60th Congress

The 60th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1907, to March 4, 1909, during the last two years of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Twelfth Census of the United States in 1900. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Major events

Major legislation

* May 30, 1908 — Aldrich-Vreeland Act, ch. 229,
* 1908 — The Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), 5645 U.S.C. § 51 et seq.

States admitted

* November 16, 1907: Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state.

Party summary

Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Senate

* President: Charles W. Fairbanks (R)
* President pro tempore: William P. Frye (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

* Conference Chairman: William B. Allison until August 1908
** Eugene Hale from December 1908

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Caucus chairman: Charles A. Culberson
* Conference secretary: Robert L. Owen

House of Representatives

*Speaker: Joseph G. Cannon (R)

Majority (Republican) leadership

*Majority Leader: Sereno E. Payne
*Majority Whip: James E. Watson
* Republican Conference Chair: William Peters Hepburn

Minority (Democratic) leadership

* Minority Leader: John Sharp Williams until 1908
** Champ Clark, from 1908
*Minority Whip: James T. Lloyd until 1908; vacant thereafter
* Caucus Chairman: Henry D. Clayton
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. Griggs

Members

:'' 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 3 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1908; Class 1 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1910; and Class 2 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1912.

Alabama

: 2. John T. Morgan (D), until June 11, 1907
:: John H. Bankhead (D), from June 18, 1907
: 3. Edmund Pettus (D), until July 27, 1907
:: Joseph F. Johnston (D), from August 8, 1907

Arkansas

: 2. Jeff Davis (D)
: 3. James P. Clarke (D)

California

: 1. Frank P. Flint (R)
: 3. George C. Perkins (R)

Colorado

: 2. Simon Guggenheim (R)
: 3. Henry M. Teller (D)

Connecticut

: 1. Morgan Bulkeley (R)
: 3. Frank B. Brandegee (R)

Delaware

: 1. Henry A. du Pont (R)
: 2. Harry A. Richardson (R)

Florida

: 1. James Taliaferro (D)
: 3. Stephen Mallory (D), until December 23, 1907
:: William J. Bryan (D), December 27, 1907 – March 22, 1908
:: William Hall Milton (D), from March 27, 1908

Georgia

: 2. Augustus O. Bacon (D)
: 3. Alexander S. Clay (D)

Idaho

: 2. William E. Borah (R)
: 3. Weldon B. Heyburn (R)

Illinois

: 2. Shelby M. Cullom (R)
: 3. Albert J. Hopkins (R)

Indiana

: 1. Albert J. Beveridge (R)
: 3. James A. Hemenway (R)

Iowa

: 2. Jonathan P. Dolliver (R)
: 3. William B. Allison (R), until August 4, 1908
:: Albert B. Cummins (R), from November 24, 1908

Kansas

: 2. Charles Curtis (R)
: 3. Chester I. Long (R)

Kentucky

: 2. Thomas H. Paynter (D)
: 3. James B. McCreary (D)

Louisiana

: 2. Murphy J. Foster (D)
: 3. Samuel D. McEnery (D)

Maine

: 1. Eugene Hale (R)
: 2. William P. Frye (R)

Maryland

: 1. Isidor Rayner (D)
: 3. William P. Whyte (D), until March 17, 1908
:: John W. Smith (D), from March 25, 1908

Massachusetts

: 1. Henry Cabot Lodge (R)
: 2: Winthrop M. Crane (R)

Michigan

: 1. Julius C. Burrows (R)
: 2. William A. Smith (R)

Minnesota

: 1. Moses E. Clapp (R)
: 2. Knute Nelson (R)

Mississippi

: 1. Hernando D. Money (D)
: 2. Anselm J. McLaurin (D)

Missouri

: 1. William Warner (R)
: 3. William J. Stone (D)

Montana

: 1. Thomas H. Carter (R)
: 2. Joseph M. Dixon (R)

Nebraska

: 1. Elmer J. Burkett (R)
: 2. Norris Brown (R)

Nevada

: 1. George S. Nixon (R)
: 3. Francis G. Newlands (D)

New Hampshire

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

New Jersey

: 1. John Kean (R)
: 2. Frank O. Briggs (R)

New York

: 1. Chauncey M. Depew (R)
: 3. Thomas C. Platt (R)

North Carolina

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

North Dakota

: 1. Porter J. McCumber (R)
: 3. Henry C. Hansbrough (R)

