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The 58th 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, 1903, to March 4, 1905, during the third and fourth 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.
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Major events
Major legislation
* April 28, 1904:Kinkaid Act
The Kinkaid Act of 1904 (ch. 1801, , Apr. 28, 1904, ) is a U.S. statute that amended the 1862 Homestead Act so that one section (1 mi2, 2.6 km2, 640 acres) of public domain land could be acquired free of charge, apart from a modest fili ...
* February 1, 1905: Transfer Act of 1905
The Transfer Act of 1905 (33 Stat. 628) transferred the forest reserves of the United States from the Department of the Interior, General Land Office to the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry.
General information
On February 1st 1905 ...
Party summary
Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Senate
* President: Vacant *President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
: William P. Frye (R)
*Republican Conference Chairman
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 50. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informin ...
: William B. Allison
* Democratic Caucus Chairman: Arthur P. Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
* Democratic Caucus Secretary: Edward W. Carmack
Edward Ward Carmack (November 5, 1858November 9, 1908) was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907.
Following his political service, and after an unsuccessful run for Governor ...
House of Representatives
* Speaker: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 ...
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Majority (Republican) leadership
* Majority Leader:Sereno E. Payne
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
* Majority Whip: 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 ...
* 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 * Minority Whip: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: James Hay
* Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman: James M. Griggs
James Mathews Griggs (March 29, 1861 – January 5, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881.
H ...
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, 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 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1904; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1906; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1908.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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: 3. James P. Clarke (D)
Thomas R. Bard
Thomas Robert Bard (December 8, 1841March 5, 1915) was an American political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican. He is kn ...
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: 3. George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
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Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
(D)
Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
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L. Heisler Ball
Lewis Heisler Ball (September 21, 1861 – October 18, 1932) was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware a ...
(R)
: 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)
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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: 3. Stephen Mallory (D)
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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Fred T. 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 Disfranchisement ...
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: 3. Weldon B. Heyburn
Weldon Brinton Heyburn (May 23, 1852October 17, 1912) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1903 to 1912.
Early life
Born in southeastern Pennsylvania near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, H ...
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Albert J. Hopkins
Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman and United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Biography
Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitte ...
(R)
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. Charles W. Fairbanks (R), until March 3, 1905
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 (R)
Joseph R. Burton
Joseph Ralph Burton (November 16, 1852February 27, 1923) was a lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas. He was the first Senator to be convicted of a crime. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives several times in the 18 ...
(R)
: 3. Chester I. Long
Chester Isaiah Long (October 12, 1860July 1, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 18 ...
(R)
Joseph C. S. Blackburn
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn (October 1, 1838September 12, 1918) was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Blackburn, a skilled and spirited orator, was also a prominent trial lawyer known for his skill at swaying juries.
Biog ...
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: 3. James B. McCreary
James Bennett McCreary (July 8, 1838 – October 8, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky. He represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress and served as its 27th and 37th governor. Shortly after graduating ...
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Murphy J. Foster
Murphy James Foster (January 12, 1849June 12, 1921) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, an office he held for two terms from 1892 to 1900. Foster supported the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised ...
(D)
: 3. Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
(D)
Louis E. McComas
Louis Emory McComas (October 28, 1846 – November 10, 1907) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both branches of the United States Congress and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District o ...
(R)
: 3. Arthur P. Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
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Winthrop M. 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 ...
(R), from October 12, 1904
Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...
(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 ...
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Moses E. Clapp
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
(R)
: 2. Knute Nelson (R)
Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
(D)
: 2. Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
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Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
(D)
: 3. 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)
Paris Gibson
Paris Gibson (July 1, 1830December 16, 1920) was an American entrepreneur and politician.
Gibson was born in Brownfield, Maine. An 1851 graduate of Bowdoin College, he served as a member of the Montana State Senate and as a Democratic member ...
(D)
: 2. William A. Clark (D)
Charles H. Dietrich
Charles Henry Dietrich (November 26, 1853April 10, 1924) was the 11th Governor of Nebraska. Dietrich in mercantile pursuits and in banking. After serving as governor, he was elected U.S. Senator from May 1, 1901 to March 3, 1905.
Personal lif ...
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: 2. Joseph H. Millard
Joseph Hopkins Millard (April 20, 1836January 13, 1922) was a Canadian-American businessman and politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States Senate and as mayor of Omaha, and was an anti-suffrage activist.
Life
Millard was born in H ...
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Francis G. Newlands
Francis Griffith Newlands (August 28, 1846December 24, 1917) was a United States representative and Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party.
A supporter of westward expansion, he helped pass the Newlands Reclamation Act of 19 ...
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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 gr ...
(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)
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 ...
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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
* '' ...
: 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
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt
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Furnifold M. Simmons
Furnifold McLendel Simmons (January 20, 1854April 30, 1940) was an American politicians who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1887 to March 4, 1889 and Unite ...
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: 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 ...
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Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved w ...
(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 ...
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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), from March 2, 1904
: 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)
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)
: 3. Charles W. Fulton
Charles William Fulton (August 24, 1853January 27, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he grew up in Iowa and Nebraska before settling in Astoria, Oregon. A Republican, he served in the Oregon Sta ...
(R)
George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parent ...
(R)
Asbury C. Latimer
Asbury Churchwell Latimer (July 31, 1851February 20, 1908) was a United States representative and Senator from South Carolina. Born near Lowndesville, South Carolina, he attended the common schools, engaged in agricultural pursuits, and in 1880 ...
(D)
Robert J. Gamble
Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family. ...
(R)
: 3. Alfred B. Kittredge
Alfred Beard Kittredge (March 28, 1861May 4, 1911) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Kittredge was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, the son of Russell H. Kittredge, a physician, and Laura Frances (Holmes) Ki ...
(R)
William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
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: 2. Edward W. Carmack
Edward Ward Carmack (November 5, 1858November 9, 1908) was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907.
Following his political service, and after an unsuccessful run for Governor ...
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Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
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: 2. Joseph W. Bailey (D)
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 served ...
(R)
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 ...
(R)
John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
(D)
: 2. Thomas S. Martin
Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as t ...
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Addison G. Foster
Addison Gardner Foster (January 28, 1837January 16, 1917) was an American businessman and politician who was prominent in Minnesota and Washington (state), Washington. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his se ...
(R)
: 3. Levi Ankeny (R)
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 ...
(R)
Joseph V. Quarles
Joseph Very Quarles, Jr., (December 16, 1843October 7, 1911) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a United States senator from Wisconsin and a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsi ...
(R)
: 3. John C. 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 ...
(R)
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 ...
(R)
: 2. Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
(R)
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on thegeneral ticket
The general ticket, also known as party block voting (PBV) or ticket voting, is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party, or a team's set list of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner. Unless specifically ...
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.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
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 s ...
(D)
: . Henry D. Clayton
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (February 10, 1857 – December 21, 1929) was a United States representative from Alabama and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and the United States D ...
(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 Uni ...
(D)
: . Charles Winston Thompson (D), until March 20, 1904
:: 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), from May 19, 1904
: . John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
(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
William Richardson (May 8, 1839 – March 31, 1914) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Athens, Alabama to William Richardson and Anne Davis, Richardson served in the Civil War, fighting for the Confederacy.
Civil War
Richardson en ...
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: . Oscar W. Underwood
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the Unit ...
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Stephen Brundidge Jr.
Stephen Brundidge Jr. (January 1, 1857 – January 14, 1938) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1897 to 1909.
Biography
Born in Searcy, Arkansas, Brundidge was the son of S ...
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: . Hugh A. Dinsmore
Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (December 24, 1850 – May 2, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1893 to 1905.
He was a vocal opponent of the Annexation of Hawaii.
Biography ...
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: . John S. Little
John Sebastian Little (March 15, 1851 – October 29, 1916) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the 21st Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Biography
John Sebastian "Bass" Lit ...
(D)
: . Charles C. Reid
Charles Chester Reid (June 15, 1868 – May 20, 1922) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1901 to 1911.
Early life and career
Born i ...
(D)
: . Joseph Taylor Robinson (D)
: . 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 ...
(D)
Theodore A. Bell
Theodore Arlington Bell (July 25, 1872 – September 4, 1922) was an American politician who served one term as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Congressman from California from 1903 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Vallejo, California o ...
(D)
: . Victor H. Metcalf
Victor Howard Metcalf (October 10, 1853 – February 20, 1936) was an American politician; he served in President Theodore Roosevelt's cabinet as Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and then as Secretary of the Navy.
Biography
Born in Utica, New ...
(R), until July 1, 1904
:: Joseph R. Knowland
Joseph Russell Knowland (August 5, 1873 – February 1, 1966) was an American politician and newspaper publisher. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from California and was owner, editor and publisher of the ''O ...
(R), from November 8, 1904
: . Edward J. Livernash
Edward James Livernash, subsequently Edward James de Nivernais (February 14, 1866 – June 1, 1938), was an American newspaperman and lawyer who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative representing the ...
(D)
: . William J. Wynn
William Joseph Wynn (June 12, 1860 – January 4, 1935) was a machinist and U.S. Representative from California for one term from 1903 to 1905.
Biography
Born to Irish parents in San Francisco, California, Wynn attended the public schools of ...
(D)
: . James C. Needham (R)
: . James McLachlan (R)
: . Milton J. Daniels
Milton John Daniels (April 18, 1838 – December 1, 1914) was an American Civil War veteran and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from California from 1903 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Cobleskill (village), New York, Da ...
