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The 54th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the
United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and ...
and the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together the ...
. It met in
Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
from March 4, 1895, to March 4, 1897, during the last two 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 second presidency. The apportionment of seats in the
House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...
was based on the Eleventh Census of the United States in 1890. The House had a
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 again ...
majority, and the Republicans were the largest party in the Senate.


Major events


Major legislation

* May 21, 1896: Oil Pipe Line Act, ch. 212, ( et seq.) * May 22, 1896: Condemned Cannon Act, * May 28, 1896: United States Commissioners Act, * June 1, 1896: Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), * June 6, 1896: Filled Cheese Act, * January 13, 1897: Stock Reservoir Act, , ( et seq.) * March 2, 1897:
Tea Importation Act Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of ''Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...
, , ( et seq.)


States admitted

* January 4, 1896:
Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
was admitted with 45th state.


Party summary

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


Senate


House of Representatives


Leadership


Senate

*
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese f ...
: Adlai E. Stevenson (D) *
President pro tempore A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being" ...
: William P. Frye (R)


Majority (Republican) leadership

*
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informi ...
:
John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an United States, American politician from Ohio throughout the American Civil War, Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Par ...


Minority (Democratic) leadership

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


House of Representatives

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


Majority (Republican) leadership

*
Republican Conference Chairman The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informi ...
:
Charles H. Grosvenor Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, ...
* Republican Campaign Committee Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Democratic Caucus Chairman: David B. Culberson * Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman:
Charles James Faulkner Charles James Faulkner (September 21, 1847January 13, 1929) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Early life Born on the family estate, "Boydville," near Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). His father was Charles James Fa ...


Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district. :'' Skip to House of Representatives, below''


Senate

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. 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 the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term ended in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1896.


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

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3.
James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...

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James H. Berry James Henderson Berry (May 15, 1841 – January 30, 1913) was a United States Senator and served as the 14th governor of Arkansas. Early life James Henderson Berry was born in Jackson County, Alabama, to Isabella Jane (née Orr) and James McFe ...
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James K. Jones James Kimbrough Jones (September 29, 1839June 1, 1908) was a Confederate Army veteran, plantation owner, lawyer, US Congressional Representative, United States Senator and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from Arkansas. Biograph ...
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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

: 1. Stephen M. White (D) : 3.
George C. Perkins George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Cal ...
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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 ...

: 2. Edward O. Wolcott (R) : 3.
Henry M. Teller Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the D ...
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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

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Joseph R. Hawley Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the Un ...
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Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...

: 1. George Gray (D) : 2. Richard R. Kenney (D), from January 19, 1897


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

: 1. Samuel Pasco (D) : 3.
Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call a ...
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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

: 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D) : 3. John B. Gordon (D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...

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


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

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


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 ...

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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 ...
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Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
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Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

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John H. Gear John Henry Gear (April 7, 1825 – July 14, 1900) served as the 11th Governor of Iowa, a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate. Biography Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Gal ...
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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 ...

: 2.
Lucien Baker Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas. Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended the public schools and graduated from Adrian College and ...
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William A. Peffer William Alfred Peffer (September 10, 1831October 6, 1912) was a United States Senator from Kansas, notable for being the first of six Populists (two of whom, more than any other state, were from Kansas) elected to the United States Senate. In the ...
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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

: 2. William Lindsay (D) : 3.
Joseph C. S. Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biogr ...
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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

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Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner. Biography Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
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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, ...
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Maine Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...

: 1.
Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for ni ...
(R) : 2. William P. Frye (R)


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

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Arthur Pue Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
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Charles H. Gibson Charles Hopper Gibson (January 19, 1842 – March 31, 1900) was a U. S. Senator from Maryland, serving from 1891–1897. He also served as a U.S. Congressman from 1885–1891. Biography Gibson was born near Centreville, Maryland, and attended ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy ...
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George F. Hoar George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
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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.
Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtab ...
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James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to: Sportspeople * James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland * James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St B ...
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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 List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

: 1.
Cushman K. Davis Cushman Kellogg Davis (June 16, 1838November 27, 1900) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician who served as the List of Governors of Minnesota, seventh Governor of Minnesota and as a United States Senate, U.S. Senat ...
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Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
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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. Mis ...

: 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, Virgin ...
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Missouri Missouri 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 is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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Francis M. Cockrell Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate States Army, Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He ...
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George G. Vest George Graham Vest (December 6, 1830August 9, 1904) was a U.S. politician. Born in Frankfort, Kentucky, he was known for his skills in oration and debate. Vest, a lawyer as well as a politician, served as a Missouri Congressman, a Confederate ...
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Montana Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...

: 1.
Lee Mantle Lee Mantle (December 13, 1851November 18, 1934) was an American businessman and politician from Montana. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from 1895 to 1899. Mantle was born in Birmingham, Englan ...
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Thomas H. Carter Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1 ...
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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 so ...

: 1. William V. Allen (P) : 2. John M. Thurston (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, ...

: 1. William M. Stewart (S) : 3. John P. Jones (S)


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.
William E. Chandler William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican " ...
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Jacob H. Gallinger Jacob Harold Gallinger (March 28, 1837 – August 17, 1918), was a United States senator from New Hampshire who served as President pro tempore of the Senate in 1912 and 1913. Early life and career Jacob Harold Gallinger was born in Cornwal ...
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New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...

: 1.
James Smith Jr. James Smith Jr. (June 12, 1851April 1, 1927) was a newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. A leader of the Irish Catholic community, he was the Democratic party boss who sponsored Woodrow Wilson to the governorship in 1910. Biog ...
(D) : 2. William J. Sewell (R)


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

: 1. Edward Murphy Jr. (D) : 3. David B. Hill (D)


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 a ...

: 2. Marion Butler (P) : 3.
Jeter C. Pritchard Jeter Connelly Pritchard (July 12, 1857 – April 10, 1921) was a lawyer, newspaperman, United States Senator and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Court ...
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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, S ...

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William N. Roach William Nathaniel Roach (September 25, 1840September 7, 1902) was a United States senator from North Dakota. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the public schools, Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University. He was a ...
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Henry C. Hansbrough Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota. Biography Henry Clay Hansbrough was born ...
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Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

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John Sherman John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an United States, American politician from Ohio throughout the American Civil War, Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Par ...
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Calvin S. Brice Calvin Stewart Brice (September 17, 1845 – December 15, 1898) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Ohio. He is best remembered for his single term in the United States Senate, his role as chairman of the Democratic Nationa ...
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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 Idah ...

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George W. McBride George Wycliffe McBride (March 13, 1854June 18, 1911) was an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of St ...
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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 Orego ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

: 1. Matthew S. Quay (R) : 3.
J. Donald Cameron James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron ...
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Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...

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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 ...
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George P. Wetmore George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island. Early life George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parent ...
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South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D) : 3. John L. M. Irby (D)


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

: 2. Richard F. Pettigrew (R) : 3.
James H. Kyle James Henderson Kyle (February 24, 1854July 1, 1901) was an American politician. One of the most successful members of the Populist Party, he served for 10 years as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota, from 1891 until his d ...
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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 ...

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William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to t ...
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Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

: 1. Roger Q. Mills (D) : 2.
Horace Chilton Horace Chilton (December 29, 1853 – June 12, 1932) was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas. Biography Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the t ...
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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

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Frank J. Cannon Frank Jenne Cannon (January 25, 1859July 25, 1933) was the first United States Senator from Utah, who served from 1896 to 1899. Early life Born in Salt Lake City, Cannon was the eldest child of Sarah Jenne Cannon and George Q. Cannon. His father ...
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Arthur Brown Arthur Brown may refer to: Entertainment * Arthur William Brown (1881–1966), Canadian commercial artist * H. Arthur Brown (1906–1992), American orchestral conductor * Arthur Brown (musician) (born 1942), English rock singer * Arthur Brown, aka ...
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Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...

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Redfield Proctor Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 18 ...
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Justin S. Morrill Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810December 28, 1898) was an American politician and entrepreneur who represented Vermont in the United States House of Representatives (1855–1867) and United States Senate (1867–1898). He is most widely remem ...
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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...

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John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembl ...
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Thomas S. Martin Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as t ...
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Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

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John L. Wilson John Lockwood Wilson (August 7, 1850November 6, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1889–1895) and U.S. Senate (1895–1899) Biography Wil ...
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Watson C. Squire Watson Carvosso Squire (May 18, 1838June 7, 1926) was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington. Biography Born in Cape Vincent, New York, Squire attended the p ...
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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 ...