Ohio

: 1: Charles W. F. Dick (R)
: 3. Joseph B. Foraker (R)

Oklahoma

: 2. Robert L. Owen (D), from December 11, 1907
: 3. Thomas P. Gore (D), from December 11, 1907

Oregon

: 2. Jonathan Bourne Jr. (R)
: 3. Charles W. Fulton (R)

Pennsylvania

: 1. Philander C. Knox (R)
: 3. Boies Penrose (R)

Rhode Island

: 1. Nelson W. Aldrich (R)
: 2. George P. Wetmore (R), from January 22, 1908

South Carolina

: 2. Benjamin R. Tillman (D)
: 3. Asbury C. Latimer (D), until February 20, 1908
:: Frank B. Gary (D), from March 6, 1908

South Dakota

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

Tennessee

: 1. James B. Frazier (D)
: 2. Robert L. Taylor (D)

Texas

: 1. Charles A. Culberson (D)
: 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)

Utah

: 1. George Sutherland (R)
: 3. Reed Smoot (R)

Vermont

: 1. Redfield Proctor (R), until March 4, 1908
:: John W. Stewart (R), March 24, 1908 – October 21, 1908
:: Carroll S. Page (R), from October 21, 1908
: 3. William P. Dillingham (R)

Virginia

: 1. John W. Daniel (D)
: 2. Thomas S. Martin (D)

Washington

: 1. Samuel H. Piles (R)
: 3. Levi Ankeny (R)

West Virginia

: 1. Nathan B. Scott (R)
: 2. Stephen B. Elkins (R)

Wisconsin

: 1. Robert M. La Follette Sr. (R)
: 3. John C. Spooner (R), until April 30, 1907
:: Isaac Stephenson (R), from May 17, 1907

Wyoming

: 1. Clarence D. Clark (R)
: 2. Francis E. Warren (R)

House of Representatives

The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise ''at-large,'' are preceded by an "At-large," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.

Alabama

: . George W. Taylor (D)
: . Ariosto A. Wiley (D), until June 17, 1908
:: Oliver C. Wiley (D), from November 3, 1908
: . Henry D. Clayton (D)
: . William B. Craig (D)
: . J. Thomas Heflin (D)
: . Richmond P. Hobson (D)
: . John L. Burnett (D)
: . William N. Richardson (D)
: . Oscar W. Underwood (D)

Arkansas

: . Robert B. Macon (D)
: . Stephen Brundidge Jr. (D)
: . John C. Floyd (D)
: . William B. Cravens (D)
: . Charles C. Reid (D)
: . Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
: . Robert M. Wallace (D)

List of United States representatives from California, California

: . William F. Englebright (R)
: . Duncan E. McKinlay (R)
: . Joseph R. Knowland (R)
: . Julius Kahn (congressman), Julius Kahn (R)
: . Everis A. Hayes (R)
: . James C. Needham (R)
: . James McLachlan (American politician), James McLachlan (R)
: . Sylvester C. Smith (R)

List of United States representatives from Colorado, Colorado

: . George W. Cook (R)
: . Robert W. Bonynge (R)
: . Warren A. Haggott (R)

List of United States representatives from Connecticut, Connecticut

: . George L. Lilley (R), until January 5, 1909
: . E. Stevens Henry (R)
: . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
: . Edwin W. Higgins (R)
: . Ebenezer J. Hill (R)

List of United States representatives from Delaware, Delaware

: . Hiram R. Burton (R)

List of United States representatives from Florida, Florida

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

List of United States representatives from Georgia, Georgia

: . Charles G. Edwards (D)
: . James M. Griggs (D)
: . Elijah B. Lewis (D)
: . William C. Adamson (D)
: . Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
: . Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett (D)
: . Gordon Lee (congressman), Gordon Lee (D)
: . William M. Howard (D)
: . Thomas Montgomery Bell (D)
: . Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
: . William G. Brantley (D)

List of United States representatives from Idaho, Idaho

: . Burton L. French (R)

