The 62nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the

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and the

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. It met in

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, from March 4, 1911, to March 4, 1913, during the final two years of

William H. Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) served as the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices. ...

presidency A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...

. The apportionment of seats in the

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was based on the

1900 United States census The 1900 United States census, conducted by the Census Office on June 1, 1900, determined the resident population of the United States to be 76,212,168, an increase of 21.01% from the 62,979,766 persons enumerated during the 1890 census. It w ...

. Additional House seats were assigned to the two new states of New Mexico and Arizona. The size of the House was to be 435 starting with the new Congress coming into session in 1913. The Senate had a Republican majority, and the House flipped into a Democratic majority. This change of control ended the 14-year-long Republican

government trifecta A government trifecta is a political situation in which the same political party controls the Executive (government), executive branch and both chambers of the legislative branch in countries that have a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature and a ...

that began in the 55th Congress, one of only two trifectas that lasted longer than a decade.

Major events

* April 27, 1911: Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of

President pro tempore of the United States Senate The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (often shortened to president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate, after the Vice President of the United States, vice president. According to Articl ...

. * October 30, 1912: Vice President

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

died. It is the most recent time a vice president has died in office.

Major legislation

* August 8, 1911:

Public Law 62-5 * The Hacker Files The Apportionment Act of 1911 (, ) was an apportionment bill passed by the United States Congress on August 8, 1911. The law initially set the number of members of the United States House of Representatives at 433, effectiv ...

, (set House of Representatives size at 435 members) * August 24, 1912:

Lloyd–La Follette Act The Lloyd–La Follette Act of 1912 began the process of protecting civil servants in the United States from unwarranted or abusive removal by codifying "just cause" standards previously embodied in presidential orders. It defines "just causes" ...

, ch. 389, § 6, * February 13, 1913:

Carlin Act The Carlin Act of 1913, sponsored by Rep. Charles Creighton Carlin (D) of Virginia and signed into law by President William Howard Taft, was an Act of the United States Congress that made larceny from interstate carriers a felony and a federal ...

* March 1, 1913:

Webb–Kenyon Act The Webb–Kenyon Act was a 1913 law of the United States that regulated the interstate transport of alcoholic beverages. It was meant to provide federal support for the prohibition efforts of individual states in the face of charges that state r ...

* March 1, 1913:

Railway Evaluation Act The Valuation Act is a 1913 United States federal law that required the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to assess the value of railroad property. This information would be used to set rates for the transport of freight. Background The act w ...

* March 3, 1913:

Publicity In Taking Evidence Act The Publicity in Taking Evidence Act was an act passed in 1913 that provided that depositions of witnesses for use in any anti-trust Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti- ...

* March 3, 1913:

Virus-Serum-Toxin Act The Virus-Serum-Toxin Act or VSTA (P.L. 430 of 1913, as amended; 21 U.S.C. 151-158) was United States federal legislation designed to protect farmers and livestock raisers by regulating the quality of vaccines and point-of-care diagnostics for anim ...

* March 3, 1913:

Gould Amendment The Gould Amendment sponsored by Rep. Samuel W. Gould (D) of Maine, amended the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 by requiring that the contents of any food package had to be “''plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside of the package in te ...

* March 4, 1913:

Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Act Arlington most often refers to: *Arlington, Virginia **Arlington National Cemetery, a United States military cemetery *Arlington, Texas Arlington may also refer to: Places Australia *Arlington light rail station, on the Inner West Light Rail in S ...

* March 4, 1913: Road and Trails Fund Act * March 4, 1913:

Burnett Act Burnett may refer to: Places ;Antarctica *Burnett Island, an island in the Swain Islands ;Australia * Burnett County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * The Burnett River in Queensland * Burnett Heads, Queensland * Shire of Burnett, a forme ...

* March 4, 1913: Weeks–McLean Act * March 4, 1913: Federal Revenue Sharing Act * March 4, 1913: Rivers and Harbors Act of 1913 * March 4, 1913: Burnt Timber Act * March 4, 1913: Labor Department Act,

Constitutional amendments

* May 13, 1912: Approved an amendment to the

United States Constitution The Constitution of the United States is the Supremacy Clause, supreme law of the United States, United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, on March 4, 1789. Originally includi ...

establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, and submitted it to the state legislatures for

ratification Ratification is a principal's legal confirmation of an act of its agent. In international law, ratification is the process by which a state declares its consent to be bound to a treaty. In the case of bilateral treaties, ratification is usuall ...

** Amendment was later ratified on April 8, 1913, becoming the

seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States Senate, United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article One of the United States Constitution# ...

