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The 59th 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
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. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1905, to March 4, 1907, during the fifth and sixth years of
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
'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 Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. 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.


Major events

*March 4, 1905: President
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
began his second (only full) term.


Major legislation

* May 28, 1906: Foreign Dredge Act of 1906 * June 8, 1906:
Antiquities Act The Antiquities Act of 1906 (, , ), is an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt on June 8, 1906. This law gives the President of the United States the authority to, by presidential procla ...
* June 29, 1906:
Hepburn Act The Hepburn Act is a 1906 United States federal law that expanded the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) and gave it the power to set maximum railroad rates. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers. ...
* June 30, 1906:
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906, also known as Dr. Wiley's Law, was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration ...
(Wiley Act), ch. 3915, * June 30, 1906:
Meat Inspection Act The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly r ...
(Beveridge Act) * 1906: The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) is a U.S.-based education policy and research center. It was founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1905 and chartered in 1906 by an act of the United States Congress. Among its most nota ...
chartered. * March 2, 1907:
Expatriation Act of 1907 The Expatriation Act of 1907 (59th Congress, 2nd session, chapter 2534, enacted March 2, 1907) was an act of the 59th United States Congress concerning retention and relinquishment of United States nationality by married women and Americans residi ...
,


Party summary


Senate


House of Representatives


Leaders


Senate leadership


Presiding

*
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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) *
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". ...
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William P. Frye William Pierce Frye (September 2, 1830 – August 8, 1911) was an American politician from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Frye spent most of his political career as a legislator, serving in the Maine House of Representatives and the ...
(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 ...
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William B. Allison William Boyd Allison (March 2, 1829 – August 4, 1908) was an American politician. An early leader of the Iowa Republican Party, he represented northeastern Iowa in the United States House of Representatives before representing his state in th ...
* Democratic Caucus Chair:
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 June 4, 1906 **
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries. Biog ...
, afterwards * Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edward W. Carmack


House leadership


Presiding

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


Majority (Republican) leadership

*
Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries utilizing the presidential system), the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.
: Sereno E. Payne *
Majority Whip A whip is an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology ...
: James E. Watson * Republican Conference Chair:
William Peters Hepburn William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete 8th congressional district, serving from 1881 to 1887, and from 1893 to 1909. ...


Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader:
John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Re ...
*
Minority Whip The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
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James T. Lloyd James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909. Lloyd was born in Canton, Missour ...
* Democratic Caucus Chairman:
Robert Lee Henry Robert Lee Henry (May 12, 1864 – July 9, 1931) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917. Early life Robert Lee Henry was the great-great-great grandso ...
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. Griggs


Members

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


Senate

At this time, 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 2 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1906; Class 3 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; and Class 1 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1910.


Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

: 2. John T. Morgan (D) : 3.
Edmund W. Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in t ...
(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 P. Clarke James Paul Clarke (August 18, 1854 – October 1, 1916) was a United States Senator and the 18th Governor of Arkansas as well as a white supremacist. Biography Clarke was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi. His father died when Clarke was seven ye ...
(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. Frank P. Flint (R) : 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.
Thomas M. Patterson Thomas MacDonald Patterson (November 4, 1839 – July 23, 1916) was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Colorado. Early life Patters ...
(D) : 3. Henry M. Teller (D)


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.
Morgan G. Bulkeley Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (December 26, 1837 – November 6, 1922) was an American politician, businessman, and sports executive. A Republican, he served in the American Civil War, and became a Hartford bank president before becoming the third pre ...
(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), until April 21, 1905 ::
Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
(R), from May 10, 1905


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.
Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the famed du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the ...
, (R), from June 13, 1906 : 2.
J. Frank Allee James Frank Allee (December 2, 1857 – October 12, 1938) was an American merchant and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator fro ...
(R)


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 ...

: 2.
James P. Taliaferro James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911. Biography Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
(D) : 3.
Stephen 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)


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.
Fred Dubois Fred Thomas Dubois (May 29, 1851February 14, 1930) was a controversial American politician from Idaho who served two terms in the United States Senate. He was best known for his opposition to the gold standard and his efforts to disenfranchise ...
(D) : 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)


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. Albert J. Hopkins (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.
Albert J. Beveridge Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...
(R) : 3. James A. Hemenway (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.
Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
(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. Joseph R. Burton (R), until June 4, 1906 ::
Alfred W. Benson Alfred Washburn Benson, also known as Albert Washburn Benson (July 15, 1843January 1, 1916) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States senator from Kansas. Early life and education Born in Poland, Chautauqua ...
(R), June 11, 1906 - January 23, 1907 ::
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), from January 29, 1907 : 3. Chester I. Long (R)


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

: 2. Joseph C. S. Blackburn (D) : 3. James B. McCreary (D)


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

: 2. Murphy J. Foster (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. Isidor Rayner (D) : 3. Arthur P. Gorman (D), until June 4, 1906 :: William P. Whyte (D), from June 8, 1906


Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

: 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. Winthrop M. Crane (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.
Russell A. Alger Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. He was supposedly a distant relation of author H ...
(R), until January 24, 1907 :: William A. Smith (R), from February 6, 1907


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. Moses E. Clapp (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. Hernando D. Money (D) : 2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)


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. William Warner (R), from March 18, 1905 : 3.
William J. Stone William Joel Stone (May 7, 1848April 14, 1918) was a Democratic politician from Missouri who represented his state in the United States House of Representatives from 1885 to 1891, and in the U.S. Senate from 1903 until his death; he also served ...
(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. Thomas H. Carter (R) : 2.
William A. Clark William Andrews Clark Sr. (January 8, 1839March 2, 1925) was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads. Biography Clark was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family to Iowa in 1 ...
(D)


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

: 1. Elmer J. Burkett (R) : 2. Joseph H. Millard (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.
George S. Nixon George Stuart Nixon (April 2, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American who served as a member of the United States Senate from Nevada. Early life He was born in Newcastle, California. He went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy ...
(R) : 3.
Francis G. Newlands Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 19 ...
(D)


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 ...

: 2.
Henry E. Burnham Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
(R) : 3.
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 ...
(R)


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

: 1. John Kean (R) : 2.
John F. Dryden John Fairfield Dryden (August 7, 1839 – November 24, 1911) was the founder of the Prudential Insurance Company and a United States senator from New Jersey. He was known as the "father of industrial insurance". Early life Dryden was born ...
(R)


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

: 1.
Chauncey M. Depew Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as ...
(R) : 3. 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 ...

: 2. Furnifold M. Simmons (D) : 3.
Lee S. Overman Lee Slater Overman (January 3, 1854December 12, 1930) was a Democratic U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1903 and 1930. He was the first US Senator to be elected by popular vote in the state, as the legislature had appointed ...
(D)


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 ...

: 1. Porter J. McCumber (R) : 3.
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 ...
(R)


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 ...

: 1.
Charles W. F. Dick Charles William Frederick Dick (November 3, 1858 – March 13, 1945) was a Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Early life Born in Akron, Ohio, his parents were Gottlieb Di ...
(R) : 3.
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 ...

: 2.
John H. Mitchell John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell (June 22, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician, and convicted criminal. He served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon ...
(R), until December 8, 1905 :: John M. Gearin (D), December 13, 1905 - January 23, 1907 :: Frederick W. Mulkey (R), from January 23, 1907 : 3. Charles W. Fulton (R)


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, ...

: 1.
Philander C. Knox Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
(R) : 3.
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 ...

: 1.
Nelson W. Aldrich Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 – April 16, 1915) was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911. By the 1 ...
(R) : 2.
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 ...
(R)


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

: 2.
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 ...
(D) : 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D)


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

: 2. Robert J. Gamble (R) : 3. Alfred B. Kittredge (R)


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

: 1.
William B. Bate William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
(D), until March 9, 1905 ::
James B. Frazier James Beriah Frazier (October 18, 1856 – March 28, 1937) was an American politician who served as the 28th governor of Tennessee from 1903 to 1905, and subsequently as a United States senator from Tennessee from 1905 to 1911. As governor, ...
(D), from March 21, 1905 : 2. Edward W. Carmack (D)


Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

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Joseph 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 ...
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Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

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George Sutherland George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was an English-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
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Reed Smoot Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902, he serv ...
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Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

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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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William P. Dillingham William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A United States Republican Party, Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingha ...
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Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...

: 1. John W. Daniel (D) : 2. 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 ...

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Levi Ankeny Levi Ankeny (August 1, 1844March 29, 1921) was a Republican United States Senator from the state of Washington. He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri near St. Joseph, but crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and settled in ...
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West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the Bur ...

