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

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and the

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. It met in

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

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

's first

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. The president

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

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was based on the

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majority, and the House had a Democratic majority.

Major events

Major legislation

* October 8, 1888:

Chinese Exclusion Act The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law excluded merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplo ...

( Scott Act) * January 14, 1889:

Nelson Act of 1889 An act for the relief and civilization of the Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota (51st-1st-Ex.Doc.247; ), commonly known as the Nelson Act of 1889, was a United States federal law intended to relocate all the Anishinaabe people in Minnesot ...

* February 22, 1889: Enabling Act of 1889, Sess. 2, ch. 180,

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

: Vacant * President pro tempore:

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

(R) * Republican Conference Chairman: George F. Edmunds * Democratic Caucus Chairman:

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

House of Representatives

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: John G. Carlisle (D) * Minority Leader: Thomas B. Reed * Democratic Caucus Chairman: Samuel S. Cox * Republican Conference Chairman:

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

* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: John E. Kenna

Members

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Senate

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

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3. James L. Pugh (D)

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

: 2. James H. Berry (D) : 3. James K. Jones (D)

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

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

(D) : 3. Leland Stanford (R)

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

: 2. Thomas M. Bowen (R) : 3. Henry M. Teller (R)

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

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

(R) : 3. Orville H. Platt (R)

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

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2. Eli M. Saulsbury (D)

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

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Samuel Pasco Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida. Biography Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...

(D), from May 19, 1887 : 3. Wilkinson Call (D)

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

: 2. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) : 3.

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

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

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Shelby M. Cullom Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois. Life and ca ...

(R) : 3. Charles B. Farwell (R)

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

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David Turpie David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...

(D) : 3. Daniel W. Voorhees (D)

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

: 2. James F. Wilson (R) : 3.

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

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

: 2.

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

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

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(D) : 3. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D)

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

: 2. Randall L. Gibson (D) : 3. James B. Eustis (D)

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

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

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William P. Frye William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...

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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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

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

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: 1. Henry L. Dawes (R) : 2.

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

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Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

: 1. Francis B. Stockbridge (R) : 2.

Thomas W. Palmer Thomas Witherell Palmer (January 25, 1830 – June 1, 1913) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. He is considered to be one of the most significant figures in the history of Detroit, Michigan. Palmer was born in Detroit, where his m ...

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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

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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, Ne ...

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Dwight M. Sabin Dwight May Sabin (April 25, 1843December 22, 1902) was an American politician who served as U.S. Senator from Minnesota and in the Minnesota Legislature. He is known for the business ventures of Seymour, Sabin & Co. and the Northwestern Car Com ...

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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

: 1.

James Z. George James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner. Biography James ...

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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 postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi. Early life Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...

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Missouri Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...

: 1. Francis M. Cockrell (D) : 3. George G. Vest (D)

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...

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Algernon S. Paddock Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood. Biography Paddock was born in Glens Falls, New York. His f ...

(R) : 2. Charles F. Manderson (R)

Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...

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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 Count ...

(R) : 3. John P. Jones (R)

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

: 2. Person C. Cheney (R), until June 14, 1887 :: William E. Chandler (R), from June 14, 1887 : 3.

Henry W. Blair Henry William Blair (December 6, 1834March 14, 1920) was a United States representative and Senator from New Hampshire. During the American Civil War, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Union Army. A Radical Republican in his earlier political ...

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New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

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

New York

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Frank Hiscock Frank Hiscock (September 6, 1834June 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York. He served in the United States Congress from 1877 to 1893. Hiscock was a native of Pompey, New York, and graduated from Pompey Academy. Af ...

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William M. Evarts William Maxwell Evarts (February 6, 1818February 28, 1901) was an American lawyer and statesman from New York who served as U.S. Secretary of State, U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from New York. He was renowned for his skills as a li ...

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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

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

Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...

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John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...

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Henry B. Payne Henry B. Payne (November 30, 1810September 9, 1896) was an American politician from Ohio. Moving to Ohio from his native New York in 1833, he quickly established himself in law and business while becoming a local leader in Democratic politics. ...

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Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

: 2. Joseph N. Dolph (R) : 3.

John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell (June 22, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician, and convicted criminal. He served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon ...