(R)
Franklin E. Brooks
Franklin Eli Brooks (November 19, 1860 – February 7, 1916) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Biography
Born in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Brooks attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Southbridge High School in 1879 and f ...
(R)
: . John F. Shafroth
John Franklin Shafroth (June 9, 1854February 20, 1922) was an American politician who served as a representative, member of the United States Senate, and Governor of Colorado.
Early life
Born in Fayette, Missouri, he attended the common schoo ...
(D), until February 15, 1904
:: Robert W. Bonynge (R), from February 16, 1904
: . Herschel M. Hogg
Herschel Millard Hogg (November 21, 1853 – August 27, 1934) was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.
Early life and education
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Hogg attended the common schools. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Monmouth Colle ...
(R)
George L. Lilley
George Leavens Lilley (August 3, 1859 – April 21, 1909) was an American politician serving as a United States representative and the 63rd governor of Connecticut.
Biography
Born in Oxford, Massachusetts Lilley was the son of John Leavens Lill ...
(R)
: . E. Stevens Henry
Edward Stevens Henry (February 10, 1836 – October 10, 1921) was an American businessman and politician from Connecticut who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representative for Connecticut's 1st congressional distric ...
(R)
: . Nehemiah D. Sperry (R)
: . Frank B. Brandegee (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
Henry A. Houston
Henry Aydelotte Houston (July 10, 1847 – April 5, 1925) was an American teacher, businessman and politician, from Millsboro, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Dela ...
(D)
Stephen M. Sparkman
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (July 29, 1849 – September 26, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Florida.
Biography
Stephen M. Sparkman was born on a farm in Hernando County, Florida, on July 29, 1849. He attended the common schools.
He taugh ...
(D)
: . Robert Wyche Davis
Robert Wyche Davis (March 15, 1849 – September 15, 1929) was a United States Representative from Florida.
Biography
Born near Albany, Georgia, Davis attended public schools. He enlisted in 1863 in the Fifth Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regimen ...
(D)
: . William B. Lamar
William Bailey Lamar (June 12, 1853 – September 26, 1928) was an American attorney and politician who served as a U.S. representative from Florida from 1903 to 1909.
Early life and education
Lamar was born on June 12, 1853 in Monticello, F ...
(D)
Rufus E. Lester
Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Sa ...
(D)
: . James M. Griggs
James Mathews Griggs (March 29, 1861 – January 5, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881.
H ...
(D)
: . Elijah B. Lewis (D)
: . William C. Adamson
William Charles Adamson (August 13, 1854 – January 3, 1929) was a United States representative from Georgia, an Associate Justice of the United States Customs Court and a member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Early years and family
Adams ...
(D)
: . Leonidas F. Livingston (D)
: . Charles L. Bartlett (D)
: . John W. Maddox
John Wilson Maddox (June 3, 1848 – September 27, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born on a farm near Gore, Georgia, Maddox attended modest schools. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Georgia State Guard in Company E, Six ...
(D)
: . William M. Howard
William Marcellus Howard (December 6, 1857 – July 5, 1932) was a noted jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.
Life
Howard was born in Berwick, Louisiana and moved to Georgia with his family while in his youth. He attend ...
(D)
: . Farish C. Tate
Farish Carter Tate (November 20, 1856 – February 7, 1922) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 1893 to 1905.he owned 355 ...
(D)
: . Thomas W. Hardwick
Thomas William Hardwick (December 9, 1872January 31, 1944) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia who served as governor of Georgia, a United States Senator from Georgia, a member of the United States House of Representati ...
(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 ...
(D)
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 ...
(R)
George P. Foster
George Perkins Foster (October 3, 1835 – March 19, 1879) was a school teacher, Colonel and brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and then a United States Marshal.
Early life and career
Foster was born in ...
(D)
: . James McAndrews
James McAndrews (October 22, 1862 – August 31, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, McAndrews attended the common schools. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, and engaged in business, serving as buildi ...
(D)
: . 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)
: . William F. Mahoney (D), until December 27, 1904
: . Henry S. Boutell (R)
: . George E. Foss (R)
: . Howard M. Snapp (R)
: . Charles Eugene Fuller (R)
: . Robert R. Hitt (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . George W. Prince
George Washington Prince (March 4, 1854 – September 26, 1939) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Tazewell County, Illinois, Prince attended the public schools.
He was graduated from Kn ...
(R)
: . Joseph V. Graff (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . 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)
: . Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner (April 23, 1842 – March 31, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City), De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843.
He attend ...
(R)
: . Henry T. Rainey
Henry Thomas Rainey (August 20, 1860 – August 19, 1934) was an American politician. A member of the United States Democratic Party, Democratic Party from Illinois, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1921 and f ...
(D)
: . Ben F. Caldwell
Ben Franklin Caldwell (August 2, 1848 – December 29, 1924) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois in from 1899 to 1905 and from 1907 to 19 ...
(D)
: . William A. Rodenberg (R)
: . Joseph B. Crowley
Joseph Burns Crowley (July 19, 1858 – June 25, 1931) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Coshocton, Ohio, Crowley moved with his parents to a farm near St. Marie, Jasper County, Illino ...
(D)
: . James R. Williams (D)
: . George W. Smith (R)
James A. Hemenway
James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in ...
(R)
: . Robert W. Miers (D)
: . William T. Zenor (D)
: . Francis M. Griffith
Francis Marion Griffith (August 21, 1849 – February 8, 1927) was an American educator and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Moorefield, Indiana, Griffith attended the co ...
(D)
: . 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
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the Ho ...
(R)
: . James E. Watson
James Eli Watson (November 2, 1864July 29, 1948) was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Indiana. He was the Senate's second official majority leader. While an article published by the Senate (see References) gives his year of birth a ...
(R)
: . Jesse Overstreet (R)
: . George W. Cromer
George Washington Cromer (May 13, 1856 – November 8, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1899 to 1907.
Early life and education
Born near Anderson, Indiana, Cromer atte ...
(R)
: . Charles B. Landis (R)
: . Edgar D. Crumpacker (R)
: . Frederick Landis (R)
: . James M. Robinson
James McConkey Robinson (June 30, 1924 – March 22, 2016) was an American scholar who retired as Professor Emeritus of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, specializing in New Testament Studies and Nag Hammadi ...
(D)
: . Abraham L. Brick
Abraham Lincoln Brick (May 27, 1860 – April 7, 1908) was an American attorney and politician. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 until his death in 1908.
Early life and education
Abraham Lincoln Brick ...
(R)
Thomas Hedge
Thomas Hedge (June 24, 1844 – November 28, 1920) was a four-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district, in southeastern Iowa.
Early life
Thomas Hedge was born on June 24, 1844, in Burlington, Iowa Territory, Hed ...
(R)
: . Martin Joseph Wade
Martin Joseph Wade (October 20, 1861 – April 16, 1931) was a United States representative from Iowa and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.
Education and career
Born on October ...
(D)
: . Benjamin P. Birdsall (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Robert G. Cousins (R)
: . John F. Lacey
John Fletcher Lacey (May 30, 1841 – September 29, 1913) was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal gam ...
(R)
: . John A. T. Hull
John Albert Tiffin Hull (May 1, 1841 – September 26, 1928) was a ten-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 7th congressional district. He had earlier served two terms as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and three terms as Iowa Secretar ...
(R)
: . William P. Hepburn (R)
: . Walter I. Smith (R)
: . James P. Conner (R)
: . Lot Thomas
Lot Thomas (October 17, 1843 – March 17, 1905) was a state-court judge who also served three terms as a Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's now-obsolete 11th congressional district, in northwestern Iowa.
Born on a farm near Markleysbu ...
(R)
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
Philip Pitt Campbell (April 25, 1862 – May 26, 1941) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Biography
Born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, Campbell moved with his parents to Neosho County, Kansas, in 1867.
He attended the common schoo ...
(R)
: . James Monroe Miller
James Monroe Miller (May 6, 1852 – January 20, 1926) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born in Three Springs, Pennsylvania, Miller attended the district school and graduated from Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1875.
...
(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
William Augustus Reeder (August 28, 1849 – November 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853, attended the public schools, and taught schoo ...
(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 ...
(R), from May 26, 1903
Ollie M. James
Ollie Murray James (July 27, 1871August 28, 1918) was an American politician. A Democrat, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Biography
James was born and raised in western Kentuc ...
(D)
: . Augustus Stanley (D)
: . John Stockdale Rhea (D)
: . David Highbaugh Smith
David Highbaugh Smith (December 19, 1854 – December 17, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Hammonville, Hart County, Kentucky, Smith attended the public schools and the colleges at Horse Cave, Leitchfield, and Hartfor ...
(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)
: . Daniel Linn Gooch
Daniel Linn Gooch (October 28, 1853 – April 12, 1913) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and businessman.
Born in Rumsey, McLean County, Kentucky, Gooch attended a private school.
After entering the pharmaceutical industry at the age of ...
(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 ...
(D)
: . George G. Gilbert (D)
: . James Nicholas Kehoe
James Nicholas Kehoe (July 15, 1862 in Maysville, Kentucky – June 16, 1945 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Kehoe was born in Maysville, Kentucky and attended public and private schools. He engaged in the pr ...
