The 55th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the
United States Senate
The United States Senate is 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 pow ...
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 house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...
. It met in
Washington, DC
)
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from March 4, 1897, to March 4, 1899, during the first two years of
William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a politician he led a realignment that made his Republican Party largely dominant in ...
's
presidency
A presidency is an administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation. Although often the executive branch of government, and often personified b ...
. The apportionment of seats in the
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. Both chambers 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 agains ...
majority. There was one African-American member,
George Henry White
George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district between 1897 and 1901. He later became a banker ...
, 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 agains ...
from the state of
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
, and one
Kaw
Kaw or KAW may refer to:
Mythology
* Kaw (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology
* Johnny Kaw, mythical settler of Kansas, US
* Kaw (character), in ''The Chronicles of Prydain''
People
* Kaw people, a Native American tribe
Places
* Kaw, Fr ...
member,
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 Sena ...
, a Republican from
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 the ...
.
Major events
* March 4, 1897:
William McKinley
William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. As a politician he led a realignment that made his Republican Party largely dominant in ...
became
President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Stat ...
.
* February 15, 1898:
Spanish–American War
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:
USS ''Maine'' exploded in
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. harbor.
* December 10, 1898:
Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris may refer to one of many treaties signed in Paris, France:
Treaties
1200s and 1300s
* Treaty of Paris (1229), which ended the Albigensian Crusade
* Treaty of Paris (1259), between Henry III of England and Louis IX of France
* Trea ...
ended Spanish–American War, .
Major legislation
* July 24, 1897:
Dingley tariff
The Dingley Act of 1897 (ch. 11, , July 24, 1897), introduced by U.S. Representative Nelson Dingley Jr., of Maine, raised tariffs in United States to counteract the Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act of 1894, which had lowered rates. The bill came into ...
, ch. 11, , increased trade duties for revenue and protection
* April 20, 1898:
Teller Resolution
The Teller Amendment was an amendment to a joint resolution of the United States Congress, enacted on April 20, 1898, in reply to President William McKinley's War Message. It placed a condition on the United States military's presence in Cuba. Ac ...
(Cuba),
* April 25, 1898:
United States declaration of war upon Spain
On 25 April 1898, the United States Congress declared war upon Spain. The ensuing Spanish–American War resulted in a decisive victory for the United States, and arguably served as a transitional period for both nations. Spain saw its days of empi ...
(
Spanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence
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),
* June 1, 1898:
Erdman Act The Erdman Act of 1898 was a United States federal law regulating railroad labor disputes. The law provided arbitration for disputes between the interstate railroads and their workers organized into unions.
Major provisions
The most significant p ...
,
* June 13, 1898:
War Revenue Act of 1898
The War Revenue Act of 1898 was legislation signed into law in the United States on June 13, 1898, which created a wide range of taxes to raise revenue for the American prosecution of the Spanish–American War. The legislation established the pred ...
,
* June 28, 1898:
Curtis Act of 1898
The Curtis Act of 1898 was an amendment to the United States Dawes Act; it resulted in the break-up of tribal governments and communal lands in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) of the Five Civilized Tribes of Indian Territory: the Choctaw, Chickasaw ...
, , authorized the mass dispossession of
territory
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...
from the
Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation (Cherokee: ᏣᎳᎩᎯ ᎠᏰᎵ ''Tsalagihi Ayeli'' or ᏣᎳᎩᏰᎵ ''Tsalagiyehli''), also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is the largest of three Cherokee federally recognized tribes in the United States. It ...
,
Chickasaw Nation
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw language, Chickasaw: Chikashsha I̠yaakni) is a federally recognized tribes, federally recognized Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe, with its headquarters located in Ada, Oklahoma in th ...
,
Choctaw Nation
The Choctaw Nation ( Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Native American territory covering about , occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. The Choctaw Nation is the third-largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...
,
Muscogee Nation, and
Seminole Nation
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, ...
and the divestiture of power from their national governments.
* July 1, 1898:
Bankruptcy Act of 1898
The Bankruptcy Act of 1898 ("Nelson Act", July 1, 1898, ch. 541, ) was the first United States Act of Congress involving bankruptcy to give companies an option of being protected from creditors. Previous attempts at federal bankruptcy laws had ...
(Henderson-Nelson Act), ch. 541, , gave companies an option of gaining protection from creditors.
* July 7, 1898:
Newlands Resolution
The Newlands Resolution was a joint resolution passed on July 7, 1898, by the United States Congress to annex the independent Republic of Hawaii. In 1900, Congress created the Territory of Hawaii.
The resolution was drafted by Representative Fra ...
, No. 55, , authorized the annexation of the
Republic of Hawaii
The Republic of Hawaii ( Hawaiian: ''Lepupalika o Hawaii'') was a short-lived one-party state in Hawaii between July 4, 1894, when the Provisional Government of Hawaii had ended, and August 12, 1898, when it became annexed by the United State ...
* March 3, 1899:
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
The Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 is the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. The Act makes it a misdemeanor to discharge refuse matter of any kind into the navigable waters, or tributaries thereof, of the United S ...
, Ch. 425, , § 9,
Treaties ratified
* February 6, 1899:
Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris may refer to one of many treaties signed in Paris, France:
Treaties
1200s and 1300s
* Treaty of Paris (1229), which ended the Albigensian Crusade
* Treaty of Paris (1259), between Henry III of England and Louis IX of France
* Trea ...