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Nathan B. Scott Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Biography Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
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Stephen B. Elkins Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893. He served in the United States Congress as a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexi ...
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Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

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Robert M. La Follette Sr. Robert Marion "Fighting Bob" La Follette Sr. (June 14, 1855June 18, 1925), was an American lawyer and politician. He represented Wisconsin in both chambers of Congress and served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin. A Republican for most of his ...
(R)Robert M. La Follette was elected to the 59th Congress for the term starting March 4, 1905, but he did not assume the seat until January 2, 1906, preferring to finish his term as
Governor of Wisconsin The governor of Wisconsin is the head of government of Wisconsin and the commander-in-chief of the state's army and air forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Wiscons ...
. Nevertheless, his Senate service technically began March 4, 1905.
: 3. John C. Spooner (R)


Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

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Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
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Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ...

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Ariosto A. Wiley Ariosto Appling Wiley (November 6, 1848 – June 17, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, brother of Oliver Cicero Wiley. Early life Born in Clayton, Alabama, Wiley moved with his parents to Troy, Alabama. He attended the common ...
(D) : . Henry D. Clayton (D) : .
Sydney J. Bowie Sydney Johnston Bowie (July 26, 1865 – May 7, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama, nephew of Franklin Welsh Bowdon. Born in Talladega, Alabama, Bowie attended private schools, and was graduated from the law department of the Univ ...
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J. Thomas Heflin James Thomas Heflin (April 9, 1869 – April 22, 1951), nicknamed "Cotton Tom", was an American politician who served as a United States House of Representatives, United States representative and United States Senate, United States senator fro ...
(D) : . John H. Bankhead (D) : .
John L. Burnett John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Life Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...
(D) : . William N. Richardson (D) : . Oscar W. Underwood (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 ...

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Robert B. Macon Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged ...
(D) : . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D) : . John C. Floyd (D) : . John S. Little (D), until January 14, 1907 : . Charles C. Reid (D) : .
Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson (August 26, 1872 – July 14, 1937), also known as Joe T. Robinson, was an American politician from Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1937, servin ...
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Robert M. Wallace Robert Minor Wallace (August 6, 1856 – November 9, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Born in New London, Arkansas, Wallace attended the common schools, and was graduated from Arizona Seminary, Arizona, Louisiana, in 1876. He s ...
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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 ...

: . James N. Gillett (R), until November 4, 1906 :: William F. Englebright (R), from November 6, 1906 : . Duncan E. McKinlay (R) : . Joseph R. Knowland (R) : .
Julius Kahn Julius Kahn may refer to: *Julius Kahn (inventor) (1874–1942), engineer of reinforced concrete *Julius Kahn (congressman) Julius Kahn (February 28, 1861 – December 18, 1924) was a United States Congressman who was succeeded by his wife ...
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James C. Needham James Carson Needham (September 17, 1864 – July 11, 1942) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a seven-term U.S. Representative from California from 1899 to 1913. Biography Born in a covered wagon at Carson City, Nevada, Ja ...
(R) : . James McLachlan (R) : . Sylvester C. Smith (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 ...

: . Franklin E. Brooks (R) : .
Robert W. Bonynge Robert William Bonynge (September 8, 1863 – September 22, 1939) was a lawyer in Denver and New York City. He was a U.S. Representative from Colorado, member of the National Monetary Commission, and the Tripartite Claims Commission. He was c ...
(R) : . Herschel M. Hogg (R)


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

: . George L. Lilley (R) : . E. Stevens Henry (R) : .
Nehemiah D. Sperry Nehemiah Day Sperry (July 10, 1827 – November 13, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Biography Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry was the third of six children of Enoch Sperry and Mary Atlanta (nee Sperry) Sperry. His eld ...
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Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
(R), until May 10, 1905 :: Edwin W. Higgins (R), from October 2, 1905 : .
Ebenezer J. Hill Ebenezer J. Hill (August 4, 1845 – September 27, 1917) was an American politician who was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th congressional district from 18 ...
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Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

: . Hiram R. Burton (R)


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 ...

: . Stephen M. Sparkman (D) : . Frank Clark (D) : . William B. Lamar (D)


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

: . Rufus E. Lester (D), until June 16, 1906 :: James W. Overstreet (D), from October 3, 1906 : . James M. Griggs (D) : .
Elijah B. Lewis Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgi ...
(D) : . William C. Adamson (D) : .
Leonidas F. Livingston Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 – February 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Early life and political involvement Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultur ...
(D) : . Charles L. Bartlett (D) : .
Gordon Lee Gordon Lee may refer to: *Gordon Lee (comic store owner) (1958–2013), American comic book store owner charged with distributing obscene materials *Gordon Lee (congressman) (1859–1927), U.S. congressman from Georgia *Gordon Lee (footballer) (193 ...
(D) : . William M. Howard (D) : .
Thomas M. Bell Thomas Bell may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Thomas Bell (born 1985), known professionally as Toddla T, English DJ and producer *Thomas Bell (antiquarian) (1785–1860), English book collector *Thomas Bell (novelist) (1903–1961), American n ...
(D) : . Thomas W. Hardwick (D) : .
William G. Brantley William Gordon Brantley (September 18, 1860 – September 11, 1934) was an American politician and lawyer. Brantley was born in Blackshear, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, gained admission to the state bar ...
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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 ...

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Burton L. French Burton Lee French (August 1, 1875 – September 12, 1954) was a congressman from Idaho. French served as a Republican in the House from 1903 to 1909, 1911 to 1915 and 1917 to 1933. With a combined 26 years in office, he remains the longest-s ...
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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 ...

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Martin B. Madden Martin Barnaby Madden (March 21, 1855 – April 27, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He belonged to the Republican Party. As of 2020, he is the last non-African American to serve as a representative for Illinois's 1st congress ...
(R) : . James R. Mann (R) : . William W. Wilson (R) : . Charles S. Wharton (R) : . Anthony Michalek (R) : . William Lorimer (R) : .
Philip Knopf Philip Knopf (November 18, 1847 – August 14, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born near Long Grove, Illinois, Knopf attended public schools. During the Civil War, he enlisted in Company I, 147th Illinois Volunt ...
(R) : . Charles McGavin (R) : .
Henry S. Boutell Henry Sherman Boutell (March 14, 1856 – March 11, 1926) was an American lawyer and diplomat. Biography Boutell was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Lewis Henry and Anna (Greene) Boutell. A colonial ancestry entitled him to membersh ...
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George E. Foss George Edmund Foss (July 2, 1863 – March 15, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was a brother of Eugene Noble Foss. Life and career Foss was born on July 2, 1863, in Berkshire, Vermont. He was a brother of Eugene Noble ...
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Howard M. Snapp Howard Malcolm Snapp (September 27, 1855 – August 14, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, son of Henry Snapp who had also been a U.S. representative from Illinois. Born in Joliet, Illinois, Snapp attended the Eastern Avenue school ...
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Charles Eugene Fuller Charles Eugene Fuller (March 31, 1849 – June 25, 1926) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Belvidere, Illinois, Fuller attended the common schools. He studied law. He was Admission ...
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Robert R. Hitt Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but r ...
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Frank O. Lowden Frank Orren Lowden (January 26, 1861 – March 20, 1943) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the 25th Governor of Illinois and as a United States Representative from Illinois. He was also a candidate for the Republican pres ...
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Benjamin F. Marsh Benjamin Franklin Marsh (November 19, 1835 – June 2, 1905) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois in the late 19th century to early 20th century. He was also a lawyer, soldier, agriculture manager, s ...
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James McKinney James McKinney (April 14, 1852 – September 29, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography Born in Oquawka, Illinois, McKinney attended the public schools of Lewis County High School and was given the nickname of "Downey" from ...
(R), from November 7, 1905 : . George W. Prince (R) : .
Joseph V. Graff Joseph Verdi Graff (July 1, 1854 – November 10, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, Graff was graduated from the Terre Haute High School, and attended Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, one yea ...
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John A. Sterling John Allen Sterling (February 1, 1857 – October 17, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois, and brother of Thomas Sterling. Early life and education Born to Charles Sterling (1821-1905) and Anna Kessler (1827-1908) near Le Roy in ...
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Joseph G. Cannon Joseph Gurney Cannon (May 7, 1836 – November 12, 1926) was an American politician from Illinois and leader of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Cannon served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ...
(R) : . William B. McKinley (R) : . Henry T. Rainey (D) : . Zeno J. Rives (R) : .
William A. Rodenberg William August Rodenberg (October 30, 1865 – September 10, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Born near Chester, Illinois, the son of German immigrants, Rodenberg attended the public schools. He graduated from Central Wesleyan ...
(R) : . Frank S. Dickson (R) : . Pleasant T. Chapman (R) : . George W. Smith (R)


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

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John H. Foster John Hopkins Foster (January 31, 1862 – September 5, 1917) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1909. Early life and career Born in Evansville, Indiana, Foster attend ...
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John C. Chaney John Crawford Chaney (February 1, 1853 – April 26, 1940) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1909. Early life and career Chaney was born near Lisbon, Ohio in 1854, and ...
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William T. Zenor William Taylor Zenor (April 30, 1846 – June 2, 1916) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served five terms as a United States representative from Indiana from 1897 2007. Biography He was born near Corydon, Indiana and attende ...
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Lincoln Dixon Lincoln Dixon (February 9, 1860 – September 16, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1905 to 1919. Biography Born in Vernon, Indiana, Dixon attended Vernon Academy, and ...
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Elias S. Holliday Elias Selah Holliday (March 5, 1842 – March 13, 1936) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1901 to 1909. Early life and career Born in Aurora, Indian ...
(R) : . James E. Watson (R) : .
Jesse Overstreet Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859 – May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimatel ...
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George W. Cromer George Washington Cromer (May 13, 1856 – November 8, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1899 to 1907. Early life and education ...
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Charles B. Landis Charles Beary Landis (July 9, 1858 – April 24, 1922) was an American newspaperman and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1909. Early life and career He was a brother of both Congressman Frederic ...
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Edgar D. Crumpacker Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. ...
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Frederick Landis Frederick Landis (August 18, 1872 – November 15, 1934) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1903 to 1907. He was a brother of both Charles Beary Landis and of baseball commi ...
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Newton W. Gilbert Newton Whiting Gilbert (May 24, 1862 – July 5, 1939) was an American politician from Indiana. Career He was the 25th lieutenant governor of Indiana, a member of the Indiana State Senate, a representative in the United States House of Represe ...
(R), until November 6, 1906 :: Clarence C. Gilhams (R), from November 6, 1906 : . Abraham L. Brick (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 ...