* February 3, 1913:

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 ...

was ratified by the requisite number of states (then 36) to become part of the Constitution

States admitted and territories created

* January 6, 1912:

New Mexico New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also ...

admitted to the Union. * February 14, 1912:

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

admitted to the Union * August 24, 1912:

Alaska Territory The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America, 1784–1867; th ...

created.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leaders

Senate

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

(R), until October 30, 1912; thereafter vacant * Presidents pro tempore: William P. Frye (R), until April 27, 1911. ** For the remainder of this Congress, the office rotated among five senators. The Senate at that time was split between progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats. Each put forth a candidate, and the ballots were deadlocked until August 1911 when a compromise was reached. Democrat

Augustus Bacon Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. senator from Georgia, becoming the first senator to be directly ele ...

served for one day on August 14, 1911, and thereafter he and four Republicans rotated holding the seat for the remainder of the Congress. These Republicans were:

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

, Jacob H. Gallinger,

Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life and education Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brand ...

, and

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 ...

. *

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 ...

: Shelby Moore Cullom * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Thomas S. Martin *

Republican Conference Secretary Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

* Democratic Caucus Secretary: William E. Chilton

House of Representatives

* Speaker:

Champ Clark James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who served as the 36th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919. He was the only Democrat to serve as speaker during the P ...

(D)

Majority (Democratic) leadership

* Majority Leader:

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

* Majority Whip: vacant * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Albert S. Burleson * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James Tilghman Lloyd

Minority (Republican) leadership

* Minority Leader: James R. Mann *

Minority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline (that members of the party vote according to the party platform rather than their constituents, individual conscience or donors) in a legislature. Whips ...

: John W. Dwight *

: Frank Dunklee Currier

Members

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Senate

At this time, most senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. A few senators were elected directly by the residents of the state. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election, In this Congress, Class 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1914; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1916.

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 H. Bankhead (D) : 3. Joseph F. Johnston (D)

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

: 1. Henry F. Ashurst (D), from April 2, 1912 : 3. Marcus A. Smith (D), from April 2, 1912

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. Jeff Davis (D), until January 3, 1913 :: John N. Heiskell (D), January 6, 1913 – January 29, 1913 :: William M. Kavanaugh (D), from January 29, 1913 : 3. James P. Clarke (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. John D. Works (R) : 3. George C. Perkins (R)

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

: 2.

Simon Guggenheim John Simon Guggenheim (December 30, 1867 – November 2, 1941) was an American businessman, politician and philanthropist. Early life and education Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia of Jewish descent on December 30, 1867, the son of Meyer Gu ...

(R) : 3. Charles S. Thomas (D), from January 15, 1913

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. George P. McLean (R) : 3.

(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. Henry A. du Pont (R) : 2. Harry A. Richardson (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. Nathan P. Bryan (D) : 3. Duncan U. Fletcher (D)

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

: 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) : 3. Joseph M. Terrell (D), until July 14, 1911 :: Hoke Smith (D), from November 16, 1911

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. William E. Borah (R) : 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R), until October 17, 1912 :: Kirtland I. Perky (D), November 18, 1912 – February 5, 1913 :: James H. Brady (R), from February 6, 1913

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

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R) : 3. William Lorimer (R), until July 13, 1912

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. John W. Kern (D) : 3. 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 ...

: 2. Lafayette Young (R), until April 11, 1911 :: William S. Kenyon (R), from April 12, 1911 : 3. Albert B. Cummins (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.

(R) : 3. Joseph L. Bristow (R)

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. Thomas H. Paynter (D) : 3.

William O. Bradley William O'Connell Bradley (March 18, 1847May 23, 1914) was an American politician from the state of Kentucky. He served as the 32nd Governor of Kentucky and was later elected by the state legislature as a U.S. senator from that state. The fir ...

(R)

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

: 2. Murphy J. Foster (D) : 3. John Thornton (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. Charles Fletcher Johnson (D) : 2. William P. Frye (R), until August 8, 1911 :: Obadiah Gardner (D), from September 23, 1911

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. Isidor Rayner (D), until November 25, 1912 :: William P. Jackson (R), from November 29, 1912 : 3. John W. Smith (D)

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

: 1.

(R) : 2. Winthrop M. Crane (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. Charles E. Townsend (R) : 2. William Alden Smith (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. Moses E. Clapp (R) : 2.

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

(R)

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

: 1. John Sharp Williams (D) : 2.

LeRoy Percy LeRoy Percy (November 9, 1860December 24, 1929) was an American attorney, planter, and Democratic politician who served as a United States Senator from the state of Mississippi from 1910 to 1913. Percy was a grandson of Charles "Don Carlos" Pe ...