(D)
: . 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 the ...
(D)
: . Vincent Boreing (R), until September 16, 1903
:: W. Godfrey Hunter (R), from November 10, 1903
Robert Charles Davey
Robert Charles Davey (October 22, 1853 – December 26, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.
Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Davey attended the public schools, and was graduated from St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, i ...
(D)
: . Robert Foligny Broussard
Robert Foligny Broussard (August 17, 1864 – April 12, 1918) was both a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from Louisiana. He was born on the Mary Louise plantation near New Iberia, the seat of Iberia Parish, to Jean Dorville Broussard, ...
(D)
: . Phanor Breazeale
Phanor Breazeale (December 29, 1858 – April 29, 1934) served three terms as a U.S. representative for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.
Early life and education
Born in Natchitoches Parish in north central Louisiana, Breazeale a ...
(D)
: . Joseph Eugene Ransdell (D)
: . Samuel Matthews Robertson
Samuel Matthews Robertson (January 1, 1852 – December 24, 1911) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana, son of Edward White Robertson.
Born in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, Robertson attended Magruder's Collegiate Institut ...
(D)
: . Arsène Paulin Pujó
Arsène is a masculine French given name. It is derived from the Latin name ''Arsenius'', the Latinized form of the Greek name Ἀρσἐνιος (''Arsenios''), which means "male, virile". It has also been used as a surname. It may refer to:
Gi ...
(D)
Charles E. Littlefield
Charles Edgar Littlefield (June 21, 1851 – May 2, 1915) was a United States representative from Maine.
Biography
Littlefield was born in Lebanon, Maine on June 21, 1851. He attended the common schools and Foxcroft Academy. He studied law, wa ...
(R)
: . Edwin C. Burleigh (R)
: . Llewellyn Powers (R)
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 ...
(D)
: . Frank C. Wachter (R)
: . James W. Denny
James William Denny (November 20, 1838 – April 12, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Maryland.
Early life
James William Denny was born on November 20, 1838, in Frederick County, Virginia. Denny atten ...
(D)
: . Sydney Emanuel Mudd I
Sydney Emanuel Mudd I (February 12, 1858 – October 21, 1911) was a politician, elected as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates (1896) and as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives (1890–1891; 1897–1911), at a ...
(R)
: . George A. Pearre
George Alexander Pearre (July 16, 1860 – September 19, 1923) was an American politician.
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, Pearre attended private schools, the Allegany County Academy at Cumberland, St. James College near Hagerstown, ...
(R)
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 ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . John R. Thayer
John Randolph Thayer (March 9, 1845 – December 19, 1916) was a representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Douglas, Massachusetts and attended the common schools and Nichols Academy in Dudley.
Thayer graduated from Yale College i ...
(D)
: . Charles Q. Tirrell
Charles Quincy Tirrell (December 10, 1844 – July 31, 1910) was a lawyer, educator, and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Biography
Born in Sharon, Massachusetts, Tirrell attended public schools and later studied law at Dartmouth College, g ...
(R)
: . Butler Ames (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Ernest W. Roberts
Ernest William Roberts (November 22, 1858 – February 27, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in East Madison, Maine, Roberts attended the public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Highland Milita ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . John A. Keliher
John Austin Keliher (November 6, 1866 – September 21, 1938) was a U.S. Democratic politician.
He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts
Massachu ...
(D)
: . William S. McNary
William Sarsfield McNary (March 29, 1863 – June 26, 1930) was an American Democratic politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Boston, Massachusetts and exercised tremendous influence over the Massachusetts Democratic Party ...
(D)
: . John Andrew Sullivan (D)
: . Samuel Leland Powers (R)
: . William S. Greene (R)
: . William C. Lovering (R)
Charles E. Townsend
Charles Elroy Townsend (August 15, 1856August 3, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as both a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the U.S. state, state of Michigan. He served in the United States Congress from 1903 to 1923.
Early lif ...
(R)
: . Washington Gardner
Washington Gardner (February 16, 1845 – March 31, 1928) was a lawyer, minister, politician and Civil War veteran from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Biography
Gardner was born in Morrow County, Ohio. He entered the Union Army and served in Com ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . William A. Smith (R)
: . Samuel W. Smith (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Joseph W. Fordney
Joseph Warren Fordney (November 5, 1853 – January 8, 1932) was an American Republican politician from Saginaw, Michigan. He represented Saginaw County and the surrounding area of Central Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-f ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . George A. Loud
Colonel George Alvin Loud (June 18, 1852 – November 13, 1925) was a politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Loud was born in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio, and moved with his parents ( Henry M. Loud and Vilitta K ...
(R)
: . 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 Mo ...
(R)
: . H. Olin Young
Horace Olin Young (August 4, 1850 – August 5, 1917) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Young was born in New Albion, New York, the son of State Senator Horace C. Young (1806–1879) and Laura P. (Walker) Young (1808–1890). He ...
(R)
James Albertus Tawney
James Albertus Tawney (January 3, 1855 – June 12, 1919) was an American blacksmith, machinist and U.S. politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was the first House Majority Whip, holding that pos ...
(R)
: . James McCleary (R)
: . Charles Russell Davis
Charles Russell Davis (September 17, 1849 – July 29, 1930) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.
He was born in Pittsfield, Illinois, but moved with his father to Le Sueur County, Minnesota, in 1854, whe ...
(R)
: . Frederick Stevens (R)
: . John Lind (D)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Andrew Volstead (R)
: . James Bede
James Adam Bede (January 13, 1856 – April 11, 1942) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative from Minnesota.
Early life and education
Bede and his twin brother were born on a farm in Eaton Township, Lorain County, Oh ...
(R)
: . Halvor Steenerson
Halvor Steenerson (June 30, 1852 – November 22, 1926) was an American Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota's 9th congressional district from 1903 to 1923.
Background
Halv ...
(R)
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (January 18, 1862 – December 18, 1944) was a United States representative from Mississippi. He was the nephew of Milton A. Candler and cousin of Allen Daniel Candler. He was born in Belleville, Florida. Later, he mo ...
(D)
: . Thomas Spight (D)
: . 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 ...
(D)
: . 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
Adam Monroe Byrd (July 6, 1859 – June 21, 1912) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Biography
Born in Sumter County, Alabama, Byrd moved to Neshoba County, Mississippi. He attended the common sc ...
(D)
: . Eaton J. Bowers
Eaton Jackson Bowers (June 17, 1865 – October 26, 1939) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born in Canton, Mississippi, Bowers attended the public schools, and Mississippi Military Institute at Pass Christian.
He studied law and gaine ...
(D)
: . Frank A. McLain
Frank Alexander McLain (January 29, 1852 – October 11, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Gloster in Amite County, Mississippi, McLain attended the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Mississip ...
(D)
: . John Sharp Williams (D)
Charles Fremont Cochran
Charles Fremont Cochran (September 27, 1846 – December 19, 1906) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Kirksville, Missouri, Cochran moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1860.
He attended public and ...
(D)
: . William Strother Cowherd (D)
: . David A. De Armond (D)
: . Courtney W. Hamlin
Courtney Walker Hamlin (October 27, 1858 – February 16, 1950) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Missouri and cousin of William Edward Barton.
Early life
Hamlin was born in Brevard, North Carolina. In 1869 m ...
(D)
: . Dorsey W. Shackleford
Dorsey William Shackleford (August 27, 1853 – July 15, 1936) was a United States Representative from Missouri.
Early life
Shackleford was born in Sweet Springs, Missouri. He attended public schools and William Jewell College, Liberty, Mi ...
(D)
: . 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 ...
(D)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . John T. Hunt (D)
: . James Joseph Butler
James Joseph Butler (August 29, 1862 – May 31, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Butler attended the public schools.
He served an apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and worked at that trade for several ye ...
(D)
: . Edward Franklin Robb (D)
: . Willard Duncan Vandiver (D)
: . Maecenas Eason Benton
Maecenas Eason Benton (January 29, 1848 – April 27, 1924) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri. He was the father of Thomas Hart Benton (painter), Thomas Hart Benton, who gained fame as a painter of ...
(D)
: . J. Robert Lamar
James Robert Lamar (March 28, 1866 – August 11, 1923) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Edgar Springs, Missouri, Lamar attended the common schools and Licking (Missouri) Academy.
He taught ...
(D)
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 ...
(R)
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper.
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son of ...
(D)
: . John J. McCarthy (R)
: . Edmund H. Hinshaw
Edmund Howard Hinshaw (December 8, 1860 – June 15, 1932) was an American Republican Party politician.
Born in Greensboro, Indiana on December 8, 1860, he graduated from Butler College in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1885. He moved to Fairbury, Ne ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Moses P. Kinkaid (R)
Clarence D. Van Duzer
Clarence Dunn Van Duzer (May 4, 1864 – September 28, 1947) an American attorney and politician who served as a United States representative from Nevada. He served in the Nevada Assembly.
Early life and education
Van Duzer was born Idaho City, ...
(D)
Cyrus Adams Sulloway
Cyrus Adams Sulloway (June 8, 1839, Grafton, New Hampshire – March 11, 1917) was an attorney and Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire.
Biography
Sulloway studied law and was admitted to the bar i ...
(R)
: . Frank Dunklee Currier
Frank Dunklee Currier (October 30, 1853 – November 25, 1921) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Canaan, New Hampshire, Currier attended the common schools, then Kimball Union Academy ...