: . Thomas Hedge (R) : .
Albert F. Dawson Albert Foster Dawson (January 26, 1872 – March 9, 1949) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 2nd congressional district. Born in Spragueville, Iowa, Dawson attended the public schools and the University of Wisconsi ...
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Benjamin P. Birdsall Benjamin Pixley Birdsall (October 26, 1858 – May 16, 1916) was a three-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district during the first decade of the 20th century. Biography Born in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, Birdsall at ...
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Gilbert N. Haugen Gilbert Nelson Haugen (April 21, 1859 – July 18, 1933) was a seventeen-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 4th congressional district, then located in northeastern Iowa. For nearly five years, he was the longest-serving member o ...
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Robert G. Cousins Robert Gordon Cousins (January 31, 1859 – June 20, 1933) was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district. He represented the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area for the last eight years of the 19th century and t ...
(R) : . John F. Lacey (R) : . John A. T. Hull (R) : .
William P. Hepburn William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican Party (United States), Republican Member of Congress, congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete Iowa's 8th congressional d ...
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Walter I. Smith Walter Inglewood Smith (July 10, 1862 – January 27, 1922) was a United States representative from Iowa and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and the United States Circuit Courts for the ...
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James P. Conner James Perry Conner (January 27, 1851 – March 19, 1924) was a Republican United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Iowa's 10th congressional district from 1900 to 1909. Background Born in Delaware County, Indiana, Conner ...
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Elbert H. Hubbard Elbert Hamilton Hubbard (August 19, 1849 – June 4, 1912), a second-generation congressman, was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from the now-obsolete 11th congressional district in northwestern Iowa. Born in Rushville, Indiana to ...
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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

: . Charles Frederick Scott (R) : .
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 ...
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Justin De Witt Bowersock Justin De Witt Bowersock (September 19, 1842 – October 27, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Early life Justin De Witt Bowersick was born on September 19, 1942, near Columbiana, Ohio, Bowersock moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1860 an ...
(R) : . Philip P. Campbell (R) : . James Monroe Miller (R) : .
William A. Calderhead William Alexander Calderhead (September 26, 1844 – December 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born on a farm near New Lexington in Perry County, Ohio, Calderhead received private schooling and also attended the commo ...
(R) : . William A. Reeder (R) : .
Victor Murdock Victor Murdock (March 18, 1871 – July 8, 1945) was an American politician and newspaper editor who served as a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Life Victor Murdock was born March 18, 1871, in Burlingame, Kansas to Marshall Murdock, editor of ...
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Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

: . Ollie M. James (D) : .
Augustus Stanley Augustus Owsley Stanley I (May 21, 1867 – August 12, 1958) was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 38th governor of Kentucky and also represented the state in both the U.S. House of Repre ...
(D) : . James M. Richardson (D) : . David Highbaugh Smith (D) : .
J. Swagar Sherley Joseph Swagar Sherley (November 28, 1871 – February 13, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Biography Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Sherley attended public schools, graduating from the Louisville High School in 1889 and from the la ...
(D) : . Joseph L. Rhinock (D) : .
South Trimble South Trimble (April 13, 1864 – November 23, 1946) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. He was a prominent member of the famed South–Cockrell–Hargis family of Southern politicians. Biography Born near Hazel Green, Kentucky, to A ...
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George G. Gilbert George Gilmore Gilbert (December 24, 1849 – November 9, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, father of Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert. Born in Taylorsville, Kentucky, Gilbert attended the common schools, Cecilian College in 1868 an ...
(D) : . Joseph B. Bennett (R) : .
Francis A. Hopkins Francis Alexander Hopkins (May 27, 1853 – June 5, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky from 1903 to 1907. Biography Born in Jeffersonville, Virginia, Hopkins attended th ...
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Don C. Edwards Don Calvin Edwards (July 13, 1861 – September 19, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Moulton, Iowa, Edwards moved to Erie, Kansas, with his parents in 1869. He attended the common schools of Iowa and Kansas, and Campb ...
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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 ...

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Adolph Meyer Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908. Biography Meyer was bo ...
(D) : . Robert Charles Davey (D) : . Robert Foligny Broussard (D) : .
John Thomas Watkins John Thomas Watkins (January 15, 1854 – April 25, 1925) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district. Early life an ...
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Joseph Eugene Ransdell Joseph Eugene Ransdell (October 7, 1858July 27, 1954) was an attorney and politician from Louisiana. Beginning in 1899, he was elected for seven consecutive terms as United States representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He sub ...
(D) : . Samuel Matthews Robertson (D) : . Arsène Paulin Pujó (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 ...

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Amos L. Allen Amos Lawrence Allen (March 17, 1837 – February 20, 1911) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Maine. Born in Waterboro, Maine, Allen attended the common schools, Whitestown Seminary in Whitestown, New Y ...
(R) : . Charles E. Littlefield (R) : .
Edwin C. Burleigh Edwin Chick Burleigh (November 27, 1843June 16, 1916) was an American politician who served as the 42nd Governor of Maine from 1889 to 1893. A member of the Republican Party, he went on to hold federal office, first in the United States House ...
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Llewellyn Powers Llewellyn Powers (October 14, 1836July 28, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Maine and the 44th Governor of Maine. Biography Born in Pittsfield, Maine, Powers attended the common schools of Pittsfield and St. Albans Academy. He graduate ...
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Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

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J. Frederick C. Talbott Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott (July 29, 1843 – October 5, 1918) was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second Congressional district of Maryland. Biography He was born near Lutherville, Maryland on July 29, 1843. He began to study law ...
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Frank C. Wachter Frank Charles Wachter (September 16, 1861 – July 1, 1910) was an American politician and Congressman from Maryland. Biography Born in Baltimore, Maryland to German immigrants, Wachter attended private schools and St. Paul's Evangelical Sch ...
(R) : . John Gill Jr. (D) : . Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (R) : . George A. Pearre (R)


Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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George P. Lawrence George Pelton Lawrence (May 19, 1859 – November 21, 1917) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Early life and education Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Lawrence was the son of Dr. George C. Lawrence an ...
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Frederick H. Gillett Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
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Rockwood Hoar Rockwood Hoar (August 24, 1855 – November 1, 1906) was a Representative from Massachusetts, the son of Massachusetts US Senator George Frisbie Hoar. Life and career Hoar was born in Worcester, Massachusetts and graduated from Harvard Uni ...
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Butler Ames Butler Ames (August 22, 1871 – November 6, 1954) was an American politician, engineer, soldier and businessman. He was the son of Adelbert Ames and grandson of Benjamin Franklin Butler, both decorated generals in the Union Army during the Ame ...
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Augustus P. Gardner Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Re ...
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Samuel W. McCall Samuel Walker McCall (February 28, 1851 – November 4, 1923) was a Republican lawyer, politician, and writer from Massachusetts. He was for twenty years (1893–1913) a member of the United States House of Representatives, and the 47th Governo ...
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John Andrew Sullivan John Andrew Sullivan (May 10, 1868 – May 31, 1927) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Sullivan attended the common and high schools. He was graduated from the B ...
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John W. Weeks John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860July 12, 1926) was an American banker and politician from Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as Mayor of Newton from 1902 to 1903, a United States representative from 1905 to 1913, United States Senator fr ...
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William S. Greene William Stedman Greene (April 28, 1841 – September 22, 1924) was a United States representative from Massachusetts. Biography William S. Greene was born in Tremont, Illinois on April 28, 1841. He moved with his parents to Fall River, Massachu ...
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William C. Lovering William Croad Lovering (February 25, 1835 – February 4, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Biography Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, Lovering moved with his parents to Taunton, Massachusetts, in 1837. He attended the Camb ...
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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 ...