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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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John L. Mitchell John Lendrum Mitchell (October 19, 1842June 29, 1904) was an American politician and philanthropist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A Democrat, he served one term each in the United States Senate (1893–1899) and House of Representatives (1891& ...
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William F. Vilas William Freeman Vilas (July 9, 1840August 27, 1908) was an American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator. In the U.S. Senate, he represented the state of Wisconsin for one term, from 1891 to 1897. As a prominent Bourbon Democrat, he wa ...
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Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...

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Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York (state), New York. He participated in the constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention for Wyoming's s ...
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Francis E. Warren Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...

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George P. Harrison George Paul Harrison (March 19, 1841 – July 17, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Early life and education Born at " Monteith Plantation," 12 miles from Savannah, Georgia, George Paul Harrison, attended Effingham Academy and ...
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Gaston A. Robbins Gaston Ahi Robbins (September 26, 1858 – February 22, 1902) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Robbins moved to Randolph County, North Carolina. He attended Tr ...
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William F. Aldrich William Farrington Aldrich (March 11, 1853 – October 30, 1925) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama. He was brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J. Edwards. Biography Aldri ...
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James E. Cobb James Edward Cobb (October 5, 1835 – June 2, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools and graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia in June 1856, where he studied law. ...
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Albert T. Goodwyn Albert Taylor Goodwyn (December 17, 1842 – July 1, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Early life and military career Born at Robinson Springs, Alabama, Goodwyn attended Robinson Springs Academy and South Carolina College at Co ...
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John H. Bankhead John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920. Life and career Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near p ...
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Milford W. Howard Milford Wriarson Howard (December 18, 1862 – December 28, 1937) was a United States Representative from Alabama. Howard was first elected to the House of Representatives as a Populist in 1894, defeating incumbent William H. Denson. He w ...
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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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Oscar Underwood Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an 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 designated floor leader in the Unit ...
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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...

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Philip D. McCulloch Jr. Philip Doddridge McCulloch Jr. (June 23, 1851 – November 26, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, McCulloch moved with his parents to Trenton, Tennessee, where he attended private schools and And ...
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John S. Little John Sebastian Little (March 15, 1851 – October 29, 1916) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. Biography John Sebastian "Bass" Lit ...
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California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

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Grove L. Johnson Grover Lawrence Johnson (March 27, 1841 – February 1, 1926) was an American attorney and politician from California. In addition to serving in both houses of the state legislature, Johnson also served as a United States Representative. He was ...
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Samuel G. Hilborn Samuel Greeley Hilborn (December 9, 1834 – April 19, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from California in the late 19th Century. Early life Born in Minot, Androscoggin (then Cumberland) County, Maine, Hilborn attended the common schools, Hebr ...
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James G. Maguire James George Maguire (February 22, 1853 – June 20, 1920) was an American politician and Georgist who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1893 to 1899. Early life and education Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Mag ...
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Eugene F. Loud Eugene Francis Loud (March 12, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was an American Civil War veteran who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1891 to 1903. Early life and career Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to ...
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William W. Bowers William Wallace Bowers (October 20, 1834 – May 2, 1917) was an American Civil War veteran politician a U.S. Representative from California from 1891 to 1897. Biography Born in Whitestown, New York, Bowers attended the common schools. He m ...
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Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...

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John F. Shafroth John Franklin Shafroth (June 9, 1854February 20, 1922) was an American politician who served as a representative, member of the United States Senate, and Governor of Colorado. Early life Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common sc ...
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Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

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E. Stevens Henry Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional distric ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...

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Jonathan S. Willis Jonathan Spencer Willis (April 5, 1830 – November 24, 1903) was an American politician from Milford in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware. Early life and fam ...
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Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, a ...

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Stephen M. Sparkman Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (July 29, 1849 – September 26, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Biography Stephen M. Sparkman was born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, on July 29, 1849. He attended the common schools. He taug ...
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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to t ...

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Rufus E. Lester Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in S ...
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Charles L. Moses Charles Leavell Moses (May 2, 1856 – October 10, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Turin, Georgia, Moses attended small country schools and ultimately graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1876. ...
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Charles L. Bartlett Charles Bartlett may refer to: *Charles W. Bartlett (1860–1940), English painter and printmaker *Charles W. Bartlett (lawyer) (1845–1916), American lawyer and politician *Charles Lafayette Bartlett (1853–1938), U.S. Representative from Georgi ...
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John W. Maddox John Wilson Maddox (June 3, 1848 – September 27, 1922) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Born on a farm near Gore, Georgia, Maddox attended modest schools. During the America ...
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Thomas G. Lawson Thomas Graves Lawson (May 2, 1835 – April 16, 1912) was a Congressional Representative from Georgia. Early life Born near Eatonton, Georgia, Lawson attended private schools and graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1855. H ...
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Farish C. Tate Farish Carter Tate (November 20, 1856 – February 7, 1922) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 1893 to 1905.he owned 355 ...
(D) : . James C. C. Black (D), until March 4, 1895 :: James C. C. Black (D), from October 2, 1895 : . Henry G. Turner (D)


Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...

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

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Lawrence E. McGann Lawrence Edward McGann (February 2, 1852 – July 22, 1928), born in Dooghcloon, near Attymon, County Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1895. He was a Chicago Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may ...
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Hugh R. Belknap Hugh Reid Belknap (September 1, 1860 – November 12, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography He was born in Keokuk, Iowa on September 1, 1860 to William W. Belknap. Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy in Quinc ...
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Charles W. Woodman Charles Walhart Woodman (March 11, 1844 – March 18, 1898) was a U.S. representative from Illinois. Woodman was born in Aalborg, Denmark and was educated in the schools of his native country. In 1863 Woodman emigrated to the United States ar ...
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Edward D. Cooke Edward Dean Cooke (October 17, 1849 – June 24, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Cascade, Iowa, Cooke attended the common schools, the local academy, and the high school at Dubuque. He studied law at Dubuque and in the ...
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Albert J. Hopkins Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a Congressman and U.S. Senator from Illinois. Biography Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitted to the bar in 1871 and practiced in Aurora. He mar ...
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Robert R. Hitt Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but re ...
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George W. Prince George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools. He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 ...
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Joseph G. 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 consi ...
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Vespasian Warner Vespasian Warner (April 23, 1842 – March 31, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City), De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843. He at ...
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Finis E. Downing Finis Ewing Downing (August 24, 1846 – March 8, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Virginia, Illinois, Downing attended public and private schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Virginia, Illinois, and Butler ...
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James A. Connolly James Austin Connolly (March 8, 1843 – December 15, 1914) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1895 to 1899. Biography James A. Connolly was born in Newark ...
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William F. L. Hadley William Flavius Lester Hadley (June 15, 1847 – April 25, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Collinsville, Illinois, Hadley attended the common schools. He was graduated from McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, in June ...
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Benson Wood Benson Wood (March 31, 1839 – August 27, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Early life and military service Born near Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, Wood attended the common schools, Montrose (Pennsylvania) Academy, and Wyoming (Penns ...
(R) : . Orlando Burrell (R) : . Everett J. Murphy (R) : . George Washington Smith (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 ...

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James A. Hemenway James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in B ...
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Alexander M. Hardy Alexander Merrill Hardy (December 16, 1847 – August 31, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, H ...
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Robert J. Tracewell Robert John Tracewell (May 7, 1852 – July 28, 1922) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born near Front Royal, Virginia, Tracewell moved ...
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James E. Watson James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official United States Senate Majority Leader, majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see # ...
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Jesse Overstreet Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859 – May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimatel ...
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Charles L. Henry Charles Lewis Henry (July 1, 1849 – May 2, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Green Township, Hancock County, Indiana, Henry moved with ...
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J. Frank Hanly James Franklin Hanly (April 4, 1863August 1, 1920) was an American politician who served as a congressman from Indiana from 1895 until 1897, and was the 26th governor of Indiana from 1905 to 1909. He was the founder of Hanly's Flying Squadron, ...
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Jethro A. Hatch Jethro Ayers Hatch (June 18, 1837 – August 3, 1912) was an American physician and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1897. Biography Early life and ancestors He was born on June 18, 1837 in Pitc ...
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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 Okl ...
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Jacob D. Leighty Jacob D. Leighty (November 15, 1839 – October 18, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana. He had previously served with the Union Army during the American Civil War. Early life and Union Army service Born near Greensburg, Pennsylva ...
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Lemuel W. Royse Lemuel Willard Royse (January 19, 1847 – December 18, 1946) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born near Pierceton, Indiana, Royse attended t ...
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Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...