List of United States representatives from Illinois, Illinois

: . Martin B. Madden (R)
: . James Robert Mann (Illinois), James R. Mann (R)
: . William Warfield Wilson, William W. Wilson (R)
: . James T. McDermott (politician), James T. McDermott (D)
: . Adolph J. Sabath (D)
: . William Lorimer (politician), William Lorimer (R)
: . Philip Knopf (R)
: . Charles McGavin (R)
: . Henry S. Boutell (R)
: . George E. Foss (R)
: . Howard M. Snapp (R)
: . Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
: . Frank O. Lowden (R)
: . James McKinney (R)
: . George W. Prince (R)
: . Joseph V. Graff (R)
: . John A. Sterling (R)
: . Joseph G. Cannon (R)
: . William B. McKinley (R)
: . Henry T. Rainey (D)
: . Ben F. Caldwell (D)
: . William A. Rodenberg (R)
: . Martin D. Foster (D)
: . Pleasant T. Chapman (R)
: . George Washington Smith (congressman), George W. Smith (R), until November 30, 1907
:: Napoleon B. Thistlewood (R), from February 15, 1908

List of United States representatives from Indiana, Indiana

: . John H. Foster (R)
: . John C. Chaney (R)
: . William E. Cox (D)
: . Lincoln Dixon (D)
: . Elias S. Holliday (R)
: . James E. Watson (R)
: . Jesse Overstreet (R)
: . John A.M. Adair (D)
: . Charles B. Landis (R)
: . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
: . George W. Rauch (D)
: . Clarence C. Gilhams (R)
: . Abraham L. Brick (R), until April 7, 1908
:: Henry A. Barnhart (D), from November 3, 1908

List of United States representatives from Iowa, Iowa

: . Charles A. Kennedy (R)
: . Albert F. Dawson (R)
: . Benjamin P. Birdsall (R)
: . Gilbert N. Haugen (R)
: . Robert G. Cousins (R)
: . Daniel W. Hamilton (politician), Daniel W. Hamilton (D)
: . John A. T. Hull (R)
: . William P. Hepburn (R)
: . Walter I. Smith (R)
: . James P. Conner (R)
: . Elbert H. Hubbard (R)

List of United States representatives from Kansas, Kansas

: . Daniel Read Anthony Jr. (R), from May 23, 1907
: . Charles Frederick Scott (R)
: . Philip P. Campbell (R)
: . James Monroe Miller (R)
: . William A. Calderhead (R)
: . William A. Reeder (R)
: . Edmond H. Madison (R)
: . Victor Murdock (R)

List of United States representatives from Kentucky, Kentucky

: . Ollie M. James (D)
: . Augustus Stanley (D)
: . Addison James (R)
: . Ben Johnson (politician), Ben Johnson (D)
: . J. Swagar Sherley (D)
: . Joseph L. Rhinock (D)
: . William P. Kimball (D)
: . Harvey Helm (D)
: . Joseph B. Bennett (R)
: . John W. Langley (R)
: . Don C. Edwards (R)

List of United States representatives from Louisiana, Louisiana

: . Adolph Meyer (D), until March 8, 1908
:: Albert Estopinal (D), from November 3, 1908
: . Robert Charles Davey (D), until December 26, 1908
: . Robert Foligny Broussard (D)
: . John Thomas Watkins (D)
: . Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D)
: . George Kent Favrot (D)
: . Arsène Paulin Pujó (D)

List of United States representatives from Maine, Maine

: . Amos L. Allen (R)
: . Charles E. Littlefield (R), until September 30, 1908
:: John P. Swasey (R), from November 3, 1908
: . Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
: . Llewellyn Powers (R), until July 28, 1908
:: Frank E. Guernsey (R), from November 3, 1908

List of United States representatives from Maryland, Maryland

: . William Humphreys Jackson (R)
: . J. Frederick C. Talbott (D)
: . Harry B. Wolf (D)
: . John Gill Jr. (D)
: . Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (R)
: . George A. Pearre (R)

List of United States representatives from Massachusetts, Massachusetts

: . George P. Lawrence (R)
: . Frederick H. Gillett (R)
: . Charles G. Washburn (R)
: . Charles Q. Tirrell (R)
: . Butler Ames (R)
: . Augustus P. Gardner (R)
: . Ernest W. Roberts (R)
: . Samuel W. McCall (R)
: . John A. Keliher (D)
: . Joseph F. O'Connell (D)
: . Andrew J. Peters (D)
: . John W. Weeks (R)
: . William S. Greene (R)
: . William C. Lovering (R)

List of United States representatives from Michigan, Michigan

: . Edwin C. Denby (R)
: . Charles E. Townsend (R)
: . Washington Gardner (R)
: . Edward L. Hamilton (R)
: . Gerrit J. Diekema (R), from March 17, 1908
: . Samuel W. Smith (R)
: . Henry McMorran (R)
: . Joseph W. Fordney (R)
: . James C. McLaughlin (R)
: . George A. Loud (R)
: . Archibald B. Darragh (R)
: . H. Olin Young (R)