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Edwin C. Denby Edwin Denby (February 18, 1870 – February 8, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of the Navy in the administrations of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge from 1921 to 1924. He also played a notable role in th ...
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Edward L. Hamilton Edward La Rue Hamilton (December 9, 1857 – November 2, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876. He ...
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William Alden Smith William Alden Smith (May 12, 1859 – October 11, 1932) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. After the 1912 sinking of the ''Titanic'', Smith chaired the Senate hearings into the disaster. The audience ...
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Samuel W. Smith Samuel William Smith (August 23, 1852 – June 19, 1931), was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He was born in Independence Township and attended the common schools in Clarkston and Detroit. He began teaching school in 1869, ser ...
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Henry McMorran Henry Gordon McMorran (June 11, 1844 – July 19, 1929) was an American Republican politician and businessman. He served five terms in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative from Michigan's 7th congressional district from March 4, 190 ...
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Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop (January 6, 1843 – March 4, 1920) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1907. Early ...
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Archibald B. Darragh Archibald Bard Darragh (December 23, 1840 – February 21, 1927) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Life and politics Bard was born in La Salle Township, Michigan, and attended the common schools and a private academy in Monro ...
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Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

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Loren Fletcher Loren Fletcher (April 10, 1833 – April 15, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota. Biography He was born in Mount Vernon, Kennebec County, Maine and attended the public schools and Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Kents Hill, Maine. Flet ...
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Clarence Buckman Clarence Bennett "C.B." Buckman (April 1, 1851 – March 1, 1917) was an American farmer, lumberman, and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 1903 to 1907. He also ...
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Andrew Volstead Andrew John Volstead () (October 31, 1860 – January 20, 1947) was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the N ...
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Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

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Thomas Spight Thomas Spight (October 25, 1841 – January 5, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy (Tennessee) College, and the La Grange (Tennessee) Synodi ...
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Benjamin G. Humphreys II Benjamin Grubb Humphreys II (August 17, 1865 – October 16, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi. He was known by his constituents as "Our Ben." Early life Benjamin Grubb Humphreys II was bo ...
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Wilson S. Hill Wilson Shedric Hill (January 19, 1863 – February 14, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Biography Born near Lodi, Choctaw County (now Montgomery County, Mississippi, Montgomery County), Mississippi Mississippi () is a s ...
(D) : . Adam M. Byrd (D) : . Eaton J. Bowers (D) : . Frank A. McLain (D) : .
John Sharp Williams John Sharp Williams (July 30, 1854September 27, 1932) was a prominent American politician in the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from the 1890s through the 1920s, and served as the Minority Leader of the United States House of Re ...
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Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...

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James Tilghman Lloyd James Tilghman Lloyd (August 28, 1857 – April 3, 1944) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri from 1897 to 1917. He served as the House minority whip between 1901 and 1909. Lloyd was born in Canton, Missou ...
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William W. Rucker William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to Chari ...
(D) : . Frank B. Klepper (R) : . Frank B. Fulkerson (R) : . Edgar C. Ellis (R) : .
David A. De Armond David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 unti ...
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James Beauchamp Clark James Beauchamp Clark (March 7, 1850March 2, 1921) was an American politician and attorney who represented Missouri in the United States House of Representatives and served as Speaker of the House from 1911 to 1919. Born in Kentucky, he establis ...
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Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
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Harry M. Coudrey Harry Marcy Coudrey (February 28, 1867 – July 5, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Early life Born in Brunswick, Missouri, to J.N. and L.H. Coudrey, Harry moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1878. He attended t ...
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Marion E. Rhodes Marion Edwards Rhodes (January 4, 1868 – December 25, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 13th congressional district. Born on a farm near Glen Allen, Missouri, Rhodes attended the public schools and Will Mayfield College. He w ...
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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 ...

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Joseph M. Dixon Joseph Moore Dixon (July 31, 1867May 22, 1934) was an American History of the Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Montana. He served as a U.S. House of Representatives, Representative, United States Senate, Senator, and th ...
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Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

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Elmer Burkett Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867May 23, 1935) was a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska. Burkett was born on a farm near Glenwood, Iowa. He attended the public schools and graduated from Tabor College in 1890 and from the University ...
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George W. Norris George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
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Moses P. Kinkaid Moses Pierce Kinkaid (January 24, 1856 – July 6, 1922) was an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska. He was the sponsor of the 1904 Kinkaid Land Act, which allowed homeste ...
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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 ...

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New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It 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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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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John James Gardner John James Gardner (October 17, 1845 – February 7, 1921) was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for ten terms from 1893 to 1913, a ...
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Richard W. Parker Richard Wayne Parker (August 6, 1848 – November 28, 1923) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 6th congressional district from 1895 to 1903, the 7th district from 1903 to 1911, and the 9th distri ...
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William H. Wiley William Halsted Wiley (July 10, 1842 in New York City – May 2, 1925 in Orange, New Jersey), was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1903 to 1907 and from 1909 to 1911, an ...
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Marshall Van Winkle Marshall Van Winkle (September 28, 1869 – May 10, 1957) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, grandnephew of Peter G. Van Winkle. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Van Winkle attended the public schools. He studied law. He was a ...
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New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

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George H. Lindsay George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 – May 25, 1916) was an American businessman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1913. He was the Coroner of Kings County, New York, from 1886 to ...
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Charles T. Dunwell Charles Tappan Dunwell (February 13, 1852 – June 12, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in Newark, New York, Dunwell moved with his parents to nearby Lyons in 1854. He attended the Lyons Union School. He entered Cornell Univ ...
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Charles B. Law Charles Blakeslee Law (February 5, 1872 – September 15, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Biography Born in Hannibal, New York, Law attended the public schools and graduated from Colgate Academy in Hamilton, New York in 18 ...
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Henry M. Goldfogle Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915. Biography Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
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William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
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William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya ...
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J. Van Vechten Olcott Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (May 17, 1856 – June 1, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in New York City, Olcott attended public schools, including the Thirteenth Street School. He also attended the College of the City of New Y ...
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Joseph A. Goulden Joseph Aloysius Goulden (August 1, 1844 – May 3, 1915) was an American educator, businessman, Civil War veteran, and politician who served five terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1903 to 1911, and from 1913 to 1915. Biograph ...
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John E. Andrus John Emory Andrus (February 16, 1841 – December 26, 1934) was mayor of Yonkers, New York, a U.S. Congressman from New York, and founder of the SURDNA Foundation. Biography Born in Pleasantville, New York, Andrus was the son of Methodist Minis ...
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Thomas W. Bradley Thomas Wilson Bradley (April 6, 1844 – May 30, 1920) was a United States Representative from New York and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography Born in Yorkshire, England, Bradley immig ...
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George N. Southwick George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911. Early life George N. Sou ...
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Lucius N. Littauer Lucius Nathan Littauer (January 20, 1859 – March 2, 1944) was an American politician, businessman, and college football coach. He served in the United States House of Representatives from New York for five terms between 1897 and 1907. Littauer ...
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William H. Flack William Henry Flack (March 22, 1861 – February 2, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Career Flack attended public schools. He became interested in lumbering and tanning. He had some family members in Indiana west of downtown Ind ...
(R), until February 2, 1907 : . James S. Sherman (R) : . Charles L. Knapp (R) : . Michael E. Driscoll (R) : . John W. Dwight (R) : . Sereno E. Payne (R) : .
James B. Perkins James Breck Perkins (November 4, 1847 – March 11, 1910) was an Americans, American historian, a United States congressman, and a writer. He was born in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Rochester, where he was ...
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J. Sloat Fassett Jacob Sloat Fassett (November 13, 1853 – April 21, 1924) was a businessman, lawyer, and member of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state), New York. Early life He was born on November 13, 1853, in Elmira, New York, th ...
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James Wolcott Wadsworth James Wolcott Wadsworth (October 12, 1846 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – December 24, 1926 in Washington, D.C.) was an American farmer, soldier and statesman. Early life He was the son of Civil War General James Samuel Wadsworth (1 ...
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Edward B. Vreeland Edward Butterfield Vreeland (December 7, 1856 – May 8, 1936) was an American banker, businessman, and Republican politician who represented southern Western New York ( Allegheny, Chautauqua, and Cattaraugus counties) in the United States Hous ...
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North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...