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

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Matthew S. Quay Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control o ...

(R) : 3. J. Donald Cameron (R)

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

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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 1 ...

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

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

: 2. Matthew C. Butler (D) : 3.

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

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

: 1. William B. Bate (D) : 2. Isham G. Harris (D)

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

: 1. John H. Reagan (D) : 2.

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

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

: 1. George F. Edmunds (R) : 3. Justin S. Morrill (R)

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

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

West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...

: 1. Charles J. Faulkner (D), from May 5, 1887 : 2. John E. Kenna (D)

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

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Philetus Sawyer Philetus Sawyer (September 22, 1816March 29, 1900) was a United States senator from Wisconsin for twelve years (1881–1893). He also represented Wisconsin for ten years in the United States House of Representatives (1865–1875), and he ...

(R) : 3. John C. Spooner (R) 50th United States Congress Senators

House of Representatives

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

Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,765 ...

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

Joseph Wheeler Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler (September 10, 1836 – January 25, 1906) was an American military commander and politician. He was a cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War, and then a general in ...

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

: . Poindexter Dunn (D) : . Clifton R. Breckinridge (D) : . Thomas C. McRae (D) : .

John H. Rogers John H. Rogers is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992, which includes all of Norwood, Massachusetts, Norwood and parts of Walpole, ...

(D) : . Samuel W. Peel (D)

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

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Thomas L. Thompson Thomas L. Thompson (born January 7, 1939 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American-born Danish biblical scholar and theologian. He was professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen from 1993 to 2009. He currently lives in Denmark. Thompson is ...

(D) : . Marion Biggs (D) : .

Joseph McKenna Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate J ...

(R) : . William W. Morrow (R) : . Charles N. Felton (R) : .

William Vandever William Vandever (March 31, 1817 – July 23, 1893) was a United States representative from Iowa and later from California, and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Early life Vandever was born in Baltimore, ...

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

: . George G. Symes (R)

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

: . Robert J. Vance (D) : .

Carlos French Carlos French (August 6, 1835 – April 14, 1903) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a United States representative from Connecticut from 1887 to 1889. Biography He was born in Humphreysville, Connecticut (now kn ...

(D) : . Charles A. Russell (R) : .

Miles T. Granger Miles Tobey Granger (August 12, 1817, New Marlboro, Massachusetts – October 21, 1895) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Errors (now called the Connecticut Supreme Court) in 1876 and served until March 1, 1887, when he resigned. He was a Dem ...

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

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John B. Penington John Brown Penington (December 20, 1825 – June 1, 1902) was an American lawyer and politician, from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as Attorney General of Delaware and two terms as U. S. ...

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

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

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

: . Thomas M. Norwood (D) : . Henry G. Turner (D) : .

Charles F. Crisp Charles Frederick Crisp (January 29, 1845 – October 23, 1896) was a United States political figure. A Democrat, he was elected as a congressman from Georgia in 1882, and served until his death in 1896. From 1890 until his death, he led the De ...

(D) : . Thomas W. Grimes (D) : . John D. Stewart (D) : . James H. Blount (D) : .

Judson C. Clements Judson Claudius Clements (February 12, 1846 – June 18, 1917) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. For a quarter century a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Clements ...

(D) : . Henry H. Carlton (D) : . Allen D. Candler (D) : . George T. Barnes (D)

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

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Ransom W. Dunham Ransom Williams Dunham (March 21, 1838 – August 19, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Savoy, Massachusetts, Dunham attended the common schools and the high school in Springfield, engaged as a clerk for a life insurance ...

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Frank Lawler Frank Lawler (June 25, 1842 – January 17, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Rochester, New York, Lawler attended the public schools. He moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois in 1854. He was a news agent on a rail ...

(D) : . William E. Mason (R) : . George E. Adams (R) : . Albert J. Hopkins (R) : .

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 ...

(R) : . Thomas J. Henderson (R) : .

Ralph Plumb Ralph Plumb (March 29, 1816 – April 8, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Ralph Plumb was born in Busti, New York on March 29, 1816. He attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, and moved to Ohio. ...

(R) : . Lewis E. Payson (R) : . Philip S. Post (R) : . William H. Gest (R) : .