List of United States representatives from Minnesota, Minnesota

: . James Albertus Tawney (R)
: . Winfield Scott Hammond (D)
: . Charles Russell Davis (R)
: . Frederick Stevens (American politician), Frederick Stevens (R)
: . Frank Nye (R)
: . Charles August Lindbergh (R)
: . Andrew Volstead (R)
: . James Bede (R)
: . Halvor Steenerson (R)

List of United States representatives from Mississippi, Mississippi

: . Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (D)
: . Thomas Spight (D)
: . Benjamin G. Humphreys II (D)
: . Wilson S. Hill (D)
: . Adam M. Byrd (D)
: . Eaton J. Bowers (D)
: . Frank A. McLain (D)
: . John Sharp Williams (D)

List of United States representatives from Missouri, Missouri

: . James Tilghman Lloyd (D)
: . William W. Rucker (D)
: . Joshua Willis Alexander (D)
: . Charles F. Booher (D)
: . Edgar C. Ellis (R)
: . David A. De Armond (D)
: . Courtney W. Hamlin (D)
: . Dorsey W. Shackleford (D)
: . James Beauchamp Clark (D)
: . Richard Bartholdt (R)
: . Henry S. Caulfield (R)
: . Harry M. Coudrey (R)
: . Madison R. Smith (D)
: . Joseph J. Russell (D)
: . Thomas Hackney (D)
: . J. Robert Lamar (D)

List of United States representatives from Montana, Montana

: . Charles N. Pray (R)

List of United States representatives from Nebraska, Nebraska

: . Ernest M. Pollard (R)
: . Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D)
: . John Frank Boyd (R)
: . Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)
: . George W. Norris (R)
: . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)

List of United States representatives from Nevada, Nevada

: . George A. Bartlett (D)

List of United States representatives from New Hampshire, New Hampshire

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

List of United States representatives from New Jersey, New Jersey

: . Henry C. Loudenslager (R)
: . John James Gardner (R)
: . Benjamin F. Howell (R)
: . Ira W. Wood (R)
: . Charles N. Fowler (R)
: . William Hughes (Senator), William Hughes (D)
: . Richard W. Parker (R)
: . Le Gage Pratt (D)
: . Eugene W. Leake (D)
: . James A. Hamill (D)

List of United States representatives from New York, New York

: . William W. Cocks (R)
: . George H. Lindsay (D)
: . Charles T. Dunwell (R), until June 12, 1908
:: Otto G. Foelker (R), from November 3, 1908
: . Charles B. Law (R)
: . George E. Waldo (R)
: . William M. Calder (R)
: . John J. Fitzgerald (D)
: . Daniel J. Riordan (D)
: . Henry M. Goldfogle (D)
: . William Sulzer (D)
: . Charles V. Fornes (D)
: . W. Bourke Cockran (D)
: . Herbert Parsons (New York politician), Herbert Parsons (R)
: . William Willett Jr. (D)
: . J. Van Vechten Olcott (R)
: . Francis B. Harrison (D)
: . William S. Bennet (R)
: . Joseph A. Goulden (D)
: . John E. Andrus (R)
: . Thomas W. Bradley (R)
: . Samuel McMillan (R)
: . William Henry Draper (Congressman), William H. Draper (R)
: . George N. Southwick (R)
: . George W. Fairchild (R)
: . Cyrus Durey (R)
: . George R. Malby (R)
: . James S. Sherman (R)
: . Charles L. Knapp (R)
: . Michael E. Driscoll (R)
: . John W. Dwight (R)
: . Sereno E. Payne (R)
: . James B. Perkins (R)
: . J. Sloat Fassett (R)
: . Peter A. Porter (R)
: . William H. Ryan (D)
: . De Alva S. Alexander (R)
: . Edward B. Vreeland (R)

List of United States representatives from North Carolina, North Carolina

: . John Humphrey Small (D)
: . Claude Kitchin (D)
: . Charles Randolph Thomas (D)
: . Edward W. Pou (D)
: . William W. Kitchin (D), until January 11, 1909
: . Hannibal L. Godwin (D)
: . Robert N. Page (D)
: . Richard N. Hackett (D)
: . Edwin Y. Webb (D)
: . William T. Crawford (D)

List of United States representatives from North Dakota, North Dakota

: . Thomas Frank Marshall (R)
: . Asle Gronna (R)