(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. James A. Reed (politician), James A. Reed (D) : 3. William J. Stone (D)

List of United States senators from Montana, Montana

: 1. Henry L. Myers (D) : 2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

List of United States senators from Nebraska, Nebraska

: 1. Gilbert Hitchcock, Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) : 2. Norris Brown (R)

List of United States senators from Nevada, Nevada

: 1. George S. Nixon (R), until June 5, 1912 :: William A. Massey (politician), William A. Massey (R), July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913 :: Key Pittman (D), from January 29, 1913 : 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

List of United States senators from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: 2. Henry E. Burnham (R) : 3. Jacob Harold Gallinger, Jacob H. Gallinger (R)

List of United States senators from New Jersey, New Jersey

: 1. James Edgar Martine, James E. Martine (D) : 2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

List of United States senators from New Mexico, New Mexico

: 1. Thomas B. Catron (R), from April 2, 1912 : 2. Albert B. Fall (R), from April 2, 1912

List of United States senators from New York, New York

: 1. James Aloysius O'Gorman, James A. O'Gorman (D), from April 4, 1911 : 3. Elihu Root, Elihu A. Root (R)

List of United States senators from North Carolina, North Carolina

: 2. Furnifold McLendel Simmons, Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : 3. Lee Slater Overman, Lee S. Overman (D)

List of United States senators from North Dakota, North Dakota

: 1. Porter J. McCumber (R) : 3. Asle Gronna, Asle J. Gronna (R)

List of United States senators from Ohio, Ohio

: 1. Atlee Pomerene (D) : 3. Theodore E. Burton (R)

List of United States senators from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: 2. Robert L. Owen (D) : 3. Thomas P. Gore (D)

List of United States senators from Oregon, Oregon

: 2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (politician), Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R) : 3. George Earle Chamberlain, George E. Chamberlain (D)

List of United States senators from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: 1. George T. Oliver (R) : 3. Boies Penrose (R)

List of United States senators from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: 1. Henry F. Lippitt (R) : 2. George P. Wetmore (R)

List of United States senators from South Carolina, South Carolina

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. Ellison D. Smith (D)

List of United States senators from South Dakota, South Dakota

: 2. Robert J. Gamble (R) : 3. Coe I. Crawford (R)

List of United States senators from Tennessee, Tennessee

: 1. Luke Lea (1879–1945), Luke Lea (D) : 2. Robert Love Taylor, Robert L. Taylor (D), until March 31, 1912 :: Newell Sanders (R), April 11, 1912 – January 24, 1913 :: William R. Webb (D), from January 24, 1913

List of United States senators from Texas, Texas

: 1. Charles Allen Culberson, Charles A. Culberson (D) : 2. Joseph Weldon Bailey, Joseph W. Bailey (D), until January 3, 1913 :: Rienzi Melville Johnston, Rienzi M. Johnston (D), January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913 :: Morris Sheppard (D), from February 3, 1913

List of United States senators from Utah, Utah

: 1. George Sutherland (R) : 3. Reed Smoot (U. S. Senator), Reed Smoot (R)

List of United States senators from Vermont, Vermont

: 1. Carroll S. Page (R) : 3. William P. Dillingham (R)

List of United States senators from Virginia, Virginia

: 1. Claude A. Swanson (D) : 2. Thomas Staples Martin, Thomas S. Martin (D)

List of United States senators from Washington, Washington

: 1. Miles Poindexter (R) : 3. Wesley Livsey Jones, Wesley L. Jones (R)

List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia

: 1. William E. Chilton (D) : 2. Clarence Wayland Watson, Clarence W. Watson (D)

List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R) : 3. Isaac Stephenson (R)

List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R) : 2. Francis E. Warren (R) 62nd United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

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

List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama

: . George W. Taylor (Alabama politician), George W. Taylor (D) : . S. Hubert Dent Jr. (D) : . Henry D. Clayton (D) : . Fred L. Blackmon (D) : . J. Thomas Heflin (D) : . Richmond P. Hobson (D) : . John L. Burnett (D) : . William N. Richardson (D) : . Oscar W. Underwood, Oscar Underwood (D)

List of United States representatives from Arizona, Arizona

: . Carl Hayden (D), from February 19, 1912

List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas

: . Robert B. Macon (D) : . William A. Oldfield (D) : . John C. Floyd (D) : . William B. Cravens (D) : . Henderson M. Jacoway (D) : . Joseph Taylor Robinson (D), until January 14, 1913 :: Samuel M. Taylor (D), from January 15, 1913 : . William S. Goodwin (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . John E. Raker (D) : . William Kent (U.S. Congressman), William Kent (R) : . Joseph R. Knowland (R) : . Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn (R) : . Everis A. Hayes (R) : . James C. Needham (R) : . William Stephens (American politician), William Stephens (R) : . Sylvester C. Smith (R), until January 26, 1913