(R)
Henry C. Loudenslager
Henry Clay Loudenslager (May 22, 1852 – August 12, 1911) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.
Biography
Loudenslager was born in Mauricetown, New Jersey ...
(R)
: . John James Gardner (R)
: . Benjamin F. Howell
Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
Early life and education
Born in Cedarville, New Jers ...
(R)
: . William M. Lanning
William Mershon Lanning (January 1, 1849 – February 16, 1912) was an American lawyer, jurist, and Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1904. He later served as a United States d ...
(R), until June 6, 1904
:: Ira W. Wood
Ira Wells Wood (June 19, 1856 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania – October 5, 1931 in Trenton, New Jersey) was an American Republican Party politician who represented from 1904 to 1913.
Walsh was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on June 19, ...
(R), from November 8, 1904
: . Charles N. Fowler
Charles Newell Fowler Sr. (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois – May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to ...
(R)
: . William Hughes (D)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Allan Benny
Allan Benny (July 12, 1867, Brooklyn, New York (state), New York – November 6, 1942, Bayonne, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the New Jersey's 9th congres ...
(D)
: . Allan L. McDermott
Allan Langdon McDermott (March 30, 1854 – October 26, 1908) was an American Democratic Party politician who represented from 1900 to 1903, and the from 1903 to 1907.
Early life
McDermott was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, on March 30 ...
(D)
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:
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: . Townsend Scudder (D)
: . George H. Lindsay (D)
: . 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 ...
(R)
: . Frank E. Wilson (D)
: . Edward M. Bassett
Edward Murray Bassett (February 7, 1863 – October 27, 1948), "the father of American zoning", and one of the founding fathers of modern-day urban planning, wrote the first comprehensive zoning ordinance in the United States, which was adopte ...
(D)
: . Robert Baker (D)
: . John J. Fitzgerald
John Joseph Fitzgerald (March 10, 1872 – May 13, 1952) was an American lawyer and politician who served nine terms as a United States Representative from New York from 1899 to 1917.
Life and politics
Born in Brooklyn, he attended the pub ...
(D)
: . Timothy D. Sullivan (D)
: . 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 ...
(D)
: . William Sulzer (D)
: . William Randolph Hearst (D)
: . George B. McClellan Jr. (D), until December 21, 1903
:: W. Bourke Cockran
William Bourke Cockran (February 28, 1854March 1, 1923), commonly known as Bourke Cockran or Burke Cochran in contemporary reports, was an Irish-American politician and orator. He served as a United States representative from the East Side of Ma ...
(D), from February 23, 1904
: . Francis B. Harrison (D)
: . Ira E. Rider
Ira Edgar Rider (November 17, 1868 – May 29, 1906) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York from 1903 to 1905.
Biography
Born ...
(D)
: . William H. Douglas
William Harris Douglas (December 5, 1853 – January 27, 1944) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in New York City, Douglas attended priva ...
(R)
: . Jacob Ruppert Jr.
Jacob Ruppert Jr. (August 5, 1867 – January 13, 1939) was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907. H ...
(D)
: . Francis E. Shober
Francis Edwin Shober (March 12, 1831 – May 29, 1896) was an American politician who served as U.S. Representative from North Carolina, secretary of the United States Senate, county judge, and a member of the North Carolina State House and ...
(D)
: . Joseph A. Goulden (D)
: . Norton P. Otis
Norton Prentiss Otis (March 18, 1840 – February 20, 1905) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Otis was born in Halifax, Vermont. His father was Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and a descendant of the Otis family th ...
(R), until February 20, 1905
: . 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 imm ...
(R)
: . John H. Ketcham
John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 – November 4, 1906) was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
John H. Ketcham was born ...
(R)
: . William H. Draper (R)
: . George N. Southwick
George Newell Southwick (March 7, 1863 – October 17, 1912) was an American journalist and politician from Albany, New York. A Republican, he was most notable for his service as a U.S. Representative from 1895 to 1911.
Early life
George N. So ...
(R)
: . George J. Smith
George Joseph Smith (November 7, 1859 – December 24, 1913) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from New York (state), New York.
Early life and career
Smith was born in Kingston, New York, to parents George J. ...
(R)
: . Lucius N. Littauer (R)
: . William H. Flack (R)
: . James S. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909, and the 27th vice president of the United States under President ...
(R)
: . Charles L. Knapp
Charles Luman Knapp (July 4, 1847 – January 3, 1929) was an American politician from New York.
Life
Born on a farm near Harrisburg, New York, Knapp attended the rural schools; Lowville (New York) Academy; and Irving Institute in Tarrytown, New ...
(R)
: . Michael E. Driscoll
Michael Edward Driscoll (February 9, 1851 – January 19, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Born in Syracuse, New York, Driscoll moved with his parents to the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, in 1852. He attended ...
(R)
: . John W. Dwight
John Wilbur Dwight (May 24, 1859 – January 28, 1928) was a U.S. political figure. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1902 to 1913. He also served as House majority whip between 1909 and 1911. ...
(R)
: . Sereno E. Payne
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
(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 ...
(R)
: . Charles W. Gillet
Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Inst ...
(R)
: . James Wolcott Wadsworth (R)
: . William H. Ryan
William Henry Ryan (May 10, 1860 – November 18, 1939) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1899 to 1909.
Biography
Born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Ryan moved to B ...
(D)
: . De Alva S. Alexander
De Alva Stanwood Alexander (July 17, 1846 – January 30, 1925) was an American journalist, lawyer, historian, and member of the United States House of Representatives, serving seven terms from 1897 to 1911 as a representative of New York state ...
(R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
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 ...
(D)
: . Claude Kitchin
Claude Kitchin (March 24, 1869 – May 31, 1923) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina from 1901 until his death in 1923. A lifelong member of the Democra ...
(D)
: . Charles Randolph Thomas (D)
: . 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 ...
(D)
: . William Walton Kitchin (D)
: . Gilbert B. Patterson
Gilbert Brown Patterson (May 29, 1863 – January 26, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
Biography
Born May 29, 1863 near Maxton, Robeson County, North Carolina, Patt ...
(D)
: . Robert N. Page (D)
: . Theodore F. Kluttz (D)
: . Edwin Y. Webb (D)
: . James M. Gudger Jr. (D)
Thomas Frank Marshall
Thomas Frank Marshall (March 7, 1854 – August 20, 1921) was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota.
Biography
Born in Hannibal, Missouri, Marshall attended the common schools and the State normal school at Platteville, Wisconsin.
He left sc ...
(R)
: . Burleigh F. Spalding
Burleigh Folsom Spalding (December 3, 1853 – March 17, 1934) was a United States representative from North Dakota. He was born on a farm near Craftsbury, Vermont. He attended the Lyndon Literary Institute in Lyndon, Vermont and was graduated ...
(R)
Herman P. Goebel
Herman Philip Goebel (April 5, 1853 – May 4, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1903 to 1911.
Early life and career
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Goebel attended public sch ...
(R)
: . Robert M. Nevin
Robert Murphy Nevin (May 5, 1850 – December 17, 1912) was an 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 Danville, Ohio, the son of Robert ...
(R)
: . Harvey C. Garber (D)
: . John S. Snook (D)
: . Charles Q. Hildebrant
Charles Quinn Hildebrant (October 17, 1864 – March 31, 1953) was a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Hildebrant attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus.
He ...
(R)
: . Thomas B. Kyle
Thomas Barton Kyle (March 10, 1856 – August 13, 1915) was a lawyer, politician, and two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Troy, Ohio, Kyle attended the public schools and Dartmouth College in Hanover ...
(R)
: . William R. Warnock
William Robert Warnock (August 29, 1838 – July 30, 1918) was an American lawyer, politician, and veteran of the Civil War who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Urbana, Ohio, Warnock a ...
(R)
: . James H. Southard
James Harding Southard (January 20, 1851 – February 20, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1907.
Biography
Born near Toled ...
(R)
: . Stephen Morgan (R)
: . Charles H. Grosvenor
Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, C ...
(R)
: . De Witt C. Badger
De Witt Clinton Badger (August 7, 1858 – May 20, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Ohio and one term as the 36th mayor of Columbus, Ohio in the early 20th century.
Early life and ...
(D)
: . Amos H. Jackson (R)
: . William W. Skiles
William Woodburn Skiles (December 11, 1849 – January 9, 1904) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1904.
W.W. Skiles is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Shelby, Ohio.
Biography
Born i ...
(R), until January 9, 1904
:: Amos R. Webber (R), from November 8, 1904
: . Henry C. Van Voorhis
Henry Clay Van Voorhis (May 11, 1852 – December 12, 1927) was a United States Congressman from Muskingum Co., Ohio.
Biography
He was born to Daniel and Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis in Nashport, Ohio.
His father moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio ...
(R)
: . John J. Gill
Joseph John Gill (September 21, 1846 – May 22, 1920) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1899 to 1903.
Biography
Born in Barnesville, Ohio, Gill moved with his parents to Moun ...
(R), until October 31, 1903
:: Capell L. Weems (R), from November 3, 1903
: . John W. Cassingham
John Wilson Cassingham (June 22, 1840 – March 14, 1930) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio for two terms from 1901 to 1905.
Early life and career
Born in Coshocton, Ohio, Cassingham attended the public schools.