George A. Anderson George Alburtus Anderson (March 11, 1853 – January 31, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Botetourt County, Virginia, Anderson moved to Illinois in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Hancock County. He attended the com ...

(D) : . William M. Springer (D) : . Jonathan H. Rowell (R) : . Joseph G. Cannon (R) : . Silas Z. Landes (D) : . Edward Lane (D) : .

Jehu Baker Jehu Baker (November 4, 1822 – March 1, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Lexington, Kentucky, Baker moved with his father to Lebanon, Illinois, in 1829. He attended the common schools and McKendree University. He stu ...

(R) : . Richard W. Townshend (D) : . John R. Thomas (R)

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

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

George W. Steele George Washington Steele (December 13, 1839July 12, 1922) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Representative for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903. Steele was also the first governor of Ok ...

(R) : . James B. White (R) : . Benjamin F. Shively (D)

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

: . John H. Gear (R) : . Walter I. Hayes (D) : .

David B. Henderson David Bremner Henderson (March 14, 1840 – February 25, 1906), a ten-term United States Republican Party, Republican United States House of Representatives, congressman from Dubuque, Iowa, was the speaker of the United States House of Repre ...

(R) : . William E. Fuller (R) : .

Daniel Kerr Daniel Alan Kerr (born 16 May 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played 220 games for the club between 2001 and 2013, as a hard-running inside midfie ...

(R) : . James B. Weaver (GB) : . Edwin H. Conger (R) : . Albert R. Anderson (IR) : . Joseph Lyman (R) : . Adoniram J. Holmes (R) : .

Isaac S. Struble Isaac Sterling "Ike" Struble (November 3, 1843 – February 17, 1913) was an American politician who was a four-term Republican Representative of Iowa's 11th congressional district. Serving from 1883 to 1891, the Plymouth County resident ...

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

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Edmund N. Morrill Edmund Needham Morrill (February 12, 1834 – March 14, 1909) was a U.S. Congressman from Kansas and the 13th Governor of Kansas. Biography Edmund Needham Morrill was born in Westbrook, Maine, to Rufus and Mary (Webb) Morrill. He attended the ...

(R) : . Edward H. Funston (R) : .

Bishop W. Perkins Bishop Walden Perkins (October 18, 1841June 20, 1894) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Kansas. Born in Rochester, Ohio, he attended the common schools and Knox College (Illinois), Knox College (Galesburg, ...

(R) : . Thomas Ryan (R) : . John A. Anderson (IR) : . Erastus J. Turner (R) : . Samuel R. Peters (R)

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

: . William J. Stone (D) : .

Polk Laffoon James Knox Polk Laffoon (October 24, 1844 – October 22, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Madisonville, Kentucky, Laffoon attended the local schools. In September 1861, during the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confeder ...

(D) : .

W. Godfrey Hunter Whiteside Godfrey Hunter (December 25, 1841 – November 2, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life Born near Belfast, Ireland, Hunter completed preparatory studies. He immigrated to the United States in 1858 and settled in ...

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Alexander B. Montgomery Alexander Brooks Montgomery (December 11, 1837 – December 27, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Tip Top, Kentucky, Montgomery attended the common and private schools. He was graduated from Georgetown (Kentucky) Colle ...

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Asher G. Caruth Asher Graham Caruth (February 7, 1844 – November 25, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life and family Asher G. Caruth was born in Scottsville, Kentucky, on February 7, 1844."Caruth, Asher Graham". ''Biographical Directory o ...

(D) : . John G. Carlisle (D) : . William C. P. Breckinridge (D) : . James B. McCreary (D) : . George M. Thomas (R) : .

William P. Taulbee William Preston Taulbee (October 22, 1851 – March 11, 1890) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Early life and education Taulbee was a son of William Harrison Taulbee (1824–1905) and his wif ...

(D) : . Hugh F. Finley (R)

Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...

: . Theodore S. Wilkinson (D) : . Matthew D. Lagan (D) : . Edward J. Gay (D) : .

Newton C. Blanchard Newton Crain Blanchard (January 29, 1849 – June 22, 1922) was a United States representative, U.S. senator, and the 33rd governor of Louisiana. Personal life Born in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana, he completed academic studies, ...