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John Humphrey Small John Humphrey Small (August 29, 1858 – July 13, 1946) was an American attorney and politician who served eleven terms as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina from 1899 to 1921. Early life and education Born in Washington, North Car ...
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Charles Randolph Thomas Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...
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Edward W. Pou Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934), was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he w ...
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William Walton Kitchin William Walton Kitchin (October 9, 1866 – November 9, 1924) was an American attorney and the 52nd governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1909 to 1913. Early life and family W.W. Kitchin was the son of William H. Kitchin and Maria ...
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Robert N. Page Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
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Edwin Y. Webb Edwin Yates Webb (May 23, 1872 – February 7, 1955) was a Democratic United States Representative from North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Education ...
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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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Asle Gronna Asle Jorgenson Gronna (December 10, 1858May 4, 1922) was an American politician who served in the House of Representatives and Senate from North Dakota, and one of the six to vote against the United States declaration of war leading to the First ...
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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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Nicholas Longworth Nicholas Longworth III (November 5, 1869 – April 9, 1931) was an American politician who became Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a Republican. A lawyer by training, he was elected to the Ohio Senate, where he ini ...
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Robert M. Nevin Robert Murphy Nevin (May 5, 1850 – December 17, 1912) was an Attorney at law (United States), attorney and three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1901 to 1907. Biography Robert M. Nevin was born in ...
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William Wildman Campbell William Wildman Campbell (April 2, 1853 – August 13, 1927) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio. Born in Rochester, Vermont, Campbell attended the public schools, Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vermont, and Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts ...
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J. Warren Keifer Joseph Warren Keifer (January 30, 1836 – April 22, 1932) was a major general during the Spanish–American War and a prominent U.S. politician during the 1880s. He served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from Ohio f ...
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Ralph D. Cole Ralph Dayton Cole (November 30, 1873 – October 15, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1905 to 1911. He was the brother of Raymond Clinton Cole, who also served in Congr ...
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Henry T. Bannon Henry Towne Bannon (June 5, 1867 – September 6, 1950) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1905 to 1909. Life and career Bannon was the grandson of Irish immigrants, Edward and Bridget Dervin Bannon. His father, James. W. Ban ...
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Edward L. Taylor Jr. Edward Livingston Taylor Jr. (August 10, 1869 – March 10, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1905 to 1913. Biography Born in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of Edward ( ...
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Amos R. Webber Amos Richard Webber (January 21, 1852 – February 25, 1948) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1907. Biography Born in Hinckley, Ohio, Webber attended the public schools of ...
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Beman G. Dawes Beman Gates Dawes (January 14, 1870 – May 15, 1953) was a politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio from 1905 to 1909. Biography Dawes, a descendant of American Revolution hero William Dawes a ...
(R) : . Capell L. Weems (R) : . Martin L. Smyser (R) : . James Kennedy (R) : .
W. Aubrey Thomas William Aubrey Thomas (June 7, 1866September 8, 1951) was an American scientist and politician who served as a US Representative from Ohio from 1904 to 1911. Biography Born in Y Bynea, near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales, Thomas immigrate ...
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Jacob A. Beidler Jacob Atlee Beidler (November 2, 1852 – September 13, 1912) was an American businessman and politician who served three terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1907. Biography Born in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, P ...
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Theodore Elijah Burton Theodore Elijah Burton (December 20, 1851October 28, 1929) was an American attorney and Republican politician from Ohio. He served in the United States House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the Cleveland City Council. Early years Bur ...
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Oregon Oregon () is a 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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Binger Hermann Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann would serve in both ...
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John N. Williamson John Newton Williamson (November 8, 1855August 29, 1943) was an American rancher and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, he served in both chambers of the Oregon Legislative Assembly representing central and eastern Oregon in ...
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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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Henry H. Bingham Henry Harrison Bingham (December 4, 1841 – March 22, 1912) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 to 1912. He w ...
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John E. Reyburn John Edgar Reyburn (February 7, 1845 – January 4, 1914) was an American politician from Ohio who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district from 1890 to 1897, Pennsylvania' ...
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Irving P. Wanger Irving Price Wanger (March 5, 1852 – January 14, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Rebecca (Price) and George Wanger. He s ...
(R) : . Henry B. Cassel (R) : . Thomas H. Dale (R) : .
Henry W. Palmer Henry Wilbur Palmer (July 10, 1839 – February 15, 1913) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Henry Palmer was the father of Bradley Palmer, a Boston lawyer known for ...
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Charles N. Brumm Charles Napoleon Brumm (June 9, 1838 – January 11, 1917) was a Greenbacker and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life and education Charles N. Brumm was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. He ...
(R), from November 6, 1906 : . Marcus C.L. Kline (D) : . Mial E. Lilley (R) : .
Elias Deemer Elias Deemer (January 3, 1838 – March 29, 1918) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Elias Deemer was born near Durham, Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the mercantile business in Lycoming ...
(R) : . Edmund W. Samuel (R) : . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R) : . Marlin E. Olmsted (R) : . John M. Reynolds (R) : .
Daniel F. Lafean Daniel Franklin Lafean (February 7, 1861 – April 18, 1922) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography Lafean was born in York, Pennsylvania to Germans, German i ...
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George F. Huff George Franklin Huff (July 16, 1842 – April 18, 1912) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Biography George F. Huff was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania. He atte ...
(R) : . Allen F. Cooper (R) : .
Ernest F. Acheson Ernest Francis Acheson (September 19, 1855 – May 16, 1917) was a newspaper editor and a representative to the United States House of Representatives. Biography He was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on September 19, 1855, son of Alexander W. ...
(R) : . Arthur L. Bates (R) : . Gustav A. Schneebeli (R) : . William O. Smith (R) : . Joseph C. Sibley (R) : . William H. Graham (R) : .
John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of The ...
(R) : . James F. Burke (R) : .
Andrew J. Barchfeld Andrew Jackson Barchfeld (May 18, 1863 – January 28, 1922) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Barchfeld was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants from Prussia. He attend ...
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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 ...

: . Daniel L. D. Granger (D) : .
Adin B. Capron Adin Ballou Capron (January 9, 1841 – March 17, 1911) was an American miller and politician from the U.S. state of Rhode Island. He served in the American Civil War and was a member of the United States House of Representatives. Early li ...
(R)


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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George S. Legare George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...
(D) : . James O'Hanlan Patterson (D) : . Wyatt Aiken (D) : . Joseph T. Johnson (D) : . David E. Finley (D) : .
J. Edwin Ellerbe James Edwin Ellerbe (January 12, 1867October 24, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina. Born in Sellers, South Carolina, Ellerbe attended Pine Hill Academy and the University of South Carolina at Columbia. He graduated from Wo ...
(D) : . Asbury F. Lever (D)


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

: . Charles Henry Burke (R) : . Eben Wever Martin (R)


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 ...

: .
Walter P. Brownlow Walter Preston Brownlow (March 27, 1851 – July 8, 1910) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 1st district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1897 until his death in 1910. He is remembered for obtaining large feder ...
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Nathan W. Hale Nathan Wesley Hale (February 11, 1860 – September 16, 1941) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 2nd congressional district, 2nd congressional district of Tennessee. Biography ...
(R) : . John Austin Moon (D) : .
Mounce G. Butler Mounce Gore Butler (May 11, 1849 – February 13, 1917) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 4th congressional district, 4th congressional district of Tennessee. Biography B ...
(D) : . William C. Houston (D) : . John Wesley Gaines (D) : .
Lemuel Phillips Padgett Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 7th congressional district, 7th congressional district of Tennessee. Bio ...
(D) : .
Thetus Willrette Sims Thetus Willrette Sims (April 25, 1852 – December 17, 1939) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Tennessee's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional district of Tennessee. Biogr ...
(D) : . Finis J. Garrett (D) : .
Malcolm R. Patterson Malcolm Rice Patterson (June 7, 1861 – March 8, 1935) was an American politician and jurist. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1901 to 1906, and as the 30th governor of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911. He later served as a circu ...
(D), until November 5, 1906


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 ...

: .
Morris Sheppard John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, and is referred to as "the fa ...
(D) : .
Moses L. Broocks Moses Lycurgus Broocks (November 1, 1864 – May 27, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Born near San Augustine, Texas, Broocks attended the common schools. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin i ...
(D) : .
Gordon James Russell Gordon James Russell (December 22, 1859 – September 14, 1919) was a United States representative from Texas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Russell was nominated by Pr ...
(D) : . Choice Boswell Randell (D) : .
James Andrew Beall James Andrew "Jack" Beall (October 25, 1866 – February 11, 1929) was an American politician. He represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1915. Early years Beall was born on a farm near Midlothian, Texas to R ...
(D) : . Scott Field (D) : .
Alexander W. Gregg Alexander White Gregg (January 31, 1855 – April 30, 1919) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives between 1903 and 1919. Gregg was born in Centerville, Texas on January 31, 1855 ...
(D) : .
John M. Pinckney John McPherson Pinckney (May 4, 1845April 24, 1905) was a United States Representative from Texas who was shot and killed in Hempstead, Texas in 1905, making him the third member of the United States Congress assassinated in office. Life and ca ...
(D), until April 24, 1905 ::
John M. Moore John Matthew Moore (November 18, 1862 – February 3, 1940) was an American rancher and statesman from Texas who served in the United States House of Representatives from United States House of Representatives, Texas District 8, District 8 fro ...
(D), from June 6, 1905 : .
George Farmer Burgess George Farmer Burgess (September 21, 1861 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. Biography Born in Wharton, Texas, Burgess attended the common schools. He moved with his mother to Fayette County in 1880 and engaged in agr ...
(D) : . Albert Sidney Burleson (D) : . Robert L. Henry (D) : . Oscar W. Gillespie (D) : . John Hall Stephens (D) : .
James L. Slayden James Luther Slayden (June 1, 1853 – February 24, 1924) was an American politician, cotton merchant, and rancher. He was elected from San Antonio to United States United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, serving eleven c ...
(D) : .
John Nance Garner John Nance Garner III (November 22, 1868 – November 7, 1967), known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and lawyer from History of Texas, Texas who ...
(D) : . William R. Smith (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 ...