, ending the
Spanish–American War
, partof = the Philippine Revolution, the decolonization of the Americas, and the Cuban War of Independence
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.
Guam
Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
, The
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, and
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...
became possessions of the U.S.
Party summary
The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this Congress, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
*
President
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 ful ...
:
Garret Hobart
Garret Augustus Hobart (June 3, 1844 – November 21, 1899) was the 24th vice president of the United States, Vice President of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1899. He was the sixth American vice president to die in ...
(R)
*
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
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
*
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 informin ...
:
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 ...
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
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 ...
, until 1898
**
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 ...
, afterwards
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:
** I ...
:
Thomas Brackett Reed
Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902) was an American politician from the state of Maine. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and serve ...
(R)
*
Minority Leader:
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
*
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 informin ...
:
Charles H. Grosvenor
*
Republican Campaign Committee Chairman:
Joseph W. Babcock
*
Democratic Caucus Chairman:
James D. Richardson
*
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 Faulk ...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.
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Senate
Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are
Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring re-election in 1898; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 1900; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring re-election in 1902.
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama"
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, seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...
: 2.
John T. Morgan (D)
: 3.
Edmund Pettus (D)
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
: 2.
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 McF ...
(D)
: 3.
James K. Jones (D)
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
: 1.
Stephen M. White (D)
: 3.
George C. Perkins (R)
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the 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 western edge of t ...
: 2.
Edward O. Wolcott (R)
: 3.
Henry M. Teller (SR)
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 ...
: 1.
Joseph R. Hawley
Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...
(R)
: 3.
Orville H. Platt
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 ...
(R)
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
: 1.
George Gray (D)
: 2.
Richard R. Kenney
Richard Rolland Kenney (September 9, 1856 – August 14, 1931) was an American lawyer and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who was a U.S. Senator from Delaware.
Early life and family
Kenne ...
(D)
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
: 1.
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
(D)
: 3.
Stephen R. Mallory
Stephen Russell Mallory (1812 – November 9, 1873) was a Democratic senator from Florida from 1851 to the secession of his home state and the outbreak of the American Civil War. For much of that period, he was chairman of the Committee on Na ...
(D), from May 14, 1897
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
: 2.
Augustus O. Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly ele ...
(D)
: 3.
Alexander S. Clay
Alexander Stephens Clay (September 25, 1853November 13, 1910) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Biography
Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar ...
(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 Wyom ...
: 2.
George L. Shoup (R)
: 3.
Henry Heitfeld
Henry Heitfeld (January 12, 1859October 21, 1938) was an American politician. A Populist, he served as a United States Senator from Idaho.
Early life
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Heitfeld attended public and private schools there. He move ...
(P)
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
: 2.
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
(R)
: 3.
William E. Mason (R)
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
: 1.
David Turpie
David Battle Turpie (July 8, 1828 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician who served as a Senator from Indiana from 1887 until 1899; he also served as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1898 to 1899 during the last year of his ...
(D)
: 3.
Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles Warren Fairbanks (May 11, 1852 – June 4, 1918) was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice pre ...
(R)
Iowa
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...
: 2
John H. Gear (R)
: 3.
William B. Allison
William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in th ...
(R)
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 the ...
: 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
A ...
(R)
: 3.
William A. Harris (P)
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...
: 2.
William Lindsay (D)
: 3.
William J. Deboe (R)
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
: 2.
Donelson Caffery
Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.
Biography
Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
(D)
: 3.
Samuel D. McEnery (D)
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
: 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 n ...
(R)
: 2.
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(R)
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...
: 1.
Arthur Pue Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
(D)
: 3.
George L. Wellington (R)
: 1.
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. ...
(R)
: 2.
George F. Hoar
George Frisbie Hoar (August 29, 1826 – September 30, 1904) was an American attorney and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1877 to 1904. He belonged to an extended family that became politically prominen ...
(R)
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
: 1.
Julius C. Burrows (R)
: 2.
James McMillan James (or Jim or Jimmy) McMillan or MacMillan may refer to:
Sportspeople
* James McMillan (footballer, born c. 1866) (c. 1866–?), played for Sunderland
* James McMillan (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1937), played for Scotland,Everton and St ...
(R)
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
: 1.
Cushman Davis (R)
: 2.
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 ...
(R)
Mississippi
Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...
: 1.
James Z. George
James Zachariah George (October 20, 1826August 14, 1897) was an American lawyer, writer, U.S. politician, Confederate politician, and military officer. He was known as Mississippi's "Great Commoner". He was also a slave owner.
Biography
James ...
(D), until August 14, 1897
::
Hernando D. Money (D), from October 8, 1897
: 2.
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.
Early life
Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...
(D), until April 21, 1898
::
William V. Sullivan
William Van Amberg Sullivan (December 18, 1857March 21, 1918) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Mississippi.
Biography
Born near Winona, Mississippi, he attended the common schools in Panola County, Missi ...
(D), from May 31, 1898
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 ...
: 1.
Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
(D)
: 3.
George G. Vest (D)
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
: 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, England on ...
(SR)
: 2.
Thomas H. Carter (R)
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 southwe ...
: 1.
William V. Allen (P)
: 2.
John M. Thurston
John Mellen Thurston (August 21, 1847August 9, 1916) was a United States Senator from Nebraska.