Deputy county treasurer 185 ...
(D)
: . James Kennedy (R)
: . Charles William Dick (R), until March 23, 1904
:: W. Aubrey Thomas (R), from November 8, 1904
: . Jacob A. Beidler (R)
: . 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 ...
(R)
Robert Adams Jr.
Robert Adams Jr. (February 26, 1849 – June 1, 1906) was an American diplomat and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 1906 ...
(R)
: . Henry Burk
Henry Burk (September 26, 1850 – December 5, 1903) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and Philadelphia businessman.
Private life
Henry Burk was born in Knittlingen, Württemberg, Germany, son of Dav ...
(R), until December 5, 1903
:: George A. Castor
George Albert Castor (August 6, 1855 – February 19, 1906) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
George A. Castor was born in the Holmesburg section of the city of Philadelphia. He entered a cl ...
(R), from February 16, 1904
: . Robert H. Foerderer
Robert Hermann Foerderer (May 16, 1860July 26, 1903) was an American businessman and politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district from 1901 to 1903 and Penn ...
(R), until July 26, 1903
:: Reuben O. Moon
Reuben Osborne Moon (July 22, 1847 – October 26, 1919) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Moon was born in Jobstown, New Jersey. He graduated from the National School of Oratory, in Philadelphia, ...
(R), from November 3, 1903
: . Edward de Veaux Morrell
Edward de Veaux Morrell (August 7, 1863 – September 1, 1917) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life
Morrell was born in Newport, Rhode Island on August 7, 1863. He was the son of Edward Mor ...
(R)
: . George D. McCreary
George Deardorff McCreary (September 28, 1846 – July 26, 1915) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1903 to 1 ...
(R)
: . Thomas S. Butler
Thomas Stalker Butler (November 4, 1855 – May 26, 1928) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from March 4, 1897 until his death, having been elected to the House sixteen times. He was the father ...
(R)
: . 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
Henry Burd Cassel (October 19, 1855 – April 28, 1926) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
History
Henry B. Cassel was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania, where he attended Columbia Classical Institute. A ...
(R)
: . George Howell (D), until February 10, 1904
:: William Connell (R), from February 10, 1904
: . Henry W. Palmer (R)
: . George R. Patterson (R)
: . Marcus C.L. Kline (D)
: . Charles F. Wright (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 Lycomin ...
(R)
: . Charles H. Dickerman (D)
: . Thaddeus M. Mahon (R)
: . Marlin E. Olmsted
Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the 18th district.
Biography
Marlin E. Olmsted was born in Ulysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847. ...
(R)
: . Alvin Evans
Alvin Evans (October 4, 1845 – June 19, 1906) was an American lawyer and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and education
Born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania on October 4, 1845, Evans was a s ...
(R)
: . Daniel F. Lafean (R)
: . Solomon R. Dresser (R)
: . George F. Huff (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
Arthur Laban Bates (June 6, 1859 – August 26, 1934) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Pennsylvania.
Arthur L. Bates (nephew of John Milton Thayer) was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He ...
(R)
: . Joseph H. Shull (D)
: . William O. Smith (R)
: . Joseph C. Sibley
Joseph Crocker "Joe" Sibley, Jr. (February 18, 1850May 19, 1926) was an American livestock breeder, farmer, and politician who represented northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives for five terms.
Biography Early y ...
(R)
: . George Shiras III
George Shiras III (January 1, 1859 – March 24, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania and nature photographer who pioneered the use of nighttime flash photography.
Biography
George Shiras (son of George Shiras Jr.) was ...
(R)
: . John Dalzell (R)
: . Henry K. Porter
Henry Kirke Porter (November 24, 1840 – April 10, 1921) was an American businessman and Representative of the United States Congress for Pennsylvania's 31st congressional district.
Biography
Porter was born in Concord, New Hampshire. In 1 ...
(R)
: . James W. Brown (R)
Daniel L. D. Granger
Daniel Larned Davis Granger (May 30, 1852 – February 14, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Early and personal life
Granger was born May 30, 1852 in Providence, Rhode Island, to Dr. James N ...
(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)
George W. Croft
George William Croft (December 20, 1846 – March 10, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina, father of Theodore Gaillard Croft.
Born in Newberry County, South Carolina, Croft attended the common schools in Greenville, South Ca ...
(D), until March 10, 1904
:: Theodore G. Croft (D), from May 17, 1904
: . Wyatt Aiken
Wyatt Aiken (December 14, 1863 – February 6, 1923) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. He served for six terms from 1903 to 1917.
Early life and family
Wyatt Aiken was born near ...
(D)
: . Joseph T. Johnson
Joseph Travis Johnson (February 28, 1858 – May 8, 1919) was a United States representative from South Carolina and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina.
Education and ca ...
(D)
: . David E. Finley
David E. Finley (February 28, 1861 – January 26, 1917) was a United States representative from South Carolina. He was born in Trenton, Arkansas. He attended the public schools of Rock Hill, South Carolina, and Ebenezer, South Carolina and was ...
(D)
: . Robert Bethea Scarborough (D)
: . Asbury F. Lever
Asbury Francis "Frank" Lever (January 5, 1875 – April 28, 1940) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Early life
Frank Lever was born near Springhill, Lexington County, South Carolina on January 5 ...
(D)
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 ...
(R)
: . Henry Richard Gibson (R)
: . John Austin Moon
John Austin Moon (April 22, 1855 – June 26, 1921) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born on April 22, 1855, near Charlottesville, V ...
(D)
: . Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick
Morgan Cassius Fitzpatrick (October 29, 1868 – June 25, 1908) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Fitzpatrick was born on October 29, ...
(D)
: . James Daniel Richardson (D)
: . John Wesley Gaines
John Wesley Gaines (August 24, 1860 – July 4, 1926) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 6th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Gaines was born in Wrecoe, near Nashvill ...
(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)
: . Rice Alexander Pierce
Rice Alexander Pierce (July 3, 1848 – July 12, 1936) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Pierce was born on July 3, 1848 in Dresden, T ...
(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)
Samuel Bronson Cooper
Samuel Bronson Cooper (May 30, 1850 – August 21, 1918) was a United States representative from Texas and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
Education and career
Born on May 30, 1850, near Eddyville in Caldwell County, Kentucky, ...
(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 Pre ...
(D)
: . Choice Boswell Randell
Choice Boswell Randell (January 1, 1857 – October 19, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Texas. He was the nephew of Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell.
Biography
Charles Boswell Randell was born to James L. and Louisa Amantha (Gartrell) Randell in ...
(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 (D)
: . Thomas Henry Ball
Thomas Henry Ball (January 14, 1859 – May 7, 1944) was a Texas politician and a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He was mayor of Huntsville, Texas, from 1877 to 1892, and moved to ...
(D), until November 16, 1903
:: John M. Pinckney (D), from November 17, 1903
: . George Farmer Burgess (D)
: . Albert Sidney Burleson
Albert Sidney Burleson (June 7, 1863 – November 24, 1937) was a progressive Democrat who served as United States Postmaster General and Representative in Congress. He was a strong supporter of William Jennings Bryan and Woodrow Wilson, so Wil ...
(D)
: . Robert L. Henry
Robert Lee Henry (May 12, 1864 – July 9, 1931) was a 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 grandson of Patrick Henry and was born i ...
(D)
: . Oscar W. Gillespie
Oscar William Gillespie (June 20, 1858 – August 23, 1927) was a U.S. Representative for the state of Texas.
Born near Quitman, Mississippi, Gillespie attended private schools and graduated from Mansfield College, Texas, in 1885. He stud ...
(D)
: . John Hall Stephens
John Hall Stephens (November 22, 1847 – November 18, 1924) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Shelby County, Texas, Stephens attended the common schools in Mansfield, Texas. He graduated from Mansfield College, and from the law dep ...
(D)
: . James L. Slayden (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)
Kittredge Haskins
Kittredge Haskins (April 8, 1836 – August 7, 1916) was a Vermont lawyer and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Dover, Vermont, Haskins attended the public schools and received instruction from a private tut ...
(R)
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
Harry Lee Maynard (June 8, 1861 – October 23, 1922) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.
Biography
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Maynard attended the common schools of Norfolk County.
He was graduated from the Virginia Agricultural ...
(D)
: . John Fletcher Lamb
John Lamb (June 12, 1840 – November 21, 1924) was a Virginia farmer, Confederate officer, businessman and politician who served 16 years in the United States House of Representatives.
Early and family life
Born in Sussex County, Virginia t ...
(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)
: . Carter Glass (D)
: . James Hay (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)
: . 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
Henry De La Warr Flood (September 2, 1865 – December 8, 1921) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, brother of U.S. Representative Joel West Flood and uncle of U.S. Senator Harry ...
(D)
William E. Humphrey
William Ewart Humphrey (March 31, 1862 – February 14, 1934), an American politician, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1903 to 1917. He represented the state of Washington at large from 1903 to 1909 and ...
(R)
Blackburn B. Dovener
Blackburn Barrett Dovener (April 20, 1842 – May 9, 1914) was a Republican politician from West Virginia who served as a United States representative. Dovener was born in Tays Valley, Virginia, in Cabell County (now in West Virginia) on April ...
