca ...

(1) , nowrap ,
George F. Edmunds George Franklin Edmunds (February 1, 1828February 27, 1919) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented the state of Vermont in the United States Senate from 1866 to 1891. He was a candidate for the Republican president ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Resigned November 1, 1891.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (October 19, 1892). , nowrap ,
Redfield Proctor Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
(R) , November 2, 1891 , - ,
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) , nowrap ,
Preston B. Plumb Preston B. 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 Marysvill ...
(R) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 20, 1891.
Successor was appointed. , nowrap , Bishop W. Perkins (R) , January 1, 1892 , - ,
Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

(1) , nowrap ,
Horace Chilton Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas. Biography Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing th ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Successor was elected March 22, 1892. , nowrap , Roger Q. Mills (D) , March 29, 1892 , - ,
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

(2) , nowrap , John S. Barbour Jr. (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died May 14, 1892.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (December 20, 1893). , nowrap ,
Eppa Hunton Eppa Hunton II (September 24, 1822October 11, 1908) was a Virginia lawyer and soldier who rose to become a Brigadier general (United States), brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. After the war, he served as a ...
(D) , May 28, 1892 , - ,
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) , nowrap ,
Randall L. Gibson Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a United States House of Representatives, member of the House of Representatives and List of United States Senators from Louisi ...
(D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died December 15, 1892.
Successor was appointed and subsequently elected (May 23, 1894). , nowrap ,
Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner. Biography Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
(D) , December 31, 1892 , - ,
West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

(2) , nowrap , John E. Kenna (D) , style="font-size:80%" , Died January 11, 1893.
Successor was elected. , nowrap , Johnson N. Camden (D) , January 25, 1893 , - ,
Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

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John G. Carlisle John Griffin Carlisle (September 5, 1834July 31, 1910) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1890, serving as the 31st Speake ...
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United States Secretary of the Treasury The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretary of the treasury serves as the principal a ...
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House of Representatives

* replacements: 15 ** Democratic: 1-seat net loss ** Republican: 1-seat net gain * Deaths: 10 * Resignations: 8 * Contested election: 1 * Total seats with changes: 18