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Samuel M. Clark Samuel Mercer Clark (October 11, 1842 – August 11, 1900) was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district at the end of the 19th century. He was the first Iowa-born member of Congress. Early years Born near ...
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George M. Curtis George Martin Curtis (April 1, 1844 – February 9, 1921) was a two-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Biography Born near Oxford, New York, to John S. and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Curtis, Curtis moved to Og ...
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Thomas Updegraff Thomas Updegraff (April 3, 1834 – October 4, 1910) was an American attorney, politician, and five-term Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northeastern Iowa. His two periods of service were separated by ten years out ...
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John F. Lacey John Fletcher Lacey (May 30, 1841 – September 29, 1913) was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal gam ...
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John A. T. Hull John Albert Tiffin Hull (May 1, 1841 – September 26, 1928) was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district. He had earlier served two terms as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and three terms as Iowa Secreta ...
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Alva L. Hager Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 – January 29, 1923) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s. Biography Born near Jamestown, New York, Hager moved in 1859 to Iowa with his par ...
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Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political I ...
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George D. Perkins George Douglas Perkins (February 29, 1840 – February 3, 1914) was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in the northwestern portion of the state, and a candidate for his party's ...
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Kansas Kansas () is a 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 ...

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Case Broderick Case Broderick (September 23, 1839 – April 1, 1920) was a politician and U.S. Representative from Kansas. He was a cousin of David Colbreth Broderick, of Washington, DC; New York, and California; and Andrew Kennedy of California, who also ...
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Orrin L. Miller Orrin Larrabee Miller (January 11, 1856 – September 11, 1926) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 1895 to 1897. Early life Miller was ...
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Snyder S. Kirkpatrick Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (February 21, 1848 – April 5, 1909) was an American attorney, Civil War veteran and politician who served one term as a U.S. representative from Kansas from 1895 to 1897. Early life and education Kirkpatrick was b ...
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Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Senat ...
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William A. Calderhead William Alexander Calderhead (September 26, 1844 – December 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born on a farm near New Lexington in Perry County, Ohio, Calderhead received private schooling and also attended the com ...
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Chester I. Long Chester Isaiah Long (October 12, 1860July 1, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 18 ...
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Richard W. Blue Richard Whiting Blue (September 8, 1841 – January 28, 1907) was a farmer, teacher, lawyer, judge, state senator, and U.S. Representative. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He lived in Virginia and then Kansas. Born ...
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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

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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 N ...
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John W. Lewis John William Lewis (October 14, 1841 – December 20, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born near Greensburg, Kentucky, Lewis attended the common schools. He was graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, in 1862. He stud ...
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Albert S. Berry Albert Seaton Berry (May 13, 1836 – January 6, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Biography Born in Fairfield (now Dayton), Campbell County, Kentucky, Berry attended the public schools. He graduated from Miami University, Oxfor ...
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James B. McCreary James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...
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Joseph M. Kendall Joseph Morgan Kendall (May 12, 1863 – November 5, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1892 to 1893, then again from 1895 to 1897. He was the son of John Wilkerson Ken ...
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Nathan T. Hopkins Nathan Thomas Hopkins (October 27, 1852 – February 11, 1927) was an American religious leader and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1895 to 1897. Early life and career Born in Ashe County, North Ca ...
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David G. Colson David Grant Colson (April 1, 1861 – September 27, 1904) was an American politician from the State of Kentucky who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky's 11th congressional district. He previously served in the Kentucky House of Repres ...
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Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...

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Adolph Meyer Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the U.S. state, state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a United States Democratic Party, Democrat from 1891 until his death ...
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Charles F. Buck Charles Francis Buck (November 5, 1841 – January 19, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Life Born in Durrheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Buck immigrated to the United States in 1852 with his parents, who settled in New Orl ...
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Henry W. Ogden Henry Warren Ogden (October 21, 1842 – July 23, 1905) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Biography He was born in Abingdon in Washington County in far southwestern Virgi ...
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Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner (January 23, 1849 – March 21, 1903) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Born in Columbia, Louisiana, Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory st ...
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Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner (January 23, 1849 – March 21, 1903) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Born in Columbia, Louisiana, Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory st ...
(D), from June 10, 1896 : . Samuel M. Robertson (D)


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

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

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John K. Cowen John Kissig Cowen (October 28, 1844 – April 26, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland, representing the 4th district from 1895 to 1896. He was president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1896 to 1901. Early life John Kissig Cowen ...
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George L. Wellington George Louis Wellington (January 28, 1852March 20, 1927) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897 to 1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Repres ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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Ashley B. Wright Ashley Bascom Wright (May 25, 1841 – August 14, 1897) was an American politician. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses. Early life and education Wright was born ...
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Joseph H. Walker Joseph Henry Walker (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkint ...
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William S. Knox William Shadrach Knox (September 10, 1843 – September 21, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts who served from 1895 to 1903. Knox was the son of William Shadrach Knox Sr and Rebecca Walker, and the grandson of Samuel Knox an ...
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William Cogswell William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Biogra ...
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William H. Moody William Henry Moody (December 23, 1853 – July 2, 1917) was an American politician and jurist who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States. He represented parts of Essex County, Massachusetts in the Unit ...
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John F. Fitzgerald John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served as a U.S. Representative and Mayor of Boston. He also made unsuccessful runs for the United ...
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Harrison H. Atwood Harrison Henry Atwood (August 26, 1863 – October 22, 1954) was an American architect and politician who represented Boston in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897 and for several nonconsecutive terms in the Massachusett ...
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Elijah A. Morse Elijah Adams Morse (May 25, 1841 – June 5, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Morse moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852. He attended the publ ...
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John Simpkins John Simpkins (June 27, 1862 – March 27, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Simpkins attended the public schools of Yarmouth and St. Mark's School, Southboro, Massachusetts. He grad ...
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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 ...

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George Spalding George Spalding (November 12, 1836 – September 13, 1915) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Biography Spalding was born in Blairgowrie and Rattray, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1843 wi ...
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Henry F. Thomas Henry Franklin Thomas (December 17, 1843 – April 16, 1912) was an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897 Early life and education T ...
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William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience w ...
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David D. Aitken David Demerest Aitken (September 5, 1853 – May 26, 1930) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan from 1893 to 1897. He also served as mayor of Flint, Michigan. Early life Aitken ...
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Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop (January 6, 1843 – March 4, 1920) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1907. Early ...
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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 List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...

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James Albertus Tawney James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding tha ...
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Joel Heatwole Joel Prescott Heatwole (August 22, 1856 – April 4, 1910) was a U.S. House Representative from Minnesota. He was born at Waterford Mills, Indiana. He attended the public schools, and learned the printer’s trade. Later he taught school an ...
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Loren Fletcher Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 15, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Biography He was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine and attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine. Fle ...
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Charles A. Towne Charles Arnette Towne (November 21, 1858October 22, 1928) was an American politician. Biography Born near Pontiac, Michigan, he graduated from the University of Michigan and served in the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota as ...
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Frank Eddy Frank Marion Eddy (April 1, 1856 – January 13, 1929) was a United States representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. Eddy was born in Pleasant Grove Township, Minnesota before moving to Iowa in 1860 with his family. They ...
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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. Mis ...

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Thomas C. Catchings Thomas Clendinen Catchings (January 11, 1847 – December 24, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Early life and education Thomas Clendenin Catchings was born January 11, 1847, at "Fleetwood" in Hinds County, Mississippi, to Dr ...
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John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1908. ...
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Walter McKennon Denny Walter McKennon Denny (October 28, 1853 – November 5, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born in Moss Point in Jackson County, Mississippi, Denny attended the common schools and then Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. In ...
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James G. Spencer James Grafton Spencer (September 13, 1844 – February 22, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Biography Born near Port Gibson, Mississippi, Spencer attended private schools and Oakland College in 1861. During the Civil War enlist ...
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Missouri Missouri 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 is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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Charles N. Clark Charles Nelson Clark (August 21, 1827 – October 4, 1902) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Cortland County, New York, Clark attended Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. He moved to Illinois in 1859. When the Civil War broke ...
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Uriel S. Hall Uriel Sebree Hall (April 12, 1852 – December 30, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of William Augustus Hall and nephew of Willard Preble Hall. Born near Huntsville, Missouri, Hall was tutored privately and was graduated fr ...
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Alexander M. Dockery Alexander Monroe Dockery (February 11, 1845 – December 26, 1926) was an American physician and politician who served as the List of governors of Missouri, 30th governor of Missouri from 1901 to 1905. A Democratic Party (United States), De ...
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George C. Crowther George Calhoun Crowther (January 26, 1849 – March 18, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Lancashire, England, Crowther immigrated to the United States in 1855 with his parents, who settled in Dakota City, Nebraska. He att ...
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Robert T. Van Horn Robert Thompson Van Horn (May 19, 1824 – January 3, 1916) was an American lawyer, the owner and publisher of '' The Kansas City Enterprise'', the 6th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during parts of the Civil War, a member of the Missouri Genera ...
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David A. De Armond David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Ma ...
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William M. Treloar William Mitchellson Treloar (September 21, 1850 – July 3, 1935) was an American music professor, composer, music publisher, and U.S. Representative from Missouri. Treloar was born near Linden, Wisconsin, and attended the local common schools ...
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Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
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John H. Raney John Henry Raney (September 28, 1849 – January 23, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Gravelton, Missouri, Raney attended Union School, Des Arc, Missouri, and Woods School, Virginia Settlement, Missouri. He served as jud ...
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Norman A. Mozley Norman Adolphus Mozley (December 11, 1865 – May 9, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 14th congressional district. Born on a farm in Johnson County, Illinois, Mozley attended the common schools. He moved to Stoddard County, Miss ...
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Charles G. Burton Charles Germman Burton (April 4, 1846 – February 25, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Biography Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Burton moved to Warren, Ohio, and attended the public schools. He enlisted September 7, 1861 as a priva ...
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Montana Montana () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West List of regions of the United States#Census Bureau-designated regions and divisions, division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North ...