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . Atterson Walden Rucker (D) : . John Andrew Martin, John A. Martin (D) : . Edward T. Taylor (D)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . E. Stevens Henry (R) : . Thomas L. Reilly (D) : . Edwin W. Higgins (R) : . Ebenezer J. Hill (R) : . John Q. Tilson (R)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . William H. Heald (R)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Frank Clark (politician), Frank Clark (D) : . Dannite H. Mays (D)

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Charles G. Edwards (D) : . Seaborn Roddenbery (D) : . Dudley M. Hughes (D) : . William C. Adamson (D) : . William S. Howard (D) : . Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett (D) : . Gordon Lee (congressman), Gordon Lee (D) : . Samuel J. Tribble (D) : . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D) : . Thomas W. Hardwick (D) : . William G. Brantley (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Burton L. French (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Martin B. Madden (R) : . James R. Mann (R) : . William Warfield Wilson, William W. Wilson (R) : . James T. McDermott (politician), James T. McDermott (D) : . Adolph J. Sabath (D) : . Edmund J. Stack (D) : . Frank Buchanan (Illinois), Frank Buchanan (D) : . Thomas Gallagher (representative), Thomas Gallagher (D) : . Lynden Evans (D) : . George E. Foss (R) : . Ira C. Copley (R) : . Charles Eugene Fuller (R) : . John C. McKenzie (R) : . James McKinney (R) : . George W. Prince (R) : . Claude U. Stone (D) : . John A. Sterling (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . William B. McKinley (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . James M. Graham (D) : . William A. Rodenberg (R) : . Martin D. Foster (D) : . H. Robert Fowler (D) : . Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R)

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . John W. Boehne (D) : . William A. Cullop (D) : . William E. Cox (D) : . Lincoln Dixon (D) : . Ralph Wilbur Moss (D) : . Finly H. Gray (D) : . Charles A. Korbly (D) : . John A. M. Adair (D) : . Martin A. Morrison (D) : . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R) : . George W. Rauch (D) : . Cyrus Cline (D) : . Henry A. Barnhart (D)

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Charles A. Kennedy (R) : . Irvin S. Pepper (D) : . Charles E. Pickett (R) : . Gilbert N. Haugen (R) : . James W. Good (R) : . Nathan E. Kendall (R) : . Solomon F. Prouty (R) : . Horace M. Towner (R) : . Walter I. Smith (R), until March 15, 1911 :: William R. Green (R), from June 5, 1911 : . Frank P. Woods (R) : . Elbert H. Hubbard (R), until June 4, 1912 :: George Cromwell Scott (R), from November 5, 1912

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R) : . Alexander C. Mitchell (R), until July 7, 1911 :: Joseph Taggart (D), from November 7, 1911 : . Philip P. Campbell (R) : . Fred S. Jackson (R) : . Rollin R. Rees (R) : . Isaac D. Young (R) : . Edmond H. Madison (R), until September 18, 1911 :: George A. Neeley (D), from January 9, 1912 : . Victor Murdock (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Ollie M. James (D) : . Augustus Stanley (D) : . Robert Y. Thomas Jr. (D) : . Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson (D) : . J. Swagar Sherley (D) : . Arthur B. Rouse (D) : . J. Campbell Cantrill (D) : . Harvey Helm (D) : . William Jason Fields (D) : . John W. Langley (R) : . Caleb Powers (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Albert Estopinal (D) : . Henry Garland Dupré (D) : . Robert F. Broussard (D) : . John Thomas Watkins (D) : . Joseph E. Ransdell (D) : . Robert Charles Wickliffe (D), until June 11, 1912 :: Lewis Lovering Morgan (D), from November 5, 1912 : . Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Asher C. Hinds (R) : . Daniel J. McGillicuddy (D) : . Samuel W. Gould (D) : . Frank E. Guernsey (R)