: .
Joseph Howell Joseph Howell (February 17, 1857 – July 18, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Utah. Life and career Born in Brigham City, Utah Territory, Howell moved with his parents to Wellsville, Utah, in 1863. He attended the common schools and the ...
(R)


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 ...

: .
David J. Foster David Johnson Foster (June 27, 1857 – March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Biography Foster was born in Barnet, Vermont, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) F ...
(R) : . Kittredge Haskins (R)


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

: .
William Atkinson Jones William Atkinson Jones (March 21, 1849 – April 17, 1918) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1918 from the first district of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Early life Jones was born in Warsaw, Virginia on March 21 ...
(D) : . Harry Lee Maynard (D) : . John Fletcher Lamb (D) : . Robert G. Southall (D) : .
Claude Augustus Swanson Claude Augustus Swanson (March 31, 1862July 7, 1939) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Virginia. He served as U.S. Representative (1893-1906), Governor of Virginia (1906-1910), and U.S. Senator from Virginia (1910-1933), befor ...
(D), until January 30, 1906 ::
Edward W. Saunders Edward Watts Saunders (October 20, 1860 – December 16, 1921) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and judge, who served as Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, U.S. Representative and justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Biography ...
(D), from November 6, 1906 : .
Carter Glass Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasu ...
(D) : .
James Hay James Hay may refer to: *James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop * James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble * James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble * James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (172 ...
(D) : .
John Franklin Rixey John Franklin Rixey (August 1, 1854 – February 8, 1907) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from Virginia's Virginia's 8th congressional district, 8th congressional distric ...
(D), until February 8, 1907 : .
Campbell Slemp Campbell Slemp (December 2, 1839 – October 13, 1907) was a farmer and Confederate officer in southwest Virginia who became a Readjuster Democrat after Congressional Reconstruction and served in the Virginia House of Delegates. He eventually j ...
(R) : . Henry De Flood (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 ...

: .
Wesley Livsey Jones Wesley Livsey Jones (October 9, 1863November 19, 1932) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate representing the state of Washington. Born near Bethany, Illinois days af ...
(R) : . Francis W. Cushman (R) : . William E. Humphrey (R)


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

: . Blackburn B. Dovener (R) : .
Alston G. Dayton Alston Gordon Dayton (October 18, 1857 – July 30, 1920) was a United States representative from West Virginia and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Education and caree ...
(R), until March 16, 1905 :: Thomas B. Davis (D), from June 6, 1905 : .
Joseph Holt Gaines Joseph Holt 'Jodie' Gaines (September 3, 1864 – April 12, 1951) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from West Virginia. Born in Washington, D.C., Gaines moved with his parents to Fayette County, West Vir ...
(R) : .
Harry C. Woodyard Harry Chapman Woodyard (November 13, 1867 – June 21, 1929) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Congressman Woodyard was born in Spencer, West Virginia, in ...
(R) : . James Anthony Hughes (R)


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

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R) : . Henry C. Adams (R), until July 9, 1906 :: John M. Nelson (R), from September 4, 1906 : . Joseph W. Babcock (R) : . Theobald Johnston Otjen (R) : .
William H. Stafford William Henry Stafford (October 12, 1869 – April 22, 1957) was a United States, U.S. Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Wisconsin. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Stafford received his bachelors degrees from ...
(R) : . Charles H. Weisse (D) : .
John Jacob Esch John Jacob Esch (March 20, 1861 – April 27, 1941) was an American attorney and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1921 serving as a Republican. Born near Norwalk, Wisconsin, he graduated from the University ...
(R) : .
James Henry Davidson James Henry Davidson (June 18, 1858 – August 6, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin. Born in Colchester, New York, Davidson attended the public schools and Walton (New York) Academy. He taught school in Delaware and Sullivan Co ...
(R) : . Edward Sloman Minor (R) : . Webster Everett Brown (R) : . John J. Jenkins (R)


Wyoming Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the south ...

: . Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)


Non-voting members

: . Frank Hinman Waskey (D), from August 14, 1906 : .
Marcus Aurelius Smith Marcus Aurelius "Mark" Smith (January 24, 1851 – April 7, 1924) was an American attorney and politician who served eight terms as Arizona Territorial Delegate to Congress and as one of the first two Senators from Arizona. As a Delegate, he ...
(D) : . Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R) : .
William Henry Andrews William Henry "Bull" Andrews (January 14, 1846 – January 16, 1919) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly and as a delegate from the New Mexico Territory. Andrews was born ...
(R) : .
Bird Segle McGuire Bird Segle McGuire (October 13, 1865 – November 9, 1930) was an American politician, a Delegate and the last U.S. Representative from Oklahoma Territory. After statehood, he was elected as an Oklahoma member of Congress, where he served four c ...
(R) : .
Tulio Larrínaga Tulio Larrínaga (January 15, 1847 – April 28, 1917) was a Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico. Biography Born in Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, Larrínaga attended the Seminario Consiliar of San Ildefonso at San Juan, Puerto Rico. He studied c ...
(Resident Commissioner), (Unionist)


Changes in membership

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


Senate

* Replacements: 8 ** 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: 1 * Vacancies: 2 * Total seats with changes: 9


House of Representatives

* Replacements: 17 ** 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: 12 * Resignations: 11 * Contested elections: 1 * New seats: 1 * Total seats with changes: 26