(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)
: . Joseph Holt Gaines (R)
: . Harry C. Woodyard (R)
: . James Anthony Hughes
James Anthony Hughes (February 27, 1861March 2, 1930) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of West Virginia.
Hughes was born near Corunna in the Province of Canada (in what is now Ontario). He immigrat ...
(R)
Henry Allen Cooper
Henry Allen Cooper (September 8, 1850 – March 1, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
Cooper was born in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, son of former Free Soil Party State Representative Joel H. Cooper, a physician. In ...
(R)
: . Henry Cullen Adams
Henry Cullen Adams (November 28, 1850 – July 9, 1906) was an American farmer, public administrator, and U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin, best known for his support of pure food laws.
Biography
Adams was born in Verona, New York to Hamilton ...
(R)
: . Joseph W. Babcock
Joseph Weeks Babcock (March 6, 1850 – April 27, 1909) was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.
Born in Swanton, Vermont. Babcock was the grandson of Joseph Weeks, a Congressman from Verm ...
(R)
: . Theobald Johnston Otjen (R)
: . William H. Stafford (R)
: . Charles H. Weisse
Charles Herman Weisse (October 24, 1866 – October 8, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.'C. H. Weiss Meets Tragic Death,' Sheboygan Press, October 9, 1919, pg. 1
Born near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, Weisse attended the public scho ...
(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 o ...
(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 Cou ...
(R)
: . Edward Sloman Minor (R)
: . Webster Everett Brown
Webster Everett Brown (July 16, 1851 – December 14, 1929) was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin.
Born near Peterboro, New York, in Madison County, Brown moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1857.
Resided for a time in Newport, Columb ...
(R)
: . John J. Jenkins
John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843June 10, 1911) was an English American immigrant, lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing northwest Wisconsin, a ...
(R)
Franklin Wheeler Mondell
Frank Wheeler Mondell (November 6, 1860August 6, 1939) was a United States representative of Wyoming.
Biography
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was educated in the public schools. For many years he was engaged in farming, stock-raising, and rai ...
(R)
Non-voting members
: . John Frank Wilson (D) : .Jonah Kunio Kalanianaole
Jonah or Jonas, ''Yōnā'', "dove"; gr, Ἰωνᾶς ''Iōnâs''; ar, يونس ' or '; Latin: ''Ionas'' son of Amittai, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran, from Gath-hepher of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th cent ...
(R)
: . Bernard Shandon Rodey
Bernard Shandon Rodey (March 1, 1856 – March 10, 1927) was an Irish-born American politician who was a Delegate from the New Mexico Territory and later a federal judge in Puerto Rico.
Early life
Rodey was born in County Mayo, Ireland. He ...
(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 co ...
(R)
: . Federico Degetau
Federico Degetau y González (December 5, 1862 – February 20, 1914) was a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican politician, lawyer, writer, author, and the first Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico to the United States House of Representatives.
Early ye ...
(Resident Commissioner) (R)
Changes in membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.Senate
* Replacements: 3 ** Democratic: no net change ** Republican: no net change * Deaths: 3 * Resignations: 1 * Vacancy: 0 * Total seats with changes: 4House of Representatives
* Replacements: 14 ** Democratic: 2 seat loss ** Republican: 2 seat gain * Deaths: 8 * Resignations: 7 * Contested elections: 1 * Total seats with changes: 18Committees
Senate
* Additional Accommodations for the Library of Congress (Select) (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: Shelby M. Cullom)
* Agriculture and Forestry (Chairman: Redfield Proctor; Ranking Member: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* Appropriations (Chairman: William B. Allison; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
)
* Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: John Kean; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
)
* Canadian Relations (Chairman: Charles W. Fulton
Charles William Fulton (August 24, 1853January 27, 1918) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Ohio, he grew up in Iowa and Nebraska before settling in Astoria, Oregon. A Republican, he served in the Oregon Sta ...
; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Census (Chairman: Joseph V. Quarles
Joseph Very Quarles, Jr., (December 16, 1843October 7, 1911) was an American lawyer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served as a United States senator from Wisconsin and a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsi ...
; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
)
* Civil Service and Retrenchment (Chairman: George C. Perkins
George Clement Perkins (August 23, 1839February 26, 1923) was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, Perkins served as the 14th Governor of California from 1880 to 1883, and as United States Senator from Calif ...
; Ranking Member: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* 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: Francis E. Warren
Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union A ...
; Ranking Member: Thomas S. Martin
Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as t ...
)
* Coast and Insular Survey (Chairman: Levi Ankeny; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
* Coast Defenses (Chairman: John H. Mitchell
John Hipple Mitchell, also known as John Mitchell Hipple, John H. Mitchell, or J. H. Mitchell (June 22, 1835December 8, 1905) was an American lawyer, politician, and convicted criminal. He served as a Republican United States Senator from Oregon ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
)
* Commerce (Chairman: William P. Frye; 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: Thomas S. Martin
Thomas Staples Martin (July 29, 1847November 12, 1919) was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Albemarle County, Virginia, who founded a political organization that held power in Virginia for decades (later becoming known as t ...
; Ranking Member: Nelson W. Aldrich)
* Cuban Relations (Chairman: Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
)
* Distributing Public Revenue Among the States (Select)
* District of Columbia (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: Nelson W. Aldrich)
* Education and Labor (Chairman: Louis E. McComas
Louis Emory McComas (October 28, 1846 – November 10, 1907) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a member of both branches of the United States Congress and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District o ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
* Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
; Ranking Member: George F. Hoar)
* 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
Murphy James Foster (January 12, 1849June 12, 1921) was the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, an office he held for two terms from 1892 to 1900. Foster supported the Louisiana Constitution of 1898, which effectively disfranchised ...
)
* Establish a University in the United States (Select) (Chairman: Chester I. Long
Chester Isaiah Long (October 12, 1860July 1, 1934) was a United States representative and Senator from Kansas. Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, he moved with his parents to Daviess County, Missouri, in 1865 and to Paola, Kansas, in 18 ...
; 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 ...
)
* Examination and Disposition of Documents (Select) (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: N/A)
* Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service (Chairman: Moses E. Clapp
Moses Edwin Clapp (May 21, 1851March 6, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician.
Biography
Born in Delphi, Indiana, Clapp moved with his parents to Hudson, Wisconsin. He went to University of Wisconsin Law School and practiced law in Hudso ...
; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
)
* 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; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
* 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
Albert Jarvis Hopkins (August 15, 1846August 23, 1922) was a U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman and United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Biography
Hopkins was born near Cortland, Illinois on August 15, 1846. He was admitte ...
; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory)
* Five Civilized Tribes of Indians (Select) (Chairman: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
; Ranking Member: Charles H. Dietrich
Charles Henry Dietrich (November 26, 1853April 10, 1924) was the 11th Governor of Nebraska. Dietrich in mercantile pursuits and in banking. After serving as governor, he was elected U.S. Senator from May 1, 1901 to March 3, 1905.
Personal lif ...
)
* Foreign Relations (Chairman: Shelby M. Cullom; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
* Forest Reservations and the Protection of Game (Chairman: Joseph R. Burton
Joseph Ralph Burton (November 16, 1852February 27, 1923) was a lawyer and United States Senator from the state of Kansas. He was the first Senator to be convicted of a crime. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives several times in the 18 ...
; Ranking Member: John T. Morgan)
* Geological Survey (Chairman: Addison G. Foster
Addison Gardner Foster (January 28, 1837January 16, 1917) was an American businessman and politician who was prominent in Minnesota and Washington (state), Washington. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his se ...
; Ranking Member: Hernando D. Money
Hernando De Soto Money (August 26, 1839September 18, 1912) was an American politician from the state of Mississippi.
Biography
Money was born in Holmes County, Mississippi. He was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto. Early in his l ...
)
* Immigration (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
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
)
* Indian Affairs (Chairman: William M. Stewart; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
* Indian Depredations (Chairman: 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Industrial Expositions (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 gr ...
; Ranking Member: John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
)
* Investigate the Condition of the Potomac River Front at Washington (Select) (Chairman: Joseph H. Millard
Joseph Hopkins Millard (April 20, 1836January 13, 1922) was a Canadian-American businessman and politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States Senate and as mayor of Omaha, and was an anti-suffrage activist.
Life
Millard was born in H ...
; Ranking Member: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* Indian Territory (Select)
* Interoceanic Canals (Chairman: Mark Hanna; Ranking Member: Edward W. Carmack
Edward Ward Carmack (November 5, 1858November 9, 1908) was an attorney, newspaperman, and political figure who served as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1901 to 1907.
Following his political service, and after an unsuccessful run for Governor ...
)
* Interstate Commerce (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)
* Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Thomas R. Bard
Thomas Robert Bard (December 8, 1841March 5, 1915) was an American political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican. He is kn ...
; Ranking Member: Josiah W. Bailey
Josiah William Bailey (September 14, 1873 – December 15, 1946) was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina from 1931 to 1946.
Early life and education
Born in Warrenton, North Carolina, he grew ...
)
* Judiciary (Chairman: George F. Hoar; Ranking Member: Augustus O. Bacon)
* Library (Chairman: George P. Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore (August 2, 1846September 11, 1921) was an American politician who was the 37th Governor of, and a Senator from, Rhode Island.
Early life
George Peabody Wetmore was born in London, England, during a visit of his parent ...