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Charles S. Hartman Charles Sampson Hartman (March 1, 1861 – August 3, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Montana. Born in Monticello, Indiana, Hartman attended the public schools and Wabash College in Crawfordsville. He moved to Bozeman, Montana, in January ...
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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 so ...

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George D. Meiklejohn George de Rue Meiklejohn (; August 26, 1857 – April 19, 1929) was an American politician who served as the fifth lieutenant governor of Nebraska under Governor John Milton Thayer and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Ne ...
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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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Francis G. Newlands Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 190 ...
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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 ...

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Cyrus A. Sulloway Cyrus Adams Sulloway (June 8, 1839, Grafton, New Hampshire – March 11, 1917) was an attorney and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire. Biography Sulloway studied law and was admitted to the bar i ...
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Henry M. Baker Henry Moore Baker (January 11, 1841 – May 30, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House and Senate, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing New Hampshire. ...
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New Jersey New Jersey is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York (state), New York; on the ea ...

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John J. Gardner John James Gardner (October 17, 1845 – February 7, 1921) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for ten terms from 1893 to 1913, ...
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Benjamin F. Howell Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911. Early life and education Born in Cedarville, New Jers ...
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Mahlon Pitney Mahlon R. Pitney IV (February 5, 1858 – December 9, 1924) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for two terms from 1895 to 1899. He later served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Suprem ...
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Richard Wayne Parker Richard Wayne Parker (August 6, 1848 – November 28, 1923) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th distric ...
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Charles N. Fowler Charles Newell Fowler Sr. (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois – May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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Denis M. Hurley Denis Michael Hurley (March 14, 1843 - February 26, 1899) was a United States Representative from New York, 1895-1899. Hurley, a Brooklynite, was born in Limerick in County Limerick in Ireland. Hurley was the son of Michael Hurley and Cather ...
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Francis H. Wilson Francis Henry Wilson (February 11, 1844 – September 25, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Clinton, New York, Wilson lived in Utica, New York, until ten years of age, when he moved with his parents to the Westmoreland fa ...
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Charles G. Bennett Charles Goodwin Bennett (December 11, 1863 – May 25, 1914) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bennett was the son of George C. Bennett and attended the public schools. He g ...
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James R. Howe James Robinson Howe (January 27, 1839 – September 21, 1914) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in New York City on January 27, 1839, Howe attended the common schools. He was employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store. He ...
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John M. Mitchell John Murry Mitchell (March 18, 1858 – May 31, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life Born in New York City, Mitchell attended Leggett's School at New York City. In 1877, he was graduated from Columbia College, New York ...
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William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
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George B. McClellan Jr. George Brinton McClellan Jr. (November 23, 1865November 30, 1940), was an American statesman, author, historian, and educator. The son of the American Civil War general and presidential candidate George B. McClellan, he was the 93rd Mayor of Ne ...
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Richard C. Shannon Richard Cutts Shannon (February 12, 1839 – October 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in New London, Connecticut, Shannon was graduated from the grammar and high schools at Biddeford, Maine, and from Waterville Co ...
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Lemuel E. Quigg Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a United States representative from New York. Biography He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, Delaw ...
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Philip B. Low Philip Burrill Low (May 6, 1836 – August 23, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Low attended the public schools and was graduated from high school. During the Civil War volunteered and was appointed ...
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Jacob LeFever Jacob LeFever (April 20, 1830 – February 4, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Jacob LeFever was born in New Paltz, New York on April 20, 1830. He was educated at New Paltz Academy and Amenia Seminary. He operated a suc ...
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Frank S. Black Frank Swett Black (March 8, 1853March 22, 1913) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 189 ...
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George N. Southwick George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911. Early life George N. So ...
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David F. Wilber David Forrest Wilber (December 7, 1859 –August 14, 1928) was a United States Representative and consul from New York. Biography Wilber was born in Milford, New York, the son of David Wilber, who also served in Congress. He attended public ...
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Newton M. Curtis Newton Martin Curtis (May 21, 1835 – January 8, 1910) was a Union officer during the American Civil War and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Early life Curtis was born in De Peyster, New York. Upon ...
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Wallace T. Foote Jr. Wallace Turner Foote Jr. (April 7, 1864 – December 17, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Port Henry, New York, Foote attended the Port Henry Union School and Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massachusetts, and was graduat ...
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George W. Ray George Washington Ray (February 3, 1844 – January 10, 1925) was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Bor ...
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Theodore L. Poole Theodore Lewis Poole (April 10, 1840 – December 23, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Jordan, New York, Poole moved with his parents to Syracuse, New York, in 1842. He attended the common schools. During the Civil War e ...
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Sereno E. Payne Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and th ...
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Charles W. Gillet Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Ins ...
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Henry C. Brewster Henry Colvin Brewster (September 7, 1845 – January 29, 1928) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life Born in Rochester, New York, Brewster was the son of Simon Latham and Editha Chloe Colvin Brewster. ...
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Rowland B. Mahany Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (September 28, 1864 – May 2, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Buffalo, New York, Mahany attended the public schools, Hobart College, Geneva, New York, and Union College, Schenectady, New Yo ...
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Warren B. Hooker Warren Brewster Hooker (November 24, 1856 – March 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Perrysburg, New York, Hooker attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, New York. He studied law and was ...
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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 a ...

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Frederick A. Woodard Frederick Augustus Woodard (February 12, 1854 – May 8, 1915) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician who served two terms as a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative f ...
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Thomas Settle III Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...
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James A. Lockhart James Alexander Lockhart (June 2, 1850 – December 24, 1905) was a United States representative from North Carolina. He was born in Anson County, North Carolina, on June 2, 1850, and attended the common schools. Lockhart graduated from Trinity ...
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Charles H. Martin Charles Henry Martin (October 1, 1863September 22, 1946) was an American Army officer and later politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he had a 40-year career in the military including serving in conflicts from the Spanish–Am ...
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Romulus Z. Linney Romulus Zachariah Linney (December 26, 1841 – April 15, 1910) was an American politician who was a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1895 and 1901. Life and career Linney was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina, t ...
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Richmond Pearson Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. (January 26, 1852 – September 12, 1923) was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. Biography Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. was born 26 January 1852 at Richmond ...
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North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, S ...

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Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...