List of United States representatives from Ohio, Ohio

: . Nicholas Longworth (R)
: . Herman P. Goebel (R)
: . J. Eugene Harding (R)
: . William E. Tou Velle (D)
: . Timothy T. Ansberry (D)
: . Matthew R. Denver (D)
: . J. Warren Keifer (R)
: . Ralph D. Cole (R)
: . Isaac R. Sherwood (D)
: . Henry T. Bannon (R)
: . Albert Douglas (R)
: . Edward L. Taylor Jr. (R)
: . Grant E. Mouser (R)
: . J. Ford Laning (R)
: . Beman G. Dawes (R)
: . Capell L. Weems (R)
: . William A. Ashbrook (D)
: . James Kennedy (congressman), James Kennedy (R)
: . W. Aubrey Thomas (R)
: . L. Paul Howland (R)
: . Theodore Elijah Burton (R), until March 3, 1909

List of United States representatives from Oklahoma, Oklahoma

: . Bird Segle McGuire (R), from November 16, 1907
: . Elmer L. Fulton (D), from November 16, 1907
: . James S. Davenport (D), from November 16, 1907
: . Charles D. Carter (D), from November 16, 1907
: . Scott Ferris (D), from November 16, 1907

List of United States representatives from Oregon, Oregon

: . Willis C. Hawley (R)
: . William R. Ellis (R)

List of United States representatives from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

: . Henry H. Bingham (R)
: . John E. Reyburn (R), until March 31, 1907
:: Joel Cook (R), from November 5, 1907
: . J. Hampton Moore (R)
: . Reuben O. Moon (R)
: . William W. Foulkrod (R)
: . George D. McCreary (R)
: . Thomas S. Butler (R)
: . Irving P. Wanger (R)
: . Henry B. Cassel (R)
: . Thomas D. Nicholls (ID)
: . John T. Lenahan (D)
: . Charles N. Brumm (R), until January 4, 1909
: . John H. Rothermel (D)
: . George W. Kipp (D)
: . William B. Wilson (D)
: . John G. McHenry (D)
: . Benjamin K. Focht (R)
: . Marlin E. Olmsted (R)
: . John Merriman Reynolds, John M. Reynolds (R)
: . Daniel F. Lafean (R)
: . Charles F. Barclay (R)
: . George F. Huff (R)
: . Allen F. Cooper (R)
: . Ernest F. Acheson (R)
: . Arthur L. Bates (R)
: . J. Davis Brodhead (D)
: . Joseph G. Beale (R)
: . Nelson P. Wheeler (R)
: . William H. Graham (R)
: . John Dalzell (R)
: . James F. Burke (politician), James F. Burke (R)
: . Andrew J. Barchfeld (R)

List of United States representatives from Rhode Island, Rhode Island

: . Daniel L. D. Granger (D), until February 14, 1909
: . Adin B. Capron (R)

List of United States representatives from South Carolina, South Carolina

: . George S. Legare (D)
: . James O'H. Patterson (D)
: . Wyatt Aiken (D)
: . Joseph T. Johnson (D)
: . David E. Finley (D)
: . J. Edwin Ellerbe (D)
: . Asbury F. Lever (D)

List of United States representatives from South Dakota, South Dakota

: . Philo Hall (R)
: . William H. Parker (politician), William H. Parker (R), until June 26, 1908
:: Eben Martin (R), from November 3, 1908

List of United States representatives from Tennessee, Tennessee

: . Walter P. Brownlow (R)
: . Nathan W. Hale (R)
: . John Austin Moon (D)
: . Cordell Hull (D)
: . William C. Houston (D)
: . John Wesley Gaines (D)
: . Lemuel Phillips Padgett (D)
: . Thetus Willrette Sims (D)
: . Finis J. Garrett (D)
: . George W. Gordon (D)

List of United States representatives from Texas, Texas

: . Morris Sheppard (D)
: . Samuel B. Cooper (D)
: . Gordon James Russell (D)
: . Choice Boswell Randell (D)
: . James Andrew Beall (Texas politician), James Andrew Beall (D)
: . Rufus Hardy (representative), Rufus Hardy (D)
: . Alexander W. Gregg (D)
: . John M. Moore (D)
: . George Farmer Burgess (D)
: . Albert Sidney Burleson (D)
: . Robert L. Henry (D)
: . Oscar W. Gillespie (D)
: . John Hall Stephens (D)
: . James L. Slayden (D)
: . John Nance Garner (D)
: . William Robert Smith, William R. Smith (D)