Committees


Senate

* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin) * 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: Chester I. Long) * 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: Henry M. Teller) * Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money) * Canadian Relations (Chairman:
Winthrop Murray Crane Winthrop Murray Crane (commonly referred to as W. Murray Crane or simply Murray Crane; April 23, 1853October 2, 1920) was an American political figure and businessman. In 1879, he secured his family company, paper manufacturer Crane & Co., an ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
(Chairman: Chester I. Long; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery) * Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Fred T. Dubois) *
Claims Claim may refer to: * Claim (legal) * Claim of Right Act 1689 * Claims-based identity * Claim (philosophy) * Land claim * A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law * Patent claim * The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton * A righ ...
(Chairman: Charles W. Fulton; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) * Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Coast Defenses (Chairman:
Philander C. Knox Philander Chase Knox (May 6, 1853October 12, 1921) was an American lawyer, bank director and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Knox served in the Cabinet of three different presidents and represented Pennsylvania in the United States ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson) *
Commerce Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions directly and indirectly related to the exchange (buying and selling) of goods and services among two or more parties within local, regional, nation ...
(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:
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 ...
) * Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Cuban Relations (Chairman:
Henry E. Burnham Henry Eben Burnham (November 8, 1844February 8, 1917) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Dunbarton, New Hampshire, he attended the public schools and Kimball Union Academy and married Hannah Elizabeth Patterson. Burnham gra ...
; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller) * Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) *
District of Columbia ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
(Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) * Education and Labor (Chairman:
Jonathan P. Dolliver Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (February 6, 1858October 15, 1910) was a Republican orator, U.S. Representative, then U.S. Senator from Iowa at the turn of the 20th century.Thomas Richard Ross, ''Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver: A Study in Political Inte ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) * Engrossed Bills (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge) * Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
John F. Dryden John Fairfield Dryden (August 7, 1839 – November 24, 1911) was the founder of the Prudential Insurance Company and a United States senator from New Jersey. He was known as the "father of industrial insurance". Early life Dryden was born ...
; Ranking Member:
Murphy J. Foster Jr. Murphy James Foster Jr. (July 11, 1930 – October 4, 2020) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 53rd governor of Louisiana from 1996 to 2004. Early life and career Murphy James Foster Jr. was born in Franklin, the se ...
) * Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: James A. Hemenway; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson) * Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select) (Chairman:
Edmund W. Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in t ...
) * Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Morgan G. Bulkeley Morgan Gardner Bulkeley (December 26, 1837 – November 6, 1922) was an American politician, businessman, and sports executive. A Republican, he served in the American Civil War, and became a Hartford bank president before becoming the third pre ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson) * Expenditures in Executive Departments *
Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...
(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: John W. Daniel) *
Fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life; or more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a. fishing ground). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farms, both ...
(Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) *
Foreign Relations A state's foreign policy or external policy (as opposed to internal or domestic policy) is its objectives and activities in relation to its interactions with other states, unions, and other political entities, whether bilaterally or through mu ...
(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: John T. Morgan) * Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman:
Frank B. Brandegee Frank Bosworth Brandegee (July 8, 1864October 14, 1924) was a United States representative and senator from Connecticut. Early life Frank Brandegee was born in New London, Connecticut, on July 8, 1864. He was the son of Augustus Brandegee, w ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) *
Geological Survey A geological survey is the systematic investigation of the geology beneath a given piece of ground for the purpose of creating a geological map or model. Geological surveying employs techniques from the traditional walk-over survey, studying outc ...
(Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money) *
Immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, and ...
(Chairman:
William P. Dillingham William Paul Dillingham (December 12, 1843July 12, 1923) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Vermont. A United States Republican Party, Republican and the son of Congressman and Governor Paul Dillingham, William P. Dillingha ...
; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin) *
Indian Affairs The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior. It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to American Indians and Al ...
(Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) * Indian Depredations (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Industrial Expositions (Chairman: William Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) * Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin) *
Indian Territory The Indian Territory and the Indian Territories are terms that generally described an evolving land area set aside by the Federal government of the United States, United States Government for the relocation of Native Americans in the United St ...
(Select) * Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) *
Interstate Commerce The Commerce Clause describes an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution ( Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and amo ...
(Chairman:
Stephen B. Elkins Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and politician. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893. He served in the United States Congress as a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexi ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman:
Levi Ankeny Levi Ankeny (August 1, 1844March 29, 1921) was a Republican United States Senator from the state of Washington. He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri near St. Joseph, but crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and settled in ...
; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Van Duzer) *
Judiciary The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
(Chairman:
Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Library A library is a collection of materials, books or media that are accessible for use and not just for display purposes. A library provides physical (hard copies) or digital access (soft copies) materials, and may be a physical location or a vir ...
(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:
William A. Clark William Andrews Clark Sr. (January 8, 1839March 2, 1925) was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads. Biography Clark was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family to Iowa in 1 ...
) *
Manufactures Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a rang ...
(Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) *
Military Affairs ''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the ed ...
(Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member:
Edmund W. Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in t ...
) * Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles Dick; Ranking Member:
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 ...
) * Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman:
Knute Nelson Knute Nelson (born Knud Evanger; February 2, 1843 – April 28, 1923) was an American attorney and politician active in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A Republican, he served in state and national positions: he was elected to the Wisconsin and Minnesot ...
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National Banks In banking, the term national bank carries several meanings: * a bank owned by the state * an ordinary private bank which operates nationally (as opposed to regionally or locally or even internationally) * in the United States, an ordinary p ...
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George S. Nixon George Stuart Nixon (April 2, 1860 – June 5, 1912) was an American who served as a member of the United States Senate from Nevada. Early life He was born in Newcastle, California. He went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy ...
; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery) * 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 ...
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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 ...
) * Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin) * Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (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 ...
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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 ...
) * Pacific Railroads (Chairman:
Russell A. Alger Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. He was supposedly a distant relation of author H ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan) *
Patents A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...
(Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member:
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 ...
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Pensions A pension (, from Latin ''pensiō'', "payment") is a fund into which a sum of money is added during an employee's employment years and from which payments are drawn to support the person's retirement from work in the form of periodic payments ...
(Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member:
James P. Taliaferro James Piper Taliaferro (September 30, 1847October 6, 1934) was a US Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat from 1899 to 1911. Biography Taliaferro was born in Orange, Virginia. He attended the common schools and the William Dinwiddie Sc ...
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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 ...
(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: Charles A. Culberson) * Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
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 ...
; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * Potomac River Front (Select) *
Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ea ...
(Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman) * Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; 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 ...
) * Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member:
Edmund W. Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in t ...
) * Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Nathan B. Scott Nathan Bay Scott (December 18, 1842January 2, 1924) was a United States senator from West Virginia. Biography Born near Quaker City, Ohio, he attended the common schools and engaged in mining near Colorado Springs, Colorado from 1859 to 1862. ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson) * Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman:
John Tyler Morgan John Tyler Morgan (June 20, 1824 – June 11, 1907) was an American politician was served as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and later was elected for six terms as the U.S. Senator (1877–1907) ...
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John Coit Spooner John Coit Spooner (January 6, 1843June 11, 1919) was a politician and lawyer from Wisconsin. He served in the United States Senate from 1885 to 1891 and from 1897 to 1907. A Republican, by the 1890s, he was one of the "Big Four" key Republicans ...
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Public Lands In all modern states, a portion of land is held by central or local governments. This is called public land, state land, or Crown land (Australia, and Canada). The system of tenure of public land, and the terminology used, varies between countrie ...
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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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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 ...
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Railroads Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in Track (rail transport), tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the ...
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J. Frank Allee James Frank Allee (December 2, 1857 – October 12, 1938) was an American merchant and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator fro ...
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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 ...
) * Revision of the Laws (Chairman:
Chauncey M. Depew Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel) * Revolutionary Claims (Chairman:
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 ...
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Russell A. Alger Russell Alexander Alger (February 27, 1836 – January 24, 1907) was an American politician and businessman. He served as the 20th Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of War. He was supposedly a distant relation of author H ...
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Rules Rule or ruling may refer to: Education * Royal University of Law and Economics (RULE), a university in Cambodia Human activity * The exercise of political or personal control by someone with authority or power * Business rule, a rule pert ...
(Chairman: John C. Spooner; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller) * Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman:
Reed Smoot Reed Smoot (January 10, 1862February 9, 1941) was an American politician, businessman, and apostle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). First elected by the Utah State Legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1902, he serv ...
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William A. Clark William Andrews Clark Sr. (January 8, 1839March 2, 1925) was an American politician and entrepreneur, involved with mining, banking, and railroads. Biography Clark was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He moved with his family to Iowa in 1 ...
) * Tariff Regulation (Select) *
Territories 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 ...
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Albert J. Beveridge Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (October 6, 1862 – April 27, 1927) was an American historian and US senator from Indiana. He was an intellectual leader of the Progressive Era and a biographer of Chief Justice John Marshall and President Abraham Linco ...
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Thomas M. Patterson Thomas MacDonald Patterson (November 4, 1839 – July 23, 1916) was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as a member of the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives from Colorado. Early life Patters ...
) * Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member:
Clarence D. Clark Clarence Don Clark (April 16, 1851November 18, 1930) was an American teacher, lawyer, and politician from New York. He participated in the constitutional convention for Wyoming's statehood and was that state's first congressman. He served as ...
) * Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member:
Edmund W. Pettus Edmund Winston Pettus (July 6, 1821 – July 27, 1907) was a lawyer and politician who represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1897 to 1907. He served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding infantry in t ...
) * Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman:
George Sutherland George Alexander Sutherland (March 25, 1862July 18, 1942) was an English-born American jurist and politician. He served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court between 1922 and 1938. As a member of the Republican Party, he also repre ...
) * Ventilation and Acoustics (Select) (Chairman:
Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop (January 6, 1843 – March 4, 1920) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1907. Early ...
; Ranking Member: David H. Smith) * Whole *
Woman Suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
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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 ...
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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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House of Representatives