Thurston was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Daniel Sylvester Thurston and Ruth (née Mellen). He moved with his parents to Madison, Wisc ...
(R)
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, 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. N ...
: 1.
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
(S)
: 3.
John P. Jones (S)
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a U.S. state, 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 t ...
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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 "H ...
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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 Cornwall, O ...
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New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
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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.
Bio ...
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William J. Sewell
William Joyce Sewell (December 6, 1835 – December 27, 1901) was an Irish-American Republican Party (US), Republican Party politician, merchant, and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator from New Jersey for two non-consecutive term ...
(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
* '' ...
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Edward Murphy Jr.
Edward Murphy Jr. (December 15, 1836August 3, 1911) was a businessman and politician from Troy, New York. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Troy, New York (1875–1883), chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee (1888–1894), and a ...
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Thomas C. Platt (R)
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
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Marion Butler
Marion Butler (May 20, 1863June 3, 1938) was an American politician, farmer, and lawyer. He represented North Carolina in the United States Senate for one term, serving between 1895 and 1901. At the time, he was a leader of the North Carolina P ...
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: 3.
Jeter C. Pritchard (R)
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north a ...
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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 state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
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John Sherman
John Sherman (May 10, 1823October 22, 1900) was an American politician from Ohio throughout the Civil War and into the late nineteenth century. A member of the Republican Party, he served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He also served as ...
(R), until March 4, 1897
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Mark Hanna
Marcus Alonzo Hanna (September 24, 1837 – February 15, 1904) was an American businessman and Republican politician who served as a United States Senator from Ohio as well as chairman of the Republican National Committee. A friend and pol ...
(R), from March 5, 1897
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Joseph B. Foraker
Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909.
Foraker was ...
(R)
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
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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 ...
(R)
: 3.
Joseph Simon
Joseph Simon (February 7, 1851February 14, 1935) was a German-born politician and attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was born in Bechtheim, Hesse, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was one year old, settling in Por ...
(R), from October 7, 1898
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
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Matthew S. Quay
Matthew Stanley "Matt" Quay (September 30, 1833May 28, 1904) was an American politician of the Republican Party who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1887 until 1899 and from 1901 until his death in 1904. Quay's control o ...
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Boies Penrose
Boies Penrose (November 1, 1860 – December 31, 1921) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
After serving in both houses of the Pennsylvania legislature, he represented Pennsylvania in the United ...
(R)
Rhode Island
Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...
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Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
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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 parents ...
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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 = ...
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Benjamin R. Tillman
Benjamin Ryan Tillman (August 11, 1847 – July 3, 1918) was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894, and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death in 1918. A whi ...
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Joseph H. Earle
Joseph Haynsworth Earle (April 30, 1847May 20, 1897) was a United States Senator from South Carolina.
Biography
Born in Greenville, he attended private schools in Sumter. He was a first year cadet at the South Carolina Military Academy (now T ...
(D), until May 20, 1897
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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, Sou ...
(D), from June 1, 1897
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 ...
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Richard F. Pettigrew
Richard Franklin Pettigrew (July 23, 1848October 5, 1926) was an American lawyer, surveyor, and land developer. He represented the Dakota Territory in the U.S. Congress and, after the Dakotas were admitted as States, he was the first U.S. Senato ...
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: 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 (United States), Populist Party, he served for 10 years as a member of the United States Senate from South ...
(P)
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
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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 th ...
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Isham G. Harris (D), until July 8, 1897
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Thomas B. Turley (D), from July 20, 1897
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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Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
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: 2.
Horace Chilton (D)
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 it ...
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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 fathe ...
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Joseph L. Rawlins (D)
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 ...
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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 189 ...
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Justin S. Morrill (R), until December 28, 1898
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Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Stephen Ross (born 17 November 1960) is an English broadcaster, film critic, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He presented the BBC One chat show ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' during the 2000s, hosted his own radio show on ...
(R), from January 11, 1899
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
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John W. Daniel (D)
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Thomas S. Martin (D)
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 ...
: 1.