; Ranking Member: William A. Clark)
* Manufactures (Chairman: Weldon B. Heyburn
Weldon Brinton Heyburn (May 23, 1852October 17, 1912) was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Idaho from 1903 to 1912.
Early life
Born in southeastern Pennsylvania near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, H ...
; 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 (Chairman: Joseph R. Hawley; Ranking Member: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* Mines and Mining (Chairman: Nathan B. Scott; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Mississippi River and its Tributaries (Select) (Chairman: Knute Nelson; Ranking Member: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* National Banks (Select) (Chairman: Thomas Kearns; Ranking Member: Samuel D. McEnery
Samuel Douglas McEnery (May 28, 1837 – June 28, 1910) served as the List of Governors of Louisiana, 30th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with service from 1881 until 1888. He was subsequently a United States Senate, U.S. senator f ...
)
* Naval Affairs (Chairman: Eugene Hale; Ranking Member: Benjamin R. Tillman)
* Organization, Conduct and Expenditures of the Executive Departments (Chairman: Matthew S. Quay; Ranking Member: Anselm J. McLaurin
Anselm Joseph McLaurin (March 26, 1848December 22, 1909) was the 34th Governor of Mississippi, serving from 1896 to 1900.
Life and career
McLaurin was born on March 26, 1848, in Brandon, Mississippi, the son of Ellen Caroline (Tullus) and Lauchl ...
)
* 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Francis M. Cockrell
Francis Marion Cockrell (October 1, 1834December 13, 1915) was a Confederate military commander and American politician from the state of Missouri. He served as a United States senator from Missouri for five terms. He was a prominent member o ...
)
* Pacific Railroads (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 Tyler 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
Alfred Beard Kittredge (March 28, 1861May 4, 1911) was a United States senator from South Dakota.
Early life and education
Kittredge was born in Nelson, New Hampshire, the son of Russell H. Kittredge, a physician, and Laura Frances (Holmes) Ki ...
; Ranking Member: Stephen R. Mallory)
* 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
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved w ...
; 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 ...
)
* Philippines (Chairman: Henry Cabot Lodge; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
)
* Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: Boies Penrose; 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 ...
)
* Potomac River Front (Select)
* Printing (Chairman: Thomas C. Platt
Thomas Collier Platt (July 15, 1833 – March 6, 1910), also known as Tom Platt
; Ranking Member: Arthur P. Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
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* Private Land Claims (Chairman: Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
; Ranking Member: Eugene Hale)
* Privileges and Elections (Chairman: Julius C. Burrows
Julius Caesar Burrows (January 9, 1837November 16, 1915) was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan.
Early life and education
Burrows was born in North East, Pennsylvania and moved then with his parents to Ashtabu ...
; Ranking Member: Edmund W. Pettus)
* Public Buildings and Grounds (Chairman: Charles W. Fairbanks; Ranking Member: Charles A. Culberson
Charles Allen Culberson (June 10, 1855March 19, 1925) was an American political figure and Democrat who served as the 21st Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899, and as a United States senator from Texas from 1899 to 1923.
Early life and educati ...
)
* Public Health and National Quarantine (Chairman: John Tyler Morgan; Ranking Member: John Coit Spooner)
* Public Lands (Chairman: Henry C. Hansbrough
Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Henry Clay Hansbrough was born ...
; Ranking Member: James H. Berry
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 ...
)
* Railroads (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: Augustus O. Bacon)
* 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
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
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* Revolutionary Claims (Chairman: Benjamin R. Tillman; Ranking Member: Orville H. Platt
Orville Hitchcock Platt (July 19, 1827 – April 21, 1905) was a United States senator from Connecticut. Platt was a prominent conservative Republican and by the 1890s he became one of the "big four" key Republicans who largely controlled the ma ...
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* Rules (Chairman: John C. 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Henry M. Teller
Henry Moore Teller (May 23, 1830February 23, 1914) was an American politician from Colorado, serving as a US senator between 1876–1882 and 1885–1909, also serving as Secretary of the Interior between 1882 and 1885. He strongly opposed the Daw ...
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* 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 served ...
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* Tariff Regulation (Select)
* Territories
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In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...
(Chairman: 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 ...
; Ranking Member: William B. Bate
William Brimage Bate (October 7, 1826March 9, 1905) was a planter and slaveholder, Confederate officer, and politician in Tennessee. After the Reconstruction era, he served as the 23rd governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887. He was elected to th ...
)
* Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Select) (Chairman: John W. Daniel
John Warwick Daniel (September 5, 1842June 29, 1910) was an American lawyer, author, and Democratic politician from Lynchburg, Virginia who promoted the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Daniel served in both houses of the Virginia General Assem ...
; Ranking Member: Porter J. McCumber
Porter James McCumber (February 3, 1858May 18, 1933) was a United States senator from North Dakota. He was a supporter of the 1906 "Pure Food and Drug Act", and of the League of Nations.
Early life
Born in Crete, Illinois in 1858, he moved w ...
)
* Transportation Routes to the Seaboard (Chairman: Robert J. Gamble
Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family. ...
; Ranking Member: Edmund W. Pettus)
* Trespassers upon Indian Lands (Select) (Chairman: Charles H. Dietrich
Charles Henry Dietrich (November 26, 1853April 10, 1924) was the 11th Governor of Nebraska. Dietrich in mercantile pursuits and in banking. After serving as governor, he was elected U.S. Senator from May 1, 1901 to March 3, 1905.
Personal lif ...
; Ranking Member: John Tyler Morgan)
* Ventilation and Acoustics (Select) (Chairman: L. Heisler Ball
Lewis Heisler Ball (September 21, 1861 – October 18, 1932) was an American physician and politician from Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party and served as U.S. Representative from Delaware a ...
; Ranking Member: N/A)
* Whole
* Woman Suffrage (Select) (Chairman: Augustus O. Bacon; Ranking Member: Thomas R. Bard
Thomas Robert Bard (December 8, 1841March 5, 1915) was an American political leader in California who assisted in the organization of Ventura County and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1900 to 1905 as a Republican. He is kn ...
)
House of Representatives
* Accounts (Chairman:Charles Q. Hildebrant
Charles Quinn Hildebrant (October 17, 1864 – March 31, 1953) was a two-term U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Wilmington, Ohio, Hildebrant attended the public schools and Ohio State University at Columbus.
He ...
; Ranking Member: Charles Lafayette Bartlett
Charles Lafayette Bartlett (January 31, 1853 – April 21, 1938) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Representative from Georgia from 1895 to 1915.
Early years and education
Bartlett was bo ...
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* Agriculture (Chairman: James W. Wadsworth; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
* Alcoholic Liquor Traffic (Chairman: Nehemiah D. Sperry; 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 ...
)
* Appropriations (Chairman: James A. Hemenway
James Alexander Hemenway (March 8, 1860February 10, 1923) was a United States representative and Senator from Indiana. Born in Boonville, Indiana, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in ...
; Ranking Member: Leonidas F. Livingston)
* Banking and Currency (Chairman: Charles N. Fowler
Charles Newell Fowler Sr. (November 2, 1852, Lena, Illinois – May 27, 1932, Orange, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to ...
; Ranking Member: John R. Thayer
John Randolph Thayer (March 9, 1845 – December 19, 1916) was a representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Douglas, Massachusetts and attended the common schools and Nichols Academy in Dudley.
Thayer graduated from Yale College i ...
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* Census (Chairman: Edgar D. Crumpacker; Ranking Member: Francis M. Griffith
Francis Marion Griffith (August 21, 1849 – February 8, 1927) was an American educator and politician who served four terms as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1897 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Moorefield, Indiana, Griffith attended the co ...
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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: Joseph V. Graff; 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 ...
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* Coinage, Weights and Measures (Chairman: James H. Southard
James Harding Southard (January 20, 1851 – February 20, 1919) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1895 to 1907.
Biography
Born near Toled ...
; Ranking Member: Charles F. Cochran
Charles Fremont Cochran (September 27, 1846 – December 19, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Born in Kirksville, Missouri, Cochran moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1860.
He attended public and private schools.
Apprenticed to the pri ...
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* Disposition of Executive Papers
* District of Columbia (Chairman: Joseph W. Babcock
Joseph Weeks Babcock (March 6, 1850 – April 27, 1909) was a seven-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin.
Born in Swanton, Vermont. Babcock was the grandson of Joseph Weeks, a Congressman from Verm ...
; Ranking Member: Adolph Meyer)
* 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. So ...
; Ranking Member: Willard Vandiver)
* Election of the President, Vice President and Representatives in Congress (Chairman: Joseph H. Gaines; Ranking Member: William W. Rucker)
* Elections No.#1 (Chairman: James Robert Mann James Robert Mann may refer to:
* James Robert Mann (Illinois politician) (1856–1922), U.S. Representative from Illinois
* James Mann (South Carolina politician) (James Robert Mann, 1920–2010), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
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; Ranking Member: Ollie M. James
Ollie Murray James (July 27, 1871August 28, 1918) was an American politician. A Democrat, he represented Kentucky in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Biography
James was born and raised in western Kentuc ...
)
* Elections No.#2 (Chairman: Marlin E. Olmsted
Marlin Edgar Olmsted (May 21, 1847 – July 19, 1913) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania in the 18th district.
Biography
Marlin E. Olmsted was born in Ulysses Township, Pennsylvania on May 21, 1847. ...