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . J. Harry Covington (D) : . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D) : . George Konig (D) : . J. Charles Linthicum (D) : . Thomas Parran Sr. (R) : . David John Lewis, David J. Lewis (D)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . George P. Lawrence (R) : . Frederick H. Gillett (R) : . John A. Thayer (D) : . William H. Wilder (R) : . Butler Ames (R) : . Augustus P. Gardner (R) : . Ernest W. Roberts (R) : . Samuel W. McCall (R) : . William F. Murray (D) : . James Michael Curley (D) : . Andrew J. Peters (D) : . John W. Weeks (R) : . William S. Greene (R) : . Robert O. Harris (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Frank E. Doremus (D) : . William Wedemeyer (R), until January 2, 1913 : . John M. C. Smith (R) : . Edward L. Hamilton (R) : . Edwin F. Sweet (D) : . Samuel W. Smith (R) : . Henry McMorran (R) : . Joseph W. Fordney (R) : . James C. McLaughlin (R) : . George A. Loud (R) : . Francis H. Dodds (R) : . H. Olin Young (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . Sydney Anderson (R) : . Winfield Scott Hammond (D) : . Charles Russell Davis (R) : . Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick C. Stevens (R) : . Frank Nye (R) : . Charles August Lindbergh (R) : . Andrew Volstead (R) : . Clarence B. Miller (R) : . Halvor Steenerson (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D) : . Hubert D. Stephens (D) : . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D) : . Thomas U. Sisson (D) : . Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (D) : . Pat Harrison (D) : . William A. Dickson (D) : . James W. Collier (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . James Tilghman Lloyd, James T. Lloyd (D) : . William W. Rucker (D) : . Joshua Willis Alexander (D) : . Charles F. Booher (D) : . William Patterson Borland (D) : . Clement C. Dickinson (D) : . Courtney W. Hamlin (D) : . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D) : . James Beauchamp Clark (D) : . Richard Bartholdt (R) : . Theron Ephron Catlin (R), until August 12, 1912 :: Patrick F. Gill (D), from August 12, 1912 : . Leonidas C. Dyer (R) : . Walter Lewis Hensley (D) : . Joseph J. Russell (D) : . James Alexander Daugherty (D) : . Thomas L. Rubey (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Charles N. Pray (R)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . John A. Maguire (D) : . Charles O. Lobeck (D) : . James P. Latta (D), until September 11, 1911 :: Dan V. Stephens (D), from November 7, 1911 : . Charles Henry Sloan (R) : . George W. Norris (R) : . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . Edwin E. Roberts (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

: . Cyrus Adams Sulloway, Cyrus A. Sulloway (R) : . Frank Dunklee Currier (R)

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R), until August 12, 1911 :: William J. Browning (R), from November 7, 1911 : . John James Gardner, John J. Gardner (R) : . Thomas J. Scully (D) : . Ira W. Wood (R) : . William E. Tuttle Jr. (D) : . William Hughes (Senator), William Hughes (D), until September 27, 1912 :: Archibald C. Hart (D), from November 5, 1912 : . Edward W. Townsend (D) : . Walter I. McCoy (D) : . Eugene F. Kinkead (D) : . James A. Hamill (D)

List of United States representatives from New Mexico, New Mexico

: . Harvey B. Fergusson (D), from January 8, 1912 : . George Curry (politician), George Curry (R), from January 8, 1912

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Martin W. Littleton (D) : . George H. Lindsay (D) : . James P. Maher (D) : . Frank E. Wilson (politician), Frank E. Wilson (D) : . William C. Redfield (D) : . William M. Calder (R) : . John J. Fitzgerald (D) : . Daniel J. Riordan (D) : . Henry M. Goldfogle (D) : . William Sulzer (D), until December 31, 1912 : . Charles V. Fornes (D) : . Michael F. Conry (D) : . Jefferson M. Levy (D) : . John J. Kindred (D) : . Thomas G. Patten (D) : . Francis B. Harrison (D) : . Henry George Jr. (D) : . Stephen B. Ayres (D) : . John E. Andrus (R) : . Thomas W. Bradley (R) : . Richard E. Connell (D), until October 30, 1912 : . William Henry Draper (Congressman), William H. Draper (R) : . Henry S. De Forest (R) : . George W. Fairchild (R) : . Theron Akin (R) : . George R. Malby (R), until July 5, 1912 :: Edwin Albert Merritt, Edwin A. Merritt (R), from November 5, 1912 : . Charles A. Talcott (D) : . Luther W. Mott (R) : . Michael E. Driscoll (R) : . John W. Dwight (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : . Henry G. Danforth (R) : . Edwin S. Underhill (D) : . James S. Simmons (New York politician), James S. Simmons (R) : . Daniel A. Driscoll (D) : . Charles Bennett Smith, Charles B. Smith (D) : . Edward B. Vreeland (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . John Humphrey Small (D) : . Claude Kitchin (D) : . John M. Faison (D) : . Edward W. Pou (D) : . Charles M. Stedman (D) : . Hannibal L. Godwin (D) : . Robert N. Page (D) : . Robert L. Doughton (D) : . Edwin Y. Webb (D) : . James M. Gudger Jr. (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Louis B. Hanna (R), until January 7, 1913 : . Henry Thomas Helgesen (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Nicholas Longworth (R) : . Alfred G. Allen (D) : . James M. Cox (D), until January 12, 1913 : . J. Henry Goeke (D) : . Timothy T. Ansberry (D) : . Matthew R. Denver (D) : . James D. Post (D) : . Frank B. Willis (R) : . Isaac R. Sherwood (D) : . Robert M. Switzer (R) : . Horatio C. Claypool (D) : . Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R) : . Carl C. Anderson (D), until October 1, 1912 : . William G. Sharp (D) : . George White (Ohio politician), George White (D) : . William B. Francis (D) : . William A. Ashbrook (D) : . John J. Whitacre (D) : . Elsworth R. Bathrick (D) : . L. Paul Howland (R) : . Robert J. Bulkley (D)