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Charles P. Taft Charles Phelps Taft (December 21, 1843 – December 31, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as editor of the ''Cincinnati Times-Star'' and owned both the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs baseball teams. From 1895 to 1897, ...
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Jacob H. Bromwell Jacob Henry Bromwell (May 11, 1848 – June 4, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1894 to 1903. Biography Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Bromwell resided during his boyhood in Newport, Kentucky. He attended the public schools of Cincinn ...
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Fernando C. Layton Fernando Coello Layton (April 11, 1847 – June 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Ohio for three terms from 1891 to 1897. Early life and career Born near St. Johns, Auglaize County, O ...
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George W. Hulick George Washington Hulick (June 29, 1833 – August 13, 1907) was a teacher, lawyer, soldier, judge, and a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1897. Biography Born in Batavia, Ohio, Hulick attended the public schools and gradu ...
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Luther M. Strong Luther Martin Strong (June 23, 1838 – April 26, 1903) was an American lawyer, jurist, and veteran of the Civil War who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1893 to 1897. Biography Born near Tiffin, Ohio, Strong attended ...
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James H. Southard James Harding Southard (January 20, 1851 – February 20, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1907. Biography Born near Toledo, Ohio, in Washington Township, Lucas ...
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Lucien J. Fenton Lucien Jerome Fenton (May 7, 1844 – June 28, 1922) was an American Civil War veteran who served two term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Winchester, Ohio, Fenton attended the public schools, National ...
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Charles H. Grosvenor Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, ...
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David K. Watson David Kemper Watson (June 18, 1849 – September 28, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born near London, Ohio, Watson was graduated from Dickinson Co ...
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Henry C. Van Voorhis Henry Clay Van Voorhis (May 11, 1852 – December 12, 1927) was a United States Congressman from Muskingum Co., Ohio. Biography He was born to Daniel and Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis in Nashport, Ohio. His father moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio ...
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Lorenzo Danford Lorenzo Dow Danford (October 18, 1829 – June 19, 1899) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1879 and again from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Washington Township, Belmo ...
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Addison S. McClure Addison Smith McClure (October 10, 1839 – April 17, 1903) was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio in the late 19th century. Biography Born in Wooster, Ohio, McClure pursue ...
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Theodore E. Burton Theodore Elijah Burton (December 20, 1851October 28, 1929) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Cleveland City Council. Early years Bur ...
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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 Idah ...

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Binger Hermann Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann would serve in both ...
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William R. Ellis William Russell Ellis (April 23, 1850 – January 18, 1915) was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintenden ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...

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Henry H. Bingham Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He ...
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Robert Adams Jr. Robert Adams Jr. (February 26, 1849 – June 1, 1906) was an American diplomat and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 190 ...
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Frederick Halterman Frederick Halterman (October 22, 1831March 22, 1907) was a German-American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district from 1895 to 1897. Biography Halterman was ...
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John E. Reyburn John Edgar Reyburn (February 7, 1845 – January 4, 1914) was an American politician from Ohio who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1890 to 1897, Pennsylvan ...
(R) : . Alfred C. Harmer (R) : .
John B. Robinson John Buchanan Robinson (May 23, 1846 – January 28, 1933) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1884 to 1888, the Pennsylvania St ...
(R) : . Irving P. Wanger (R) : . Joseph J. Hart (D) : . Constantine J. Erdman (D) : .
Marriott Brosius Marriott Henry Brosius (March 7, 1843 – March 16, 1901) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Education and military service Marriott Brosius was born in Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Penns ...
(R) : . Joseph A. Scranton (R) : .
John Leisenring John Leisenring (June 3, 1853 – January 19, 1901) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1895 to 1897. Formative ye ...
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Charles N. Brumm Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and education Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He ...
(R) : . Ephraim M. Woomer (R) : . James H. Codding (R), from November 5, 1895 : . Fred C. Leonard (R) : . Monroe H. Kulp (R) : .
Thaddeus M. Mahon Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (May 21, 1840 – May 31, 1916) was a soldier, attorney, railroad executive, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thaddeus M. Mahon was born in rural Green Village, Pennsylva ...
(R) : . James A. Stahle (R) : .
Josiah D. Hicks Josiah Duane Hicks (August 1, 1844May 9, 1923) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Josiah D. Hicks was born in Machen, Monmouthshire, Wales. He immigrated to the United States with his par ...
(R) : . Daniel B. Heiner (R) : .
John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of Th ...
(R) : . William A. Stone (R) : . Ernest F. Acheson (R) : . Thomas W. Phillips (R) : .
Matthew Griswold Matthew Griswold may refer to: * Matthew Griswold (governor) (1715–1799), Governor of Connecticut *Matthew Griswold (congressman) Matthew Griswold (;
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Charles W. Stone Charles Warren Stone (June 29, 1843 – August 15, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and the second lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Early life Charles W. Stone was born near Groton, Massa ...
(R) : . William C. Arnold (R) : .
Galusha A. Grow Galusha Aaron Grow (August 31, 1823 – March 31, 1907) was an American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congression ...
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George F. Huff George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools in Middle ...
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Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area and the seventh-least populous, with slightly fewer than 1.1 million residents as of 2020, but i ...

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Melville Bull Melville Bull (September 29, 1854 – July 5, 1909) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduate ...
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Warren O. Arnold Warren Otis Arnold (June 3, 1839 – April 1, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Coventry, Rhode Island, Arnold attended the common schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Coventry from 1857 to 1864. He was a manuf ...
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South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = "Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = G ...

: . William Elliott (D), until June 4, 1896 :: George W. Murray (R), from June 4, 1896 : . William J. Talbert (D) : .
Asbury C. Latimer Asbury Churchwell Latimer (July 31, 1851February 20, 1908) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. Born near Lowndesville, South Carolina, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 ...
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Stanyarne Wilson Stanyarne Wilson (January 10, 1860 – February 14, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Yorkville (now York), South Carolina, Wilson attended King's Mountain Military School and Washington and Lee University, Lexington ...
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Thomas J. Strait Thomas Jefferson Strait (December 25, 1846 – April 18, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Biography Born in Chester District, South Carolina, Strait attended the common schools of Mayesville, South Carolina Mayesville i ...
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John L. McLaurin John Lowndes McLaurin (May 9, 1860 – July 29, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools at Bennettsville, ...
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J. William Stokes James William Stokes (December 12, 1853 – July 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexingt ...
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J. William Stokes James William Stokes (December 12, 1853 – July 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexingt ...
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South Dakota South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...

Both representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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(2 Republicans) : .
Robert J. Gamble Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family. ...
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John A. Pickler John Alfred Pickler (January 24, 1844 - June 13, 1910) was an American politician. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. Biography Pickler was born in Salem, Indiana, and moved to Davis County, Iowa in his youth. ...
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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 ...

: . William C. Anderson (R) : .
Henry R. Gibson Henry Richard Gibson (December 24, 1837 – May 25, 1938) was an American attorney and politician who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1905. He also served as a state chancery court judge, ...
(R) : . Foster V. Brown (R) : .
Benton McMillin Benton McMillin (September 11, 1845 – January 8, 1933) was an American politician and diplomat. He served as the 27th governor of Tennessee from 1899 to 1903, and represented Tennessee's 4th district in the United States House of Representati ...
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James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and ...
(D) : . Joseph E. Washington (D) : . Nicholas N. Cox (D) : . John E. McCall (R) : .
James C. McDearmon James Calvin McDearmon (June 13, 1844 – July 19, 1902) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee. Biography McDearmon was born on June 13, 1844, in ...
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Josiah Patterson Josiah Patterson (April 14, 1837 – February 10, 1904) was a Confederate soldier, political figure, and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 10th District of Tennessee. Biography Patterson was born in Morgan County ...
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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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Joseph C. Hutcheson Joseph Chappell Hutcheson, Sr. (May 18, 1842 – May 25, 1924), was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives. Biography Hutcheson was born near Boydton, V ...
(D) : . Samuel B. Cooper (D) : . Charles H. Yoakum (D) : . David B. Culberson (D) : . Joseph Weldon Bailey, Joseph W. Bailey (D) : . Joseph Abbott (Texas politician), Joseph Abbott (D) : . George C. Pendleton (D) : . Charles K. Bell (D) : . Joseph D. Sayers (D) : . Miles Crowley (D) : . William H. Crain (D), until February 10, 1896 :: Rudolph Kleberg (D), from April 7, 1896 : . George H. Noonan (R) : . Jeremiah V. Cockrell (D)


List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Clarence Emir Allen, Clarence E. Allen (R), from January 4, 1896


List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . H. Henry Powers (R) : . William W. Grout (R)


List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones (D) : . David Gardiner Tyler, D. Gardiner Tyler (D) : . Tazewell Ellett (D) : . William R. McKenney (D), until May 2, 1896 :: Robert T. Thorp (R), from May 2, 1896 : . Claude A. Swanson (D) : . Peter J. Otey (D) : . Smith S. Turner (D) : . Elisha E. Meredith (D) : . James A. Walker (R) : . Henry St. George Tucker III (D)


List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

Both representatives were elected statewide on a
general ticket The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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(2 Republicans) : . William H. Doolittle (R) : . Samuel C. Hyde (R)


List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : . Alston G. Dayton (R) : . James H. Huling (R) : . Warren Miller (congressman), Warren Miller (R)


List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Edward Sauerhering (R) : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Theobald Otjen (R) : . Samuel S. Barney (R) : . Samuel A. Cook (R) : . Michael Griffin (politician), Michael Griffin (R) : . Edward S. Minor (R) : . Alexander Stewart (Congress), Alexander Stewart (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R)