Committees


Senate

* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Nathan F. Dixon) * Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * 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) * Armed Strikebreakers (Select) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) * Canadian Relations (Chairman:
John B. Allen John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...
; Ranking Member:
James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was an American politician and attorney who was a U.S. senator from Alabama from 1880 to 1897, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh ...
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Census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
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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 H. Berry) * Cherokee Nation's Complaints of Invasion in their Territory (Select) (Chairman: Bishop W. Perkins; Ranking Member: N/A) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member:
Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Reconstruction era United States Senator from Mississippi. Early life Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, ...
) * Claims (Chairman:
John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell (born John Mitchell Hipple; June 23, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician. He served as a United States Republican Party, Republican United States Senate, United States Senator from Oregon on three occasi ...
; Ranking Member:
Samuel Pasco Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician and Confederate soldier who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida. He is the only Confederate private ever elected to the U.S. Senate. Biography Pasco was born in London, Engl ...
) * Coast Defenses (Chairman: Watson C. Squire; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) *
Commerce Commerce is the organized Complex system, system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered large-scale exchange (distribution through Financial transaction, transactiona ...
(Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Select) (Chairman:
Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorma ...
; Ranking Member: N/A) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *
District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...
(Chairman:
James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to: Sportspeople * James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland * James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St B ...
; Ranking Member: N/A) * Education and Labor (Chairman: Joseph M. Carey; Ranking Member: James Z. George) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Wilbur F. Sanders; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Epidemic Diseases An epidemic (from Greek ἐπί ''epi'' "upon or above" and δῆμος ''demos'' "people") is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of hosts in a given population within a short period of time. For example, in meningococcal infections, ...
(Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member:
Francis B. Stockbridge Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator in the U.S. state, state of Michigan. Biography Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there ...
) * Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
Redfield Proctor Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
; Ranking Member: N/A) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Thomas C. Power Thomas Charles Power (May 22, 1839February 16, 1923) was a United States Republican Party, Republican senator from Montana and an American businessman. Early life, education, and career Born near Dubuque, Iowa, on May 22, 1839, Power attended ...
; Ranking Member: George Gray) * Failed National Banks (Select) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: N/A) *
Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...
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Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely reme ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...
(Chairman:
Francis B. Stockbridge Francis Brown Stockbridge (April 9, 1826April 30, 1894) was a U.S. Senator in the U.S. state, state of Michigan. Biography Stockbridge was born in Bath, Maine, the son of a physician, Dr. John Stockbridge, and attended the common schools there ...
; Ranking Member: Rufus Blodgett) * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Matthew C. Butler Matthew Calbraith Butler (March 8, 1836April 14, 1909) was a Confederate soldier, an American military commander, attorney and politician, and slaveholder from South Carolina. Database at He served as a major general in the Confederate States ...
; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) *
Foreign Relations Foreign policy, also known as external policy, is the set of strategies and actions a State (polity), state employs in its interactions with other states, unions, and international entities. It encompasses a wide range of objectives, includ ...
(Chairman:
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. ...
; Ranking Member:
John Tyler Morgan John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician who was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...
) * Forest Reservations in California (Select) (Chairman: Charles N. Felton) * Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: N/A) *
Immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...
(Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and A ...
(Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member:
George L. Shoup George Laird Shoup (June 15, 1836December 21, 1904) was an American politician who served as the first governor of Idaho, in addition to its last territorial governor. He served several months after statehood in 1890 and then became one of the s ...
) *
Interstate Commerce The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amon ...
(Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) (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:
James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US congressional representative, United States senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. He was a De ...
) *
Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
(Chairman:
George F. Hoar George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician, represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 until his death in 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politic ...
; Ranking Member:
James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was an American politician and attorney who was a U.S. senator from Alabama from 1880 to 1897, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh ...
) *
Library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...
(Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Manufactures Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer ...
(Chairman: Anthony Higgins; Ranking Member: Rufus Blodgett) *
Military Affairs Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...
(Chairman:
Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the List of Governors of Connecticut, 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a United States, U.S. politician in the Republican Party (United States), Republican and Free Soil parties, a America ...
; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member:
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
William D. Washburn William Drew "W.D." Washburn, Sr. (January 14, 1831 – July 29, 1912) was an American politician. He served in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate as a Republican from Minnesota. Three of his seven ...
; Ranking Member:
Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a Reconstruction era United States Senator from Mississippi. Early life Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, ...
) * Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) * Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman:
John Tyler Morgan John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician who was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...
; Ranking Member:
William M. Stewart William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Personal Stewart was born in Wayne County, ...
) * Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Frank Hiscock; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) *
Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...
(Chairman: Nathan F. Dixon; Ranking Member: George Gray) *
Pensions A pension (; ) is a fund into which amounts are paid regularly during an individual's working career, and from which periodic payments are made to support the person's retirement from work. A pension may be either a "defined benefit plan", wher ...
(Chairman:
Cushman K. Davis Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American Republican politician who served as the seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a U.S. Senator from Minnesota. Early life and American Civil War Davis was born in Henderson, N ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a United States Senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893) and served ten years in the U.S. ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member:
Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was an American businessman, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a United States Senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893) and served ten years in the U.S. ...
) *
Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...
(Chairman:
Charles F. Manderson Charles Frederick Manderson (February 9, 1837September 28, 1911) was a United States senator from Nebraska from 1883 to 1895. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he attended school there and then moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1856, where h ...
; Ranking Member:
Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorma ...
) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Leland Stanford Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of Calif ...
; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) *
Public Lands In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Commonwealth realms). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countries. ...
(Chairman:
Joseph N. Dolph Joseph Norton Dolph (October 19, 1835March 10, 1897) was an American politician and attorney in the state of Oregon. A native of the state of New York (state), New York, he immigrated to Oregon over the Oregon Trail and settled in Portland, Oreg ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Quadrocentennial (Select) (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road ...
(Chairman: Lyman R. Casey; Ranking Member:
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was an American politician and lawyer who was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative and United States Senate, Se ...
) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
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- ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) *
Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pertaining to the structure or behavior internal to a business * School rule, a rule tha ...
(Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the ...
; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *
Territories A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
(Chairman: Orville H. Platt; Ranking Member:
James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US congressional representative, United States senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. He was a De ...
) * Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Lyman R. Casey) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
John B. Allen John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...
; Ranking Member:
Randall L. Gibson Randall Lee Gibson (September 10, 1832 – December 15, 1892) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a United States House of Representatives, member of the House of Representatives and List of United States Senators from Louisi ...
then James Z. George) * Whole *
Woman Suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffrage was in effect during ...
(Select) (Chairman: Zebulon B. Vance; Ranking Member:
John B. Allen John Beard Allen (May 18, 1845January 28, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the United States represent ...
)