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Bird Segle McGuire (R) : . Dick Thompson Morgan (R) : . James S. Davenport (D) : . Charles D. Carter (D) : . Scott Ferris (D)

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Willis C. Hawley (R) : . Walter Lafferty (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Henry H. Bingham (R), until March 22, 1912 :: William S. Vare (R), from May 24, 1912 : . William S. Reyburn (R), from May 23, 1911 : . J. Hampton Moore (R) : . Reuben O. Moon (R) : . Michael Donohoe (D) : . George D. McCreary (R) : . Thomas S. Butler (R) : . Robert E. Difenderfer (D) : . William W. Griest (R) : . John R. Farr (R) : . Charles C. Bowman (R), until December 12, 1912 : . Robert Emmett Lee (D) : . John H. Rothermel (D) : . George W. Kipp (D), until July 24, 1911 :: William D. B. Ainey (R), from November 7, 1911 : . William B. Wilson (D) : . John G. McHenry (D), until December 27, 1912 : . Benjamin K. Focht (R) : . Marlin E. Olmsted (R) : . Jesse L. Hartman (R) : . Daniel F. Lafean (R) : . Charles E. Patton (R) : . Curtis H. Gregg (D) : . Thomas S. Crago (R) : . Charles Matthews (Pennsylvania politician), Charles Matthews (R) : . Arthur L. Bates (R) : . A. Mitchell Palmer (D) : . J. N. Langham (R) : . Peter M. Speer (R) : . Stephen G. Porter (R) : . John Dalzell (R) : . James F. Burke (politician), James F. Burke (R) : . Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . George Francis O'Shaunessy (D) : . George H. Utter (R), until November 3, 1912

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . George S. Legare (D), until January 31, 1913 : . James F. Byrnes (D) : . Wyatt Aiken (D) : . Joseph T. Johnson (D) : . David E. Finley (D) : . J. Edwin Ellerbe (D) : . Asbury F. Lever (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Charles H. Burke (R) : . Eben W. Martin (R)

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Sam R. Sells (R) : . Richard W. Austin (R) : . John Austin Moon, John A. Moon (D) : . Cordell Hull (D) : . William C. Houston (D) : . Joseph W. Byrns (D) : . Lemuel Phillips Padgett, Lemuel P. Padgett (D) : . Thetus Willrette Sims, Thetus W. Sims (D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : . George Gordon (Civil War general), George W. Gordon (D), until August 9, 1911 :: Kenneth McKellar (politician), Kenneth McKellar (D), from December 4, 1911

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . John Morris Sheppard, Morris Sheppard (D), until February 3, 1913 : . Martin Dies Sr., Martin Dies (D) : . James Young (Texas politician), James Young (D) : . Choice Boswell Randell, Choice B. Randell (D) : . James Andrew Beall (Texas politician), James Andrew Beall (D) : . Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy (D) : . Alexander W. Gregg (D) : . John Matthew Moore, John M. Moore (D) : . George Farmer Burgess (D) : . Albert Sidney Burleson, Albert S. Burleson (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Oscar Callaway (D) : . John Hall Stephens, John H. Stephens (D) : . James L. Slayden (D) : . John Nance Garner (D) : . William Robert Smith, William R. Smith (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Joseph Howell (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . David J. Foster (R), until March 21, 1912 :: Frank L. Greene (R), from July 30, 1912 : . Frank Plumley (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones (D) : . Edward Everett Holland (D) : . John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb (D) : . Robert Turnbull (American politician), Robert Turnbull (D) : . Edward W. Saunders (D) : . Carter Glass (D) : . James Hay (politician), James Hay (D) : . Charles Creighton Carlin (D) : . C. Bascom Slemp (R) : . Henry De Flood, Henry D. Flood (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . William E. Humphrey (R) : . Stanton Warburton (R) : . William Leroy La Follette (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . John W. Davis (D) : . William Gay Brown Jr. (D) : . Adam B. Littlepage (D) : . John M. Hamilton (D) : . James Anthony Hughes (R)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . John M. Nelson (R) : . Arthur W. Kopp (R) : . William J. Cary (R) : . Victor L. Berger (S) : . Michael Edmund Burke (D) : . John Jacob Esch, John J. Esch (R) : . James Henry Davidson, James H. Davidson (R) : . Thomas Frank Konop (D) : . Elmer A. Morse (R) : . Irvine L. Lenroot (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Franklin W. Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