(D) : . Cherubusco Newton (D) : . Edward W. Robertson (D), until August 2, 1887 ::

Samuel M. Robertson Samuel Matthews Robertson (January 1, 1852 – December 24, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana, son of Edward White Robertson. Born in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, Robertson attended Magruder's Collegiate Institute ...

(D), from December 5, 1887

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast 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 Co ...

(R) : .

Seth L. Milliken Seth Llewellyn Milliken (December 12, 1831 – April 18, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Maine. Early life Born in Montville, Maine, the son of William Milliken and Lucy P. Perrigo. Milliken attended the common schools and Waterville Col ...

(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 state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

: . Charles H. Gibson (D) : . Frank T. Shaw (D) : . Henry W. Rusk (D) : . Isidor Rayner (D) : .

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) : . Louis E. McComas (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

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

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

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

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

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

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

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

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

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

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

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

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . William Woodburn (R)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

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

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

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

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . Perry Belmont (D), until December 1, 1888 : . Felix Campbell (D) : . Stephen V. White (R) : . Peter P. Mahoney (D) : . Archibald Meserole Bliss, Archibald M. Bliss (D) : . Amos J. Cummings (D) : . Lloyd Bryce, Lloyd S. Bryce (D) : . Timothy J. Campbell (D) : . Samuel S. Cox (D) : . Francis Barretto Spinola, Francis B. Spinola (D) : . Truman A. Merriman (D) : . William Bourke Cockran, W. Bourke Cockran (D) : . Ashbel P. Fitch (D) : . William G. Stahlnecker (D) : . Henry Bacon (New York), Henry Bacon (D) : . John H. Ketcham (R) : . Stephen T. Hopkins (R) : . Edward W. Greenman (D) : . Nicholas T. Kane (D), until September 14, 1887 :: Charles Tracey (D), from November 8, 1887 : . George West (American politician), George West (R) : . John H. Moffitt (R) : . Abraham X. Parker (R) : . James S. Sherman (R) : . David Wilber (R) : . James J. Belden (R), from November 8, 1887 : . Milton De Lano (R) : . Newton W. Nutting (R) : . Thomas S. Flood (politician), Thomas S. Flood (R) : . Ira Davenport (New York), Ira Davenport (R) : . Charles S. Baker (R) : . John G. Sawyer (R) : . John M. Farquhar (R) : . John B. Weber (R) : . William G. Laidlaw (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

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

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

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

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Binger Hermann (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

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

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

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

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

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

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

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

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

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

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

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

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

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

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

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

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

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

Non-voting members

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

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Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 1 ** Democratic: no net change **

Republican 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 ...

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

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 8 ** Democratic: no net change **

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

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Daniel W. Voorhees; Ranking Member: Justin S. Morrill) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

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

; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: Zebulon B. Vance) * United States Senate Select Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Select) (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:

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

; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * United States Senate Special Committee on Civil Service Operations, Civil Service Operations (Special) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman: Joseph N. Dolph; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Matt W. Ransom) * United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Ingalls; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman:

; Ranking Member:

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

) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Thomas M. Bowen; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) * United States Senate Select Committee on Epidemic Diseases, Epidemic Diseases (Select) (Chairman: Isham G. Harris; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III, Wade Hampton) * United States Senate Committee on Executive Departments Methods, Executive Departments Methods (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt) * United States Senate Committee on Expenditures of Public Money, Expenditures of Public Money (Chairman: Charles B. Farwell; Ranking Member:

) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: Wade Hampton III, Wade Hampton) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Select Committee on Fishing Bounties and Allowances, Fishing Bounties and Allowances (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Matthew C. Butler; Ranking Member: J. Donald Cameron) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Government Printing Office, Government Printing Office (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Henry L. Dawes; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Traders, Indian Traders (Select) (Chairman: William E. Chandler; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, Joseph C.S. Blackburn) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Isham G. Harris) * United States Senate Select Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Edmunds; Ranking Member: James L. Pugh) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Daniel W. Voorhees) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Harrison H. Riddleberger; Ranking Member: Alfred H. Colquitt) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William B. Bate) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Algernon S. Paddock; Ranking Member: James B. Eustis) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: J. Donald Cameron; Ranking Member: John R. McPherson) * United States Senate Select Committee on Nicaraguan Claims, Nicaraguan Claims (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: George Frisbie Hoar, George F. Hoard) * United States Senate Special Committee on the Pacific Railway Commission, Pacific Railway Commission (Special) (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: Ephraim K. Wilson) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) * United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman: John R. McPherson; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Charles F. Manderson; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Matt W. Ransom; Ranking Member: George F. Edmonds) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Eli Saulsbury) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Leland Stanford; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:

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

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

; Ranking Member:

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

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

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

)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Frank T. Shaw; Ranking Member: James O'Donnell (politician), James O'Donnell) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: William H. Hatch; Ranking Member: Justin R. Whiting) * United States House Select Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Select) (Chairman: James E. Campbell; Ranking Member: N/A) * United States House Select Committee on American Ship building, American Ship building (Select) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Samuel J. Randall; Ranking Member: Edmund Rice (politician), Edmund Rice) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Beriah Wilkins; Ranking Member: Luther F. McKinney) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: S. W. T. Lanham; Ranking Member: John Lynch (Pennsylvania politician), John Lynch) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Richard P. Bland; Ranking Member: Norman Hall (politician), Norman Hall) * United States House Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: Martin L. Clardy; Ranking Member: James Phelan Jr.) * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: John J. Hemphill; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Allen D. Candler; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections (Chairman: Charles F. Crisp; Ranking Member: Littleton W. Moore) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Spencer O. Fisher; Ranking Member: Constantine B. Kilgore) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Thomas R. Hudd; Ranking Member: Charles N. Brumm) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: William H. H. Cowles; Ranking Member: Albert C. Thompson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: William L. Scott; Ranking Member: Jacob Romeis) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Alexander M. Dockery; Ranking Member: Charles Elwood Brown, Charles E. Brown) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Leopold Morse; Ranking Member: Louis E. Atkinson) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: John M. Farquhar) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: William Warner (Missouri), William Warner) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Timothy J. Campbell; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: James B. McCreary; Ranking Member: James S. Cothran) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Samuel W. Peel; Ranking Member: Silas Hare) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Courtland C. Matson; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Culberson; Ranking Member: John D. Stewart) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. O'Neill; Ranking Member: Edward Burnett) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Thomas C. Catchings; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: William G. Stahlnecker; Ranking Member: Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Henry Bacon; Ranking Member: Frank C. Bunnell) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Poindexter Dunn; Ranking Member: John L. MacDonald) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: John H. Rogers; Ranking Member: James J. Belden) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Richard W. Townshend; Ranking Member: Samuel S. Yoder) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: William McAdoo (New Jersey politician), William McAdoo; Ranking Member: Francis B. Spinola) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles T. O'Ferrall; Ranking Member: Marion Biggs) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Hilary A. Herbert; Ranking Member: Joseph Abbott (Texas politician), Joseph Abbott) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Joseph H. Outhwaite; Ranking Member:

) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: James B. Weaver; Ranking Member: Robert J. Vance) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Archibald M. Bliss; Ranking Member: John E. Russell) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: James D. Richardson; Ranking Member: John A. Hiestand) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: John M. Glover; Ranking Member: Louis C. Latham) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: James H. Blount; Ranking Member: Alfred Rowland) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Samuel Dibble; Ranking Member: Charles E. Hogg) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: William S. Holman; Ranking Member: John L. MacDonald) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Robert H. M. Davidson; Ranking Member: Henry H. Carlton) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: William C. Oates; Ranking Member: Charles E. Hogg) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:

; Ranking Member: Thomas L. Thompson) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: John G. Carlisle; Ranking Member: Thomas B. Reed) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William M. Springer; Ranking Member: Melbourne H. Ford) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: William Joel Stone, William J. Stone; Ranking Member: Theodore S. Wilkinson) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Roger Q. Mills; Ranking Member: William D. Bynum) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee on to Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel, To Investigate Work on the Washington Aqueduct Tunnel * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: William G. Stahlnecker; Vice Chairman: Charles O'Neill (Pennsylvania politician), Charles O'Neill) * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing

Caucuses

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

Administrative officers

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

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

Senate

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

House of Representatives

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

Notes

References

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External links

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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