John L. Wilson (R)
: 3. George Turner (U.S. politician), George Turner (SR)
List of United States senators from West Virginia, West Virginia
: 1. Charles James Faulkner, Charles J. Faulkner (D)
: 2. Stephen Benton Elkins, Stephen B. Elkins (R)
List of United States senators from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: 1. John L. Mitchell (D)
: 3. John Coit Spooner, John C. Spooner (R)
List of United States senators from Wyoming, Wyoming
: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
: 2. Francis E. Warren (R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
List of United States representatives from Alabama, Alabama
: . George W. Taylor (Alabama politician), George W. Taylor (D)
: . Jesse F. Stallings (D)
: . Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr., Henry D. Clayton (D)
: . Thomas S. Plowman (D), until February 9, 1898
:: William F. Aldrich (R), from February 9, 1898
: . Willis Brewer (D)
: . John H. Bankhead (D)
: . Milford W. Howard (P)
: . Joseph Wheeler (D)
: . Oscar Underwood (D)
List of United States representatives from Arkansas, Arkansas
: . Philip D. McCulloch Jr. (D)
: . John Sebastian Little, John S. Little (D)
: . Thomas Chipman McRae, Thomas C. McRae (D)
: . William L. Terry (D)
: . Hugh A. Dinsmore (D)
: . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)
List of United States representatives from California, California
: . John All Barham, John A. Barham (R)
: . Marion De Vries (D)
: . Samuel G. Hilborn (R)
: . James G. Maguire (D)
: . Eugene F. Loud (R)
: . Charles A. Barlow (P)
: . Curtis H. Castle (P)
List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado
: . John F. Shafroth (SR)
: . John Calhoun Bell, John C. Bell (P)
List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut
: . E. Stevens Henry (R)
: . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
: . Charles Addison Russell, Charles A. Russell (R)
: . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)
List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware
: . L. Irving Handy (D)
List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida
: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D)
: . Robert Wyche Davis, Robert W. Davis (D)
List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia
: . Rufus E. Lester (D)
: . James M. Griggs (D)
: . Elijah B. Lewis (D)
: . William C. Adamson (D)
: . Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
: . Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett (D)
: . John W. Maddox (D)
: . William Marcellus Howard, William M. Howard (D)
: . Farish Carter Tate, Farish C. Tate (D)
: . William Henry Fleming, William H. Fleming (D)
: . William Gordon Brantley, William G. Brantley (D)
List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho
: . James Gunn (congressman), James Gunn (P)
List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois
: . James Robert Mann (Illinois), James R. Mann (R)
: . William Lorimer (politician), William Lorimer (R)
: . Hugh R. Belknap (R)
: . Daniel W. Mills (R)
: . George E. White (politician), George E. White (R)
: . Edward D. Cooke (R), until June 24, 1897
:: Henry Sherman Boutell, Henry S. Boutell (R), from November 23, 1897
: . George E. Foss (R)
: . Albert J. Hopkins (R)
: . Robert R. Hitt (R)
: . George W. Prince (R)
: . Walter Reeves (R)
: . Joseph Gurney Cannon, Joseph G. Cannon (R)
: . Vespasian Warner (R)
: . Joseph V. Graff (R)
: . Benjamin F. Marsh (R)
: . William H. Hinrichsen (D)
: . James A. Connolly (R)
: . Thomas M. Jett (D)
: . Andrew J. Hunter (D)
: . James R. Campbell (Illinois politician), James R. Campbell (D)
: . Jehu Baker (D)
: . George Washington Smith (congressman), George Washington Smith (R)
List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana
: . James A. Hemenway (R)
: . Robert W. Miers (D)
: . William T. Zenor (D)
: . William S. Holman (D), until April 22, 1897
:: Francis M. Griffith (D), from December 6, 1897
: . George W. Faris (R)
: . Henry U. Johnson (R)
: . Jesse Overstreet (R)
: . Charles L. Henry (R)
: . Charles B. Landis (R)
: . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
: . George Washington Steele, George W. Steele (R)
: . James M. Robinson (representative), James M. Robinson (D)
: . Lemuel W. Royse (R)
List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa
: . Samuel M. Clark (R)
: . George M. Curtis (R)
: . David B. Henderson (R)
: . Thomas Updegraff (R)
: . Robert G. Cousins (R)
: . John F. Lacey (R)
: . John A. T. Hull (R)
: . William Peters Hepburn, William P. Hepburn (R)
: . Alva L. Hager (R)
: . Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
: . George D. Perkins (R)
List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas
: . Case Broderick (R)
: . Mason S. Peters (P)
: . Edwin R. Ridgely (P)
: .
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 Sena ...
(R)
: . William D. Vincent (P)
: . Nelson B. McCormick (P)
: . Jerry Simpson, Jeremiah Simpson (P)
: . Jeremiah D. Botkin (P)
List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky
: . Charles K. Wheeler (D)
: . John Daniel Clardy, John D. Clardy (D)
: . John Stockdale Rhea, John S. Rhea (D)
: . David Highbaugh Smith, David H. Smith (D)
: . Walter Evans (Kentucky), Walter Evans (R)
: . Albert S. Berry (D)
: . Evan E. Settle (D)
: . George M. Davison (R)
: . Samuel Johnson Pugh, Samuel J. Pugh (R)
: . Thomas Y. Fitzpatrick (D)
: . David Grant Colson, David G. Colson (R)
List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana
: . Adolph Meyer (D)
: . Robert C. Davey (D)
: . Robert F. Broussard (D)
: . Henry W. Ogden (D)
: . Samuel T. Baird (D)
: . Samuel M. Robertson (D)
List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine
: . Thomas Brackett Reed, Thomas B. Reed (R)
: . Nelson Dingley Jr. (R), until January 13, 1899
: . Seth L. Milliken (R), until April 18, 1897
:: Edwin C. Burleigh (R), from June 21, 1897
: . Charles A. Boutelle (R)
List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland
: . Isaac Ambrose Barber, Isaac A. Barber (R)
: . William Benjamin Baker, William B. Baker (R)
: . William Samuel Booze, William S. Booze (R)
: . William W. McIntire (R)
: . Sydney Emanuel Mudd I, Sydney E. Mudd (R)
: . John McDonald (Maryland politician), John McDonald (R)
List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts
: . Ashley B. Wright (R), until August 14, 1897
:: George P. Lawrence (R), from November 2, 1897
: . Frederick H. Gillett (R)
: . Joseph H. Walker (R)
: . George W. Weymouth (R)
: . William Shadrach Knox, William S. Knox (R)
: . William Henry Moody, William H. Moody (R)
: . William Emerson Barrett, William E. Barrett (R)
: . Samuel W. McCall (R)
: . John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, John F. Fitzgerald (D)
: . Samuel J. Barrows (R)
: . Charles F. Sprague (R)
: . William C. Lovering (R)
: . John Simpkins (R), until March 27, 1898
:: William S. Greene (R), from May 31, 1898
List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan
: . John Blaisdell Corliss, John B. Corliss (R)
: . George Spalding (R)
: . Albert M. Todd (D)
: . Edward L. Hamilton (R)
: . William Alden Smith (R)
: . Samuel William Smith, Samuel W. Smith (R)
: . Horace G. Snover (R)
: . Ferdinand Brucker (D)
: . Roswell P. Bishop (R)
: . Rousseau Owen Crump, Rousseau O. Crump (R)
: . William S. Mesick (R)
: . Carlos D. Shelden (R)
List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota
: . James Albertus Tawney (R)
: . James McCleary (politician), James T. McCleary (R)
: . Joel Heatwole (R)
: . Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick C. Stevens (R)
: . Loren Fletcher (R)
: . Robert P. Morris, R. Page W. Morris (R)
: . Frank Eddy (R)
List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi
: . John Mills Allen, John M. Allen (D)
: .