: . James Wickersham (R) : . Ralph H. Cameron (R), until February 14, 1912 : . Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (R) : . William Henry Andrews (R), until January 6, 1912 : . Benito Legarda y Tuason (Resident Commissioner), (Federalist Party (Philippines), Fed., R) : . Manuel L. Quezon (Resident Commissioner), (Nacionalista Party, Nac.) : . Luis Muñoz Rivera (Resident Commissioner), (Unionist) 62 us house membership

Changes in membership

Senate

There were 20 changes: 6 deaths, 2 resignations, 1 invalidated election, 6 appointees replaced by electees, 4 seats added from new states, and 1 seat vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 4-seat net gain, and no other parties had a net change.

House of Representatives

House vacancies are only filled by elections. State laws regulate when (and if) there will be special elections.

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Josiah W. Bailey; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke) * United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman: George T. Oliver; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Robert M. La Follette; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: Albert B. Cummins; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Coe I. Crawford; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) * United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Charles E. Townsend; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) * United States Senate Committee on Conservation of National Resources, Conservation of National Resources (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands) * United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Francis G. Newlands; Ranking Member: Norris Brown) * United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman: Carroll S. Page; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments, Disposition of Useless Papers in the Executive Departments (Chairman: James P. Clarke; Ranking Member: Henry E. Burnham) * United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner then John H. Bankhead) * United States Senate Select Committee on Election of William Lorimer, Election of William Lorimer (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Furnifold M. Simmons; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster) * United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) * United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Thomas H. Paynter; Ranking Member: Harry A. Richardson) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Chairman: Henry F. Lippitt; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor, Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor (Chairman: Miles Poindexter; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor), Jeff Davis) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Chairman: William O. Bradley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Asle J. Gronna; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Joseph L. Bristow; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State, Expenditures in the Department of State (Chairman: William S. Kenyon (Iowa politician), William S. Kenyon; Ranking Member: William Joel Stone, William J. Stone) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: John W. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: John D. Works; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: Wesley L. Jones; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * United States Senate Committee on the Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Moses E. Clapp) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon) * United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: George P. McLean; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman: Robert Love Taylor, Robert L. Taylor; Ranking Member: Frank O. Briggs) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor), Jeff Davis) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Impeachment of Robert H. Archibald, Impeachment of Robert H. Archibald (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: William Joel Stone, William J. Stone) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman: Isidor Rayner then Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor), Jeff Davis; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman: Elihu Root; Ranking Member: Isidor Rayner then Lee S. Overman) * United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Ellison D. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Henry A. du Pont; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: William Lorimer; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Jeff Davis (Arkansas governor), Jeff Davis; Ranking Member: Norris Brown) * United States Senate Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Chairman: George C. Perkins) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Robert L. Owen; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Benjamin F. Shively) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: Robert Love Taylor, Robert L. Taylor) * United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Joseph F. Johnston) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr. (politician), Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: John W. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Thomas H. Paynter) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson) * United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: Charles A. Culberson; Ranking Member: Reed Smoot) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Francis G. Newlands) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Thomas P. Gore; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: William Joel Stone, William J. Stone; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon) * United States Senate Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Chairman: John H. Bankhead; Ranking Member: William E. Borah) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William Alden Smith, William A. Smith; Ranking Member: Robert L. Owen) * United States Senate Committee on Third Degree Ordeal, Third Degree Ordeal * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Murphy J. Foster; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Ellison D. Smith; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark) * United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: John W. Smith; Ranking Member: William O. Bradley) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman: Lee S. Overman; Ranking Member: George P. Wetmore)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James T. Lloyd; Ranking Member: James A. Hughes) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb; Ranking Member: Gilbert N. Haugen) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.; Ranking Member: Andrew J. Barchfeld) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: John J. Fitzgerald; Ranking Member: Joseph G. Cannon) * United States House Special Committee on the American Sugar Refining Company, American Sugar Refining Company (Special) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Arsene P. Pujo; Ranking Member: Edward B. Vreeland) * United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: William