List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Franklin Wheeler Mondell, Franklin W. Mondell (R)


Non-voting members

: . Nathan O. Murphy (R) : . Thomas B. Catron (R) : . Dennis Thomas Flynn, Dennis T. Flynn (R) : .
Frank J. Cannon Frank Jenne Cannon (January 25, 1859July 25, 1933) was the first United States Senator from Utah, who served from 1896 to 1899. Early life Born in Salt Lake City, Cannon was the eldest child of Sarah Jenne Cannon and George Q. Cannon. His father ...
(R), until January 4, 1896


Changes in membership

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


Senate

Two seats were added when Utah was admitted and one seat was filled late. , - , nowrap ,
Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

(1) , New seat , State was admitted to the Union , nowrap ,
Frank J. Cannon Frank Jenne Cannon (January 25, 1859July 25, 1933) was the first United States Senator from Utah, who served from 1896 to 1899. Early life Born in Salt Lake City, Cannon was the eldest child of Sarah Jenne Cannon and George Q. Cannon. His father ...
(R) , January 22, 1896 , New seat , nowrap ,
Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

(1) , State was admitted to the Union , nowrap ,
Arthur Brown Arthur Brown may refer to: Entertainment * Arthur William Brown (1881–1966), Canadian commercial artist * H. Arthur Brown (1906–1992), American orchestral conductor * Arthur Brown (musician) (born 1942), English rock singer * Arthur Brown, aka ...
(R) , January 22, 1896 , - , nowrap ,
Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...

(2) , Vacant , Legislature had failed to elect.
A successor was eventually elected , nowrap , Richard R. Kenney
(D) , January 19, 1897


House of Representatives

There were 4 deaths, 2 resignations, 13 election challenges, 1 new seat, and 4 seats vacant from the previous Congress. Democrats had a 10-seat net loss; Republicans had a 12-seat net gain; and Populists had a 2-seat net gain. , - , , Vacant , Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before the start of Congress.
New member New York's 10th congressional district special election, 1895, elected November 5, 1895. , nowrap , Amos J. Cummings (D) , November 5, 1895 , - , , Vacant , Philip S. Post (R) was re-elected, but died before this Congress.
New member Illinois's 10th congressional district special election, 1895, elected December 2, 1895. , nowrap ,
George W. Prince George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools. He was graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878 ...
(R) , December 2, 1895 , - , , Vacant ,
Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtab ...
(R) was re-elected, but resigned in the previous Congress to serve in the Senate.
New member Michigan's 3rd congressional district special election, 1895, elected December 2, 1895. , nowrap , Alfred Milnes (R) , December 2, 1895 , - , , Vacant , Rep-elect Myron B. Wright died in office. New member Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district special election, 1895, elected November 5, 1895. , nowrap , James H. Codding (R) , November 5, 1895 , - , , ,
Frank J. Cannon Frank Jenne Cannon (January 25, 1859July 25, 1933) was the first United States Senator from Utah, who served from 1896 to 1899. Early life Born in Salt Lake City, Cannon was the eldest child of Sarah Jenne Cannon and George Q. Cannon. His father ...
(R) , Seat eliminated January 4, 1896 upon statehood. , colspan=2 , Seat eliminated , - , , New seat , State was admitted to the Union.
New member United States House of Representatives election in Utah, 1895, elected November 5, 1895. , nowrap , Clarence E. Allen (R) , January 4, 1896 , - , , nowrap , James C. C. Black (D) , Resigned March 4, 1895.
Incumbent was subsequently Georgia's 10th congressional district special election, 1895, re-elected October 2, 1895. , nowrap , James C. C. Black (D) , October 2, 1895 , - , , nowrap ,
William Cogswell William Cogswell (August 23, 1838 – May 22, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War who was appointed to the grade of brevet brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers. Biogra ...
(R) , Died May 22, 1895.
New member Massachusetts's 6th congressional district special election, 1895, elected November 5, 1895. , nowrap , William H. Moody (R) , November 5, 1895 , - , , nowrap , Frederick Remann (R) , Died July 14, 1895.
New member Illinois's 18th congressional district special election, 1895, elected December 2, 1895. , nowrap ,
William F. L. Hadley William Flavius Lester Hadley (June 15, 1847 – April 25, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Collinsville, Illinois, Hadley attended the common schools. He was graduated from McKendree College, Lebanon, Illinois, in June ...
(R) , December 2, 1895 , - , , nowrap ,
Lawrence E. McGann Lawrence Edward McGann (February 2, 1852 – July 22, 1928), born in Dooghcloon, near Attymon, County Galway, Ireland, was a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1891 to 1895. He was a Chicago Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may ...
(D) , Election was successfully challenged December 27, 1895. , nowrap ,
Hugh R. Belknap Hugh Reid Belknap (September 1, 1860 – November 12, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography He was born in Keokuk, Iowa on September 1, 1860 to William W. Belknap. Belknap attended the public schools, Adams Academy in Quinc ...
(R) , December 27, 1895 , - , , nowrap , William H. Crain (D) , Died February 10, 1896.
New member Texas's 11th congressional district special election, 1896, elected April 7, 1896. , nowrap , Rudolph Kleberg (D) , April 7, 1896 , - , , nowrap , John C. Tarsney (D) , Election was successfully challenged February 27, 1896. , nowrap ,
Robert T. Van Horn Robert Thompson Van Horn (May 19, 1824 – January 3, 1916) was an American lawyer, the owner and publisher of '' The Kansas City Enterprise'', the 6th mayor of Kansas City, Missouri during parts of the Civil War, a member of the Missouri Genera ...
(R) , February 27, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,
Gaston A. Robbins Gaston Ahi Robbins (September 26, 1858 – February 22, 1902) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Robbins moved to Randolph County, North Carolina. He attended Tr ...
(D) , Election was successfully challenged March 13, 1896. , nowrap ,
William F. Aldrich William Farrington Aldrich (March 11, 1853 – October 30, 1925) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Alabama. He was brother of Truman Heminway Aldrich and great-great-grandfather of William J. Edwards. Biography Aldri ...
(R) , March 13, 1896 , - , , nowrap , William R. McKenney (D) , Election was successfully challenged May 2, 1896. , nowrap , Robert T. Thorp (R) , May 2, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,
Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner (January 23, 1849 – March 21, 1903) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Born in Columbia, Louisiana, Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory st ...
(D) , Election was challenged and declared vacant March 20, 1896.
Incumbent was subsequently Louisiana's 5th congressional district special election, 1896, elected June 10, 1896. , nowrap ,
Charles J. Boatner Charles Jahleal Boatner (January 23, 1849 – March 21, 1903) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Louisiana. Born in Columbia, Louisiana, Columbia in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, Boatner completed preparatory st ...
(D) , June 10, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,
James E. Cobb James Edward Cobb (October 5, 1835 – June 2, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama. Born in Thomaston, Georgia, Cobb attended the public schools and graduated from Emory College in Oxford, Georgia in June 1856, where he studied law. ...
(D) , Election was successfully challenged April 21, 1896. , nowrap , Albert T. Goodwyn (P) , April 22, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,
J. William Stokes James William Stokes (December 12, 1853 – July 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexingt ...
(D) , Seat declared vacant June 1, 1896.
Incumbent was subsequently South Carolina's 7th congressional district special election, 1896, elected November 3, 1896. , nowrap ,
J. William Stokes James William Stokes (December 12, 1853 – July 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexingt ...
(D) , November 3, 1896 , - , , nowrap , James J. Walsh (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 2, 1896. , nowrap ,
John M. Mitchell John Murry Mitchell (March 18, 1858 – May 31, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Early life Born in New York City, Mitchell attended Leggett's School at New York City. In 1877, he was graduated from Columbia College, New York ...
(R) , June 2, 1896 , - , , nowrap , William Elliott (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 4, 1896. , nowrap , George W. Murray (R) , June 4, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,
Finis E. Downing Finis Ewing Downing (August 24, 1846 – March 8, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Virginia, Illinois, Downing attended public and private schools. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Virginia, Illinois, and Butler ...
(D) , Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. , nowrap , John I. Rinaker (R) , June 5, 1896 , - , , nowrap ,
James A. Lockhart James Alexander Lockhart (June 2, 1850 – December 24, 1905) was a United States representative from North Carolina. He was born in Anson County, North Carolina, on June 2, 1850, and attended the common schools. Lockhart graduated from Trinity ...
(D) , Election was successfully challenged June 5, 1896. , nowrap ,
Charles H. Martin Charles Henry Martin (October 1, 1863September 22, 1946) was an American Army officer and later politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Illinois, he had a 40-year career in the military including serving in conflicts from the Spanish–Am ...
(P) , June 5, 1896 , - , , nowrap , Oscar W. Underwood (D) , Election was successfully challenged June 9, 1896. , nowrap , Truman H. Aldrich (R) , June 9, 1896 , - , , nowrap , Charles F. Crisp (D) , Died October 23, 1896.
New member Georgia's 3rd congressional district special election, 1896, elected December 19, 1896. , nowrap , Charles R. Crisp (D) , December 19, 1896 , - , , ,
Frank S. Black Frank Swett Black (March 8, 1853March 22, 1913) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer and politician. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1897, and the 32nd Governor of New York from 189 ...
(R) , Resigned January 7, 1897. , colspan=2 , Vacant until next Congress , - , , nowrap ,
Joseph M. Kendall Joseph Morgan Kendall (May 12, 1863 – November 5, 1933) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1892 to 1893, then again from 1895 to 1897. He was the son of John Wilkerson Ken ...
(D) , Election was successfully challenged February 18, 1897. , nowrap ,
Nathan T. Hopkins Nathan Thomas Hopkins (October 27, 1852 – February 11, 1927) was an American religious leader and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1895 to 1897. Early life and career Born in Ashe County, North Ca ...
(R) , February 18, 1897