List of United States representatives from Utah, Utah

: . Joseph Howell (R)

List of United States representatives from Vermont, Vermont

: . David J. Foster (R)
: . Kittredge Haskins (R)

List of United States representatives from Virginia, Virginia

: . William Atkinson Jones (D)
: . Harry Lee Maynard (D)
: . John Fletcher Lamb (D)
: . Francis R. Lassiter (D)
: . Edward W. Saunders (D)
: . Carter Glass (D)
: . James Hay (politician), James Hay (D)
: . Charles Creighton Carlin (D), from November 5, 1907
: . Campbell Slemp (R), until October 13, 1907
:: C. Bascom Slemp (R), from December 17, 1907
: . Henry De Flood (D)

List of United States representatives from Washington, Washington

: . Wesley Livsey Jones (R)
: . Francis W. Cushman (R)
: . William E. Humphrey (R)

List of United States representatives from West Virginia, West Virginia

: . William P. Hubbard (R)
: . George Cookman Sturgiss (R)
: . Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
: . Harry C. Woodyard (R)
: . James Anthony Hughes (R)

List of United States representatives from Wisconsin, Wisconsin

: . Henry Allen Cooper (R)
: . John M. Nelson (R)
: . James William Murphy (D)
: . William J. Cary (R)
: . William H. Stafford (R)
: . Charles H. Weisse (D)
: . John Jacob Esch (R)
: . James Henry Davidson (R)
: . Gustav Küstermann (R)
: . Elmer A. Morse (R)
: . John J. Jenkins (R)

List of United States representatives from Wyoming, Wyoming

: . Franklin Wheeler Mondell (R)

Non-voting members

: . Thomas Cale (I)
: . Marcus Aurelius Smith (D)
: . Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole (R)
: . William Henry Andrews (R)
: . Benito Legarda y Tuason (Federalist Party (Philippines), Fed., R), from November 22, 1907
: . Pablo Ocampo (D), from November 22, 1907
: . Tulio Larrínaga (Resident Commissioner) (Unionist)

Changes in membership

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

Senate

* Replacements: 10
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: no net change
** Republican: no net change
* Deaths: 8
* Resignations: 1
* Vacancy: 1
* Total seats with changes: 11

House of Representatives

* Replacements: 13
** Democratic Party (United States), Democratic: 4 seat gain
** Republican: 2 seat loss
* Deaths: 10
* Resignations: 7
* Contested elections: 0
* New seats: 7
* Total seats with changes: 20