House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: Harry Welles Rusk; Ranking Member: Albert J. Pearson) *
Agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
(Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Moses Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1876. He ...
) * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) * Appropriations (Chairman: William S. Holman; Ranking Member: David B. Henderson) * Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Henry Bacon Henry Bacon (November 28, 1866February 16, 1924) was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, which was his final project before his 1924 ...
; Ranking Member:
Seth W. Cobb Seth Wallace Cobb (December 5, 1838 – May 22, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Biography Born near Petersburg, Virginia, Cobb attended the common schools. He joined a volunteer company from his native county in 1861 and served th ...
) * Claims (Chairman: Benjamin H. Bunn; Ranking Member: Isaac N. Cox) * Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman:
Richard P. Bland Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri. A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, representin ...
; Ranking Member: George F. Williams) * Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: William E. Haynes; Ranking Member: Thomas Bowman) *
District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...
(Chairman: John J. Hemphill; Ranking Member: Cornelius A. Cadmus) *
Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...
(Chairman: Benjamin A. Enloe; Ranking Member:
Edwin Hallowell Edwin Hallowell (April 2, 1844 – September 13, 1916) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893. Biography Edwin Hallowell was bor ...
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Elections An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
(Chairman: Charles T. O'Ferrall; Ranking Member: George Johnstone) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Owen Scott Owen Scott (July 6, 1848 – December 21, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born on a farm in Jackson Township, Illinois, Scott attended the common schools, a private school in Kinmundy and the State normal school in Normal, Illin ...
; Ranking Member: John A. Pickler) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Paul C. Edmunds; Ranking Member:
Kittel Halvorson Kittel Halvorson (December 15, 1846 – July 12, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Biography Kittel Halvorson was born near Tuddal in Hjartdal, Hjartdal parish, Telemark, Norway. In 1848, he immigrated to the United States wit ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James W. Owens; Ranking Member:
William W. Grout William Wallace Grout (May 24, 1836October 7, 1902) was an American politician and lawyer. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Biography Grout was born in Compton in Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Josiah and Sophronia (Ayer ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: John M. Allen; Ranking Member:
Ezra B. Taylor Ezra Booth Taylor (July 9, 1823 – January 29, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1880 to 1893. He won election to the congressional seat that had been vacated by James Garfield after h ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Charles A.O. McClellan; Ranking Member:
George W. Ray George Washington Ray (February 3, 1844 – January 10, 1925) was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Bor ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
William C. Oates William Calvin Oates (either November 30 or December 1, 1835September 9, 1910) was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Ar ...
; Ranking Member: James S. Gorman) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Rufus E. Lester Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Sa ...
; Ranking Member: John Sanford) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: George H. Brickner; Ranking Member: William A. Stone) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Alexander B. Montgomery; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Henry M. Youmans; Ranking Member:
John H. Ketcham John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 – November 4, 1906) was an American politician and military officer who was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years from 1877 to 1893 and from 1897 to 1906. He also served as a ...
) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member:
Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner (April 11, 1850November 25, 1912) was a Democratic member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1905 to 1912. He also represented the Fourth Congressional District of Maryland from 1887 to 1889, and ...
) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Samuel W. Peel; Ranking Member: Benjamin H. Clover) * United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: George D. Wise; Ranking Member: Asher G. Caruth) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman:
Augustus N. Martin Augustus Newton Martin (March 23, 1847 – July 11, 1901) was an American lawyer, educator, and veteran of the Civil War who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1889 to 1895. Biography Born near Whitestown, Connoquen ...
; Ranking Member: Edward F. McDonald then Walter H. Butler) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member:
Fernando C. Layton Fernando Coello Layton (April 11, 1847 – June 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1891 to 1897. Early life and career Born near St. Johns, Auglaiz ...
) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John C. Tarsney; Ranking Member:
John W. Causey John William Causey (September 19, 1841 – October 1, 1908) was an American politician, lawyer and farmer from the state of Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as a state senator and as a member of the U.S. House of Re ...
) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Samuel M. Robertson; Ranking Member:
William McAleer William McAleer (January 6, 1838April 19, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 to ...
) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Charles H. Page; Ranking Member: Archibald H.A. Williams) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Samuel Fowler (1851–1919), Samuel Fowler; Ranking Member:
Herman Stump Herman Stump Jr. (August 8, 1837 – January 9, 1917) was an American politician and lawyer. He is most notable for his service in the Maryland Senate and as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Early life Herman Stump Jr. wa ...
) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: James N. Castle; Ranking Member: John A. Caldwell) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member: Edward F. McDonald then
John C. Crosby John Crawford Crosby (June 15, 1859 – October 14, 1943) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Crosby was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of Pittsfield and graduated from Eastman Bu ...
) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Edward Lane; Ranking Member: Alexander K. Craig) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member: Thomas Bowman) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member:
William McAleer William McAleer (January 6, 1838April 19, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1891 to 1895 and from 1897 to ...
) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: James B. Reilly; Ranking Member: Frederick S. Coolidge) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
George D. Tillman George Dionysius Tillman (August 21, 1826 – February 2, 1902) was a Democratic politician from South Carolina. He was a state representative, state senator, and U.S. Representative. He was the brother of Governor Benjamin Ryan Tillman, an ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Hamilton) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Robert P.C. Wilson; Ranking Member:
Charles L. Moses Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1876. He ...
) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and ...
; Ranking Member:
Case Broderick Case Broderick (September 23, 1839 – April 1, 1920) was an American politician and jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court, Idaho Territorial Supreme Court from 1884 to 1888 and as United States House of Representativ ...
) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Ashbel P. Fitch; Ranking Member: William T. Crawford) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John S. Henderson; Ranking Member:
John C. Crosby John Crawford Crosby (June 15, 1859 – October 14, 1943) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Crosby was born in Sheffield, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools of Pittsfield and graduated from Eastman Bu ...
) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: John De Witt Warner) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Thomas C. McRae; Ranking Member: Darius D. Hare) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member:
Kittel Halvorson Kittel Halvorson (December 15, 1846 – July 12, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Biography Kittel Halvorson was born near Tuddal in Hjartdal, Hjartdal parish, Telemark, Norway. In 1848, he immigrated to the United States wit ...
) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William T. Ellis; Ranking Member:
Lemuel Amerman Lemuel Amerman (October 29, 1846 – October 7, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1893. Life and career Lemuel Amerman wa ...
) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Newton C. Blanchard; Ranking Member: Charles H. Page) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; 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:
Joseph E. Washington Joseph Edwin Washington (November 10, 1851 – August 28, 1915) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee. Early life Washington was born on November 10 ...
; Ranking Member: Dennis D. Donovan) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Frank E. Beltzhoover; Ranking Member: George W. Shell) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed) * 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 the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing


Caucuses

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


Employees


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

* Architect of the Capitol: Edward Clark (architect), Edward Clark * Librarian of Congress: Ainsworth Rand Spofford * Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer


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: Edward K. Valentine


House of Representatives

* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Edward McPherson, until December 8, 1891 ** James Kerr (Pennsylvania politician), James Kerr, from December 8, 1891 * Clerk at the Speaker’s Table of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: William H. Milburn (Methodism, Methodist) * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Charles Henry Turner (1861-1913), Charles H. Turner, elected December 8, 1891 * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: John A. Reeve (D) and James C. Broadwell (R) * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: James W. Hathaway * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Adoniram J. Holmes, until December 8, 1891 ** Samuel S. Yoder, from December 8, 1891


See also

* 1890 United States elections (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1890–91 United States Senate elections ** 1890 United States House of Representatives elections ** 1891 United States House of Representatives elections * 1892 United States elections (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1892 United States presidential election ** 1892–93 United States Senate elections ** 1892 United States House of Representatives elections


Notes


References

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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress




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