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 Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom) * United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Redfield Proctor Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 18 ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman:
William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in th ...
; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell) * United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John P. Jones; Ranking Member: James K. Jones) * United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman:
Thomas H. Carter Thomas Henry Carter (October 30, 1854September 17, 1911) was an American politician, who served as territorial delegate, a United States representative, and a U.S. Senator from Montana. Carter was born in Junior Furnace, Ohio, on October 30, 1 ...
; Ranking Member: Edward Murphy Jr.) * United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
William E. Chandler William Eaton Chandler (December 28, 1835November 30, 1917), also known as Bill Chandler, was a lawyer who served as United States Secretary of the Navy and as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire. In the 1880s, he was a member of the Republican " ...
; Ranking Member:
David Turpie David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Jeter C. Pritchard Jeter Connelly Pritchard (July 12, 1857 – April 10, 1921) was a lawyer, newspaperman, United States Senator and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and of the United States Circuit Court ...
; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Watson C. Squire Watson Carvosso Squire (May 18, 1838June 7, 1926) was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington. Biography Born in Cape Vincent, New York, Squire attended the p ...
; Ranking Member: Samuel Pasco) * United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman:
Watson C. Squire Watson Carvosso Squire (May 18, 1838June 7, 1926) was an American Civil War veteran, twelfth governor of Washington Territory, and United States Senator from the state of Washington. Biography Born in Cape Vincent, New York, Squire attended the p ...
; Ranking Member: John B. Gordon) * United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) * United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan (politician), James McMillan; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell; Ranking Member:
Lucien Baker Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas. Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended the public schools and graduated from Adrian College and ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member:
Donelson Caffery Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner. Biography Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Epidemic Diseases, Epidemic Diseases (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger) * 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:
James H. Kyle James Henderson Kyle (February 24, 1854July 1, 1901) was an American politician. One of the most successful members of the Populist Party, he served for 10 years as a member of the United States Senate from South Dakota, from 1891 until his d ...
; Ranking Member: George Gray) * United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:
Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member:
Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call a ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: George Gray; Ranking Member:
Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: John Sherman; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan) * United States Senate Select Committee on Forest Reservations, Forest Reservations (Select) (Chairman: William V. Allen) * United States Senate Select Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member:
Edward C. Walthall Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi. Early life Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgin ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Henry Cabot Lodge Henry Cabot Lodge (May 12, 1850 November 9, 1924) was an American Republican politician, historian, and statesman from Massachusetts. He served in the United States Senate from 1893 to 1924 and is best known for his positions on foreign policy ...
; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Richard F. Pettigrew; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) * United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman:
John L. Wilson John Lockwood Wilson (August 7, 1850November 6, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1889–1895) and U.S. Senate (1895–1899) Biography Wil ...
; Ranking Member: William Lindsay) * United States Senate Select Committee on International Expositions, International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member:
Arthur P. Gorman 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 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Francis E. Warren Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
; Ranking Member: Stephen M. White) * United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member:
James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman:
Henry C. Hansbrough Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota. Biography Henry Clay Hansbrough was born ...
; Ranking Member:
Daniel W. Voorhees Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (September 26, 1827April 10, 1897) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897. He was the leader of the Democratic Party and an anti-war Copperhead during th ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
George P. Wetmore George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island. Early life George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parent ...
; Ranking Member: Charles H. Gibson) * United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member:
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to t ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member:
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to t ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
) * United States Senate Select Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Select) (Chairman:
Lee Mantle Lee Mantle (December 13, 1851November 18, 1934) was an American businessman and politician from Montana. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from 1895 to 1899. Mantle was born in Birmingham, Englan ...
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John L. Mitchell John Lendrum Mitchell (October 19, 1842June 29, 1904) was an American politician and philanthropist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A Democrat, he served one term each in the United States Senate (1893–1899) and House of Representatives (1891& ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
J. Donald Cameron James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron ...
; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Nicaragua Canal, Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member:
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 Orego ...
) * United States Senate Committee on the Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments, Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Marion Butler; Ranking Member:
James Smith Jr. James Smith Jr. (June 12, 1851April 1, 1927) was a newspaper publisher and U.S. Senator from New Jersey. A leader of the Irish Catholic community, he was the Democratic party boss who sponsored Woodrow Wilson to the governorship in 1910. Biog ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
John H. Gear John Henry Gear (April 7, 1825 – July 14, 1900) served as the 11th Governor of Iowa, a United States representative and a member of the United States Senate. Biography Born in Ithaca, New York, he attended the common schools and moved to Gal ...
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Calvin S. Brice Calvin Stewart Brice (September 17, 1845 – December 15, 1898) was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Ohio. He is best remembered for his single term in the United States Senate, his role as chairman of the Democratic Nationa ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Orville H. Platt Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
; Ranking Member:
Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call a ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: John M. Palmer (politician), John M. Palmer) * United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member: Marion Butler) * United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: William P. Frye) * United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for ni ...
; Ranking Member:
Arthur P. Gorman Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman:
Isham G. Harris Isham Green Harris (February 10, 1818July 8, 1897) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of Tennessee from 1857 to 1862, and as a U.S. senator from 1877 until his death. He was the state's first governor from West Tennessee. ...
; Ranking Member:
Eugene Hale Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine. Biography Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for ni ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman:
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 Orego ...
; Ranking Member: George Gray) * United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George S. Vest) * United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Fred T. Dubois; Ranking Member: William V. Allen) * United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York (state), New York. He participated in the constitutional convention (political meeting), constitutional convention for Wyoming's s ...
; Ranking Member: James H. Berry) * United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Julius C. Burrows Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Early life and education Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtab ...
; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assembl ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
James L. Pugh James Lawrence Pugh (December 12, 1820March 9, 1907) was a U.S. senator from Alabama, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Pugh was born in Burke County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 18 ...
; Ranking Member:
J. Donald Cameron James Donald Cameron (May 14, 1833 – August 30, 1918) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and in the United States Senate for nearly twenty years. In May, 1876 Cameron ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
Nelson W. Aldrich Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the ...
; Ranking Member: Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Tennessee Centennial Exposition (Select) * United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member: David B. Hill) * United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Joseph C.S. Blackburn; Ranking Member:
George P. Wetmore George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island. Early life George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parent ...
) * United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman:
George W. McBride George Wycliffe McBride (March 13, 1854June 18, 1911) was an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Oregon. An Oregon native, he served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly as Speaker of the House and as Oregon Secretary of St ...
; Ranking Member: John L. M. Irby) * United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman:
Lucien Baker Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas. Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended the public schools and graduated from Adrian College and ...
; Ranking Member:
William N. Roach William Nathaniel Roach (September 25, 1840September 7, 1902) was a United States senator from North Dakota. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., he attended the public schools, Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown University. He was a ...
) * Committee of the whole, Whole * United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Chairman:
Wilkinson Call Wilkinson Call (January 9, 1834August 24, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who represented Florida in the United States Senate from 1879 to 1897. Biography Wilkinson Call, nephew of Territorial Governor of Florida Richard K. Call a ...
; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay) (Select)