Committees

Senate

* United States Senate Select Committee on the Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress, Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (Chairman: Thomas S. Martin)
* United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
* United States Senate Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean (New Jersey politician), John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* United States Senate Committee on Canadian Relations, Canadian Relations (Chairman: Winthrop Murray Crane; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Chester I. Long; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* United States Senate Committee on Civil Service, Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
* United States Senate Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: Charles W. Fulton; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast and Insular Survey, Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Samuel H. Piles; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
* United States Senate Committee on Coast Defenses, Coast Defenses (Chairman: George S. Nixon; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia, Corporations Organized in the District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
* United States Senate Committee on Cuban Relations, Cuban Relations (Chairman: Henry E. Burnham; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Distributing Public Revenue Among the States, Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select) (Chairman: Hernando D. Money)
* United States Senate Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Jacob H. Gallinger; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* United States Senate Committee on Education and Labor, Education and Labor (Chairman: Jonathan P. Dolliver; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Engrossed Bills, Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
* United States Senate Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Albert J. Hopkins; Ranking Member: Murphy J. Foster)
* United States Senate Select Committee to Establish a University in the United States, Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: James A. Hemenway; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Examination of Disposition of Documents, Examination of Disposition of Documents (Select)
* United States Senate Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service, Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Joseph M. Dixon; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on the Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture, Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Select) (Chairman: Isaac Stephenson; Ranking Member: Furnifold M. Simmons)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments, Expenditures in Executive Departments (Chairman: Hernando D. Money; Ranking Member: Jacob H. Gallinger)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Select) (Chairman: Harry A. Richardson; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Justice, Expenditures in the Department of Justice (Select) (Chairman: Norris Brown; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
* United States Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Select) (Chairman: Simon Guggenheim; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin then Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Select) (Chairman: Frank O. Briggs; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte then James P. Clarke)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money then Murphy J. Foster Jr.)
* United States Senate Committee on Finance, Finance (Chairman: Nelson W. Aldrich; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Fisheries, Fisheries (Chairman: Jonathan Bourne Jr.; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory then Samuel D. McEnery)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Five Civilized Tribes of Indians, Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Alfred B. Kittredge)
* United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Committee on Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game, Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Frank B. Brandegee; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Committee on Geological Survey, Geological Survey (Chairman: Frank P. Flint; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money)
* United States Senate Committee on Immigration, Immigration (Chairman: William P. Dillingham; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: William J. Stone)
* United States Senate Committee on Indian Depredations, Indian Depredations (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* United States Senate Committee on Industrial Expositions, Industrial Expositions (Chairman: William Warner (Missouri politician), William Warner; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Interoceanic Canals, Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Alfred B. Kittredge; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, Interstate Commerce (Chairman: Stephen B. Elkins; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington, Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin)
* United States Senate Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, Irrigation (Chairman: Levi Ankeny; Ranking Member: Joseph W. Bailey)
* United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: Clarence D. Clark; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: N/A; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
* United States Senate Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: Francis E. Warren; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* United States Senate Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Charles W. F. Dick, Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Mississippi River and its Tributaries, Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* United States Senate Select Committee on National Banks, National Banks (Select) (Chairman: William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
* United States Senate Committee on Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments, Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Thomas H. Carter; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico, Pacific Islands and Puerto Rico (Chairman: Joseph B. Foraker; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Elmer J. Burkett; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* United States Senate Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Reed Smoot; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States Senate Committee on Pensions, Pensions (Chairman: Porter J. McCumber; Ranking Member: James P. Taliaferro)
* United States Senate Committee on the Philippines, Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Post Office and Post Roads, Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; Ranking Member: Alexander S. Clay)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Potomac River Front, Potomac River Front (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt; Ranking Member: William Pinkney Whyte)
* United States Senate Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
* United States Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Health and National Quarantine, Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: John W. Daniel; Ranking Member: Chauncey M. Depew)
* United States Senate Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery)
* United States Senate Committee on Railroads, Railroads (Chairman: Morgan G. Bulkeley; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Committee on Revision of the Laws, Revision of the Laws (Chairman: Chauncey M. Depew; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Committee on Revolutionary Claims, Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: James P. Taliaferro; Ranking Member: William A. Smith)
* United States Senate Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: Philander C. Knox; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures, Standards, Weights and Measures (Select) (Chairman: William E. Borah; Ranking Member: James B. McCreary)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Tariff Regulation, Tariff Regulation (Select)
* United States Senate Committee on Territories, Territories (Chairman: Albert J. Beveridge; Ranking Member: James P. Clarke)
* United States Senate Select Committee on the Transportation and Sale of Meat Products, Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: Samuel D. McEnery; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson)
* United States Senate Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard, Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Trespassers upon Indian Lands, Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: George Sutherland; Ranking Member: Clarence D. Clark)
* United States Senate Select Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Select)
* Committee of the whole, Whole
* United States Senate Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Alexander S. Clay; Ranking Member: N/A)