* Accounts (Chairman: H. Burd Cassel; Ranking Member: Charles Lafayette Bartlett) *
Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
(Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John Lamb) * Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman:
Nehemiah D. Sperry Nehemiah Day Sperry (July 10, 1827 – November 13, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut. Biography Born in Woodbridge, Connecticut, Sperry was the third of six children of Enoch Sperry and Mary Atlanta (nee Sperry) Sperry. His eld ...
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John L. Burnett John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Life Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...
) * Appropriations (Chairman:
James A. Tawney James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that pos ...
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Leonidas F. Livingston Leonidas Felix Livingston (April 3, 1832 – February 11, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Early life and political involvement Born near Covington, Georgia, Livingston attended the common schools, and engaged in agricultur ...
) * Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member:
Elijah B. Lewis Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgi ...
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Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
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Edgar D. Crumpacker Edgar Dean Crumpacker (May 27, 1851 – May 19, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served eight terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1913. He was the father of Maurice Edgar Crumpacker and cousin of Shepard J. ...
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James Hay James Hay may refer to: *James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop * James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble * James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble * James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (172 ...
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Claims Claim may refer to: * Claim (legal) * Claim of Right Act 1689 * Claims-based identity * Claim (philosophy) * Land claim * A ''main contention'', see conclusion of law * Patent claim * The assertion of a proposition; see Douglas N. Walton * A righ ...
(Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member:
Henry M. Goldfogle Henry Mayer Goldfogle (May 23, 1856 – June 1, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1915. Biography Born in New York City, he attended the public sc ...
) * United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: James H. Southard; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines) * 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: Thetus W. Sims) * United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman:
George N. Southwick George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911. Early life George N. Sou ...
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Edwin Y. Webb Edwin Yates Webb (May 23, 1872 – February 7, 1955) was a Democratic United States Representative from North Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Education ...
) * 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: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member:
William W. Rucker William Waller Rucker (February 1, 1855 – May 30, 1936) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born near Covington, Virginia, Rucker moved with his parents to western Virginia in 1861. He attended the common schools and moved to Chari ...
) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James Robert Mann (Illinois politician), James Robert Mann; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott) * United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Choice B. Randell) * United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman:
Frank C. Wachter Frank Charles Wachter (September 16, 1861 – July 1, 1910) was an American politician and Congressman from Maryland. Biography Born in Baltimore, Maryland to German immigrants, Wachter attended private schools and St. Paul's Evangelical Sch ...
; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Agriculture Department, Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles E. Littlefield; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman:
David J. Foster David Johnson Foster (June 27, 1857 – March 21, 1912) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative from Vermont. Biography Foster was born in Barnet, Vermont, a son of Jacob Prentiss Foster and Matilda (Cahoon) F ...
; Ranking Member: Arsene P. Pujo) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Edward S. Minor; Ranking Member:
Robert N. Page Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman:
William A. Calderhead William Alexander Calderhead (September 26, 1844 – December 18, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Biography Born on a farm near New Lexington in Perry County, Ohio, Calderhead received private schooling and also attended the commo ...
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Robert N. Page Robert Newton Page (October 26, 1859 – October 3, 1933) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born in Cary, North Carolina, Page attended the Cary High School and Bingham Military School in Mebane, North Carolina. He moved to Aber ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Joseph W. Fordney; Ranking Member: Choice B. Randell) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman:
Irving P. Wanger Irving Price Wanger (March 5, 1852 – January 14, 1940) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Wanger was born in North Coventry Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Rebecca (Price) and George Wanger. He s ...
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Carter Glass Carter Glass (January 4, 1858 – May 28, 1946) was an American newspaper publisher and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia. He represented Virginia in both houses of Congress and served as the United States Secretary of the Treasu ...
) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John H. Ketcham; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman:
Robert G. Cousins Robert Gordon Cousins (January 31, 1859 – June 20, 1933) was an eight-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 5th congressional district. He represented the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, area for the last eight years of the 19th century and t ...
; Ranking Member: John Lamb) * United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman:
George P. Lawrence George Pelton Lawrence (May 19, 1859 – November 21, 1917) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Early life and education Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Lawrence was the son of Dr. George C. Lawrence an ...
; Ranking Member: George F. Burgess) * United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: John H. Small) * United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman:
Robert R. Hitt Robert Roberts Hitt (January 16, 1834 – September 20, 1906) was an American diplomat and Republican politician from Illinois. He served briefly as assistant secretary of state in the short-lived administration of James A. Garfield but r ...
; Ranking Member: William M. Howard) * United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: Jacob Ruppert Jr.) * United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens) * Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman:
Augustus P. Gardner Augustus Peabody Gardner (November 5, 1865 – January 14, 1918) was an American military officer and Republican Party politician from Massachusetts. He represented the North Shore region in the Massachusetts Senate and United States House of Re ...
; Ranking Member: Charles L. Bartlett) * United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones) * United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Interstate and Foreign Commerce (Chairman:
William P. Hepburn William Peters Hepburn (November 4, 1833 – February 7, 1916) was an American Civil War officer and an eleven-term Republican Party (United States), Republican Member of Congress, congressman from Iowa's now-obsolete Iowa's 8th congressional d ...
; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey) * United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member:
George H. Lindsay George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 – May 25, 1916) was an American businessman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York from 1901 to 1913. He was the Coroner of Kings County, New York, from 1886 to ...
) * United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Van Duzer) * United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: John J. Jenkins; Ranking Member:
David A. De Armond David Albaugh De Armond (March 18, 1844 – November 23, 1909) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, Representative representing Missouri's 12th congressional district from March 4, 1891 unti ...
) * United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member:
William Randolph Hearst William Randolph Hearst Sr. (; April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American businessman, newspaper publisher, and politician known for developing the nation's largest newspaper chain and media company, Hearst Communications. His flamboya ...
) * Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Chairman: George W. Prince; Ranking Member: Robert F. Broussard) * United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: James McCleary (politician), James T. McCleary; Ranking Member: William M. Howard) * United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Joseph C. Sibley; Ranking Member: Charles H. Weisse) * United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor; Ranking Member:
Thomas Spight Thomas Spight (October 25, 1841 – January 5, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi. Born near Ripley, Mississippi, Spight attended the common schools, Ripley Academy, Purdy (Tennessee) College, and the La Grange (Tennessee) Synodi ...
) * United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member:
Elijah B. Lewis Elijah Banks Lewis (March 27, 1854 – December 10, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. Born in Coney, Crisp County, Georgia, Lewis attended the common schools of Dooly and Macon Counties, Spalding Seminary, Spalding, Georgi ...
) * United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
) * United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Edward De V. Morrell; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Stanley) * United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Webster E. Brown; Ranking Member:
Adolph Meyer Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908. Biography Meyer was bo ...
) * United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George Edmund Foss, George E. Foss; Ranking Member:
Adolph Meyer Adolph Meyer (October 19, 1842 – March 8, 1908) was a member of the U. S. House of Representatives representing the state of Louisiana. He served nine terms as a Democrat from 1891 until his death in office in 1908. Biography Meyer was bo ...
) * United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member:
James L. Slayden James Luther Slayden (June 1, 1853 – February 24, 1924) was an American politician, cotton merchant, and rancher. He was elected from San Antonio to United States United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, serving eleven c ...
) * United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member:
William Sulzer William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state. Sulzer was the first, and to date ...
) * United States House Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Henry C. Loudenslager; Ranking Member: William N. Richardson, William Richardson) * United States House Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman:
Jesse Overstreet Jesse E. Overstreet (December 14, 1859 – May 27, 1910) was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1895 to 1909. In 1900, Overstreet introduced the legislation that was ultimatel ...
; Ranking Member: John A. Moon) * United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman:
Charles B. Landis Charles Beary Landis (July 9, 1858 – April 24, 1922) was an American newspaperman and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1909. Early life and career He was a brother of both Congressman Frederic ...
; Ranking Member: James M. Griggs) * United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: George W. Smith; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones) * United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman:
Richard Bartholdt Richard Bartholdt (November 2, 1855 – March 19, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Schleiz, Germany, Bartholdt attended the public schools and Schleiz College (Gymnasium). He emigrated to the United States in April 1872 an ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead) * United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey; Ranking Member:
John L. Burnett John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Life Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...
) * United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member:
John L. Burnett John Lawson Burnett (January 20, 1854 – May 13, 1919) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama. Life Born in Cedar Bluff, Alabama, Burnett attended the common schools of the county, Wesleyan Institute, C ...
) * United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman:
Frederick H. Gillett Frederick Huntington Gillett (; October 16, 1851 – July 31, 1935) was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts state government and both houses of the U.S. Congress between 1879 and 1931, including six years as Speaker of the Hous ...
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Edward W. Pou Edward William Pou (; September 9, 1863 – April 1, 1934), was an American politician, serving in the United States Congress as a representative from 1901 until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 1, 1934. From March 1933 to April 1934, he w ...
) * United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member:
Robert B. Macon Robert Bruce Macon (July 6, 1859 – October 9, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas. Macon was born near Trenton, Arkansas, and was left an orphan at the age of nine. He attended the public schools and studied at home, and engaged ...
) * United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester) * United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman:
John Dalzell John Dalzell (April 19, 1845 – October 2, 1927) was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1887–1913. During the presidency of The ...
; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams) * United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, Standards of Official Conduct * United States House Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman:
Edward L. Hamilton Edward La Rue Hamilton (December 9, 1857 – November 2, 1923) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Hamilton was born in Niles Township, Michigan, where he attended grade school and graduated from the Niles High School in 1876. He ...
; Ranking Member: John A. Moon) * United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman:
Roswell P. Bishop Roswell Peter Bishop (January 6, 1843 – March 4, 1920) was an American Civil War veteran, lawyer, and a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He served six terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1907. Early ...
; Ranking Member: David H. Smith) * United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Thaddeus M. Mahon; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims) * United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: John Sharp Williams, John S. Williams) * Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole


Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers (Chairman: Rep. Arthur L. Bates; Vice Chairman: Sen. ) * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing * United States Congress Joint Committee on Second Class Mail Matter, Second Class Mail Matter


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: Elliott Woods *Librarian of Congress: Herbert Putnam *Public Printer of the United States: Francis W. Palmer, until 1905 ** Charles A. Stillings, from 1905


Senate

*Secretary of the Senate, Secretary: Charles G. Bennett *United States Senate Librarian, Librarian: Edward C. Goodwin *Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms: Daniel M. Ransdell *Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: Edward E. Hale, The Rev. Edward E. Hale, Unitarianism, Unitarian


House of Representatives

*Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell *Sergeant at Arms of the House, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson *Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon *Postmaster of the House, 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, The Rev. Henry N. Couden, Universalist


See also

* United States elections, 1904 (elections leading to this Congress) ** 1904 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1904 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1904 * United States elections, 1906 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1906 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1906


References

* * * * * * * * * * {{USCongresses 59th United States Congress,