House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: J. Frank Aldrich; Ranking Member:
Melville Bull Melville Bull (September 29, 1854 – July 5, 1909) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Bull attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, and graduate ...
) * United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: Horace G. Snover) * United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Elijah A. Morse Elijah Adams Morse (May 25, 1841 – June 5, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, Morse moved to Massachusetts with his parents, who settled in Boston in 1852. He attended the publ ...
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Jonathan S. Willis Jonathan Spencer Willis (April 5, 1830 – November 24, 1903) was an American politician from Milford in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware. Early life and fam ...
) * United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member:
James A. Hemenway James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in B ...
) * United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman:
Joseph H. Walker Joseph Henry Walker (December 21, 1829 – April 3, 1907) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Worcester, Massachusetts. Early life He was born in Boston on December 21, 1829. He moved with his parents to Hopkint ...
; Ranking Member: Ebenezer J. Hill) * United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman:
Charles N. Brumm Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and education Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He ...
; Ranking Member: David G. Colson) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Benjamin L. Fairchild) * United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers * United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member:
George L. Wellington George Louis Wellington (January 28, 1852March 20, 1927) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1897 to 1903. He also represented the sixth district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Repres ...
) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
Galusha A. Grow Galusha Aaron Grow (August 31, 1823 – March 31, 1907) was an American politician, lawyer, writer and businessman, who served as 24th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1861 to 1863. Elected as a Democrat in the 1850 congression ...
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David A. De Armond David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 until March 3, 1893, and then Missouri's 6th congressional district from Ma ...
) * 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: Newton Martin Curtis; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Charles Daniels; Ranking Member: Romulus Z. Linney) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member:
Chester I. Long Chester Isaiah Long (October 12, 1860July 1, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 18 ...
) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: James H. Codding) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Alva L. Hager Alva Lysander Hager (October 29, 1850 – January 29, 1923) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 9th congressional district in the 1890s. Biography Born near Jamestown, New York, Hager moved in 1859 to Iowa with his par ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin E. Russell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman:
Charles W. Gillet Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Ins ...
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Uriel S. Hall Uriel Sebree Hall (April 12, 1852 – December 30, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, son of William Augustus Hall and nephew of Willard Preble Hall. Born near Huntsville, Missouri, Hall was tutored privately and was graduated fr ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
Charles Curtis Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Kansas who served as the 31st vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 under Herbert Hoover. He had served as the Senat ...
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William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department(Chairman:
William R. Ellis William Russell Ellis (April 23, 1850 – January 18, 1915) was an American educator, attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Indiana, he grew up in Iowa before moving to Oregon where he worked as a school superintenden ...
; Ranking Member: Henry Gray Turner) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman:
Henry F. Thomas Henry Franklin Thomas (December 17, 1843 – April 16, 1912) was an American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1897 Early life and education T ...
; Ranking Member: Smith S. Turner) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Henry H. Bingham Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He ...
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Henry W. Ogden Henry Warren Ogden (October 21, 1842 – July 23, 1905) was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Biography He was born in Abingdon in Washington County in far southwestern Virgi ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman:
Lemuel E. Quigg Lemuel Ely Quigg (February 12, 1863 – July 1, 1919) was a United States representative from New York. Biography He was born near Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland to a Methodist minister. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, Delaw ...
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Rufus E. Lester Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in S ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Charles H. Grosvenor Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Biography Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, ...
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J. William Stokes James William Stokes (December 12, 1853 – July 6, 1901) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born near Orangeburg, South Carolina, Stokes attended the common schools and was graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexingt ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: Jeremiah V. Cockrell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: Thomas Settle (North Carolina, 53rd–54th Congress), Thomas Settle; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
Robert R. Hitt Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but re ...
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Richmond Pearson Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. (January 26, 1852 – September 12, 1923) was an American diplomat and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina. Biography Richmond Mumford Pearson, Jr. was born 26 January 1852 at Richmond ...
) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman:
Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
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Rowland B. Mahany Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany (September 28, 1864 – May 2, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Buffalo, New York, Mahany attended the public schools, Hobart College, Geneva, New York, and Union College, Schenectady, New Yo ...
) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Binger Hermann Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann would serve in both ...
; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: George E. White) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: John B. Corliss) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: John A. Pickler; Ranking Member: William E. Andrews) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: Foster V. Brown) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: Thomas W. Phillips; Ranking Member: Paul J. Sorg) * United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman:
George W. Ray George Washington Ray (February 3, 1844 – January 10, 1925) was a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. Education and career Bor ...
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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 N ...
) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: Alfred C. Harmer; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Lewis D. Apsley; Ranking Member: Monroe H. Kulp) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman:
Sereno E. Payne Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and th ...
; Ranking Member: Edward S. Minor) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman:
Ashley B. Wright Ashley Bascom Wright (May 25, 1841 – August 14, 1897) was an American politician. He was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Mileage in the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses. Early life and education Wright was born ...
; Ranking Member: George C. Pendleton) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member:
Lucien J. Fenton Lucien Jerome Fenton (May 7, 1844 – June 28, 1922) was an American Civil War veteran who served two term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1899. Biography Born in Winchester, Ohio, Fenton attended the public schools, National ...
) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Richard W. Parker) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
David D. Aitken David Demerest Aitken (September 5, 1853 – May 26, 1930) was an American politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan from 1893 to 1897. He also served as mayor of Flint, Michigan. Early life Aitken ...
; Ranking Member: Frank M. Eddy) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Alston G. Dayton) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: George W. Faris) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: William F. Draper; Ranking Member: Winfield S. Kerr) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member:
Alexander M. Hardy Alexander Merrill Hardy (December 16, 1847 – August 31, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1897. Biography Born in Simcoe, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, H ...
) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Eugene F. Loud Eugene Francis Loud (March 12, 1847 – December 19, 1908) was an American Civil War veteran who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1891 to 1903. Early life and career Born in Abington, Massachusetts, Loud went to ...
; Ranking Member: Orrin L. Miller) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
George D. Perkins George Douglas Perkins (February 29, 1840 – February 3, 1914) was a longtime newspaper editor, Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 11th congressional district in the northwestern portion of the state, and a candidate for his party's ...
; Ranking Member:
James D. Richardson James Daniel Richardson (March 10, 1843 – July 24, 1914) was an American politician and a Democrat from Tennessee for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 through 1905. Early life and ...
) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: George Washington Smith (congressman), George W. Smith; Ranking Member:
Benjamin F. Howell Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911. Early life and education Born in Cedarville, New Jers ...
) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
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 Coll ...
; Ranking Member: Samuel C. Hyde) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
John F. Lacey John Fletcher Lacey (May 30, 1841 – September 29, 1913) was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal gam ...
; Ranking Member: John Franklin Shafroth, John F. Shafroth) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Thomas McEwan Jr.) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: James McLachlan) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman:
William W. Bowers William Wallace Bowers (October 20, 1834 – May 2, 1917) was an American Civil War veteran politician a U.S. Representative from California from 1891 to 1897. Biography Born in Whitestown, New York, Bowers attended the common schools. He m ...
; Ranking Member: Theobald Otjen) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman:
Warren B. Hooker Warren Brewster Hooker (November 24, 1856 – March 5, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Perrysburg, New York, Hooker attended the public schools and Forestville Free Academy, Forestville, New York. He studied law and was ...
; Ranking Member: Blackburn B. Dovener) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Charles F. Crisp) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Joseph A. Scranton; Ranking Member:
Philip B. Low Philip Burrill Low (May 6, 1836 – August 23, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Low attended the public schools and was graduated from high school. During the Civil War volunteered and was appointed ...
) * United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William S. Linton; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Samuel Pugh) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Walter Evans (American politician), Walter Evans) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Alcohol in the Arts, Alcohol in the Arts (Select) * United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers * United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Ford's Theater Disaster, Ford's Theater Disaster


Caucuses

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


Employees


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: William H. Millburn (Methodism, Methodist) * Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: William Ruffin Cox * United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Alonzo M. Church * Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright


House of Representatives

* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Edward P. Bagby (Disciples of Christ), until December 2, 1895 ** Henry N. Couden (Universalist Church of America, Universalist), elected December 2, 1895 * Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: James Kerr (Pennsylvania politician), James Kerr, until December 2, 1895 ** Alexander McDowell, from December 2, 1895 * Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds * Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn, elected December 2, 1895 * Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy, elected December 2, 1895 * Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and R.S. Hatcher (R) * Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Herman W. Snow, until December 2, 1895 ** Benjamin F. Russell, from December 2, 1895


See also

* United States elections, 1894 (elections leading to this Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1894 and 1895 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1894 * United States elections, 1896 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1896 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1896 and 1897 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1896


References

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External links


Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress




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