William V. Sullivan
William Van Amberg Sullivan (December 18, 1857March 21, 1918) was a United States representative and United States Senate, Senator from Mississippi.
Biography
Born near Winona, Mississippi, he attended the common schools in Panola County, Missi ...
(D), until May 31, 1898
:: Thomas Spight (D), from July 5, 1898
: . Thomas C. Catchings (D)
: . Andrew F. Fox (D)
: . John Sharp Williams (D)
: . William F. Love (D), until October 16, 1898
:: Frank A. McLain (D), from December 12, 1898
: . Patrick Henry (U.S. Congressman), Patrick Henry (D)
List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri
: . James Tilghman Lloyd, James T. Lloyd (D), from June 1, 1897
: . Robert N. Bodine (D)
: . Alexander Monroe Dockery, Alexander M. Dockery (D)
: . Charles F. Cochran (D)
: . William S. Cowherd (D)
: . David A. De Armond (D)
: . James Cooney (Missouri politician), James Cooney (D)
: . Richard P. Bland (D)
: . Champ Clark, James Beauchamp Clark (D)
: . Richard Bartholdt (R)
: . Charles Frederick Joy, Charles F. Joy (R)
: . Charles Edward Pearce, Charles E. Pearce (R)
: . Edward Robb (D)
: . Willard Duncan Vandiver, Willard D. Vandiver (D)
: . Maecenas E. Benton (D)
List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana
: . Charles S. Hartman (SR)
List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska
: . Jesse Burr Strode, Jesse B. Strode (R)
: . David Henry Mercer, David H. Mercer (R)
: . Samuel Maxwell (P)
: . William Ledyard Stark, William L. Stark (P)
: . Roderick Dhu Sutherland, Roderick D. Sutherland (P)
: . William Laury Greene, William L. Greene (P)
List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada
: . Francis G. Newlands (S)
List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire
: . Cyrus A. Sulloway (R)
: . Frank Gay Clarke, Frank G. Clarke (R)
List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey
: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
: . John J. Gardner (R)
: . Benjamin F. Howell (R)
: . Mahlon Pitney (R), until January 10, 1899
: . James F. Stewart (R)
: . Richard W. Parker, Richard Wayne Parker (R)
: . Thomas McEwan Jr. (R)
: . Charles N. Fowler (R)
List of United States representatives from New York, New York
: . Joseph M. Belford (R)
: . Denis M. Hurley (R), until February 26, 1899
: . Francis H. Wilson (R), until September 30, 1897
:: Edmund H. Driggs (D), from December 6, 1897
: . Israel F. Fischer (R)
: . Charles G. Bennett (R)
: . James R. Howe (R)
: . John H. G. Vehslage (D)
: . John M. Mitchell (R)
: . Thomas J. Bradley (D)
: . Amos J. Cummings (D)
: . William Sulzer (D)
: . George B. McClellan Jr. (D)
: . Richard C. Shannon (R)
: . Lemuel E. Quigg (R)
: . Philip B. Low (R)
: . William L. Ward (R)
: . Benjamin Odell (politician), Benjamin Odell (R)
: . John H. Ketcham (R)
: . Aaron V. S. Cochrane (R)
: . George N. Southwick (R)
: . David F. Wilber (R)
: . Lucius N. Littauer (R)
: . Wallace T. Foote Jr. (R)
: . Charles A. Chickering (R)
: . James S. Sherman (R)
: . George W. Ray (R)
: . James J. Belden (R)
: . Sereno E. Payne (R)
: . Charles W. Gillet (R)
: . James Wolcott Wadsworth (R)
: . Henry C. Brewster (R)
: . Rowland B. Mahany (R)
: . De Alva S. Alexander (R)
: . Warren B. Hooker (R), until November 10, 1898
List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina
: . Harry Skinner (politician), Harry Skinner (P)
: . George Henry White, George H. White (R)
: . John Edgar Fowler, John E. Fowler (P)
: . William Franklin Strowd, William F. Strowd (P)
: . William Walton Kitchin, William W. Kitchin (D)
: . Charles H. Martin (congressman), Charles H. Martin (P)
: . Alonzo C. Shuford (P)
: . Romulus Zachariah Linney, Romulus Z. Linney (R)
: . Richmond Pearson (R)
List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota
: . Martin N. Johnson (R)
List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio
: . William B. Shattuc (R)
: . Jacob H. Bromwell (R)
: . John Lewis Brenner, John L. Brenner (D)
: . George A. Marshall (D)
: . David Meekison (D)
: . Seth W. Brown (R)
: . Walter L. Weaver (R)
: . Archibald Lybrand (R)
: . James H. Southard (R)
: . Lucien J. Fenton (R)
: .