; Ranking Member: Joshua Frederick Cockey 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 ...
)
* Elections No.#3 (Chairman: Michael E. Driscoll
Michael Edward Driscoll (February 9, 1851 – January 19, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Born in Syracuse, New York, Driscoll moved with his parents to the town of Camillus, Onondaga County, in 1852. He attended ...
; Ranking Member: Frank A. McLain
Frank Alexander McLain (January 29, 1852 – October 11, 1920) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born near Gloster in Amite County, Mississippi, McLain attended the public schools, and was graduated from the University of Mississip ...
)
* Enrolled Bills (Chairman: Frank C. Wachter; Ranking Member: 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 ...
)
* Expenditures in the Agriculture Department (Chairman: Charles F. Wright; Ranking Member: Henry D. Flood
Henry De La Warr Flood (September 2, 1865 – December 8, 1921) was a representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, brother of U.S. Representative Joel West Flood and uncle of U.S. Senator Harr ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Commerce Department, Expenditures in the Commerce and Labor Departments (Chairman: David J. Foster; Ranking Member: N/A)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Interior Department, Expenditures in the Interior Department (Chairman: Edward S. Minor; Ranking Member: Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (January 18, 1862 – December 18, 1944) was a United States representative from Mississippi. He was the nephew of Milton A. Candler and cousin of Allen Daniel Candler. He was born in Belleville, Florida. Later, he mo ...
)
* 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 ...
; 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 Expenditures in the Navy Department, Expenditures in the Navy Department (Chairman: Joseph W. Fordney
Joseph Warren Fordney (November 5, 1853 – January 8, 1932) was an American Republican politician from Saginaw, Michigan. He represented Saginaw County and the surrounding area of Central Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives for twenty-f ...
; Ranking Member: Charles Winston Thompson, Charles W. Thompson)
* 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 ...
; Ranking Member: Edward Robb)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, Expenditures in the State Department (Chairman: John H. Ketcham
John Henry Ketcham (December 21, 1832 – November 4, 1906) was a United States representative from New York for over 33 years. He also served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
John H. Ketcham was born ...
; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester
Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Sa ...
)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Treasury Department, Expenditures in the Treasury Department (Chairman: Robert G. Cousins; Ranking Member: John Lamb)
* United States House Committee on Expenditures in the War Department, Expenditures in the War Department (Chairman: William R. Warnock
William Robert Warnock (August 29, 1838 – July 30, 1918) was an American lawyer, politician, and veteran of the Civil War who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1901 to 1905.
Biography
Born in Urbana, Ohio, Warnock a ...
; 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; Ranking Member: Hugh A. Dinsmore
Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (December 24, 1850 – May 2, 1930) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as and a U.S. Representative from Arkansas from 1893 to 1905.
He was a vocal opponent of the Annexation of Hawaii.
Biography ...
)
* United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration and Naturalization (Chairman: Benjamin F. Howell
Benjamin Franklin Howell (January 27, 1844 – February 1, 1933) was an American Republican Party politician who represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1895 to 1911.
Early life and education
Born in Cedarville, New Jers ...
; Ranking Member: Jacob Ruppert Jr.
Jacob Ruppert Jr. (August 5, 1867 – January 13, 1939) was an American brewer, businessman, National Guard colonel and politician who served for four terms representing New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1899 to 1907. H ...
)
* United States House Committee on Indian Affairs, Indian Affairs (Chairman: James S. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was an American politician who was a United States representative from New York from 1887 to 1891 and 1893 to 1909, and the 27th vice president of the United States under President ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Stephens)
* United States House Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, Industrial Arts and Expositions (Chairman: James A. Tawney; Ranking Member: Charles Lafayette Bartlett
Charles Lafayette Bartlett (January 31, 1853 – April 21, 1938) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Representative from Georgia from 1895 to 1915.
Early years and education
Bartlett was bo ...
)
* United States House Committee on Insular Affairs, Insular Affairs (Chairman: Henry Allen Cooper
Henry Allen Cooper (September 8, 1850 – March 1, 1931) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Early life
Cooper was born in Spring Prairie, Wisconsin, son of former Free Soil Party State Representative Joel H. Cooper, a physician. In ...
; 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: Robert W. Miers)
* United States House Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands, Irrigation of Arid Lands (Chairman: Frank W. Mondell; Ranking Member: Oscar W. Underwood
Oscar Wilder Underwood (May 6, 1862 – January 25, 1929) was an American lawyer and politician from Alabama, and also a candidate for President of the United States in 1912 and 1924. He was the first formally designated floor leader in the Unit ...
)
* United States House Committee on Judiciary, Judiciary (Chairman: John J. Jenkins
John James Jenkins (August 24, 1843June 10, 1911) was an English American immigrant, lawyer, judge, and Republican politician. He served seven terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing northwest Wisconsin, a ...
; Ranking Member: David A. De Armond)
* United States House Committee on Labor, Labor (Chairman: John J. Gardner; Ranking Member: Ben F. Caldwell
Ben Franklin Caldwell (August 2, 1848 – December 29, 1924) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois in from 1899 to 1905 and from 1907 to 19 ...
)
* United States House Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River, Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (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: Robert F. Broussard)
* United States House Committee on the Library, Library (Chairman: James McCleary (politician), James T. McCleary; Ranking Member: James D. Richardson)
* United States House Committee on Manufactures, Manufactures (Chairman: Joseph C. Sibley
Joseph Crocker "Joe" Sibley, Jr. (February 18, 1850May 19, 1926) was an American livestock breeder, farmer, and politician who represented northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives for five terms.
Biography Early y ...
; Ranking Member: Willard D. Vandiver)
* United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Chairman: Charles H. Grosvenor
Charles Henry Grosvenor (September 20, 1833 – October 30, 1917) was a multiple-term U.S. Representative from Ohio, as well as a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Biography
Grosvenor was born in Pomfret, C ...
; Ranking Member: Thomas Spight)
* United States House Committee on Mileage, Mileage (Chairman: William A. Reeder
William Augustus Reeder (August 28, 1849 – November 7, 1929) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas.
Born near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, Reeder moved with his parents to Ipava, Illinois, in 1853, attended the public schools, and taught schoo ...
; 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: Charles W. F. Dick, Charles Dick; Ranking Member: Joseph B. Crowley
Joseph Burns Crowley (July 19, 1858 – June 25, 1931) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Coshocton, Ohio, Crowley moved with his parents to a farm near St. Marie, Jasper County, Illino ...
)
* United States House Committee on Mines and Mining, Mines and Mining (Chairman: Webster E. Brown; Ranking Member: Farish Carter Tate)
* 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: William A. Smith; Ranking Member: William J. Wynn
William Joseph Wynn (June 12, 1860 – January 4, 1935) was a machinist and U.S. Representative from California for one term from 1903 to 1905.
Biography
Born to Irish parents in San Francisco, California, Wynn attended the public schools of ...
)
* 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
Henry Clay Loudenslager (May 22, 1852 – August 12, 1911) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 1st congressional district from 1893 to 1911.
Biography
Loudenslager was born in Mauricetown, New Jersey ...
; 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: Farish Carter Tate)
* 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: Charles W. Gillet
Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Inst ...
; Ranking Member: John H. Bankhead
John Hollis Bankhead (September 13, 1842March 1, 1920) was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of Alabama between 1907 and 1920.
Life and career
Bankhead was born on September 13, 1842, at Moscow, present-day Lamar County, Alabama (near ...
)
* United States House Committee on Public Lands, Public Lands (Chairman: John F. Lacey
John Fletcher Lacey (May 30, 1841 – September 29, 1913) was an eight-term Republican United States congressman from Iowa's 6th congressional district. He was also the author of the Lacey Act of 1900, which made it a crime to ship illegal gam ...
; Ranking Member: John Franklin Shafroth, John F. Shafroth)
* United States House Committee on Railways and Canals, Railways and Canals (Chairman: 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 ...
; Ranking Member: 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: Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner (April 23, 1842 – March 31, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City), De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois, in 1843.
He attend ...
; Ranking Member: Daniel L.D. Granger)
* United States House Committee on Rivers and Harbors, Rivers and Harbors (Chairman: Theodore E. Burton; Ranking Member: Rufus E. Lester
Rufus Ezekiel Lester (December 12, 1837 – June 16, 1906) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
Born near Waynesboro, Georgia, Lester graduated from Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, in 1857. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in Sa ...
)
* 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
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 Highbaugh Smith, 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
Sereno Elisha Payne (June 26, 1843 – December 10, 1914) was a United States representative from New York and the first House Majority Leader, holding the office from 1899 to 1911. He was a Republican congressman from 1883 to 1887 and then ...
; 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 * United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library, The Library * United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing, PrintingCaucuses
* 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. PalmerSenate
* 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: Cliff Warden * Chaplain of the United States Senate, Chaplain: William Henry Milburn, Universalist, until November 23, 1903 ** F.J. Prettyman, Methodist, elected November 23, 1903 ** Edward E. Hale, Unitarianism, Unitarian, elected December 14, 1903House 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: Joseph C. McElroy * 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, UniversalistSee also
* United States elections, 1902 (elections leading to this Congress) ** United States Senate elections, 1902 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1902 * United States elections, 1904 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress) ** 1904 United States presidential election ** United States Senate elections, 1904 ** United States House of Representatives elections, 1904References
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