C. Houston; Ranking Member: Edgar D. Crumpacker) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Edward W. Pou; Ranking Member: William H. Heald) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Thomas W. Hardwick; Ranking Member: William W. Griest) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott, J. Frederick Cockey Talbott; Ranking Member: George D. McCreary) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson; Ranking Member: Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Asbury F. Lever; Ranking Member: James F. Burke (politician), James F. Burke) * United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: William W. Rucker; Ranking Member: Marlin E. Olmsted) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Timothy T. Ansberry; Ranking Member: Solomon F. Prouty) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: James A. Hamill; Ranking Member: John M. Nelson) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Henry M. Goldfogle; Ranking Member: Henry Allen Cooper, Henry A. Cooper) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Ben Cravens; Ranking Member: Daniel Read Anthony) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Ralph W. Moss (politician), Ralph W. Moss; Ranking Member: Edwin W. Higgins) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: John H. Rothermel; Ranking Member: Bird Segle McGuire, Bird S. McGuire) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: James M. Graham; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Jack Beall; Ranking Member: Elbert H. Hubbard) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: William A. Ashbrook; Ranking Member: Richard W. Austin) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Courtney W. Hamlin; Ranking Member: Charles Russell Davis, Charles R. Davis) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: William E. Cox; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: Harvey Helm; Ranking Member: Asher C. Hinds) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Cyrus Cline; Ranking Member: E. Stevens Henry) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: William Sulzer; Ranking Member: William B. McKinley) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: John L. Burnett; Ranking Member: Augustus P. Gardner) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: John H. Stephens; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke) * United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: J. Thomas Heflin; Ranking Member: William A. Rodenberg) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones; Ranking Member: Marlin E. Olmsted) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William C. Adamson; Ranking Member: Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick C. Stevens) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Isaac R. Sherwood; Ranking Member: Charles H. Burke) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William Robert Smith, William R. Smith; Ranking Member: Moses P. Kinkaid) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry De Lamar Clayton; Ranking Member: John A. Sterling) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: William B. Wilson; Ranking Member: John J. Gardner) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: James L. Slayden; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Joshua W. Alexander; Ranking Member: William S. Greene) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Robert E. Lee; Ranking Member: Charles A. Kennedy) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: James Hay (politician), James Hay; Ranking Member: George W. Prince) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Martin D. Foster; Ranking Member: Joseph Howell) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Lemuel P. Padgett; Ranking Member: George Edmund Foss) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William A. Oldfield; Ranking Member: Frank D. Currier) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: William N. Richardson, William Richardson; Ranking Member: Ira W. Wood) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John A. Moon; Ranking Member: John W. Weeks) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David E. Finley; Ranking Member: Benjamin K. Focht) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Morris Sheppard; Ranking Member: Franklin W. Mondell) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member: Frederick H. Gillett) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Charles A. Korbly; Ranking Member: George P. Lawrence) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: John T. Watkins; Ranking Member: Reuben O. Moon) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Stephen M. Sparkman; Ranking Member: George P. Lawrence) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Robert L. Henry; Ranking Member: John Dalzell) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Henry D. Flood; Ranking Member: Richard E. Connell then William Henry Draper (congressman), William H. Draper) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thetus W. Sims; Ranking Member: Elmer A. Morse) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Sereno E. Payne) * 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 Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads, Federal Aid in Construction of Post Roads * United States Congress Joint Committee on Investigations of Conditions in Alaska, Investigations of Conditions in Alaska (Chairman: Sen.

) * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate the General Parcel Post, Investigate the General Parcel Post * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Sen. Reed Smoot) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Postage on Second-Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail, Postage on 2nd Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Transportation of Mail (Chairman: Sen. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (politician), Jonathan Bourne Jr.) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service, Second Class Mail Matter and Compensation for Rail Mail Service

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: Elliott Woods * Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam * Public Printer of the United States: Samuel B. Donnelly

Senate

* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Ulysses G.B. Pierce, Unitarianism, Unitarian * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin * Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell, until December 10, 1912 ** E. Livingston Cornelius, elected December 10, 1912

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell, until March 3, 1911. ** South Trimble, from April 4, 1911. * Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Charles R. Crisp * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Joseph J. Sinnott * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: Patrick Joseph Haltigan (D) and H. Martin Williams (R) * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: William M. Dunbar * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson, until April 4, 1911. ** W. Stokes Jackson, died June 1912. ** Charles F. Riddell, elected July 18, 1912.

Notes

References

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