Charles H. Grosvenor (R)
: . John J. Lentz (D)
: . James A. Norton (D)
: . Winfield S. Kerr (R)
: . H. Clay Van Voorhis, Henry C. Van Voorhis (R)
: . Lorenzo Danford (R)
: . John A. McDowell (D)
: . Robert W. Tayler (R)
: . Stephen A. Northway (R), until September 8, 1898
:: Charles W. F. Dick (R), from November 8, 1898
: . Clifton B. Beach (R)
: . Theodore E. Burton (R)
List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon
: . Thomas H. Tongue (R)
: . William R. Ellis (R)
List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
: . Samuel Arza Davenport, Samuel A. Davenport (R)
: . Galusha A. Grow (R)
: . Henry H. Bingham (R)
: . Robert Adams Jr. (R)
: . William McAleer (D)
: . James R. Young (Pennsylvania politician), James R. Young (R)
: . Alfred C. Harmer (R)
: . Thomas S. Butler (IR)
: . Irving Price Wanger, Irving P. Wanger (R)
: . William Sebring Kirkpatrick, William S. Kirkpatrick (R)
: . Daniel Ermentrout (D)
: . Marriott Henry Brosius, Marriott Brosius (R)
: . William Connell (Pennsylvania), William Connell (R)
: . Morgan B. Williams (R)
: . Charles N. Brumm (R)
: . Marlin Edgar Olmsted, Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
: . James Hodge Codding, James H. Codding (R)
: . Horace Billings Packer, Horace B. Packer (R)
: . Monroe Henry Kulp, Monroe H. Kulp (R)
: . Thaddeus Maclay Mahon, Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
: . George Jacob Benner, George J. Benner (D)
: . Josiah Duane Hicks, Josiah D. Hicks (R)
: . Edward Everett Robbins, Edward E. Robbins (R)
: . John Dalzell (R)
: . William A. Stone (R), until November 9, 1898
:: William Harrison Graham, William H. Graham (R), from November 29, 1898
: . Ernest F. Acheson (R)
: . Joseph Baltzell Showalter, Joseph B. Showalter (R), from April 20, 1897
: . John Cirby Sturtevant, John C. Sturtevant (R)
: . Charles Warren Stone, Charles W. Stone (R)
: . William Carlile Arnold, William C. Arnold (R)
List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island
: . Melville Bull (R)
: . Adin B. Capron (R)
List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina
: . William Elliott (American politician), William Elliott (D)
: . William J. Talbert (D)
: . Asbury Latimer, Asbury C. Latimer (D)
: . Stanyarne Wilson (D)
: . Thomas Jefferson Strait, Thomas J. Strait (D)
: .
John L. McLaurin
John Lowndes McLaurin (May 9, 1860 – July 29, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. He was born in Red Bluff, South Carolina, in Marlboro County, South Carolina and attended schools at Bennettsville, Sou ...
(D), until May 31, 1897
:: James Norton (South Carolina politician), James Norton (D), from December 6, 1897
: . J. William Stokes (D)
List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
: . John Edward Kelley, John E. Kelley (P)
: . Freeman T. Knowles, Freeman Knowles (P)
List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee
: . Walter P. Brownlow (R)
: . Henry R. Gibson (R)
: . John A. Moon (D)
: . Benton McMillin (D), until January 6, 1899
: .
James D. Richardson (D)
: . John W. Gaines (D)
: . Nicholas N. Cox (D)
: . Thetus W. Sims (D)
: . Rice Alexander Pierce, Rice A. Pierce (D)
: . Edward W. Carmack (D)
List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas
: . Thomas Henry Ball, Thomas H. Ball (D)
: . Samuel B. Cooper (D)
: . Reese C. De Graffenreid (D)
: . John W. Cranford (D), until March 3, 1899
: .
Joseph W. Bailey
Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. (October 6, 1862April 13, 1929), was a United States senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and Bourbon Democrat who was famous for his speeches extolling conservative causes, such as opposition to woman suffrag ...
(D)
: . Robert E. Burke (D)
: . Robert L. Henry (D)
: . S.W.T. Lanham, Samuel W. T. Lanham (D)
: . Joseph D. Sayers (D), until January 16, 1899
: . Robert B. Hawley (R)
: . Rudolph Kleberg (D)
: . James Luther Slayden, James L. Slayden (D)
: . John H. Stephens (D)
List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah
: . William H. King (D)
List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont
: . H. Henry Powers (R)
: . William W. Grout (R)
List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia
: . William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones (D)
: . William A. Young (D), until April 26, 1898
:: Richard A. Wise (R), from April 26, 1898
: . John Lamb (representative), John Lamb (D)
: . Sydney P. Epes (D), until March 23, 1898
:: Robert T. Thorp (R), from March 23, 1898
: . Claude A. Swanson (D)
: . Peter J. Otey (D)
: . James Hay (politician), James Hay (D)
: . John Franklin Rixey, John F. Rixey (D)
: . James A. Walker (R)
: . Jacob Yost (Virginia congressman), Jacob Yost (R)
List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
: . William Carey Jones, William C. Jones (SR)
: . J. Hamilton Lewis, James Hamilton Lewis (D)
List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia
: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R)
: . Alston G. Dayton (R)
: . Charles P. Dorr (R)
: . Warren Miller (congressman), Warren Miller (R)
List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin
: . Henry Allen Cooper (R)
: . Edward Sauerhering (R)
: .