House of Representatives

* United States House Committee on Accounts, Accounts (Chairman: James A. Hughes; Ranking Member: Charles Lafayette Bartlett, Charles L. Bartlett)
* United States House Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture (Chairman: Charles Frederick Scott; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic, Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Appropriations, Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Leonidas Livingston)
* United States House Committee on Banking and Currency, Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
* United States House Select Committee on the Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House, Bills and Resolutions Introduced in the House (Select)
* United States House Committee on the Census, Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: James Hay (politician), James Hay)
* United States House Committee on Claims, Claims (Chairman: James M. Miller; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
* United States House Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: William B. McKinley; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
* United States House Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of Executive Papers (Chairman: Arthur L. Bates; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey Talbott)
* United States House Committee on the District of Columbia, District of Columbia (Chairman: Samuel W. Smith; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Education, Education (Chairman: George N. Southwick; Ranking Member: Asbury F. Lever)
* 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)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James Robert Mann (Illinois politician), James R. Mann; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted; Ranking Member: Adam M. Byrd)
* United States House Committee on Elections, Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll; Ranking Member: Claude Kitchin)
* United States House Committee on Enrolled Bills, Enrolled Bills (Chairman: William Warfield Wilson, William W. Wilson; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* 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; Ranking Member: Arsene Pujo)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Sydney Emanuel Mudd I, Sydney E. Mudd; Ranking Member: Henry M. Goldfogle)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Justice Department, Expenditures in the Justice Department (Chairman: Gilbert N. Haugen; Ranking Member: Robert N. Page)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Henry S. Boutell; Ranking Member: Lemuel P. Padgett)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department, Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Chairman: Irving P. Wanger; Ranking Member: Carter Glass)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John W. Weeks; Ranking Member: Samuel B. Cooper)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Philip Knopf; Ranking Member: John Lamb (congressman), John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: George P. Lawrence; Ranking Member: Joseph L. Rhinock)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings, Expenditures on Public Buildings (Chairman: E. Stevens Henry; Ranking Member: John H. Small)
* United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell; Ranking Member: John L. Burnett)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: Augustus P. Gardner; Ranking Member: Harry L. Maynard)
* 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; Ranking Member: Robert C. Davey)
* United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions, Invalid Pensions (Chairman: Cyrus A. Sulloway; Ranking Member: George H. Lindsay)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: William A. Reeder; Ranking Member: William Robert Smith, William R. Smith)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: John J. Jenkins; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Henry Thomas Rainey)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, 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: Samuel W. McCall; Ranking Member: William M. Howard)
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Henry McMorran; Ranking Member: Charles H. Weisse)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: William S. Greene; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: Charles N. Brumm; Ranking Member: Elijah B. Lewis)
* United States House Committee on Military Affairs, Military Affairs (Chairman: John A.T. Hull; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
* United States House Committee on the Militia, Militia (Chairman: Halvor Steenerson; Ranking Member: Ariosto A. Wiley)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: George F. Huff; Ranking Member: Gordon Lee (congressman), Gordon Lee)
* United States House Committee on Naval Affairs, Naval Affairs (Chairman: George Edmund Foss, George E. Foss; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
* United States House Committee on Pacific Railroads, Pacific Railroads (Chairman: Thomas S. Butler; Ranking Member: James L. Slayden)
* United States House Committee on Patents, Patents (Chairman: Frank D. Currier; Ranking Member: William Sulzer)
* 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; Ranking Member: John A. Moon)
* United States House Committee on Printing, Printing (Chairman: Charles B. Landis; Ranking Member: David E. Finley)
* United States House Committee on Private Land Claims, Private Land Claims (Chairman: Thomas F. Marshall; Ranking Member: William Atkinson Jones, William A. Jones)
* United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Richard Bartholdt; Ranking Member: William G. Brantley)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: John W. Gaines)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: James H. Davidson; Ranking Member: James O. Patterson)
* United States House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service, Reform in the Civil Service (Chairman: Frederick H. Gillett; Ranking Member: William P. Kimball)
* United States House Committee on Revision of Laws, Revision of Laws (Chairman: Reuben O. Moon; Ranking Member: Robert B. Macon)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Stephen M. Sparkman)
* United States House Committee on Rules, Rules (Chairman: John Dalzell; 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; Ranking Member: James T. Lloyd)
* United States House Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics, Ventilation and Acoustics (Chairman: William H. Graham; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on War Claims, War Claims (Chairman: Kittredge Haskins; Ranking Member: Thetus W. Sims)
* United States House Committee on Ways and Means, Ways and Means (Chairman: Sereno E. Payne; Ranking Member: Champ Clark)
* Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives), Whole

Joint committees

* United States Congress Joint Special Committee on Conditions of Indian Tribes, Conditions of Indian Tribes (Special)
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, Disposition of (Useless) Executive Papers
* United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library
* United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, Printing

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: Charles A. Stillings, until 1908
** John S. Leech, 1908
** Samuel B. Donnelly, from 1908

Senate

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

House of Representatives

* Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk: Alexander McDowell
* Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives, Sergeant at Arms: Henry Casson
* Doorkeeper of the United States House of Representatives, Doorkeeper: Frank B. Lyon
* Postmaster of the United States House of Representatives, Postmaster: Samuel Langum, elected December 2, 1907
* Reading Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, Reading Clerks: E.L. Sampson (D) and Dennis E. Alward (R)
* Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, Clerk at the Speaker's Table: Asher C. Hinds
* Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives, Chaplain: Henry N. Couden, Universalist

See also

* United States elections, 1906 (elections leading to this Congress)
** United States Senate elections, 1906
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1906
* United States elections, 1908 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
** 1908 United States presidential election
** United States Senate elections, 1908
** United States House of Representatives elections, 1908

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