Joseph W. Babcock (R)
: . Theobald Otjen (R)
: . Samuel S. Barney (R)
: . James H. Davidson (R)
: . Michael Griffin (politician), Michael Griffin (R)
: . Edward S. Minor (R)
: . Alexander Stewart (Congress), Alexander Stewart (R)
: . John J. Jenkins (R)
List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming
: . John Eugene Osborne, John E. Osborne (D)
Non-voting members
: . Marcus A. Smith (D)
: . Harvey Butler Fergusson, Harvey B. Fergusson (D)
: . James Yancy Callahan, James Y. Callahan (S)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
* Replacements: 5
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: no net change
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: no net change
* Deaths: 5
* Resignations: 0
*Total seats with changes: 8
House of Representatives
* Replacements: 14
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 1 seat net loss
**
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
: 1 seat net gain
* Deaths: 10
* Resignations: 9
* Contested election: 3
*Total seats with changes: 23
Committees
Senate
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman:
George Gray; Ranking Member: Shelby M. Cullom)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman:
Redfield Proctor
Redfield Proctor (June 1, 1831March 4, 1908) was a U.S. politician of the Republican Party. He served as the 37th governor of Vermont from 1878 to 1880, as Secretary of War from 1889 to 1891, and as a United States Senator for Vermont from 189 ...
; Ranking Member:
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: John Coit Spooner, John C. Spooner; Ranking Member:
Edward Murphy Jr.
Edward Murphy Jr. (December 15, 1836August 3, 1911) was a businessman and politician from Troy, New York. A Democrat, he served as mayor of Troy, New York (1875–1883), chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee (1888–1894), and a ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman:
Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member:
David Turpie
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)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman:
Jeter C. Pritchard; 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, Virgi ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member:
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (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:
Roger Q. Mills
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)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
* United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman:
John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: James McMillan (politician), James McMillan; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris then Charles J. Faulkner)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman:
James H. Kyle
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; 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
A ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William J. Sewell; Ranking Member:
Donelson Caffery
Donelson Caffery (September 10, 1835December 30, 1906) was an American politician from the state of Louisiana, a soldier in the American Civil War, and a sugar plantation owner.
Biography
Caffery was born in Franklin, Louisiana, the seat of S ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman:
George L. Wellington)
* United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Joseph B. Foraker
Joseph Benson Foraker (July 5, 1846 – May 10, 1917) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the 37th governor of Ohio from 1886 to 1890 and as a United States senator from Ohio from 1897 until 1909.
Foraker was ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Justin S. Morrill; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris)
* United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
Samuel Pasco
Samuel Pasco (June 28, 1834March 13, 1917) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Senator from Florida.
Biography
Pasco was born in London, England, to a family of Cornish ancestry. His family moved to Prince Edward Island in 1841 befo ...
; Ranking Member:
Orville H. Platt
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)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Cushman K. Davis; Ranking Member:
John T. Morgan)
* United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
William V. Allen; Ranking Member:
John T. Morgan)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Select) (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member:
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.
Early life
Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman:
Charles W. Fairbanks
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; Ranking Member: Charles J. Faulkner)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman:
Richard F. Pettigrew
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; Ranking Member: James K. Jones)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman:
John L. Wilson; Ranking Member:
William Lindsay)
* United States Senate Select Committee on International Expositions, International Expositions (Select) (Chairman: John M. Thurston; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman:
Shelby M. Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom (November 22, 1829 – January 28, 1914) was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.
Life and ca ...
; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
Stephen M. White)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; 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 the Library, Library (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 parents ...
; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman:
William E. Mason; 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.
Bio ...
)
* 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 th ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
William M. Stewart
William Morris Stewart (August 9, 1827April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1964, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
Personal
Stewart was born in Wayne Count ...
; Ranking Member:
Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select)
* United States Senate Select Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Select) (Chairman:
Lee Mantle
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, England on ...
; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (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 n ...
; 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.
Bio ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Nicaragua Canal, Nicaragua Canal (Select) (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: Joseph R. Hawley)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Omaha Exposition, Omaha Exposition (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
John H. Gear; Ranking Member:
John T. Morgan)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman:
Orville H. Platt
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:
Roger Q. Mills
Roger Quarles Mills (March 30, 1832September 2, 1911) was an American lawyer and politician. During the American Civil War, he served as an officer in the Confederate States Army. Later, he served in the US Congress, first as a representative a ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: John L. Mitchell)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Edward O. Wolcott; Ranking Member:
Marion Butler
Marion Butler (May 20, 1863June 3, 1938) was an American politician, farmer, and lawyer. He represented North Carolina in the United States Senate for one term, serving between 1895 and 1901. At the time, he was a leader of the North Carolina P ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member:
William P. Frye
William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (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: Arthur P. Gorman)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: James K. Jones; Ranking Member:
Eugene Hale
Eugene Hale (June 9, 1836October 27, 1918) was a Republican United States Senator from Maine.
Biography
Born in Turner, Maine, he was educated in local schools and at Maine's Hebron Academy. He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and served for n ...
)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (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 "H ...
; Ranking Member: Charles J. Faulkner)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: George G. Vest)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: George G. Vest; Ranking Member:
Samuel D. McEnery)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman:
Henry C. Hansbrough
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: James H. Berry)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: William J. Deboe)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member:
John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
Edward C. Walthall
Edward Cary Walthall (April 4, 1831April 21, 1898) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum United States Senator from Mississippi.
Early life
Edward C. Walthall was born in Richmond, Virgi ...
; Ranking Member:
William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* 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 1 ...
; Ranking Member:
Isham G. Harris)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member:
Thomas C. Platt)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman:
William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
; Ranking Member: Edward O. Wolcott)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: George L. Shoup; Ranking Member:
James Z. George
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 Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Chairman:
Lucien Baker
Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846June 21, 1907) was a United States senator from Kansas.
Baker was born near Cleveland, Ohio and moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended the public schools and graduated from Adrian College
A ...
; 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 ...
)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Washington City Centennial, Washington City Centennial (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: James H. Berry; Ranking Member: Matthew S. Quay)
House of Representatives
* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: Benjamin B. Odell Jr.; Ranking Member: Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: James Wolcott Wadsworth, James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Henry C. Brewster; Ranking Member: John E. Osborne)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: Joseph G. Cannon; Ranking Member: Joseph D. Sayers)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Joseph H. Walker; Ranking Member: Nicholas N. Cox)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: John E. Osborne)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: Charles W. Stone; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman:
Joseph W. Babcock; Ranking Member:
James D. Richardson)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: Galusha A. Grow; Ranking Member: John E. Fowler)
* United States House Committee on the Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress, Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: John Blaisdell Corliss, John B. Corliss; Ranking Member: Milford W. Howard)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: Robert W. Tayler; Ranking Member: Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Henry U. Johnson; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: James A. Walker; Ranking Member: Robert W. Miers)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Alva L. Hager; Ranking Member: Asbury C. Latimer)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles W. Gillet; Ranking Member: William F. Strowd)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman:
Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis (January 25, 1860 – February 8, 1936) was 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 Sena ...
; Ranking Member: Jehu Baker)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: James F. Stewart; Ranking Member: Stanyarne Wilson)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Milford W. Howard)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: Lemuel E. Quigg; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William L. Terry)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William W. Grout; Ranking Member: Joseph Wheeler)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: David G. Colson; Ranking Member: Richard P. Bland)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert R. Hitt; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Lorenzo Danford; Ranking Member: John Mills Allen, John M. Allen)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John S. Little)
* United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman: William P. Hepburn; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: George W. Ray; Ranking Member: George B. McClellan)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William R. Ellis; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: David B. Henderson; Ranking Member: William L. Terry)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: W. Jasper Talbert)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: John Mills Allen, John M. Allen)
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: George W. Faris; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: John F. Fitzgerald)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: John A. Barham; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Benjamin F. Marsh; Ranking Member: Rudolph Kleberg)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman:
Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member: Charles S. Hartman)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Charles A. Boutelle; Ranking Member: Amos J. Cummings)
* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: H. Henry Powers; Ranking Member: James G. Maguire)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Josiah D. Hicks; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
* United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: Jesse F. Stallings)
* United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Eugene F. Loud; Ranking Member: Claude A. Swanson)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: David H. Mercer; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member: John F. Shafroth)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: Charles A. Chickering; Ranking Member: Peter J. Otey)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Marriott Brosius; Ranking Member: Alexander M. Dockery)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Vespasian Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Maddox)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Warren B. Hooker; Ranking Member: Thomas C. Catchings)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Thomas Brackett Reed, Thomas B. Reed; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
* United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct
* United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: William S. Knox; Ranking Member: William McAleer)
* United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: Joel P. Heatwole; Ranking Member: Harry Skinner (politician), Harry Skinner)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: George M. Davison)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Nelson Dingley; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole
Joint committees
* United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Alcohol in the Arts, Alcohol in the Arts (Select)
* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Rep. Alva L. Hager; Vice Chairman: Sen. Asbury C. Latimer)
* United States Congress Joint Committee to Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia, Investigate Charities and Reformatory Institutions in the District of Columbia
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library (Chairman: Rep. Alfred C. Harmer; Vice Chairman: Rep. Amos J. Cummings)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Rep. George D. Perkins; Vice Chairman: Rep.
James D. Richardson)
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, until 1897
** John Russell Young, from 1897
* Public Printer of the United States: Thomas E. Benedict, until 1897
** Francis W. Palmer, from 1897
Senate
* Secretary of the United States Senate, Secretary: William Ruffin Cox
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Richard J. Bright
* United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Alonzo M. Church
* Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: William H. Millburn Methodism, ''Methodist''
House of Representatives
* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin F. Russell
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: William J. Glenn
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Joseph C. McElroy
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden Unitarian Universalist Association, ''Universalist''
See also
* United States elections, 1896 (elections leading to this Congress)
** 1896 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1896 and 1897
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1896
* United States elections, 1898 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1898 and 1899
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1898
References
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External links
Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress*
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